Washington Post reporter Geoff Edgers has crafted an oral history of the making of the groundbreaking song and video.

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The classic novel's 600 pages were condensed into a terrifying, two-hour performance.
The lavish Liberace truly did laugh all the way to the bank. But there’s a lot more to Lee—as his friends called him—than rhinestone costumes and his love of candelabra on pianos.
The 'Top Gun' tune hit a bit of turbulence.
Every great song has to start somewhere.
"That's my pig," Roger Waters told Coachella attendees as the inflatable swine drifted off into the desert.
The shock rockers' "overnight" success was a long time coming.
With the 20th anniversary of his show (September 10) just in the rear-view mirror, here are 10 of fictional Not That Bad Records' greatest hits from the not-actually-real album "Soundtrack of Science."