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 Libya and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the theremin 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 Althea and Donna to the electroclash 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 Accadde A. All the underground hits.
All Monks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Real Kids 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin 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 rhodes and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Harpers Bizarre,
The Seeds,
Dual Sessions,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Spandau Ballet,
Graham Central Station,
Pussy Galore,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Aswad,
Metal Thangz,
Wolf Eyes,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Kas Product,
Khruangbin,
The Walker Brothers,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Suburban Knight,
Hasil Adkins,
Youth Brigade,
Bill Near,
The Birthday Party,
Mr. Review,
MC5,
The Beau Brummels,
The Gories,
Parry Music,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Anakelly,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Soulsonic Force,
Sunsets and Hearts,
David Bowie,
Wally Richardson,
Fluxion,
The Saints,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Young Rascals,
Harmonia,
In Retrospect,
Tropical Tobacco,
Electric Prunes,
Sound Behaviour,
R.M.O.,
Lightning Bolt,
Eric Dolphy,
kango's stein massive,
Tubeway Army,
Jeru the Damaja,
Yusef Lateef,
The Gap Band,
the Human League,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Avey Tare,
Audionom,
Harry Pussy,
Todd Terry,
Bobbi Humphrey, Bobbi Humphrey, Bobbi Humphrey, Bobbi Humphrey.
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.