Interesting. This Bowie thread started before the other one (
link) and also has more recent posts, but the other thread has more posts in it. But this one was first, so I'll post here.
Robert Fripp in dispute with David Bowie’s estateBasically, Fripp played guitar on some of Bowie's best stuff (Heroes, Fashion, etc) and everyone knows that, but Bowie's estate refuses to recognize him as a featured player. I don't know what a "featured player" is, but it sounds maybe like someone more important than anonymous session guy but not a regular member of the band. Of course, Bowie had many bands over the years, some that were somewhat stable for a while, but there was never a "David Bowie Band" or anything official. Even The Spiders From Mars was pseudonym for Bowie's band at the time, which only lasted a short while anyway.
Interesting that the word "money" never comes up in the article, nor does the word "royalties". I can't help thinking that this has to do with money, but Fripp is Fripp so maybe not. Maybe it really is about art and proper recognition. Or maybe because both sides know damned well that mentioning money weakens your argument. People will go "of course... it's all about the money" and any sympathy you had until that point is gone.
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Fripp calls the lack of recognition from the PPL “an historic injustice” and adds: “Rules are not God-given laws to maintain the universe – they are created by people to organise and facilitate interactions in a fair and equitable fashion, which, in the nature of things, can never be exactly foretold.
“So, with intelligence and goodwill, where the rules do not allow for what is right to be acknowledged and addressed, the rules are modified to take exceptional / novel situations into account."
Fripp says that in his opinion, the correct approach for the PPL would be to change the rules “to match what is right.”
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