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Heinz O.
Heinz O. wrote

Hi Kurt - I can’t seem to figure out how to keep related comments within a given conversation-thread... I’ve ended up just adding on to the entirety.  As to David Bowie cutting up lyrics - i remember it was years ago, so I definitely don’t remember specific songs but... the way I recall it, it was around the “Scary Monsters” era... I do think I read about it being used on “Let’s Dance.”  And then yesterday, I read an interview with William Burroughs (who I admit to knowing too little of) & he was talking about that being a standard tactic he used in poetry & so, it made me wonder if that was where David Bowie got the idea in the first place... and I HOPE YOU’RE DOING WELL!!  

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    Jonathan H.
    Jonathan H. wrote

    I just hurt my back trying to dance to this

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      Kurt M.
      Kurt M. wrote

      The beat goes on but I'm so wrooooong! 

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        Heinz O.
        Heinz O. wrote

        I’m reminded of the lyric randomizing experiment that David Bowie used to do, taking a specific poem & cutting it up into words & phrase segments, then drawing them out of a hat (HE said) & rearranging them randomly...  

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          Kurt M.
          Kurt M. wrote

          I love that and remember hearing him explain it in an interview. Do you know what songs he used that technique on? 

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            Matti Salminen
            Matti Salminen wrote

            Hah, cool - thank's Kurt! 

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              Phil O.
              Phil O. wrote

              You’re  like a mad scientist ‍.... cool! 

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