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 Gambia and from Bremen.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Alison Limerick to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Mo-Dettes. All the underground hits.
All Blancmange tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Young Rascals record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aaron Thompson,
Spoonie Gee,
Man Eating Sloth,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Young Rascals,
Stiv Bators,
The Remains,
Gabor Szabo,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jeff Mills,
Andrew Hill,
Big Daddy Kane,
Byron Stingily,
Q and Not U,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
John Coltrane,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Danielle Patucci,
Trumans Water,
The Dead C,
Smog,
Yaz,
Dave Gahan,
Gil Scott Heron,
New Order,
Amon Düül II,
The Seeds,
Minnie Riperton,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Mandrill,
Crash Course in Science,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Moody Blues,
The Mojo Men,
Erasure,
John Lydon,
Half Japanese,
Crispian St. Peters,
Funky Four + One,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
New Age Steppers,
Nik Kershaw,
Stereo Dub,
Max Romeo,
Lalann,
Simply Red,
Interpol,
Eve St. Jones,
Second Layer,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Young Marble Giants,
Roxy Music,
Lyres,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Motions,
Todd Terry,
Jeru the Damaja,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.