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 Nepal and from Columbus.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 mellotron 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 Rufus Thomas to the disco kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Chris Corsano. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rhythim Is Rhythim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 spring reverb and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Underground Resistance record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Busters,
Massinfluence,
Delta 5,
Quantec,
Soul Sonic Force,
Johnny Osbourne,
ABC,
Josef K,
Sarah Menescal,
Anthony Braxton,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bill Wells,
Junior Murvin,
Dark Day,
Harmonia,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Cameo,
Marine Girls,
Tears for Fears,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Lightning Bolt,
Echospace,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Danielle Patucci,
PIL,
The American Breed,
Kas Product,
The Shadows of Knight,
Pantaleimon,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Toasters,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Wake,
Pere Ubu,
Eric Copeland,
F. McDonald,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Lalann,
Tubeway Army,
Leonard Cohen,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bob Dylan,
Underground Resistance,
Neil Young,
The Sonics,
The Skatalites,
Chris & Cosey,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Black Pus,
The Cure,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Angels of Light,
A Certain Ratio,
Absolute Body Control,
The Remains,
Arab on Radar,
Cymande,
Yazoo,
Amazonics,
Harry Pussy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
the Bar-Kays,
Scion, Scion, Scion, Scion.
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.