Is Robert Fripp Overrated?

Waiting Man wrote: Are you kidding me? Wich instrument do you play? The triangle? Maybe a pot full of rice?

I've seen that video of Scott preparing his album Bish Bosch. Some guy was playing a bowl of marbles.

Sumdeus wrote: k well as long as this topic has come up i'd like to quickly recc three awesome albums that i think are hip-hop works. experimental and unique, and quite progressive/psychedelic to certain extents Madvillain - Madvillainy Eyedea - The Many Faces Of Oliver Hart Edan - Beauty And The Beat these are the records that pop into my head when i think of hip-hop really pushing boundaries and doing something unprecedented in teh genre

Cool. I love that Madvillain cd, i'll check the other two out!  :-)

^ Is it on a CD? How much did it cost?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - December 12 2012 at 17:00

no 

I'd rather be pussy licking than pussy footing...


Edited by Slartibartfast - December 12 2012 at 17:09

yeah Fripp's solo albums never really clicked with me. Fripp & Eno, on the other hand though....

Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Is it on a CD? How much did it cost?

I got it on vinyl. Nothing but a Fripp and Eno science experiment on Frippertronics. I like Frippertronics, but sheesh! Just the same loop going around and around and around and around and around (and around...). Somewhere on the second side things mercifully got a little out of phase at last so that something musical could happen.

I'll have to look around for the receipt.

In spite of this, I'm with those who think that Fripp is NOT overrated.

Edited by HackettFan - December 12 2012 at 17:38

Anthony wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: Anthony wrote: How can anyone believe that King Crimson is better than other bands when half of the time it has been disbanded? Yeah. ... I forgot that's supposed to matter and affect the quality of the band's music.  No, that does not affect the quality of the music. I just find it ridiculous that a band who makes, say two or three great albums and then does nothing for over ten years is considered to be better than a band who makes ten masterpieces without having to split up (I don't mean a certain band in particular, just giving an example). And mind you, it's not that I hate KC or Fripp, (I've got all KC albums), and they're good, but imo not as great as some think.

Luckily, that has never happened, so that example does not suit the KC-vs.-Rush case. Of course, this is just a hypothetical example, as you've pointed out. Disbanding does not mean anything. A band that would do nothing for ten years could make more masterworks than a band that has never broken up.

Argonaught wrote: A while ago I talked myself into buying A Scarcity of Miracles (mostly because of Mr. Harrison, who played on it). I tell you, Mr. Fripp for real gone fishing like nobody's business. When you have run out of things to say, it's more classy to disband and remain silent.

Dayvenkirq wrote: Anthony wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: Anthony wrote: How can anyone believe that King Crimson is better than other bands when half of the time it has been disbanded? Yeah. ... I forgot that's supposed to matter and affect the quality of the band's music.  No, that does not affect the quality of the music. I just find it ridiculous that a band who makes, say two or three great albums and then does nothing for over ten years is considered to be better than a band who makes ten masterpieces without having to split up (I don't mean a certain band in particular, just giving an example). And mind you, it's not that I hate KC or Fripp, (I've got all KC albums), and they're good, but imo not as great as some think.  Luckily, that has never happened, so that example does not suit the KC-vs.-Rush case. Of course, this is just a hypothetical example, as you've pointed out. Disbanding does not mean anything. A band that would do nothing for ten years could make more masterworks than a band that has never broken up.