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 East Timor and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Ituana to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All Harmonia tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fat Boys 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Laurel Aitken,
Leonard Cohen,
Bootsy Collins,
Mantronix,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Young Marble Giants,
ABC,
Mad Mike,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
LL Cool J,
Supertramp,
Yazoo,
Marc Almond,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Mark Hollis,
Silicon Teens,
Sarah Menescal,
Gichy Dan,
Blossom Toes,
Jesper Dahlback,
Moebius,
Magazine,
Ultravox,
Fela Kuti,
Delta 5,
Massinfluence,
Bauhaus,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Amon Düül II,
Toni Rubio,
Hot Snakes,
Jeff Mills,
Newcleus,
Roxette,
Pulsallama,
the Slits,
Tim Buckley,
Janne Schatter,
The Moleskins,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Slackers,
Colin Newman,
Pet Shop Boys,
Michelle Simonal,
Duran Duran,
Minor Threat,
Negative Approach,
Easy Going,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Fat Boys,
Avey Tare,
Bill Wells,
Unwound,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Jandek,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
MDC,
Magma,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano.
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.