RARE ROBERT FRIPP INTERVIEW FROM 1979!

Robert Fripp interview Part I
This is from his "Drive to 1981 Tour" in 1979

Thanks to RP Curtiss (I'm the already balding (bad hair day) Dodger hatted skinny proggeek (interviewer - sitting on the right), now a totally bald, older and ever so slightly heavier proggeek.)

The Boffomundo Show existed in the early daze of cable television from 1979-80.
Interviews with progressive rock luminaries included: Robert Fripp (King Crimson founder), Phil Collins & John Goodsall(Genesis & Brand X), fusion guitarist Al Di Meola (Return to Forever), singer Bernardo Lanzetti (from Italy's PFM) and bass/vocalist John Wetton (King Crimson, U.K. and by 1981, Asia.)
Why Boffomundo? It's a name I made up, with inspiration from the TV show, Happy Days. Later incarnations were called In The Mode (1982) which featured an interview with singer/guitarist Adrian Belew (King Crimson) and finally Total Sound (1990-92), which included a day with drummer/composer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, U.K., Bruford and Bill Bruford's Earthworks).

Here are some excerpts from the comments section of these YouTube videos - almost as interesting as the video's themselves.....

It was taped in Santa Monica, CA at what once was called Theta Cable in the early days of public access.

Ah ha! Sort figured that by looking the intro, full screen that looked like it was typed on paper!

It was! Prehistoric technology! Eventually we used black cutout cards and then actual graphics. Those were the daze.

Wetton said Fripp ended the band after "Red" because he thought the world would end in 1981.

"chuckles" Fripp as he's known in the trade. awesome guy

Great interview. Funny how Fripp was uncomfortable facing such prepared interviewers

I find that the "press" question requires an answer rather than an explanation.
Great to see Mr Fripp explaining the question , for all of us....whatever we may be.

Declare your tongue at the airport next time you fly Mr Fripp , as it may be considered a sharp object.


Why am I still listening to this? I'd love to watch this guy mow a lawn or go food shopping. You expect John Cleese to come out at any moment and hit Fripp over the head with a rubber fish.

Yes indeed a kick on the backside might be in order, just answer the bloody question Robert, stop postulating! My but he does go on. All his transgressions are forgiven through his 20th century masterpiece; Exposure, AND his bad-ass contribution to Bowie's (Heroes and Teenage Wildlife)and King Crimson. That's plenty bankable redemption I say.
Bowie, Fripp, Eno...the holy trinity of sound.

Look for Parts II thru IV of this rare Robert Fripp interview in the posts that follow.....