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Subject: Re: What is David Byrne doing?
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 11:09:00 EDT
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As for lyrics, Byrne once said in an interview that he whenever he
comes across an interesting phrase, he writes it on a file card
and sticks it away.  Then, when it comes time to write lyrics, he
goes through the files and pulls out those that catch his fancy.
This seems to be a similar attitude and methodology to Laurie
Anderson.

I remember when "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" came out, that It
Was Written that he and Eno went searching around for words the
way musique concrete (sp?) experimenters went searching around for
sounds.  This was, in fact, what held the album up.  Perhaps he
found out that this was just a technique that worked.  Certainly,
their songs before Bush & Remain in Light were much more like
"standard narratives."

Please excuse the awkward wording of this note; my language isn't
fitting me very well today...

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