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 Gambia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Sam Rivers 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 Aloha Tigers. All the underground hits.
All Dawn Penn tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aural Exciters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a güiro 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 theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
FM Einheit,
Suburban Knight,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Hasil Adkins,
Rapeman,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Dennis Brown,
Crime,
Judy Mowatt,
Letta Mbulu,
Thee Headcoats,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Glambeats Corp.,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Faraquet,
Deadbeat,
Scan 7,
Crash Course in Science,
John Lydon,
Amon Düül II,
Schoolly D,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
KRS-One,
Pole,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Eden Ahbez,
Iggy Pop,
Pantaleimon,
Lebanon Hanover,
Agitation Free,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Model 500,
Idris Muhammad,
the Human League,
Surgeon,
Oblivians,
World's Most,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Flipper,
Supertramp,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Birthday Party,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Albert Ayler,
T.S.O.L.,
Alton Ellis,
Joey Negro,
Rotary Connection,
Crooked Eye,
Davy DMX,
Sister Nancy,
Loose Ends,
Soul Sonic Force,
Todd Terry,
Yazoo,
the Association,
The Happenings,
Pet Shop Boys,
Outsiders,
Lower 48,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.