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 Guinea and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1983 at the first Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Offenders to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Neu!. All the underground hits.
All Talk Talk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fire Engines record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lakeside record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Schoolly D,
Soft Cell,
Aaron Thompson,
Derrick May,
Babytalk,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Tommy Roe,
Drexciya,
Altered Images,
Hasil Adkins,
LL Cool J,
Ronan,
Saccharine Trust,
John Lydon,
Pantaleimon,
Gichy Dan,
Masters at Work,
Alphaville,
Public Image Ltd.,
Tears for Fears,
the Germs,
The Beau Brummels,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
48th St. Collective,
kango's stein massive,
Scion,
The Velvet Underground,
Gang Green,
Roxette,
Sun Ra,
Jesper Dahlback,
The J.B.'s,
Robert Wyatt,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Birthday Party,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Index,
Girls At Our Best!,
Cecil Taylor,
Metal Thangz,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Skaos,
Angry Samoans,
The Monks,
New Order,
Chris Corsano,
Kurtis Blow,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
David Bowie,
the Fania All-Stars,
Donny Hathaway,
Ken Boothe,
Bauhaus,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Kool Moe Dee,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Fad Gadget,
The Fugs,
Cal Tjader,
Pet Shop Boys,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics.
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.