David Bowie Wouldn't Let Danny Boyle Use His Music in Trainspotting

Danny Boyle got turned down by David Bowie before it was cool. Boyle had solicited Bowie to contribute a song to the film's soundtrack, but Bowie, being Bowie, said, "Nein! It's mine!" As Dazed reports: "According to former EMI A&R Tristram Penna, who helped compile the film's seminal soundtrack, Boyle ... More