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 Ghana and from Lagos.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Madrid.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 L. Decosne to the disco 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 Deepchord. All the underground hits.
All Warsaw tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The New Christs 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Spoonie Gee record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Scratch Acid,
New Order,
Fad Gadget,
Idris Muhammad,
Suburban Knight,
T. Rex,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Deadbeat,
Godley & Creme,
The Techniques,
Sun Ra,
a-ha,
DJ Style,
John Holt,
Circle Jerks,
The Doobie Brothers,
Dual Sessions,
Essential Logic,
Public Image Ltd.,
Schoolly D,
MDC,
Todd Rundgren,
The Motions,
Sister Nancy,
Liliput,
Tubeway Army,
Todd Terry,
Moby Grape,
Magma,
Eden Ahbez,
Depeche Mode,
Nick Fraelich,
Josef K,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Rotary Connection,
Faraquet,
Boredoms,
Matthew Halsall,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Spandau Ballet,
The Zeros,
The Fugs,
The Last Poets,
Kaleidoscope,
Funky Four + One,
DJ Sneak,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
June Days,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Mummies,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Martian,
Joe Smooth,
Severed Heads,
The Busters,
The Dirtbombs,
Jacques Brel,
B.T. Express,
Prince Buster,
Trumans Water,
Radio Birdman, Radio Birdman, Radio Birdman, Radio Birdman.
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.