I haven’t heard the name Tony Visconti this much in decades. The dude came out of media hibernation and now you can’t go to 7-11 without seeing his mug or reading his name. Odd isn’t it.
All because of David Bowies top secret ninja album and single. Now, I’m never ever going to say anything bad about Bowie- ever. So despite not digging the single I am damn glad it’s out and I am pumped for more Bowie music. But here is the kicker with this legend stuff, everyone’s hanging on the guys coat like a lint ball.
Visconti for all his good work is annoying as hell- do we really need to hear anything from a producer? No- we want the artists not his handmaid. So now-well the locker room is buzzing with nonsense gossip from grown men. Not even grown men but out right old men, senior citizens at that.
Robert Fripp leaked everything. Yes, Mr. King Crimson is a big fat loudmouth who can’t keep a secret. Seriously? No.
This is just the latest slab of nonsense being served up to keep you interested in the upcoming Bowie shenanigans. Keep the name on the top of the page so to speak.
Fripp says: “I haven’t spoken to David for quite a while, and I wasn’t approached for the new album. Not sure whether Tony thought I had been, but nothing ever came to me.“My association with David and Tony has provided highlights of my life, not only my musical life. Lots of laughs and great music. I would regret if anything negative, completely invented, were to query the reality.”
Fripp wrote in his online diary on October 15, 2011: “Rising from traveling adventures, in ‘planes and cars. Dropping off along the way to visit David Bowie, and it gradually appeared that David had some remarkable new ideas in process, not yet public. These he presented indirectly, to allow the penny to drop without prompting. Eno also got involved, and what a flowering of ideas!”
See it’s like the old geezers have nothing better to do than rumble. I really enjoy this and I actually think it’s a good thing to fire up some interest for all involved. If in fact the trolls of the internet put together a giant conspiracy theory on Fripps ‘dear diary’ well then….so what? It’s not like he told us Santa was a fraud.
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