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 Solomon Islands and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba 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 N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell to the crunk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Jimmy McGriff. All the underground hits.
All Ash Ra Tempel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marcia Griffiths 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a theremin 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 synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer 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?
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Parry Music,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Lee Hazlewood,
Monks,
Bill Near,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
KRS-One,
The Cramps,
Peter & Gordon,
Blake Baxter,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Ultravox,
Country Teasers,
Nik Kershaw,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Ornette Coleman,
Jacques Brel,
Joy Division,
Gichy Dan,
Swell Maps,
Excepter,
The Gladiators,
The Moody Blues,
OOIOO,
10cc,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Yazoo,
Charles Mingus,
Minutemen,
The Trojans,
June of 44,
Archie Shepp,
Piero Umiliani,
The Misunderstood,
Harry Pussy,
L. Decosne,
Qualms,
Josef K,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Fortunes,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
DJ Style,
James White and The Blacks,
Chris & Cosey,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Tim Buckley,
June Days,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Brand Nubian,
The Saints,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Durutti Column,
Youth Brigade,
Steve Hackett,
The Gories,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Neil Young, Neil Young, Neil Young, Neil Young.
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.