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 Ireland and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the 808 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 ABBA to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Joensuu 1685. All the underground hits.
All World's Most tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ten City record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an oboe 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 theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Image Ltd.,
X-102,
Aswad,
Lindisfarne,
the Germs,
The Cowsills,
Judy Mowatt,
L. Decosne,
Magma,
Slick Rick,
Sixth Finger,
The Vogues,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Soft Cell,
Newcleus,
The Zeros,
R.M.O.,
Sugar Minott,
Godley & Creme,
Yellowson,
Amazonics,
Scion,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Fat Boys,
The Standells,
Kevin Saunderson,
Monks,
Tommy Roe,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Walker Brothers,
Marc Almond,
Qualms,
PIL,
The Techniques,
The Electric Prunes,
Eurythmics,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Dave Gahan,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Simply Red,
Animal Collective,
Faust,
E-Dancer,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
June of 44,
The Index,
Andrew Hill,
Throbbing Gristle,
Sound Behaviour,
Arcadia,
Barry Ungar,
Khruangbin,
Japan,
kango's stein massive,
X-101,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Iggy Pop,
Darondo,
Eric Copeland,
Bad Manners,
Ohio Players,
Heaven 17,
Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls.
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.