Robert Fripp recalls the time he met Jimi Hendrix.
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@honiideslysses123 жыл бұрын
Almost every person who met Jimi said nothing but beautiful things about him. His character was as massive as his talent.
@sholland42 Жыл бұрын
“The world is full of lead guitarists but the rhythm is the thing”. Jimi
@joen39927 жыл бұрын
Robert Fripp has always come across as an absolute gentleman. And to hear this story, says volumes about a genuine person. Never mind a great guitar player. Loved his stuff with Bowie in the 70s
@doctorgarbonzo25255 жыл бұрын
Fripp received a call from Brian Eno to meet with Bowie & the rest was history We can be Hero's, That same year he played Acoustic guitar on Gabriel's Solo album, The track Solsbury Hill
@richinoable Жыл бұрын
I saw him perform once, it was Special. Me and my buddy were the youngest in the crowd by at least 10 years.
@zeeeeroin99815 ай бұрын
Yeah he seems like being in his presence would make an unruly child want to behave....
@valleysofneptune5 жыл бұрын
“ one of the most luminous people I’ve ever met “ says it all. RIP JMH
@Relayer6a10 жыл бұрын
Every "Meeting Jimi" story I've ever heard/read always ended with the person feeling great about them self.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
Fripp made up this story. You can't always believe musician's stories. Jimi was in NYC recording and touring in May 69 around the US. He was not in England. There was nothing wrong with Jimi's arm--he was touring and recording at that very moment King Crimson was playing at the Revolution club on May 14, 1969. Jimi was with Larry Young, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles on May 14th, 1969 recording a jam. It's well documented because they have the music and all those dated recording studio sheets. So wrong of Fripp to make this up or he's delusional.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
***** Where do you think I got all that information? I said above that it's well documented? Why are you asking me? I've written about this on lots of posts here. Yes, that's all documented, and you can listen to the Jimi Hendrix song recorded on this date on YT, and you can look at the tour archives, and we know Jimi's arm wasn't in a sling as he was playing a tour in the US throughout April and May with days in between in the studio. This is all really a no-brainer. It's exactly as I said. You can look it all up yourself. Studio time is well-documented, no less. I'm a big Jimi Hendrix fan and when someone mentions Jimi and my birthday I especially look it up, plus Fripp's story is ridiculous. Jimi didn't talk like that to other musicians--it's so corny I can't believe Fripp faked that, plus Jimi never had his arm in a sling. In other threads here I put even more information because another guy online caught it because he had just read a Hendrix book where they talked about Jimi in the studio at this time. This above is not my longest explanation. I had read Fripp's story in Guitar Player magazine with stories of people meeting Jimi.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
anthony ricchezza How can I be delusional when the facts are the facts? Delusion would apply to fans who can not accept obvious and simple facts. One has to ask why that is. It's a case of cognitive dissonance, and applies to many other situations. One should realize that a great guitar player that one is a fan of is not perfect, and does what other people do. Thinking otherwise - that someone wouldn't make stuff up - is delusional. You see this all the time with fans who look at some performers as if they're gods when they're as flawed as the rest of us. The facts are the facts, and it's easy to see the facts in this case. Nope, it's not me who is delusional.
@Darrylizer18 жыл бұрын
+Relayer6a I've seen pictures of Hendrix with his arm in a sling. Fripp might have gotten the dates wrong but the story is true.
@Grendelmonster8u8 жыл бұрын
+Darrylizer1 Where have you seen a photo of Jimi with a sling in his arm? Prove it. I've seen a zillion photos of Jimi no less books that never said he had injured his arm, and they would mention it, so I think you're lying. We all know Jimmy Page broke his finger, and given that Jimi was constantly touring detailed books would mention it. In 30+ years I've mever heard that. The story is bullshit. Get real.
@binnyman12 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of meeting Robert at Peaches in Ft. Lauderdale on his "Frippertronics" tour. He graciously took the time to meet everyone afterwards, and I had brought my 'Exposure' album for him to sign, which he happily did. He stuck out his right hand to thank me for coming that evening (!) and for purchasing his record. Having read about this encounter, I smiled and offered him my other hand, saying: "Shake my left hand, it's closer to my heart". He smiled broadly, and switched hands. :-)
@pattiern10 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to have seen both Jimi and Crimso and was impressed on both occasions.
@kaelonroache82404 жыл бұрын
“Shake my left hand man, it’s closer to my heart”....the purity of this man is endless.
@michaelcraig94493 жыл бұрын
I doubt Jimi would say something as soyboy as this. Jimi was an airborne soldier.. AA 101. Men dont say shit like this, maybe trying to pick up a hot chick, but not to other guys.
@JayPhonomancer3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcraig9449 Jimi was a kind and empathetic man and an artist who I absolutely believe would say something like this. I dont think you know much about him judging by your comment
@michaelgraham97743 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcraig9449 Men say this. You'd know if you were a real man
@cleverhardy52303 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcraig9449 He acted out in the Military. He wasn't as tough of a Soldier as people thought he'd be.
@juankgonzalez62302 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcraig9449 Go back
@neaituppi730611 жыл бұрын
I remember meeting Robert Fripp, he asked if I could please take my backpack off the stage. 1996
@sandenson4 жыл бұрын
This is so like him, lol
@kingrobert1st4 жыл бұрын
My freind met Lou Reed in a burger bar in Berlin. His chosen words to be immortalised were: "Fuck off, cunt."
@ModernPlague4 жыл бұрын
@@kingrobert1st - What had your friend said to him, and how did he react after Reed said that?
@kingrobert1st4 жыл бұрын
@@ModernPlague As far as I can recollect he went round bragging about it. "Hey you'll never guess what Lou Reed said to me...!'
@elixtido14483 жыл бұрын
He should have let Fripp kick it off, then never washed that spot again.
@sandragrabow63457 жыл бұрын
Robert Fripp is amazing in every way.
@MerkinMuffly11 жыл бұрын
If you've ever tried to play some of Fripp's songs, you'll know why he sits, very complicated stuff
@audiotomb4 жыл бұрын
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace - Jimi Hendrix
@philipatoz12 жыл бұрын
Great thing about Robert is that, very early on, he realized that playing guitar music could be taken WAY beyond the obvious pop group confines, into all the orchestral, celestial influences that could brought into one's mind. To Fripp, music is as much color, taste and touch as it is sound vibrations. He was virtually born to create great cinematic soundscapes, and probably would have found a way to do so, even if he'd been a guitarist of 1900.
@ikkenhisatsu71703 жыл бұрын
I've read or heard so many testimonials about Jimi's personality. He must have been a beautiful person. And Fripp is, well, Fripp. Unique and amazing.
@memalley9 жыл бұрын
why is it a point of contention that Hendrix would be enthralled by Fripp. Any studied musician/historian can see how the jazz/blues virtuosity of Fripp's playing plus the trippy/classical/traditional arrangements of Ian McDonald would appeal to Jimmy who was pushing boundaries. He was a seeker and Krimson were as well.
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
+ME M Jazz/blues virtuosity of Fripp's playing? Fripp does "jazz/blues virtuosity"?! How? Where? In what way? And please don't cite 21st Century Schizoid Man.
@Megamaniac6108 жыл бұрын
+William L. Off the top of my head Three of a Perfect Pair, Starless, Fallen Angel, One More Red Nightmare, a lot of them are very jazzy. If you don't believe me you should compare what was happening there to Miles Davis's Bitches Brew or Mahavishnu Orchestra or Return to Forever or other Jazz Fusion bands that were out around that time. Yeah King Crimson never sounded like "Kind of Blue" but they delved DEEP into Jazz theory and arrangements.
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
You missed my point entirely. nvm. Yes. Mr. Fripp understands jazz theory completely.
@andythomas7068 жыл бұрын
+William L. Jazz Theory? Wow! Ask Fripp if he managed to explain it to Eric Dolphy!
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
Andy Thomas I'll make sure I do that next time I speak to him. I'll be attending the Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque with him, actually.
@yaboymart32374 жыл бұрын
Robert would be an excellent comedian. He understands the proper way to tell a story and has a great grasp on timing
@agnostic473 жыл бұрын
Agree with you. A lot of people don't get his very dry delivery. He's from a different mould to the usual guitarist. And comedian.
@treaclelester72852 жыл бұрын
You were quite right, watch the Toyah and Robert Sunday lunches on You Tube, utterly hilarious
@danielstoddart Жыл бұрын
He has a great talent for remembering names and dates, which is one of the reasons he's such a good storyteller.
@MerkinMuffly10 жыл бұрын
Jimi was an excellent judge of talent and Fripp is the Professor of Guitar.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
Except Jimi wasn't there and Fripp made up this story. Jimi was in New York City on May 14th recording, and was touring in May in the US. Why Fripp made this up, I don't know, but Fripp doesn't have the best character I've heard.
@davidenespana9 жыл бұрын
***** When I try to remember when shit happened over 40 years ago, I can't even get the year right let alone the month or day. So he got the dates mixed up, maybe even the event. I doubt Frip would outright lie about meeting Hendrix, and the sling and left hand shake is the sort of thing that sticks in the memory, not the sort of thing you'd make up for a lie. Why would you?
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
davidenespana You can just go read all my comments already here in several long long threads with a bunch of assholes. He outright lied. Jimi also _never_ had his arm in a sling. I'm done with explaining this over and over x 20. It's all here for you to read - every detail. It won't be hard to find those threads. Asking why people lie is a bit naive. Work it out yourself, because he did. Worse is that his story is preposterous. And if you listen, he didn't have to remember 40 years. He mentions the woman in 1981...well, just listen to the video. He's told this story for years - now decades. People are rubes.
@Onimyst9 жыл бұрын
***** Hey man I wish I knew Hendrix as well as you.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
Onimyst It's called doing research, listening to everything, and everyone who actually knew him. It's also pretty easy to recognize bullshit, especially with something so stupid as his arm being in a sling or talking he way Fripp claims. Fortunately, in Jimi's short career, his arm was never in a sling. Fortunately, on May 14, 1969 Jimi was recording a very nice instrumental with Lonnie Young in New York, while Fripp was playing very nice guitar in England. I don't detract from Fripp's guitar playing, just his fantasy stories. ((:
@rexmundi31083 жыл бұрын
Said I'd look like a mushroom. 12 years later I was staying at the Portobello Hotel...
@sambajane3 жыл бұрын
this better hit 1.7K likes
@brunonunez93323 жыл бұрын
lol
@photonotavailable79363 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@bokehintheussr5033Ай бұрын
Whoa! That "you'll look like a mushroom" part doesn't make much sense to the rest of the story without him intentionally making the connection. Obviously Fripp is a fan of synchronicities.
@somedumfoo10 жыл бұрын
I think I'm about to cry right now. This made me so happy I can't even put it into words.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
Except it's not true. Fripp made up this story. I keep posting this because it makes me mad. You can't always believe musician's stories. Jimi was in NYC recording and touring in May '69 around the US. He was not in England. There was nothing wrong with Jimi's arm--he was touring and recording at that very moment King Crimson was playing at the Revolution club on May 14, 1969. Jimi was with Larry Young, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles on May 14th, 1969 recording a jam in NYC. It's well documented because they have the music and all those dated recording studio sheets. So wrong of Fripp to make this up or he's delusional. (I wrote a slightly more detailed separate post.) Plus it's so easily verifiable. Goes to show you shouldn't believe everything a favorite musician says--they have faulty memories. But Fripp is nowhere close on this one except the date King Crimson played. It's a shame Guitar Player magazine quoted this Fripp story when it took me two seconds to look at Jimi's tour history and the recordings.
@cut--3 жыл бұрын
@@Grendelmonster8u i don't think anyone is going to respond to you after 6 years.. :\
@Grendelmonster8u3 жыл бұрын
cut People responded to me all over the place six years ago. My reply to somedumfoo was a year after his comment so your comment makes no sense. I’ve had people reply to old comments of mine a year or more later because I’m still on YT. Then I reply back to them. Who cares? Why did you bother to reply to a six year old comment then?? 🙄
@cut--3 жыл бұрын
@@Grendelmonster8u just to see if you were still around :)
@harrynewiss46302 жыл бұрын
Great that Robert has kept his Dorset accent all these years, no ghastly transatlantic influences
@bramleydragon2 жыл бұрын
Nothing worse than a yank accent. Oh, and their English is terrible too.
@paulgunst45745 жыл бұрын
Great story told by a patient & poetic story teller
@MickLoud9995 жыл бұрын
Personalities aside I love the way many British speak and tell stories. They are so eloquent and witty with a tongue in cheek so cleverly disguised. Even tidbits like "I've intruded on your patience for long enough" bring a smile. Hendrix always seemed to effuse praise when it was deserved. I agree with this assessment about King Crimson. Their compositions are so rich and interwoven.
@joaovitordelantoniapereira28823 жыл бұрын
fripp is so nice, he is a truly gent
@ciliaris28 жыл бұрын
Years ago I had the privilege of meeting and chatting with R Fripp at a Frippertronics concert for WXPN in Phila, that where held in a small music room. No photos or autographs, but he was very nice and open to talk with. He started the show by explaining and demoed the FT setup, reel to reels. During the show, after a song or two, he announced that this is the question and answer portion. Everyone just sat and stared at him, so I blurted out, Mr Fripp what does your pedal broad and effects consist of. He went into great detail about his equipment and un plugged and handed me his volume pedal, for me and others to inspect. It had no makers name, he said he had it since KK days. I was very lucky to sit in the first row, a few feet away from him, at times, I could actually hear the notes he picked on his LP Black Beauty, before he let up on the volume pedal. At another time in the show he asked for someone to shout out a chord, that he would play in. Someone yelled E minor, to which he smiled and said that's my favorite, then he wailed away on his Les Paul, with its incredible tone, seated like a mushroom. A really cool and intimate show, much dif than the many KK shows I have attended.
@MerkinMuffly7 жыл бұрын
Drummer Bill Bruford once called Fripp an amalgam of Stalin, Gandhi and the Marquis de Sade.
@RonWinter3355 жыл бұрын
Things change....
@avn65565 жыл бұрын
Stalin was an asshole ...
@lukehensonmusic71415 жыл бұрын
More like Beethoven, Andy Warhol, Marquis de Sade and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
@captainstrangiato9615 жыл бұрын
Jesus. I love Bruford but saying Fripp is like Stalin is some gay commie shit
@jdmresearch5 жыл бұрын
@@captainstrangiato961 I think he was describing Fripp's worse traits....
@harrisonwintergreen11475 жыл бұрын
This sounds 1000% more genuine than most Hendrix stories. "Shake my left hand, man, it's closer to my heart" could have been a Hendrix lyric.
@jameschirillo23649 жыл бұрын
A beautiful and simple remembrance told by a truly great guitarist/musician who had, and continues to have, a profound impact upon me. King Crimson was not just a great band; it had a depth of lyrical and musical conception combined with a level of technical execution which is just as artistically fresh and valid today as 45 years ago.
@DanielRamirez-li6zc5 жыл бұрын
Timeless Music (aka Pink Floyd)
@Egoblivion4 жыл бұрын
*still is*
@JulianJerman_news3 жыл бұрын
More than a real band I would call it Fripp's Band, as the components changed all the time
@markcastillo27576 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite guitar players,certainly top 10. Class act
@PNL_King5 жыл бұрын
Most enigmatic dude in history. So articulate with his words; master with the guitar.
@amccann712 жыл бұрын
What a great account by Fripp, probably the best articulated memory ever spoken too.
@JIMIIXTLAN5 жыл бұрын
Saw King Crimson in the mid 80s one of the best concerts I ever went to.
@phused11 жыл бұрын
It was indeed nothing short of incredible. I've been to a lot of shows over the years and their performance is easily one of my favorite concerts ever.
@LANDSEAAIRCANADA5 жыл бұрын
Classic music history Thank You.
@keithfields11785 жыл бұрын
Jim I Hendricks was a kind, loving, conchise , compassionate , person is what I gather from stories of others that met him. Obviously raised by great American parents, in a time when true talented musicians spoke, sang and wrote to teach of the same values to a future generation. Also to warn us; now as parents, the social destruction we may face if not afforded the simple discipline of the message. A message afforded us, now the future, from other great leaders, musicians and others. Teach your children well, their parents hell. Seems we missed the mark in many ways.
@saulfermusic9 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with Hendrix!
@philipatoz5 жыл бұрын
Fripp was a master and fanatic about his tone and sound - he wasn't just bashing powerchords through a fuzzbox, etc., like many rock guitarists of that era. So Hendrix would have been blown away by Fripp's technique, sound, and the unbelievable tightness of KC!
@wildboar74739 жыл бұрын
Cool mellow Robert kind enough to share this with us. weighty compliment.
@earthshinerush38423 жыл бұрын
Fripp is a good story teller
@clarkewi5 жыл бұрын
Robert Fripp in King Crimson "Discipline" mind-blowing sounds.
@lauramarx80989 жыл бұрын
I did not expect this video to be as controversial as it is
@ZoSo19739 жыл бұрын
Fripp isn't lying, he's not the type. He may be getting the date wrong, but he's not lying.
@pepecohetes4929 жыл бұрын
I agree; the dates may be incorrect, after all, it has been over 40 years! Whatever anyone may feel about Fripp being a "pompous whatever" he is a brilliant musician and did not need Hendrix's approval. It was a great endorsement nonetheless and something to be proud of. Good for Robert Fripp. RIP, JImmy H!
@DarkeningSkies19 жыл бұрын
Thelonesniper101 I think he is conflating the dates- I think it was later in 1969, perhaps after In The Court was released, when Jimi wasn't touring in the USA and was hanging out in London. I am relatively sure Fripp would have no reason to make up such a story.
@sen5i5 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he did get the dates wrong, he tells the story of shaking jimi’s hand then say’s in 1981 he met Loretta whom he hadn’t seen in around 12 years and she reminds him of the time he met jimi which would put it around 1969 or earlier
@daftdoggo76628 жыл бұрын
He is menacing in a good way
@JIMKUltra7 жыл бұрын
He reminds me of the fictional spy George Smiley
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
+JIMKUltra Yes, he has that very reserved 1950s Englishman thing going on. Like he is ex RAF lol.
@Joe-xy2tl6 жыл бұрын
Being from the south of England I always felt he had that warm, friendly Dorset farmer persona
@jupiterlegrand48176 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that. Look up Alfie Fripp sometime.
@Shadowbannddiscourse5 жыл бұрын
Meeting of 2 of my fave musicians
@manynukes1111 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for Jimi to join ELP and make it HELP
@randyobregon4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@pillettadoinswartsh49744 жыл бұрын
Why not ELPH?
@sidneybarrett89414 жыл бұрын
Keith Emerson and Jimi met in London and actually agreed to have a jam session, but Jimi died before they could schedule it.
@davidcopson58004 жыл бұрын
@@pillettadoinswartsh4974 It would be an elph hazard.
@ziltox7114 жыл бұрын
if only that ever actually happened!!!
@KabukiRex8 жыл бұрын
Adorable!
@katherinehunter95264 жыл бұрын
Love this story!
@xumpagogo7 жыл бұрын
great guitarist, frippertronics and King Crimson. thanks for posting.
@michaelalex64804 жыл бұрын
Love it! I produced MTV's Hendrix documentary ("rockumentary) and did the interview with Fripp he references. Fripp lit up telling the story (see Relayer6a's comment).
@p0llenp0ny4 жыл бұрын
Very cool.
@jamomo13714 жыл бұрын
I have that rockumentary on VHS somewhere. I was probably 13 and just discovering the music of Hendrix, so that program came along at the perfect time for me. Thank you for your work!
@MRVC_8311 жыл бұрын
very cool both are my music hero's all my life it has been so .
@irishelk35 жыл бұрын
That's amazing, the 60s was a great time, I don't care what anyone says, even though I was born in 91. There must be hundreds of musicians with Hendrix stories -- Ronnie Wood, Eric Clapton and Chris Squire among others.
@aqui-nohay-nadie56905 жыл бұрын
Well, sadly Chris Squire no longer can tell stories.
@irishelk35 жыл бұрын
@@aqui-nohay-nadie5690 I know yeah, but he had a good one.
@Jamestele13 жыл бұрын
What a class-act he is.
@martinriewski49469 жыл бұрын
As a student who just graduated highschool whether you believe it or not there was a question on the texas state assesment test the STAR test that told this story and had the students correct grammatical errors in it. But it read out the same way calling kc the greatest band ever. This is not the kinda shit i would make up, i was just vas surprised when i saw something with robert fripp on the test.
@ronandawn50928 жыл бұрын
ha that is awesome.
@metabullshit72178 жыл бұрын
They definitely have interesting stuff on the standardized tests but I'm still surprised they had such a specific story. I learned about Ulysses (the James Joyce book) and the theremin from ACT tests. One of my roommates told me the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey was spoiled for him from an ACT test too.
@Scarecrow64595 жыл бұрын
Lol man you guys had it good, I took it back when it was TAKS test and there wasn't a King Crimson question.
@108grog4 жыл бұрын
Fripp needs to know this. It could be worked in to his Jimi story.
@Samstrat9411 жыл бұрын
I've got a story about meeting Robert Fripp 2 years back and seeing him play! Absolutely amazing!
@108grog4 жыл бұрын
I hope you shook his left hand. ;)
@zazakhaled10 жыл бұрын
the best group in the world indeed...
@mrbrucej556 жыл бұрын
I got to see jimi and the Experience play with Soft Machine in Shreveport, La . I had just moved there from Turkey , Nd went to a teen club, and these young guys were playing inagodagadiva, baby. And they told me the most amazing guy was going to play the next day. So I got my dad to give me ticket money . It was my first concert , I was 12. Soft Machine was amazing, the loudest band Ive to this day ever heard. And then The Experience came out , and did an intro, and then Hendrix strolled out and Blew my mind. I later read the reason he was in Shreveport, was because the stadium they booked in Texas wouldn't let an integrated band have the stage. And then met Fripp when he was touring around D.C. showing people how to do Frippertronics. A couple of reel to reels and a guitar.
@yuzaf26 жыл бұрын
You're so lucky to watch them live. I wasn't even alive at that time but i wish i was. Have you ever heard of Kerim Çaplı? If im not mistaken he played the drums for jimi hendrix at that concert
@jbpicado5 жыл бұрын
what a marvelous storyteller is fripp
@nicolaablett77903 жыл бұрын
awesome story telling
@MA-iridium3 жыл бұрын
2:04 accurate ,beautiful description.! Mr.Fripp is a gentleman who really speaks in a unique elegant manner.
@mylesgeronimo49767 жыл бұрын
Man, that is one great story !!
@monsarad8887 жыл бұрын
Another great rock n roll story!
@mensamoo5 жыл бұрын
I love Crimson for what they are, but I still get amazed at their image. Clean cut, smart, polite, smily, yet their music is sometimes dissonant grunge that would shame any pop show. That's how genius works I guess.
@RuroiniStenchin12 жыл бұрын
Love how Fripp just flat out does not wear the "rock star" persona that like most successful musicians do, I can't think of anyone as humble, maybe Rush.......
@johnwattdotca4 жыл бұрын
no... no... I'm local... not Rush...
@jetpackredman6874 жыл бұрын
he doesnt seem very humble but his persona definitely isnt the normal rockstar one
@psicodelico15543 жыл бұрын
A little sarcasm people.
@jasonsans38323 жыл бұрын
He seems very much a pompom ass
@sanusmotus16963 жыл бұрын
@@jasonsans3832 You seem a very poor judge of character
@ziltox7114 жыл бұрын
toyah and robert should be a regular show on television!
@LittleGodOfThunder9 жыл бұрын
Fripp is such a cool guy! :-)
@burgersoft7776 жыл бұрын
Got to love Chuckles Fripp.
@emanonymous10 жыл бұрын
i cant believe i just found this out! god bless the internet
@ciliaris27 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel talked about having "In The Court of the Crimson King" pinned to the wall of the house they wrote/rehearsed their first album in, for inspiration.
@luisaugusto33245 жыл бұрын
maybe for the "trespass" album ,the first was recorded in 1968
@AurelienCharpy4 жыл бұрын
@@luisaugusto3324 Definiteley, that was for Trespass (I've read it in a magnificent prog rock encyclopedy)
@Almamater253 жыл бұрын
True. I read that too. In a book about Genesis.
@clinteastwood68752 жыл бұрын
@@luisaugusto3324 The guys in Genesis like to refer to Trespass as their first “true” album. Probably why Peter said it that way.
@JohnGLewis196411 жыл бұрын
That was interesting; thanks Robert.
@nicholasrosebush61826 жыл бұрын
Jimi told every band that they were the greatest in the world. Thats just the guy he was.
@PotrzebieConolly6 жыл бұрын
According to this video, Hendrix didn't tell the band that. He said it to someone at the table next to him, who related it to Fripp years later. Anyway, Hendrix was probably an enthusiast and at that moment may well have said that. If you sat down with him in a quiet place some time later and asked him who the greatest bands were, he might not even have mentioned King Crimson.
@wardka11 жыл бұрын
Fripp is so erudite. In one interview I've seen he goes off on a tangent into philosophy that is way, way over my head, and I'm fairly well educated. I hope he writes an autobiography if he hasn't already. I'm sure it would be amazing.
@yazidmanou93713 жыл бұрын
Robert Fripp tells that his band was playing at the Revolution Club in 69, Jimi Hendrix approached him asking to shake his left hand ! My problem is that the only date of a King Crimson concert in 69 at the Revolution Club is May 14 when Jimi was in the USA. I don't want to question this meeting between Fripp and Hendrix. It is obviously difficult to confirm a date after 50 years ! Robert may have been confused with the name of the club or even the year. But it is certain that Jimi was in the USA from mid-March to mid-July 1969.
@angelocatapang60547 жыл бұрын
i can't stand very long playing guitar like fripp does.so thanks a lot fripp.👍🙂.
@christophersleight195 жыл бұрын
I went to a different High School with Both Hendrix and Fripp.
@spottedbutt5 жыл бұрын
OMG that made me cry
@msaintpc5 жыл бұрын
Fripp is a genius and Crinson was one of the best band ever been. BTW, I was at that concert.
@scottconnors84195 жыл бұрын
m. saint crinson played the night before king crimson...then the son of crimson...
@msaintpc5 жыл бұрын
@@scottconnors8419 I was talking about the band King Crimson, with whom Fripp played lead guitar with in "20th Century S. Man". I remember the concert in detail.
@scottconnors84195 жыл бұрын
I know that,just joshing on the spelling. no prob matey......saw the crimson few times never disappointed...would lived to seen larks tongue tour...I loved that lp...n red n n n ..great band. starless
@gypsyguitars7 жыл бұрын
funny story & I can totally relate to playin' guitar sittin' down while playin' Rock/metal/Fusion styles !
@agerven5 жыл бұрын
Crazy, it's like Peter Ebdon talking on Ronnie O'Sullivan. One's got a heart (actually the only thing Fripp says about Hendrix), the other takes the greatest care not to show or even hint at the possibility he's got a heart.
@charlieamabile13603 жыл бұрын
Fripp sounds more warm & down to earth than he looks.
@mhosseinian865 жыл бұрын
I remember that I listened to the full version of this talk on Spotify in around 2015, but now I can not find it. I don't remember the exact topic of the talk but it was rather long and got deeper and deeper as it progressed. Does anyone has a link to the full version of this talk or anything similar from Robert Fripp?
@knowmusicman1573 жыл бұрын
Hendrix said that about many groups and artists. whoever was near him. It wasn’t unusual for someone to say “How does it feel to be the greatest guitar player in the world? “. Then he would say, “I don’t know you’ll have to ask Roy Buchanan or Rory Gallagher, or Eric Clapton,. “You plug in the name of the Name of the artist, or group.
@sloburnjo3 жыл бұрын
yes indeed, my same comment.
@ror312gallery1911 жыл бұрын
well said,my friend,cheers..!!
@stevenweisberg267310 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Fripp! Shake my left hand, man...Best is best!
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
Fripp made up this story. You can't always believe musician's stories. Jimi was in NYC recording and touring in May 69 around the US. He was not in England. There was nothing wrong with Jimi's arm--he was touring and recording at that very moment King Crimson was playing at the Revolution club on May 14, 1969. Jimi was with Larry Young, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles on May 14th, 1969 recording a jam. It's well documented because they have the music and all those dated recording studio sheets. So wrong of Fripp to make this up or he's delusional.
@MetalheadPedro9 жыл бұрын
***** Dude, you don't need to post this same thing one thousand times for Christs sake.
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
SuperTortilhaDeMorango Did you not read what I said and that I didn't want to repeat everything which is did not? Instead of getting on my case for stating facts, why don't you just learn something. Seriously, why get bent out of shape because someone states facts that Fripp's story isn't true? How immature.
@MetalheadPedro9 жыл бұрын
***** Because it doesn't fucking matter whatever or not Fripp's story is true or not. It makes as much difference in the world as an ant dying(okay, maybe a little bit more).
@Grendelmonster8u9 жыл бұрын
SuperTortilhaDeMorango It does matter if it's true or not, and others would agree. It's called integrity and fucking with fans' heads. Is it some catastrophic thing, no. At least KC really did play the Revolution Club in England on May 14, 1969.
@robsummers83447 жыл бұрын
Jimi was humble, and played with soul ✌🏻🎶🎸
@nervo63214 жыл бұрын
Lovely story...
@enriquemachorromendoza43106 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, after all these 50 years Crimson had always shown their supremacy on stage. Perhaps in some 72-75 years some progressive bands could match Crimson shows. Now in 2018 I can tell you that all those bands are gone or shows a very little of those years, BUT I saw Crimson in México last year on 2 of 4 Sold out concerts and they were amazing and 69- until new songs sounded even better. Congratulations Robert and all the musicians involved in Crimson over the years.0
@rabgriffiths9 жыл бұрын
Great guitarist, great diction!
@butlincat15074 жыл бұрын
wonderful
@JonsBasicGaming3 жыл бұрын
I was once watching a Crimson DVD on TV. My daughter walked in and said, "Look at that fucking knob," then walked out.
@davidprime60803 жыл бұрын
You must be very proud of your parenting skills
@johnnycbad3 жыл бұрын
So... he does look like a mushroom when sitting then.
@bigfootpegrande7 жыл бұрын
What a wise gentleman...
@jdexposure11 жыл бұрын
Agreed...What a class-act.
@phused11 жыл бұрын
Love Robert Fripp and King Crimson is easily one of the best bands I ever saw perform (spring 1972) so Jimi's critic was certainly accurate.
@noelmajers63697 жыл бұрын
Robert's got such a fabulous West Country accent (Dorset, more specifically)...
@PolyQuasi7 жыл бұрын
It sounds closest to an American accent as any I've heard. Or maybe he's just transatlanticized through, um, exposure?
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
Robert is from Wimbourne - the centre of the universe.
@warvandal34437 жыл бұрын
+E Roc I see what you did
@marshalsea0005 жыл бұрын
Dorsets not quite West Country (BANES, Brizzle, Devon)... it's like proto-farmer. He couldn't do a butter advert justice... ;)
@oldjack-mi8gk5 жыл бұрын
@@PolyQuasi West Country has a number of similarities with American English, especially the accentuated "r" sound.
@davidclark81324 ай бұрын
I met Fripp once. "Diffident" comes to mind.
@MaynardOwns8 жыл бұрын
I kinda got the chills from that.
@agnostic473 жыл бұрын
When I see Fripp playing I just can't take my eyes off his left hand. Then I look at my left hand and ask it "why can't you do that?".
@renderizer0111 жыл бұрын
As a long-time guitar player - and as someone who really loves to to laugh - all I can say is that you just made my day. ;O)
@mysteryz48564 жыл бұрын
Thank You Way Too Much
@Silaxian10 жыл бұрын
"He would eventually make a comeback record in the nineties though" Jimi Unplugged. :(
@TheAdambee77 жыл бұрын
His humour has me in stitches.
@ryda3710 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. All I was trying to say before is that I think the stuff that Hendrix played was very progressive already. I think some of it is ahead of time even now. I would have loved to see what he would have done had he lived longer though.