Sublime

The receptionist asked, “What brings you to Hollywood?” The couple said, “To see Marilyn Monroe.” As ginormous Marilyn Monroe fans, they wanted to see her at the wax museum and her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After they left the room for the day, the receptionist went and bought a Marilyn Monroe poster and put it in their room, writing the

“As Long as You Love Me,” “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” and “I’ll Never Break Your Heart,” all enormous hits.

the older cats would always be pullin’ me aside to drop some advice. The phrase that they’d all say—everyone from Count Basie, to Coleman Hawkins, to Benny Carter—was, “Youngblood, step into my office for a few ticks. Let me pull your coat” (slang for “Come over here. Let me teach you something.”).

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.