The Life of a Song: The stories behind 100 of the world's best-loved songs
In 1997, David Bowie wanted a liquidity event. Instead of steadily receiving royalties from his 25-album music catalog throughout the next decade, Bowie decided he’d rather receive a lump-sum payment. This led to Bowie Bonds: a set of bonds backed by the royalties from Bowie’s music catalog. Notably, Bowie wasn’t selling his music indefinitely. The... See more
Alana Levin • Bowie Bonds as Early Creator Tokens
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He hit Number 1 in the U.S. with the disco John Lennon collabo “Fame,” which got instantly plundered by James Brown for “Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)”—making Bowie the rare rock star who could claim James Brown ripped him off.
Rob Sheffield • On Bowie
They had become friends four years before because Meche had been listening to Alan Parsons Project’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination and she didn’t get the references. So she decided to ask the only person in her class who might have the answer. At first Sebastian had been offended she didn’t know Edgar Allan Poe, but she had been equally offended
... See moreSilvia Moreno-Garcia • Signal to Noise
You can’t touch music—it exists only at the moment it is being apprehended—and yet it can profoundly alter how we view the world and our place in it. Music can get us through difficult patches in our lives by changing not only how we feel about ourselves, but also how we feel about everything outside ourselves.