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 Bahamas and from Halifax.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Oppenheimer Analysis to the dance 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 Judy Mowatt. All the underground hits.
All Jeru the Damaja tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Beau Brummels 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Silicon Teens,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lucky Dragons,
Arab on Radar,
the Slits,
Nik Kershaw,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Skaos,
The Smoke,
K-Klass,
Procol Harum,
Deadbeat,
Ornette Coleman,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Brand Nubian,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Kayak,
Sight & Sound,
New Order,
Todd Rundgren,
Hardrive,
The Birthday Party,
Prince Buster,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Searchers,
Rapeman,
Bush Tetras,
Gang of Four,
New Age Steppers,
Stetsasonic,
Rakim,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Jacob Miller,
Ten City,
Joey Negro,
Country Teasers,
Ronan,
Don Cherry,
Blancmange,
The Toasters,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gerry Rafferty,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sun City Girls,
Little Man,
Susan Cadogan,
Can,
Max Romeo,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ohio Players,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Chris & Cosey,
David Axelrod,
The Offenders,
Maleditus Sound,
China Crisis,
Howard Jones,
Agent Orange,
Piero Umiliani,
The Vogues,
Alison Limerick,
Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles.
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.