American Masters, David Geffen

[Cornhead]

Anyone catch this? What a wild life. Some great interviews with some mega stars. You can watch it on pbs.org, it's long as hell, but I found it fascinating. He lived in fear of leading an ordinary life. Mission accomplished, he's worth a cool 5.6 billion to boot. He weilds some major power. He pushed GNR over the top by getting MTV to play Welcome to the Jungle at four in the morning, they didn't want to play it at all. They exploded after that. He's been a major influence in the entertainment industry for the last four decades. Great bio.

 

[ScottySkis]

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It was on PBS and it was a great show.

 

[ScottySkis]

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It's on PBS again now on Friday from 9 pm -11 pm really an awesome show.

 

[ScottySkis]

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He really got some great rock singers moving in their careers, and I had know idea that he almost married Cher.

 

[legalskier]

I saw much of this documentary, but only because I was waiting for the next show to come on- a Frontline documentary called "Poor Kids." What a contrast the two were.
The first documentary focused on a multi-billionaire who did things like turn his back on his early musical artist "friends" by suddenly selling out Asylum Records without so much as a heads up to them, then later sued Neil Young, essentially because his music wasn't going to make enough profit for Geffen's next recording company. Not to mention all the other people he targeted along the way. Whatever humanity he had in those magical early days of nurturing some remarkable talent got left by the wayside rather quickly. Even Jackson Browne looked subdued as he inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The second documentary ("Poor Kids"), which was narrated by the children themselves and seen through their eyes as they described the poverty into which their families had sunk during the Great Recession, was real and compelling. A much better use of my time. http://video.pbs.org/video/2295945358/ No phony compliments in that one.
Of the two, I can do without the self-congratulatory whitewash about a ruthless and volatile mogul. I would be much more impressed if he used his money to help the kids and families featured in the second documentary, as opposed to fighting public access to the beach in front of his California mansion. I guess I'm just not as impressed with the guy as you seem, Scotty.

 

[ScottySkis]

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I see your point legal skier , I just know most of the musiciansbI love and wasn't around 40 years when it was all happening, I think that is part of the reason I enjoyed the show.