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Blacksword 
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 Posted: August 25 2005 at 10:43 |
 Bob Greece wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
To be serious, for one second, I very much doubt Fripp is tone deaf. If you are tone deaf then you have no idea what melody or harmony are. Five notes harmonising in a chord would just sound like a meaningless noise to you. Thats my understanding of 'tone deaf' anyway.
I may take the p!ss out of Fripp, but I find it unlikely that someone who is tone deaf would devote their life to a career making progressive rock! How on Earth could he write songs if he is unable to tune his guitar, play chords and write melodies..
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You're absolutely right. Q must have made a mistake here surely.
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It was probably an underhand dig at a musician, who Q personally dont like.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 11:07 |
Bob Greece wrote:
Also, I've never seen a picture of him smiling. Isn't that a bit scary? |
There is one where he smiles! A small pic in the inner sleeve of "The onstrucKtion of Light" album. 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 11:54 |
Was Fripp an ass?
Hee Haww Heee Hawww Heeee Oughta know better!
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nousommedusolei
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 04:18 |
 < Here's a nice smile by Mr. Fripp. Such a clean-cut young chap.
Frippy's just misunderstood.
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I don't believe in demons
I don't believe in devils
I only believe in you
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Zooka_Jesus
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 12:22 |
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even if he is an ass KC is still efffin sweeeeeeeeeeeet
Edited by Zooka_Jesus
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Gentle Gaint owns every prog band 
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nousommedusolei
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Posted: August 28 2005 at 02:58 |
It's not like he cares what any of us think, anyway.
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I don't believe in demons
I don't believe in devils
I only believe in you
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Eddy
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Posted: August 28 2005 at 20:06 |
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he was mean. he totally rejected a membvers peice of music, somthing he
put his heart into.. its a very mean thing to do, but fripp always
wanted the band to sound exactly the way he wanted it..
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Scrambled_Eggs
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Posted: August 28 2005 at 21:55 |
Eddy wrote:
...fripp always wanted the band to sound exactly the way he wanted it.. |
Exactly. King Crimson was Fripp's band. Therefore, he had the right to reject other people's musical ideas.
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And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime.
I never said I was frightened of dying.
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salisbury steak
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 15:07 |
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Fripp said he didn't consider him the leader, but that the band was just "a way of doing things"
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: August 29 2005 at 20:54 |
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Fripp is a dick, as far as I know, and I don't know much about him
what was firing Sinfield all about, he was the best component of KC!
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paulindigo
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 09:03 |
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The legend goes that he received a guitar at the age of 11. at the
time he had no idea what to do of it (and probably didn't have many
clues about music in general). being left-handed and unmusical, he
found it perfectly logical to teach himself to play a right-handed
guitar
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sigod
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 12:38 |
Scrambled_Eggs wrote:
Eddy wrote:
...fripp always wanted the band to sound exactly the way he wanted it.. |
Exactly. King Crimson was Fripp's
band. Therefore, he had the right to reject other people's
musical ideas. |
Apparently Fripp offered to leave Crimson in an attempt to keep Giles & McDonald in the band.
I'm not sure he has much time for Greg Lake and visa versa from the interviews I've read by both parties.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Gianthogweed
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 05:40 |
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Are there any good detailed bios about king crimson online that give you all the dirt on how/why people left the band and such, and why King Crimson stopped existing every once in awile.
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: September 01 2005 at 13:48 |
"In The Court of King Crimson" by Sid Smith. I haven't yet read through it completely. 
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Gianthogweed
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Posted: September 09 2005 at 12:22 |
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I never understood why that first lineup fell apart. And why the Wetton lineup just stopped. Same goes for the 80's lineup.
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RaphaelT
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Posted: September 09 2005 at 15:26 |
Was Fripp an ass? Every one of us has been at least considered an ass by other people.
Nevertheless, he is annoying with claiming he invented prog rock and that it should stop when he disbanded first KC.
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yet you still have time!
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