Lyrics, Stealing ideas

Stealing Ideas from David Bowie – Part 1

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

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