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 Niger and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Tehran.
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 theremin 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 Bizarre Inc. to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All Nico tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Bar-Kays record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Frankie Knuckles record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Traffic Nightmare,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Morten Harket,
Absolute Body Control,
Graham Central Station,
The Raincoats,
Sixth Finger,
Danielle Patucci,
Fluxion,
Carl Craig,
Rakim,
Royal Trux,
Gastr Del Sol,
Reuben Wilson,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Birthday Party,
Pantaleimon,
The Durutti Column,
The Blackbyrds,
Thee Headcoats,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Monks,
Hasil Adkins,
DNA,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
New York Dolls,
The Leaves,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Boogie Down Productions,
Moss Icon,
Neil Young,
Maleditus Sound,
The Mojo Men,
the Fania All-Stars,
Underground Resistance,
Pole,
Godley & Creme,
Mad Mike,
Delta 5,
X-101,
Matthew Bourne,
Bang On A Can,
Wally Richardson,
Slave,
Minor Threat,
The American Breed,
Severed Heads,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Lower 48,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Fuzztones,
Anakelly,
Yazoo,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Procol Harum,
Jandek,
Little Man,
Masters at Work,
Japan,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.