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Posted: July 25 2014 at 14:41

addictedtoprog wrote:

-Whether Mr. Fripp is overrated...
No...certainly not...
-Whether this thread is overrated...
Certainly it is...from the number of replies to this thread..

Smart boy, you got the joke!

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 14:45

LSDisease wrote:

Jazz is overrated as Fripp is.

I'll just pretend you didn't write that.

LSDisease wrote:

Fripp wasn't good in that area [of articulation], 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.

Again, that's just an opinion. I hear plenty of articulation.

LSDisease wrote:

So if it sounds complicated to you it's not because of Fripp's guitar work.

How do you know? You are not me. This is just a matter of perception, and you have to recognize that. I've explained why "Fracture" sounds complex to me. That's mostly a guitar-oriented piece, but by and large it's a group effort.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 25 2014 at 14:46

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 14:49

LSDisease wrote:

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Where?

for example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aUSOmjbNuQ

That?! A video that does not quite match the audio, featuring a piece with a really easy part to play on a guitar? I don't see sloppiness in that video, to be honest.

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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.

Which is not an argument against Robert, so I don't know why you brought that up.

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Dayvenkirq wrote:

Robert offered plenty of that too. Just listen to LTIA, pt. 1.

but he doesn't offer this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQMwDmXjz0

Super-fast and unmemorable lines? No, Bob is not just some guy playing a classical piece (written by another guy) really fast on his guitar, and the fact that I've seen too many speed-obsessed metalheads do a rendition of a classical piece ... that's just not Fripp's style. I'm sure Robert could nail that rendition of Caprice if he chose to ... but I don't remember him ever choosing to. He is not as much of a speed-obsessed musician.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 25 2014 at 15:26

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 14:50

Fripp may not be God. But he is Buddha at least.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:03

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Fripperated!!!

Shoosh! Frip will trademark that and sue you.

I think I just heard a large bunch of legal documents being pushed through the door! Confused

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:09

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SteveG wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

Fripperated!!!

Shoosh! Frip will trademark that and sue you.

I think I just heard a large bunch of legal documents being pushed through the door! Confused

Was it done by a short man wearing a business suit and carrying a guitar?

Edited by SteveG - July 26 2014 at 08:35

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:25

SteveG wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

SteveG wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

Fripperated!!!

Shoosh! Frip will trademark that and sue you.

I think I just heard a large bunch of legal documents being pushed through the door! Confused

Was it done by a short man wearing a business suit and caring a guitar?

Could have been although it may have been a woman?

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:37

Dayvenkirq wrote:

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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?

Know he is an innovator--a genius or whatever---and you seem to know more about what he's playing then me---but if the music doesn't move you what's the point of technique and innovation? ---It's just that lot's of his music is too neurotic and dark and not accessible, (like his personality --lol--I've met him)---for my ears---but glad you enjoy him. Many consider him a god---and I have lot's of his stuff---enjoy the mid-period stuff with Belew the most, but know I may be in the KC fan club minority on that Smile

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:40

twosteves wrote:

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.

That's why I said in my post that he is technically brilliant but if people don't like his music they will not see it.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:44

Dayvenkirq wrote:

I'll just pretend you didn't write that.

seriously, jazz a complex form music? I don't know where this opinion comes from but it's not a scientific source for sure.

[QUOTE=Dayvenkirq] Again, that's just an opinion. I hear plenty of articulation.
[/QUOTE]

sorry but I don't care what you hear, some say that Kurt Cobain was an excellent guitar player. It's not the criteria, I told you what the criteria is.

Dayvenkirq wrote:

How do you know? You are not me. This is just a matter of perception, and you have to recognize that. I've explained why "Fracture" sounds complex to me. That's mostly a guitar-oriented piece, but by and large it's a group effort.

we were talking about the guitar work and the guitar work in Fracture isn't complex, as far as I recognize being a guitarist for over 20 years.

Edited by LSDisease - July 25 2014 at 15:49

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 15:48

Dayvenkirq wrote:

Which is not an argument against Robert, so I don't know why you brought that up.

it was just a comparsion

Dayvenkirq wrote:

Super-fast and unmemorable lines? No, Bob is not just some guy playing a classical piece (written by another guy) really fast on his guitar, and the fact that I've seen too many speed-obsessed metalheads do a rendition of a classical piece ... that's just not Fripp's style. I'm sure Robert could nail that rendition of Caprice if he chose to ... but I don't remember him ever choosing to. He is not as much of a speed-obsessed musician.

"unmemorable" that's a personal opinion nothing more nothing less. To me most of KC stuff is unmemorable and we can argue about that for another 5 hours. Does it change anything? Study it first then judge it for chrissakes.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:00

LSDisease wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

I'll just pretend you didn't write that.

seriously, jazz a complex form music? I don't know where this opinion comes from but it's not a scientific source for sure.

[QUOTE=Dayvenkirq] Again, that's just an opinion. I hear plenty of articulation.

sorry but I don't care what you hear, some say that Kurt Cobain was an excellent guitar player. It's not the criteria, I told you what the criteria is.

we were talking about the guitar work and the guitar work in Fracture isn't complex, as far as I recognize being a guitarist for over 20 years.
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No-one said Jazz is complex. Although, a fair amount of it is. The fact that you think Jazz is overrated is hilarious though.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:18

ProgPassion wrote:

No-one said Jazz is complex. Although, a fair amount of it is. The fact that you think Jazz is overrated is hilarious though.

ok maybe I wasn't precise. But when I read all those prog heads, their ultimate argument is: jazz this, jazz that, jazz is a noble kind of music. No it's not, it was played in night clubs in the 20's and 30's America it was music to entertain people on the f... dance floor.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:42

Dayvenkirq wrote:

LSDisease wrote:

Jazz is overrated as Fripp is.

I'll just pretend you didn't write that.</span>

Again, that's just an opinion. I hear plenty of articulation.</span>

LSDisease wrote:

So if it sounds complicated to you it's not because of Fripp's guitar work.

Unless you cut that up and put it under a microscope and send it off to be analyzed by the scientific community and have at least 3 scientific papers analyzing Fripp's work to back you up, how dare you claim Fracture is complex.

I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:57

LSDisease wrote:

seriously, jazz a complex form music? I don't know where this opinion comes from but it's not a scientific source for sure.

I simply disagreed with your statement that jazz is overrated. I never said jazz was a complex form of music (as a whole, though sometimes it is complex). Those are two different arguments, the latter of which you just included into this discussion for no apparent reason.

LSDisease wrote:

[QUOTE=Dayvenkirq] Again, that's just an opinion. I hear plenty of articulation.

sorry but I don't care what you hear, ... .[/QUOTE]Try not to be rude. This is just a music discussion.

LSDisease wrote:

some say that Kurt Cobain was an excellent guitar player. It's not the criteria, I told you what the criteria is.

Now you are just confusing me. We were talking about articulation, but all of the sudden you are talking about excellence as a criteria. This post makes no sense.

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we were talking about the guitar work and the guitar work in Fracture isn't complex, as far as I recognize being a guitarist for over 20 years.

The guitar work is a part of the composition. Since you have so many years of experience of playing the instrument, question: If the guitar work on "Fracture" isn't complex, than what is?

LSDisease wrote:

"unmemorable" that's a personal opinion nothing more nothing less. To me most of KC stuff is unmemorable and we can argue about that for another 5 hours.

I know. That's why we are having these discussions on this forum. If this forum was all about facts, then it would be just an informative medium, right.

LSDisease wrote:

"unmemorable" that's a personal opinion nothing more nothing less. To me most of KC stuff is unmemorable and we can argue about that for another 5 hours. Does it change anything? Study it first then judge it for chrissakes.

Study and judge what? That sentence needs an object.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 25 2014 at 17:02

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 21:28

Hello there,

My VERY FIRST POST!........how exciting! hmfff! (he says with a nasty glint....)

No, Robert Fripp is not overrated.

&,

.....Yes, I am a 41-year-old virgin who has never been able to secure a date or a "holding-hands session", or a kiss from any woman......and that's the d*mn truth!

So, take it from there.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 21:34

Can't decide if providing TMI or just trolling. Confused

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 21:44

No "Doctor"......not trolling......

I remember YEARS ago, in 1995 when I met Fripp, he told me that many of his younger fans were:

"Earnest young men with facial hair and spectacles......"

(both of which my friend and I happened to have at that time! ha ha)

He was right on the ball.......

and it IS a proven scientific fact, you know, that these types of men end up dying alone as virgins with their cherished copies of Lizard clutched tightly to their chests, and only their mothers to discover their decomposed cadavers weeks after the suicide.....hmmf.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 22:12

I don't think Robert Fripp is overrated. Even if he was, who cares? I sure don't. I admire his work with King Crimson and think he's one of the more original guitarists to perform this music. For me, it's Hackett, Gilmour, Fripp, Lifeson, and Howe all the way. These are THE prog rock guitarists. I'll except no substitutions.

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 23:20

Crimson_King wrote:

No "Doctor"......not trolling......

I remember YEARS ago, in 1995 when I met Fripp, he told me that many of his younger fans were:

"Earnest young men with facial hair and spectacles......"

(both of which my friend and I happened to have at that time! ha ha)

He was right on the ball.......

and it IS a proven scientific fact, you know, that these types of men end up dying alone as virgins with their cherished copies of Lizard clutched tightly to their chests, and only their mothers to discover their decomposed cadavers weeks after the suicide.....hmmf.

Righteo then. Carry on with your bad self. Wink

I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?