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 Libya and from Taipei.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Erasure to the funk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Sun Ra Arkestra. All the underground hits.
All ABC tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soft Cell 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a It's A Beautiful Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Spoonie Gee,
Jandek,
Derrick May,
The Vogues,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Erykah Badu,
The Seeds,
Alphaville,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Smoke,
Sex Pistols,
Roxy Music,
The Fuzztones,
The Doors,
The Black Dice,
The Cowsills,
Aural Exciters,
Altered Images,
Agitation Free,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Litter,
The Fortunes,
Soft Machine,
Alton Ellis,
Pulsallama,
Rosa Yemen,
Cal Tjader,
Monolake,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Peter and Kerry,
The Fire Engines,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Neon Judgement,
New Age Steppers,
Brick,
Moby Grape,
New Order,
The Moleskins,
The Fall,
Archie Shepp,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mark Hollis,
Zero Boys,
Patti Smith,
Marcia Griffiths,
Tomorrow,
D'Angelo,
Fat Boys,
Stereo Dub,
Newcleus,
Stetsasonic,
Camouflage,
cv313,
The Index,
Nico,
Derrick Morgan,
Au Pairs,
The Velvet Underground,
Yellowson,
Tim Buckley,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5.
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.