King Crimson: Classic Or Dud

overheard a couple exiting the stereolab show last night:

him: it was this kind of 'Robert Fripp meets--'
her: shut the fuck up

lol

I got my copy of the 5CD box a week or so ago. It's great - and there's even a track (the "Interlude" on Disc Four) from the show I attended.

nostalgia hipster slap fight

This Cosmic FuKc documentary looks like it might be fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3bjJmGfHI

lmao ok that is a good trailer

Well, this fucking sucks:

Seeing news that my old friend Bill Rieflin has died of cancer. You know him as a mighty drummer for bands from Ministry to later R.E.M. To me he was the kindest guy who worked with me at Tower Records SF when I was 19 and so uncool. Hadn't seen him for a while but I am so sad. pic.twitter.com/MAXjc3TzNX

— Feeling Distant (@annkpowers) March 24, 2020

What???

Oh no

man it's so goddamn sad

Defined ‘solid’ as a drummer with a pretty incredible CV that speaks for itself

RIP

Saw him 7 or 8 times with Robyn Hitchcock, he was so great

Fripp and Toyah on Rieflin

they were clearly incredibly close to him. Fripp and Toyah are so odd, his reputation as a gruff and pretentious egghead I think masks what must be a lovable guy; his social media posts with her are so goofy and I thought it was a bit of a put on at first but I don't think so any longer.

Goddamn that was rough to read. The sternum thing. What a strong guy

I was at the 2nd Oakland show at the Fox, his last performance? Fuck I had no idea he was in such dire straits.

Utterly heartbreaking.

did he play at that show or just show up? I saw pictures of him there but he wasn't playing at the show I was at (which I think was the second)

That Fripp recount and salutation is very difficult. I am glad I read it. I am so glad they had that friendship and so sorry for the suffering and loss all around.

I think I was at the first of the 2 nights. He was on keys to my recollection

He was on keyboards when I saw them in Red Bank, NJ in June 2017. Cancer for close to a decade - that's awful.

wow, that was tough to read. the story about him playing a bunch of mixes over the phone while Toyah was paying by the minute was pretty funny though

(never really loved KC in 45 yrs of trying but "entry of the crims" on ABSENT LOVERS really suits my mood my work and my mood rn)

(tbh the singing is usually when the problem arrives)

https://www.facebook.com/robert.fripp.96/videos/vb.100000181177250/3429444193738253/?type=2&theater

I can't even

I can: holy shit.

He's got pretty good legs for 73

much better than the other drivel he's been posting on FB during quarantine which has all been defensive stuff about random complaints people have made about his reluctance to do autographs over the years.

I prefer cranky prick Fripp to goofy old man Fripp.

no one wants Fripp to bacon himself

The Easter bees are buzzing in an English country garden #lockdown 🐝 💐🐝 #easter #bees #toyahwillcox #robertfripp pic.twitter.com/pYLhy6kUEh

— Toyah Willcox (@toyahofficial) April 10, 2020

In less goofy news:

King Crimson tour postponed until 2021 pic.twitter.com/6UcBxKKk0X

— KING CRIMSON (@DGMHQ) April 12, 2020

Happy #lockdown #EasterSunday to the world xxxxx #ToyahWillcox #RobertFripp pic.twitter.com/NZBm6yX8mw

— Toyah Willcox (@toyahofficial) April 12, 2020

finding myself increasingly in favor of a premature "reopening"

Ordered the Live at Summit Studios 1972 a few weeks ago, it's really great - probably one of my favorite Crimson things I've heard lately. Just a really great line-up and interesting configuration without the Mellotron.

lol at their ugly kitchen units

Anyone else jealous that Fripp managed to find a wife who is just as much of an oddball as him? Us other oddballs and eccentrics have never found that joy.

" lol at their ugly kitchen units"

their entire house is pretty ugly, if you have design tastes that were formed any time after 1965

She has a definite "wear you down with bubbly energy" feel about her, I'm sure she's the instigator of these vids.
xpost

Another one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXErrpAHxkc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1shUrq0l6DQg8p3Mf900_FmA1c2KwyCRpsJHljDbfDWoTFaeD9P63HpeU

[Toyah dancing to Lark's Tongue.

Why don't my youtube links work?

Why don't my youtube links work?

When you post the link, post the whole URL from the browser window, not the shortened youtu.be one that the "Share" button offers you, and change the URL from https:// to http://.

I think I did that. OK, I didn't take off the "s".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXErrpAHxkc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1shUrq0l6DQg8p3Mf900_FmA1c2KwyCRpsJHljDbfDWoTFaeD9P63HpeU

No "s" still didn't work.

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

Maybe because I went there from facebook.

Just heard the sad new that Keith Tippett has passed on. King crimson’s one of a kind piano player on In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, and Islands. Pure genius! pic.twitter.com/y0WKyTpcFt

— fernando perdomo (@fperdomo) June 14, 2020

:(

he hasn't even got a dedicated thread:(

Considering how many people have been in KC, the band has fewer dead ex members than you'd expect; Wetton, Burrel, and now Tippett.

Bets on who's next? You lose points if your answer is "Robert Fripp if he keeps making those bloody viral videos with Toyah"

:(

RIP

xp haha the Fractured/cat-dance video was the best one yet