Willcox told NME previously that she started the series to occupy Fripp, who was getting really bummed out about not being able to tour. Then I have to honor the spirit of the music while making it my own." I go back, listen to the original versions on record, see live performances, look at different interpretations and guitar covers on YouTube. Steve Vai, Satriani, the Metallica boys … The originators of the riffs are phenomenal players.
Phenomenal development and playing primarily since the late Seventies and early Eighties, Van Halen onwards. I’m blown away by the original guitarists on these tracks. Can I play it on guitar? Is one guitar sufficient to support my wife? Can I honor the music? If it’s an orchestral ballad, it’s not really going to be a go."įripp added "I mean, they’re all utterly stunning things. Fripp says "I look at the challenging technical aspects. Toyah revealed she presents Robert a list of songs and he picks one he feels he can pull off. Now it’s, “Robert puts on a tutu and dances to Swan Lake at the river’s edge with his wife.” So I have followed my wife’s sense and vision of these things." A good reference point is the Ministry of Silly Walks on Monty Python. Essentially, when things are really bad in England, what you do is begin laughing and do silly things. This is a very English cultural tradition. Performers have a responsibility to perform and at this particular time to keep people’s spirits up. Asked why they started the series, Wilcox responded "This whole thing about being in lockdown was people were stopping moving, and our generation must move."įripp added "Mine is a slightly more nuanced view of this. Toyah and Robert were interviewed by RollingStone, and offered some interesting insight into their creation of this weekly video series. As always, the cover is a fun way to distract yourself for a few minutes. Indeed, for their cover of the Prodigy classic "Firestarter," everybody is dressed as if they had just come from a Mad Max shoot.