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Originally Posted by Jelly Blossom
Quantity ≠ Quality
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?
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Sorry but I disagree. Billy has written many more good songs than Bowie did. Bowie was a singles artist at best who released extremely inconsistent albums (aside from his initial run in the early to mid 70's) and his output was almost total shit from 1980-1994. Lyrically, Billy has written some great stuff, Bowie wrote some great stuff. Both also wrote shit lyrics at times. It's a wash.