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 Tanzania and from Madrid.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Ludus to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Radiopuhelimet. All the underground hits.
All DNA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Panda Bear record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eurythmics,
Spandau Ballet,
Sam Rivers,
Danielle Patucci,
Freddie Wadling,
Buzzcocks,
Deakin,
Hasil Adkins,
The Smoke,
Public Image Ltd.,
Lou Christie,
Reagan Youth,
Youth Brigade,
Zero Boys,
Johnny Osbourne,
Scion,
Sugar Minott,
The Dave Clark Five,
Girls At Our Best!,
Ponytail,
The Monks,
Hot Snakes,
Maurizio,
John Cale,
kango's stein massive,
Mantronix,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Model 500,
June of 44,
Joensuu 1685,
Andrew Hill,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Barrington Levy,
Ludus,
Minor Threat,
Janne Schatter,
Mary Jane Girls,
DJ Style,
Toni Rubio,
The Fire Engines,
B.T. Express,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Liliput,
Unrelated Segments,
Yellowson,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Jimmy McGriff,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Angels of Light,
Derrick Morgan,
Pere Ubu,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Gories,
Shuggie Otis,
Cymande,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal.
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.