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 Iceland and from Mumbai.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Slave to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Flipper. All the underground hits.
All Livin' Joy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Curtis Mayfield 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythm & Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Offenders,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Country Teasers,
Robert Görl,
The Slits,
Jacques Brel,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Pere Ubu,
Adolescents,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Das Ding,
Black Moon,
Rosa Yemen,
Soulsonic Force,
The Move,
Panda Bear,
Interpol,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Cowsills,
Glambeats Corp.,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Model 500,
Dual Sessions,
Roger Hodgson,
Spoonie Gee,
The Birthday Party,
Bizarre Inc.,
Gang Starr,
Andrew Hill,
Stockholm Monsters,
Gang Gang Dance,
Alison Limerick,
Sonic Youth,
Chris & Cosey,
Quantec,
Ludus,
Nik Kershaw,
Cecil Taylor,
Slick Rick,
New Order,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Toasters,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Real Kids,
Infiniti,
Brothers Johnson,
Maurizio,
Juan Atkins,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Henry Cow,
Lakeside,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Fire Engines,
Niagra,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Wings,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Susan Cadogan,
Scott Walker,
The Sound, The Sound, The Sound, The Sound.
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.