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 San Marino and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Buzzcocks to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Simply Red. All the underground hits.
All Kool Moe Dee tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fall,
Andrew Hill,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
the Germs,
Jesper Dahlback,
Alton Ellis,
Nik Kershaw,
Eddi Front,
Jeff Mills,
David Axelrod,
Brick,
Pierre Henry,
Vainqueur,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Motorama,
Lucky Dragons,
Half Japanese,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Maleditus Sound,
Max Romeo,
Lou Christie,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Arthur Verocai,
The Cowsills,
The Happenings,
Cluster,
Nas,
The Black Dice,
Angry Samoans,
Talk Talk,
The Kinks,
Laurel Aitken,
Scott Walker,
The Red Krayola,
Erykah Badu,
Nick Fraelich,
Qualms,
Harpers Bizarre,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Jacob Miller,
The United States of America,
Niagra,
Donny Hathaway,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Soul Sonic Force,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
E-Dancer,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Fear,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Kayak,
The Tremeloes,
The Gun Club,
Essential Logic,
Stereo Dub,
Black Sheep,
Bronski Beat,
The Barracudas,
Man Parrish,
Masters at Work,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.