I saw Peter Frampton in concert in the summer of 1975. He was a showman, all about connecting with his audience. No auto tune yet. The talk box set the crowd on fire. One of the most electrifying, engaging concerts I've ever been to. He was only 25 years old at the time - full of talent!
There was no Autotune in 1975. In fact, Autotune or other pitch correction technology for vocals did not even exist until 1996 or thereabouts, 20 years later. Until then, your vocals were entirely your own, unless you used an effect pedal. Even back then, the effect would only change the sound of your vocals. It would not correct your pitch. Peter was using a new little gadget called a 'Talkbox,' which was used as a novel effect for vocals and guitars back in the 70s.
We took so much of the great music of the seventies for granted. So many great bands and performers that it just seemed like the natural state of things.
Comes Alive was my first concert ever. Years later I saw him at a small venue, and it was absolutely the most fun I ever had at a concert. Great entertainer!
I had the biggest crush on Peter Frampton during my teen years. I still love his music. He was an amazing artist. A trailblazer on the guitar talk box. What an icon. ❤❤❤ #peterframpton
He was the first to really make the talk box popular or well known in the music world. I love how he used it. I'm glad you did this song. I just recently recommended it to someone, but I can't remember who it was. Maybe you...?😂❤ The best live version of this song is on the "Frampton Comes Alive" album. It's a live album.
If you like this song even a little you owe it to yourself to listen to the official version of it off the album. While you listen imagine hearing this song in a world that was just figuring out that a guitar could be used as something more than a background accompaniment instrument. There were some good guitar players coming on but most bands just used a guitar as an accent and to keep the beat.
If you only knew how many nights I would be going home from a date and would be listening to this song on my ""Framton Comes Alive" 8track in my '69 GTO. I would arrive at home and sit in the car in our driveway and listen to this song to the very end. Wore out two of those "FCA" 8tracks. I would not trade starting my teen years in '70 for any other era for five extra years of life !!!
Peter Frampton had a unique problem. While lots of people were coming to see his concerts, few people were lining up, to buy his albums. So what to do? Finally, the obvious dawned on Frampton. “I need to do a live album!” He released Frampton Comes Alive. It was a Godzilla success. And the world was never the same.
Just saw Peter live in July at Hard Rock Atlantic City. He and his band were just phenomenal, and "Do You Feel..." had everyone on their feet and rocking. What a tremendously gifted musician.
No, no, my man, The Midnight Special was a Friday night late show, on at, you guessed it, midnite. Starring Wolfman Jack and various co-host musicians. All the hottest music was experienced in a more live-type format. This show was about as close to cool as a TV network ever got. Auto tune? The Talk Box was decades before any sort of auto tune. Thats probably the J. Geils Band.
I would concur about you needing to check out the Frampton Comes Alive version. It has so much of a crowd connection that is ultra-energy! Maybe listen to it on your own, sometime, and compare. It's also why the album was so huge. But there's no video of the performance, unfortunately.
“The Midnight Special” was a weekly music and standup comedy show that aired on Friday nights after “The Tonight Show (Starring Johnny Carson)” on late night on NBC. The show was a 90-minute program, and some affiliates in smaller cities did not carry the show because they had to sign off early to cool down their antiquated transmission towers after a full day of broadcasting. “The Midnight Special” aired on NBC from 1973 to 1981, and featured the best music artists and groups of the time period.
Peter Frampton is one of the most versatile artists of any genre he is truly a professor of music ! His footprints are far and wide in multiple genre's! ❤🎶
Frampton is using a "talk box" on this song. This Midnight Special version is shorter than the classic version everyone knows from Frampton Comes Alive. It was shorter due to time restrictions for tv. Another good song with talk box is The James Gang song "Rocky Mountain Way". Joe Walsh is the singer & guitarist on that song. Check that out you'll dig it.
Music is basically a conversation, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards all having a conversation with each other. The drums hold the rhythm of the conversation. All used to make you feel the music of said conversation. The lyrics are obvious of course. 😊😊
I grew up in this music era and attended a few of Frampton concerts. Looking at this now I can't believe how young Peter Frampton looks to me now being well into retirement age. This live album was really popular at parties , at the beach and bars in 1975, it was heard everywhere.
Just saw him again in concert this past july still killing it he has to use a cane and needs to sit to play due to a disease he has now that effects his movement. but he still kicks ass live
My younger teen sister had such a huge crush on Peter Frampton, laugh. She had that Frampton Comes Alive album on eight-track and played it constantly. Saw him in concert once and it was really good. It turns out I am acquaintances with his bass player Stan Sheldon, who lived in my hometown for a while but has since moved I think to Kansas City. He was a regionally highly sought-after bass guitar instructor and a really nice guy, and I've jammed with him once at a benefit blues jam that was really popular at the time. If we saw each other in the grocery store we would stop and talk and so forth. And he played live with various bands that would come through. Another band my sister would be heavily into just one year later and as an ultra classic in the rock music world, is Nazareth doing Hair of the Dog, the title track of the album, where he also uses a talkbox to great effect. They had another huge hit off the same album with their incredible take on the Everly Brothers hit Love Hurts. It's one of the great Rock ballad performances I think. It was on the radio constantly and it's just so intense.
That is not an Autotune machine. That is his guitar attached to a tiny speaker in his mouth. And he then used his mouth to shape the guitar notes, to make words and other things. Yes! His guitar is talking! And it is 1975! The pocket calculator had not been invented yet! This is the first time the world heard anything remotely like this.
Saw Peter Frampton open for KISS with Cheap Trick at the Fabulous Forum in the 70’s. One of the best selling albums of all time is Frampton Comes Alive. He was & is still amazing! Plus he’s very cute!! The Midnight Special was a show that featured popular artists at midnight on Friday nights .. never missed a show!! Every Rock Legend appeared on this show!!
The Talk Box sends the sound of the guitar, through the tube next to his microphone, into his mouth. The microphone picks up that sound reverberating back out of his mouth. Then he shapes his mouth to make it sound like he's singing, but he's not using his own voice AT ALL. 👍🏽😁
The Midnight Special was on every Friday evening for about nine years. It usually had several acts each evening. I saw a lot of these shows but somehow I missed this one. The album "Frampton Live" sold millions of copies. It's one of the best selling live albums of all time. Peter is using a " Talk Box". He wasn't the first to use one.... but this is one of the best examples of it.
When I was 6 years old in 1976, I was very young, but I also was old enough to know great music. This was a Huge album in our house (Frampton Live) , and I still have the album to this day.
The Talkbox was relatively simple. It fed the sound of his guitar to the tube in his mouth. He only had to use his mouth to "shape" the words and wah-wah effect. The tone of what you heard is what he was playing on the guitar. Joe Walsh also used one occasionally.
When you watch Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1977 rendition of Free Bird at Oakland Stadium , you’ll notice the overwhelming numbers of young girls . They were there to see Peter Frampton who was also playing that venue. You could have watched this song being played that day as well as this one .
The comparison to Jimmy Page in appearance is spot on. I saw this Midnight Special live in 1975 and hundreds of times since and I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing that out. His effect ...Well, to those of us who bought one after seeing Frampton use it in 1975, it was called a Voice Box.
The album that everyone had at that time. The Midnight Special was a weekly live entertainment show. I’m 73 and my sister had this album and I watched this show.
the longer version from frampton comes alive has a killer electric piano solo by bob mayo. they couldn't fit that in on midnight special due to time constraints.
The Midnight Special was a music show that used to come on Friday night's at midnight back in the seventies. They had the most current musical acts hosted by the great disc jockey Wolfman Jack.
It’s been said Frampton is one of the great guitarists. I got to see him in concert in ‘76 or ‘77. One word; AMAZING! Arena rock describes the venues played because those were the only venues that could hold the number of fans. I saw him in a now gone venue where the Denver Nuggets used to play.
Peter Frampton 😍. He was plastered all over my walls as a teenager. I talked my mom into letting my older cousin take me to his concert when I was like 13. Saw him again like 30 yrs later and he sounded & looked just as good (sadly, the hair is gone).
Great performance from "The Midnight Special". Peter Frampton is an English rock musician, singer, songwriter & producer. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie & The Herd. I had his famous 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive". His biggest hits are "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way," "Do You Feel Like We Do" & "I'm In You". He was famous for using a talk box in live performances.
Nooo Auto-Tune. Wasn't invented yet and for a long time. That is a Talkbox. Keyboard and backing vocals is Bob Mayo ( RIP - Recently) I saw in 76 and 77 in SoCal and what a fun Concert! Saw him at the Forum and at Anaheim Stadium.
Midnight Special was notorious for bad sound quality, because everything was live and it was way before the technology we have today. There wasn’t a household with teenagers that didn’t have a copy of this. 😁💖. p.s. - he was great friends with David Bowie in school. Peter’s dad was an art teacher and the boys would keep their instruments in his office so they could play at lunchtime.
Talk boxes were experimental at that time. If you weren't careful, you could get zapped by becoming the ground circuit between the guitar and the mic. Frampton was one brave S.O.B., but if it wasn't for his mastery of the device, music in the late 70s wouldn't have felt the same.
As far as guitar effects go, the "talk box" is about as analogue as you can get. I made one out of stuff I just have lying around my house. Only took a bit over an hour to put together. Here is how you make one: STEP ONE: Get an enclosure. This is a fancy word for a box or something like a box. I used a plunger, and it worked. The better the materials you use (like an actual box) the better your results. STEP TWO: Get a speaker and wire a 1/4" female jack to it. Look, this effect is pretty much guitar player orientated, so if you're just beginning playing you may not have this stuff, but after a year or so you will. STEP THREE: Secure speaker in the enclosure (that's fucking step one). STEP FOUR: Get a hose with a 1/4 inch diameter or there about. Like you can use a garden hose, but don't. Please use a medical/science one. Make a hole in the box (fucking again Step One) for the hose, and , d'uh, insert and secure the hose. STEP FIVE: This one is pretty complicated. Run a cable from your amp (guitarists know all about how their amps put out) to the "talk box" (the thing you just made). Stick the hose in your mouth and play!!! I know you've only seen people do it with a microphone, but you really don't need that to hear what you're going to sound like. A microphone makes this louder, again for guitarists, microphones are the things that make the sounds coming from your mouth louder. STEP SIX: Manipulate the sounds and tones that are coming out of your mouth, you know, much like speaking, or talking. I honestly don't expect any working guitarist to even look at this. They're too busy either practicing or gigging. fucking god bless you motherfuckers.
Dang, what a song…this is a good version but the “Frampton Comes Alive” version is so much better. Frampton used the talkbox better than anyone else in such unique ways. You get a chance to, check out the concert, it’s amazing…probably one of the top 5 live albums ever.
Midnight special, Don Kirschners Rock concert.American Bandstand,Soul Train please have all kinds of good music shows on Friday night Saturday night Sunday those were the days
He's using a talk box, it takes what he plays on the guitar and passes it through the hose (yes it's just a hose) into his mouth, where it bounces around and mixes with what he's saying and back into the mic, takes some skill not to sound like a mess.
I try not to think in genres. Most of the artists of the 60’s and 70’s had varied influences and were more free to explore lots of musical styles over their careers. I’ve always thought of genres as an industry scam to pidgeonhole fans and artists into tiny little boxes. Just enjoy the music!
The Frampton Comes Alive album was totally Ubiquitous in 75-76. Couldn't go to a college party without it. So much so that I got burned out on it and would switch stations when it would come on. Not to say that it isn't brilliant, but for my taste, it suffered from over-exposure. It's been long enough now that I'm enjoying it.
There wasn't a girl in the U.S. that didn't have at least one Frampton poster on her bedroom wall .. This is a good version .. The one from #Frampton Comes Alive Double LIVE album is much better.
Did anyone tell you about Lindsey Buckingham? I've been recommending him alot. One song that I love is "Go Insane". The best live version I've seen is uploaded by Lindsey Buckingham Gems.
His album "Frampton Comes Alive" is a live album, and it is the best version of this song, IMO😊. You should listen to it, also.❤ Love the reaction. Thank you ❤
Great!! reaction!! :) He jams! ♥ “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Frampton came alive, and NEVER DIED. 💯😎
I saw Peter Frampton in concert in the summer of 1975. He was a showman, all about connecting with his audience. No auto tune yet. The talk box set the crowd on fire. One of the most electrifying, engaging concerts I've ever been to. He was only 25 years old at the time - full of talent!
Frampton is on his final tour due to health issues saw him doing his thing a week ago from a chair and he played & sounded freaking awesome
So Badass!! If people can't like or appreciate it, you have to respect it!!!!!
There was no Autotune in 1975. In fact, Autotune or other pitch correction technology for vocals did not even exist until 1996 or thereabouts, 20 years later. Until then, your vocals were entirely your own, unless you used an effect pedal. Even back then, the effect would only change the sound of your vocals. It would not correct your pitch. Peter was using a new little gadget called a 'Talkbox,' which was used as a novel effect for vocals and guitars back in the 70s.
And devastatingly handsome 🌹💃🌹
Every time I hear “devastatingly handsome” I think of Ferris Bueller 🤭🤭🤭🤭
@@alohakittymon yes. But Mr Frampton is much better looking 😉👍
Frampton comes alive was a MONSTER album.
The Monster of albums, it played on FM and AM radio all day and all night.
It's called a Talk Box!! Love it!! Frampton was fantastic in concert!! Saw him with The Steve Miller Band!! Killer concert!!!🎵🎼🎶🥁🎸🎹🎤🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘
what a great Mix !! 👌👌
Basically his head becomes the amp for his guitar.
@@arkgent8390 excellent description!!🎶🎼🎵🤘🤘🤘
We took so much of the great music of the seventies for granted. So many great bands and performers that it just seemed like the natural state of things.
Exactly 👍
Everyone in high school (& beyond) came home with Peter Frampton Comes ALive album & every girl was in love with him lol
Some of the guys as well, tbh
This never gets old!!
Comes Alive was my first concert ever. Years later I saw him at a small venue, and it was absolutely the most fun I ever had at a concert. Great entertainer!
I had the biggest crush on Peter Frampton during my teen years. I still love his music. He was an amazing artist. A trailblazer on the guitar talk box. What an icon. ❤❤❤ #peterframpton
A talk box is the opposite of auto tune. His guitar playing is tuning his voice through the guitar
He was the first to really make the talk box popular or well known in the music world. I love how he used it. I'm glad you did this song. I just recently recommended it to someone, but I can't remember who it was. Maybe you...?😂❤ The best live version of this song is on the "Frampton Comes Alive" album. It's a live album.
If you like this song even a little you owe it to yourself to listen to the official version of it off the album. While you listen imagine hearing this song in a world that was just figuring out that a guitar could be used as something more than a background accompaniment instrument. There were some good guitar players coming on but most bands just used a guitar as an accent and to keep the beat.
Joe Walsh used the Talk Box before Frampton. Check out Rocky Mountain Way, proof positive.
@@wheater59 George Benson was a talk box master as well ! Joe walsh was the OG .
If you only knew how many nights I would be going home from a date and would be listening to this song on my ""Framton Comes Alive" 8track in my '69 GTO. I would arrive at home and sit in the car in our driveway and listen to this song to the very end. Wore out two of those "FCA" 8tracks. I would not trade starting my teen years in '70 for any other era for five extra years of life !!!
He was also one of the most underrated guitarist. Played the drums. Was a maestro on the talk box.
@@lauriekittle9459 Maybe not by his fans but by rolling stones magazine and other venues do not put him as high on the list as he belongs.
They both precious
Peter Frampton had a unique problem. While lots of people were coming to see his concerts, few people were lining up, to buy his albums. So what to do?
Finally, the obvious dawned on Frampton. “I need to do a live album!”
He released Frampton Comes Alive. It was a Godzilla success. And the world was never the same.
Just saw Peter live in July at Hard Rock Atlantic City. He and his band were just phenomenal, and "Do You Feel..." had everyone on their feet and rocking. What a tremendously gifted musician.
Peter is a guitar prodigy (leading a band at 14) and boyhood friend of David Bowie.
I saw him with Bowie in 1987.
The best guitarist I've seen live.
No, no, my man, The Midnight Special was a Friday night late show, on at, you guessed it, midnite. Starring Wolfman Jack and various co-host musicians. All the hottest music was experienced in a more live-type format. This show was about as close to cool as a TV network ever got. Auto tune? The Talk Box was decades before any sort of auto tune. Thats probably the J. Geils Band.
I would concur about you needing to check out the Frampton Comes Alive version. It has so much of a crowd connection that is ultra-energy! Maybe listen to it on your own, sometime, and compare. It's also why the album was so huge. But there's no video of the performance, unfortunately.
That was the instrument Frampton really excelled at playing: the crowd.
Talk box connected to the guitar. He later created his own branded version called a Framptone.
“The Midnight Special” was a weekly music and standup comedy show that aired on Friday nights after “The Tonight Show (Starring Johnny Carson)” on late night on NBC. The show was a 90-minute program, and some affiliates in smaller cities did not carry the show because they had to sign off early to cool down their antiquated transmission towers after a full day of broadcasting.
“The Midnight Special” aired on NBC from 1973 to 1981, and featured the best music artists and groups of the time period.
Peter Frampton is one of the most versatile artists of any genre he is truly a professor of music ! His footprints are far and wide in multiple genre's! ❤🎶
Frampton is using a "talk box" on this song. This Midnight Special version is shorter than the classic version everyone knows from Frampton Comes Alive. It was shorter due to time restrictions for tv. Another good song with talk box is The James Gang song "Rocky Mountain Way". Joe Walsh is the singer & guitarist on that song. Check that out you'll dig it.
Music is basically a conversation, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards all having a conversation with each other. The drums hold the rhythm of the conversation. All used to make you feel the music of said conversation. The lyrics are obvious of course. 😊😊
I grew up in this music era and attended a few of Frampton concerts. Looking at this now I can't believe how young Peter Frampton looks to me now being well into retirement age. This live album was really popular at parties , at the beach and bars in 1975, it was heard everywhere.
Just saw him again in concert this past july still killing it he has to use a cane and needs to sit to play due to a disease he has now that effects his movement. but he still kicks ass live
My younger teen sister had such a huge crush on Peter Frampton, laugh. She had that Frampton Comes Alive album on eight-track and played it constantly. Saw him in concert once and it was really good.
It turns out I am acquaintances with his bass player Stan Sheldon, who lived in my hometown for a while but has since moved I think to Kansas City. He was a regionally highly sought-after bass guitar instructor and a really nice guy, and I've jammed with him once at a benefit blues jam that was really popular at the time. If we saw each other in the grocery store we would stop and talk and so forth. And he played live with various bands that would come through.
Another band my sister would be heavily into just one year later and as an ultra classic in the rock music world, is Nazareth doing Hair of the Dog, the title track of the album, where he also uses a talkbox to great effect. They had another huge hit off the same album with their incredible take on the Everly Brothers hit Love Hurts. It's one of the great Rock ballad performances I think. It was on the radio constantly and it's just so intense.
That is not an Autotune machine.
That is his guitar attached to a tiny speaker in his mouth. And he then used his mouth to shape the guitar notes, to make words and other things.
Yes! His guitar is talking! And it is 1975!
The pocket calculator had not been invented yet!
This is the first time the world heard anything remotely like this.
I had a white calculator, with green numbers in 1973. It was a birthday gift, and of course figured out to write words upside down.
Frampton comes Alive albumis also awesome.i grew up with this live.
Just dance man.
He does a real mean cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Worth a listen.
I was a kid when this came out about 10 by brother was ~19 and did he play this album…. A LOT!
The music of my youth, love it.
Saw Peter Frampton open for KISS with Cheap Trick at the Fabulous Forum in the 70’s. One of the best selling albums of all time is Frampton Comes Alive. He was & is still amazing! Plus he’s very cute!! The Midnight Special was a show that featured popular artists at midnight on Friday nights .. never missed a show!! Every Rock Legend appeared on this show!!
I watched your expressions!! Same as I had the first time I heard and watched it!!!
"Buck Mann...Buck Mann on the keyboards"
Bob Mayo
WHEN HE WENT TO THE TALK BOX, I LOOKED AT YOU AND CRACKED UP!!!😆😆😆!!! YOU HAD THAT LOOK LIKE HERE WE GO!!
The Talk Box sends the sound of the guitar, through the tube next to his microphone, into his mouth. The microphone picks up that sound reverberating back out of his mouth. Then he shapes his mouth to make it sound like he's singing, but he's not using his own voice AT ALL. 👍🏽😁
The Midnight Special was on every Friday evening for about nine years. It usually had several acts each evening. I saw a lot of these shows but somehow I missed this one. The album "Frampton Live" sold millions of copies. It's one of the best selling live albums of all time. Peter is using a " Talk Box". He wasn't the first to use one.... but this is one of the best examples of it.
Classic song❤
When I was 6 years old in 1976, I was very young, but I also was old enough to know great music. This was a Huge album in our house (Frampton Live) , and I still have the album to this day.
The Talkbox was relatively simple. It fed the sound of his guitar to the tube in his mouth. He only had to use his mouth to "shape" the words and wah-wah effect. The tone of what you heard is what he was playing on the guitar. Joe Walsh also used one occasionally.
When you watch Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1977 rendition of Free Bird at Oakland Stadium , you’ll notice the overwhelming numbers of young girls . They were there to see Peter Frampton who was also playing that venue. You could have watched this song being played that day as well as this one .
The comparison to Jimmy Page in appearance is spot on. I saw this Midnight Special live in 1975 and hundreds of times since and I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing that out. His effect ...Well, to those of us who bought one after seeing Frampton use it in 1975, it was called a Voice Box.
The album that everyone had at that time. The Midnight Special was a weekly live entertainment show. I’m 73 and my sister had this album and I watched this show.
He has his own style
the longer version from frampton comes alive has a killer electric piano solo by bob mayo. they couldn't fit that in on midnight special due to time constraints.
The Midnight Special was a music show that used to come on Friday night's at midnight back in the seventies. They had the most current musical acts hosted by the great disc jockey Wolfman Jack.
It's a music show live artist. Midnight special
The king of the Talk Box.
You have to do the live version.
No one's pointing out that the talk box is hooked to the guitar. He is shaping the guitar sound with his voice as he plays.
Peter s so passionate
It’s been said Frampton is one of the great guitarists. I got to see him in concert in ‘76 or ‘77. One word; AMAZING! Arena rock describes the venues played because those were the only venues that could hold the number of fans. I saw him in a now gone venue where the Denver Nuggets used to play.
Yes 🙌 indeed
First album I bought in 76. Great album.
Exactly 👍 u right
Peter Frampton 😍. He was plastered all over my walls as a teenager. I talked my mom into letting my older cousin take me to his concert when I was like 13. Saw him again like 30 yrs later and he sounded & looked just as good (sadly, the hair is gone).
Peter comes ALIVE
He’s still a fox 🥰
I’m 64 ❤
@@Arandomperson_online it’s ridiculous, really, how good he looks. 😍
Great performance from "The Midnight Special". Peter Frampton is an English rock musician, singer, songwriter & producer. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie & The Herd. I had his famous 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive". His biggest hits are "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way," "Do You Feel Like We Do" & "I'm In You". He was famous for using a talk box in live performances.
He's awesome in concert! I'm in You is one of my favorites and Baby I love your way! ❤
J. Geils Band is pronounced J with a hard G on the last name. "Centerfold" is a great song by them. "Freeze Frame" was also a great song by them.
Thank you. I was too lazy to type that myself!
Nooo Auto-Tune. Wasn't invented yet and for a long time. That is a Talkbox. Keyboard and backing vocals is Bob Mayo ( RIP - Recently) I saw in 76 and 77 in SoCal and what a fun Concert! Saw him at the Forum and at Anaheim Stadium.
You have to listen to the live version on his live album Frampton Comes Alive
U so right
DUDE you really need to check out "Black Coffee" by Humble Pie a band Frampton played in
It's a talk box in his mouth coinciding with the guitar
There is no fucking autotune in this masterpiece
Even voiceing the Cords
He’s a mixture
The live concert version of this is also great. I think it was in the Bay Area.
You're reactions are excellent.
Midnight Special was notorious for bad sound quality, because everything was live and it was way before the technology we have today. There wasn’t a household with teenagers that didn’t have a copy of this. 😁💖. p.s. - he was great friends with David Bowie in school. Peter’s dad was an art teacher and the boys would keep their instruments in his office so they could play at lunchtime.
Talk boxes were experimental at that time. If you weren't careful, you could get zapped by becoming the ground circuit between the guitar and the mic.
Frampton was one brave S.O.B., but if it wasn't for his mastery of the device, music in the late 70s wouldn't have felt the same.
I like baby I love your way.
Amazing!
As far as guitar effects go, the "talk box" is about as analogue as you can get. I made one out of stuff I just have lying around my house. Only took a bit over an hour to put together. Here is how you make one:
STEP ONE: Get an enclosure. This is a fancy word for a box or something like a box. I used a plunger, and it worked. The better the materials you use (like an actual box) the better your results.
STEP TWO: Get a speaker and wire a 1/4" female jack to it. Look, this effect is pretty much guitar player orientated, so if you're just beginning playing you may not have this stuff, but after a year or so you will.
STEP THREE: Secure speaker in the enclosure (that's fucking step one).
STEP FOUR: Get a hose with a 1/4 inch diameter or there about. Like you can use a garden hose, but don't. Please use a medical/science one. Make a hole in the box (fucking again Step One) for the hose, and , d'uh, insert and secure the hose.
STEP FIVE: This one is pretty complicated. Run a cable from your amp (guitarists know all about how their amps put out) to the "talk box" (the thing you just made). Stick the hose in your mouth and play!!! I know you've only seen people do it with a microphone, but you really don't need that to hear what you're going to sound like. A microphone makes this louder, again for guitarists, microphones are the things that make the sounds coming from your mouth louder.
STEP SIX: Manipulate the sounds and tones that are coming out of your mouth, you know, much like speaking, or talking.
I honestly don't expect any working guitarist to even look at this. They're too busy either practicing or gigging. fucking god bless you motherfuckers.
Another great song that uses the Talk Box is Joe Walsh-Rocky Mountain Way…. U should check it out!
SUGGESTION: ELO's (Electric Light Orchestra) Sweet Talkin Woman or Turn to Stone.
That Gibson Les Paul is singing
Dang, what a song…this is a good version but the “Frampton Comes Alive” version is so much better. Frampton used the talkbox better than anyone else in such unique ways. You get a chance to, check out the concert, it’s amazing…probably one of the top 5 live albums ever.
Talk box...this is 76 or 77... no autoTune for 3 decades!
Believe it or not, this is the "short live version". The long version is even better.
You should really check out the Frampton Comes Alive album version....it's more intricate
Bob Mayo on the Keyboards Bob Mayo
Midnight special, Don Kirschners Rock concert.American Bandstand,Soul Train please have all kinds of good music shows on Friday night Saturday night Sunday those were the days
Frampton comes alive concert is much better because of the energy of the audience.
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He's using a talk box, it takes what he plays on the guitar and passes it through the hose (yes it's just a hose) into his mouth, where it bounces around and mixes with what he's saying and back into the mic, takes some skill not to sound like a mess.
I try not to think in genres. Most of the artists of the 60’s and 70’s had varied influences and were more free to explore lots of musical styles over their careers. I’ve always thought of genres as an industry scam to pidgeonhole fans and artists into tiny little boxes. Just enjoy the music!
You reviewed the wrong live version.
Frampton comes alive version is leaps and bounds better!
The Frampton Comes Alive album was totally Ubiquitous in 75-76. Couldn't go to a college party without it. So much so that I got burned out on it and would switch stations when it would come on. Not to say that it isn't brilliant, but for my taste, it suffered from over-exposure. It's been long enough now that I'm enjoying it.
Dude on the left? He's the keyboard player 🤔🤷☮️.
There wasn't a girl in the U.S. that didn't have at least one Frampton poster on her bedroom wall .. This is a good version .. The one from #Frampton Comes Alive Double LIVE album is much better.
Guitar voice box! The tube goes in his mouth, but it has to be activated by playing the guitar! You don't just talk into it?
Did anyone tell you about Lindsey Buckingham? I've been recommending him alot. One song that I love is "Go Insane". The best live version I've seen is uploaded by Lindsey Buckingham Gems.
His album "Frampton Comes Alive" is a live album, and it is the best version of this song, IMO😊. You should listen to it, also.❤ Love the reaction. Thank you ❤
voice box...not autotune!
Who is the guy on the keyboard??
Great!! reaction!! :) He jams! ♥ “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13