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 Tajikistan and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Busters to the rock 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 Heaven 17. All the underground hits.
All Connie Case tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DJ Style record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June Days record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tropical Tobacco,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Goldenarms,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Harmonia,
Alphaville,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Tremeloes,
Loose Ends,
PIL,
Tears for Fears,
Siglo XX,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ten City,
Josef K,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Steve Hackett,
Radiohead,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Neil Young,
Mandrill,
The Dirtbombs,
Wasted Youth,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Kinks,
Swell Maps,
Pulsallama,
Carl Craig,
the Human League,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Moby Grape,
Procol Harum,
Sandy B,
June Days,
Peter and Kerry,
Pet Shop Boys,
Clear Light,
Drexciya,
Eric Copeland,
Pharoah Sanders,
Junior Murvin,
Quando Quango,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Deadbeat,
The Fall,
Minny Pops,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Blossom Toes,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Black Flag,
Byron Stingily,
Rufus Thomas,
The Buckinghams,
Dennis Brown,
Tommy Roe,
Scrapy,
Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan.
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.