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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 16:04
Originally posted by Anthony Anthony wrote:

How can anyone believe that King Crimson is better than other bands when half of the time it has been disbanded? And then I'm not even talking about the lack of melodies.


quality > quantity. KC could've stopped making all music after Red and I would still be here saying that KC made some of the best prog and Robert Fripp is highly underrated
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Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

The fact that you're not his fan doesn't implicate that he is overrated. Lower your ego.
 
The exact reverse logic also applies.
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The fact that you're not his fan doesn't implicate that he is overrated. Lower your ego.
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 14:42
Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Is Robert Fripp Overrated?
You are are a prog metallurgist, and you are posting on the prog forum about a prog legend. You figure it out.
Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

For me as a solo artist he is, but as the leader of KC no way!!
When did Robert ever get big-time woahs as a solo artist? Confused

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For me as a solo artist he is, but as the leader of KC no way!!
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Originally posted by snowsnow snowsnow wrote:

 
IMHO - Yes, Genesis, Floyd,Tull, Camel, Caravan, VDGG, Rush etc blow them out of the water.
 
But I appreciate that they are well respected here- just not my thing.
 
I agree 100% with everything you say except VDGG.
 
 
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I think he's very overrated as a guitarist - his playing does nothing for me at all. And I really don't find King Crimson at all to my taste either.
 
So for me, yes, he is.
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No, he is absolutely not overrated. In the prog community I think many of us understand his monumental contributions to music.

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as a guitarist - No. But his many incarnations (misleadingly labeled with the jar called King Crimson) definitely are often over-rated because of his history. Always interesting, but eccentric and eclectic, not to say downright idiosyncratic.
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Points: 13351 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 10:14
Not at all. One of the best and most influential.  
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Points: 17846 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 10:02
Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Yes or No?
 
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Never quite understood the love of Fripp/king Crimson.
 
IMHO - Yes, Genesis, Floyd,Tull, Camel, Caravan, VDGG, Rush etc blow them out of the water.
 
But I appreciate that they are well respected here- just not my thing.
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No, but Robert's rate is over-fripped. 
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Points: 5154 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 08:31
Originally posted by Anthony Anthony wrote:


In totality, yes, Fripp is terribly overrated. How can anyone believe that King Crimson is better than other bands when half of the time it has been disbanded? And then I'm not even talking about the lack of melodies.
That's precisely one of Fripp's important contributions to rock music, showing that there is more to rock music than just melody, which has been the only concern of much rock music for a long time (of course he is not the only one but has been a key player in this).
 
As for KC's discontinuity, who cares? better to take a break or reform than releasing poor stuff.
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Points: 4091 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 08:28
He's not my favorite but is not overrated---I get his importance and influence in prog.
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Points: 4214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 08:22
That's a silly question, how can be one of the founders of Prog Rock overrated?Confused It's similar as if you were asking whether Mozart, Bach or perhaps Louis Armstrong are overrated...
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Points: 774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2012 at 07:01
Originally posted by renaudbb renaudbb wrote:

Are "Red", "In the Court" or "Lizard" overrated ?

That's only three albums out of the many. In totality, yes, Fripp is terribly overrated. How can anyone believe that King Crimson is better than other bands when half of the time it has been disbanded? And then I'm not even talking about the lack of melodies.
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