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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
Même le monde du rock anglo-saxon fut séduit par Brel, si l’on se rappelle l’adaptation d’Amsterdam chantée par David Bowie, méga-star qui pour la circonstance fit preuve d’une grande sobriété, rendant la tentative plus crédible.
Jacques Vassal • Jacques Brel, vivre debout NE (French Edition)
Exposure (First Edition: Original 1979 Release)
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Kiss From a Rose
youtu.beBowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town by Thomas Jerome Seabrook
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Bowie’s audience was his instrument. Ziggy really couldn’t play guitar; what Ziggy played was the kids.
Rob Sheffield • On Bowie
Sell, Sell, Sell
youtube.comUnlike your average rock god, Bowie was not stuck up about embracing his imitators—he loved it when the future legends ripped him off, because that was the realest flattery for the original rip-off king.