Mellotronists

That was Bowie's experiment with the cut up writing method that William
Burroughs used in novels like The Naked Lunch - though if the truth be
told, I believe that Brion Gysin actually pioneered the technique.  With
Bowie, it was most evident to me on the album, Lodger.

johnb
PS bowie always gets more street cred than anderson - it's in the rule book.


d.etheridge1@... wrote:
> Well I heard that David Bowie used to write lyrics, cut the sentences 
> up into individual words, and throw them together like some demented 
> scrabble on steroids -no one's taken the piss for such a 
> 'pretentious' approach. Or does chance immediately bestow street cred 
> on DB and not JA?
>