The next episode of the podcast will be about stealing chord progression ideas from David Bowie.
Bowie is also a fantastic lyricist, particularly when he abandons literal sense. For example, he wrote the words to the album ‘Outside’ using a word randomiser. Here’s a snippet:
“Swings thru the tunnels
And claws his way
Is small life so manic
Are these really the days?
Poor dunce “
Why not have a go yourself? I’ve had some great results using this: http://www.anentropic.com/writing/randomiser/index.php
[...] 21st, 2007 Following on from the post about Bowie’s use of randomised lyrics, here’s part [...]