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 Portugal and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the organ 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 Zapp to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Junior Murvin. All the underground hits.
All Boz Scaggs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fall record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a snare 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 guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris Corsano,
Half Japanese,
Faust,
Slave,
The Names,
Darondo,
The Human League,
Arab on Radar,
Marc Almond,
Siglo XX,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Faraquet,
Procol Harum,
John Foxx,
Jeff Lynne,
Eric B and Rakim,
X-102,
Joe Smooth,
Soulsonic Force,
Slick Rick,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
EPMD,
Adolescents,
Gabor Szabo,
Gichy Dan,
Lee Hazlewood,
Little Man,
Zero Boys,
kango's stein massive,
a-ha,
Black Moon,
Dual Sessions,
Symarip,
Steve Hackett,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
the Association,
Grauzone,
Rod Modell,
Chris & Cosey,
ABC,
Intrusion,
World's Most,
JFA,
Juan Atkins,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yellowson,
The Neon Judgement,
Stetsasonic,
Saccharine Trust,
David McCallum,
Black Flag,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Moleskins,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Todd Rundgren,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Remains,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Vogues,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras.
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.