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 North and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 rhodes 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 Lizzy Mercier Descloux to the rap kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Mr. Review. All the underground hits.
All Lakeside tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans 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 güiro and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boogie Down Productions,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Ken Boothe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Modern Lovers,
The Vogues,
Agent Orange,
Von Mondo,
Make Up,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Bobby Womack,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Altered Images,
Marvin Gaye,
The Happenings,
Sugar Minott,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Nick Fraelich,
La Düsseldorf,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Roxy Music,
The Fuzztones,
Dennis Brown,
Tears for Fears,
Juan Atkins,
Desert Stars,
8 Eyed Spy,
Sällskapet,
New York Dolls,
Sun City Girls,
Eli Mardock,
The American Breed,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Bang On A Can,
The Index,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Rufus Thomas,
the Bar-Kays,
Adolescents,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Sound Behaviour,
The Count Five,
The Gap Band,
Y Pants,
The Toasters,
T.S.O.L.,
Jesper Dahlback,
Black Flag,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Blancmange,
Tom Boy,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Rites of Spring,
Skaos,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Pop Group,
Lou Christie,
Ultra Naté,
The Pretty Things,
Lucky Dragons,
Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis.
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.