Is Robert Fripp Overrated?

he is a bit overrated. He's very creative but his ideas go beyond his guitar abilities, so that's the problem.

The Doctor wrote: I have a more thought provoking question. Are The Beatles underrated?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

*re-lol*

^ Don't waste your time, dude, Denigration is the secret word here.

Dayvenkirq wrote: twosteves wrote: LSDisease wrote: He is a bit overrated. He's very creative but his ideas go beyond his guitar abilities, so that's the problem. Agree--plus his limited style keep him in a box. Eh ... the man incorporated crosspicking into his style; learned from jazz and classical music; invented the New Standard tuning; jumped from psych-jazz-rock on through blues and funk on Earthbound, through dark folk on "Cirkus", through flamenco on "Exiles", through Sabbathy riffs on LTIA and Red, through New Wave-y prog, and that's still not enough? How many more hoops would you like him to jump through?

First explore one to the limit then go for another one. And his articulation is actually pretty poor. It doesn't go smoothly it's rather sloppy. He should learn a bit, like Malmsteen ya know, or Marty Friedman. This plus his original ideas would work.

LSDisease wrote: First explore one to the limit then go for another one.

Again, you want him to jump through hoops. Fripp was an explorer of genres on his guitar. Have Malmsteen or Friedman ever committed to that?

LSDisease wrote: And his articulation is actually pretty poor.

Debatable. His articulation is some of the best I've ever heard on a guitar, but hey, you live in your home, I live in mine.

LSDisease wrote: It doesn't go smoothly it's rather sloppy.

Please, listen to "Fracture" ... again.

LSDisease wrote: He should learn a bit, like Malmsteen ya know, or Marty Friedman.

What an arrogant statement. What does he have to learn from them? Speed? Besides, Fripp is a jazz-rock player. He knew no limits.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 25 2014 at 12:43

This Malsteem chappy never heard him before - awful. 

Dayvenkirq wrote: So was Fripp. And he studied jazz. And he wanted to play really good too, and it shows in his work.

Jazz is overrated as Fripp is. Besides we're talking about articulation, that's something you gotta learn no matter what you play. Fripp wasn't good in that area, his ideas were sometimes outrageous, but without all those instruments used on KC albums everything would be as naked as beatles let it be naked. So if it sounds complicated to you it's not because of Fripp's guitar work.

Dayvenkirq wrote: (I don't know what you mean by "too sober".)

a little joke

Dayvenkirq wrote: 3) 100% objective? Can you back that up?

I love PW because of the songs, that's my personal opinion, guitar work on that album is excellent and very precise and that's a fact.

Robert  Fripp Roberrated  ?

akamaisondufromage wrote: Fripperated!!!

Shoosh! Frip will trademark that and sue you.