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"Do You Feel Like We Do" is a song by English guitarist, singer and songwriter Peter Frampton. It was originally released on his 1973 studio album Frampton's Camel. The song later became one of the highlights during his live performances in the following years, and it was one of the three hit singles released from his signature 1976 live album Frampton Comes Alive!. The live version was recorded on 14 June 1975 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, United States.[2] This live version is featured in Guitar Hero 5 and as downloadable content in Rock Band 3. The studio version of the song is available as downloadable content for Rocksmith 2014.
| "Do You Feel Like We Do" | ||||
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| Single by Peter Frampton | ||||
| from the album Frampton's Camel and Frampton Comes Alive! | ||||
| B-side | "Penny For Your Thoughts" | |||
| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 20 October 1973 (original studio version) | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 7:22 (single version) 14:15 (album version) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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| Producer(s) | Peter Frampton | |||
| Peter Frampton singles chronology | ||||
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Writing and recording
editThe song was written and composed during the early 1970s with members of Frampton's band, then called "Frampton's Camel." It was then released on Frampton's 1973 studio album Frampton's Camel. This version was shorter than the duration of the live version (approximately 14 minutes), with the studio recording totaling 6 minutes and 44 seconds, and it was not released as a single. The closing notes of the studio version features a guitar riff that has a strong resemblance to The Beatles's "Baby's in Black".
The song title is "Do You Feel Like We Do," although the lyrics read, "Do you feel like I do?" Only after Bob Mayo's electric piano solo in the Frampton Comes Alive! version does Frampton sing, "Do you feel like we do?", but sings "Do you feel like I do?" through the talk box in the midst of his extended guitar solo.
After the lack of success of his band, Frampton performed under his own name and began touring the United States extensively for the next two years, supporting acts such as The J. Geils Band and ZZ Top, as well as performing his own shows at smaller venues. As a result, he developed a strong live following while his albums sold moderately and his singles failed to chart.
"Do You Feel Like We Do" became the closing number of his set and one of the highlights of his show. His concert version was considerably longer, with the version recorded on Frampton Comes Alive! alone exceeding 14 minutes, 4 of which are spent in the rock intro, 4 in the loud rock subito fortissimo outro, and 6 in the long, quiet bridge, featuring several instrumental solos utilizing Bob Mayo's electric piano and Frampton's guitar and talk box skills. Most famously of these were the aforementioned talk box solos, which were performed using an effects pedal that redirects a guitar's sound through a tube coming from the performer's mouth, allowing the guitar to mimic human speech, similarly to a vocoder. Inspiration for the talk box came from Frampton listening to the call letters of Radio Luxembourg. Following the success of the talk box solos, Frampton subsequently marketed such talk boxes under his own "Framptone" brand.
As a result of the strength of Frampton's live show, A&M Records decided to release a live album taped when Frampton performed at Winterland in San Francisco. The live version of "Do You Feel Like We Do", along with the bulk of what would ultimately be released as Frampton Comes Alive!, was captured during that performance.[2] Frampton Comes Alive! was originally going to be a single album until Jerry Moss asked, "Where's the rest?"[1]
Release as a single
edit"Do You Feel Like We Do" was released as the third single from Frampton Comes Alive! in September 1976. On September 8, U.S. President Gerald Ford invited him to stay at the White House as a result of the success of Frampton Comes Alive! It was edited down extensively for the 45 RPM single and promo single for pop radio stations, but this version was still seven minutes long. Many radio stations were known to edit the song down even further, to make it fit into the then-tightly-programmed AM radio formats. It reached number 10 on the US pop charts and number 39 in the UK, making it one of the longest songs to reach the US top 10.
Record World said that it "is the third single from the Frampton Comes Alive! LP and is shaping up as [Frampton's] biggest yet!"[3]
Other performances
editFrampton continues to play this song live to close his concerts, and he played the song in his solo spot while playing with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in 1997 and 1998 with a piano solo of Gary Brooker bass solo of Jack Bruce and the version length was about 19 minutes. The Simpsons episode "Homerpalooza" featured the song with the London Symphony Orchestra supporting Frampton.[2]
Frampton appeared in a 2009 Geico commercial (part of their series coupling an actual Geico customer with a celebrity), playing talk box guitar commentary with a woman describing her auto accident and Geico's help in getting a settlement. Frampton closed the commercial with an improv riff from the song.
Frampton plays the opening notes of the song for a 2012 TV commercial for the 2012 Buick Verano.
Chart history
editNotable covers
editA cover by Warren Haynes is included on the iTunes deluxe edition of Frampton Comes Alive!
American rock band Tesla covered the song for their 2007 album Real to Reel, Vol. 2. This album is the second part of the band's covers album Real to Reel.
References
edit- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Take the Money and Run: Pop". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ a b McDermott, John (1975). Frampton Comes Alive! (Media notes). p. 4.
Of all the performances committed to tape on that magical summer evening, none was realized in a more impressive fashion than 'Do You Feel Like We Do.'
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 2, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 11, 1976" (PDF).
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-03-13. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 20, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- "Peter Frampton" article in Contemporary Musicians, Volume 3. Gale Research, 1990. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005.
- ^ Moss, Jerry. cited in Classic Bands article on Peter Frampton
- ^ Crowe, Cameron (1976). "Do You Feel Like We Do" In Frampton Comes Alive! [CD liner notes]. Santa Monica: A&M Records.
- ^ Peter Frampton in "Homerpalooza" (episode of The Simpsons, originally aired May 19, 1996)
- ^ The live version of the song was used in 2009's Guitar Hero 5.