Prog in unexpected public places.

I think we did a few posts back! 😄

I have no problem with you or your views, and I can see where you’re coming from, just as you can see where I am coming from. We’ve both been civil and polite, and we can retreat back to our corners. 🤝

Generally speaking the creators of a tv program care whether or not their audience has heard of something or not. And I’m sure if Fripp felt as strongly as you, and had asked for it to be acknowledged, then it would have been. Or perhaps even they were going to acknowledge it, and Fripp asked them not to, because these tv events were for Toyah and not him. We don’t know, but for you to get your nose out of joint for something that clearly didn’t bother the man himself seems odd. It seems to me you’re taking offence where none is intended, and on behalf of someone who himself wasn’t bothered. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I don’t really think it’s ridiculous at all. For the general masses Toyah Wilcox is the household name. I remember one Christmas with my in-laws, when they were discussing music, and my mother-in-law said she thought Toyah was married to some other musician - and suggested it was one of those more obscure bands my father-in-law listened to (obscure meaning Peter Gabriel, I think, because that is as “far” more mainstream as I can ascertain his musical tastes go). They both looked at me, because everyone knows I love music, ans I had to tell them it was Robert Fripp (blank looks), from King Crimson (blank looks). And he played some of the funky guitar sounds you hear on David Bowie’s “Heroes” and Scary Monsters albums (oh, is that who it is).

To be honest, I’m not sure they knew that Fripp has played on Bowie’s albums, so much as they knew what I meant by the funky guitar sounds. Bottom line, Fripp is definitely Toyah’s wife, and not the other way around, and I wouldn’t expect to see it in any other way - unless it was something prog-specific, where the audience is already familiar with who he is.

That’s my in-laws, but I’m quite sure it would be the same with my own parents. They’d probably recognise Toyah’s name, but not Fripp’s. And they’ve likely never heard of Crimson. I suspect for most people, Fripp, if he exists in their knowledge at all, is known for his association with Toyah and/or Bowie, above all else.