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 Nepal and from Portland.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Joe Smooth to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Move. All the underground hits.
All Niagra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nick Fraelich record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tropical Tobacco record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camouflage,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Flesh Eaters,
Section 25,
Amon Düül II,
Hasil Adkins,
Unrelated Segments,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Easy Going,
Tubeway Army,
The Sonics,
The Sound,
Harmonia,
KRS-One,
Marc Almond,
Scratch Acid,
The Litter,
the Slits,
Flipper,
Bluetip,
Parry Music,
the Swans,
Second Layer,
CMW,
Peter & Gordon,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Jacob Miller,
Youth Brigade,
Archie Shepp,
LL Cool J,
Pantaleimon,
Marshall Jefferson,
Hardrive,
Groovy Waters,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Scientists,
Average White Band,
Roy Ayers,
Lungfish,
Hashim,
Dennis Brown,
Arab on Radar,
Chrome,
The Fortunes,
Lucky Dragons,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Laurel Aitken,
Bobby Womack,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Victims,
Al Stewart,
Blancmange,
Drexciya,
Minutemen,
Pagans,
Desert Stars,
Derrick Morgan,
Guru Guru,
Pet Shop Boys,
Motorama,
Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare.
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.