Music
David Bowie explains his new album with list of 42 words
by Tyler Munro
April 26, 2013
David Bowie’s keeping things esoteric with his new album, The Next Day, choosing not to comment on it in any shape or form. But author Ricky Moody sort of got him to break the silence by asking for a “work flow diagram” on the album. The result is this bizarre, borderline ridiculous list of 42 words. As for what they mean… probably nothing, truth be told. Not that it stopped Moody from writing an insanely long interpretation of each word. Read those here. As for the list itself:
David Bowie’s keeping things esoteric with his new album, The Next Day, choosing not to comment on it in any shape or form. But author Ricky Moody sort of got him to break the silence by asking for a “work flow diagram” on the album. The result is this bizarre, borderline ridiculous list of 42 words [via Stereogum].
As for what they mean… probably nothing, truth be told. Not that it stopped Moody from writing an insanely long interpretation of each word. Read those here. As for the list itself:
Effigies
Indulgences
Anarchist
Violence
Chthonic
Intimidation
Vampyric
Pantheon
Succubus
Hostage
Transference
Identity
Mauer
Interface
Flitting
Isolation
Revenge
Osmosis
Crusade
Tyrant
Domination
Indifference
Miasma
Pressgang
Displaced
Flight
Resettlement
Funereal
Glide
Trace
Balkan
Burial
Reverse
Manipulate
Origin
Text
Traitor
Urban
Comeuppance
Tragic
Nerve
Mystification
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