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 Papua New Guinea and from Winnipeg.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the mellotron 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 The Happenings to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Electric Light Orchestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane 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 clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sun Ra,
DJ Sneak,
Smog,
Roger Hodgson,
Iggy Pop,
Junior Murvin,
Section 25,
The Human League,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Con Funk Shun,
Johnny Osbourne,
Eric Dolphy,
Davy DMX,
Deepchord,
The Real Kids,
Half Japanese,
Eurythmics,
Drexciya,
Barbara Tucker,
John Holt,
The J.B.'s,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Gang Starr,
New Age Steppers,
Tim Buckley,
Flipper,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Avey Tare,
Ludus,
Fugazi,
Thompson Twins,
Wally Richardson,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
T. Rex,
Sight & Sound,
Animal Collective,
Mantronix,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
DJ Style,
Darondo,
Scrapy,
Q and Not U,
Negative Approach,
The Cowsills,
The Pop Group,
These Immortal Souls,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Agent Orange,
The Names,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Howard Jones,
D'Angelo,
Connie Case,
Anthony Braxton,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Hashim,
Letta Mbulu,
Soft Machine,
Sugar Minott,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio.
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.