In one of his illuminating letters to fans, Nick Cave, the Aussie who made Britain his home for years, told of his horror at songs created by AI platform ChatGPT “in the style of Nick Cave”.
One notable user of AI is the aforementioned Paul McCartney, who sanctioned its use to extract the vocals from an unfinished demo by John Lennon to make The Beatles’ “final” song, Now And Then.
The Seventies was the era of singer-songwriters, glam rockers and punks — David Bowie, Elton John, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading, Roxy Music, Queen, The Sex Pistols and The Clash.
Sir Paul McCartney fears a “wild west” and The Who’s Roger Daltrey warns that “AI is going to destroy the music industry if we’re not careful”.
IF AI generated a song about itself, it might adapt a line written by Freddie Mercury in his Queen pomp.
