Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cowl ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ for Christmas version of ‘Sunday Lunch’
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have delivered a particular Christmas version of their Sunday Lunch sequence, protecting Bobby Helms’ iconic 1957 tune ‘Jingle Bell Rock’.
A notedly brief version this week, the jaunty efficiency sees Willcox clad in jangly gold bangles, singing enthusiastically as she bops Fripp – who performs the melody on his Les Paul with a tropical twinge – with comically massive balloons. After the tune, the couple exuberantly want their followers a “comfortable Christmas”.
Willcox and Fripp additionally shared a standalone Christmas message, the place the previous instructed their viewers: “We’re pondering of you, Largely, thanks for staying with us all this yr [and] for coming to see the reside exhibits.
“We promise you, within the subsequent 12 months, some very wonderful issues are taking place for the primary time in our careers, and we look ahead to sharing that with you. Within the meantime, we hope you’re together with your family members and also you’re having a incredible time!”
“Could your Christmas be rocking,” Fripp added, earlier than the pair tore by way of a few bon bons (with Willcox rising because the stronger puller).
Take a look on the newest Sunday Lunch video, and the couple’s Christmas message, beneath:
Final week’s Sunday Lunch got here as their second festive version for this yr’s vacation season, following their efficiency of ‘Rockin’ Round The Christmas Tree’ a fortnight in the past. Sandwiching the specials was one other detour from the norm, with Willcox and Fripp performing the previous’s personal tune ‘Sensational’.
December additionally noticed the couple cowl The Cardigans‘ 1998 tune ‘My Favorite Sport’, whereas in November, they put their ordinary off-kilter spin on ‘Can Your Pussy Do The Canine?’ by The Cramps, ‘Have Love Will Journey’ by Richard Berry, ‘Search And Destroy’ by Metallica and ‘Holy Wars’ by Megadeth.
Sunday Lunch kicked off in 2020, with Willcox explaining the next yr that she began the movies to assist Fripp energy by way of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Chatting with NME, she expounded additional on the couple’s plans for the sequence’ future, saying they “cherished making the content material” and had been “going to take it loads additional”.
Earlier this yr, Fripp revealed that the sequence had upset some King Crimson followers, however at 76, he’d been unfazed by their negativity. “My spouse insists performers have a accountability to elevate folks’s spirits in arduous instances. Do I respect that? My reply is sure, fully and totally I do,” Fripp mentioned in an interview with the Telegraph.
Subsequent yr, Fripp and Willcox will take Sunday Lunch on the street. They introduced a joint 2023 tour again in June, and revealed the complete itinerary – 14 exhibits sprawling over the majority of subsequent October – final month. See extra particulars on the entire exhibits (and seize tickets to them) here.