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 Eritrea and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Toronto.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Loose Ends to the grime kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Cluster. All the underground hits.
All DNA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ludus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DeepChord presents Echospace record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord 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?
Eric Copeland,
Deepchord,
Lalann,
The Blackbyrds,
Barclay James Harvest,
Eric Dolphy,
Unwound,
Fugazi,
Yusef Lateef,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Gap Band,
Dead Boys,
Supertramp,
Cal Tjader,
Throbbing Gristle,
Chrome,
Das Ding,
John Lydon,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
F. McDonald,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Bill Wells,
Tubeway Army,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Roy Ayers,
The Invisible,
Section 25,
Matthew Bourne,
Andrew Hill,
Pole,
Bobby Womack,
Suicide,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Black Bananas,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Wolf Eyes,
Nik Kershaw,
Neil Young,
Skarface,
Toni Rubio,
Jeff Lynne,
Crime,
Curtis Mayfield,
Pantytec,
X-102,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Grass Roots,
The Electric Prunes,
The Fire Engines,
Tres Demented,
The Raincoats,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
David McCallum,
Grey Daturas,
Rod Modell,
Kas Product,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Spoonie Gee,
Alison Limerick,
Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian.
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.