And I'm busting up my brains for the words...
Had a few disgruntleds write in complaining about this one, and understandably so. It's an iPhone application called David Bowie Lyric Studio and despite appearances, it's not official.
Sadly it seems there are generally many more bad apps on iTunes than good, and the unofficial Bowie ones are no exception. (08.16.2010 NEWS: LATEST BOWIE-RELATED iPHONE APP IS TOILET)
This app is actually on v2 now (at least) and I'm not sure what improvements have been made over the first version.
As you can see from the 'Features' blurb above, this app apparently features "official authorized song lyrics" and "corresponding videos as they become available on YouTube".
Well, both those claims are pushing it, to put it mildly. This product certainly isn't officially licensed and going by the songs I've checked so far, the majority of tracks aren't even linked to official videos on YouTube.
It was clear things weren't going to be quite as described when I tried to check out the first video in the list, which is supposedly for 1984. It actually plays Billy Idol's Dancing With Myself!
Things don't get any better, Afraid linked to the video for New Killer Star and most tracks were linked to the wrong album...and sometimes official studio recordings were assigned to bootlegs!
I could go on, but I already feel bad about giving this much space to this item as it is. As a general rule, if it's an official app it will get a mention on BowieNet...usually ahead of release.
David Bowie Lyric Studio is fifty nine pence to buy, which is around fifty eight pence too much...possibly more.