Listening to Grand Funk Railroad on Radio Paradise

I sense a wave of nostalgia coming over Bill with this song.
Fond memories of the hippy period🤟🧘❤️,love it😊

Posted 2 months ago by Easyrider [ Reply ]

dublanica1 wrote:

I’m slightly embarrassed to say that this song and group were a “place in time” for me circa 1972 or so. Saw them with opening group “Bloodrock at NY’s Madison Square Garden “under the influence”. Quite a night. Hearing it made me smile. Thanks RP

I saw them with Humble Pie and Head hands and feet in 1971 as well, Hyde park in London. All 3 were good in their own way.

Posted 7 months ago by autumngreengrass [ Reply ]

ipm612 wrote:

Saw them live, I think it was 1971 at Shea Stadium. They were backed up by Humble Pie who from what I remember was a better band. What I do remember is the stacks of Marshalls and that it was incredibly loud, you could feel the whole stadium swaying from everyone moving in unison.

Posted 7 months ago by autumngreengrass [ Reply ]

So much to remember...so much to cry but i wont. This is fantastic. Heaven Help me!

Posted 7 months ago by enkomao [ Reply ]

dublanica1 wrote:

I’m slightly embarrassed to say that this song and group were a “place in time” for me circa 1972 or so. Saw them with opening group “Bloodrock at NY’s Madison Square Garden “under the influence”. Quite a night. Hearing it made me smile. Thanks RP

Don't be embarrassed at all. Many of us would have loved to have been there. And keep smiling.

Posted 1 year ago by sunybuny [ Reply ]

A song I never had to think about to love. Just let it seep in....

Posted 1 year ago by mikegrinker [ Reply ]

I’m slightly embarrassed to say that this song and group were a “place in time” for me circa 1972 or so. Saw them with opening group “Bloodrock at NY’s Madison Square Garden “under the influence”. Quite a night. Hearing it made me smile. Thanks RP

Posted 1 year ago by dublanica1 [ Reply ]

Saw them live, I think it was 1971 at Shea Stadium. They were backed up by Humble Pie who from what I remember was a better band. What I do remember is the stacks of Marshalls and that it was incredibly loud, you could feel the whole stadium swaying from everyone moving in unison.

Posted 1 year ago by ipm612 [ Reply ]

Thank you for playing this gem!
LLRP!

Posted 1 year ago by MayBaby [ Reply ]

sad lyrics. love the song.

Posted 1 year ago by lily34 [ Reply ]

Is it kinda cheesy? Well . . . yeah.
Do I love it anyway? Oh hell yeah!

Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach [ Reply ]

So, Ronnie died recently. It was a heart attack. One night, oh, 50 some odd years ago me him and Jim are in his bedroom playing the record and recording it on a portable cassette player. Ronnie accidently presses play without the record button on and out comes his warble, recorded alone in some time past blissful moment. Alone with that bass line. Alone with Mark Farner's voice and alone on that beach with the waves and seagulls. We were startled and he was so embarrassed he threw the player against the wall to stop it. It was pretty funny actually.
Ronnie died. I hadn't had much contact with him over the years. The last time I saw him was before Covid in a dive bar where I play on rare occasion. He didn't recognize me at first. I called him a mean mistreater and his eyes widened. "Don't ever tell my sister I broke her cassette player," he said. I never did...

Posted 1 year ago by oldviolin [ Reply ]

kingart wrote:

It's the strings, man, for a '69 track to be so memorable. I surely cranked this multiple dozens of times on the stereo in the basement in Cranford.

That is the Cleveland Orchestra. IIRC, Terry Knight went down the street (this was recorded in Cleveland), literally to make the strings as a separate recording that was added to the I'm Your Captain front part 1 to take you Closer To Home for part 2. I used to know how and why this part was done this way but forgot long ago. Agency Recordings was next door/ upstairs to the original Cleveland Agora, flagship of the Agora regional concert / bar chain of the 70's and 80's.

Posted 1 year ago by kurtster [ Reply ]

The release date, 1969, is missing on the website...but I I was there hearing this on FM radio as a kid. They look like the American versions of Nigel Tuffnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls.

Posted 1 year ago by marysclark [ Reply ]

You wanna play this when you’re about ten miles away from home ..

Posted 1 year ago by wastemyday1 [ Reply ]

It's the strings, man, for a '69 track to be so memorable. I surely cranked this multiple dozens of times on the stereo in the basement in Cranford.

Posted 4 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

raga wrote:

STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP

SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN SIGN

Posted 4 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

Hit the head when this started, did a little instagraming, and it's still on!

Posted 4 years ago by mrtuba9 [ Reply ]

Surfeurseb wrote:

I'm happy to read this here, now!

The fact is, I could got a digital copy of the album "On time", and was really astonished by their music: powerful, fresh, one of its kind...
I love it!

Seems like RP is more ready now than before, to integrate new GFR songs to its playlist?
freemusic wrote:

Yeah, I'd sure like to hear much more... "ON TIME", their first album was truly most excellent, as a complete work. Their later albums were not quite up to the quality of the first. It's unfortunate that no one can listen to that album now, since it was never released digitally, and the vinyl is certainly out of print. My only copy bit the dust back in the 70's, (8 tracks just weren't meant to survive for more than about a year before becoming a ball of electronic yarn inside the players.)

This cut certainly seems like it was digitized, and sounds great — I still rate it at a 10. I heard them live a few years ago at bike week in Orlando. If you get the chance to hear them live, do so. But, bring your ear plugs.

treatment_bound wrote:

This is the only Grand Funk song being played here at RP, and it was just recently played for the first time since 2008. But after reading the comments for this cut, it seems to be pretty much all positive from the RP faithful on GFR (outside of raga and deepwoodskev) .

Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.

Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for of GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.

Stay tuned...

About a year ago I bought the most recent reissue of this album on vinyl and it cleans up real nice. With average quality mastering it is pedestrian, but with some polishing it is a really nice song with some good musicianship and both very listenable and enjoyable again. This is true of a lot of the longer songs of this era. They just need a little bit more love than they got the first time around.

Posted 5 years ago by kurtster [ Reply ]

bam23 wrote:

Sorry to note that after all these years I still cannot find a way to like this. Why I don't know, although the remarkably pedestrian lyrics, even judged by the lax standards of the day, never rise above verging on silly. An objective listener would be challenged to see the merits in this piece, unless he/she was in high school when this was in perpetual play on the radio. A discerning listener might also note that there are rather pronounced intonation issues at points where the attention is focused on the interplay between the voice and the instruments. And it gets more intense as the song works toward the crescendo. Nostalgia runs the gamut.

Do not agree, and I was born in '70. LOVED hearing this on 890am Worlds Largest Store 3 1/2 hours south of Chi-town.

Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9 [ Reply ]

If I listen to it again, I'll probably have to count the repetitions of the title, after which I'll spurn it forever.
So, best use PSD to avoid that eventuality.
Wait, does that even make sense?

Posted 8 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

Sorry to note that after all these years I still cannot find a way to like this. Why I don't know, although the remarkably pedestrian lyrics, even judged by the lax standards of the day, never rise above verging on silly. An objective listener would be challenged to see the merits in this piece, unless he/she was in high school when this was in perpetual play on the radio. A discerning listener might also note that there are rather pronounced intonation issues at points where the attention is focused on the interplay between the voice and the instruments. And it gets more intense as the song works toward the crescendo. Nostalgia runs the gamut.

Posted 8 years ago by bam23 [ Reply ]

I'm happy to read this here, now!

The fact is, I could got a digital copy of the album "On time", and was really astonished by their music: powerful, fresh, one of its kind...
I love it!

Seems like RP is more ready now than before, to integrate new GFR songs to its playlist?
freemusic wrote:

Yeah, I'd sure like to hear much more... "ON TIME", their first album was truly most excellent, as a complete work. Their later albums were not quite up to the quality of the first. It's unfortunate that no one can listen to that album now, since it was never released digitally, and the vinyl is certainly out of print. My only copy bit the dust back in the 70's, (8 tracks just weren't meant to survive for more than about a year before becoming a ball of electronic yarn inside the players.)

This cut certainly seems like it was digitized, and sounds great — I still rate it at a 10. I heard them live a few years ago at bike week in Orlando. If you get the chance to hear them live, do so. But, bring your ear plugs.

treatment_bound wrote:

This is the only Grand Funk song being played here at RP, and it was just recently played for the first time since 2008. But after reading the comments for this cut, it seems to be pretty much all positive from the RP faithful on GFR (outside of raga and deepwoodskev) .

Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.

Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for of GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.

Stay tuned...

Posted 9 years ago by Surfeurseb [ Reply ]

the music is alright, but this "I'm getting closer to my home" that is repeated ad eternam is annoying...

Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII [ Reply ]

Jeez, Grand Funk Railroad! This makes me feel very old indeed: haven't heard them since I was a kid :)

Posted 9 years ago by BobbyCat [ Reply ]

heard this for the first time today. I think it blew my mind away in awe.

Posted 9 years ago by blackaddermrbean [ Reply ]

Wow, I'm back in my bedroom in high school, singing at the top of my lungs...blast from the past! This was one of my favorite albums at the time!

Posted 9 years ago by patmccormick [ Reply ]

Just a 6.5? What the #^*& is wrong with people?

Beautiful, timeless song......

Posted 9 years ago by d48m02h1918 [ Reply ]

Oh, yes

Posted 9 years ago by robertomiller [ Reply ]

Still stuck on only one GFR song here...maybe Bill can coax Mark Farner away from his Bowflex machine long enough to crank out a quick rendition of their "Locomotion" cover for our listening pleasure!

Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound [ Reply ]

No.

Posted 9 years ago by Hoosfoos [ Reply ]

${#Devil_pimp}$ Like Bill says, the always "interesting" comments on songs. LOL I grew up in Michigan listening to GFR and some fond memories of a few concerts attended, and jamming in the early 70's with this on 8 track I'm sure lol Thanks for the blast from the past!

Posted 9 years ago by willmcnaught [ Reply ]

You'll only love this if you were there...heh heh heh

Posted 9 years ago by Shesdifferent [ Reply ]

hayduke2 wrote:

I'll rate this marginal, and turn the volume off cause it won't psd .. dumb white "rock"

I was never into GFR however this song brings great memories from my childhood

Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ [ Reply ]

Great tune, GFR at its best

Posted 9 years ago by stangel [ Reply ]

I'll rate this marginal, and turn the volume off cause it won't psd .. dumb white "rock"

Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2 [ Reply ]

Grand Funk! Wow! Red eyes and all!

What an inspired pick!

Posted 9 years ago by keller1 [ Reply ]

Yeah, I'd sure like to hear much more... "ON TIME", their first album was truly most excellent, as a complete work. Their later albums were not quite up to the quality of the first. It's unfortunate that no one can listen to that album now, since it was never released digitally, and the vinyl is certainly out of print. My only copy bit the dust back in the 70's, (8 tracks just weren't meant to survive for more than about a year before becoming a ball of electronic yarn inside the players.)

This cut certainly seems like it was digitized, and sounds great — I still rate it at a 10. I heard them live a few years ago at bike week in Orlando. If you get the chance to hear them live, do so. But, bring your ear plugs.

treatment_bound wrote:

This is the only Grand Funk song being played here at RP, and it was just recently played for the first time since 2008. But after reading the comments for this cut, it seems to be pretty much all positive from the RP faithful on GFR (outside of raga and deepwoodskev) .

Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.

Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for of GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.

Stay tuned...

Posted 9 years ago by freemusic [ Reply ]

TheKing2 wrote:

hear, hear!

I would recommend that, once at home, the GFR stays there to never come out again.

Is it over yet. Is the needle stuck ?

Posted 9 years ago by Jim_Messenger [ Reply ]

peregrin wrote:

I wonder if he's getting closer to his home ... oh wait, yes, he's just said that 738 times.

hear, hear!

I would recommend that, once at home, the GFR stays there to never come out again.

Posted 9 years ago by TheKing2 [ Reply ]

I wonder if he's getting closer to his home ... oh wait, yes, he's just said that 738 times.

Posted 9 years ago by peregrin [ Reply ]

A band which always tried too hard, but still manage to put out quality stuff. This was one of them.

Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

This here is some quality stuff. Not into GFR, but this song really stands out. Always thought it was a very fine tune.

Posted 9 years ago by Relayer [ Reply ]

passsion8 wrote:

Unbelievable! I was just commenting to myself this morning how much I love and surprised by Bill's musical choices and how they parallel my tastes. This song is a true flashback...

robertomiller wrote:

What a treat. So special to the few of us who where there when this song came out. A magical memory.

Bears repeating.

Posted 9 years ago by robertomiller [ Reply ]

pcc wrote:

deepwoodskev wrote:

Monotonous and repetitive. Blah.

Yes

No way, fellers! We played this song all week long at basketball camp in 1969. We played only this song, cause the B-side on the 45 wasn't good, we had no other records, and basketball camp was in the NC mountains out of AM radio range. All week long, baby!

And you know what? I still love it! Cheesy beach break and everything! Makes my smile very big.

Posted 9 years ago by unclehud [ Reply ]

I knew this song from the opening notes, as the album was a significant part of my growing-up years!

Posted 9 years ago by ginniet [ Reply ]

pcc wrote:

deepwoodskev wrote:

Monotonous and repetitive. Blah.

Yes

Posted 9 years ago by pcc [ Reply ]

deepwoodskev wrote:

Monotonous and repetitive. Blah.

Posted 9 years ago by pcc [ Reply ]

rotekz wrote:

Too repetitive on the vocals, annoying.

Ya I gotta go with you on this one for sure. It goes on endlessly, and not in a good way.

Posted 9 years ago by shellbella [ Reply ]

Unbelievable! I was just commenting to myself this morning how much I love and surprised by Bill's musical choices and how they parallel my tastes. This song is a true flashback...

robertomiller wrote:

What a treat. So special to the few of us who where there when this song came out. A magical memory.

Posted 9 years ago by passsion8 [ Reply ]

What a treat. So special to the few of us who where there when this song came out. A magical memory.

Posted 9 years ago by robertomiller [ Reply ]

Surprising selection. I enjoy most all of Grand Funk's work.

Posted 9 years ago by jcorry [ Reply ]

Too repetitive on the vocals, annoying.

Posted 9 years ago by rotekz [ Reply ]

This is the only Grand Funk song being played here at RP, and it was just recently played for the first time since 2008. But after reading the comments for this cut, it seems to be pretty much all positive from the RP faithful on GFR (outside of raga and deepwoodskev) .

Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.

Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for a GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.

Stay tuned...

Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound [ Reply ]

Damn, missed it.

A 10.

Posted 10 years ago by kurtster [ Reply ]

I was only 12 or 13 when I heard Grand Funk, the album before this one. Hearing this album after hearing "Inside Looking Out", "Paranoid" and others off that earlier album was probably my first exposure to a band selling out.

Posted 10 years ago by lasker98 [ Reply ]

Monotonous and repetitive. Blah.

Posted 10 years ago by deepwoodskev [ Reply ]

jettondude wrote:

From the comments, it seems that RP hasn't played this song since 2008. Perfect. I enjoy listening to it. But, once every 5 or so years is plenty.

Posted 10 years ago by jettondude [ Reply ]

This was my friend Paul's favorite song back in the 70's after 2 tours in Nam. We had GF on the reel to reel tape player for 4 hours of continuous music...

Posted 10 years ago by paganpete [ Reply ]

One of their better tunes. Nice to hear some GFRR. How about some from their Frank Zappa - produced album: Good Singin, Good Playin? Tunes like "Crossfire" still blow me away.

Posted 10 years ago by BBoyes [ Reply ]

leathepea wrote:

What a whiner, just take his ship already.

I thought the 90s was the whiner decade. You mean they had this in the 60s too? Good grief. Well I like it in any case. Our country is going to hell in a handbasket and there aint nothing no one can do about it. What ever happened to hard work?

Posted 10 years ago by rdo [ Reply ]

raga wrote:

STOP
STOP
STOP
STOP
STOP
STOP
STOP
STOP

make me

Posted 10 years ago by oldviolin [ Reply ]

Holy DejaVu!!!

Posted 10 years ago by sunybuny [ Reply ]

Ahhh, brings back memories of the summers of my youth. Humidity. Bugs. Cow flops. Salamanders.

Posted 15 years ago by BasmntMadman [ Reply ]

Mark, Don, and Mel: Rock and Roll at its best!

Posted 15 years ago by toterola [ Reply ]

Nice bass line. Kept me in practice many years

Posted 15 years ago by ScopArch [ Reply ]

RobRyan wrote:

I'd have to say that "Ride Captain Ride" is my all time favorite one hit wonder song, followed closely by Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady."

''Brandy, you're a fine girl. What a good wife you'd be. But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea...''

Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose [ Reply ]

E's the bleedin' cap'n iddn'e? If there ever was a reason for punk rock, this is it...

Posted 15 years ago by MM_Prague [ Reply ]

skyguy wrote:

I had the see through yellow vinyl 45-so cool.

oh yeah - i had this one on pretty yellow vinyl

cd collecting vs vinyl collectiong with colored vinyl, album art - just isn't the same ...

Posted 15 years ago by driver8 [ Reply ]

Kdubba wrote:

you should be home by now.....

my thought exactly

Posted 15 years ago by coentje [ Reply ]

STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP

Posted 15 years ago by raga [ Reply ]

stewliscious wrote:

I'm getting closer to....zzzzzzzzzzz

Ha ha ha! Awesome. I laughed for a good minute about this one!

Posted 15 years ago by Mina_the_Boo [ Reply ]

you should be home by now.....

Posted 15 years ago by Kdubba [ Reply ]

Zep wrote:

Sounds good, just so long as it's not Captain and Tenille.

I'd almost be willing to suffer through "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tenille, if it were followed up by "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. Almost.

Posted 15 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3 [ Reply ]

Memories. Sitting around the fire at the lake partaking of some herb someone with a guitar would break into this eventually.

Posted 15 years ago by Older_Gentleman [ Reply ]

I'm getting closer to....zzzzzzzzzzz

Posted 15 years ago by stewliscious [ Reply ]

WonderLizard wrote:

C'mon, Bill...."Ride, Captain, Ride" and then "The Captain and Me"

Sounds good, just so long as it's not Captain and Tenille.

Posted 15 years ago by Zep [ Reply ]

What a whiner, just take his ship already.

Posted 15 years ago by leathepea [ Reply ]

I had the see through yellow vinyl 45-so cool.

Posted 15 years ago by skyguy [ Reply ]

On_The_Beach wrote:

A guilty pleasure, right up there with "Skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Pi-Lot, how high can you fly?"

Classic memories and classic tunes. Thanks.

Posted 15 years ago by thubeav [ Reply ]

Ain't heard this in AGES! Awesome!

Posted 15 years ago by garthwb [ Reply ]

A guilty pleasure, right up there with "Skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Pi-Lot, how high can you fly?"

Posted 16 years ago by On_The_Beach [ Reply ]

drjimmy wrote:

Except Sugarloaf also had a hit with "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You." Here's a little trivia courtesy of Wikipedia: The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records and a public number at the White House respectively.

I stand corrected, though I've never heard the song.

Posted 16 years ago by RobRyan [ Reply ]

RobRyan wrote:

I'd have to say that "Ride Captain Ride" is my all time favorite one hit wonder song, followed closely by Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady."

Except Sugarloaf also had a hit with "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You." Here's a little trivia courtesy of Wikipedia: The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records and a public number at the White House respectively.

Posted 16 years ago by drjimmy [ Reply ]

Question Mark and the Mysterians Live on ...

Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit [ Reply ]

MM_Prague wrote:

Time passes differently when you're stoned, dude!!

That's just what I was thinking near this song's final end. I thought one would have to be stoned out of their gourd to really enjoy the repetitive quality of this song as background music, lol

Posted 16 years ago by davyjrshort [ Reply ]

rickhoran wrote:

now thats a nice follow up.

I'd have to say that "Ride Captain Ride" is my all time favorite one hit wonder song, followed closely by Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady."

Posted 16 years ago by RobRyan [ Reply ]

Captain_D0D00 wrote:

I'll be damned.

I'll be stoned

Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex [ Reply ]

RobRyan wrote:

I love Pleasant Valley Sunday. In fact, now that I think of it, RP is sadly lacking in Monkees tunes.

Here, here!

Posted 16 years ago by Tesseract [ Reply ]

DoctorHooey wrote:

I never noticed it before when hearing this sandwiched among other meathead FM classic rock mediocrity, but wow the vocals on this song are really actively awful. I've done better harmonies stoned half-asleep stoned out of my guord on nyquil and nursing a sore throat. Blech.

I see you have some tom waits songs rated at 10.... now again tell me how awful the harmonies are.

Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran [ Reply ]

DoctorHooey wrote:

I never noticed it before when hearing this sandwiched among other meathead FM classic rock mediocrity, but wow the vocals on this song are really actively awful. I've done better harmonies stoned half-asleep stoned out of my guord on nyquil and nursing a sore throat. Blech.

Not to mention that there aren't really very MANY vocals...just the same ones over and over and over again. I didn't like this when it came out. Still don't. But hey...all is subjective in music.

Posted 16 years ago by Tesseract [ Reply ]

Hinkamp wrote:

when ever I hear the opening of this song I think "oh no! not the Monkey's Pleasant Valley Sunday!"

I love Pleasant Valley Sunday. In fact, now that I think of it, RP is sadly lacking in Monkees tunes.

Posted 16 years ago by RobRyan [ Reply ]

I never noticed it before when hearing this sandwiched among other meathead FM classic rock mediocrity, but wow the vocals on this song are really actively awful. I've done better harmonies half-asleep stoned out of my guord on nyquil and nursing a sore throat. Blech.

Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey [ Reply ]

Also I think if we're going to go this route, RP needs to start playing some Little River Band for that true slice-of-the-70s sound.

Posted 16 years ago by linden [ Reply ]

oldviolin wrote:

When asked how he came to write one of his mega-hits, Mark said one night just before going to sleep he prayed for a song that would reach out and touch the people God wanted to touch. He woke up abruptly in the middle of the night with words in his head and instantly wrote them down. The next day he picked up a guitar and finished what would become one of his most popular songs, I'm Your Captain.

I'll be damned.

Posted 16 years ago by Captain_D0D00 [ Reply ]

WonderLizard wrote:

C'mon, Bill...."Ride, Captain, Ride" and then "The Captain and Me"

now thats a nice follow up.

Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran [ Reply ]

weevilkinevil wrote:

Am I getting old? I used to really like this song and now it's just on my list of "Longest Damn Songs Ever Made"

Time passes differently when you're stoned, dude!!

Posted 16 years ago by MM_Prague [ Reply ]

Needs some tightening up... cut the last 2-3 minutes, a few bars in the bridge, and it might work.

Posted 16 years ago by Zep [ Reply ]

Saw GFR a couple of summers ago. They rocked "back then" and can still rock.

Posted 16 years ago by drjimmy [ Reply ]

"He can feel the hand of a stranger...and its tightening round his throat" Ride on Capt

Posted 16 years ago by Painted_Turtle [ Reply ]

Didn't see that coming

Posted 16 years ago by sfListener [ Reply ]

When I was a kid, somehow in my head I put this song into a trilogy with "Space Oddity" and "Major Tom."

Posted 16 years ago by linden [ Reply ]

C'mon, Bill...."Ride, Captain, Ride" and then "The Captain and Me"

Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

say what you like - I still think this is a great song by a great band

Posted 16 years ago by MisterVErb [ Reply ]

oldviolin wrote:

When asked how he came to write one of his mega-hits, Mark said one night just before going to sleep he prayed for a song that would reach out and touch the people God wanted to touch. He woke up abruptly in the middle of the night with words in his head and instantly wrote them down. The next day he picked up a guitar and finished what would become one of his most popular songs, I'm Your Captain.

wow, that is pretty intense!

Posted 16 years ago by rachlan [ Reply ]

what a pleasant shock to here this on RP!

Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran [ Reply ]

When asked how he came to write one of his mega-hits, Mark said one night just before going to sleep he prayed for a song that would reach out and touch the people God wanted to touch. He woke up abruptly in the middle of the night with words in his head and instantly wrote them down. The next day he picked up a guitar and finished what would become one of his most popular songs, I'm Your Captain.

Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin [ Reply ]

aeknust wrote:

I can absolutely put those musicians in a group, because they're all rock'n'rollers from Michigan, silly. But I agree. . . as far as picking a home-state favorite, I'll go for Bob Seeger every time.

Did they have ANY white musicians who could sing?

Posted 16 years ago by bokey [ Reply ]

I think the nostalgia value of this is probably a lot higher than the musical value.

Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato [ Reply ]

The song was so long, and got worse (at the quiet part) that I was forced to lower it from a 3 to a 2. I try to respect it... but I hate it. Why did RP go 5 years between playing this, and then only wait a month? Back to the 5 yr rotation please! And love the comments about getting closer...

Posted 16 years ago by cvandoren [ Reply ]

Wow

Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin [ Reply ]

Spliff wrote:

Bill - sometimes you make me laugh out loud.

What he said, because I just loved this song........at the time. Well, ...er....still do....

Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent [ Reply ]

tiare wrote:

You just CANNOT put Bob Seeger in the same group with that two meat heads!! Seeger was a legend!

I can absolutely put those musicians in a group, because they're all rock'n'rollers from Michigan, silly. But I agree... as far as picking a home-state favorite, I'll go for Bob Seeger every time.

Posted 16 years ago by aeknust [ Reply ]

Am I getting old? I used to really like this song and now it's just on my list of "Longest Damn Songs Ever Made"

Posted 16 years ago by weevilkinevil [ Reply ]

could we get a little closer to the end

Posted 16 years ago by DoctorK [ Reply ]

Nice one Bill. I love this tune & have not heard it in years... Very nostalgic. Mark Farner threw his harmonica into the audience at their Vancouver show when I was young. My friend caught it but wouldn't let me play it. I was sooooo pissed! :-)

Posted 16 years ago by big_gare [ Reply ]

just how far away is this freaking boat?

Posted 16 years ago by MrDill [ Reply ]

aeknust wrote:

As a Michigander, i grew up hearing a lot of Grand Funk, Bob Seeger and Ted Nugent... I love hearing all of that stuff! (except "uncle Ted") Closer to my home indeed!

You just CANNOT put Bob Seeger in the same group with that two meat heads!! Seeger was a legend!