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Toyah & Robert: Ukraine We Hear You – Press
Press for Toyah & Robert's "Ukraine We Hear You" (Images © Toyah Willcox)
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp film bonus cover version in reaction to Russian invasion: A rare serious moment in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen as the couple stand with Ukraine and perform Living Colour's Cult Of Personality – Last than 48 hours after posting their lively cover of The Black Keys' Lonely Boy, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have filmed another cover version, and this time they've got their serious faces on. Giving the video the title Ukraine We Hear You, Fripp and Willcox perform Living Colour's Cult Of Personality, presumably in "tribute" to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces on February 24 – Continue reading…
• Tone Deaf: Robert Fripp and Toyah release bonus cover for the Ukrainian people: Just after dropping a cover of 'Lonely Boy' by The Black Keys, Robert Fripp and Toyah returned with an ode to the Ukrainian people – Robert Fripp and Toyah, it's fair to say, have been having a really fun time making their Sunday Lunch services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pair have covered everyone from The Undertones to Patti Smith to The Velvet Underground – throughout each cover, Fripp happily strums his guitar while smiling pleasantly, as his partner Toyah dances loosely and wildly around him in their kitchen. It's an endearing ritual and it clearly works for them – Continue reading…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Toyah and Robert Fripp Say "Ukraine We Hear You", Cover Living Colour's "Cult Of Personality": Toyah Wilcox and King Crimson's Robert Fripp have been covering songs in their kitchen since lockdown on their saucy and very popular "Sunday Lunch" YouTube series, but they just dropped a new one in support of Ukraine. They've covered Living Colour's politically minded 1988 hit "Cult of Personality," and have done so in a more serious manner than usual, without the razzle dazzle, though Toyah does work a little clever mirror magic when she sings "Neon lights, a Nobel Prize / Then a mirror speaks, the reflection lies." They also made a version of the flag of the President of the Ukraine that's affixed to their kitchen cupboards, and at the end the title "Ukraine We Hear You" comes across the screen – Continue reading…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson's Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Perform Solemn, Boobless Cover of Living Colour's "Cult of Personality" In Solidarity With Ukraine: At this point, we are used to the "Sunday Lunch" videos made by King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, being funny viral snippets that mostly involve Toyah shaking her gals on camera. But now, Fripp and Toyah have recorded a chaste and grim-faced version of Living Colour's "Cult of Personality" as a display of solidarity with Ukraine – Continue reading…
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