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 Hungary and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Beijing.
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 1983 at the first Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Barclay James Harvest to the rap 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 Circle Jerks. All the underground hits.
All Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Monolake record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 clarinet and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
Man Parrish,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Iggy Pop,
Glenn Branca,
Lalann,
Jandek,
Jawbox,
Franke,
Section 25,
The Cowsills,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Danielle Patucci,
The Buckinghams,
Ronnie Foster,
Swell Maps,
X-Ray Spex,
Cameo,
Tomorrow,
Howard Jones,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Absolute Body Control,
Barclay James Harvest,
Organ,
Royal Trux,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Outsiders,
Andrew Hill,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Ralphi Rosario,
Chris Corsano,
The Vogues,
La Düsseldorf,
Brass Construction,
The Stooges,
David McCallum,
Negative Approach,
Sister Nancy,
Freddie Wadling,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Echospace,
Traffic Nightmare,
Cymande,
Supertramp,
D'Angelo,
Lou Reed,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
John Holt,
Harmonia,
Scratch Acid,
Basic Channel,
Godley & Creme,
Drexciya,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Young Rascals,
Siglo XX,
Dawn Penn,
Spandau Ballet,
The Beau Brummels,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Roy Ayers Ubiquity.
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.