#toyah and robert

[toyahinterviews]

TOYAH AND ROBERT ON VECTIS RADIO, ISLE OF WIGHT WITH NIK AND KIEREN 18.6.2023

KIEREN THOMSON: We’re in the quite a wet marquee, on Sunday afternoon. Myself and Nick are speaking to the amazing Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp. Good afternoon TOYAH: Hello! How are you? KIEREN: I'm very well. How are you? TOYAH: We're good! We’re pretty high spirited at the moment, which is fantastic ROBERT: Superb audience. I very much enjoyed playing. I was in the mood to rock out today and I think got the chance to do so TOYAH: Yes, we're a guitar band and the audience totally got it, which was lovely. We saw people, who looked as if they travelled from all over the world. Robert is really big in Japan and (to Robert) you didn't see this but I think most of the front row had come from Japan see you (laughs) ROBERT: Ah! TOYAH: I get to see these things ROBERT: You see, I'm really focused on my wife, the playing and the band. Toyah interacts directly with the audience for me. It would distract me from my counting and the next bars. So I listen to my wife afterwards and she tells me whether we went down or not NIK ATTFIELD: You've always had such an amazing energy on stage. I saw you many years ago and you were such an influence on my young life. I'm so amazed. It's brilliant that you guys are together - TOYAH: That I can still move! (laughs) NIK: No, not at all. It's so brilliant that you're still bringing new things musically etc. You performing together came about because of lockdown? TOYAH: Lockdown was so successful for us with the “Sunday Lunch” brand (on YouTube) Over 111 million people visiting. We're touring the “Sunday Lunch” in October. We’re playing music that we feel plays us. This is music we grew up with. Music we love   We discovered through “Sunday Lunch” that the audience loves it too. So we're going out on the road doing classics that really fire us up. We're having as much a party as the audience is     NIK: Which is amazing, great fun. Do you think if it hadn't been for “Sunday Lunch” you would've ever done this together? 

TOYAH: No

ROBERT: I don’t think so, no

NIK: You’ve got one of the most famous marriages in rock and roll. You've been together a long time and had a lot of time apart, I imagine, travelling the world in your separate careers

TOYAH: I think we’d still be having time apart if it wasn't for lockdown. Robert is on the road at least three times a year. I work mainly UK, some parts of Europe but we're never in the same country

NIK: So a great opportunity to bring you together and see that talent together

ROBERT: (shouts) Yeah! Yeah! Did I sound enthusiastic? Yeah!

NIK: Yeah, absolutely!

KIEREN: You're doing “Paranoid”, “Are You Gonna Go My Way". An amazing track “Rebel Yell”

ROBERT: Oh, there’s a few you haven’t heard yet

TOYAH: “Enter Sandman”, "Kashmir”. We didn't have long enough today  

KIEREN: You've got the tour, the opportunity to do a little bit more. You're playing around the UK. You're excited to do that? TOYAH: Yeah KIEREN: Maybe less wet? TOYAH: Glastonbury next Sunday KIEREN: In a more wet month TOYAH: Yeah, but we're in a tent. Then October is the “Sunday Lunch” tour. So we're optimistic NIK: Thank you so much. It's been such a pleasure to meet you. And we just love you on Vectis Radio TOYAH: Thank you ROBERT: Thank you LISTEN to the interview HERE

[dadrockconfessions]

[fruskyterceol]

Fuck Romeo and Juliet, I want what these bitches have

[krispyweiss]

Willcox and Fripp “Search and Destroy” in the “Sunday Lunch” Kitchen

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are just a couple of Stooges searching to destroy Fripp’s taciturn image.

It’s true, many King Crimson fans find the whole “Sunday Lunch” thing kind of iggy. But at least Fripp’s not playing pop music.

He’s playing Pop music.

And Fripp can still coax some serious licks from his axe. Turns out, he can also take some serious licks on his kisser.

Ewww. That’s Iggy.

5/26/24

[danbenzvi]

On The Jukebox: Trevor Horn - "Echoes: Ancient And Modern"

Bit of a different spin on a covers album as it's been put together by a producer, not an individual artist. As such, the album features a variety of vocalists. This feels very much like a "not to everyone's taste" kinda project and the reviews have been all over the place. Track listing as follows:

Tori Amos - "Swimming Pool (Drank)" (originally performed by Kendrick Lamar)

Seal - "Steppin' Out" (originally performed by Joe Jackson)

Rick Astley - "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" (originally performed by Yes)

Lady Blackbird - "Slave To The Rhythm" (originally performed by Grace Jones)

Marc Almond - "Love Is A Battlefield" (originally performed by Pat Benatar)

Iggy Pop and Lambrini Girls - "Personal Jesus" (originally performed by Depeche Mode)

Steve Hogarth - "Drive" (originally performed by The Cars)

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp - "Relax" (originally performed by Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

Andrea Corr and Jake Lukeman - "White Wedding" (originally performed by Billy Idol)

Jack Lukeman - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (originally performed by Nirvana"

Trevor Horn - "Avalon" (originally performed by Roxy Music)

[georgefairbrother]

A brief change of direction to cheer us all up - Toyah Willcox and her husband of 37 years, Robert Fripp, at the Isle of Wight Festival, 2023...

[groon]

toyah and robert have found the shitposts this is not a drill

[brltpop]

Hot take but only old musicians should be allowed to use tikflop or instagrm, they just post silly videos or unseen throwback pictures. The elderly are just having fun with social media i mean!

[apdistractions]

The winner of any Cramps based dance contest 2022

[whtaever]

[toyahinterviews]

TOYAH AND ROBERT ON BBC BREAKFAST WITH SALLY NUGENT AND JON KAY 21.6.2023

JON KAY: At exactly eight o'clock the gates will open at Glastonbury for the first campers to go in. It's looking dry and sunny for most of the weekend, and that is good news for everyone who's pitching a tent SALLY NUGENT: But maybe disappointing for people who like to go and enjoy the mud ... Some people who are definitely going to be there ... The singer Toyah Willcox and her guitarist husband Robert Fripp, who will be performing together on Sunday. They're here with us now, before you face the mud and the tents. Good morning! TOYAH: Good morning! ROBERT: Hi! TOYAH: This is the first time either of us have played Glastonbury.  So excited JON: I'm not sure the dress code is going to work (they all laugh) TOYAH: We always dress like this. Even with our show, the Toyah and Robert Rock Party SALLY: We love it! TOYAH: We’re  pretty dressed up. So it's going to be quite an experience JON: Well, that's brilliant, isn't it? You got to be who you are. That's what Glastonbury is all about TOYAH: I will be in six inch heels. Thigh boots, head to toe in glitter. And if we've got to go through the mud, we've got to go through the mud SALLY: I love that. Isn't it brilliant that you haven't played Glastonbury before and now here you are with all these years of experience. You can bring that to the stage      

TOYAH: I think we have over 100 years of experience between us (To Robert) You don't mind me saying you're 77?

ROBERT: Not at all!

TOYAH: I'm 65 so it's about time we play Glastonbury and we're really proud about it. We've done huge festivals around the world. My husband opened for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park  -

ROBERT: In July 1969

TOYAH: I've done massive festivals across Europe and in the UK, but never Glastonbury

JON: I can feel the excitement. Robert, what is it about Glastonbury that is so exciting for you?

ROBERT: Well, I realised after the Isle Of Wight Festival on Sunday, which was a blast -

TOYAH: It was amazing

ROBERT: - that I was probably the only person on the site that actually played festivals in the 60s. I was probably the oldest person on the site anyway. In 1967, when I turned professional, we all knew that music could change the world. The the free festivals were a primary vehicle for - today you might say - social transformation    

The point is, by getting together with music, a lot of people in these events had such a power. We knew the world could spin backwards and the future you could reach back and grab us

TOYAH:

Everyone you've been talking to, who are waiting at the gates - they want joy, they want music, they want to make friends. And what's so special about Glastonbury it's a groundbreaking festival. Its future forward looking to the whole ecology arguments and how we can change the world. It's a great success. Glastonbury speaks for itself

SALLY: Isn't that interesting? I love what you said there, Robert. It's like the future coming back and picking you up. Showing you forwards

ROBERT: Yes!

SALLY: You have vast experience of festivals. How have you seen them change?

ROBERT: To begin with they were all free. Primarily run by volunteers, including the Hells Angels. Today, the spirit is there but the organisation is much more professional. And if you're getting several tonnes of equipment on the stage, and turning up to an event with hundreds of thousands of people it's very good that the organisation is professional

TOYAH: Isle Of Wight (below) was just unbelievable. It was fabulous! E veryone talks about the toilets at festivals -

SALLY: Yes, we have already mentioned them ourselves this morning, haven’t we, Jon? TOYAH: The people who organise them mostly volunteers. They're absolutely fabulous. The actual audience themselves are a joy to be in front of. So this is a privilege for us  

JON: That word joy. You've used the word joy a lot and how we all have this need for joy, especially after the last few years. You spread so much joy during the pandemic with your videos, your social media TOYAH: "Robert and Robert's Sunday Lunch", which were touring in October. Coming back to Manchester, to the Lowry. We realised during lockdown that classic rock changes people's lives and it gives people the chance to visit really good memories. For me it would be David Bowie “Life On Mars, which I first heard when I was 12. Every time I hear that song I'm taken back there   And very much the concept of what we are doing, as a very large band, is taking people back to classic rock but also introducing new generations, who have just come from the dance tent, to Led Zeppelin. We're introducing them to Black Sabbath. We're even introducing them to classic Blondie and Robert has work with Debbie Harry and Blondie. So that's the whole concept of what we're doing SALLY: What's quite interesting now for teenagers and young people, they are more aware of classic music because of the new forms of social media like Tik Tok. All the older stuff is coming through again, isn't it? TOYAH: It is and (there's) another beautiful thing about festivals. We played one on Friday, where I was watching a father with his son on his shoulders. The years between them seemed enormous. But at that moment in time, as this father held his little boy on his shoulders, you can see that in 20 years time they will talk about that moment. The bonding, it's so special JON: We heard from Boney M on Monday how their music is reaching a new generation of fans through Tik Tok TOYAH: We easily look out at five year olds and 85 year old audience, all having a good time JON: Looking at the crowds go through the gates at Glastonbury this morning it was really striking that the age range was enormous TOYAH: And let's face it, we should live every year of our lives as if it's the best year of our lives. Age should not be something that we judge. As you say the gates that Glastonbury shows that's really true SALLY: Couldn't agree more. I think the pair of you are the living breathing example of that, aren't you? It just doesn't matter, does it? TOYAH: No, we're still pretty anarchic (Jon laughs) SALLY: Is it your attitude or is it the music? Is it the performance? What is it? TOYAH: It’s the music ROBERT: It's my wife's energy. There is something about her classic repertoire. It’s s not old. It's alive, it’s in the moment. It’s immediate.  Nothing ages with the classic repertoire JON: Not going there camping there though, are you? TOYAH: No! (they all laughs) JON: You weren’t temped? ROBERT: No TOYAH: Never done it! JON: Never camped?! TOYAH: No, we drive overnight to avoid being in the tent  (Jon laughs) SALLY: I love that! JON: (whispers) There are a few caravans out the back as well TOYAH: Thank goodness! JON: Lovely to meet you! Thank you so much for coming in and enjoy it! You’re going to! TOYAH: We will SALLY: What a moment! TOYAH: Yeah! WATCH the interview HERE

[daisyknife]

This thumbnail sums up their whole personalities

I love them

[metaladdicts]

ROBERT FRIPP And TOYAH WILLCOX Cover METALLICA’s ‘Seek And Destroy’ (Video)

ROBERT FRIPP And TOYAH WILLCOX Cover METALLICA’s ‘Seek And Destroy’ (Video)

In the latest edition of their Sunday Lunch online series, KING CRIMSON guitar mastermind Robert Fripp and his musician wife Toyah Willcox have covered METALLICA‘s “Seek and Destroy.“ Make sure to check out the video from Robert and Toyah below. Check out their previous Sunday Lunch online video where they are performing RADIOHEAD‘s “Creep“. Watch it here. Check out their Sunday Lunch online…

[krispyweiss]

Fripp Sings on Pecuniary-oriented “Sunday Lunch” Because that’s What You Want

What’s a girl to do if a boy’s kisses thrill but don’t pay her bills?

If that girl is Toyah Willcox, the answer is to pound the boy, Robert Fripp, on the bloody head with some fake pound notes and purr: Gimme your money.

So it went for the First Couple of Farce’s “pecuniary-oriented ‘Sunday Lunch,’” during which Fripp played Paul and George opposite Willcox’s John.

Perhaps Barrett Strong’s estate will get some money (that’s what it wants) out of the Bank of Fripp as a result. But the best things in life are free.

8/25/24

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Watch "Toyah - I Believe in Father Christmas" on YouTube

[dec4podcast]

A little something for the weekend...

Toyah and Robert Fripp - Sweet Child O' Mine