Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox offered up a Halloween edition of their “Sunday Lunch” series over the weekend. The video features the married couple performing a cover of the David Bowie classic “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).”
The King Crimson guitarist and the new wave singer have mostly been posting archival “Sunday Lunch” episodes in recent months, but the Bowie cover is a brand new performance. In the video, both Fripp and Toyah wear makeup inspired by the Scary Monsters album cover, with Toyah looking eerily similar to Bowie.
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Aside from the makeup, Toyah sports a black blazer with nothing underneath, singing the 1980 song as Fripp plays guitar. The video wraps up with Robert saying in a creepy voice, “Welcome to Toyah and Robert’s scary ‘Sunday Lunch,’” with Toyah playfully kissing the prog-rock pioneer on the side of his head.
New editions of the “Sunday Lunch” series are few and far between these days, but Toyah and Robert have offered up fun covers of The Stooges’ “Search and Destroy,” blink-182’s “Dammit,” Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party),” and KISS’ “Lick It Up,” among other songs, over the past year.
Toyah and Robert will play a brief run of “Christmas Party” UK shows in December, with tickets available here.
Meanwhile, Fripp has given his blessing to the current North American “BEAT” tour, featuring classic King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin playing alongside guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and Tool drummer Danny Carey, as they reinterpret three of Crimson’s ’80s albums: Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair. Tickets for that outing are available here.
Watch Robert and Toyah perform David Bowie’s “Scary Monsters” below.