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 Marshall Islands and from Manchester.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ 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 Desert Stars to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Rapeman. All the underground hits.
All Pet Shop Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Angry Samoans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Young Rascals record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anthony Braxton,
Grey Daturas,
Maurizio,
Traffic Nightmare,
Tears for Fears,
The Velvet Underground,
Magma,
Andrew Hill,
Cybotron,
New Order,
Royal Trux,
The Human League,
Nation of Ulysses,
Model 500,
Stetsasonic,
Rufus Thomas,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Rhythm & Sound,
Gang Starr,
Cluster,
The Fuzztones,
The Raincoats,
B.T. Express,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Angels of Light,
Steve Hackett,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gil Scott Heron,
Soulsonic Force,
Matthew Halsall,
The Names,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Vogues,
Deadbeat,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Darondo,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Brass Construction,
Robert Görl,
Intrusion,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Infiniti,
The Fall,
Mr. Review,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
the Normal,
Girls At Our Best!,
Skaos,
10cc,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
K-Klass,
Letta Mbulu,
Fugazi,
Ultimate Spinach,
Lakeside,
The Toasters,
Can,
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