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 Dominican Republic and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 Halifax and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Michael McDonald 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 Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme to the disco 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 Gong. All the underground hits.
All The Electric Prunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Thompson Twins 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gian Franco Pienzio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hasil Adkins,
Jawbox,
Make Up,
The Sonics,
Howard Jones,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Monks,
Eli Mardock,
Metal Thangz,
Clear Light,
Wire,
The Searchers,
The Doors,
The Beau Brummels,
Crash Course in Science,
Mr. Review,
L. Decosne,
Scientists,
D'Angelo,
Rosa Yemen,
Neil Young,
The Misunderstood,
48th St. Collective,
Hardrive,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ralphi Rosario,
Maurizio,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Five Americans,
Camouflage,
Delta 5,
Soulsonic Force,
Janne Schatter,
The Young Rascals,
Rhythm & Sound,
Neu!,
The Zeros,
Mantronix,
Donny Hathaway,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Heaven 17,
Boredoms,
Dual Sessions,
Index,
OOIOO,
F. McDonald,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Selecter,
Rotary Connection,
Whodini,
Tom Boy,
Traffic Nightmare,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Graham Central Station,
Ultravox,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Alphaville,
June of 44, June of 44, June of 44, June of 44.
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.