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Jumping Jack Flash
Peter Frampton Lyrics

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma' in the driving rain
But it's alright now, in fact it's a gas
But it's alright, jumpin' Jack Flash
Is a gas

I was schooled with a strap right across my back
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
But it's alright now, in fact it's a gas
But it's alright, jumpin' Jack Flash

Is a

I was drowned, I was beat up and left for dead
I looked down at my feet and I saw they bled
But it's alright now, in fact it's a gas
Alright, jumpin' Jack Flash
Jumpin' Jack Flash

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Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

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Comments from YouTube:

rwestonb

11y↑5

i prefer this version to the Rolling Stones...........brilliant!

wilson_1984

9y↑8

I like that he changed the structure of the song while keeping intact

anawanstamp

10y↑4

the original is what it is..great..but PF's cover is awesome..

mrearlygold

2y↑5

One of the best albums of all time by any group

LordofDublin4

2y↑1

Understatement !!! Still the best selling live album of ALL TIME ! Some 43 years later.

Edwin Bitsoe

3y↑8

1976........ one UNFORGETTABLE YEAR.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

B W

2y↑2

his take on this classic is amazin

sturoc0

9y↑8

If one really wants to hear true Frampton Tone ck out Humble Pie Rockin the Fillmore Live Lp. You will even hear the lick at 2:00 in this track , where he originated it from in the HP's "I Don't Need No Doctor " Its about 3,30 into it. Pretty much all of where Frampton's awesome leads and sound developed from this time period of the double live record. Let me tell you something they were loud crunchy and honest musicians. His screamin solo in Stone Cold Fever (live) says it all !

Gordon Landreth

16w

Wished like anything to have seen him with the original Humble Pie but I did see them both enough separately for a good time .

Livein Oregon

25w

Didn't hurt having Steve Marriott to play with did it?

Harry Peters

1y↑1

Peters contemporaries must have been having a fit, he raised the bar.

OLD SCHOOL

2y↑9

The LIVE ALBUM of LIVE ALBUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

victordelomas

10y↑1

Excellent, Peter thank you for been in Buenos Aires,Argentina September 2010. after 30 years. Please come back again..

alexander o

10y↑2

great player,great singer,great performer,total pro,very tasteful,nice guy,friends with all the greats,highly underestimated but not anymore.petes finally getting the credit he deserves. anybody remember when he covered while my guitar gently weeps???lying????this is a great version.doesn't sound like the same song.kinda funky.love it.thanx for the post.sorry bout the rambling but i believe what iv wrote.

bounce4christ

9y↑2

Love this song!!!

JustinTyme

10y↑3

@theachtungtree How about you respect both because Peter Frampton and The Rolling Stones are both fantastic...

Karlo Berkovich

1y↑1

great version loved it since it came out but always makes me laugh any time any band/artist covers a Stones' tune; you can predict the comments. Better than the Stones' version! Sorry, no. There's lots of great Stones' covers out there but none are as good as the originals I mean get serious, people. Same goes for Dylan tunes including, yes, All Along the Watchtower. Nobody even seems to know the original by Dylan, half the world thinks it's a Hendrix tune (and Hendrix worshipped Dylan). But the Dylan original is still better, if less known
. Listen to it sometime. All that said, it's all a matter of taste and to each their own.

Margaret Kilcoyne

9y↑2

Someone commented w/o his original band it's not the same. Face it, none of us are the same! I saw Frampton in 76 and I saw him last week, part of his 67 city 2011 Tour. He is still one of the best guitarists of all time and he surrounds himself with talented folks. Those youngsters can flat-out play too! Some things are timeless: PETER FRAMPTON!

Byron Twos

9y↑1

Hmmm 7 people don't know good music when they hear it.

roquefortfiles

2y↑1

John Siomos drumming in this song?? OMG. WOW!!

walendxweg

2y↑1

Un "" must """ (avec le johnny winter live and album 1971) Jumping jack flash💎

Verutschkow

1y↑1

Anyone heard the version by Thelma Houston ?

Andrew Stack

10y

@MrSlammeddown this is so badass it just sends shivers man!

Agnaldo Victorio

3y↑1

Isso é fantástico....Frampton para sempre e sempre!!!

Manoel Batista da Silva Silva

3y↑1

Meu primeiro disco duplo e ao vivo, primeiro show de rock (23/10/1980) no Ginsaio do Ibarupuera/SP, melhor disco ao vivo. Frampton Comes Alive para sempre. Atualmente tenho 4 cds e o Lp dulo deste.

David Gonzalez

Hell yes some Frampton Guitar Magic!!!awesome is coming to Indio Ca!

babytiger28

11y

this and johnny winter FTW!

green323turbo

Too bad the Stones didn't get Frampton in 1975 when Mick Taylor left. I think it would have been a perfect match for Taylors style.

litledevel15

11y

@Juergen6 Rolling Stones wrote this in '68

Edwin Bitsoe

4y↑2

Next to Leon Russell's version from the Concert for Bangladesh, this ROCKS!!!!!!!

roquefortfiles

2y↑1

I defy anyone to stay with John Siomos' drumming. Unbelievably difficult time signature. props to him. He's a master.

Edwin Bitsoe

4y↑2

Andrew Bieger Yes,If memory serves me correct,Mid Autumn 2016.... Still enjoy his music!!!!

Andrew Bieger

4y↑1

I used to really dig Leon's version of this, as I got the Bangledesh album (as in vinyl) as soon as it hit the shelves ('73?) It is too bad we lost him , what last year?
This version does kick ass. It is unfortunate that the only Frampton songs played on the radio are the worst ones, and songs I could do without EVER hearing again.

stefan persson

Thanks, like like

Manoel Batista da Silva Silva

4y↑2

Frampton comes alive foi o meu primeiro disco duplo al vivo em 1980 e amo-o até hoje. Melhor disco gravado ao vivo

valquiria blanco

Manoel Batista da Silva Silva Faço minhas as suas palavras tenho o LP até hoje a adoooro!

Tampa123

10y

@roquefortfiles Leslie cabinets is what gave Frampton that watery wavy sound. His solos all sound like works of art.

Chynysin Wiinā

2018 ???

Kelley Kennedy

14w

This track made the stones a lot of money! They were very happy he did it. Love this jazzy version .

ikonépa raoul

2y↑1

Cerre version est MAGNIFIQUE ! Mais MERCI aux Stones de l'avoir créé parce que grâce à eux, Peter Frampton a pu faire ça ! Merci à tous ....God bless you.

Michael Seubert

11y

is it a rolling stones cover or writen by peter frampton?

Colourful 999 Real

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

Jonesy2504

7y↑6

Well reading the comments below I wonder what ages the "againsts" are? Bought this album when it first came out and added it as a CD some considerable time later. Turned up very loud in the car it still is one of the best albums I think (only my personal observation!) and this the best version of the Stones track.

Hot August Nights

Well you should seen it live..it was freaking awesome.

Mike ace

Jonesy2504 I am so glad to live in the Renaissance of classic great music now it's all crap

Mike ace

Jonesy2504 I agree it's different

Anson Jones

Hello I'm Anson, what's up ?

Colourful 999 Real

KEEP CALM

Rodolfo Lescano Cameriere

Which stadium is? The 49 ers or Raiders in S F.?

folz208

9y↑2

Love it.....Frampton R&R at its best!!!! Long live 1976!

Yeben01

9y↑3

Most amazing artist ever. You can't argue with that.

Edwin Bitsoe

3y↑2

San Francisco,1976......... Only 10 years old,and my Eardrums took a LONG time to Recover. ........!!!!!!!!!

Pat Door

2y↑1

You mean you saw Him in concert in San Francisco Edwin?I was 16 years old and an older friend of mine was the one who introduced Me to Peter.He used to get mad at me because every time i went to His House i would ask Him to play Frampton Comes Alive.What do you think of the Guitar work at 6:00 in this song?

TAPOSIRUS MAGNA

OLD ALPINE SMOKIN A JOINT WHITE MG

Jre

That's how you're supposed to play that song Frampton rocks

LaRay82

6y↑9

"Nothing special"? There are some seriously daft comments below. This is about as inspired, fiery and soaring a version as you're ever going to get. Even Mick Jagger was a fan. He sang backing vocals on Frampton's next album, for crying out loud.

LaRay82

Lol! I need to try this.

lester smith

jumpin jack flash is a gas

marcello bottino

poverino il batterista che a metta' brano se ne cala di tempo cmq bel pezzo arrangiato bene

Juarez Borges

Não me canso de ouvir os 2min finais dessa musica !

Kevin S. Oshiro

5y↑1

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman (of the Rolling Stones' fame) had wrote this song...

Wake and Bake

3y↑1

Kevin Oshiro no shit sherlock

Sgt G

4y↑3

and Peter Frampton nails it

Richard Riley

4y↑1

Saw him and Yes with Gary Wright On Jun 13th 1976 at RFK stadium in Washington D.C. ROCKED THE HOUSE!

davidds1001

Saw this lineup at the Balboa Stadium In San Diego on 7/18/76. From the middle of the day into the evening. Yes/Gentle Giant/Gary Wright & Peter Frampton. What a show. Didn't know how lucky I was to see that lineup all together in one concert!

Sgt G

4y↑1

I saw him with the dream weaver also, at the Blasdell civic center Honolulu. great combination those two bands. The best show I ever saw. Most times the opening act is OK. or the main band is so eat up with inter band conflict to give a good show, or don't even show up, leaving the warm up band to be the best show of the night.

Mike Phalen

I never played this on the stereo at a volume less than 11.

roquefortfiles

This kicks ass loud.

Lioness Queen

27w↑2

What year was this release

Stoodio808

16w↑1

(☞^o^) ☞ first heard this album beginning of 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Great guitarist 🎸

Lioness Queen

25w↑1

Livein Oregon Thank you the info 👍

Livein Oregon

25w↑2

Recorded in 1975, released in 1976. The album was recorded in summer and fall 1975, primarily at Winterland in San Francisco and the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York, as well as a concert on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus in Plattsburgh, New York. The Winterland songs were recorded on a 24-track master recorder

Billy Jenks

10y↑1

I saw Peter last year after he lost all of his gear in the Nashville floods. It was weird, definately Frampton signature leads but the timbre was just not there. Plus, without Bob Mayo (and the other originals) it could never be the same no matter what.

roquefortfiles

52w

I totally get what you're saying. I am a crazy huge fan but he doesn't play his songs with the same balls out rock energy. He improvises all his solos he never plays them the same way twice. Which is both good and bad. Sometimes i feel he drags out the energy too much and loses the POWER of the song. Like on DYFLWD he now plays Jazz leads instead of flat out ROCK leads the whole song loses much of its energy that we have come to love about it. I know he is a crazy Jazz fan but it just doesn't WORK on his rock songs. Watching his MSG final show it was WONDERFUL to see him play this song but he dragged out the ending so long that he nearly had to come BACK to simply end the song. He ended it and then he ended it again. I would kill to see him play the song EXACTLY as it was done of FCA. The EXACT same leads. But sometimes i watch him play it and during the first solo instead of that fabulous energy ramping UP in the song he is ramping it DOWN with a Jazz lead. I just GROAN!!!!!!!!!! I want to scream at the top of my lungs.. PLAY A FUCKING ROCK SOLO!!!!! Hit the TREBLE switch make like you own the joint like back in 76!! I know he has it in him but he doesn't let himself go there anymore. And his keyboard player is awful. He ain't no Bob Mayo. He might know how to play the instrument but he doesn't have the vibe.

Mike Carey

10y↑4

The Stones wrote it and Frampton fine tuned it. Hands down.

roquefortfiles

21w

Bob Mayo on the keyboards.. Bob.... Oh forget it. Wrong song.

SKOTP69

9y↑1

A totally inspired version, brilliant!!!

Andrew Stack

10y↑1

frampton did this song way better then the stones

Craig Meace

5y↑12

I really dig this version. I prefer it to the original Stones version, which is highly uncommon for me, typically I prefer the original version from any re-make of it. I was 11 when this album came out and my older brothers had it. I dug it then and I dig it now.

Alcides Duarte Falcao

Craig Meace Indeed, this cover is fantastic! I agree with you!

soldanovht noneofya

5y↑9

9 dislikes. The nine people in the world who didn't buy the album.

Hot August Nights

2y↑1

Didn't need to buy it, 10 of us were there live.
Freaking great time

dio666able

10y↑1

for me, the best version,great guitar player! the original by Rolling stones and Johnny Winter are also great.

Nav1 PI

3y↑3

Smoking a joint and drinking some whiskey at the drive in on a summer night in Florida and making out with a teen girl in the back seat. Frampton is jamming on the radio. well, shit, I suppose life can give you some moments

Tarn Arn

You know what? It's ok redo and it made me really appreciate the Stones version which I really love thanks to you Mr Frampton.

Lorrie Longoria

6y↑6

Why 8 people don't like this song is beyond me. I guess there are other genre's of music that people would prefer and that's ok. I'm digging this new Polka-Hip Hop, Heavy Metal Country, Acid easy listening and grunge muzak but not a big fan of Electronica Gregorian Chants and House and Techno Dirges. '76 was probably one of the greatest years of my life and everywhere you went one was bound to hear Frampton Comes Alive somewhere in the background.

Tracy Hennessy

Lorrie

Sandy Bailey

Hey dude! Never ever mad at you. I'm glad things are good. I check my email once in a blue moon. I don't have your phone number anymore, give me a shout and we can catch up.

Lorrie Longoria

I sent you an email about a month ago to let you know that things are now going well in my life and that the old Lorrie is back and you never responded. I thought maybe you were sore at me. I miss you too Sam. You are an awesome friend and an incredible person. People are better off for having you in their life.

Sandy Bailey

Where is my friend Lorrie? I miss him like crazy

LSA2013

10y

Let's see if I remember correctly there was ONLY ACOUSTIC GUITAR. The electric guitars actually ruin it and it's waaaaaaaaaaaay too slow

Hot August Nights

Ummm no

TheLittleE2000

10y

How do you spell rubbish?

19franken95

Dreadful: it is so bad is just funny. Drumming is an insult on Mr. Watts

roquefortfiles

@John Donnellan And you point is??? Calling John Siomos drumming in this song bad is just a flat out joke. This is Neil Peart kind of stuff. Charlie Watts is an UNBELIEVABLY BORING drummer. I've watched him in concert. He plays the exact same time signature on almost every song.. Boom boom thwak.. Boom boom twack.

John Donnellan

roquefortfiles and your point is.........talk is cheap ,let’s see if your big noting of yourself will see your name in lights.Charlies playing fits the songs it’s not an exercise of how many beats you can play it’s feel and timing and this makes songs great and Charlie played and made great many songs so your talk I hate to say dont mean nothing

roquefortfiles

@John Donnellan I can play this song on guitar start to finish.

roquefortfiles

Charlie Watts is an unbelievably boring drummer. He does EXACTLY the same beat on EVERY Song.. COmparing John Siomos to Charlie Watts is a FLAT OUT Insult. Buddy you do not know what good drumming is. The off beats in this song are huge. Charlie would not have a HOPE of following this.