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 Cuba and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Modern Lovers to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Swell Maps. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Womack tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joensuu 1685 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jacob Miller record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The New Christs,
Babytalk,
The Neon Judgement,
The Kinks,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Raincoats,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bobby Womack,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Fela Kuti,
EPMD,
Bauhaus,
Pole,
Skaos,
Bush Tetras,
Glambeats Corp.,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
X-101,
Agent Orange,
The Blues Magoos,
Freddie Wadling,
Pussy Galore,
Josef K,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Barracudas,
Excepter,
Section 25,
Terry Callier,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Mark Hollis,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Moby Grape,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Lee Hazlewood,
Circle Jerks,
Camouflage,
Warren Ellis,
Newcleus,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
the Human League,
Kerrie Biddell,
Rhythm & Sound,
Animal Collective,
48th St. Collective,
The Birthday Party,
The Human League,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Judy Mowatt,
Agitation Free,
Jacob Miller,
Matthew Halsall,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Archie Shepp,
Rakim,
a-ha,
Wolf Eyes,
Niagra,
One Last Wish,
Magazine,
Supertramp,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.