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 Serbia and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar 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 Crispy Ambulance to the techno 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 Alison Limerick. All the underground hits.
All Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 an oboe and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mojo Men record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lee Hazlewood,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Scrapy,
Stereo Dub,
Mad Mike,
Junior Murvin,
Isaac Hayes,
Bobby Byrd,
Bluetip,
Section 25,
Gang of Four,
David Axelrod,
Dennis Brown,
Arcadia,
Davy DMX,
Archie Shepp,
The Moody Blues,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Theoretical Girls,
The Standells,
Albert Ayler,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Soulsonic Force,
Amazonics,
JFA,
Public Enemy,
Lou Christie,
Joey Negro,
Fugazi,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Smiths,
Black Pus,
The Durutti Column,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Nirvana,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Heaven 17,
Guru Guru,
X-102,
Kenny Larkin,
Main Source,
Silicon Teens,
Soft Cell,
Procol Harum,
The Kinks,
Steve Hackett,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Ludus,
The Dirtbombs,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Prince Buster,
Roy Ayers,
Terrestrial Tones,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Offenders,
Neu!,
Letta Mbulu,
Bizarre Inc.,
Traffic Nightmare,
Spandau Ballet,
Outsiders,
Marine Girls,
Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan.
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.