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STEVE VAI Talks Upcoming KING CRIMSON Tribute Tour With BEAT - "I'm Doing My Absolute Best To Respect Every Note That ROBERT FRIPP Wrote"
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KING CRIMSON's ROBERT FRIPP Recalls Meeting JIMI HENDRIX - "'He Said, ‘Shake My Left Hand, Man, It's Closer To My Heart'"; Video
All right, y’all know the drill by now. Continuing our (kinda sorta) Prince-themed 6 Degrees series, connecting albums from The List and carrying on from where we left off last time. This is essentially a guest post as avi_miller provided the connections for the last four albums in this set, so a big thank you to them!
Robert Fripp – (971)
…this album by Robert Fripp, who was in…
King Crimson – (568)
…King Crimson. The line-up at the time of this album included Bill Bruford on drums/percussion, who had previously been the drummer for…
Yes – (527)
…Yes. This album was recorded at Advision Studios, where part of…
Kate Bush – (576)
…this album by Kate Bush was also recorded. This album features Jimmy Bain on bass guitar, who also played bass on…
Some fun connections between this group of artists and The Purple One. Let me know in the comments if you know of any others!
In 1990, Prince invited Kate Bush to meet him after a show, and they decided to collaborate. The two couldn’t again get in the same room, so “Why Should I Love You?” (released on Bush’s 1993 album The Red Shoes) took 2 years to create (or, rather, construct, then deconstruct, then reconstruct…) by sending tapes back and forth.
Kate Bush does backing vocals on Prince’s “My Computer“, from his 1996 album, Emancipation.
The soundtrack to the 1995 film Showgirls features two Prince songs (The Gold Experience‘s “319” and Crystal Ball‘s “Ripopgodezippa”) as well as David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans”, which was co-written by Brian Eno.
Both Prince’s Purple Rain and Brian Eno’s Another Green World have inspired custom perfumes made by dublab that are supposedly meant to, umm, smell like them (like the albums, not the musicians).
Both Prince and Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist and leader of the band Rainbow, are known as two of the greatest guitarists of all time, and both loved to break out lengthy but spectacular solos. On Rolling Stone‘s 2023 list of the top 250 guitarists, Prince ranked at number 14, and Blackmore at 75. (There are actually a ton of artists from The List on Rolling Stone‘s list, because we have great taste.)
Prince and Ronnie James Dio (the singer for Rainbow at the time of the Rainbow Rising album) both packed an enormous amount of talent in a smaller frame – the two were nearly the same height (with or without their fabulous high heels). (And speaking of fashion, some of Dio’s stage outfits wouldn’t look too out of place on Prince, and vice versa.)
Tune in on Friday for Part 6, to see how we get from Rainbow to Madhouse!
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Steve Vai Explains What Makes Robert Fripp's Playing So Unique, Names Biggest Challenge of Tackling King Crimson Guitar Parts
'Intricate stuff for the sake of being intricate is never interesting. You lose the retention. But Robert's stuff, it oddly falls beautifully on the g...
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KING CRIMSON Founder ROBERT FRIPP Joins OnlyFans; Video
Keeping in mind that it IS April 1, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp has announced that he has joined OnlyFans. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service based in London, UK. The service is used primarily by sex workers who produce pornography, but it also hosts the work...
King Crimson z Johnem Wettonem i Billem Brufordem to było najlepsze King Crimson. Nie zapraszam do dyskusji, bo jeszcze ktoś mnie przekona, że jednak to z Adrianem Belew i Billem Brufordem. 😉 😅 #KingCrimson#JohnWetton#AdrianBelew#BillBruford#RobertFripp
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ROBERT FRIPP & TOYAH Perform SHOCKING BLUE Hit "Venus" In New Sunday Lunch Video
In the clip below, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah Willcox, share a new cover of the Shocking Blue hit, "Venus", for Sunday Lunch. Check out more Sunday Lunch selections below. "Basket Case" "Give In To Me" "Lick It Up"
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ROBERT FRIPP & TOYAH Revisit 2022 Cover Of GREEN DAY's "Basket Case" For Sunday Lunch (Video)
In the clip below, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah Willcox, revisit their cover of Green Day's "Basket Case" for Sunday Lunch. Fripp and Wilcox performed at the Isle Of Wight Festival 2023 on June 18th, 2023. Toyah has shared pro-shot video of their full band...
This is a piece inspired and dedicated to Robert Fripp and the "New Language" he devised in 1971, when he started working towards what would become his "Larks' Tongues In Aspic". Often considered a sublime guitarist, to me Mr. Fripp is also one of my greatest influences, together with Frank Zappa and Gentle Giant.
Long live the Framer.
This is also the last track of my new album, which I am going to release soon.
"When the new idea comes
it often ties in with others, with old loves
of sounds ne'er forgotten, by now a part of you.
When the new idea comes
'tis like a trickle, a stream, joining the great river,
river of which you yourself, you now understand, are a part.
When the new idea comes
fever grips you, unstoppable voice, overpowering and overshadowing
All of what just before you sought.
When the new idea comes
you finally understand that those questions, those thoughts,
had but one and only one answer.