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 Dominica and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Manchester.
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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Tears for Fears to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Prince Buster. All the underground hits.
All Motorama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jerry Gold Smith record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Half Japanese record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
KRS-One,
Massinfluence,
Japan,
Youth Brigade,
Zero Boys,
The Moleskins,
Average White Band,
The Blackbyrds,
Nas,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Eurythmics,
Reagan Youth,
Radiopuhelimet,
Gabor Szabo,
Wolf Eyes,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Mo-Dettes,
Judy Mowatt,
Brick,
Absolute Body Control,
Leonard Cohen,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Alton Ellis,
Erykah Badu,
Anakelly,
Gang Green,
Kas Product,
Traffic Nightmare,
Cal Tjader,
Au Pairs,
Arab on Radar,
The Modern Lovers,
Malaria!,
PIL,
The Dirtbombs,
Animal Collective,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Scientists,
Radiohead,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Fire Engines,
The Kinks,
Warren Ellis,
DJ Sneak,
Jacob Miller,
The Young Rascals,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Count Five,
H. Thieme,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
X-101,
Oblivians,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Fortunes,
Kayak,
Shoche,
Scion,
The Selecter, The Selecter, The Selecter, The Selecter.
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.