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 Zimbabwe and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Dark Day to the dance 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 Tom Boy. All the underground hits.
All Ossler tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Isaac Hayes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 chamberlin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Five Americans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marcia Griffiths,
Motorama,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Gories,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Brothers Johnson,
Dennis Brown,
Aaron Thompson,
Matthew Halsall,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Skarface,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Patti Smith,
Audionom,
kango's stein massive,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Gap Band,
Sight & Sound,
Spandau Ballet,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Piero Umiliani,
Glambeats Corp.,
ABBA,
Supertramp,
Brand Nubian,
The Star Department,
Freddie Wadling,
The Cowsills,
The Smoke,
Vladislav Delay,
Eddi Front,
Newcleus,
The Pretty Things,
Susan Cadogan,
Jimmy McGriff,
Japan,
Oblivians,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Gregory Isaacs,
Altered Images,
The Sonics,
The Busters,
Lou Christie,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Yusef Lateef,
Minnie Riperton,
Sex Pistols,
The Happenings,
Reuben Wilson,
the Swans,
Barry Ungar,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Spoonie Gee,
Darondo,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Wake,
Basic Channel,
Ultra Naté,
Smog,
The Dirtbombs,
The Mummies,
David McCallum,
Agent Orange,
China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis.
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.