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 Guinea and from Woodstock.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Gang Green. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Enemy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Prince Buster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Toasters,
Ituana,
Henry Cow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Fortunes,
Absolute Body Control,
Anthony Braxton,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Drexciya,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Faust,
Vainqueur,
Darondo,
Ossler,
Peter and Kerry,
June of 44,
Blancmange,
Von Mondo,
Dawn Penn,
Gong,
Barclay James Harvest,
Bobby Sherman,
Sonny Sharrock,
Fad Gadget,
MDC,
Rites of Spring,
Ornette Coleman,
Black Bananas,
The Count Five,
Godley & Creme,
The Invisible,
Stetsasonic,
Bobby Womack,
the Association,
X-102,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Hardrive,
Inner City,
Fear,
Andrew Hill,
Harmonia,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Modern Lovers,
Sun City Girls,
The Dirtbombs,
Carl Craig,
Bronski Beat,
Neil Young,
The Standells,
Isaac Hayes,
Grandmaster Flash,
Slave,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Warren Ellis,
Lalann,
The Searchers,
Pylon,
Goldenarms,
Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead.
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.