Fripp´s Best Studio Solo
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Topic: Fripp´s Best Studio Solo
Posted By: moebius
Subject: Fripp´s Best Studio Solo
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 01:15
| 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? |
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 01:18
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"St. Elmo's Fire" from Brian Eno's "Another Green World.
Not only his best solo, but one of the most amazing guitar solos ever.
If we're talking strictly KC, the accoustic guitar solo in "Cirkus" is my personal favorite.
Actually, theres a few of them in that song, and they're all very impressive.
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Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 04:03
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Personally, I really like his solo in 'Sailor`s Tale'. Now that is different! ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 04:05
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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. ------------- 
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Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 05:05
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. ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:Posted By: fairyliar
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 05:13
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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!
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Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 05:15
I bought Bowies CD just so I could listen to Fripps guitar work!  ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: DoubleD
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 08:01
| KC's The Night Watch and Eno's Baby's On Fire. |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 08:58
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 12:33
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Solo? Sailors Tale...uuuh, that is so ...different!!! But when it comes to some guitar pieces, everything in Larks I,IV and Level V (which is Larks V by the way  )------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Tommy
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 12:36
If they are best of Mr Fripp, I would hate to hear the worst of
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 12:49
I know that, but since they are the same note just played on two different strings you could call it a two note guitar solo. -------------
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Posted By: *hs*
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 14:55
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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" |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 17:32
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For me, Indiscipline is sublime and very dark. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 17:35
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Baby's on fire. As I type that solo is blazing and blowing my mind. -------------  
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Posted By: frippouille
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 22:26
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Definitely the end solo on
A Plague of Lighthouse-keepers from the album
Pawn Hearts from VDGG
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Posted By: Muzzy
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 00:33
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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 ------------- I do many things. I span the genres - they call me the genre spanner. - Howard Moon |
Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 05:32
The reason it sounds so good is that two strings are used and the tone of the note varies because of subtle bending of the second string. Using one note on one string is nowhere near as interesting. ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 06:09
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21 century for me.
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Posted By: nobody
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 13:18
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No one has mentioned The Emperor In His War Room, which is a nice, liquid-y double-tracked excursion. The solo at the end of the Lizard suite is also very amazing. ------------- "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!" |
Posted By: condor
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:34
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Technically, Fripp never played Fracture in the studio but touched it up afterwards. When you think of it, it sounds like Wetton is soloing over Fripp.
Even though Fracture is his best, Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is astonshingly undermentioned. When I first heard it, I knew instantly it was Fripp; it tipped Pawn Hearts over the edge into a masterpiece. So many albums can be ruined by limp endings, thanks to Fripp, not this one. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 19:45
Precisely.  -------------
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 21:34
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Of those I've heard, I prefer the astonishing solo in Exiles. ------------- 
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 21:35
That's a beautiful solo. ------------- 
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 03:45
| What about solo in "Man Erg". Combined with Jackson's sax |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 04:23
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i feel like listening to LTIA pts 1-5 right now... then Lizard ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 04:24
then The Night Watch into Trio. absolutely tear-jerking  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 19:50
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I'm in for The Night Watch as well, although his work on Pawn Hearts leaves listeners speechless and in awe at times
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Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 21:12
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This has probably been discussed many times before, but I'm still unsure: on which tracks exactly does Fripp play on Pawn Hearts? Also, are there guitar parts on the album that are NOT played by Fripp, but Hammill or someone else? ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 00:50
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Let's not forget his work on The Roches' albums, and The R. F. String Quartet.
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