[Closed] Toyah and Fripp at home

Great start to the day. Love their bonkersness. Spent quite a bit of Sunday looking at photos of other dads/heros in the Wingnuts lineage with my kids. We're lucky to be able to have sepia photos that go back to the 1880s.

I follow on them on Twitter. Barking.

****in brilliant

Thanks !

Did you ever see the vid where they're chasing round their garden pretending to be bees?

Moon-barking. Ab-so-frickin-lutely moon-barking.

Love 'em.

I love the first comment to that last video:

KC fans: you can't dance to a King Crimson song, it's not possible
Toyah: hold my wine

I was today years old when I learned Toyah was married to Robert Fripp!

There are two move videos in this series...

Did you ever see the vid where they’re chasing round their garden pretending to be bees?

Yes it's fab.  They are mad in a way that makes you happy

My gran had a pulley like that. Do you think they ever use it?

Will watch. Lovely folk and Fripp is amazeballs. Read an article about his guitar tutor school, where he gets folk to play the same sequence in ever changing time signatures, then play it backwards - explains a lot.

oh and @johnners - we've got a pulley like that, retrieved it from my aunt's flat in 1987 or so, been in all our flats and houses with us since. 🙂

I was today years old when I learned Toyah was married to Robert Fripp!

Ditto that!!! :o)

I used to work with Robert Fripp's nephew, and that is the end of my story.

Read an article about his guitar tutor school, where he gets folk to play the same sequence in ever changing time signatures, then play it backwards – explains a lot.

That's not mad enough they need the new standard tuning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_standard_tuning

I had a pulley like that over the Aga in my last house but, sadly, no unicorns.

And the beat goes on...

A very good advert for not doing drugs

I think Fripp was fairly clean for most of his life. His thing was shagging. Lots of shagging.

...and now he lives in a castle with Toyah. Where did it all go wrong?

The utter bastard.

Check out his Wiki entry and he comes across as a talented and interesting guy, but also quite a decent one.

Total bastard. 🙂

Toyah looks great for her age , she actually looks nicer now than in her heyday. Fripp is indeed a lucky bastard.

They’ve been together for 35 years! I hadn’t realised they now live somewhere in Worcestershire, they used to live in Cecil Beaton’s old house near Salisbury.
I’ve been a fan of Fripp’s work for fifty years now, phenomenal guitarist and musician, and I saw Toyah play in Bath back in 1980, keep meaning to go see her when she plays Bristol, she regularly has a gig at The Fleece around Christmas time.

was showing these clips my work mate who is into his guitars - he couldn't figure out how Fripp was getting long reverbs/notes.
A wikipedia google lead to the rabbithole that is Frippertronics using two tape decks with the tape strung between them for reverb/sustain.

When I saw Crimson on the Discipline tour (at the Dora Cohen Hall, Wheatley pop fact fans) they were doing the final work on Beat and both albums featured the Roland GR guitar synths plus loads of pedals. We were constantly trying to work out what was happening on stage and how they were getting those noises. Sounded amazing though.
We arrived early,heard the sound test underway so popped out to the King & Queen pub and had a beer or two. Suddenly the place went a bit quiet as the band walked in ordered beers and sat at a table.
I didn't have the nerve to say "Hi" or even "looking forward to the gig tonight." Really regret that now. If only for not having a "Bill Bruford told me to **** off" story.

Edit: That Chords of Orion guy above really gets on my tits for some reason.

......aaaaand theyre at it again for christmas.

Strewth. I think Toyah was quite excited to be doing that.

I should imagine it perked quite a few people up.

Oh my, ze undertrousers are shrinking. 😎

I've noticed a couple off things, Toyah looks amazing and her singing is probably better than when she was at her peak in the 80s.

I'm off for a cold shower.

Toyah looks amazing and her singing is probably better than when she was at her peak in the 80s.

was thinking the same, had to check, shes 62! and RF isnt doing too bad either for 73!

Anyone notice how alike they look? Toyah is indeed in good nick. She had some work done about 20 years ago which seems to be holding up well.

62 you say? Young slip of a thing.

I hadn’t realised they now live somewhere in Worcestershire,

They've lived in Pershore for a long time.

Toyah looks incredible.
Do they have a joint Twitter thing? I can’t find it.

Toyah racks it up a notch!

i see the kitchen hadnt got any warmer....

crikey.

Lordy Robert. Throw another chair leg in the Aga!🥶

Wowsers.

they are both rather wonderful

(edit: i suspect there is a non deliberate joke in their somewhere)

Mesmerising

I only came across them last week.

Love 'em.

They still live in Pershore, Worcestershire as far as I know.

It has been a tad chilly around here to be fair 🥶🙈🙈🥶

...Toyah was in the local (Malvern) panto back in 2010. She can definitely hold a note 🎶

Thank you so much for sharing, how wonderful. She's produced a warm glow in my gentlemens area since I was 12 and shows no sign of giving up any time soon

I think they know that they have provided a lot of pleasure to thousands of men over 45

Not just over 45s....

They really ought to turn the heating up.

Oh my ****ing god!!!

Lordy - reckon Robert's broken the thermostat on purpose...

*sets reminder for next Sunday*

Guitars and cycling.

Two of my favourite things right there.

You know what they are doing right now?

They've probably finished now.

😳

I had a schoolboy crush on her back in the early eighties, my bedroom wall was covered in Toyah posters. You'd think after all these year I'd be over it.. I don't think so!

I have no words ! lol

She's a belter right enough.

I commented to my wife during our bike ride this afternoon how 'nipply' the weather is. Didn't expect it to be the same indoors, but not complaining. 🙂

Love how he keeps eye contact so well ... I tried (failed completely)😁😁

I haven’t plucked up the nerve for their new agony aunt video.

I notice that he has loosened his tie for this one.

Much better with the sound off though

i see the kitchen hadnt got any warmer….

LOL

Outstanding

Those wobbly bars need fixing. Could have someone’s eye out.

I'm off for a cold shower..

(making me happy - Toyah was the only ever 'pop star' poster I had on my wall as a teen)

Blimey

Cheerleader outfit today.

She looks good now Toyah compared to Quadrophenia days, but maybe take your eye out with the organ stops

I had words saved up after the last video but am lost for them again lol.

Did you noticed they don't bounce when she pogos ?

This is what youtube was invented for haha entertaining sad old blokes who remember monkey as a wee honey.

Comments below the cheerleader video are worth a look too. The lack of a heating engineer has been mentioned. 😂

That's the one I was commenting on not the cheerleader outfit

Sadly, I'm in the minority that think the latest Metallica vid is pretty sad.
She is after attention, and knows full well that she is almost exposing her fake boobs.
She is nearly 60, maybe older? There is no way they are natural.
If this was in another thread it'd be slammed as almost demeaning of women, and she was maybe only doing it as that is what men require her to do.
Sorry, she looks great, but it isnt right.

There are far better boobs on the internet or so I’ve heard, I just like Fripp and Toyah. I am starting to wonder a bit why they are doing this as I am pretty sure they are aware if such comments.
There again they are selling stuff via the web shop, maybe just another way to draw the punters in. Not seen yesterday’s vid yet. Got a lot of YouTube subs to catch up in this evening.

She is nearly 60, maybe older?

Almost 63 (6 months older than me) , similar to Madonna

Good to see she's dropped the see-thru white tops this week.

If you like 63 year olds, personally I would want eye bleach to open any of these videos

I started the thread because they are brilliantly bonkers. I did not expect the turn their videos took. At their ages and experience in the music industry I suspect they are not being exploited by anyone.
Which is a good thing.