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bobmc
11-21-2008, 12:04 PM
Last night while trying to catch a traffic report on the car radio I heard
"Do You Feel Like We Do" for the first time in years. Stirred a ton of memories (I'm 48) and the talkbox hasn't aged well, but I found myself digging his straight playing. His tone got me as well, dryish, nasally ? I never know the right words. He mixed the standard guitar hero licks with some really interesting ideas.
Any love for PF? (you can use an alias if you're embarressed)
Never bought any of it on CD, should I?
michael patrick
11-21-2008, 12:10 PM
He's got an individual style, you can always tell it's him soloing.
I give it :AOK:AOK
BluesForDan
11-21-2008, 12:27 PM
I'm not the least bit ashamed to say I'm a fan. The disco shit was a huge mistake, no doubt about that.
I love the 'Wayne's World' scene, where Cassandra shows Wayne an album she picked up at a garage sale
Cassandra: Wait, let me show you what I got at a garage sale.
Wayne: What'cha got?
Cassandra: Isn't that great? You've heard it?
Wayne: Exqueese me? Have I seen this one before? "Frampton Comes Alive"? Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of "Tide".
bobmc
11-21-2008, 12:33 PM
PF was on an early Hal Wilner concept album of Monks music played by among others NRBQ, Joe Jackson, and John Zorn called "Thats The Way I Feel Now". Cool album, really opened my ears up.
Pete did "Working" and rocked it; like you said you knew it was him.
Pete's guitar playing on the Comes Alive record is really some of the most lyrical playing I've heard from any rock and roll guitarist. His phrasing is perfect in that he always seems to be saying something, as in a conversation. Very few wasted notes. Lines On My Face is a masterclass. I owe very much to this record.
Brian D
11-21-2008, 01:00 PM
I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a fan either. Great player, classic songs.
Yeah, I'll admit it, I rock Frampton Comes Alive once in a while. Great tunes, tones, solos, songs. Love Humble Pie At the Fillmore too!
gibsonman1006
11-21-2008, 01:07 PM
Doobie Wa everybody!
reno88
11-21-2008, 01:21 PM
the solo after the talkbox thing is great! i always crank it when i hear it.
atquinn
11-21-2008, 04:33 PM
It might have been played to death, but everything about DYFLWD is great IMO, even the "cheesy" call-and-response talkbox stuff.
-Austin
DrewB
11-21-2008, 04:43 PM
If you haven't heard his self-titled 1994 release on Relativity Records, you should try to check out some mp3s at Amazon or something. The songwriting, playing and production are excellent, and there's even a duet with Steve Marriott. I put that one on repeat when I'm working on guitars or doing carpentry.
edgewound
11-21-2008, 04:52 PM
I still think that one of the greatest live records ever...well...that I've heard anyway.
My wife and got hte chance to see him in back to back shows at the last CES show in the Gibson display tent.
Great fun, great band...but the PA should have been flown. Ear splitting volume in a packed tent.
He's an amazingly underrated guitarist....very tasteful.
BluesForDan
11-21-2008, 04:57 PM
he did a tv show recently (soundstage?) that I've seen several times on PBS. Yeah, the golden curly locks are long gone, lol, although he has aged pretty well. And he looks like he still loves and enjoys playing guitar as much as ever.
Although I do not consciously emulate or copy him, I have no doubt his playing has influenced me. I haven't listened to FCA in at least 20 years, probably longer, as I don't have it on CD. I might put it on my christmas list this year.
paris is burnin
11-21-2008, 07:11 PM
Great song...I always "listen" a little bit harder when it comes on:phones
teleharmonium
11-21-2008, 07:20 PM
PF was on an early Hal Wilner concept album of Monks music played by among others NRBQ, Joe Jackson, and John Zorn called "Thats The Way I Feel Now". Cool album, really opened my ears up.
Pete did "Working" and rocked it; like you said you knew it was him.
That is a great compilation, I bought it on cassette and listened to it on my Walkman back in the day. It was probably the first place I heard Steve Lacy among others. I should get a vinyl copy, I haven't heard it in a long time.
SReynolds
11-21-2008, 07:35 PM
Man 76-77 I'd drive down the road with cd, opps cassete playing on my Pioneer SuperTuner cranked on about 120 dbs. I ate it up like cotton candy . Good stuff!
bobmc
11-21-2008, 08:48 PM
Since I posted I was eyeballing his discography (sadly haven't found "Thats The Way I Feel" yet), and man oh MAN did I get a flashback when I saw the Humble Pie Fillmore CD! I can just about hear the vinyl cracking and popping (mighta been a seed). I think I'll order that and the recent one recommended. Thanks guys, I was hesitant to post abut him, I just needed a sanity check.
BTW; "I Don't Need No Doctor" was written by Ashlee and Simpson???? The same dou that sang the bad disco love songs? Nah.
Joe Robinson
11-21-2008, 08:57 PM
Hi my name is Joe Robinson and I am a big Peter Frampton fan. Frampton Comes Alive came out when I was in 7th grade. Later in 1981 after he'd fallen far off the radar we played that record a lot during 6th period art class. Totally dug it then.
I bought the deluxe expanded CD about 7 or 8 years ago, and it's heard often around here. I was well known to talk up PF to anyone who would listen for several years.
In July 2001 I took in a Frampton set at the Greek Theater in L.A. I ran into my first guitar teacher there. After that show we talked about how Frampton BLEW US AWAY with massive chops, huge tone and fine showmanship for months and months.
My dream collaboration would be Paul Westerberg/Tommy Stinson and Peter Frampton. One can dream.
AlChuck
11-21-2008, 09:15 PM
BTW; "I Don't Need No Doctor" was written by Ashlee and Simpson???? The same dou that sang the bad disco love songs? Nah.
That would be (Nick) Ashford and (Valerie) Simpson, and yes, that's the same duo.
They also wrote another Ray Charles hit, "Let's Go Get Stoned," and several others for other folks, the best known of which is probably "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
Xabiche
11-21-2008, 10:39 PM
Frampton gets the MILF panties wet :)
Here's a more recent take on the talk box:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNojdoI_D_M
kicks in around 4:10. It's best to get sucked into the entire thing from the start, tho.
Did you say 'talk box?' Don't miss this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4h7mo2RRCo
John Hurtt
11-22-2008, 12:24 AM
If you haven't heard his self-titled 1994 release on Relativity Records, you should try to check out some mp3s at Amazon or something. The songwriting, playing and production are excellent, and there's even a duet with Steve Marriott. I put that one on repeat when I'm working on guitars or doing carpentry.
Agreed, fantastic album! Much of it ended up on his 2nd "Comes Alive" album at the Fillmore a couple years later. I spent the 3rd and 4th show camped next to the photographer at Frampton's feet in SF while it was being recorded.
Terrific player!
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