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 Iraq and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 The Golliwogs to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 DNA. All the underground hits.
All Monks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kool Moe Dee 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Howard Jones record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Babytalk,
The Skatalites,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
World's Most,
Television,
T.S.O.L.,
X-102,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Charles Mingus,
DJ Sneak,
Reuben Wilson,
This Heat,
The Golliwogs,
Ponytail,
Chrome,
The Invisible,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Ultra Naté,
Lou Reed,
Grey Daturas,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Lucky Dragons,
Technova,
The Remains,
In Retrospect,
Darondo,
Glambeats Corp.,
Jandek,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Birthday Party,
Todd Terry,
Wolf Eyes,
Deakin,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Kevin Saunderson,
Mr. Review,
Popol Vuh,
Liliput,
Grauzone,
Funkadelic,
D'Angelo,
The Grass Roots,
Schoolly D,
The Associates,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Agent Orange,
Swans,
Monolake,
Fat Boys,
Pantaleimon,
Wings,
Roxy Music,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Depeche Mode,
Pole,
The Walker Brothers,
Infiniti,
Ice-T,
Minny Pops,
Eric Copeland,
John Lydon,
Cybotron,
Yazoo, Yazoo, Yazoo, Yazoo.
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.