I think to the great unwashed, only Bowie got credit. The rest of us know what Mick put in to Transformer

Defries was a f*ckin thief. Bowie has his final word on that on Lazarus...Main Man Management basically sucked it’s artists dry.

@@virginiaviola5097 terrible. Well, thanks for the answer.

@@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams yeah, for Bowie it was the mid ‘70’s..when he discovered after making all his albums prior to Low, toured extensively and had made The Man Who Fell To Earth, that not only had he made no money, he was in debt up to his eyeballs to Main Man...when explaining his predicament to Lennon, Lennon asked why on earth wasn’t he managing himself? Lennon helped him out on Young Americans, then Bowie got Iggy Pop, and they decamped to Berlin..where Bowie also dumped Angie..another Main Man player. Took him years to sort that mess out.

Would have been even better had the idiot in the top right not been cackling over Tony's talking.

Bowie was apparently getting ripped off himself at the time too is that right? Probably not quite as much as Ronson

@@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams Bowie felt that Tony Defries could finally deliver the fame he had sought for so many years. He was right but it came at a cost. David signed a contract giving Defries 50% gross. David too got 50% but was also liable for all expenses. Defries got the biggest share but David was hardly broke. He was living in Switzerland!

Well....Mick would usually refuse help. Roger Taylor had to pay for his medical on the sly because Mick wouldn't take money from him. Bowie tried to give him money too....Ian Hunter talks about this in many interviews.

That's cheered me up, Defries losing that much money. I wonder how much of that 22m was stolen off Bowie.

That is so heartbreaking to hear. God bless you Mick.

@@larrydrozd2740 - Roger Taylor, Ian Hunter and Joe Elliott all paid towards Mick's medical bills. I've seen many interviews where Ian says this but never one where he says Bowie did.

@@scottishlisa3463 I believe you're correct. David was known to be careful with his money & writing credits. Mick deserved far more than he got! Carlos Alomar did a similar job to Mick but stood up to Bowie. He refused to do the Diamond Dogs tour because Bowie's financial offer paltry. Alomar also insisted Bowie credit it him for the composition of Fame, along with John Lennon.

Yeah it's a great idea for a channel. Amen!

No

He's kinda considered on par with The Beatles by everyone in pop/rock. Does not seem to be possible, does not seem to exist space for his fame to grow or inflate more.

How old are you? Bowie is and always will be a LEGEND.

@@reemclaughlin4260 old

I am a fan of Ronno. I adore him. But please realize that Bowie was quite another caliber and his artistic genes did not allow to stay with one musician for longer than 4 or 5 records. He always tried out, wanted to find new perspectives and that is why he changed musicians for records. Eno, Belew, Fripp, Newmark, Alomar, Slick, Dunbar, Vaughan, Rodgers, Bittan - every name is world class - and Bowie changed and changed and changed. Not because he was dissatisfied - because he wanted to find new aspects of himself as an artist

Ronno and Bowies collab on Heaven and Hull, with Like a Rolling Stone, was epic.

You absolutely nailed it.