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 Nicaragua and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Sound Behaviour to the rap kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Oneida. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Avey Tare record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Shadows of Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Young Rascals,
The Skatalites,
Outsiders,
The Leaves,
The Motions,
New York Dolls,
Shuggie Otis,
Public Image Ltd.,
Banda Bassotti,
Terrestrial Tones,
Sam Rivers,
The Neon Judgement,
Accadde A,
Derrick Morgan,
Byron Stingily,
Joe Finger,
The Monochrome Set,
Arthur Verocai,
Nils Olav,
Moebius,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Glambeats Corp.,
Gong,
Wings,
Nick Fraelich,
The Smoke,
Todd Rundgren,
Fear,
Cameo,
The New Christs,
Kerrie Biddell,
Joey Negro,
Yellowson,
Jerry's Kids,
Joensuu 1685,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dennis Brown,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Gang of Four,
Brand Nubian,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Alphaville,
The Monks,
Jesper Dahlback,
Skriet,
Desert Stars,
Wire,
The Modern Lovers,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Ludus,
Sister Nancy,
Minny Pops,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Maurizio,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Audionom,
Ornette Coleman,
Absolute Body Control,
Porter Ricks,
Bobby Byrd,
Letta Mbulu,
cv313,
Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin.
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.