Outside is actually a reworking of a song performed by Tin Machine as early as 1989. Dara O'Kearney wrote the following in alt.fan.david-bowie :
The tune was written as early as 1989, and played on the Tin Machine tour of the same year. For example, at Kilburn, Bowie introduced it as 'a new song, we haven't finished the lyrics for it yet, for now it's called Now". The song then starts off with the intro of Look Back In Anger (which was cut from the tune when it became Outside), followed by the familiar start (to Outside), and then Bowie starts singing the lyrics. Same as for Outside (Now, not tomorrow, yesterday, not tomorrow, it's happening now etc.) until the part of Outside where he sings "The music is outside" where in Now he sings something like "Oh I love you, oh I need you" and sounds very unconvinced by the lyrics.
After finishing the song, bowie said "Right, now we'll have to finish it for the next album", which they never did of course (until 1. Outside)
Outside is actually a reworking of a song performed by Tin Machine as early as 1989. Dara O'Kearney wrote the following in alt.fan.david-bowie :
The tune was written as early as 1989, and played on the Tin Machine tour of the same year. For example, at Kilburn, Bowie introduced it as 'a new song, we haven't finished the lyrics for it yet, for now it's called Now". The song then starts off with the intro of Look Back In Anger (which was cut from the tune when it became Outside), followed by the familiar start (to Outside), and then Bowie starts singing the lyrics. Same as for Outside (Now, not tomorrow, yesterday, not tomorrow, it's happening now etc.) until the part of Outside where he sings "The music is outside" where in Now he sings something like "Oh I love you, oh I need you" and sounds very unconvinced by the lyrics.
After finishing the song, bowie said "Right, now we'll have to finish it for the next album", which they never did of course (until 1. Outside)