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 Cyprus and from Hong Kong.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Gian Franco Pienzio to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Pole. All the underground hits.
All Matthew Bourne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ralphi Rosario record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Sonics record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Technova,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Alphaville,
Letta Mbulu,
Zapp,
Marvin Gaye,
Vladislav Delay,
Drive Like Jehu,
Ohio Players,
Loose Ends,
Lucky Dragons,
The Cowsills,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Kas Product,
The Leaves,
Pussy Galore,
Gang of Four,
Judy Mowatt,
Country Teasers,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Prince Buster,
The Offenders,
The Young Rascals,
E-Dancer,
The Human League,
D'Angelo,
Metal Thangz,
Supertramp,
Negative Approach,
Gregory Isaacs,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Duran Duran,
Y Pants,
June Days,
The Moody Blues,
New Age Steppers,
Tropical Tobacco,
Marshall Jefferson,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sonny Sharrock,
Donny Hathaway,
Anakelly,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Index,
Black Bananas,
New York Dolls,
Tears for Fears,
Wire,
Excepter,
Mo-Dettes,
DJ Style,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sarah Menescal,
48th St. Collective,
The Invisible,
Motorama,
Suburban Knight,
The Real Kids,
Joey Negro,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.