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 Tanzania 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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Teenage Jesus and the Jerks to the punk 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 Sixth Finger. All the underground hits.
All It's A Beautiful Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mars record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minnie Riperton record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Bush Tetras,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Agitation Free,
Dual Sessions,
Television,
Cymande,
The Associates,
The Dave Clark Five,
Oneida,
Andrew Hill,
X-102,
Kas Product,
Massinfluence,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Popol Vuh,
Maleditus Sound,
Wasted Youth,
Charles Mingus,
The Gladiators,
Soft Cell,
The Five Americans,
Hot Snakes,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Tim Buckley,
The Doobie Brothers,
Amazonics,
Crime,
Thompson Twins,
Pantytec,
Lalann,
The Moleskins,
Bauhaus,
Cecil Taylor,
The Beau Brummels,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Erykah Badu,
Gang Green,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Loose Ends,
Johnny Clarke,
Boogie Down Productions,
Patti Smith,
Whodini,
The Saints,
Accadde A,
Wings,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Robert Görl,
Dark Day,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Scion,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Ten City,
Ralphi Rosario,
Harpers Bizarre,
Soul II Soul,
The Smiths,
Model 500, Model 500, Model 500, Model 500.
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.