# Frampton Comes Alive: Did you own a copy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183 "2019-05-19T15:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/41 "2019-05-20T17:44:34Z")
No, never owned a copy. I think the first few records I bought as a tween/teen were Certified Gold, one of those “as seen on TV” collections, and Back in Black by AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/42 "2019-05-20T18:44:43Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > “Frampton Comes Alive”? Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of Tide. Ah. I see that came from Wayne’s World 2, which strangely enough I haven’t seen. The quote is true though. Mike Myers is Canadian and about my age. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/43 "2019-05-20T20:16:32Z")
I have owned it in several formats. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/44 "2019-05-20T20:27:49Z")
I didn’t need to… all my friends had it, and many of the tracks got played on the radio. As with Fleetwood Mac’s _Rumors_, it was a solid record with good musicianship on display and all that, but didn’t really grab me. I didn’t walk around with Frampton earworms, didn’t crave hearing the tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/45 "2019-05-20T21:12:35Z")
no and I also did not have the famous Farah Fawcett poster. But at my HS a guy did that poster in chalk on the board and it was pretty much an exact copy. Very talented artist. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/46 "2019-05-21T07:08:39Z")
Sure, I had it, but was dust as soon as I got my grubby paws on _I’m In You_. Still doesn’t quite measure up, though, to [Fiesta Comes Alive](https://www.google.com/search?q=fiesta+comes+alive&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8s6Ocg6ziAhWnHDQIHXbQD08Q_AUIDigB&biw=828&bih=702), chronicling the wholesome annual Gilman Street event. (That was '97 - I was lucky to be present at the '99 one) Splendid ditties abound, here, like Excruciating Terror’s [Addiction](https://youtu.be/kBesjOlPvj0?t=92) and Man Is the Bastard’s [Semen In the Eye Socket of Thomas Lenz](https://youtu.be/kBesjOlPvj0?t=1752). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/47 "2019-05-21T09:26:49Z")
I did not have a copy. There was really no need, as a cut from the album seemed to be on the radio every half-hour. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/48 "2019-05-21T11:08:53Z")
No; after the first listen or two i couldn’t stand his use of a talk box so never even considered buying a copy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/49 "2019-05-22T08:04:09Z")
It came out when I was a senior in high school, but I never owned a copy. For one thing, the radio stations played the songs from it so often Hell wouldn’t have them. I also thought it wasn’t that good. Over the years, as I’ve heard the songs again, I’ve come to the conclusion that some of them are truly classics, but I doubt I’ll ever own a copy. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/50 "2019-05-23T22:26:31Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I’m a little torn on how to answer this, because I haven’t ever owned a copy intentionally, but have had a copy or two for a few hours when I’ve inherited someone else’s record collection. Since it instantly goes into the pile of “Have heard it enough that I will never listen to it” and gets passed on, I decided that didn’t count, and answered “no”. Sort of this, I inherited my brothers DVD/CD collection so I have tons of stuff that isn’t to my personal taste. When I get the chance, I am going to sort out the stuff I want to keep and donate the rest to the base library in New London. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/51 "2019-05-23T23:03:10Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > No; after the first listen or two i couldn’t stand his use of a talk box so never even considered buying a copy. Yep, and like\*\* Lucas Jackson\*\* I’d already had my fill of Pete Frampton. I’d bought _Comes Alive_’s predecessor, _Winds of Change_, which was only okay (the title track and, uhh… “Plain Shame”?). The big radio hits just sounded dumb, and were made super dumb by the electronic gimmick. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/52 "2019-05-24T01:26:33Z")
My dad owned it, but I listened to it nearly every day during high school. I think I have “Do You Feel” memorized. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/53 "2019-05-24T05:44:43Z")
Though I agree with the OP that back in the 70’s it seemed like everyone had it, I didn’t. Still don’t. Never been much into him. Saw him in concert twice, but I go to a lot of concerts (at least 20 per year) and occasionally for an act I’m not completely crazy about. He does come to play and gives the audience their moneys worth, I’ll give him that wholeheartedly. I had to deal with him and his crew once in a LEO capacity. If being a dick were a crime he’d be on death row. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/54 "2019-05-26T02:50:22Z")
Loved it. Played it till the vinyl wore down a bit. Great moments, not just the hit songs. He’s a fuckin’ genius. ---
**Author:** ![Disposable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Disposable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disposable)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/55 "2019-10-31T08:22:51Z")
Leaffan is a racist little faggot cunt ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/56 "2019-10-31T08:26:08Z")
Ah yes. Deep cut, that one. Killer solo. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/57 "2019-10-31T16:57:32Z")
College nighttime routine - one hit on the pipe **Do You Feel** on headphones Head for bed ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/58 "2019-10-31T18:18:28Z")
I never had any of his albums, and he was too pop for a “cool” teen like me, but a date happened to take me to a Peter Frampton concert in 1977, when this album was everywhere. It was a good show, and the first rock concert I’d ever been to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183.md?page=2)