This had nothing to do with autotune. The talkbox was controlled by the way he moved his mouth. It combined the guitar with words or just the shape of his mouth. He was in fact playing the guitar and playing an electronic device to make his guitar talk. Musicians back then had something we called talent. Autotune enables dancers to be passed off as singers.
Back in the days of 60s, 70s early 80s possibly, there was no autotune. You heard what you heard. It was the real stuff! Peter Frampton rocks that talk box!
Back in 1976, you can't believe how big this song and ALBUM was!!! They burned up the radio waves with it. It really was great time to be alive with this music.
Frampton was one of the happiest players always such a huge smile and great attitude. He was a excellent musician and was the pioneer of many techniques later used by many.
Up until at least a few years ago he was still writing for a lot musicians across genre's and has played on and composed for many famous artist over the last 50 years His head has also been bald as a babies butt for about as long !!
It is remarkably difficult to explain the “Frampton Effect” in the 70s to a younger generation. You can evaluate the songs, the lyrics, the instrumentation… and that’s okay. That’s valid… at one level. But you’d do yourself a disservice if you failed to understand Frampton caught lightning in a bottle especially in respects to our generation. We weren’t boomers. Woodstock was mostly a memory. Frampton represented a change in OUR generation. Boomers loved him, no doubt: but he was different. The time was different. The music was different. The songs from this album marked a sea change and I mean EVERYONE knew it. Lightning in a bottle, baby.
AGREED! The Reason our generation had so much great music was because this style WAS BRAND NEW! Heck Sabbaths 1st album came out in 1970 & this song came out in 1973!.Frampton comes Alive was 1976, From 1970 to 1995ish BEST MUSIC ON EARTH......No one will ever experience that timeline again.
@@monicajean37 it’s tricky to talk about “context” because that can seem really ephemeral in judging musical styles and genres. But America had just come out of the Viet Nam war, there was a bicentennial coming up, I think America was generally “fatigued” by protests, counter-culture, etc. I’m not LAUDING my generation (by any measurement) but I think it goes a long way to describe how I - and the rest of the young people of my time - reacted to Frampton. He was (generally) charming, his music was somewhat “carefree” and just simply did not carry the kind of “emotional baggage” the music of the late 60s provided. It was almost like a breath of fresh air. I’m also not saying there weren’t other artists LIKE him at the time but add to all of this that Frampton was an AMAZING musician and it’s just… kismet. He exploded! It was a strange happening but it really happened. Aja would come out in ‘77. It was a unique time in music.
Frampton alive was like a comet that struck earth and exploded! The reaction to this album was similar to a year long standing ovation! You had to be there when it first happen!
I know you are listening to a live version but the one from Frampton Comes Alive is the version you want. It's the one they play on the radio. It has so much energy with the crowd yelling when he's using the talk box. Worth doing another video for? I think so.
You are correct ! It's all lies.... I personally I've seen over 900 concerts and the best live shows Phil Collins and Chicago sound quality ! But if it wasn't for kiss and Eddie Kramer and for alive nobody wouldn't be doing these albums !!! verbatim....
The crowd participation was as important to the sound of that album, as anything. That wasn't incidental crowd noise. They had microphones tuned toward the crowd.
Frampton Comes Alive version is the best rendition of his talk box ventures. The crowd was mesmerized and Bob Mayo’s keyboard solo was absolutely the best ever!
That's called a talk box, and it's not "auto-tuning" anything. He's creating every sound. Other famous guitarist have used the talk box throughout rock history, including Joe Walsh, and Joe Perry. I'm pretty sure you guys reacted to Man in the Box by Alice in Chains, the guitarist uses a talk box effect in that song.
The talk box acts as a small guitar amp inside of a box (usually at the guitarist's feet. It has a speaker inside that takes his guitar signal, plays it through the "amp in a box". The box is sealed except for a tube that extends up the mic stand and near the microphone. This allows the guitarist to play notes/chords where the sound comes up through through the tube near the mic. The guitarist uses his mouth as a sound chamber where he can play notes with vowel like sounds or even in this case, like the guitar is talking.
It's possible today the engineering description given may be accurate as most preamp/sound processing units today have a clean signal bypass able to be plugged into anything else (Basically an extension of the original instrument signal). Back in the day this was made most Guitarists used a separate amp with the powered signal sent to the talkbox which is a horn driver with a tube replacing this horn attachment instead. The secondary power amp is selected by a foot switch diverting the signal from the primary power amp. Of course the amount of processing before the signal reaches either power amp is up to the user. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_loudspeaker
I was in Jr High when Frampton Comes Alive came out. All the kids made fun of it at the time because apparently it wasn't "cool enough" for some odd reason. However, EVERYONE secretly owned a copy!
@@centuryrox It got overplayed a lot which turned me off but as far as it not being cool I thought that was with ppl older than Jr high ( 18 n older ) reason being i think was because it was much popier than Humble Pie his previous group. I don't think Jr high kid's at that time knew about Humble Pie. When i was in high school a lot of the Jr high kid's wore Kiss t shirts. If you wore one in my high school you'd be ridiculed.
@@cesarnarro6013 It did get overplayed. But if I remember correctly, that wasn't really the reason for kids my age not admitting liking it. You had to be part of a clique in Jr High, and that clique involved liking only certain rock groups. Zeppelin, Sabbath, Aerosmith, Rush, Bad Company, etc, all fell into that clique-approved group. Frampton somehow did not. As for Humble Pie, I didn't know anything about them until a few years later when I first heard "30 Days in the Hole", and naturally I heard that as a result of the subject matter of the song, and me being into a bit of the drug scene associated with it! Lol
YES!!!!...Part of my childhood...Born 1962...BEST time for music was the 60's through the 80's....They MADE their own music back then,,, LOVED living through those years.
1961 for me. Back then you either could sing or you couldn't. You and I certainly were privileged to be born into an era full of incredible bands and songs!
Peter Frampton is an incredible guitarist, and was in one of the greatest rock bands ever - Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott, another rock legend). Frampton left and started a solo career. His live album "Frampton Comes Alive" was a monster album and catapulted him to superstar status. In the mid 70's, that album was played everywhere and everyone had it. And as others have said here, no autotune (it was a talkbox, which is "a device that allows a musician to create words through the sound of an instrument. It drives an instrument's sound through a tube into a person's mouth. Movements of the mouth can then manipulate the sound to come out as decipherable words." ). Back then it was raw talent with no electronics to hide mistakes or make you sound better
Saw him solo and with humble pie... the seventies were awesome.. also the concerts were priced for everyone..not just rich... we all could enjoy live music. I went to concerts paying with my babysitting money
Today's music will never have the depth and soul of the music back then. Its do great to see you guys experience these classic tunes, especially live cuts. Cause you truly get to experience the raw pute talent of real musicians vibing of each other as one! Keep rocking Brad and Lex! Live you guys!🎵🎶🎵🎶🤟🏼
So....after discovering the "mouth thingy", it is time to transition to "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh. Now that you are familiar with the talk box sound. After that? The next "mouth thingy" song should be "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth.
He was using a talk box. You saw the tube in his mouth. First time I'd heard it was with Joe Walsh (Before being in the Eagles) on the song Rocky Mountain Way. It's an awesome song also. Yes, singer and guitar player was Peter Frampton. Some of the most amazing shows I've seen were him. Incredible guitar player and a very funny and humble man.
The album is a mashup of two shows. One at Winterland in SF and the other a venue in Detroit. I was at the Winterland show (I have the photo negatives I took to prove it) and I had no idea it was going to be made into an album at the time but I'm soooo glad it was. What a fantastic show...
i have long suspected his live album version to NOT BE Peter playing every note but like he brought in Mike Bloomfield or someone to actually play the notes.......... because in the FCA album version EVERY NOTE is perfect..... not one out of place. And i've never seen Frampton in any real live version even come close. SO THANK YOU MIKE BLOOMFIELD OR WHOMEVER.............. for the epic spectacular fake LIVE album version (clearly made/enhanced in a studio with some live reactions mixed in)
The magic of the Talk Box: A guitar pedal that makes the guitar amp sound comes back up through that tube, and your mouth reforms it back towards the microphone and back out the PA. Very distinctive sound. Pioneered by Peter here and Joe Walsh and others. Has nothing to do with autotune Brad.
May not have to do with autotune, but it’s his first experience and the sound is autotune-adjacent based on the pitch shifts from the talk box. Chill out Frank.
@@MusicMissionary As I recall, the vocoder is more akin to an early relative of a synthesizer.. i.e., producing an essentially synthetic human vocalization.
When George Harrison calls you to play in his album… you know how amazing a guitar player you are. Long live Mr Frampton. So sad you were forced to retire.
Totally agree, I saw him at least 8 or 9 times from 1973 to 2010 or so, he was amazing everytime. So many great songs and such a fun time, often in a double bill with Journey.
@@metalgirlinthemaritimes I will make you more jealous, 2 of the times I saw them together they had John Waite as the opener. Told you, you would be jealous! 😁 Those were the days...
"become one with his instrument'. Lex, you nailed that. Frampton played as efficient as he would talk in a conversation - which makes playing through the Talk Box particularly appropriate.
As I’ve been listening/watching to you two for a while, I’m juxtaposed in my feelings. While my intellectual reality is aligned with Brad, my emotional, reflective realization is with Lex. Growing up with this music as a daily reality, I took it for granted. In retrospect, gold dust was falling from the airwaves weekly and we took it for granted. Seeing your appreciation for this music is healing for my soul. What was then status quo, is now revelation. Good music is eternal.
Well put!! We grew up in an era that was unmatched in music history...for those of us who experienced the late 60's, all of the 70's, ( UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST MUSIC DECADE EVER! ), and the early 80's. We lived through times where musicians, singers, and arrangements were on a lever that will likely never be seen again. Yeah, I said it!
He analyzes everything. Almost to a fault. I like Brad. He always has to find meaning in a song. Or rationalize it. Lex just chills with the flow and most always gets it right with her assessment.
@@tedtraikovski9446: to analyze you must part from a premise based on factual evidence, not feeling, doing so removes objectivity and becomes subjective which does not requires fact, evidence, etc. If you choose to offer your opinion on anything, which is what all reaction videos are, it would be wise to gather as much valid data as you can on the subject, that would add credibility to your opinion, in the end, some reaction videos are a feeble attempt at getting your Andy Warhol 15 minutes.
Frampton Comes Alive is one of the biggest selling live albums of all time! The sound quality is amazing and the energy of the band is at their peak. UFO Stranger In The Night is another killer live album with amazing sound quality! Andy Parker’s double bass work will blow out your subs! The Eagles Hell Freezes Over, Gino Vanelli Brother To Brother, The Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks, Wings Rock Show, Chuck Magione Live at The Hollywood Bowl, Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse are all incredible live performances. Dave Matthews and Bruce Springsteen concerts usually go 3 hours or more but if you check out one of Dave’s check out The Gorge!
This song was soooooooio BIG in the 70s....WOW! I still hear this playing in my dads 1974 Silver Dodge Van of course customized on the quadraphonic 8 track....Great memories
I like it! Very groovy. But I actually missed Peter Frampton completely in the 1970s. Some friend that was deeply into English pop/rock probably had the record, but I can't remember hearing it.
The tube is actually connected to a speaker in a effect pedal called a TalkBox. The guitar plays through the little speaker, into the tube, into his mouth where can form syllables, and into the mic. Very cool sound and it's hard to get that good at using one.
He didn't invent it, nor was he the first to use it. He did, however, bring it to the forefront and make it popular. That album was a total smash hit! Joe Walsh was also doing it around the same time.
i have long suspected his live album version to NOT BE Peter playing every note but like he brought in Mike Bloomfield or someone to actually play the notes.......... because in the FCA album version EVERY NOTE is perfect..... not one out of place. And i've never seen Frampton in any real live version even come close. Do You Feel on FCA is absolutely a hybrid studio/live version. And i'm sure it was Mike Bloomfield or Tommy Tedesco or someone of that ilk who came in and KILLED IT. SO THANK YOU MIKE BLOOMFIELD OR WHOMEVER.............. for the epic spectacular fake LIVE album version (clearly made/enhanced in a studio with some live reactions mixed in)
@@odurandina I think that Peter proved here that he could do it…albeit imperfect….however, who ever said that rock and roll was supposed to be “perfect”?!
It's nice to see Brad at least smile. Even though he didnt get the feel. 🎵✌Yes Lex, it's musical genius. Joe Walsh "Rocky Mountain Way" is a jam! One of my favorite guys ever!
@@mistersniffer6838 doesn't matter what I think other than the fact I'm sure she deserves a lot more respect than that. I'm a dad with an adult daughter and it's just not the way to treat people.
So....after discovering the "mouth thingy", it is time to transition to "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh. Now that you are familiar with the talk box sound. After that? The next "mouth thingy" song should be "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth.
I understand people like Joe Walsh but I just don’t get it. All the 25 minute long, self indulgent guitar jams. It’s torture to me. Should be banned under the constitution like water boarding.
I think everyone I knew had this album, My cousin wanted it for Christmas in 1976. So I bought it for her and she bought an album for me to, And I have it to this day.. Absolutely Fantastic.
That is Peter Frampton and he hit it big over 20 million sold with 8 million sold in October 76. Few years later he did Sgt. Peppers Heart Club band with the biggest names in rock . It was a fun movie. Peter Frampton was with Humble Pie and the artful dodger Steve Marriot . Check out Humble Pie Steve Marriot Black Coffee and For Your Love both incredible numbers. I saw Peter Frampton 20 years back at Alameda County fair and he was killing it when a gun fight broke out between gang members. RIP Steve Marriot and Peter Frampton is amazing.
Didn't one of the other TV networks put on " Don Kirchner's rock concert " as well. I rarely watched them because i was usually hanging out with friends or going to live concerts.
The talk box was invented by a gentleman named Pete Drake. Peter Frampton met him at Abby Road when they were both invited to play on George Harrison's iconic album, "All Things Must Pass." The rest as they say is history.
If you grew up in the 70's like I did there was no bigger album in 1976 than "Frampton Comes Alive". I was 15 at the time and still have and listen to that same album I bought back then.
Peter Frampton is one of the best singers from the 70's. He is amazing he's one of my favorite singers, musicians ever. And it's sad he had to retire but he will forever be a legend.
This was the biggest album on earth back in the mid 70's. I was a freshmen at a HBCU, Black University and the kids there were even jamming to this song and this album.
Lmao crazy how brad takes such a literal look at the lyrics. Never thought about the meaning. It’s just going with the flow you know what mean? You feel like I do?
"Woke up with a wine glass in my hand..." Brad: Now did he fall asleep with the glass in his hand, or wake up and grab a glass.... Me: You have got to be effin kidding me!?
@@lizd85018 So true. Lex is so into it, on every level. He is clueless and doesn't listen to solos, but goofs on facial contortions or some other nonessential element. No musical understanding at all. Zero. Lex is brilliant and charismatic.
Today's listeners, even when they listen to our old school rock music keep trying to find meaning in too many rock song lyrics. I keep saying many of us growing up couldn't even sing the lyrics back except for a few lines that were iconic. Many of us just made up our own words as long as we got the music right. It was more about the music and vibe for many. Not all. Many girls seem to always know the lyrics especially to bands like the Eagles and such. Hell I think I even knew at least half of a songs lyrics to the Eagles songs.
When this came out, every guy wanted to be him, and every girl wanted to be with him. :) Seriously, Frampton is an amazing musician. The other guy featured in this video is the late great Bob Mayo, another astounding talent.
Great news! Peter Frampton on tour this month and next month. He is in Windsor Ontario this weekend March 16th 2024 and then across the USA thereafter. This is and always will be one of the greatest guitarists that has ever lived. Phenomenal phenomenal phenomenal for all generations! timeless, incredible, exceptional. Get tickets and go see him live you'll never forget it. I did 12 years ago and I don't regret it. Was the highlight of my five years living in the usa.
Every household, no matter our race, creed, or color had this album. Every radio station, every dance club jammed Peter Frampton. I still treasure my Frampton Comes Alive album!
Heyyyy I am first! Just love both of you guys ....keep it up! You please this old Hippie to no end and I can tell you two have experienced Psychedelics at some point in your life! I would love to see your reaction to Steely Dan...any of their songs will do but one of my faves is Kid Charlemagne but they are like the Beatles...any song you choose will be exquisite because they were perfectionists in the studio. I always carried a CD of theirs to audition new stereo equipment as did many of us in the 70's.
Frampton, in an era of great guitarists, was one of the best. Given his ability to both sing and play, he was a real bundle of talent. Definitely a virtuoso in my book, and a fine composer, too. He had a lot of real fine tunes.
The talk box was innovated by Stevie Wonder. Peter, the guitarist, was in the band Humble Pie (he actually started the band with drummer Jerry Shirley) his biggest hit with them was the live version of I Don't Need No Doctor, on the album "Live:Rockin'the Filmore" from 1970 with rhythm guitarist Steve Marriott on vocals. Live was when he shone as a talent. He ruled rock in the seventies, his album "Frampton Comes Alive" was the biggest selling album of all time until Thriller came out years later.
The effect where he's making his guitar "talk" is actually pretty simple. There's a tube in his mouth that's sending the sound of the guitar into his mouth, then when he shapes the sound of words, like speaking, the microphone picks up the sound of the guitar but formed like words. Frampton is one of the great rock guitarists - David Bowie snapped him up for the Glass Spiders tour
I was hoping someone would have explained to them how the talk box works (and that the "deep throat" move was shaping the sound and not meant to be dirty). Unfortunately they may no longer be reading comments on this video. Good, simple explanation though!
Saw him in the KC Chiefs Arrowhead stadium in 1975 or 76. Epic concert. It started out with Rick Derringer, then Styx, followed by Steve Miller Band then Peter Frampton. Papers said there were 68,000 people in attendance that day/night. More than when the Beatles were there. Peter Frampton’s performance then was almost exactly like it is on his Frampton Comes Alive! album. It’s music that’s stood the test of time. 😎
It's called a Vox Box. Air through a tube that reasonates from frequency of guitar note being played and he manipulates a it more defining by moving his mouth. Hold you phones speaker up to your mouth or aim in your mouth and move your mouth as if talking without using your vocal chords and you'll get near similar effect. Nazareth also used in their hit "Hair of the Dog!"
You two catch me off guard so many times every week. You'll play music or musicians that I haven't heard in a long time (and I ALWAYS go and add them to my Apple Music so I can listen to my youth when riding). I get a little melancholy listening to the music with you, and sometimes get a bit choked up remembering what I might have been doing or where I might have been when it was THE music on the radio. But Lex! Ya damn near kilt me when you said, "This was almost fifty years ago. This is history." Now I know how my parents and my grandparents felt....
The guy singing and playing the black guitar is Peter Frampton. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band Humble Pie. After four studio albums and one live album with Humble Pie, Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971. Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long fallow period where he was less successful than previously. He's also known for his Talk Box guitar technique. A talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician's mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to a vocal microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument's sound by changing the shape of the mouth, "vocalizing" the instrument's output into a microphone.
Yes; Frampton comes alive, the double Lp with a ton of hits. our group used to jam "Show me the way & Do you feel like we do." But the tune "Lines on my face" is Melodic & Jazzy, Peter easily Eclipsed SRV and was outstanding in a time of Great guitarists. Some people take suggestions, others dig deeper! Peter used to play in Humble pie before he got Popular. Cream of British Guitar Players like Jeff Beck!
As people have commented Frampton Comes Alive exploded onto the scene. I was around already and it was HUGE! You would have to be there to understand how huge this album was. Along with Fleetwood Mac’s album Rumors. Nothing compares today to the onslaught of popularity and air play these two albums received. Great time to be alive.
The Talk Box was originally pioneered by Jazz musician Alvino Rey in the 40's then Pete Drake and his talking Steel guitar came a little later. The first commercial units were made by audio wizard Bob Heil for Joe Walsh to be used on Rocky Mountian Way and for Peter that inspired this song.
Saw a video of Pete Drake using the talk box. I know it wasn't intended to be but it was a funny weird video. ( gave me an acid flashback ) just kiddin.
Definitely do more Frampton, and I think the Edgar Winters Band "Frankenstein" is a perfect complement to Frampton. Both have insanely genius musicians. No lyrics even needed!
Randy Andrews……I was a kid when this song came out. It’s was so freaking huge!!! Radio stations played this constantly. Every teenager had this album. Still amazing to this day. A true classic that never gets old.
Peter Frampton is still going strong in his senior years too. He was one of a kind in the 70s and Frampton Comes Alive! is considered one of the all time great live albums ever.
i heard this on the radio as a kid with my dad and he turned it up loud and told me peter was making the guitar talk. my little mind was absolutely blown.
As other have said, "Frampton Comes Alive" was a huge album, and Peter Frampton was a highly respected guitarist, playing with the greatest musicians of his day. This is him stretching the boundaries of what can be done with a guitar. No autotune. No highly choreographed dance routines. Just talent.
This one kind of blew us away when it was released. The albums was recorded live and there are some really good songs on it. Nice Reaction, you two are Great!
“The “talk box” is a unique effect that allows you to modify an audio signal - most commonly a guitar sound - using the player’s mouth as a filter to shape the sound. The talk box itself consists of a box, in which a speaker (often a compression driver) feeds into a plastic tube. The speaker connects to the speaker output on the instrument (guitar) amplifier, and reproduces the audio signal from the instrument.”
Frampton Comes Live is one of the best Live albums ever! Sold 8 million in the day. It was lot then. All songs musical perfection. What a Guitar Wizard!! Bring back 1977!! Love Brad and Lex hearing classic 🎸 and comments. 😎
One of theost underrated guitar players in history. Truly a musical genius and such a smooth player. His playing looks so effortless but it's far from it. Glad you guys enjoyed this timeless performance. Love the content!
Your grand parents were jammin, the 60”s and 70’s produced some of the greatest artist that you young people are listening too. He as playing a voice box and guitar at the same time.
The 'talk box' brings the sound from the guitar up the tube, into the mouth where it can be shaped and the singers mic broadcasts it out through the speakers. It's a really cool way to alter the sound of an electric guitar. I have also seen it used on a keyboard. It's vastly different than auto-tune which I think exists to help singers that can't sing to make money. Peter Frampton (the dude) is an excellent guitarist.
Excellent explanation. Saved my finger some strain. 😉 Not sure why I never saw it before, but all his faces while soloing had to be warming up. I play guitar, and there's something real about the faces that people make on stage while playing. But this is another level where you have to be in sync with your notes to do it successfully. You could solo with your mouth all over the place, and it will sound cool, but forming words with the guitar is another level.
Frampton's a freaking legend. It's a talk box. Nobody is climaxing, and there's no freaking auto tune.
This had nothing to do with autotune. The talkbox was controlled by the way he moved his mouth. It combined the guitar with words or just the shape of his mouth. He was in fact playing the guitar and playing an electronic device to make his guitar talk. Musicians back then had something we called talent.
Autotune enables dancers to be passed off as singers.
Prrrreeeech!!!❤️
Amen brutha !
TRUTH!!!!!!
You couldn't have said it any better!
Your thumbnail has something we STILL call Man- Boobs
Back in the days of 60s, 70s early 80s possibly, there was no autotune. You heard what you heard. It was the real stuff! Peter Frampton rocks that talk box!
@@bbbfst I believe the correct term is "unleashed" or "foisted upon". Can it be "recaptured"?
All the music we listened didn't use autotune. Thanks for pointing that out
It's been known to be tough on your teeth (vibration). Peter's double album was legendary.
A pre-cursor to auto tune
That's right, the talkbox was all over the place, but Frampton showed the world how it's done . keep on rocking brothers and sisters.
Brother Gary
Back in 1976, you can't believe how big this song and ALBUM was!!! They burned up the radio waves with it. It really was great time to be alive with this music.
you know how many times i got high to this song lololol
Without kiss alive in 1975 this album would have been nothing ! Because Eddie Kramer who produced kiss alive was the master 👌
Yes sir I know it was HUGE !
Good song on the radio when we’d go parking. Lol
Hell YES!!!
This album was a phenomenon. I lived in an apartment complex when it came out & you could hear it blasting from almost every open screen door.
Frampton was one of the happiest players always such a huge smile and great attitude. He was a excellent musician and was the pioneer of many techniques later used by many.
Up until at least a few years ago he was still writing for a lot musicians across genre's and has played on and composed for many famous artist over the last 50 years His head has also been bald as a babies butt for about as long !!
It is remarkably difficult to explain the “Frampton Effect” in the 70s to a younger generation. You can evaluate the songs, the lyrics, the instrumentation… and that’s okay. That’s valid… at one level. But you’d do yourself a disservice if you failed to understand Frampton caught lightning in a bottle especially in respects to our generation. We weren’t boomers. Woodstock was mostly a memory. Frampton represented a change in OUR generation. Boomers loved him, no doubt: but he was different. The time was different. The music was different. The songs from this album marked a sea change and I mean EVERYONE knew it. Lightning in a bottle, baby.
Beautifully stated!
This boomer loves him and still listens to Frampton Comes Alive on a regular basis to this day.
AGREED! The Reason our generation had so much great music was because this style WAS BRAND NEW! Heck Sabbaths 1st album came out in 1970 & this song came out in 1973!.Frampton comes Alive was 1976, From 1970 to 1995ish BEST MUSIC ON EARTH......No one will ever experience that timeline again.
@@monicajean37 it’s tricky to talk about “context” because that can seem really ephemeral in judging musical styles and genres. But America had just come out of the Viet Nam war, there was a bicentennial coming up, I think America was generally “fatigued” by protests, counter-culture, etc. I’m not LAUDING my generation (by any measurement) but I think it goes a long way to describe how I - and the rest of the young people of my time - reacted to Frampton. He was (generally) charming, his music was somewhat “carefree” and just simply did not carry the kind of “emotional baggage” the music of the late 60s provided. It was almost like a breath of fresh air. I’m also not saying there weren’t other artists LIKE him at the time but add to all of this that Frampton was an AMAZING musician and it’s just… kismet. He exploded! It was a strange happening but it really happened. Aja would come out in ‘77. It was a unique time in music.
Well said Paul.
His facial expressions when he plays, is called "feeling the music". Some artists simply play the notes, others feel the notes.
That's also called "Lex Appeal"! 😉
No, its called being stoned. But who cares when these sounds comes out.
"Guitar face".
@@leehanson1416 E- Face . he's having a eargasm when he plays.
He's singing every note with both the guitar and his facial expressions. I love when I see that - they're in it 110%
This is a good version but if you do the live version from "Frampton comes alive Concert, it much better. He kills it.
And unless it's turned up to 110 decibels, its less than it should be.
This.
They're missing out...😔😔😔
Hell yeah he does!
Yeah, as soon as it started...well there goes that.
Frampton alive was like a comet that struck earth and exploded! The reaction to this album was similar to a year long standing ovation! You had to be there when it first happen!
I know you are listening to a live version but the one from Frampton Comes Alive is the version you want. It's the one they play on the radio. It has so much energy with the crowd yelling when he's using the talk box. Worth doing another video for? I think so.
You are correct ! It's all lies.... I personally I've seen over 900 concerts and the best live shows Phil Collins and Chicago sound quality ! But if it wasn't for kiss and Eddie Kramer and for alive nobody wouldn't be doing these albums !!! verbatim....
What he said!
@@davelent Exactly!!! Nothing else compares!!!!
The crowd participation was as important to the sound of that album, as anything. That wasn't incidental crowd noise. They had microphones tuned toward the crowd.
Frampton Comes Alive version is the best rendition of his talk box ventures.
The crowd was mesmerized and Bob Mayo’s keyboard solo was absolutely the best ever!
That's called a talk box, and it's not "auto-tuning" anything. He's creating every sound. Other famous guitarist have used the talk box throughout rock history, including Joe Walsh, and Joe Perry. I'm pretty sure you guys reacted to Man in the Box by Alice in Chains, the guitarist uses a talk box effect in that song.
David Gilmore used it too on Pigs
The first time I have ever seen anyone use a talk box, was John Kay, with the group, Steppenwolf.
don't forget Jeff Beck
Motley Crue kickstart my heart.
The Scorpions use it in the "Zoo"...it is a cool effect
The talk box acts as a small guitar amp inside of a box (usually at the guitarist's feet. It has a speaker inside that takes his guitar signal, plays it through the "amp in a box". The box is sealed except for a tube that extends up the mic stand and near the microphone. This allows the guitarist to play notes/chords where the sound comes up through through the tube near the mic. The guitarist uses his mouth as a sound chamber where he can play notes with vowel like sounds or even in this case, like the guitar is talking.
It's possible today the engineering description given may be accurate as most preamp/sound processing units today have a clean signal bypass able to be plugged into anything else (Basically an extension of the original instrument signal). Back in the day this was made most Guitarists used a separate amp with the powered signal sent to the talkbox which is a horn driver with a tube replacing this horn attachment instead. The secondary power amp is selected by a foot switch diverting the signal from the primary power amp. Of course the amount of processing before the signal reaches either power amp is up to the user. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_loudspeaker
@@mikemiller3069 My talk box has an amp in it. Frampton's didn't, at least at the time. Both versions are picked up by the vocal mic.
Dang Roger! A+ I've never heard the complete schematic of the talk box that was very very cool.
@brad & Lex THIS ^^^^^^^^
@@mikemiller3069 Eagles "Those Shoes" with Joe Walsh using the talk box to sound out the words "butt out".
If you lived in the suburbs in the seventies the "Frampton Comes Alive" album was summarily issued to residents by the government
That’s funny right there
Lol though weirdly enough not really in the UK which is odd given he is a fellow Brit
I was in Jr High when Frampton Comes Alive came out. All the kids made fun of it at the time because apparently it wasn't "cool enough" for some odd reason. However, EVERYONE secretly owned a copy!
@@centuryrox It got overplayed a lot which turned me off but as far as it not being cool I thought that was with ppl older than Jr high ( 18 n older ) reason being i think was because it was much popier than Humble Pie his previous group. I don't think Jr high kid's at that time knew about Humble Pie. When i was in high school a lot of the Jr high kid's wore Kiss t shirts. If you wore one in my high school you'd be ridiculed.
@@cesarnarro6013 It did get overplayed. But if I remember correctly, that wasn't really the reason for kids my age not admitting liking it. You had to be part of a clique in Jr High, and that clique involved liking only certain rock groups. Zeppelin, Sabbath, Aerosmith, Rush, Bad Company, etc, all fell into that clique-approved group. Frampton somehow did not. As for Humble Pie, I didn't know anything about them until a few years later when I first heard "30 Days in the Hole", and naturally I heard that as a result of the subject matter of the song, and me being into a bit of the drug scene associated with it! Lol
Frampton Comes Alive was so awesome!! Right in the middle of my teens!!❤️
YES!!!!...Part of my childhood...Born 1962...BEST time for music was the 60's through the 80's....They MADE their own music back then,,, LOVED living through those years.
1961 for me. Back then you either could sing or you couldn't. You and I certainly were privileged to be born into an era full of incredible bands and songs!
Peter Frampton is an incredible guitarist, and was in one of the greatest rock bands ever - Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott, another rock legend). Frampton left and started a solo career. His live album "Frampton Comes Alive" was a monster album and catapulted him to superstar status. In the mid 70's, that album was played everywhere and everyone had it. And as others have said here, no autotune (it was a talkbox, which is "a device that allows a musician to create words through the sound of an instrument. It drives an instrument's sound through a tube into a person's mouth. Movements of the mouth can then manipulate the sound to come out as decipherable words." ). Back then it was raw talent with no electronics to hide mistakes or make you sound better
You described it well . I heard years ago that the talk box can shake your dental fillings loose . Not sure if it was a myth or not but sounds cool .
Saw him solo and with humble pie... the seventies were awesome.. also the concerts were priced for everyone..not just rich... we all could enjoy live music. I went to concerts paying with my babysitting money
i still have my album!! amazing album
@@kathleenarchacki7875 So true.
Today's music will never have the depth and soul of the music back then. Its do great to see you guys experience these classic tunes, especially live cuts. Cause you truly get to experience the raw pute talent of real musicians vibing of each other as one! Keep rocking Brad and Lex! Live you guys!🎵🎶🎵🎶🤟🏼
YES! Preach!
This thing is called "Talk Box". When Peter Frampton plays this, there exist no auto tune (thank God). This was real music.
Didn't Joe Walsh teach him how to use it? Then said Peter never gave him any credit or something. I'm probably wrong, recalling from memory.
So....after discovering the "mouth thingy", it is time to transition to "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh. Now that you are familiar with the talk box sound. After that? The next "mouth thingy" song should be "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth.
Say it again!
@@Wasted_Talent007 and then The Zoo by the Scorpions.
Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" is a famous example. Roger Troutman made it famous on keyboards with Zapp, then on 2Pac's "California Love".
Pure talent - no auto tune - talk box.
He was using a talk box. You saw the tube in his mouth. First time I'd heard it was with Joe Walsh (Before being in the Eagles) on the song Rocky Mountain Way. It's an awesome song also. Yes, singer and guitar player was Peter Frampton. Some of the most amazing shows I've seen were him. Incredible guitar player and a very funny and humble man.
yes, The first (Bob) Heil talk box was built for Joe Walsh's Barnstorm tour.
How similar is the vocoder?
I would love to see their reaction to Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way. Great song!
Saw him open for AC/DC in late 70's. Hard to say who was better.
@@MrMummra22 not to mention Funk #49 by the James Gang.
You should have reacted to the audio version from the LP Frampton Comes Alive…that’s the best version of this song.
Will listen to the LP this weekend for sure. Still in my collection.🤗
I’ve been looking forward to this reaction, disappointing they didn’t use the best version.
The album is a mashup of two shows. One at Winterland in SF and the other a venue in Detroit. I was at the Winterland show (I have the photo negatives I took to prove it) and I had no idea it was going to be made into an album at the time but I'm soooo glad it was. What a fantastic show...
Hey Lex. Waaz up. Vzan you do. A. DEMO Play The. Guitar with. A. Talk. Box. Brad's . Like thats. Explicit
i have long suspected his live album version to NOT BE Peter playing every note but like he brought in Mike Bloomfield or someone to actually play the notes.......... because in the FCA album version EVERY NOTE is perfect..... not one out of place. And i've never seen Frampton in any real live version even come close.
SO THANK YOU MIKE BLOOMFIELD OR WHOMEVER.............. for the epic spectacular fake LIVE album version (clearly made/enhanced in a studio with some live reactions mixed in)
The magic of the Talk Box: A guitar pedal that makes the guitar amp sound comes back up through that tube, and your mouth reforms it back towards the microphone and back out the PA. Very distinctive sound. Pioneered by Peter here and Joe Walsh and others. Has nothing to do with autotune Brad.
May not have to do with autotune, but it’s his first experience and the sound is autotune-adjacent based on the pitch shifts from the talk box. Chill out Frank.
Jimi Hendrix used the Talk box on Crosstown Traffic from the Electric Ladyland Album.
@@jeffbertjeffbertson4805 Lack of specificity helps no one learn. Autotune it is not.
What about the vocoder? Is that a predecessor of autotune? I've never seen how it works, just heard it.
@@MusicMissionary As I recall, the vocoder is more akin to an early relative of a synthesizer.. i.e., producing an essentially synthetic human vocalization.
Peter Frampton was the first one to use a synthesizer in his mouth! Genius!! His song 'Ooo Baby I love your ways' is his best.
IMHO. 😁💞💞💞
The brilliance of Frampton.. a moment when he was conquering the world
I remember when "Frampton Comes Alive" came out and I couldn't wait to run and get my copy!!
Best live album!!! 🤘 🎶
Sure is !!I still have my original mid 70's vinyl LP !!
I have mine too!
Me too✌
HUMBLE PIE/ Rockin'the Fillmore
When George Harrison calls you to play in his album… you know how amazing a guitar player you are. Long live Mr Frampton. So sad you were forced to retire.
too bad he didn't get credit
Saw him live in the nineties and you could have heard a pin drop in certain songs. He’s just so talented and mesmerizing ♥️
Totally agree, I saw him at least 8 or 9 times from 1973 to 2010 or so, he was amazing everytime. So many great songs and such a fun time, often in a double bill with Journey.
@@vicprovost2561 very jealous! Never got to see Journey 😢
@@metalgirlinthemaritimes I will make you more jealous, 2 of the times I saw them together they had John Waite as the opener. Told you, you would be jealous! 😁 Those were the days...
@@vicprovost2561 John Waite??? Yup I’m way more jealous. Damn, dude!
Ya I saw him back in 98 when he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd in St Louis, absolutely incredible
"become one with his instrument'. Lex, you nailed that. Frampton played as efficient as he would talk in a conversation - which makes playing through the Talk Box particularly appropriate.
As I’ve been listening/watching to you two for a while, I’m juxtaposed in my feelings. While my intellectual reality is aligned with Brad, my emotional, reflective realization is with Lex. Growing up with this music as a daily reality, I took it for granted. In retrospect, gold dust was falling from the airwaves weekly and we took it for granted. Seeing your appreciation for this music is healing for my soul. What was then status quo, is now revelation. Good music is eternal.
Well put!! We grew up in an era that was unmatched in music history...for those of us who experienced the late 60's, all of the 70's, ( UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST MUSIC DECADE EVER! ), and the early 80's. We lived through times where musicians, singers, and arrangements were on a lever that will likely never be seen again. Yeah, I said it!
Amen
@@michaelhaywood6302 Amen
Oh no! Whatever will you do?
It's so fun to watch Brad freak out (when he doesn't understand something) and Lex take it in because it's just good music or interesting to her.
He analyzes everything. Almost to a fault. I like Brad. He always has to find meaning in a song. Or rationalize it. Lex just chills with the flow and most always gets it right with her assessment.
@@tedtraikovski9446: to analyze you must part from a premise based on factual evidence, not feeling, doing so removes objectivity and becomes subjective which does not requires fact, evidence, etc. If you choose to offer your opinion on anything, which is what all reaction videos are, it would be wise to gather as much valid data as you can on the subject, that would add credibility to your opinion, in the end, some reaction videos are a feeble attempt at getting your Andy Warhol 15 minutes.
If Brad is not an engineer, he should have been.
I love them both equally for that reason.
That would be always (Brad not understandung something)
Frampton Comes Alive is one of the biggest selling live albums of all time! The sound quality is amazing and the energy of the band is at their peak. UFO Stranger In The Night is another killer live album with amazing sound quality! Andy Parker’s double bass work will blow out your subs! The Eagles Hell Freezes Over, Gino Vanelli Brother To Brother, The Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks, Wings Rock Show, Chuck Magione Live at The Hollywood Bowl, Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse are all incredible live performances. Dave Matthews and Bruce Springsteen concerts usually go 3 hours or more but if you check out one of Dave’s check out The Gorge!
You left out Little Feats "Waiting on Columbus",,, Spanish Moon track maybe the best recorded live ever.
Kiss Alive.
This song was soooooooio BIG in the 70s....WOW! I still hear this playing in my dads 1974 Silver Dodge Van of course customized on the quadraphonic 8 track....Great memories
I like it! Very groovy. But I actually missed Peter Frampton completely in the 1970s. Some friend that was deeply into English pop/rock probably had the record, but I can't remember hearing it.
Biggest selling album in the 70's Frampton comes Alive. One of the best songs to listen to this this date.
The tube is actually connected to a speaker in a effect pedal called a TalkBox. The guitar plays through the little speaker, into the tube, into his mouth where can form syllables, and into the mic. Very cool sound and it's hard to get that good at using one.
He didn't invent it, nor was he the first to use it. He did, however, bring it to the forefront and make it popular. That album was a total smash hit! Joe Walsh was also doing it around the same time.
i have long suspected his live album version to NOT BE Peter playing every note but like he brought in Mike Bloomfield or someone to actually play the notes.......... because in the FCA album version EVERY NOTE is perfect..... not one out of place. And i've never seen Frampton in any real live version even come close. Do You Feel on FCA is absolutely a hybrid studio/live version. And i'm sure it was Mike Bloomfield or Tommy Tedesco or someone of that ilk who came in and KILLED IT.
SO THANK YOU MIKE BLOOMFIELD OR WHOMEVER.............. for the epic spectacular fake LIVE album version (clearly made/enhanced in a studio with some live reactions mixed in)
A lot of live albums over the years are spectacularly and fraudulently enhanced by umm ghost players.
One of the first... Stevie Wonder and Joe Walsh were using it before Peter.
Nazareth was running talk box thru his bag pipes.
@@odurandina
I think that Peter proved here that he could do it…albeit imperfect….however, who ever said that rock and roll was supposed to be “perfect”?!
It's nice to see Brad at least smile.
Even though he didnt get the feel.
🎵✌Yes Lex, it's musical genius.
Joe Walsh "Rocky Mountain Way"
is a jam! One of my favorite guys ever!
MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Jennifer....................................................................
@@mistersniffer6838 that's just fuckin creepy dude.
@@mrnobody9104 - You dont think thats a tasty dish, ehy???
@@mistersniffer6838 doesn't matter what I think other than the fact I'm sure she deserves a lot more respect than that. I'm a dad with an adult daughter and it's just not the way to treat people.
"A bit of musical genius." Lex is very perceptive. This was one of the really big hits of the second half of the '70s.
Frampton Guitarist of the year 1976 and he deserved it !
From this “Boomer” who lived this music and saw most of them perform live, I love that you are experiencing the greatest music ever
The one you want is from the "Frampton Comes Alive" album. Cannot overstate how big this was in 1976.
You guys should react to…
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
🎸🤘
Lines on my face
Yes to both
Best live album ever. Frampton Comes Alive. Very innovative and energetic. Guitar, vocals are off the chain great. He was just this good
Peter Frampton wrote the music for this song in a drunk blackout and the words are about his hangover.
Frampton was badass for sure. Pure genius
Brad, faces like that are made by pretty much all guitarists, it's just pure concentration
He couldn't handle Robin Trower live performance.
For male guitar players the guitar was very much an extension of their penis.
I just have to say Lex is very open minded and can recognize talent and brilliance, great video reaction!
So....after discovering the "mouth thingy", it is time to transition to "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh. Now that you are familiar with the talk box sound. After that? The next "mouth thingy" song should be "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth.
Rocky Mountain Way 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I have to agree, that is the start of an epic playlist!
I understand people like Joe Walsh but I just don’t get it. All the 25 minute long, self indulgent guitar jams. It’s torture to me. Should be banned under the constitution like water boarding.
@@johnmorris8444 we are a product of the dominant culture of any given era. If you didn't live through it, you can't understand it.
Yeah Dan McCafferty hid the tube with a dummy pair of bagpipes. When I first saw him do it I thought he had a electric bag pipes.
I think everyone I knew had this album, My cousin wanted it for Christmas in 1976. So I bought it for her and she bought an album for me to, And I have it to this day.. Absolutely Fantastic.
That is Peter Frampton and he hit it big over 20 million sold with 8 million sold in October 76. Few years later he did Sgt. Peppers Heart Club band with the biggest names in rock . It was a fun movie. Peter Frampton was with Humble Pie and the artful dodger Steve Marriot . Check out Humble Pie Steve Marriot Black Coffee and For Your Love both incredible numbers. I saw Peter Frampton 20 years back at Alameda County fair and he was killing it when a gun fight broke out between gang members. RIP Steve Marriot and Peter Frampton is amazing.
Midnight Special was where all the great acts were at in the day. I loved staying up to watch who was playing each week.
Didn't one of the other TV networks put on " Don Kirchner's rock concert " as well. I rarely watched them because i was usually hanging out with friends or going to live concerts.
@@cesarnarro6013 yeah, it would come on after midnight special. Great program 👍
@@cesarnarro6013 I'm at a Doobie Brothers 50th anniversary concert right now!! In Houston.
This is undoubtedly one of the greatest rock songs ever.
Frampton is one the most underrated guitars ever. He can crank on it he is so good
I seen him live in 77 what a great show
The talk box was invented by a gentleman named Pete Drake. Peter Frampton met him at Abby Road when they were both invited to play on George Harrison's iconic album, "All Things Must Pass."
The rest as they say is history.
The guy is Peter Frampton. Saw Frampton at this time and saw him about 5-6 years ago about 40 years between. Still a great performer. Great shows.
the talk box was used in Parliament, Roger and Zapp, and some other iconic songs! Love me
some Framption!
Good call on the shout out to Roger Troutman and ZAPP! Cheers to you from Roger's hometown, Dayton OH.
If you grew up in the 70's like I did there was no bigger album in 1976 than "Frampton Comes Alive". I was 15 at the time and still have and listen to that same album I bought back then.
Indeed. It was KISS, the 'Nuge', Aerosmith, and Frampton. 4 biggest bands on the planet that year. Ok...maybe ABBA also....
ABBBA- We used to beat up guys that listened to ABBA -lol
Peter Frampton is one of the best singers from the 70's. He is amazing he's one of my favorite singers, musicians ever. And it's sad he had to retire but he will forever be a legend.
Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive' is one of the best albums ever released!
I’m telling on myself but I used my sisters fishing license to get into clubs and one in particular the band played this song. Memories galore!!
This was the biggest album on earth back in the mid 70's. I was a freshmen at a HBCU, Black University and the kids there were even jamming to this song and this album.
Lmao crazy how brad takes such a literal look at the lyrics. Never thought about the meaning. It’s just going with the flow you know what mean? You feel like I do?
Painful to watch
"Woke up with a wine glass in my hand..."
Brad: Now did he fall asleep with the glass in his hand, or wake up and grab a glass....
Me: You have got to be effin kidding me!?
@@lizd85018
So true. Lex is so into it, on every level. He is clueless and doesn't listen to solos, but goofs on facial contortions or some other nonessential element. No musical understanding at all. Zero. Lex is brilliant and charismatic.
Today's listeners, even when they listen to our old school rock music keep trying to find meaning in too many rock song lyrics. I keep saying many of us growing up couldn't even sing the lyrics back except for a few lines that were iconic. Many of us just made up our own words as long as we got the music right. It was more about the music and vibe for many. Not all. Many girls seem to always know the lyrics especially to bands like the Eagles and such. Hell I think I even knew at least half of a songs lyrics to the Eagles songs.
Brad didn't know nothing bout that talk box!
When this came out, every guy wanted to be him, and every girl wanted to be with him. :) Seriously, Frampton is an amazing musician. The other guy featured in this video is the late great Bob Mayo, another astounding talent.
Frampton was only 25 when Frampton comes alive was released and already an established star. He was huge back in the day
Great news! Peter Frampton on tour this month and next month. He is in Windsor Ontario this weekend March 16th 2024 and then across the USA thereafter. This is and always will be one of the greatest guitarists that has ever lived. Phenomenal phenomenal phenomenal for all generations! timeless, incredible, exceptional. Get tickets and go see him live you'll never forget it. I did 12 years ago and I don't regret it. Was the highlight of my five years living in the usa.
Every household, no matter our race, creed, or color had this album. Every radio station, every dance club jammed Peter Frampton. I still treasure my Frampton Comes Alive album!
Truth! I wiah I still had mine, pretty much wore it out 😊
Heyyyy I am first! Just love both of you guys ....keep it up! You please this old Hippie to no end and I can tell you two have experienced Psychedelics at some point in your life! I would love to see your reaction to Steely Dan...any of their songs will do but one of my faves is Kid Charlemagne but they are like the Beatles...any song you choose will be exquisite because they were perfectionists in the studio. I always carried a CD of theirs to audition new stereo equipment as did many of us in the 70's.
Frampton, in an era of great guitarists, was one of the best. Given his ability to both sing and play, he was a real bundle of talent. Definitely a virtuoso in my book, and a fine composer, too. He had a lot of real fine tunes.
The talk box was innovated by Stevie Wonder. Peter, the guitarist, was in the band Humble Pie (he actually started the band with drummer Jerry Shirley) his biggest hit with them was the live version of I Don't Need No Doctor, on the album "Live:Rockin'the Filmore" from 1970 with rhythm guitarist Steve Marriott on vocals. Live was when he shone as a talent. He ruled rock in the seventies, his album "Frampton Comes Alive" was the biggest selling album of all time until Thriller came out years later.
Grew up on this - I’m 61 and got to watch n listen to the best music live 💪🏽
The effect where he's making his guitar "talk" is actually pretty simple. There's a tube in his mouth that's sending the sound of the guitar into his mouth, then when he shapes the sound of words, like speaking, the microphone picks up the sound of the guitar but formed like words. Frampton is one of the great rock guitarists - David Bowie snapped him up for the Glass Spiders tour
I was hoping someone would have explained to them how the talk box works (and that the "deep throat" move was shaping the sound and not meant to be dirty). Unfortunately they may no longer be reading comments on this video. Good, simple explanation though!
Joe Walsh got the idea from someone and refined and developed it...
Frampton and Bowie were mates at art school. Framptons father was their teacher. They remained lifelong friends.
The next epic live performance you have to do is Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (alchemy live) 👍
Yes!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Saw him in the KC Chiefs Arrowhead stadium in 1975 or 76. Epic concert. It started out with Rick Derringer, then Styx, followed by Steve Miller Band then Peter Frampton. Papers said there were 68,000 people in attendance that day/night. More than when the Beatles were there. Peter Frampton’s performance then was almost exactly like it is on his Frampton Comes Alive! album. It’s music that’s stood the test of time. 😎
It's called a Vox Box. Air through a tube that reasonates from frequency of guitar note being played and he manipulates a it more defining by moving his mouth. Hold you phones speaker up to your mouth or aim in your mouth and move your mouth as if talking without using your vocal chords and you'll get near similar effect.
Nazareth also used in their hit "Hair of the Dog!"
'76 was the year of Frampton. He owned it with 'Frampton Comes Alive".
Never saw this performance, but Frampton comes alive is a great concert album.
You two catch me off guard so many times every week. You'll play music or musicians that I haven't heard in a long time (and I ALWAYS go and add them to my Apple Music so I can listen to my youth when riding). I get a little melancholy listening to the music with you, and sometimes get a bit choked up remembering what I might have been doing or where I might have been when it was THE music on the radio. But Lex! Ya damn near kilt me when you said, "This was almost fifty years ago. This is history." Now I know how my parents and my grandparents felt....
Lex nails it again, a bit of musical genius!!!!
I'll agree somewhat but Sly Stone and stevie wonder have been using the talk box prior to frAmazon Joe Walsh Too.
The guy singing and playing the black guitar is Peter Frampton. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band Humble Pie. After four studio albums and one live album with Humble Pie, Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971. Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long fallow period where he was less successful than previously. He's also known for his Talk Box guitar technique. A talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician's mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to a vocal microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument's sound by changing the shape of the mouth, "vocalizing" the instrument's output into a microphone.
Yes; Frampton comes alive, the double Lp with a ton of hits. our group used to jam "Show me the way & Do you feel like we do." But the tune "Lines on my face" is Melodic & Jazzy, Peter easily Eclipsed SRV and was outstanding in a time of Great guitarists. Some people take suggestions, others dig deeper! Peter used to play in Humble pie before he got Popular. Cream of British Guitar Players like Jeff Beck!
As people have commented Frampton Comes Alive exploded onto the scene. I was around already and it was HUGE! You would have to be there to understand how huge this album was. Along with Fleetwood Mac’s album Rumors. Nothing compares today to the onslaught of popularity and air play these two albums received. Great time to be alive.
The Talk Box was originally pioneered by Jazz musician Alvino Rey in the 40's then Pete Drake and his talking Steel guitar came a little later. The first commercial units were made by audio wizard Bob Heil for Joe Walsh to be used on Rocky Mountian Way and for Peter that inspired this song.
Saw a video of Pete Drake using the talk box. I know it wasn't intended to be but it was a funny weird video. ( gave me an acid flashback ) just kiddin.
Definitely do more Frampton, and I think the Edgar Winters Band "Frankenstein" is a perfect complement to Frampton. Both have insanely genius musicians. No lyrics even needed!
Definitely Frankenstein!!!
I wore that album and tape out back in the day. Frampton Comes Alive. Genius.
one of thee most iconic songs from the 70's!
Saw him play at Interlochen in 2019. He played like he always has, phenomenal. “Feel Like I Do” went over 17 minutes and I recorded every second.
You had to be there in the 70’s to comprehend just how big this song and entire album was!
Randy Andrews……I was a kid when this song came out. It’s was so freaking huge!!! Radio stations played this constantly. Every teenager had this album. Still amazing to this day. A true classic that never gets old.
Peter Frampton is still going strong in his senior years too. He was one of a kind in the 70s and Frampton Comes Alive! is considered one of the all time great live albums ever.
i heard this on the radio as a kid with my dad and he turned it up loud and told me peter was making the guitar talk. my little mind was absolutely blown.
Frampton Comes Alive! (1976), which spawned several hit singles and has earned 8× Platinum by the RIAA in the United States.
As other have said, "Frampton Comes Alive" was a huge album, and Peter Frampton was a highly respected guitarist, playing with the greatest musicians of his day. This is him stretching the boundaries of what can be done with a guitar. No autotune. No highly choreographed dance routines. Just talent.
What a contrast in reactions. Lex just grooves and gets it. Brad, well, it's another story... confusion.
This one kind of blew us away when it was released. The albums was recorded live and there are some really good songs on it. Nice Reaction, you two are Great!
Why Frampton rarely comes up in the all time great guitar players discussion is beyond me. He’s up there with anyone.
Lex, you're adorable. Brad, you're lucky. Love both you guys.
“The “talk box” is a unique effect that allows you to modify an audio signal - most commonly a guitar sound - using the player’s mouth as a filter to shape the sound. The talk box itself consists of a box, in which a speaker (often a compression driver) feeds into a plastic tube. The speaker connects to the speaker output on the instrument (guitar) amplifier, and reproduces the audio signal from the instrument.”
Frampton Comes Live is one of the best Live albums ever! Sold 8 million in the day. It was lot then. All songs musical perfection. What a Guitar Wizard!! Bring back 1977!! Love Brad and Lex hearing classic 🎸 and comments. 😎
One of theost underrated guitar players in history. Truly a musical genius and such a smooth player. His playing looks so effortless but it's far from it. Glad you guys enjoyed this timeless performance. Love the content!
I was 7 years old, so I missed this. But eventually I got it. The 70's were a really strange decade.
Your grand parents were jammin, the 60”s and 70’s produced some of the greatest artist that you young people are listening too. He as playing a voice box and guitar at the same time.
The 'talk box' brings the sound from the guitar up the tube, into the mouth where it can be shaped and the singers mic broadcasts it out through the speakers. It's a really cool way to alter the sound of an electric guitar. I have also seen it used on a keyboard. It's vastly different than auto-tune which I think exists to help singers that can't sing to make money. Peter Frampton (the dude) is an excellent guitarist.
Great explanation; AT helps the talent challenged performers earn a living. Yes!👍🏽
And a good singer, too. He has a great ear and amazing instincts for how to entertain an audience using his talents.
Excellent explanation. Saved my finger some strain. 😉 Not sure why I never saw it before, but all his faces while soloing had to be warming up. I play guitar, and there's something real about the faces that people make on stage while playing. But this is another level where you have to be in sync with your notes to do it successfully. You could solo with your mouth all over the place, and it will sound cool, but forming words with the guitar is another level.