Steve on Fripp...

marianozz · #1 07-21-2004, 01:18 PM

check out http://www.vai.com/News/index.html ... goes to show that

A) Steve is one alright person, humble as they come

, and...

... B) its pretty sad that ignorant people cant enjoy Fripp's part of the show so much that its necessary for Steve to write such words...

I mean, ok, i understand him playing soundscapes isnt exactly everyone's cup of tea, but come on...

anyway, Steve rocks

**jemsite** · #2 07-21-2004, 01:31 PM

Quote:

If you attend one of the G3 concerts with Robert, I suggest you open your mind and let go of what you may be expecting and let the beauty of this man's sonic tapestries just wash over you. Joe and I will fill the air with all the violent Mongolian string abuse you can possibly handle for one evening

There are some indignant and tone deaf "fans" at those G3 shows if Fripp is getting flack from the audience. I haven't followed the show reviews much but still. It's sad that this was obviously important enough to have to be posted on vai.com

...glen

sanitarium · #3 07-21-2004, 01:45 PM

I can undertstand that and a agree with it, i9t was embarressing sitting in the audience hearing people shout out things at him. BUT, his music was a bit too samey and if i'm totally honest it did bore me by the end of his set. THis is dicussion from him at G3 royal albert hall london

http://www.jemsite.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=29976

the.godfather · #4 07-21-2004, 02:24 PM

The thing that bothered me about it is the fact that he was up there with Satch and Vai. People may have booed him - but those people will never be up onstage with Vai and Satch! Know what I mean!

Those people booing him are just sad and pathetic. Yeah he may have been boring and his music isnt to their tastes - but its no need to boo him. Just go away and get a drink or something, dont stand there belittling the guy.

When they watch music on TV that they dont like....do they sit through the whole song and boo it? lol Of course not, they say "I think this is rubbish" and turn it over!

Gary - The.Godfather

sam_at2001 · #5 07-21-2004, 02:41 PM

I tried really hard (honestly) to enjoy Fripps set...and I did for the first 10 minutes or so, but it just got so repetetive is was quite embarrassing. I totally respect peoples opinions on him if they like him, and I really think that people booing is wrong, but I can't help but feel I would have enjoyed that half hour segment had it been any of the other previous G's (Like Yngwie or John Petrucci) much more. Obviously Vai and Satch both love Fripp...Satriani was saying backstage it was a dream come true being able to play onstage with him, but I guess you can't please everyone.

marianozz · #6 07-21-2004, 03:59 PM

His mind is a weird one indeed, i certainly dont know why would he choose to do scapes... had he played some Krimson, or some stuff from the League with students of his, the whole crowd would have been picking up their jaws from the floor...

GuyCool · #7 07-21-2004, 08:46 PM

I thought Fripp was dull in the extreme. I would never actually heckle a performer-Iappreciate that there are people out ther with vastly different tastes to mine, but I did leave the auditorium halfway through Fripp's set. It came across as 'a middle aged bloke who had just discovered that he could make keyboard-like sounds with his guitar with something to prove with this crowd expecting widdle-mania'.

I thought it was on the wrong bill, but at least it didn't go on forever.

Guy

Texter · #8 07-22-2004, 07:01 AM

At least I had a good time listening to Fripp...especially when he started to dip in the low registers to overpower the booing.

fettouhi · #9 07-22-2004, 08:06 AM

It's sad that Steve has to but a note like that up on his webpage. I also enjoyed Fripp's performance during the G3 in Copenhagen (nobody booed him out people where more confused about his performance), but that doesn't change the fact that he doesn't fit the bill (IMHO) along with Steve and Joe. If you read his G3 diary he always describes Steve and Joe as G2, he doesn't really see himself a part of this

.

Regards

André

zEr0 · #10 07-22-2004, 09:19 AM

I don't have anything against Robert but he's oviously not the rigth guy for the job. I go to G3's to experience some of the most insane guitar playing possible and not.....whatever Fripp plays (he didn't even play over here in Milan). I still think that booing him is a plain disrespect and I find it embarrassing that he wasn't even able to play in Rome because people were trhowing stuff at him.

fettouhi · #11 07-22-2004, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zEr0

I don't have anything against Robert but he's oviously not the rigth guy for the job. I go to G3's to experience some of the most insane guitar playing possible and not.....whatever Fripp plays (he didn't even play over here in Milan). I still think that booing him is a plain disrespect and I find it embarrassing that he wasn't even able to play in Rome because people were trhowing stuff at him.

Throwing stuff at him is pretty much lowest

. OK, if they don't like it then they can leave and come back when Steve or Joe goes on stage.

Regards

André

Two hands31 · #12 07-22-2004, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Vai

It was also obvious that he was a guy who was doing EXACTLY what he wanted and what he was hearing in his head, regardless of what any genre or trend was dictating. That is the epitome of musical integrity. This was inspiring to me and gave me the courage to make a firm resolve that I would do the same thing with my own ideas.

That is why he belongs on G3. G3 is not about wank-fest guitar playing, it's about amazing musicians who choose the guitar as their main instrument and are playing the music that they want to play.

krizz · #13 07-22-2004, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Two hands31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Vai

--"Fripp is doing exactly what he wants and is a superb musician"---

That is why he belongs on G3. G3 is not about wank-fest guitar playing, it's about amazing musicians who choose the guitar as their main instrument and are playing the music that they want to play.

Tell that to the G3 'fans' throwing stuff at the stage and booing...

Anyway...strange situation right now...

Bar_Hook · #14 07-23-2004, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Two hands31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Vai

It was also obvious that he was a guy who was doing EXACTLY what he wanted and what he was hearing in his head, regardless of what any genre or trend was dictating. That is the epitome of musical integrity. This was inspiring to me and gave me the courage to make a firm resolve that I would do the same thing with my own ideas.

That is why he belongs on G3. G3 is not about wank-fest guitar playing, it's about amazing musicians who choose the guitar as their main instrument and are playing the music that they want to play.

Thats very true but at the end of the day G3 IS a rock concert and no matter what spin each guitarist puts on it, in essence it is a guitar/drummer/bassist ROCK concert. I think that althought ppl many enjoy and appreciate ambient soundscapes etc, it was very out of context. You wouldn't see Wylclef Jean in G3 with his guitar, even if he was doing what he wanted, becuase he just doesn't fit, no matter how good and respected he is.

Two hands31 · #15 07-23-2004, 12:47 PM

That's not exactly true. G3 is a guitar concert, not a rock concert. It's just that everyone's come to expect a certain thing from G3, and now they've thrown everyone for a loop because they've brought in someone who's doing something you wouldn't expect (and ironically that's exactly what I expect from G3: seeing someone doing something new and different).