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 Guatemala and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Pantaleimon to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Remains. All the underground hits.
All The Beau Brummels tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Liliput record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lower 48 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Von Mondo,
Subhumans,
Youth Brigade,
Mantronix,
Laurel Aitken,
Eric B and Rakim,
Dawn Penn,
Fugazi,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Fat Boys,
Avey Tare,
Eve St. Jones,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Country Joe & The Fish,
The Doobie Brothers,
Jesper Dahlback,
Dark Day,
Byron Stingily,
Erasure,
Duran Duran,
Loose Ends,
Deepchord,
The Divine Comedy,
Pole,
Grandmaster Flash,
Bobby Womack,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Fad Gadget,
Archie Shepp,
Tim Buckley,
China Crisis,
Jandek,
Whodini,
A Certain Ratio,
Au Pairs,
The Leaves,
Althea and Donna,
Mary Jane Girls,
Harmonia,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Five Americans,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Todd Terry,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Trojans,
Roxy Music,
Soul Sonic Force,
Mr. Review,
Eric Dolphy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Pretty Things,
New Order,
Lou Christie,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Lyres,
Brass Construction,
Fear,
Scott Walker,
The Moleskins,
Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles.
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.