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 Marshall Islands and from Sao Paulo.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Gong to the rock kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Groovy Waters. All the underground hits.
All The Chocolate Watch Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fall record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Fortunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gastr Del Sol,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Bootsy Collins,
the Germs,
Ultra Naté,
Ronnie Foster,
Reagan Youth,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Spandau Ballet,
Royal Trux,
Glambeats Corp.,
X-Ray Spex,
Lalann,
The Zeros,
The Sound,
Youth Brigade,
Lucky Dragons,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Spoonie Gee,
The Stooges,
The Slackers,
The Music Machine,
Howard Jones,
Kerrie Biddell,
Panda Bear,
Tim Buckley,
Saccharine Trust,
Mantronix,
Iggy Pop,
These Immortal Souls,
Delon & Dalcan,
Joy Division,
Joensuu 1685,
Josef K,
Sixth Finger,
Mary Jane Girls,
Siglo XX,
The Evens,
Yusef Lateef,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Tres Demented,
Lebanon Hanover,
Scientists,
Archie Shepp,
Brass Construction,
Das Ding,
Nas,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
KRS-One,
The Cramps,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Kevin Saunderson,
Man Parrish,
The Victims,
Monolake,
Drive Like Jehu,
Icehouse,
Marshall Jefferson,
Thee Headcoats,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Sight & Sound, Sight & Sound, Sight & Sound, Sight & Sound.
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.