Robert Fripps talks about Windows Vista

[lucasdimitri]

is this the lamest interviewer ever OR WHAT...made Fripp puff on his face

[rockgod111]

1. Why was non of Fripp's music that was recorded for Vista used on the finished project? It sounded beautiful.

2. How can I replace the current default sounds on my Windows 7 OS with recordings I can salvage from videos of his recordings that were intended to be used for Vista? :P

[crazyedd123]

i wanna use the version of vista he was using, cos mine doesn't sound anything like that.

to be honest he WAS using the beta version, which apparently got quite good reviews, but when they released the final version it was abit dodgy.

vista fix many problems and created alot at the same time.

[neolink458]

Linux>PC>MAC

PC here

[bonboncatcher]

Vista was the beta-test of windows7 which is just awesome

[desertico78]

Microshit always sucked, try a real OS... LINUX.

[rdnzl23]

His facial expression at 1:19 just makes me laugh every time...

[teichno12]

I think he felt obligated to say something nice, considering they were paying him.

[filopastries]

prat.. stick to the guitar playing of which your clearly a genius. You're good enough not to have to envolve yourself in advertising and certainly loaded i imagine.. some people!

[ArchieRoylance]

@filopastries While Fripp isn't exactly broke, he is far from being 'loaded'. Fripp was ripped off by his management early in his career and has lived with the consequences ever since. Check out his diary at dgmlive.com where he regularly comments on his on-going financial affairs and 'music-biz' shenanigans in general.

[friendlier]

@filopastries Let me get this right. He's a prat and a genius and loaded (you imagine), and he shouldn't "envolve" himself with endorsing a product that plays a central role in his work, and that he clearly is surprised to find himself impressed with.

Your talents as a life coach are striking.

[stinaandthewolf]

@friendlier i agree in retrospect. i was a little harsh. I'd have a little more sympathy for you comment if i was actually marketing myself as a "life coach" however, as opposed to commenting with something that is clearly just my opinion on something deliberately posted on a public forum.Out of interest, do you think being a genuis means its impossible to act like a prat? as i presume that's what you were inferring.

[maestroosram]

VISTA = SHIT

windows 95 rules XD

[PilferMusic]

I know you don't care what anyone has to say Robert, but I think you are brilliant. Can I do a b-side for you? A remix then? Right then, I'll shut up.

[homonucleus]

Fripp?! What are you doing?!

[OptionalPlayer]

Wow. First time I heard him speak too.

Kind of reminds me of Mr. Bean. . .

[ryan1499]

LOL!!! Thats what i thought..

[simondulwich]

Spell his name right you fucking retard.

[Darrylizer1]

Bob got paid to do the startup sound I believe so he's trying to be diplomatic about the whole thing. He's a Mac user but does acknowledge the market share primacy of Windows. He's a guitarist who got paid to endorse a product. It's just business.

[noceur]

Fripp loves to babble, chuckle and spit his opinion as he is known to be an avid computer user. Seen here cleverly promoting his contribution to Windows Vista sound set. I am a computer user mostly Mac but I do use all the rest too. I LOVE Fripp's guitar work!!! I'll have to have a listen to Vista more closely, I just noticed it was appealing to me which was an odd sensation Windows sounds appealing? It does now!

[UxioNoceda]

Did Fripp do the music of Vista. Is he a satisfied user of products Microsoft?. This is it the problem, oh, santones of Linux and Mac?. To my Mac I am charmed with it also but I do not hate Windows: rather the opposite: "we" have "grown" with. It has his faults but it is already of the family. Do I see great negative and maniacal militancy hereabouts, not?. Too many Matrix?. Fewer paranoia and mas laisser faire!.

[KEPHALLE]

this "doddering old fart" is one of the most important guitar players in music history and a great innovator of rock. he just did the job he was payed for...

let's face it: does the world need to read the shit coming from your empty rotten brain? NEVER!!!

[Arzalu]

This is the first time I hear his voice.

[urraka]

El que le hizo la pregunta es un PELOTUDO

[Frupp]

But talk about his work? Yes.

[Frupp]

I somehow have the impression that Fripp transcendet the whole "microsoft-issue" as being a completly dishonest production firm by seeing it as a thing that effectively touches a damn lot people´s living and working. So why not improve that with what I (as a Fripp) can contribute?

He got money from MS which doesn´t prevent him of saying: "I am an apple-user."

I don´t think he lost his integrity.

[pjustusxi]

Listen to him play guitar and you'll forget all about this!

[fantasticvoyages]

What is vista anyway?

[cjmarsicano]

Microsoft's latest failed attempt to copy Mac OS X.

[drhow19]

He seemed rather uncomfortable while talking, constantly shifting his gaze and that. I haven't seen many Fripp interviews but I think he tends to hold a more disciplined demeanor. They probably wrangled him into doing this since he already was in the studio working for them.

[estol2]

what a commercial!

[MangoZombie]

The comments here are more interesting than the video was. Particularly the insecure mac users who I think are now genetically programmed to bash anything related to Microsoft.

[mapgoon]

Dear Old Uncle Bobby has lost his shit; stick to the guitar and the Soundscapes where you reign. Windows has sucked, still sucks and will ALWAYS suck. You will take my Mac when you pry the mouse from my cold dead hands. MicroSoft = small and flaccid.

[kantucky]

Someone has to be holding a gun to his head just out of view of the camera forcing him to say this about Vista.

Seriously? is this just a joke he is pulling?

[FatherWarhol]

Robert Fripp has Schizophrenia.

[crimsonkng]

I love Crimson. Fripp's OK. I hate Vista's user-interface. I don't understand a word he's saying. Fripp's a little too cerebral for me.

[keytoothed]

So, Fripps gives kudos to Vista for its "look" and "appearance." Why? Because beneath Trans-Vista-Ite is the same old .dll hell, the same registry nightmare, the same spaghetti code, and an entirely new labyrinth of security protocols that Window Slaves have to stumble through just to fucking print. Sorry, Fripps. You're talking out your ass. Stick to what you do best.

[tehtodd]

It's funny because Fripp looks like an older version of the PC guy from those commercials.

[YoooToobDood]

BFD.

[rphunt2002]

No, I don't think Fripp is being sarcastic, he's just trying to say something nice about Vista, based on the superficial impression he probably has about it. But of course, who's relying on Fripp to recommend an OS anyway?

[polarbearkat]

He's a master at his art,guys,and I'm sure he has had plenty of money before this little insight.

[GodChilla1]

how's about we follow the money trail? Where's Robert getting he's freebies?

[beloup]

Hey Mister Fripp What are you saying ?

Bull shit !

You work on a Mac in secret !

Money seams to go out of your mouth!

I love your music i hate to listen this !

[p1ugsley]

All the words coming out.

Coming out in sequence.

No one knows what they mean.

Everyone just ignores them.

[kospaang]

ahhh, it's only "elephant talk" Talk, it's only talk Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, Articulate announcements It's only talk Talk talk talk, it's only talk Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat, Conversation, contradiction, criticism It's only talk Cheap talk

[pooleyacht]

Robert is enhancing the Vista experience for users world wide by producing atmospheric aural effects and ambiance.

[CerebrateHyatt]

So the music improved...and the windows can go sideways.

They can go sideways, guys!

[LordOfKarma]

Mr.Fripp is a master at electronic music. Just listen to his tone and his sound. this guy knows how to craft digital music. he chose to help PC and the sound drivers and the way they sound and this only benefits us. think about this: he's talking on the musical standpoint. he doesnt care about benchmarks and other stuff, he's commenting strickly on the digital drivers he helped work on

[sillypatterson]

LMAO. You people don't know Fripp's style at ALL.

He's not endorsing Vista, he's being extremely derogatory, in his own extremely well-spoken manner.

[Bigfishwhatabigfish]

So you're saying he's being sarcastic?

[sillypatterson]

100% completely. Fripp is a master of sarcasm, he's incredibly well-spoken and his wit is as dry as the Sahara.

[FloydNIN]

i am pretty sure that he is only talking good about vista because he worked on the sounds. but he said it, HES AN APPLE USER yay!^^

[Chrisren31]

OK Bob, what do you think about the latest MaxFactor eyeliner?

[toobusytothinkaname]

Hahahahaha...

[Frupp]

Ok. That made me laugh. But I´m REALLY curious on how the hell Robert Fripp got to do music... örrm sounds for Microsoft´s Vista?

[mpmrecords]

I can appreciate Fripp doing the music for the software, but he may be a bit out of line talking about it. He's probably not an expert in operating systems; by a long shot. But he's an expert in many other things and he has made a real contribution to modern music. ...and you know he's getting L O A D S of cash from Microsoft.

[Bigfishwhatabigfish]

Because he's a musician, and not a software engineer, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Quite frankly the only "leaps foward" he mentions are the Aero graphics, which were alone stolen from Apple's Aqua.

[bendrix7]

fripp what the fuck r u doing

[yrkjykud]

he is impressed but he is apple user, and I think he will stay with apple after using vista some more :>

[memalley]

what the fuck is this!?

[johnarthurknight]

At least Braxton never sold out.

[dragonpme]

BALLS.. vista is a step back in fluidity.. its about the speed of 98.. the only difference is.. we have bigg ass dual core processors to compensate for this.. vista is not at all a step forward in software technology.. more of a processing hog.. who is that guy any way? he dosent give any evidence and he clearly dosent know what hes talkaing about. .:S

[Kazuyes]

To people who don't know, Fripp did sounds for the vista program

[ellbeenyc]

Ah, thanks for the info. That explains a lot!

[renshaw1]

What on earth is Fripp doing?

[prasiddha]

RObbIE FRIPP endorses Microsoft Vista! A first for King Crimson!

I wonder how much he's getting paid for this....poor Fripp.