deimosrising
+14 -1
I like King Crimson a lot but Fripp's solo works is, indeed, pedantic and joyless.
I like King Crimson a lot but Fripp's solo works is, indeed, pedantic and joyless.
st-elmos_fire
+2 -0
No Pussyfooting is good, then again it is not solo, although Swastika Girls could be considered somewhat joyless
No Pussyfooting is good, then again it is not solo, although Swastika Girls could be considered somewhat joyless
soticoto
+0 -0
King Crimson?
... Ah... so that'd be what the final badguy stand of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 : Vento Aureo was named after.
I really need to research those references more thoroughly in order to be a true Jojo Master.
King Crimson?
... Ah... so that'd be what the final badguy stand of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 : Vento Aureo was named after.
I really need to research those references more thoroughly in order to be a true Jojo Master.
7th_son
+0 -0
A comment left by 7th_son was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by ButterMoths, tttt, Deusoma, DiamondMonster, proof_man, Audhumla)
A comment left by 7th_son was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by ButterMoths, tttt, Deusoma, DiamondMonster, proof_man, Audhumla)
deimosrising
+1 -0
Really? I knew Alex Lifeson did a solo on there but I didn't hear about Fripp.
Really? I knew Alex Lifeson did a solo on there but I didn't hear about Fripp.
terrainasaur
+0 -0
yeah an he did "evening star" with eno, which is great.
yeah an he did "evening star" with eno, which is great.
pigs
+0 -0
I'm assuming you like Porcupine Tree so I gave you a chubby...but if not, pretend it was a lame.
I'm assuming you like Porcupine Tree so I gave you a chubby...but if not, pretend it was a lame.
centipede_damascus
+0 -2
Robert Fripp is not a guitarist that I am familiar with.
Robert Fripp is not a guitarist that I am familiar with.
closefriend
+35 -0
Me neither, but my guess is that he played for King Crimson and then on the new Porcupine Tree album.
Me neither, but my guess is that he played for King Crimson and then on the new Porcupine Tree album.
stuart
+15 -1
He made the sound scheme for Windows Vista.
He made the sound scheme for Windows Vista.
aarongstock
+4 -0
Holy cow, you're right... I apologize for laming you! I thought, OK, Eno did the Windows 95 startup sound, so you must have them mixed up, and also, mildly, who the hell would claim that Fripp would let Microsoft commission him? ([url="https://www.robertfripp.com/diaries.htm?entry=2860"]OK, fine, Fripp would.[/url])
Peter Gabriel must be lined up for the next big MS OS release.
And, finally, to answer centipede_damascus: Fripp played guitar on David Bowie's "Fashion" and "Heroes", to cite 2 arguably best-known examples.
Holy cow, you're right... I apologize for laming you! I thought, OK, Eno did the Windows 95 startup sound, so you must have them mixed up, and also, mildly, who the hell would claim that Fripp would let Microsoft commission him? ([url="https://www.robertfripp.com/diaries.htm?entry=2860"]OK, fine, Fripp would.[/url])
Peter Gabriel must be lined up for the next big MS OS release.
And, finally, to answer centipede_damascus: Fripp played guitar on David Bowie's "Fashion" and "Heroes", to cite 2 arguably best-known examples.
farqussus
+5 -0
tut. The Vista mouse click sound is pedantic and joyless.
tut. The Vista mouse click sound is pedantic and joyless.
heccibiggs
+0 -0
Oh, is that who that is? My friend told me that some post-rock guy did the Vista sounds. But I found it to be fairly pedantic and joyless.
Okay that joke has been done enough in these comments, but it conveys my opinion of the Vista sound scheme fairly accurately.
Oh, is that who that is? My friend told me that some post-rock guy did the Vista sounds. But I found it to be fairly pedantic and joyless.
Okay that joke has been done enough in these comments, but it conveys my opinion of the Vista sound scheme fairly accurately.
pigs
+7 -0
The sound scheme I assosciate with vista is the sound of a depressed man sobbing followed by a gunshot...then eerie silence.
The sound scheme I assosciate with vista is the sound of a depressed man sobbing followed by a gunshot...then eerie silence.
st-elmos_fire
+1 -0
if that is not joyless nothing is
if that is not joyless nothing is
zem
+1 -0
it's probably not pedantic, though
it's probably not pedantic, though
deancain29
+4 -1
I love that Pat sends mix tapes with his correspondence
I love that Pat sends mix tapes with his correspondence
thatcrazycommie
+5 -0
He thinks he's doing everyone a favor.
He thinks he's doing everyone a favor.
killingthejay
+0 -0
Pat does not recycle.
Pat does not recycle.
philosophe
+8 -0
Fripp and Eno is good music
Fripp and Eno is good music
dayvancowboy
+10 -0
fripp's solo on eno's st. elmo's fire is my favourite solo ever.
fripp's solo on eno's st. elmo's fire is my favourite solo ever.
bovine
+2 -0
man its all supposed to be representing the electricity all just hella dancing around. so cool.
man its all supposed to be representing the electricity all just hella dancing around. so cool.
philosophe
+1 -0
Wow me too. Soo fuzzed out and delayed I have to point out to people that it's a guitar.
Wow me too. Soo fuzzed out and delayed I have to point out to people that it's a guitar.
rowboat
+2 -0
I love the freakishly fast solo on Golden Hours. I haven't heard much King Crimson or any of his solo stuff, but Another Green World is amazing and he's a big part of it. That's all I need to know.
I love the freakishly fast solo on Golden Hours. I haven't heard much King Crimson or any of his solo stuff, but Another Green World is amazing and he's a big part of it. That's all I need to know.
verplanck
+0 -0
you followed up with a comment on my second favorite solo on that album. kudos. for even crazier cross-picking action, check out "fracture" on Starless and Bible Black.
you followed up with a comment on my second favorite solo on that album. kudos. for even crazier cross-picking action, check out "fracture" on Starless and Bible Black.
rowboat
+0 -0
Yes. Yes I will. Thank you.
Yes. Yes I will. Thank you.
postblank
+0 -0
I'd have to look it up, but I'm fairly it's his Roland GR-300 guitar synth which means it's a synthesizer controlled by a guitar. So he is playing a guitar, the sounds are just triggered by Voltage-controlled oscillators, yielding seemingly impossible guitar sounds for that time.
I'd have to look it up, but I'm fairly it's his Roland GR-300 guitar synth which means it's a synthesizer controlled by a guitar. So he is playing a guitar, the sounds are just triggered by Voltage-controlled oscillators, yielding seemingly impossible guitar sounds for that time.
philosophe
+10 -0
Alright, I did the research. The GR-500 was the first commercially available guitar synthesizer, released in 1977. The GR-300 is a floor-based unit designed to be used with the G-303 Guitar Controller . This setup was most prominently used by Pat Metheny and was released in 1980. Another Green World was released in November 1975. In the liner notes of the album, Fripp is credited with playing the "Wimshurst Guitar", but this is merely a reference to the Wimshurst Generator; ""...on 'St. Elmo's Fire' I had this idea and said to Fripp, 'Do you know what a Wimshurst machine is?' It's a device for generating very high voltages which then leap between the two poles, and it has a certain erratic contour, and I said, 'You have to imagine a guitar line that has that, very fast and unpredictable.' And he played that part which to me was very Wimshurst indeed." -Brian Eno, 1979. The liner notes read "Robert Fripp: Wimshurst-Guitar on 'St. Elmo's Fire', Restrained-Guitar on 'I'll Come Running', Wimborne-Guitar on 'Golden Hours'." Nowhere does it mention synthesizer guitar and as you can see, Eno was eccentrically accurate in describing the way Fripp played in each song. In the Wikipedia entry for St. Elmo's Fire it mentions that Fripp contributes "a guitar (emphasis mine) solo to the song. Legato, speedy and distorted, the solo stands at counterpoint with the piano lines."
Alright, I did the research. The GR-500 was the first commercially available guitar synthesizer, released in 1977. The GR-300 is a floor-based unit designed to be used with the G-303 Guitar Controller . This setup was most prominently used by Pat Metheny and was released in 1980. Another Green World was released in November 1975. In the liner notes of the album, Fripp is credited with playing the "Wimshurst Guitar", but this is merely a reference to the Wimshurst Generator; ""...on 'St. Elmo's Fire' I had this idea and said to Fripp, 'Do you know what a Wimshurst machine is?' It's a device for generating very high voltages which then leap between the two poles, and it has a certain erratic contour, and I said, 'You have to imagine a guitar line that has that, very fast and unpredictable.' And he played that part which to me was very Wimshurst indeed." -Brian Eno, 1979. The liner notes read "Robert Fripp: Wimshurst-Guitar on 'St. Elmo's Fire', Restrained-Guitar on 'I'll Come Running', Wimborne-Guitar on 'Golden Hours'." Nowhere does it mention synthesizer guitar and as you can see, Eno was eccentrically accurate in describing the way Fripp played in each song. In the Wikipedia entry for St. Elmo's Fire it mentions that Fripp contributes "a guitar (emphasis mine) solo to the song. Legato, speedy and distorted, the solo stands at counterpoint with the piano lines."
postblank
+3 -0
Wow, good show. I thought Another Green World was released later than that due to the prevalance of a seemingly polyphonic monotimbral synthesizer which I figured for a Prophet 5. Considering the time he was working with David Byrne and that Another Green World really has little in common with Here Comes the Warm Jets , I figured it was closer to '79-'81.
Wow, good show. I thought Another Green World was released later than that due to the prevalance of a seemingly polyphonic monotimbral synthesizer which I figured for a Prophet 5. Considering the time he was working with David Byrne and that Another Green World really has little in common with Here Comes the Warm Jets , I figured it was closer to '79-'81.
philosophe
+1 -0
Good Show yourself. You obviously know plenty more about the subject than I do myself. I spent about 20 minutes researching my post.
Good Show yourself. You obviously know plenty more about the subject than I do myself. I spent about 20 minutes researching my post.
tekende
+0 -0
You guys are the best! Can--can we be friends?
You guys are the best! Can--can we be friends?
st-elmos_fire
+0 -0
I must second that you guys are the greatest
I must second that you guys are the greatest
st-elmos_fire
+0 -0
First, the fact that you mentioned Here Come the Warm Jets is awesome, seems like most people who listen to Eno forget that he ever made anything but Ambient, and this bothers me.
Second, I would have to argue that except for the massive amount of instrumentals on Another Green World the only other big difference is the lack of nasal in the vocals. Although this does make them quite different they don't seem too far apart to me.
They seem nearer than Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) and either of the albums.
First, the fact that you mentioned Here Come the Warm Jets is awesome, seems like most people who listen to Eno forget that he ever made anything but Ambient, and this bothers me.
Second, I would have to argue that except for the massive amount of instrumentals on Another Green World the only other big difference is the lack of nasal in the vocals. Although this does make them quite different they don't seem too far apart to me.
They seem nearer than Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) and either of the albums.
verplanck
+0 -0
no need for a synth to generate his tone, that is just good equipment. even the experimental stuff in no pussyfooting was pretty basic, just tape loops and a guitar
no need for a synth to generate his tone, that is just good equipment. even the experimental stuff in no pussyfooting was pretty basic, just tape loops and a guitar
st-elmos_fire
+0 -0
It is coruscating sonic joy, in both senses of coruscating
It is coruscating sonic joy, in both senses of coruscating
subtilior
+1 -0
Also Yann Tiersen, unless you are French-biased.
Also Yann Tiersen, unless you are French-biased.
heccibiggs
+0 -0
Oh man I love Yann Tiersen. Thanks for reminding me that he existed, I'm gonna go listen to him right now.
Oh man I love Yann Tiersen. Thanks for reminding me that he existed, I'm gonna go listen to him right now.
verplanck
+0 -0
No Pussyfooting is a masterpiece.
No Pussyfooting is a masterpiece.
ezcmac
+0 -0
The cat gets roasted by Playboy Advisor.
The cat gets roasted by Playboy Advisor.
satellitetv
+6 -0
He's not joking, I've seen pictures of Fripp where his finger-span is like seven frets. It's just unnecessary is what it is.
He's not joking, I've seen pictures of Fripp where his finger-span is like seven frets. It's just unnecessary is what it is.
morypcaina
+2 -0
I suppose if Robert Fripp had no talent whatsoever but retained his propensity for being an ass, we'd have Pat.
Love his music though (at least the KC stuff).
I suppose if Robert Fripp had no talent whatsoever but retained his propensity for being an ass, we'd have Pat.
Love his music though (at least the KC stuff).
caseyb3
+2 -0
'Godless spawn of the affirmative action archipelago' is the most perfect right-wing-but-part-of-a-left-counterculture Californian lickspittle phrase ever.
The mix tape further sells a comic that would have been a high-water mark for anyone else. I like to think that 'mix tape' is just a generous way of describing one song over and over again, but there's no basis for that.
'Godless spawn of the affirmative action archipelago' is the most perfect right-wing-but-part-of-a-left-counterculture Californian lickspittle phrase ever.
The mix tape further sells a comic that would have been a high-water mark for anyone else. I like to think that 'mix tape' is just a generous way of describing one song over and over again, but there's no basis for that.
al_batross
+0 -0
I hate running out of chubbies!
This achepage is one of the most enjoyable, comment-wise.
I hate running out of chubbies!
This achepage is one of the most enjoyable, comment-wise.
tekende
+0 -0
I have to say I really like how many of the comments on this page are about Fripp and Eno. This is a good community.
I have to say I really like how many of the comments on this page are about Fripp and Eno. This is a good community.
jthm_guitarist
+4 -0
Man Robert Fripp is awesome.
And who doesn't make the hardest chord possible when getting his picture taken? It's either that or move up to the high frets like you're doing a hell of a solo.
And if all else fails start tapping.
Man Robert Fripp is awesome.
And who doesn't make the hardest chord possible when getting his picture taken? It's either that or move up to the high frets like you're doing a hell of a solo.
And if all else fails start tapping.
charchar
+1 -0
You can kiss the guitar out the side of your mouth while looking at the camera insouciantly.
You can kiss the guitar out the side of your mouth while looking at the camera insouciantly.
gitarooman
+0 -0
Or, you could just, you know, play whatever song you're playing the way that it goes
Or, you could just, you know, play whatever song you're playing the way that it goes
fuzzery
+1 -0
Pat's a dick.
Oh, and I guess Vlad really did nail Pat to a T.
Pat's a dick.
Oh, and I guess Vlad really did nail Pat to a T.
tekende
+0 -0
I really like the phrase "relatively innocuous state employees". I don't know why, it's just funny to me.
I really like the phrase "relatively innocuous state employees". I don't know why, it's just funny to me.
tajto
+1 -1
haha screw king crimson
haha screw king crimson
tajto
+2 -1
actually i love king crimson. haha
actually i love king crimson. haha
zem
+2 -0
haha
haha
lolsworth
+0 -0
Fuck you Playboy Fripp rules
Fuck you Playboy Fripp rules
lolsworth
+0 -0
How can music be pedantic, fuck you
How can music be pedantic, fuck you
atypicaloracle
+0 -0
Four'd for Playboy telling off Pat in fairly round terms.
Four'd for Playboy telling off Pat in fairly round terms.
dougthehead
+0 -0
Nobody has mentioned that Pat makes a big show of throwing Ray's Playboy away just so he can get a look at it? Have we become that jaded to Pat's dickishness? I guess that's why he still has friends.
Nobody has mentioned that Pat makes a big show of throwing Ray's Playboy away just so he can get a look at it? Have we become that jaded to Pat's dickishness? I guess that's why he still has friends.
What's up with Ray's belly in the first two
It is trying to see if they answered its letter.
they're straight-up killer cat abs!
He's leaned over his gut reading.
Quick-onset diabetes, most likely
Diabettis.
Diabeetus, you mean?
Diabettis is a word that old people with large mustaches use, yet has not turned into a meme.
Orly
Dude's got a paunch.