Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones said David Bowie “wasn’t a musical genius”

It seems like this year has proved the most fertile ground for aged musicians to run their mouths about their esteemed peers. Coming shortly after Quincy Jones’ now infamous gaff relating his thoughts on the Beatles, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones has now aired his thoughts none other than David Bowie.

In a recent interview with the Guardian, Watts spoke on Bowie’s 2016 passing, mentioning that he was surprised at the immense outpouring of grief and respects paid towards the genre-bending musician.

Airing his thoughts, Watts mentioned that he believed Bowie only “wrote a couple of good songs” and that for him, he “wasn’t a musical genius”.

“I thought people would have been very sad obviously, and he was a lovely guy and he wrote a couple of good songs. But for me, he wasn’t this musical genius.”

In the interview, it was also revealed that he wouldn’t be too bothered whether the Rolling Stones broke up, however, he would rather it “dissolved amicably”.

“I would hate it to dissolve not amicably. I would like Mick to say, or me or Keith or whoever… I don’t want to do it any more, for whatever reason, and we just say that’s it. I wouldn’t want it to be an argument or whatever.”

“I love playing the drums and I love playing with Mick and Keith and Ronnie, I don’t know about the rest of it,” Watts said. “It wouldn’t bother me if the Rolling Stones said that’s it… enough.”

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