Friday, January 28, 2011: Peter Frampton - I'll Give You Money (Live)

It's tough these days to really make people understand just how big Frampton Comes Alive was.

You just can't overestimate how impactful this album was, especially to people of a certain age.  This album was frickin' EVERYWHERE in 1976.

It also summarizes and encapsulates the 1970's in so many ways.

Which is both a good and bad thing.

If you want an introduction to the fuzzy, furry sound of 70's guitar, you could do worse that start here.  If you want to review very soft-focused lyrics about love and devotion in true 70's style, this would be high on your list of reading material.

And, as well, if you want a snapshot of everything that punk was about to challenge in a few years after it's release, which is probably the most telling things of all, then go to Styx, The Bee Gees,  and ELO first.  Then, yes, come here.

Which shouldn't take away from the fact that this is probably one of the best live albums ever released, and this track is about as cool as a Friday song gets.

Grab your PBR and the 8-track of Frampton Comes Alive, get into your Camaro, pick up your best girl and  burn rubber for the outskirts of town with this song cranked up.

Then, when you get to Lover's Lane, that parking spot overlooking the city, put on Baby I Love Your Way.

Frampton Comes Alive, indeed.