Fripp vs Frith
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Topic: Fripp vs Frith
Posted By: Visitor13
Subject: Fripp vs Frith
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 10:16
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Two guitarists who specialise in making people run for the exit - which can only be a good thing. Unless I'm the one doing the running. I'm actually not going to vote in this one, since I haven't heard nearly enough of Fred Frith's music. What I have heard, though, was very promising. |
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 11:00
| Frith. I fear many people will vote Fripp without even having heard Frith... |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 11:02
| ^ Yeah, you're probably right. Guess the hint in my post could prove futile. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 11:09
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Firth is great, but there can be only one... Fripp
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Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 14:30
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I'll take the hint and stay out, but I bet I would vote for fripp even if I knew firth better then I do now. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Seabury">  
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 14:41
| I can acutally say that I have never run to the exit during a KC or Fripp concert. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 15:22
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I voted for Frith. He is the weirder of the two, and that's saying a lot.
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 15:25
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el böthy wrote:Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 16:00
At least well enough to spell his name right, hopefully
 .I haven't heard enough of Frith to vote against him, but I haven't heard anything that's really blown me away so far, as a guitar player. As a composer, the choice would be pretty tough, though.
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 17:37
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<-------- I vote for Mr. RIO. -------------   |
Posted By: Infinity
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 18:33
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I'm happy to say that I instantly thought "I can't vote on this as I'm unfamilair with Frith"
As this post says though this sadly will probably happen.....point very well made
Incidentally I gather I should famiiliarise myself?
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 22:57
Agreed 100%. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Urs Blank
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 10:01
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Frith is nearly a stranger to my minuscule musical culture so I won't vote. But that makes me want to know more about his works. ------------- Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:06
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I'd say that if you're a Fripp fan, you should definitely check out Frith. Stylistically speaking they aren't the same, but both are great guitarists. I recommend Frith's '80's releases over anything else he's done.
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Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 17:54
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Fripp, one of the best musicians of music history, not only prog rock... ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 18:07
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For those who missed my radio interview with Jakko Jakscyk about a year ago, when he was talking about preparing and then recording the most excellent The Bruised Romantic Glee Club double album. Apparently Jakko showed Robert Fripp the score for Cow's Nirvana For Mice. Jakko says that Fripp took one look and said: I leave that to you to play mate, it looks to complicated for me." The result can be heard on the said album.
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 05:49
Heh, sure is. Though I guess the late Derek Bailey was 'weirder'(I hate that word when it's used in relation to good music) than both of them. And he probably influenced both of them, as well. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 05:51
That did not have to be a compliment, though, and probably wasn't one, IMO. |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 08:34
| Fripp of course |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 08:38
Why 'of course', if I may ask? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 09:04
 Another point for Frith. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 16:52
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It's a close call, but Frith gets my vote. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 17:02
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Brilliant guitarists, both of them. Fripp's guitar work on the Lark's era KC albums made me love avant-gardistic music, and Frith's playing with Henry Cow and related bands is beyond excellent. So it's basically a tie, but I'll vote for Frith though since he seems to loose this poll.. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |