I remember when I was a kid in the army at Ft Riley KS and we did some fun drugs and laughed and pointed around at each other out at Tuttle Creek (and drove around drinking all night!). The sound this made was a big deal to me. - It still is.
Expecting to Fly by Buffalo Springfield (c1967) used an orchestra, as probably many many others did. Anyway, this song by GFR is one of the greatest EVER. The critics can use a barbed-wire enema.
Great song, very original type of sound, much reminisant of this time , maybe I'm grabbi'n, but I don't think this kind of talent exsists anymore. I know Craige Frost today, and he is a truely genuine kind of guy, [ he was their keyboard player] , and I can tell you he is a very Good Man and approachable in every way. Worked for him for 1 + years, and I was treated like royalty by him & his wife, wonderful people! Thanks, Craige & Becky, Dennis
@daraseo this man broke this group to no cash at all very bad deal for Mark Mel and Don Craig is not cool not then not now, these three youg boys were very genuine and Craig was money hungry besides this is all in the press for all to read get your facts straight
Quiz itself and got a "D" for it-now it's the only thing I remember-an oxymoronic irony! "Heaven has Strange Ways of molding our Destiny!" Mayshe she alone can fill in the missing details!
I imagined him floating in a milk bowl of Rice Crispies!(maybe he dreamed of actually floating in Rice Crispies!) I have an old Newsweek photo of Blue Crab Casserole:all the roasted crab meat is sculpted as a Football even with the white lines and other details! To me Jake Anderson is the perfect embodiment of "ABLE BODIED SEAMAN" a phrase I remembered from my 6th Grade class Quiz given by my Homeroom Teacher Miss Judy Fortunato of Stark Elementary way back in 1970!I MISSED that phrase on the
Royal Crown Job- such shall implement his Bio-Rhythms latter! (End of Poem). P.S. Jake Anderson was from another ship and was Skipper Phil Harris's Deck Hand only for a limited time! Flavus means Yellow and is my nickname for Jake in this poem. The Blue King is God Almighty King of the entire Universe: On one of the Episodes of Deadliest Catch Jake almost drowned but was rescued in time-he also cut his wrist and blood dropped on deck(an Omen?) When he seemed unconcsious in the Berring Sea
To Bronco3250: You mean"the"Captain Phil Harris of Discovery Channel's Most Dangerous Catch with sons Josh and Jake and that temporary "intern" Jake Anderson: The Rice Crispies Clerihew of "Snap! Crackle! And POP!": Jake Anderson the Faithful and Loyal Deckhand to Captain Phil Harris; He almost got sucked"IN"that Bering Sea Vortex of Polaris;But by 2.7 miles-cloacked in waterproof's "hooded" Yellow FLAVUS climbs himself up that White Topped Blue Ladder;From Blue Crab to The Blue King-and His
Please settle a controversy. I was at the 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival on Sunday July 5th 1970 in Byron Georgia). I was away around 1/2 mile from the concert stage and I heard a band playing "Whole Lotta Love". I asked some people walking along the road streaming from the concert area was Led Zeppelin playing? No, they said that it was Grand Funk Railroad. Seems like I can't confirm that this was them (for sure they were there the previous year).
Dear Terry Knight: to take this group form one of the hottest FM groups to AM crap (ie. we're an American Band, Locomotion) is unforgiviable, yes they needed your financial assitance but to ruin a GREAT FM band to sell (scuse this) shit like Locomotion is unforgivable, all for your ego to get into the band....(I don't talk like this but,) FUCK YOU, you ruined one of the best rock groups ever
I used to work with a guy that was in Vietnam, he said on the plane ride back to the states, they were all rowdy, but about 10 minutes before landing, they played this song, he said the whole plane got quiet, just listening to this song, and I can see why.
I worked the "gas dock" for a summer at a marina when I was a kid. All I did was smoke dope and fuel boats that would pull up to the dock. I had this on 8track in my little shack at the end of the dock and would play this all day long. This and the James Gang helped me get through those long terrible summer days sitting at the end of a dock in the shack or in a rocking chair, stoned perfectly, getting tanned, listening to music and watching the boats and bikini girls go by. Yep, it was hell.
@Rockillswich Not a fuckin chance. Bands like this are long gone. Its all posers and fucktards now. Back then it was about the soul of the music and the song. Now its about MTV and YouTube play. The heart of the songs doesnt matter anymore.
I think the Black Crows had some heart and soul in their band. Check them out.
I started buying LPs in 1970 at age of 13, first 2 I bought was Jackson 5 greatess hits and GFR "Closer to Home"...Needless to say I went to the gateway drug of Rock N Roll and bought "Survival" when it came out...Their version of "Gimme SHelter" led me to a Rolling Stones life long fandom....Oh I saw them in concert at the peak of "We are an American Band" and they blew me away...Saw the whole mess go down from there...Rundgren as producer...SLide...SLIdde..Dowwn....
The BEST thing they ever did. National Anthem for Vietnam vets (ask if you don't believe me). Still brings tears to my eyes to this day. The only group in history that I know of that was BANNED by cities and towns cause they caused RIOTS whenever they played outdoors !!
Oh... MY... GOD... I actually know what he's feeling. The music expresses the way the ocean feels when she grants to you her freedom; the words clearly express how it feels when a man or men try to take that freedom away. Especially as it phases into "Closer". Absolutely one of the most amazingly expressive songs in all of Rock and Roll. Been a fan of GFR since I was young in the early '70s. Will die just as much a fan.
i went to see grand funk railroad in 1970 at the long beach arena , or maybe it was the anaheim convention center , anyway , it was a sell out and the crowd rushed the stage when GFR was introduced , then they faded after that concert , great group , three members
They where the loudest band i ever heard... It was in 1972 Detriot... My ears rang for 10 day's... It didn't help to get 3rd row seats LOL......3 Men sounds like 12 today... It was so Excellent... wish you could have been there to experience the full force. Still this day it is Powerfullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
truly tell! But by then it will be TOO LATE! Said General Robert E. Lee after the conclusion of the extremely decisive Battle of Gettysburg:"It's All my Fault!"Are Politicians acknowledging their own Mistakes or are they in Musical Corus Refrain:"Don't Take This SHIP of State Away From Me! I'm your Captain of mighty Earth...! All hangs on the next Pending Election!
Dick?) He finally got spewed out of th'Whales mouth and Finally set to his Task:to preach to Niveveh and avert a Pending Catastrophe and save th'City! If there is something Pending what is there to avert our Ship of State becoming its own Titanic to strike an Iceburg en route of Our present erroneous Political, Military, and Social Course? But that's the Mystery-the Enigma-the Riddle of Time! Are Politicians their own Jonahs or are Warners their own Cassandras? Only Future History Manifest can
Both and Us included! I remember the Story of Jonah in the Bible:The Almighty ordered him to do something Important but he wouldn't listen-instead he fled to Tarshish onto a sailing vessel:a mighty Tempest forced all the Sailors to Cast Lots(in modern parlance this is Probability or Chance);Jonah got his one in a trillion chance(and it wasn't a Mega-Lotto Ticket either providing Financial Security for life!)to be pushed off overboard into the deep waters! He ended up in the Belly of a Whale(Moby
Arnarchy? Though Navigation and Government are two very different Functions they share the same derived word:connected by Analogy and Metaphor(even Synechdoche as well!)A Governor is literally a Helmsman of a Ship of State and Govenrment is th'Function! Both words in English derived from th'French version of Latin's GUBERNATOR and Gubernatio! Does this mean something very terrible is Pending? From the huge Deficit? From another Event? From Both and More? Only FATE rules the SEAS;only God rules
When Black Hole Day arrives on December 21,2012 on a History Channel(or Discovery Channel?) Special about Nostradamus they showed a special Book of Art Illustrations from the Vatican Library : one "water color?" rendering stood out especially:the symbolic Depiction of a Male Archer about to shoot into the lower Bosom of a naked "lain" female(the precise Conjunction of the Sun with the Milky Way's Galactic Center:above it is this(nautical?) Wheel with BROKEN SPOKES around its Hub:The Coming
My favorite Wall Placque in my private Quarters is that of a distressed boy-sailor as helmsman in an horrific Sea-Tempest but JESUS is right behind him and above him guiding his navigating hands out of th'Troubled Waters of th'Literal Sea and of Human Events metaphorically! It hangs high above th'Wall touching my bed right above a Quercus-Stellatus(Wreathe of Stars-in this case red,silvery white, and blue stars with a special Rose and its leafy stem thru th'Wreathes interior hole above Filiolus!
MidShipman GARROVICKIUS completely took over,at least symbolically, Marino's "Nautical" Wheel of the Law on The Strobil! And he will hold it perrennially as its special Guardian and Custodian! And Keeper of it! Garrovickius is You Tubes Old Spice Navy Spirit Spot Video!
I wish the baby boomer generation would realize that there are kids out there in this day and age who enjoy this type of music. I LOVE GFR, I'm 21 today and I may be young and naive but I know what good music is! How I envy our elders so.
Agree with @PoliteTia - Best version uploaded. I'm so glad my generation had the kind of music that keep your heart 19 even when you're 61! Thanks tommusic fan 19!
I can still hear my Dad screaming,.."TURN THAT SHIT DOWN,..YOU PISS ANTS DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT GOOD MUSIC",...My friends and I would just look at each other and shake our heads.
I. like many others grew up hearing this band's music on the radio back when I was a kid in the 1970s-I mean they were everywhere back in those good old days! Never was a big fan, but this is and has always been my favorite song by Grand Funk Railroad. A classic!!!
What blows me away is talented rock bands like Grand Funk, Deep Purple, Rush etc are not in the rock and roll hall of fame. However, much less talented bands are. The critics wouldn't know musical talent if it bit 'em in the ass.
@shiksehsno1 happy (belated) birthday to your dad. mine hated my music, too! miss my dad as well. best to you. one day i think we will all be "getting closer to our home".....( - =
One of those long-playing songs which were aired over FM radio. The average song today is 2:30 minutes. Remember when you could listen to back to back to back to back rock classics without hearing a commercial for damn near an hour? I do. I know you can control things better these days with your own "playlists" but I just remember how wonderful FM radio was back during GFR days!
@Susanskarma they can turn a 10 minute classic into 2 and a half minutes, but they can play commercials every 5 minutes. i just wish to have been around to actually hear the radio playing great songs instead of today
During Jr. High School I went to dance's here in Binghamton, NY. A band here in town played this song as if it was GFR the crowd would go crazy! Great sound and at a great time 1968 to 69! Rock On!
@MarxNutz Yah, only this time it's true. It is just noise. My son disagrees. He's a cellist, I raised him on rock and role...and he still listens to the occasional rapper. I tried ....what's with kids anyway?
been wishing my girlfriend would hurry-up and get home....she went to NY and her Bday was the 22nd....I miss her so much. I can't wait to see her again...hope everybody has a good thanksgiving....heres to what loved ones we may have left....and heart felt thoughts to the ones that are gone. Great song...band...and time....I miss the 70's ....
Saw Grank Funk Railroad at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. towards the end of 1975, Mark Farner no longer had the long hair(I did'nt Care) but the doobies were being lit all around...and no I did not take a puff.
this era was a beautiful time to grow up! You could understand the lyrics,and most had a message worth hearing.I had every album!saw them in concert too!How lucky was that?
I had the honor to see the Dan Toler benefit in Sarasota. Artimus Pyle Band and The Outlaws headlined. Under 1000 people attended the event at the Herschberger Ranch. Warren Haynes showed up and jammed. I've seen the Stones to BTO and Tull but this was the best concert ever.....
This was when Music was at it's finest. I'm glad to have been along for the ride..and I feel for the kids today who have to listen to radio gaga..radio googoo!
....wow, awesome again...wonder how many times I have listened to this song since I bought the album 40+ years ago? :-) still fresh and meaningful. I want it played at my end.
I'd never heard this song until last Sunday when they played it on our local radio. Once I found out what the song was, and who it was by, I immediately downloaded it to my IPod. Man, I think I’ve listened to it a hundred times by now! I knew of GFR but this song really kicked my ass. The drumming, the terror and then resolve in the lead singer’s voice made me want to cry. Did he die? Did he make it home? Who knows? Love it! Makes me want to go write a book with this song as the soundtrack!
@shiksehsno1 Am I missing something here? It seems thecrazysquirrellady was merely paying respect to the father-son relationship. "Old fella" is a term of endearment. And didn't you say he "would have been 92." Uh, doesn't that indicate, oh, I don't know ... "death," hence the RIP?
@shiksehsno1 My Mom and Dad's bedroom was above mine when I played my stereo late at night my Dad would pound his feet on the floor telling me to turn it down. I also remember him coming into my room and taking a look at the album cover and asking me if these were my new heroes. LOL
@shiksehsno1 I love your post, Pop died in 2003 @ 88, I was listening to 96 Tears by ?mark & The Mysterians & he said, I wish he'd either cry or shut the hell up!!!. Wish I could see POP again!!!
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yes mortal earthling you have best think about it! 20,000 die last tusami how did you earthling like earthquake Japan ! Heliocenter! Turkey Peru yesterday to too two morrows farrows! I getting closer to my home solarcorona mass ejection! polar inclinations cosmic seasonal inversion antipodal cosmic catty corner
Mandatory kegger song when i was in high school 68-72.......great tune, great memories tied to this band.......they still rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
@2112rushfanforever you said it and by the way, I'm a huge rush fan even though my music that i play is the blues. grew up in sixties and seventies and this was in my collection in 1970 when a junior in high school and STILL is. It stands the test of time quite nicely, as does my favorite rush tune "Xanadu"
Grand Funk, They a Are So Totally Awsome, From 69 Through,1971 are the baddest stuff they, ever did , Too Bad Their Manager Srewed Them! Rock On Mark, Don And Mel. Bad Ass Mf. Oh Yeah
@atomicpunk48 thanks and thank u to @wolfdog59 theres just know taste in music these days nor talent i but the 70s were nice so were the 60s but mainly the 70s i was born too late
@Thepinkfloydmaster It's not so bad. Lucky for you that these days you can find anything you want to listen to on the Internet. When I was your age I had to go to a record store that never had the stuff I was lookin for. You seem like you have a good head on your shoulders. The thing is, listen to what works for you. Don't get into it because everyone else is telling you it's cool.
@Thepinkfloydmaster Hey I was born in 1998 too. I love this music. I can't stand all the shit that other kids in my school listen to. At least I have one other kid in my school that listens to 90s stuff which is good too, but I prefer 60s and 70s.
if you think about it - this song is about growing old -- your 'ship' is your body and it's being taken away from you.... you're the captain -- but you don't control your ship anymore ------ we'll all be there one day... ".. I just can't live without it -- so please don't take my ship from me..." "...take this stranger from my boat...." and finally --- ".. I'm getting closer to my home.." I have to say, when my time does come --- i will on some level think of this song.....
I used to listed to this song with my DAD!! love it!.. what a time... even though I was born in the late 70s "79"... and I grew up listen to Nirvana, Metalica, korn, Tool, Guns, cypress hill, snoop, to name a few.... 60s were GREAT...
This song reminds me of my dad.. he taught me music... i'd sing along with him... ong memories.. RIP Daddy.. thanks for leaving me with music.. whenever i feel sad i just listen to music he loved and i forget he's gone... :)
Wow,...wish I could turn the clock back to relive what must of been a golden time to be really alive and listening to stuff like this instead of the crap we got now,....thanks dude for posting!!
Down south y'all call this "I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk.
Up north it's "Closer To Home" by Grand Funk Railroad.
Either way, it's their single greatest achievement and I love it!
They were going to play here on Labor Day (2011) and we had a severe thunderstorm just before they took the stage. The band spent the storm under the stage in a concrete "safe room" and the show was cancelled. What a pisser!
I love this song, it brings so many memories back. We played this song so much that my mother got to a point that she said if she heard it again, she was going to get it closer to the garbage, lol needless to say we just turned it down and played it some more
At some point youhave to ask yourself who are they fighting for. I Love This Country..Really trully it is soo beaughtiful please don't make lose my country. love you Will my friend. I'm havin a beer on you, brother.:-)
Capt. Schettino's current favorite..
fjrchooser 5 hours ago
I remember when I was a kid in the army at Ft Riley KS and we did some fun drugs and laughed and pointed around at each other out at Tuttle Creek (and drove around drinking all night!). The sound this made was a big deal to me. - It still is.
bulow453 13 hours ago
very enjoyable video- ****
hswatnik 2 days ago
Expecting to Fly by Buffalo Springfield (c1967) used an orchestra, as probably many many others did. Anyway, this song by GFR is one of the greatest EVER. The critics can use a barbed-wire enema.
Sebring720minutes 3 days ago
@Sebring720minutes Buffalo Springfield used an orchestra? Wow, cool.
mustwinder 3 days ago
Great song, very original type of sound, much reminisant of this time , maybe I'm grabbi'n, but I don't think this kind of talent exsists anymore. I know Craige Frost today, and he is a truely genuine kind of guy, [ he was their keyboard player] , and I can tell you he is a very Good Man and approachable in every way. Worked for him for 1 + years, and I was treated like royalty by him & his wife, wonderful people! Thanks, Craige & Becky, Dennis
daraseo 3 days ago
@daraseo this man broke this group to no cash at all very bad deal for Mark Mel and Don Craig is not cool not then not now, these three youg boys were very genuine and Craig was money hungry besides this is all in the press for all to read get your facts straight
scootermike100 23 hours ago in playlist rockin
Quiz itself and got a "D" for it-now it's the only thing I remember-an oxymoronic irony! "Heaven has Strange Ways of molding our Destiny!" Mayshe she alone can fill in the missing details!
albertuskundratis1 3 days ago
I imagined him floating in a milk bowl of Rice Crispies!(maybe he dreamed of actually floating in Rice Crispies!) I have an old Newsweek photo of Blue Crab Casserole:all the roasted crab meat is sculpted as a Football even with the white lines and other details! To me Jake Anderson is the perfect embodiment of "ABLE BODIED SEAMAN" a phrase I remembered from my 6th Grade class Quiz given by my Homeroom Teacher Miss Judy Fortunato of Stark Elementary way back in 1970!I MISSED that phrase on the
albertuskundratis1 3 days ago
Royal Crown Job- such shall implement his Bio-Rhythms latter! (End of Poem). P.S. Jake Anderson was from another ship and was Skipper Phil Harris's Deck Hand only for a limited time! Flavus means Yellow and is my nickname for Jake in this poem. The Blue King is God Almighty King of the entire Universe: On one of the Episodes of Deadliest Catch Jake almost drowned but was rescued in time-he also cut his wrist and blood dropped on deck(an Omen?) When he seemed unconcsious in the Berring Sea
albertuskundratis1 3 days ago
To Bronco3250: You mean"the"Captain Phil Harris of Discovery Channel's Most Dangerous Catch with sons Josh and Jake and that temporary "intern" Jake Anderson: The Rice Crispies Clerihew of "Snap! Crackle! And POP!": Jake Anderson the Faithful and Loyal Deckhand to Captain Phil Harris; He almost got sucked"IN"that Bering Sea Vortex of Polaris;But by 2.7 miles-cloacked in waterproof's "hooded" Yellow FLAVUS climbs himself up that White Topped Blue Ladder;From Blue Crab to The Blue King-and His
albertuskundratis1 3 days ago
Question to @bronco3250: Who is Captain Jack Sparrow LOL? I'm a complete Ignoramus here!
albertuskundratis1 3 days ago
WONDER YEARS, no question about it.
nostalgia2224 5 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
Frost WAS my friend Who knows anymore
daraseo 5 days ago
Please settle a controversy. I was at the 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival on Sunday July 5th 1970 in Byron Georgia). I was away around 1/2 mile from the concert stage and I heard a band playing "Whole Lotta Love". I asked some people walking along the road streaming from the concert area was Led Zeppelin playing? No, they said that it was Grand Funk Railroad. Seems like I can't confirm that this was them (for sure they were there the previous year).
DrKrankeit 5 days ago
Dear Terry Knight: to take this group form one of the hottest FM groups to AM crap (ie. we're an American Band, Locomotion) is unforgiviable, yes they needed your financial assitance but to ruin a GREAT FM band to sell (scuse this) shit like Locomotion is unforgivable, all for your ego to get into the band....(I don't talk like this but,) FUCK YOU, you ruined one of the best rock groups ever
sirwob 6 days ago
Those who dislike this great classic must have penis ears
Toedrip 1 week ago
Great song. Groove to it on a mountain road.
76RedRooster 1 week ago
I double dare any clown in the music industry today to write a song better than this....they can't....
centralparocker 1 week ago
I'm not sure but I believe this song marks the first time in American music that
a rock band and an orchestra recorded together?
cagekicker18 2 weeks ago
@cagekicker18 Probably a bit more earlier than this, one song that comes to mind is "Yesterday" by the Beatles.
tommusicfan19 2 weeks ago
@tommusicfan19 he said american music...
MrKeenanTorrence 2 weeks ago 3
@MrKeenanTorrence Oh missed that part, my bad.
tommusicfan19 2 weeks ago
@tommusicfan19 Beatles were Brits.
Anselcat1952 1 week ago
@tommusicfan19 he DID say American dude
schwoogie78 1 week ago
@cagekicker18 have you ever heard "touch me" by the doors. it was released earlier then this song.
nadrzewiesiedze 2 weeks ago
@cagekicker18 I think The Beach Boys were earlier.
Avledon 1 week ago
@cagekicker18 Buddy Holly did it in the '50's.
gam60 1 week ago
@cagekicker18 Either GFR or Felix's Rascals. I tned to think Rascals
Anselcat1952 1 week ago
@cagekicker18 Monkees Daydream Believer?
Radres12345 1 week ago
@cagekicker18 Buddy Holly started using orchestra with rock in the late 1950's
chenzo951 6 days ago
@cagekicker18 Sorry guys. Have to pull my age card here. The one you're looking for is Buddy Holly and the Crickets "True Love Ways".
tracygalvin 6 days ago
Live tonight in Palm Beach....home of Mr. Don Brewer
lastchild58 1 day ago
@lastchild58 I have a Marriott time share over in West Palm/Singer Island but we're only there in October. Let me know how the show is!!!
cagekicker18 1 day ago
Wish I still had this double album, THANKS!
iman80zMan 2 weeks ago in playlist Rock
What's the song 2:30
manetoianeto 2 weeks ago
I used to work with a guy that was in Vietnam, he said on the plane ride back to the states, they were all rowdy, but about 10 minutes before landing, they played this song, he said the whole plane got quiet, just listening to this song, and I can see why.
gizmokc 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos 9
I worked the "gas dock" for a summer at a marina when I was a kid. All I did was smoke dope and fuel boats that would pull up to the dock. I had this on 8track in my little shack at the end of the dock and would play this all day long. This and the James Gang helped me get through those long terrible summer days sitting at the end of a dock in the shack or in a rocking chair, stoned perfectly, getting tanned, listening to music and watching the boats and bikini girls go by. Yep, it was hell.
VoodooPolitico 2 weeks ago 2
@VoodooPolitico Cool story. Thanks for sharing it!
guyNbluejeans 2 weeks ago
The only GREAT thing that ever came out of Flint,Michigan!!!!
19em72 2 weeks ago
@19em72 I take it you never heard of the Flint Stones?
guyNbluejeans 2 weeks ago
Sing it brother:)
peacemanken 3 weeks ago
Can anyone tell me if their are any bands that play like this anymore?
Rockillswich 3 weeks ago
@Rockillswich Not a fuckin chance. Bands like this are long gone. Its all posers and fucktards now. Back then it was about the soul of the music and the song. Now its about MTV and YouTube play. The heart of the songs doesnt matter anymore.
I think the Black Crows had some heart and soul in their band. Check them out.
VoodooPolitico 2 weeks ago 3
@VoodooPolitico i feel the same way dude. although try out blitzen trapper. these dudes r the real deal.
RYANDEOROCK 2 weeks ago
We read Billy Budd in 11th grade when this song came out. Weird.....
the7lastwords 3 weeks ago
who ever you are ... thanks
crystalcityacademic 3 weeks ago
I started buying LPs in 1970 at age of 13, first 2 I bought was Jackson 5 greatess hits and GFR "Closer to Home"...Needless to say I went to the gateway drug of Rock N Roll and bought "Survival" when it came out...Their version of "Gimme SHelter" led me to a Rolling Stones life long fandom....Oh I saw them in concert at the peak of "We are an American Band" and they blew me away...Saw the whole mess go down from there...Rundgren as producer...SLide...SLIdde..Dowwn....
1stSaintsFan 3 weeks ago
The BEST thing they ever did. National Anthem for Vietnam vets (ask if you don't believe me). Still brings tears to my eyes to this day. The only group in history that I know of that was BANNED by cities and towns cause they caused RIOTS whenever they played outdoors !!
gaspo2180 3 weeks ago
Oh... MY... GOD... I actually know what he's feeling. The music expresses the way the ocean feels when she grants to you her freedom; the words clearly express how it feels when a man or men try to take that freedom away. Especially as it phases into "Closer". Absolutely one of the most amazingly expressive songs in all of Rock and Roll. Been a fan of GFR since I was young in the early '70s. Will die just as much a fan.
TherealCitizenGhost 3 weeks ago
Grand Funk will always be with us in their genius music!!!! Love the 70's!!!!! Hey, I'm a great grandmother now and will always love 70's music!!!
Marguerite60201 3 weeks ago 2
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, definitely! American as apple pie! Close your eyes, a voyage on the waves of destiny, discovery and adventure!
gumbyman540 4 weeks ago
i went to see grand funk railroad in 1970 at the long beach arena , or maybe it was the anaheim convention center , anyway , it was a sell out and the crowd rushed the stage when GFR was introduced , then they faded after that concert , great group , three members
VinceLA91 1 month ago 2
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ihopeiwingiveaway 1 month ago
Great memories. I knew a guy named Gar Rothey in 1974 who loved this record.
Featureman 1 month ago
LOL Had this on 8 track and wore out 3 copies in my 69 GTO!! Those were the DAYS!!!!!!
cagtwo 1 month ago 2
@cagtwo Kindred Spirits!! Swear to God above we must have knew each other. LOL!!! Amen brother!!!
TherealCitizenGhost 3 weeks ago
This is GRAND FUNK 's Genesis....!!!!
saw2much68 1 month ago
most videos with over a million views have at least 1000 dislikes, this one has only 30 kinda says something about the song
eastexanviewer1 1 month ago
What an under rated band. What a great tune! The early 70's ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!
kpzrocks 1 month ago
Oh such wonderful memories... Man oh man they don't make music like this anymore..... Thank you for sharing...
Pinkyapplebuns 1 month ago
I wore out 2 albums!
Those that hit the dislike button had to have been so stoned they !@$#%& UP!!!
TURNUP11 1 month ago
They where the loudest band i ever heard... It was in 1972 Detriot... My ears rang for 10 day's... It didn't help to get 3rd row seats LOL......3 Men sounds like 12 today... It was so Excellent... wish you could have been there to experience the full force. Still this day it is Powerfullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
TrickShot6828 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 3
WQRE THIS OUT
becca76548 1 month ago
truly tell! But by then it will be TOO LATE! Said General Robert E. Lee after the conclusion of the extremely decisive Battle of Gettysburg:"It's All my Fault!"Are Politicians acknowledging their own Mistakes or are they in Musical Corus Refrain:"Don't Take This SHIP of State Away From Me! I'm your Captain of mighty Earth...! All hangs on the next Pending Election!
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
Dick?) He finally got spewed out of th'Whales mouth and Finally set to his Task:to preach to Niveveh and avert a Pending Catastrophe and save th'City! If there is something Pending what is there to avert our Ship of State becoming its own Titanic to strike an Iceburg en route of Our present erroneous Political, Military, and Social Course? But that's the Mystery-the Enigma-the Riddle of Time! Are Politicians their own Jonahs or are Warners their own Cassandras? Only Future History Manifest can
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
Both and Us included! I remember the Story of Jonah in the Bible:The Almighty ordered him to do something Important but he wouldn't listen-instead he fled to Tarshish onto a sailing vessel:a mighty Tempest forced all the Sailors to Cast Lots(in modern parlance this is Probability or Chance);Jonah got his one in a trillion chance(and it wasn't a Mega-Lotto Ticket either providing Financial Security for life!)to be pushed off overboard into the deep waters! He ended up in the Belly of a Whale(Moby
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
Arnarchy? Though Navigation and Government are two very different Functions they share the same derived word:connected by Analogy and Metaphor(even Synechdoche as well!)A Governor is literally a Helmsman of a Ship of State and Govenrment is th'Function! Both words in English derived from th'French version of Latin's GUBERNATOR and Gubernatio! Does this mean something very terrible is Pending? From the huge Deficit? From another Event? From Both and More? Only FATE rules the SEAS;only God rules
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
When Black Hole Day arrives on December 21,2012 on a History Channel(or Discovery Channel?) Special about Nostradamus they showed a special Book of Art Illustrations from the Vatican Library : one "water color?" rendering stood out especially:the symbolic Depiction of a Male Archer about to shoot into the lower Bosom of a naked "lain" female(the precise Conjunction of the Sun with the Milky Way's Galactic Center:above it is this(nautical?) Wheel with BROKEN SPOKES around its Hub:The Coming
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
My favorite Wall Placque in my private Quarters is that of a distressed boy-sailor as helmsman in an horrific Sea-Tempest but JESUS is right behind him and above him guiding his navigating hands out of th'Troubled Waters of th'Literal Sea and of Human Events metaphorically! It hangs high above th'Wall touching my bed right above a Quercus-Stellatus(Wreathe of Stars-in this case red,silvery white, and blue stars with a special Rose and its leafy stem thru th'Wreathes interior hole above Filiolus!
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
What will happen to U.S.S. GRIT? Did Nostradamus foresee its Destiny? The U.S.S. GRIT!
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
MidShipman GARROVICKIUS completely took over,at least symbolically, Marino's "Nautical" Wheel of the Law on The Strobil! And he will hold it perrennially as its special Guardian and Custodian! And Keeper of it! Garrovickius is You Tubes Old Spice Navy Spirit Spot Video!
albertuskundratis1 1 month ago
these guys are a mainstay with me. i'm more then closer to home with them
animascat 1 month ago
I wish the baby boomer generation would realize that there are kids out there in this day and age who enjoy this type of music. I LOVE GFR, I'm 21 today and I may be young and naive but I know what good music is! How I envy our elders so.
Codezorz 1 month ago
Agree with @PoliteTia - Best version uploaded. I'm so glad my generation had the kind of music that keep your heart 19 even when you're 61! Thanks tommusic fan 19!
JuliaGoldMarrry 1 month ago
I can still hear my Dad screaming,.."TURN THAT SHIT DOWN,..YOU PISS ANTS DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT GOOD MUSIC",...My friends and I would just look at each other and shake our heads.
bigeze50 1 month ago
I. like many others grew up hearing this band's music on the radio back when I was a kid in the 1970s-I mean they were everywhere back in those good old days! Never was a big fan, but this is and has always been my favorite song by Grand Funk Railroad. A classic!!!
nostalgiahistoria67 1 month ago
What blows me away is talented rock bands like Grand Funk, Deep Purple, Rush etc are not in the rock and roll hall of fame. However, much less talented bands are. The critics wouldn't know musical talent if it bit 'em in the ass.
wave60 1 month ago
Tapes rollin'. Love it.
PlymouthVT 1 month ago
@shiksehsno1 happy (belated) birthday to your dad. mine hated my music, too! miss my dad as well. best to you. one day i think we will all be "getting closer to our home".....( - =
ibelevit 1 month ago
I just asked myself"Me what are your intentions?
Syzygy60 1 month ago
I have no favorites but me
Syzygy60 1 month ago
I heard them practicing as a child
Syzygy60 1 month ago
One of those long-playing songs which were aired over FM radio. The average song today is 2:30 minutes. Remember when you could listen to back to back to back to back rock classics without hearing a commercial for damn near an hour? I do. I know you can control things better these days with your own "playlists" but I just remember how wonderful FM radio was back during GFR days!
Susanskarma 1 month ago 2
@Susanskarma they can turn a 10 minute classic into 2 and a half minutes, but they can play commercials every 5 minutes. i just wish to have been around to actually hear the radio playing great songs instead of today
hitmankgm 1 month ago
@shiksehsno1 Great story brother! Brings 1970 back home -Thanks!
AirMail56 1 month ago
its awesome because i can actually say i know them and and hang out with them lmao.
LiViE1996 1 month ago
Wow, saw Grand Funk Railroad on Dec. 11, 1971,,,Frankfurt, Germany. It was my 16th birthday...
suzys11 1 month ago in playlist misc 2
During Jr. High School I went to dance's here in Binghamton, NY. A band here in town played this song as if it was GFR the crowd would go crazy! Great sound and at a great time 1968 to 69! Rock On!
bccabny 1 month ago
Awesome composition! Real music! Where did these times go? Darn it with change! I got high just on the music alone!
vidito10 1 month ago 9
Llegando a casa! (soy tu capitán)
carajo1632 1 month ago
The Outro is DaBomb.COM
felled 1 month ago
Love this song
351FordTruck 1 month ago
Fall 1970, Chanute AFB, Illinois --- memories of this song
TheClam88 1 month ago
30 Douchebags should kill themselves right now..... !
Don't be # 31
TheMatrixPipe 1 month ago 3
@shiksehsno1 Today would have been my mom's 80th Birthday..... she was just like your dad! RIP MOM!
escapethedailygrind 1 month ago
Love this song
bradysims1 1 month ago
This song is so good! I'm 17 and this music is all I listen to fuck rap
bradysims1 1 month ago 8
@shiksehsno1 ...nice story
youthbaseball1 1 month ago
yo whys it speeding up like hell...or am I drunk?
BerkLeeDrm 1 month ago
One of the best R&R tunes EVER!!!!.....GFR...was the bomb from the 60's to the 70's.
folz208 1 month ago
Such a great song. It was one of my favorites growing up as a kid :)
GigaRagnaSlave 1 month ago
@shiksehsno1 With my dad, it was "That's not music, that's just noise!" I catch myself saying that about rap music now LOL!
MarxNutz 2 months ago
@MarxNutz Yah, only this time it's true. It is just noise. My son disagrees. He's a cellist, I raised him on rock and role...and he still listens to the occasional rapper. I tried ....what's with kids anyway?
maddietorrie 1 month ago
Do most of us think of Captain Phil Harris when you listen to this song?
bronco3250 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@bronco3250 No I think of Captain Jack Sparrow LOL
jimarti59 1 month ago
can you close your eyes and get into yhis great song and let it go into darkness,,this was my music
19540071 2 months ago
Best version ever Tom Music Fan 19!
PoliteTia 2 months ago 7
@PoliteTia Thank you, this is the greatest version ever! ;)
tommusicfan19 2 months ago
been wishing my girlfriend would hurry-up and get home....she went to NY and her Bday was the 22nd....I miss her so much. I can't wait to see her again...hope everybody has a good thanksgiving....heres to what loved ones we may have left....and heart felt thoughts to the ones that are gone. Great song...band...and time....I miss the 70's ....
dahughes44 2 months ago 9
HOW the hell do you go from "Heartbreaker and I'm Your Captain" to "Some Kind of Wonderful and that dreadful BAD TIME???"
We're a Commercialized Band. We're coming to your town. We'll help u party it down. We're a Commercialized Band.
BahoWetpu 2 months ago
Stephen D.Deerfield Beach,FL. 11/22/2011
srdool 2 months ago
Saw Grank Funk Railroad at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. towards the end of 1975, Mark Farner no longer had the long hair(I did'nt Care) but the doobies were being lit all around...and no I did not take a puff.
srdool 2 months ago
Awesome!! Brings me back 40 years!
bigtdoc9354 2 months ago
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I always loved the end of the song, with the blending of the woodwinds and strings, etc.
jln55 2 months ago
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jln55 2 months ago
Would have this song and many others blasting so loud my mom could hear it from the bus stop up the street, but she loved rock too.
69ssrszl1 2 months ago
this era was a beautiful time to grow up! You could understand the lyrics,and most had a message worth hearing.I had every album!saw them in concert too!How lucky was that?
nanamcdj 2 months ago 2
I had the honor to see the Dan Toler benefit in Sarasota. Artimus Pyle Band and The Outlaws headlined. Under 1000 people attended the event at the Herschberger Ranch. Warren Haynes showed up and jammed. I've seen the Stones to BTO and Tull but this was the best concert ever.....
Thank you for posting this....
~
Dncdesign 2 months ago
This was when Music was at it's finest. I'm glad to have been along for the ride..and I feel for the kids today who have to listen to radio gaga..radio googoo!
Long Live Rock n Roll!!
Merrygreenleaf 2 months ago 4
I'm so lucky to have went through that time..listening on back roads, dancing to it, not much violence like today,,,ahhhhh
claptongroupie 2 months ago 3
....wow, awesome again...wonder how many times I have listened to this song since I bought the album 40+ years ago? :-) still fresh and meaningful. I want it played at my end.
nealasdad 2 months ago
this is a good song also!
KATE54OK 2 months ago
Mark Farner is the lead singer on this song ... he is very much alive ... :-)
vincentdelaidattime 2 months ago
@vincentdelaidattime
Check out Mark Farner's Live Concert....2003 I think....I found it on CD....IT'S EXCELLANT! Blew me away!
Cindy/Columbus,Ohio
whoadude1959 2 months ago
I'd never heard this song until last Sunday when they played it on our local radio. Once I found out what the song was, and who it was by, I immediately downloaded it to my IPod. Man, I think I’ve listened to it a hundred times by now! I knew of GFR but this song really kicked my ass. The drumming, the terror and then resolve in the lead singer’s voice made me want to cry. Did he die? Did he make it home? Who knows? Love it! Makes me want to go write a book with this song as the soundtrack!
FlipMcHooter 2 months ago
Never heard of em before i listened to me Dads album....fuckin Brill!!! Im a convert..
richwat16 2 months ago
this is 1 of the greatest songs ever.
hmb82559 2 months ago 7
On aime ca o Quebec yes sir!
pistarich 2 months ago
This song makes me cry but I love it
junebugg76 2 months ago
Imagine this is the Voice of The Lord via His Holy Spirit...singing to you personally. What would you do? How much time is left in the hourglass?
brianprince100 2 months ago
Excellent.. love my old favorite bands. Must be heard on headphones :)
heyjenknee 2 months ago
thumbs up if grand funk railroad is your favorite rock band.
PDMvidz 2 months ago 21
Classic jam at 3:11.
CapZug 2 months ago
@shiksehsno1 Am I missing something here? It seems thecrazysquirrellady was merely paying respect to the father-son relationship. "Old fella" is a term of endearment. And didn't you say he "would have been 92." Uh, doesn't that indicate, oh, I don't know ... "death," hence the RIP?
bellier20 2 months ago
@shiksehsno1 My Mom and Dad's bedroom was above mine when I played my stereo late at night my Dad would pound his feet on the floor telling me to turn it down. I also remember him coming into my room and taking a look at the album cover and asking me if these were my new heroes. LOL
1danrobbins 2 months ago
Grand Funk Railroad rockaway beach &boones farm 1970
beautiful. t flynn nyc
MrFlintstone17 2 months ago
@shiksehsno1 I love your post, Pop died in 2003 @ 88, I was listening to 96 Tears by ?mark & The Mysterians & he said, I wish he'd either cry or shut the hell up!!!. Wish I could see POP again!!!
VNV42yrsago 2 months ago
TheDeepEndShow1 2 months ago
@shiksehsno1 ..same thing here...thanks for reminding me...here's to our dad's...RIP old fellas...
thecrazysquirrellady 2 months ago in playlist thecrazysquirrellady's favorites
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divisorplot 3 months ago
Mandatory kegger song when i was in high school 68-72.......great tune, great memories tied to this band.......they still rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
synbadify 3 months ago
29 justin bieber fans saw this video
killerhitman28 3 months ago
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they wont make this music today
garfnielsen 3 months ago
nice
TheKimrob 3 months ago
This song is just so beautiful and timeless <3
2112rushfanforever 3 months ago 4
@2112rushfanforever you said it and by the way, I'm a huge rush fan even though my music that i play is the blues. grew up in sixties and seventies and this was in my collection in 1970 when a junior in high school and STILL is. It stands the test of time quite nicely, as does my favorite rush tune "Xanadu"
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 2 months ago
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO I can always respect a Rush fan:). My favorite Rush song is Xanadu as well...it was the song that did it for me.:)
2112rushfanforever 2 months ago
I played the 45 at 78 speed and saw God.
T. Chong
BJBlitzstein 3 months ago
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD IS THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD.
powerlinestreet88 3 months ago
@powerlinestreet88 I couldnt agree more!!
rbrander100 3 months ago
Grand Funk, They a Are So Totally Awsome, From 69 Through,1971 are the baddest stuff they, ever did , Too Bad Their Manager Srewed Them! Rock On Mark, Don And Mel. Bad Ass Mf. Oh Yeah
jsmoore1954 3 months ago
glad i was born in 59 so i grew up listening to all these great bands
wolfdog1959 3 months ago
@wolfdog1959 lucky! i was born in 1998 and i'm like the only kid in my school that listens to this kind of music
Thepinkfloydmaster 3 months ago
@Thepinkfloydmaster good for u kid there should be more like u
wolfdog1959 3 months ago
@Thepinkfloydmaster That makes you the coolest kid in the whole school. The rest of them are all jealous of you.
atomicpunk48 3 months ago
@atomicpunk48 thanks and thank u to @wolfdog59 theres just know taste in music these days nor talent i but the 70s were nice so were the 60s but mainly the 70s i was born too late
Thepinkfloydmaster 3 months ago
@Thepinkfloydmaster It's not so bad. Lucky for you that these days you can find anything you want to listen to on the Internet. When I was your age I had to go to a record store that never had the stuff I was lookin for. You seem like you have a good head on your shoulders. The thing is, listen to what works for you. Don't get into it because everyone else is telling you it's cool.
atomicpunk48 3 months ago
@Thepinkfloydmaster Hey I was born in 1998 too. I love this music. I can't stand all the shit that other kids in my school listen to. At least I have one other kid in my school that listens to 90s stuff which is good too, but I prefer 60s and 70s.
MrPeguin666 3 months ago
if you think about it - this song is about growing old -- your 'ship' is your body and it's being taken away from you.... you're the captain -- but you don't control your ship anymore ------ we'll all be there one day... ".. I just can't live without it -- so please don't take my ship from me..." "...take this stranger from my boat...." and finally --- ".. I'm getting closer to my home.." I have to say, when my time does come --- i will on some level think of this song.....
onlinesportscomm 3 months ago
@onlinesportscomm Never thought about it that way. I like your interpretation.
wolfhul 3 months ago
buena rola :)
elreydelanoche31 3 months ago
I used to listed to this song with my DAD!! love it!.. what a time... even though I was born in the late 70s "79"... and I grew up listen to Nirvana, Metalica, korn, Tool, Guns, cypress hill, snoop, to name a few.... 60s were GREAT...
NICOLASLEON7 3 months ago
bad ass song..of course!
MsOldierock 3 months ago
GREAT Funk railroad!!!
KLONDYKE1111 3 months ago
This song reminds me of my dad.. he taught me music... i'd sing along with him... ong memories.. RIP Daddy.. thanks for leaving me with music.. whenever i feel sad i just listen to music he loved and i forget he's gone... :)
chameeaj 3 months ago
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chameeaj 3 months ago
29 people are feeling mighty sick
XMSTARSHIP2 3 months ago in playlist XMSTARSHIP2's favorites
Wow,...wish I could turn the clock back to relive what must of been a golden time to be really alive and listening to stuff like this instead of the crap we got now,....thanks dude for posting!!
imemoryfilms 3 months ago
LOVE...feel 17 again...nice.
taffywindsor1 3 months ago in playlist taffywindsor1's favorites
Down south y'all call this "I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk.
Up north it's "Closer To Home" by Grand Funk Railroad.
Either way, it's their single greatest achievement and I love it!
They were going to play here on Labor Day (2011) and we had a severe thunderstorm just before they took the stage. The band spent the storm under the stage in a concrete "safe room" and the show was cancelled. What a pisser!
Jimbo700 3 months ago
@Jimbo700 , how fitting. Riding the waves out of a storm.
gumbyman540 3 months ago
@Jimbo700 , or riding the waves of a storm out. Something like that.
gumbyman540 3 months ago
@dodgedavid67 Amen!:-)
guyNbluejeans 3 months ago
I love this song, it brings so many memories back. We played this song so much that my mother got to a point that she said if she heard it again, she was going to get it closer to the garbage, lol needless to say we just turned it down and played it some more
fastone56 3 months ago
At some point youhave to ask yourself who are they fighting for. I Love This Country..Really trully it is soo beaughtiful please don't make lose my country. love you Will my friend. I'm havin a beer on you, brother.:-)
ratsnacage1 3 months ago
ben singing this song to myself for decades w/o ever knowing who'd done it - thx for the reminder!
IdaGno 3 months ago