Fripp´s Best Studio Solo

Best or favorite Fripp guitar solo. Live recordings don´t count. I´ll go for the excellent solo in "Sartori in Tangier", from the Beat album... What about you?

Personally, I really like his solo in 'Sailor`s Tale'.

Now that is different!

Cygnus X-2 wrote: His solo in Starless is the superlative two note guitar solo. But I must say overall his best guitar pieces lie in Fracture and its counterpart FraKctured. The complexities of those pieces is mind boggling and the level of playing to accomplish pieces like that is unlike anything I've ever heard.

I agree with you on Fracture and Starless. They are fantastic as well... The starless 'solo' is actually more than two notes. He sits on a single note to great effect before moving on to the next and then the next... It sounds like two notes because it utilizes two different strings to produce the same note.


Edited by Terra Australis - September 17 2006 at 05:07

fairyliar wrote: Yup Sartori in Tangier, St Elmo's Fire,.....I can't make a choice, so much diverse and incredible works! I will add his work with Bowie, listen to the solo on Scary Monsters and Super Creeps, just fabulous!

I bought Bowies CD just so I could listen to Fripps guitar work!

Cat Food

If they are best of Mr Fripp, I would hate to hear the worst of

In no particular order:

"White Shadow" from the second Peter Gabriel album;
"St. Elmo's Fire" of course;
"Teenage Wildlife" from Bowie's "Scary Monsters";
"Exiles" from LTIA;
"Providence" from "Red";
"The Night Watch" from SABB
"Wave" from "Damage"


Edited by *hs* - September 19 2006 at 20:33

Baby's on fire. As I type that solo is blazing and blowing my mind.

HI all,

I really love his solo at the end of God's Monkey on the live Damage album.
It's just tearing it's way through the mix - great!

muzz

21 century for me.