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Friday Fun Thread for April 17, 2026

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For all the autists here, some Friday King Crimson:

  1. The '81-'84 version actually did some music videos. Here's Heartbeat, a poppy little number that I quite like. The video is nothing special, but it's fascinating to see a music video for KC.

  2. Here's Sleepless, another great song. An even worse video, though. The best version of that song is the extended version mixed by Tony Levin, the bassist for KC.

  3. in 1982, among his KC and other work, Fripp did an album with Andy Summers from the Police called I Advance Masked. It's all guitars and guitar synths, and definitely worth a listen if you enjoy that kind of thing. The video for the title track is baffling and amazing. The deadpan looks that Summers and Fripp give each other and the camera while 6 Asian women dance around should not be missed. Although they're miming for the video, they appear to be mimicking their guitar parts closely. Fripp's crazy part starts around 2:35.

Per a YT comment, this is the story behind the video:

VG: Actually, there is a bit of a story about the first video. Robert, didn't you make a facetious remark about what the first video needed which then came to pass?

RF: Yes, what happened was I was at World Headquarters in Wimbourne. Fripp World Headquarters. I was just off on a Crim tour, an endless King Crimson tour somewhere or another. I phoned up Andy and Andy said "We have to do a video, do you got any ideas?". I said "Yes, how about half a dozen oriental dancing girls?" with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek. And Andy said, "What a great idea". I went away on tour, came back, and phoned Andy up to see what was happening. And the first thing Andy said was "I've got the oriental dancing girls". Then, sure enough, I turn up in London to film the video and there they were. One complete with koto.

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