Robert Fripp - Please make him amazing for me

himtroy wrote: I agree with him being very good with Adrian alongside him.  But in my opinions his most dominant guitar came about in the Wetton era.  Songs like Fracture and many others in that 1973-1974 era.  Especially live.

In one sentence: Fripp invented prog rock as we know it.

MIND=BLOWN

ProgressiveAttic wrote: This should make you love Fripp: If not... check Fracture out (the Starless and Bible Black or Great Deceiver version)... If it doesn't work... you have no cure...

Now see I thought Fripp was amazing, but after hearing this I've become totally disenchanted with Robert.

But seriously, I know a lot of people here who latched on to KC's itchycock first don't care for this one, but I love the humor or should I say humour?
Plus Fripp had developed his guitar style really well by then.


Edited by Slartibartfast - June 07 2010 at 18:28

For some reason that reminds me of Flight of the Bumblebee

Yikes!

harmonium.ro wrote: I just found the most touching piece of guitar work I've listened to in years: http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1401 (audio sample) Makes me , I it...

Thanks Alex.  That was a nice piece of music.  Unfortunately, that is the kind of stuff that is better at putting me to sleep than getting my blood pumping.  It was too ambient for my tastes. 

Discipline has some very nice interlocking and layered guitars alongside Adrian Belew... it's not one of my favorite KC albums, but it has some very nice guitar work.  I also really like (some might find this weird) the solo from " I Talk to the WInd " from KC's first album.. i don't know , i just really like its tone and subleties.. so check that one out and, if you're like me, you might find it quite interesting.  Also, as stated before, The Power to Believe is definitely one of KC's better and more guitar-oriented albums of the last decade.

American Khatru wrote: HTCF wrote: Listen all the way through the song Fracture with the volume loud enough to pick up the quiet guitar in the middle then listen to Starless then listen to the guitar solo work on The Night Watch then listen to his noodly guitar bits on Brian Eno's album Another Green World, especially the song Saint Elmo's Fire then pick up the minimalist space jam album The Equatorial Stars by Fripp and Eno That might be a good start PS Rushfan4 told me to necropost here Then listen to the acoustic guitar on Cirkus, carefully now, miss nothing (the in-betweens are as impressive as the parts that jump out).  You tell me, of all the electric guitarists out there who'll tear down the house once there's a little distorted warmth in the line, who else have this high level of skill and consistency on an unadulterated acoustic guitar?  Maybe you'll find, what, a few? [edit: Cirkus, first track on album Lizard]

I really should have children, then sell their kidneys to pay for all the albums recommended on this site.

Presto changeo, Robert Fripp is now amazing for you.
Wait a second, is it not working???

As Greg Lake once said...Fripp is an underrated guitarist. He explained that what Fripp did on guitar with Crimson was not a full representation of his vast knowledge on the strings. There is this Paganini piece  he plays which displays him as a superior guitarist. You wouldn't be able to spot that upon hearing the beautiful, simple, and melodic chord changes that guide us through "Cadence and Cascade". "Pictures Of A City" has some very errie and rapid harmony overdubs on electric guitar. I didn't hear very many guitarists playing like that in the early 70's. I can picture him playing the bass notes and the lead melody of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" by Bernard Hermann. He is that kind of guitarist where he could figure out almost anything played by an orchestra to be transcribed for the guitar. On the "Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles, and Fripp he performs amazingly on Suite No. 1. King Crimson wasn't about guitar playing as much as it was composition. Fripp did some careful planning with Crimson. Especially the early recordings when he worked with Pete Sinfield.