As December nears, the husband and wife duo of King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and singer/actress Toyah Willcox are getting in the holiday spirit with a cover of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,” the latest installation from their series Sunday Lunch.
While Fripp and Willcox take turns trading lyrics to the classic holiday jingle, with humbug written across the former’s forehead, a sign in the far back of the room peeks out, reading: “Frippmas Christmas Bitch!”
Last week, the couple hosted a fun and energetic sing-along. “Silent Night,”However, their rendering of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”They are closer to the list of pop songs they have tried in the last few months.
Sunday Lunch, which was launched last year amid the pandemic, has seen the pair taking on everything from Britney Spears’ “Toxic” to Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy.”It began as a way to make friends during times of stress, but has evolved into a weekly treat.
“I wanted to get Robert moving. This whole thing about being in lockdown was people were stopping moving, and our generation must move. So I taught him how to jive to “Rock Around the Clock,” and we filmed it,” Willcox told Rolling StoneThis year, earlier. “It’s the first time we’d ever posted anything like it, our first step into that form of social media. And we got a million hits within a couple of hours as far away as the Philippines and Australia. And we thought, “Wow.”