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Riff: David Bowie – “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)”

Oct 14, 2014

Sue I got the job/We’ll buy the house /You’ll need to rest/I’ll doubt we’ll make it

from Sue (Or In a Season of Crime) lyrics by David Bowie

A big band-influenced excursion that begins much like it ends – on a steady, piercing drum roll and a whirling dervish of brass. In between is a cacophony of disjointed lyrics and off-key melodies, which work as yet another form of improvisational jazz. A good way to soundtrack the slow decline.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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