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 Monaco and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Spokane.
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 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 Country Joe & The Fish to the dance 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 The Saints. All the underground hits.
All Danielle Patucci tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dead Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gap Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The New Christs,
LL Cool J,
Reuben Wilson,
Slave,
Symarip,
Colin Newman,
ABC,
T. Rex,
Tres Demented,
Davy DMX,
Mandrill,
Silicon Teens,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Michelle Simonal,
It's A Beautiful Day,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Radiopuhelimet,
Harpers Bizarre,
Sällskapet,
Intrusion,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
kango's stein massive,
E-Dancer,
Eden Ahbez,
Metal Thangz,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Underground Resistance,
The Residents,
Interpol,
June of 44,
Connie Case,
KRS-One,
Crash Course in Science,
Scott Walker,
Gabor Szabo,
Nation of Ulysses,
Scientists,
Thompson Twins,
Patti Smith,
Soulsonic Force,
The Cowsills,
Sugar Minott,
The Skatalites,
Moebius,
Black Sheep,
Black Flag,
Warren Ellis,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
This Heat,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Tubeway Army,
Porter Ricks,
Josef K,
MC5,
Absolute Body Control,
FM Einheit,
Judy Mowatt,
Sound Behaviour,
Gang Starr,
Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill.
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.