FRED FRITH

[Osthropek]

"I prefer laughter preferable to tears"

-John Cage

[axelthetriple]

Damn ! I was there ! and indeed we laugh, i would merely add that we were greatly encouraged by this giant artist able to experiment, play, while never taking himself too seriously (why serious ? because some people tag him as "avant-garde" or something ???)

Well, in short that performance was a pure joy as almost all of them @ "LE DUNOIS", what an incredible place !

[sabbatiuspummershei]

It's beuty full!

[FredMalm]

Fred Frith played in a band called Henry Cow and worked with Samla Mammas Manna, a band known for being ultra-silly. A little laughter is well encouraged.

[SpaceRitual]

You can't be a snob about avant garde music, you have to see the humor in it, or else you come off as a pretentious artier than thou type.

Great performance by Fred, I'd say laughter is a better reaction than boos.

[zachenstein]

Very wise... I really took that to heart.

[pancracio14]

the conponent of humor is legitimate in music...

[blefusku]

whats wrong with having a laugh while watching extremely radical free improv meets folkish tunes???

[chapthe]

obvioulsy the audience had no sense for this fine piece of art. thanks for sharing this video.

[Pighood]

I wonder if Fred found it as funny as the audience did.

[HolgerregloH]

Nice, thanks for this funny gem!