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 Korea South 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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Paris.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Tears for Fears to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Gong. All the underground hits.
All Donald Byrd tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q65 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boogie Down Productions,
Idris Muhammad,
Dennis Brown,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Pere Ubu,
Gang Green,
Scrapy,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Mr. Review,
Man Parrish,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Glambeats Corp.,
Supertramp,
Adolescents,
Blancmange,
Arcadia,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Crispian St. Peters,
F. McDonald,
the Swans,
Frankie Knuckles,
Piero Umiliani,
The Misunderstood,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Delon & Dalcan,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Bill Wells,
Susan Cadogan,
the Germs,
8 Eyed Spy,
Nik Kershaw,
X-102,
Crispy Ambulance,
Gabor Szabo,
Derrick May,
U.S. Maple,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Lightning Bolt,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Fall,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Banda Bassotti,
Royal Trux,
Soulsonic Force,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Johnny Osbourne,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
the Human League,
Pantytec,
PIL,
Excepter,
Tears for Fears,
LL Cool J,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Au Pairs,
Quando Quango,
James White and The Blacks,
Franke,
The Searchers,
Bob Dylan,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.