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 Belarus and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 John Foxx to the grime 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 Soft Cell. All the underground hits.
All Livin' Joy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Invisible record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flipper record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Morten Harket,
The Five Americans,
The Sonics,
Lucky Dragons,
Ultra Naté,
Al Stewart,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ronan,
The Moleskins,
Jacob Miller,
Neil Young,
Sonic Youth,
Saccharine Trust,
Blossom Toes,
The Skatalites,
Jimmy McGriff,
Tommy Roe,
Marine Girls,
Juan Atkins,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Cybotron,
Thee Headcoats,
Bob Dylan,
Gichy Dan,
Marvin Gaye,
The Mummies,
OOIOO,
Babytalk,
The Cramps,
The Birthday Party,
Yazoo,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kayak,
the Soft Cell,
Yellowson,
Quantec,
Eric B and Rakim,
Panda Bear,
Donny Hathaway,
Archie Shepp,
The Young Rascals,
Q and Not U,
The Names,
Brick,
Deadbeat,
Shoche,
Magma,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Robert Hood,
Ossler,
Audionom,
Bush Tetras,
Scan 7,
Zero Boys,
The Blackbyrds,
Icehouse,
David Bowie,
Heaven 17,
Lightning Bolt,
Model 500,
Blancmange,
Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy.
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.