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 Nepal and from Toronto.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Monolake to the grime kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 David Bowie. All the underground hits.
All The Litter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New Age Steppers,
Audionom,
Minor Threat,
Sun Ra,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
DNA,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sugar Minott,
Quadrant,
John Cale,
H. Thieme,
kango's stein massive,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Radio Birdman,
Gastr Del Sol,
Marshall Jefferson,
Delon & Dalcan,
Boz Scaggs,
Ultimate Spinach,
Colin Newman,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Darondo,
the Slits,
Mary Jane Girls,
Basic Channel,
The Slits,
Ronnie Foster,
The Gap Band,
Wasted Youth,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Judy Mowatt,
Danielle Patucci,
Rekid,
Liliput,
Reuben Wilson,
Goldenarms,
Swell Maps,
Jeru the Damaja,
Public Enemy,
Reagan Youth,
Thompson Twins,
Sarah Menescal,
Carl Craig,
These Immortal Souls,
Fear,
David Bowie,
K-Klass,
The Sonics,
June of 44,
Patti Smith,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Moby Grape,
Gang Gang Dance,
MDC,
In Retrospect,
Sonny Sharrock,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.