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I remember seeing Frame by Frame on ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ in 1982 [1] and being blown away by every aspect of it - and puzzled. What do the lyrics mean? Why would Fripp sit in the dark wearing a suit? Almost forty years on and the whole album still intrigues me, which I guess is one measure of greatness.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrXgcp01JaI



I've always thought that Robert Fripp is temperamentally a classical musician who plays rock music.


Agreed. I’d expand that a bit by saying

- he pays a lot of attention to the craft of guitar playing;

- he’s much less concerned with the projection of his personality and image than is typical.


He still wears a suit at most shows but he stands up now.


Are you sure? I’ve literally never seen any video of Fripp playing standing up?


He stood up all thru the Orlando show, 2 mos ago

And there's this: @ 2:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D57fYwyhajk - him w/ crafty guitarists


Wow! Thanks and that’s a great clip too. Some of the comments are hilarious - equally as astonished as I was.




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