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 Zambia 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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Swans to the grime 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 Bronski Beat. All the underground hits.
All Brass Construction tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hardrive 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sandy B record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Martian,
Hashim,
Mission of Burma,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
One Last Wish,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Raincoats,
Los Fastidios,
Davy DMX,
The Zeros,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Qualms,
The Moody Blues,
Minor Threat,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Prince Buster,
Ituana,
Mandrill,
JFA,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Desert Stars,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
OOIOO,
The Evens,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
the Fania All-Stars,
Swans,
Fear,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Suicide,
The American Breed,
Popol Vuh,
Mad Mike,
Black Moon,
Whodini,
Roger Hodgson,
Negative Approach,
Boredoms,
ABC,
Lebanon Hanover,
Soft Cell,
The Fugs,
Delon & Dalcan,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Tim Buckley,
The Move,
Buzzcocks,
The Smoke,
Sun Ra,
Maleditus Sound,
Michelle Simonal,
KRS-One,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Velvet Underground,
The Birthday Party,
Ohio Players,
The Monks,
Lou Reed,
Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis.
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.