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 Malaysia and from Tokyo.
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 1968 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Kinks to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Dennis Brown. All the underground hits.
All Pere Ubu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Byrd record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cal Tjader record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sound Behaviour,
Gang Starr,
Gang of Four,
Moss Icon,
The Monochrome Set,
Moby Grape,
Aaron Thompson,
Sly & The Family Stone,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sixth Finger,
New Age Steppers,
T. Rex,
Archie Shepp,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
kango's stein massive,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
L. Decosne,
Aloha Tigers,
Tubeway Army,
Minutemen,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Happenings,
Althea and Donna,
Animal Collective,
The Last Poets,
Anakelly,
Bauhaus,
The Fugs,
Soul Sonic Force,
Pussy Galore,
Kerri Chandler,
Nils Olav,
Sam Rivers,
Infiniti,
Bang On A Can,
Radio Birdman,
John Holt,
Joe Smooth,
Isaac Hayes,
Bill Near,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Thompson Twins,
Little Man,
The Smoke,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Brass Construction,
FM Einheit,
Eli Mardock,
Stereo Dub,
Warren Ellis,
The Five Americans,
Freddie Wadling,
AZ,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Soul II Soul,
Rapeman,
The Leaves,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Y Pants,
Faraquet,
Godley & Creme,
David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod.
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.