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 Pakistan and from Salvador.
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 1969 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Lindisfarne to the dance kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Cowsills. All the underground hits.
All Con Funk Shun tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every One Last Wish 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a guitar 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 a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Lydon,
Ossler,
Stetsasonic,
Con Funk Shun,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Mandrill,
Skriet,
The Moody Blues,
Excepter,
The Gladiators,
Todd Rundgren,
kango's stein massive,
Lyres,
Amon Düül II,
Sparks,
The Star Department,
Carl Craig,
The Sonics,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Ken Boothe,
Tomorrow,
Clear Light,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ituana,
Fad Gadget,
the Association,
X-Ray Spex,
One Last Wish,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Interpol,
Kurtis Blow,
Soul II Soul,
Basic Channel,
Marshall Jefferson,
Liliput,
Marcia Griffiths,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Masters at Work,
Tommy Roe,
Spoonie Gee,
LL Cool J,
Neil Young,
The Cure,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Saccharine Trust,
Second Layer,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
the Swans,
Chris Corsano,
Khruangbin,
Sister Nancy,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Brass Construction,
David McCallum,
Sight & Sound,
the Germs,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Divine Comedy,
Sun City Girls,
Max Romeo,
Chrome,
Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu.
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.