In honor of the recent release of an episode of Live From Darryl’s House featuring guitarist Robert Fripp, I thought I would offer this piece on Fripp’s years between versions of his King Crimson band, 1974-1980. This period covers his many collaborations with David Bowie, Brian Eno, Darryl Hall, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, and the formation of his band League of Gentlemen. During this period Fripp went from being a mysterious prog rock guitarist to a highly visible member of the cutting edge of rock’s new wave and avant garde.
You know, I could probably sing or squawk (at anyone who asked me to) the entire solo of « Baby’s on Fire ». But of course like the twit that I can be, it wasn’t until now, reading this, that it ever occurred to me that it was Robert Fripp. Why is that? Maybe if asked, I’d have taken an educated guess, but I was never asked. The song is just so trance inducing that I never even pondered it.
This is fantastic, Marshall. If you had only said that Fripp was on a new episode of Daryl's House, that would have been enough to applaud, but to see the range of his artistic talents from that six-year period all in one place really puts exclamation points on what a fruitful, creatively boundless musician Fripp was then, and really, always.
I knew of all the projects but had never seen most of the video clips before (and still haven't - wanted to write this before I forgot; will watch the rest this weekend).
Great! Fripp deserves to be recognised as one of the most original musician in rock and beyond
You know, I could probably sing or squawk (at anyone who asked me to) the entire solo of « Baby’s on Fire ». But of course like the twit that I can be, it wasn’t until now, reading this, that it ever occurred to me that it was Robert Fripp. Why is that? Maybe if asked, I’d have taken an educated guess, but I was never asked. The song is just so trance inducing that I never even pondered it.
This is fantastic, Marshall. If you had only said that Fripp was on a new episode of Daryl's House, that would have been enough to applaud, but to see the range of his artistic talents from that six-year period all in one place really puts exclamation points on what a fruitful, creatively boundless musician Fripp was then, and really, always.
I knew of all the projects but had never seen most of the video clips before (and still haven't - wanted to write this before I forgot; will watch the rest this weekend).
Great look at what for most people would be a whole career!