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You said, I saw the Sleepless video and a King >Crimson concert on MTV, and was immediately taken >by the band. *Gasp* Oh my God!, where did they take you?!!! <big smile> -just had to... lol! Have a wonderful evening!... Smiles, CQ At 06:19 PM 8/25/02 -0700, you wrote: ><<I think the key is that he "did" expose them. >as in Past Tense. That was decades ago. Everybody >who was going to be influenced by that already >was. New people today are not getting interested >in looping because of Fripp or Eno.>> > >Again, I have to argue your point. First of all, >I first heard of Fripp and Eno (and the various >musical projects they've been involved in over >the years) back around 84 or so. I read about >Adrian Belew in the January 84 issue of Guitar >Player. I had heard of King Crimson prior to this >(largely because I knew that Greg Lake and John >Wetton both had been in the group...at the time, >I knew of Lake and Wetton primarily via their >connection with Asia) but really didn't know >their music. I saw the Sleepless video and a King >Crimson concert on MTV, and was immediately taken >by the band. Subsequently, I read about >Frippertronics in various music magazines. The >idea of looping immediately grabbed my attention. >It wasn't long after this that I acquired Fripp's >Let The Power Fall (I wish I still had it, I >don't think I've ever seen it on CD) and Under >Heavy Manners/God Save The Queen. I also have >several of the Soundscapes performances. Point >being: not everyone who is influenced by Fripp >heard his music "decades ago", and in fact, most >of the really big influence he has on my playing >really only during the 90's, when I got some of >the live Crimson recordings from the 71-74 era >lineups. It was then that I first heard the >classic Fripp "laser beam" fuzztone lead sound >that really had a big impact on me. > >Also, you seem to insinuate that young people >don't listen to progressive rock or "classic" >rock performers. This simply isn't true. While >it's admittedly not as popular with the younger >crowd as it was in 1973, I still see plenty of >young people at prog concerts I've attended over >the last few years. This summer, at NEARfest >(that's the North East Art Rock Festival, held in >Trenton, NJ back in June), I met a family who had >a young girl who was about 8 or so. I was curious >to know if she was "dragged" to the show by her >parents or if she was genuinely into this kind of >music. Turns out it was the latter, and that in >fact, when she heard that Hackett was going to be >at NEARfest, it was SHE who wanted to go. And I >see lots of teenagers at various shows. So, I'm >sure there's still 18 year old guitarists, >drummers and whatever who are hearing records >like No Pussyfooting, or Fripp's Soundscapes >records or whatever, and having their ideas of >what can be done with music be re-arranged. > >===== >May you never thirst! >The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris > >"What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James Earl Jones > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >http://finance.yahoo.com > > --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe