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 Lesotho and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 The Golliwogs to the disco 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 Public Image Ltd.. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Talk Talk record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
AZ,
Mark Hollis,
Wings,
Donny Hathaway,
Soft Cell,
New Age Steppers,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Bill Wells,
Eric Dolphy,
Minnie Riperton,
Ultimate Spinach,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Juan Atkins,
The Doors,
Make Up,
Fatback Band,
Jawbox,
Jeff Lynne,
Buzzcocks,
Television,
Sound Behaviour,
Max Romeo,
The Monks,
Joe Finger,
Ken Boothe,
Bang On A Can,
Grandmaster Flash,
John Cale,
Alison Limerick,
The Mummies,
Eric B and Rakim,
Silicon Teens,
The Golliwogs,
Excepter,
JFA,
Tommy Roe,
The Birthday Party,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Happenings,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Thee Headcoats,
Camberwell Now,
The Smoke,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Michelle Simonal,
Technova,
Joy Division,
Iggy Pop,
The Blackbyrds,
Nick Fraelich,
Scientists,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
T. Rex,
Nas,
The Velvet Underground,
Byron Stingily,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Todd Rundgren,
Eve St. Jones,
The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group.
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.