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 Germany and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Yusef Lateef to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Silicon Teens. All the underground hits.
All Scion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scan 7 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pagans 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?
Jacob Miller,
Pantytec,
Boogie Down Productions,
10cc,
Leonard Cohen,
The Evens,
kango's stein massive,
Babytalk,
Interpol,
Pet Shop Boys,
Eli Mardock,
Smog,
Grauzone,
The Durutti Column,
Kevin Saunderson,
LL Cool J,
Technova,
Ossler,
Thompson Twins,
Chrome,
Altered Images,
Roger Hodgson,
KRS-One,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Half Japanese,
The American Breed,
Eric Dolphy,
Darondo,
Radio Birdman,
Grey Daturas,
Maurizio,
The Moleskins,
The Associates,
L. Decosne,
Derrick May,
Franke,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Whodini,
The Misunderstood,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Man Parrish,
The Vogues,
The Modern Lovers,
D'Angelo,
Gang Green,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Ituana,
Sandy B,
Mary Jane Girls,
Con Funk Shun,
The Busters,
Ponytail,
Television,
Cal Tjader,
DNA,
Michelle Simonal,
The Wake,
DJ Sneak,
Rakim,
Curtis Mayfield,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Skaos,
Audionom, Audionom, Audionom, Audionom.
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.