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 Spain and from Tehran.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Peter & Gordon to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Royal Trux. All the underground hits.
All The Leaves tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Womack record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lower 48,
Amon Düül II,
Smog,
Kerrie Biddell,
Glenn Branca,
Harpers Bizarre,
Pole,
Loose Ends,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Frankie Knuckles,
Tres Demented,
The Names,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Prince Buster,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Sexual Harrassment,
Todd Rundgren,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Suicide,
Surgeon,
The Standells,
Radiohead,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Model 500,
Wings,
Scott Walker,
Patti Smith,
Gang of Four,
Grey Daturas,
The Motions,
Althea and Donna,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gregory Isaacs,
Graham Central Station,
Robert Hood,
The Modern Lovers,
cv313,
Hardrive,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
David Bowie,
Newcleus,
Donny Hathaway,
Boz Scaggs,
Duran Duran,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Tim Buckley,
Kayak,
a-ha,
Ronnie Foster,
Dave Gahan,
Lou Christie,
Chris Corsano,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Q and Not U,
MDC,
Chrome,
Bobbi Humphrey,
R.M.O.,
Lucky Dragons,
Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz.
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.