Bowie TV: Tony Visconti on first meeting David Bowie 

Visconti is a key part behind many of David’s best albums he’s honestly amazing in general.

I like that Tony V now makes reference to The Beatles occasionally. They are like the elephant in the room and so often people avoid reference to them as they overshadow everything. It's refreshing to hear someone break the taboo.

He will be remembered ♥️

SO GLAD TO HAVE GOT THIS NOTIFICATION

Brilliant and Kind ... Both Tony and David are Class Acts

For ever and ever Bowie. Thanks Visconti ⚡⚡🔝🔝💙💙💔

Bowie still could have gone in many directions in '68-'69, but rock music was dominant & Tony Visconti was as pliable as his star witness, Davey Robert Jones!!! The rest is history, as they say... changed the world!

Thank you for this interesting interview with a great Tony Visconti. A suggestion for the 'Bowie TV' channel: it would be useful to subtitle the interviews, because it would help all non-native English speakers not to miss even a single line of the interviewee.

I LOVE DAVID BOWIE❤😍💕❤

Ti amoooooooooo DavidBowie 💕❤❤❤❤❤❤💞💗💙🎷🎸🎤🎻🎼🎵grazieeeeeeee 😘😍😢🎷🎷per tutta la vitaaaaaaaaaaa

Without Tony Visconti, would Bowie have reached the same heights? We are very grateful for Visconti helping recognize and working to make Bowie the superstar he became!

I woke up so happy to this beautiful notification. ♡

This popped up on my FB and I couldn't be happier. I miss you Starman!!!!

I remember when I was a teenager around 2003 I emailed Tony with a studio question regarding a song on Diamond Dogs and he actually replied to me! I was star struck

OMG, I love Ken Nordine, what an amazing speaking voice he had, and he knew how to use it. May he rest in peace (Ken died in February of this year). To know that Bowie also dug him is very, very cool! When I was little in the 70s, Ken was the voice for all those trippy Levi's commercials. I looked for any excuse to go up to my friends and whisper "...Dacron polyester..." like a weirdo. And in college during the late 80s, I got the _Colors_ CD on the recommendation of a friend and figured out it was the same man. You can find and listen to _Colors_ on RU-vid somewhere, and you should because it's amazing.

Tony and David did each other a ton of good in collaboration. Obviously Mr. Visconti is a very bright man, and highly creative. I knew the sons of producer Denny Cordell, the guy that brought Tony to England - that guy was very well connected in the music business and had a gold thumb.

Thanx Tony ... fascinating personal insights ... always interesting and enlightening to hear your recollections of your time with David.

❤️awesome awesome awesome❤️

Great interview. I love hearing people's first meetings and feelings on David Bowie. :)

These memories keep him alive in my head. He was a part of my life from high school until he passed when I was almost 60, the longevity and breadth of his career are hard to grasp, as was his death, for me anyway. He was a brilliant chameleon, visually and audibly appealing, theatrical, witty, always evolving, the quintessential showman. There will never be another Bowie.

David bowie was awesome in his prime. Rest in peace my friend. Xoxo princess 🎄

David had a great team ❤️

David was a generational talent like Beethoven or Mozart as are you sir... the magic you created together will I fear never be seen again in the age of sound alike autotune...

Really enjoyed this one. Great

Beautiful beautiful beautiful thank you for sharing brought a tear to the eye

David Bowie. I missssss you ❤️

WHAT A VISIONARY........!!!!!!!!

David never lost his willingness for exploration. That is hard to do over such a long career.

Tony Visconti did a lot more than I thought.

This looks interesting. CP is now on my wishlist 💕🎶💕

BOWIE........ WHAT A VISIONARY PROPHET OF GOD...!!!

#KeepTheStarmanAlive ⚡️⚡️⚡️💎🐕🐩

This is great history and journalism. One of my claims to fame is Viscounti kick over inadvertently a shot of scotch I bought before a Kristeen Young set at cb's 313 Gallery. Viscounti dated her. I complained to the Gallery manager and before I completed the complaint my JWB was replaced. I toasted at a distance a guy who wore glasses. I returned to my seat. Enjoyed again Kristeen Young - I saw her often two consecutive years she performed at some talent showcase with the Gallery as one of a few venues. Learned day after Viscounti had replaced the drink. In the manner Ezra Pound made T.S. Eliot's WASTE LAND an epoch eclipsing.exercise TONY VISCOUNTI did likewise for DAVID BOWIE's music. I celebrate the resultant work and will mourn Viscounti when he moves on.

*_unioned souls of the kindred kind_*

wonderful

Je L aime beaucoup.

Wow

This is very cool!

David bowie quand il chantait avec Freddy mercury excellent il love you pour les deux chanteurs. 👏👏🤗🤔😎❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

Also check out Tony with Band-Maid, The Dragon Cries.

💫♥️💫♥️💫♥️💫🙏

Glad to hear he was a fan of Ken Nordine.

Ironic that the played Janine - the one song on the album that David disliked.

Yahoo

:'3

Song name?

Didn't know Bowie was into Frank Zappa's work; I guess that explains him grabbing Adrian Belew for work on Lodger.

That radio announcer should be reported for a puce.

When I heard Prodigy's "Fat of the land album" it was quite different. A year or two later Bowie releases "Earthling" a true copycat album but with stupid lyrics and idiotic guitar arrangements. Tony Visconti nails it in this interview.