Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Barbados and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Byron Stingily to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Massinfluence. All the underground hits.
All Supertramp tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Massinfluence record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gregory Isaacs,
June Days,
DNA,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hoover,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
New York Dolls,
Supertramp,
Suicide,
Scratch Acid,
Country Teasers,
Lyres,
Stereo Dub,
Junior Murvin,
Eden Ahbez,
Minutemen,
Moss Icon,
Roy Ayers,
Wasted Youth,
Kas Product,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Alice Coltrane,
The Doobie Brothers,
Judy Mowatt,
Sonic Youth,
Kerri Chandler,
Spoonie Gee,
Davy DMX,
Bill Near,
The Fuzztones,
Eddi Front,
Crime,
Fela Kuti,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Divine Comedy,
Eric B and Rakim,
LL Cool J,
Nick Fraelich,
In Retrospect,
Erasure,
Kenny Larkin,
Blossom Toes,
Ultra Naté,
Pantytec,
Harmonia,
Mo-Dettes,
Cheater Slicks,
Tears for Fears,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Rekid,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Grauzone,
Loose Ends,
Spandau Ballet,
Lower 48,
Crispy Ambulance,
Robert Hood,
The Raincoats,
OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.