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 Kosovo and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 chamberlin 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 Lou Reed & Metallica to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Mantronix. All the underground hits.
All Al Stewart tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Skatalites 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minny Pops record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
K-Klass,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Slick Rick,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Johnny Clarke,
Wings,
Country Teasers,
Crispian St. Peters,
Toni Rubio,
Dave Gahan,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Hardrive,
Fatback Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Wally Richardson,
Wasted Youth,
Model 500,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Lou Christie,
Todd Rundgren,
Andrew Hill,
Lucky Dragons,
Johnny Osbourne,
Bizarre Inc.,
John Lydon,
Camouflage,
Eden Ahbez,
Dead Boys,
DNA,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Harpers Bizarre,
Reuben Wilson,
Glenn Branca,
Gichy Dan,
Livin' Joy,
Max Romeo,
Hashim,
Agitation Free,
UT,
Section 25,
Man Eating Sloth,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Ornette Coleman,
Cal Tjader,
the Swans,
Soul II Soul,
Roxy Music,
Altered Images,
The American Breed,
Bronski Beat,
Soulsonic Force,
Joensuu 1685,
The Grass Roots,
The Birthday Party,
Quando Quango,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
U.S. Maple,
Lalo Schifrin,
Deakin,
Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu.
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.