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 Kosovo and from Woodstock.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Joe Smooth to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 L. Decosne. All the underground hits.
All Von Mondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 Saccharine Trust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Shadows of Knight,
Livin' Joy,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Trojans,
Brand Nubian,
The Cowsills,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Lee Hazlewood,
Terrestrial Tones,
Stetsasonic,
Fela Kuti,
Altered Images,
The Doors,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Brothers Johnson,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Real Kids,
Pere Ubu,
Das Ding,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Eurythmics,
The Birthday Party,
Joensuu 1685,
Quadrant,
The United States of America,
Wolf Eyes,
The Dave Clark Five,
Pagans,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Kinks,
Thee Headcoats,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
New Age Steppers,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eden Ahbez,
Robert Wyatt,
Cybotron,
The Fugs,
Idris Muhammad,
John Coltrane,
The Cure,
Marshall Jefferson,
Subhumans,
Tommy Roe,
Public Enemy,
Lakeside,
Lightning Bolt,
Jacques Brel,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Velvet Underground,
the Soft Cell,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Moebius,
The Index,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Joy Division,
Black Flag,
Todd Terry,
Ossler,
The Evens,
Bob Dylan,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.