They say that, but I've met a few that were amazing.
Robert Fripp
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They say that, but I've met a few that were amazing.
tuuur
Friend of Leo's
----RIP----
Tele-Afflicted
People who like to argue about this sh**, that's who! And it's getting increasingly difficult since the death of Ginger Baker
msalama
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trudat
I met the Teletubbies, no regrets but La La was a tad annoying.
As for Eric and Jimmie…………….I respect their abilities but don’t like much of what they do. And, Eric, oh man, please don’t sing.
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Skyhook
Friend of Leo's
He Fripped you off instead.
That's how I read it. In the full context of the question he was answering, from an interview 50 years ago(!), his quotes about Hendrix, Clapton, and Beck don't come across as insulting but as much as a statement of Fripp's idiosyncratic tastes.
Fripp's a genius and certainly a guitar innovator. Arguably, KC changed music and propelled it forward as much as Hendrix did, whether one recognizes that or not is on them. As for his opinions ... whatever, they're his 'opinions'. Trust me, he doesn't care about ours. It takes a lot of cajones to say that about Jimi. I personally don't agree with his "opinion" but I respect his ability and willingness to express it in public.
Hey, I don't really dig Derek Trucks. Who f'n cares what I think, right.
Hey, I don't really dig Derek Trucks. Who f'n cares what I think, right.
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I only watched them for Toya's attire. Or lack thereof, at times. And her 'Sweater Puppies.'
Well they were his opinions back then - and not only doesn’t he put much thought in ours - I don’t think we care that much about anyones - including out own.
It was and is a way to get Press/Views - doesn’t have anything to with Cajones - II think he knew at the time (and does now) that it would get him in the public eye.
Interesting - I don’t think having an opinion on anything matters much - so it’s not a matter of caring - it’s a matter of not stating anything - IOWs to many talking heads talking.
Manual Slim
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Too many people talking? Might as well chime in!
Also, having seen him at a bar with King Crimson on the Discipline tour, again with THRAK at a theater , But most importantly, having read his columns* for Guitar Player magazine in the 80s, I think I got a pretty good handle on the guy.
* “when one approaches the plectrum…”
Stop Robert, yer killin’ us !
* “when one approaches the plectrum…”
Stop Robert, yer killin’ us !
Yeh, Fripp would really love that at one of his solo gigs.
Kandinskyesque
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Strangely enough, Fripp's wife Toyah was one of the creators of the Teletubbies back in the 90s.
Indirectly you've met Fripp and Toyah.
Tele Fan
Friend of Leo's
IMHO he's a looney. A supremely talented looney, but still a looney.
11 Gauge
Doctor of Teleocity
"I don't think Hendrix was a guitarist. I very much doubt if he was interested in guitar playing as such. He was just a person who had something to say and got on and said it."
That kind of sounds to me like Fripp thought that Hendrix wasn't interested in playing the guitar just for the sake of it. Or maybe that the guitar was just the sonic tool that he ended up using.
Brian Eno referred to Harold Budd as a "great abstract painter trapped in the body of a musician". I kind of see this as being similar to what Fripp said about Hendrix.
Fripp also says:
"I've never really listened to guitarists, because they've never really interested me. In fact, I think the guitar is a pretty feeble instrument. Virtually nothing interests me about the guitar."
I think that provides the necessary context about what Fripp thinks about the guitar - just a tool chosen to make sound that is otherwise not interesting to him. It sounds to me like Fripp doesn't consider himself a guitarist, either.
As someone who has created a bit of visual art over the years, I think I understand what Fripp is getting at. While some folks who knew me may have thought I was a painter or a sculptor, I really wasn't either one. I can't say that there was ever a single medium that absolutely interested me, but I had to pick one in order to express myself. It just happened to be that the vast majority of what I created was probably done with oils, acrylics, or watercolors.
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toanhunter
Tele-Meister
once saw fripp live with vai and satriani during the G3 tour, now that was something! when they played 'red' by king crimson I was amazed at that, really incredible player and such an amazing tone, he sounded so much better than vai or satriani with his vintage les paul, I always wanted to see king crimson but never got the chance before he retired, so am gutted about that.
hdvades
Tele-Afflicted
Yup, that is correct. My older cousin was big in KC, ELO and bands like that. One of the first 45 singles I purchased at the music store up the road was T Rex "Get it on".
Manual Slim
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All of my best work is done on the fly while trying to explain to strangers my approach to music. Artists, man. Yeesh.
