Two things would have made this documentary way better, (1) Remove every comment by Angie Bowie, a talentless, bitter person, who is so irritating and annoying it makes the whole documentary almost impossible to watch, and (2) more information on Mick Ronson, the entire purpose of the documentary.
Mick Ronson was a brilliant guitarist and a very talented musician, there is no doubt about that, he should be remembered as such. The biggest problem with this documentary is the constant attacks on Bowie, from the repugnant Angie, to the utter waste of space and time that is Joe Elliott, Bowie had more artistry, genius, and sheer talent in the toenail of his little toe than Elliott could ever dream of having if he lived to be 500, he had the nerve to call The Velvet Underground s#^t, a man who was in Def Leppard calling the Velvet Underground S#*t is obviously tone deaf. This is a rewriting of history, it is in praise of Ronson at the cost of Bowie's reputation and songwriting, Bowie went on to write songs/albums that were genius, he proved himself. Ronson could not write songs, the focus therefore should have been the enormous talent Ronson had, surely that would have been enough?
It would have been entirely demonstrable to focus on the musicality of Mick Ronson, how he has been largely forgotten in the cannon of musical pioneers, how he really should be remembered as a brilliant producer, arranger, and musician, without playing into Angie Bowies obvious egregious bitterness and rancour and very obvious agenda.
I had to wait three years to rewatch this to see if I would have a different opinion on this doc, originally I had really looked forward to this, on 2nd viewing I still feel it was a wasted opportunity. It was cowardly and despicable on the part of the film makers to wait until Bowie was dead to attack him in this manner.
Mick Ronson was a brilliant guitarist and a very talented musician, there is no doubt about that, he should be remembered as such. The biggest problem with this documentary is the constant attacks on Bowie, from the repugnant Angie, to the utter waste of space and time that is Joe Elliott, Bowie had more artistry, genius, and sheer talent in the toenail of his little toe than Elliott could ever dream of having if he lived to be 500, he had the nerve to call The Velvet Underground s#^t, a man who was in Def Leppard calling the Velvet Underground S#*t is obviously tone deaf. This is a rewriting of history, it is in praise of Ronson at the cost of Bowie's reputation and songwriting, Bowie went on to write songs/albums that were genius, he proved himself. Ronson could not write songs, the focus therefore should have been the enormous talent Ronson had, surely that would have been enough?
It would have been entirely demonstrable to focus on the musicality of Mick Ronson, how he has been largely forgotten in the cannon of musical pioneers, how he really should be remembered as a brilliant producer, arranger, and musician, without playing into Angie Bowies obvious egregious bitterness and rancour and very obvious agenda.
I had to wait three years to rewatch this to see if I would have a different opinion on this doc, originally I had really looked forward to this, on 2nd viewing I still feel it was a wasted opportunity. It was cowardly and despicable on the part of the film makers to wait until Bowie was dead to attack him in this manner.