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 Togo and from Winnipeg.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 spring reverb 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 Godley & Creme to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Searchers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bronski Beat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Enemy,
Gichy Dan,
Grandmaster Flash,
Bluetip,
The Techniques,
Chris & Cosey,
Derrick Morgan,
China Crisis,
Goldenarms,
Archie Shepp,
E-Dancer,
Nirvana,
Symarip,
James White and The Blacks,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
JFA,
Pylon,
Alphaville,
Rotary Connection,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Procol Harum,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eric B and Rakim,
Skarface,
Harry Pussy,
Grey Daturas,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Aswad,
Spoonie Gee,
Black Pus,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Crime,
Flash Fearless,
Jeff Lynne,
Alison Limerick,
Thompson Twins,
Electric Prunes,
Mary Jane Girls,
Panda Bear,
Severed Heads,
The Pretty Things,
The Motions,
Groovy Waters,
Negative Approach,
The Misunderstood,
Television,
Half Japanese,
Subhumans,
Suburban Knight,
Deakin,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Morten Harket,
The Slackers,
Tomorrow,
H. Thieme,
The Residents,
Pharoah Sanders,
Connie Case,
Prince Buster,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.