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 Equatorial Guinea 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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Toronto.
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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Barrington Levy to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Larry & the Blue Notes. All the underground hits.
All Sarah Menescal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every CMW 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an organ 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 arpeggiator and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Soft Cell,
Jesper Dahlback,
Khruangbin,
48th St. Collective,
John Foxx,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Harpers Bizarre,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Nico,
Dawn Penn,
Dark Day,
Kayak,
Pierre Henry,
Kurtis Blow,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Quantec,
Erasure,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Wasted Youth,
E-Dancer,
Gichy Dan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Thompson Twins,
Godley & Creme,
Gil Scott Heron,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Public Image Ltd.,
Bronski Beat,
Marmalade,
Sun City Girls,
AZ,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Fad Gadget,
Yusef Lateef,
Country Teasers,
Warsaw,
DJ Style,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Althea and Donna,
The Skatalites,
The Smiths,
Avey Tare,
Ronnie Foster,
PIL,
Bootsy Collins,
Gregory Isaacs,
Chrome,
Spoonie Gee,
OOIOO,
Minnie Riperton,
Gang Starr,
Mantronix,
The Stooges,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Absolute Body Control,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Minny Pops,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Sight & Sound,
Schoolly D,
Jandek, Jandek, Jandek, Jandek.
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.