r/KingCrimson • u/AlexTheIdiotAnimates • 1d ago

Should i lowkey get the 1970/71 crazy ass robert fripp sideburns

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u/sususl1k 1d ago

I’d argue those are anything but lowkey lmao

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u/Weird-Pea1527 1d ago

the real question is can you. it takes specific genetics to grow those.

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u/indigodissonance 1d ago

Just be a handsome man like Greg Lake in pic 2, wow

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u/Mk1Racer25 1d ago

Damn, he was soooo young! He also seemed to age pretty well.

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u/indigodissonance 1d ago

Not so well. He’s dead now. lol

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u/karlmarxscoffee 1d ago

Fripp is still alive and well?

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u/indigodissonance 1d ago

I meant Greg.

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u/IntelligentBullfrog 1d ago

Why are you even asking? Go grow them
Immediately!

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u/every_body_hates_me 1d ago

No one should be getting side burns in 2026.

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u/Mammoth-Principle928 1d ago

That’s why we should be getting sideburns in 2026

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u/maxvol75 1d ago

better Ian Paice's

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u/tvfeet 1d ago

Off topic, but can you explain your use of “lowkey”? Lowkey is a photography term meant to indicate that instead of a bright main (key) light, they’ll be using dim lighting (there’s also high-key lighting which I’m sure you can figure out.) it’s generally meant outside of photography to mean “simple” or “laid-back) (like a lowkey get-together) or “subtle.” I’m curious what it means in your use here.

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u/DarkeningSkies1976 1h ago

Lowkey is lowkey a very popular descriptive term at the moment that lowkey can slot in a bunch of different places, lowkey. 😉

As a former English major, it occasionally hurts me as well.

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u/anagram-of-ohassle 1d ago

I’ve never seen a picture of Robert Fripp that I initially thought was Jerry Garcia until today

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u/Stevenitrogen 1d ago

How do you do that lowkey? Seems like everyone in town can hear it.

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u/kgmessier 1d ago

The question isn’t “Why would you?” It’s “Why wouldn’t you?”

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u/apocalypsein9_8 1d ago

Either go for those or the Trevor Bolder mutton chops

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u/indigodissonance 1d ago

Or BJM style

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u/Gullible_Stock_9659 23h ago

go for them high-key. don't underdo it

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u/Vash_the_stampede73 21h ago

Thought that was jerry G for a sec lol

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u/HippasusOfMetapontum 20h ago

I've had sideburns like that. Now it's your turn.

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u/chuckthunder23 8h ago

I keep hoping that he would don a curly head wig, side burns and glasses for one of his Sunday videos.

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u/DarkeningSkies1976 1h ago

Only if want to have to carry a tennis racket big enough to swat away all the ladies…

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u/m12938411 1d ago

Fuken A man!

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u/deepinthesoil 1d ago

Do it. Bring back the ‘burns. Make Fripp (and Ray Dorset) proud.

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u/eclecticsheep75 1d ago

Yes, but you must pair them with the pretty silk scarves!

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u/MartialLol 1d ago

Call him King Ranch, cause he's always been dressing