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 Nauru and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 harpsichord 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 Camouflage to the punk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Ituana. All the underground hits.
All Pharoah Sanders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Young Marble Giants 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Urselle,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Pagans,
Aloha Tigers,
Cluster,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Toni Rubio,
Ponytail,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Soft Machine,
Kurtis Blow,
Gang of Four,
The Seeds,
Deepchord,
Ornette Coleman,
Scratch Acid,
Glambeats Corp.,
Chrome,
Fat Boys,
The Skatalites,
Junior Murvin,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
FM Einheit,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Star Department,
Boredoms,
The Trojans,
Reagan Youth,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ralphi Rosario,
Man Parrish,
Camouflage,
Bang On A Can,
Maleditus Sound,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Rites of Spring,
Tres Demented,
Heaven 17,
Agitation Free,
Kevin Saunderson,
DNA,
10cc,
Grey Daturas,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Flamin' Groovies,
B.T. Express,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Quando Quango,
JFA,
Pole,
The Durutti Column,
The Moleskins,
The Alarm Clocks,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Procol Harum,
Fela Kuti,
Donny Hathaway,
Hot Snakes,
The Mojo Men,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.