Lol. I know what you're thinking. On the live version, Frampton used a talkbox, a device hooked up to his guitar amp that allowed him to make distorted vocal sounds through a tube in his mouth. Other groups had success with the device around that time (Aerosmith used it on "
Sweet Emotion" the year before), but Frampton became most associated with it thanks to his talkbox solo on this song.
Frampton took it to a whole new level: every time he formed words, the crowd went nuts, especially when he sounded out
"I want to thank you," which came out sounding like "I want to f--k you."
Frampton Comes Alive, which shot Frampton to stardom and became the best-selling live album ever, at least until live albums by Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen and The Eagles surpassed it.