David Bowie: Internet Predictor And Precursor

Sadly, we lost David Bowie last week. Most of us remember his songs — so many, and so varied across the decades. And, of course, there is no way to forget Bowie's ever-changing image over the years. But not to be lost in the shuffle is the fact that Bowie was such an innovator, he also anticipated the full impact of the Internet.

Bowie's prescience when it came to the Internet was explained in a recent article in The Verge. Let's delve in a bit.

As far back as 1994, Bowie issued a CD ROM accompanying his song "Jump, They Say" — and this enabled users to create their own music videos.

On top of that, in 1996, Bowie released his song "Telling Lies" only on the Internet — and causing a stunning 300,000 purchases in this process back when Internet sales were not at all common.