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 Bhutan and from Lille.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 La Düsseldorf 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 Gichy Dan. All the underground hits.
All Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The J.B.'s 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kango’s Stein Massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Copeland,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Black Flag,
David McCallum,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Albert Ayler,
Crispy Ambulance,
The J.B.'s,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Names,
Marmalade,
Bob Dylan,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Skatalites,
Audionom,
Fad Gadget,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Barracudas,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Babytalk,
Pet Shop Boys,
Nico,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Derrick May,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Blossom Toes,
Chris & Cosey,
Gil Scott Heron,
Godley & Creme,
Gang of Four,
Donald Byrd,
EPMD,
Skaos,
Minor Threat,
Radiohead,
Public Enemy,
Boz Scaggs,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Saints,
Patti Smith,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Cure,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jesper Dahlback,
Echospace,
The Busters,
Oneida,
Ultravox,
Prince Buster,
Shuggie Otis,
Soulsonic Force,
Delta 5,
Isaac Hayes,
Fluxion,
Soul II Soul,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Golliwogs,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Curtis Mayfield,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Smiths,
Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne.
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.