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Originally Posted by vixnix
He's actually about as prolific as David Bowie and as experimental...
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Quantity ≠ Quality
At 50 years of age Billy hasn't learned that lesson. He's stuck in the 90s when bands were cramming as many songs on CD has possible because it was a selling point at the time. (See sticker on Metallica's
Load album for reference to this).
http://img.cdandlp.com/2016/01/imgL/117899296.jpg
And Bowie was a far better lyricist than Billy could ever hope to be. Bowie's worst lyric is better than Billy's best lyric (if there even is such a thing). And finally, at least Bowie was open to collaboration, even co-writing a number one hit with John Lennon (and Carlos Alomar) with "Fame".
Q: How many number one hits has Billy (co)written?
A:
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Maybe that's what the "Zero" on Billy's shirt meant back in the 90s :P