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 Venezuela and from Columbus.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Stereo Dub to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Oneida. All the underground hits.
All Mark Hollis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David Axelrod record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joyce Sims record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar 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?
Black Flag,
Yusef Lateef,
Isaac Hayes,
Janne Schatter,
Lindisfarne,
JFA,
Archie Shepp,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Jesper Dahlback,
Harmonia,
Roy Ayers,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Alison Limerick,
Ronan,
Dave Gahan,
Alton Ellis,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sun Ra,
La Düsseldorf,
Mad Mike,
The Cramps,
Al Stewart,
Grauzone,
Jacob Miller,
The Mojo Men,
Matthew Bourne,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Lakeside,
Niagra,
Swell Maps,
Blossom Toes,
Livin' Joy,
Terry Callier,
The Tremeloes,
Lyres,
Byron Stingily,
Leonard Cohen,
The United States of America,
The Barracudas,
Sällskapet,
Ponytail,
Depeche Mode,
Ornette Coleman,
New York Dolls,
the Slits,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Metal Thangz,
Ten City,
Tomorrow,
Electric Prunes,
a-ha,
Wolf Eyes,
Parry Music,
Bang On A Can,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Gong,
Black Sheep,
The Standells,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai.
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.