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 Seoul.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Lucky Dragons to the grime 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 Unwound. All the underground hits.
All Maleditus Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Derrick Morgan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 808 and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Absolute Body Control,
Oneida,
Groovy Waters,
the Germs,
Tubeway Army,
Lalo Schifrin,
Eric Copeland,
ABBA,
Duran Duran,
Radio Birdman,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Beau Brummels,
Todd Rundgren,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Fear,
The Searchers,
Hardrive,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Dave Gahan,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Supertramp,
The Monks,
John Foxx,
Magma,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Fad Gadget,
Ornette Coleman,
Q65,
Josef K,
Derrick Morgan,
The Fuzztones,
Mo-Dettes,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Wings,
Rekid,
Tom Boy,
Fat Boys,
Black Sheep,
KRS-One,
Marvin Gaye,
Drive Like Jehu,
Lower 48,
Stereo Dub,
the Sonics,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
H. Thieme,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Ken Boothe,
Blancmange,
The Slackers,
The Martian,
Soft Cell,
Chris Corsano,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Bill Wells,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Harpers Bizarre,
Maleditus Sound,
Echospace,
Underground Resistance,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.