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briangriffin · 07-21-2012, 05:57 PM

I was watching an episode of "That 70s Show". If you don't know, it's a tv show that's set in the 70s. In this episode, a guitar signed by Peter Frampton is accidentally broken and later Steven Hyde, a rather rebellious 19-year-old refers to Frampton as "the talentless idiot that a million brainless teenage girls made a star".

I was taken aback, because I've listened to quite a bit of music and know my guitarists, and Peter Frampton is for me one of the very very best and most interesting (but then I also think that Eric Clapton is overrated).

I was wondering: is that how (some) male teens felt about Frampton in 1979? that he was something of a cute fraud good for clueless girls for whom posters are a big part of music?

On a side note, let me say that in any event a decade that has Peter freakin' Frampton as the mediocre musician that brainless girls adore is a hell of a decade...

BrianGriffin

07-21-2012, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
briangriffin Groupie Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 5	Peter Frampton's Reputation I was watching an episode of "That 70s Show". If you don't know, it's a tv show that's set in the 70s. In this episode, a guitar signed by Peter Frampton is accidentally broken and later Steven Hyde, a rather rebellious 19-year-old refers to Frampton as "the talentless idiot that a million brainless teenage girls made a star". I was taken aback, because I've listened to quite a bit of music and know my guitarists, and Peter Frampton is for me one of the very very best and most interesting (but then I also think that Eric Clapton is overrated). I was wondering: is that how (some) male teens felt about Frampton in 1979? that he was something of a cute fraud good for clueless girls for whom posters are a big part of music? On a side note, let me say that in any event a decade that has Peter freakin' Frampton as the mediocre musician that brainless girls adore is a hell of a decade... BrianGriffin