David Foster: Off the Record

The music created by DF was overproduced and syrupy sweet. I'm not qualified to suggest that he is a musical genius. It simply does nothing for me.

It's about as lacking in gravitas as DF is lacking in insight and genuine self reflection. The music is glossy and superficial in my view. Overblown like his ego. The film was annoying and boring to boot.

There were plenty of LA studio musicians that better exemply the culture of inspired and inspiring session players. See the Wrecking Crew and Immediate Family documentaries. Add Muscle Shoals to your doco watch list. Great players and producers.

Brilliant on all levels! If you are a lover of music, you must watch this! I was mesmerized from start to finish! Brilliantly told and edited! Brilliant talent all over the place! I knew I'd David but I had no idea just how much he has done and how many artists he had discovered. A must see!

So I had to watch this on Netflix even though I had no idea who David Foster is because my name is also David Foster, Lol. Well, I found out that David Foster is a pretty big jerk who has hurt every woman he ever married and every child he ever had, yet because he's a big-time music producer, he has an enormous ego and seems to have never grown up. This piece was clearly a promotional piece that he had a hand in. He may not be credited as a producer on the project, but it's not hard to see that he was pulling the strings. Just a weird, congratulatory piece...

With the numerous icons he's worked with over 40 years, I really expected to get more of an idea of who this person is. Instead it was mostly him talking about himself.

It's too bad. Real missed opportunity here. A few glimpses of humanity (i.e. Katherine McPhee's thoughts about him and their relationship) overshadowed by ego. The attempt as a documentary was the best it could be considering the few participants outside of himself and his immediate family.

I would've much preferred a history of what he's done narrated by voiceover by someone else. At least then we would've learned or remembered what impact he's had on music as a whole, as well as his talent as a composer - it's a lot, but you'd never know it by watching this.

I give it a 4 for the deserved coverage, but it doesn't get more stars from me, because it should've at least made a dent in his musical accomplishments. Quincy Jones' documentary is SO much better both in terms of format and the human being.

I'm torn. Love his music, but this dude is a HOT MESS.