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 Burkina and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Bologna.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Jeff Mills to the funk 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 Neu!. All the underground hits.
All the Germs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joy Division record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Divine Comedy,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Dave Gahan,
Judy Mowatt,
Scrapy,
Crash Course in Science,
Cymande,
Gerry Rafferty,
Robert Hood,
Eli Mardock,
Throbbing Gristle,
Dead Boys,
Alison Limerick,
DJ Style,
kango's stein massive,
Panda Bear,
Junior Murvin,
Slave,
Black Flag,
Oneida,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Martian,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Ohio Players,
Icehouse,
Mary Jane Girls,
the Soft Cell,
Rakim,
Hoover,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Guru Guru,
Girls At Our Best!,
Q65,
Josef K,
the Swans,
Bronski Beat,
Au Pairs,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Faraquet,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Roy Ayers,
Fela Kuti,
Drive Like Jehu,
Roxy Music,
Susan Cadogan,
The Mummies,
Glenn Branca,
The Five Americans,
The Stooges,
Joensuu 1685,
Yusef Lateef,
Simply Red,
John Holt,
Isaac Hayes,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Freddie Wadling,
Minor Threat,
Camberwell Now,
The Saints,
Rotary Connection,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.