On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Paul Tillotson wrote:
> "Cool the linked KC website has pictured the autographed LP's. I
> figure if one of our members had Pinder sign the lid to a M-
> 400...makes me wonder if Fripp is just as approachable. I have my
> doubts, yet I should dare myself to challenge the Ft. Knox
> security 'Crimson envelops when they perform live. "
> Good lord! Fripp brags about how rude and or erratic he gets around fans
> looking for autographs. He's legendary as being completely dead set against
> interacting with fans. Someone waving a Mellotron lid or side panel at him
> wanting it autographed could potentially set him off. You may need that lid
> to defend yourself.
> PT M400 #1226
ha! yeah - his aloofness is legendary. [some would say rudeness]
a friend ran into him in an elevator at a record label back in the 80s.
he asked him: "aren't you robert fripp?"
fripp said "no - you are mistaken."
i find this attitude kind of odd.
if you don't like fans then why release your music for public consumption.
you should be a plumber or an electrician or an auto-body worker...
this is also in direct contrast to a meeting i had last week with what
i consider a real legendary person. i met gerry anderson last week.
some of you are probably too young to remember thunderbirds, fireball
xl5, stingray, supercar, captain scarlet, but might vaguely recall
space 1999 or UFO [the tv show - not the band].
he is a gracious, humble, inceredibly pleasant and approchable man.
and he even knows what a mellotron is:
"you mean one of those things that has all the tapes?"
i had him sign all my japanese box set thunderbird laserdiscs.
he did it quite happily, and remarked how some people hate to sign
autographs but when people STOP asking then you have to worry.
...jeff