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 Uganda and from Manila.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 The Raincoats. All the underground hits.
All The Pretty Things tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June of 44 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boredoms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kurtis Blow,
Matthew Halsall,
New York Dolls,
Grey Daturas,
Soul Sonic Force,
Jerry's Kids,
D'Angelo,
Junior Murvin,
The Fugs,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Moody Blues,
Rhythm & Sound,
Gang of Four,
Marvin Gaye,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Cowsills,
Nils Olav,
Anakelly,
Crash Course in Science,
The Five Americans,
Graham Central Station,
Robert Wyatt,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Black Bananas,
Eddi Front,
L. Decosne,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Misunderstood,
Tears for Fears,
T.S.O.L.,
Pantaleimon,
The Searchers,
MC5,
Funkadelic,
Fatback Band,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Alphaville,
Model 500,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Accadde A,
Gil Scott Heron,
ABC,
Deepchord,
James White and The Blacks,
X-101,
Half Japanese,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Blues Magoos,
Barry Ungar,
Darondo,
Zero Boys,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Black Pus,
Marc Almond,
Banda Bassotti,
The Residents, The Residents, The Residents, The Residents.
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.