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@uncleray-ray74144 жыл бұрын
Since you asked for an explanation of the song, here it is. (Love your vids BTW). In an interview in 1994 or so, Mark Farner, the writer and original guitar player, said the first half of the song (I'm your captain ) was about a captain that was poisoned by his crew as they called mutiny. That's why he keeps saying "although I'm feeling very sick ". The poison doesn't work so they choke him out (the stranger on his boat with his hand around his throat). That brings us to part 2 (closer to home). Much simpler, shorter, and darker story here. This is what's going on in the captains mind as he dies. Home being Heaven (just in case you didn't get the reference ) Sorry its so long, but you asked for it, my friend... lol Keep up the great work.
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that🙏🏾
@marjoryarmstrong69534 жыл бұрын
I second that...I forgot the whole story cause it's been so long and I'm getting up there....😉😎
@profjohnfrinks4 жыл бұрын
Maybe foreshadowing for the captain and that good ship, grand funk railroad. Return Mark his ship!
@ursulabklyn_mia61484 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ray-Ray what are you apologizing for? Wow that background story is sad and tragic. Now have to listen again.
@k0vert4 жыл бұрын
Well that's a bummer... RIP Captain
@michaeldeaves75664 жыл бұрын
67 yr old Vietnam era Vet at almost 1am listening to Jamel rock to this great band!!! Jamel I need rest but one GFR song is not enough!!! Thank you young man for putting a little joy in my life!!!
@danquinnell3502 Жыл бұрын
Nice to meet you on KZbin Michael. Hope youre doing well. Thanks for your comment.
@dmCurator4 жыл бұрын
This is THE song of their career. Freaking huge. Masterpiece. It all came together.
@shuroom572 жыл бұрын
I'm almost embarrassed to admit how spiritually obsessed I am with this track. JUST the studio track, with the strings. I go into a trance listening to the fade out. Something about it.
@amrak5028 Жыл бұрын
@@shuroom57 Laid back, Eyes Closed Volume Up. I've done it 1961 times!
@pursang6792 Жыл бұрын
It's sad what their manager did to these guys.
@LarryNeie-lj7zc4 ай бұрын
This is GFR's masterpiece. Other seafaring great songs are A Salty Dog by Procol Harem, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot and Save the Whales by Country Joe MacDonald.
@TheSanityInspector3 жыл бұрын
The story goes that Mark Farner shed tears when he listened to the orchestral part that the producer put on at the end, because it was so beautiful.
@scottsteel23952 жыл бұрын
I know it still brings tears to me......✌❤
@arthurbishop3173 Жыл бұрын
@@scottsteel2395Same here. This is their 'Stairway to Heaven', and it's AMAZING-ESPECIALLY the outro...SO POWERFUL, yet SO incredibly BEAUTIFUL!!!
@lemurianchick Жыл бұрын
The strings in the middle (around 6:36) are very reminiscent of the ones used not long before on Glen Campbell's "Witchita Lineman."
@mpeeps6364 жыл бұрын
Real musicians with reals lyrics, voices and story. We need more of this today
@johnwilles46362 жыл бұрын
Rival Sons are that band today
@mpeeps6362 жыл бұрын
@@johnwilles4636 Thank you, I had no idea, will definitely search for them. Thanks!!
@johnwilles46362 жыл бұрын
@@mpeeps636 I love classic rock and Rival Sons are no joke.
@INUAGAIN2 жыл бұрын
3 man bands kicked butt
@landrelarose745 Жыл бұрын
The reason why they'll never have this excellent music is because most of all the lyrics are used in it.
@TheScavenger714 жыл бұрын
This song was a favorite of the soldiers who were on the way home returning from Viet Nam. Viet Nam vets have a special place in their heart for this song and also for the Animals' "We Gotta Get out Of This Place."
@TheScavenger714 жыл бұрын
@@10aurum48 Thank you for your service, sir.
@Budavin4 жыл бұрын
@@10aurum48 Thank you for your service Sir.
@martyfisher38604 жыл бұрын
@@10aurum48 Thank you for your service and Welcome Home! A huge thank you also extended to those who didn't get to come home. Visited the traveling wall a couple years back. An emotional and sobering experience.
@happyfreeliferc3 жыл бұрын
I'm in ,Engineer here.
@skywatcher46023 жыл бұрын
Yes Thank you for your Service. My dad was in Vietnam. He died when I was 12. This song has always had a special place in my heart. Now I know its just another thing I had in common with him. Thank you so much!
@EricBlackmonGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Back when I was in high school in '71 we jammed to this everyday when Roscoe Gatewood put his speakers in the window and cranked them up in a black neighborhood. WE ROCKED!
@maryellenazack44662 жыл бұрын
SUPERSTARS 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@swami1 Жыл бұрын
“Roscoe Gatewood.” Now THERE’S a name from 1970s high school. Love it!
@brucelawson64221 күн бұрын
Roscoe ? What's that motherscratcher up to ?😊
@miketurpin53314 жыл бұрын
This was back when a bass player worked his ass off. We had a bass player in my band like that and as a guitarist i loved working with the man. I miss ya side show bob. Yes he had a afro lol
@DonaldKoller4 жыл бұрын
Mark Farner is one of the most underrated singer to ever live.
@scottmccullough42674 жыл бұрын
I agree,also Bob Seeger!
@strattuner4 жыл бұрын
YEAH HE;S A GENIUS AND HIS BAND IS A JOKE WITHOUT HIM,HE IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND FUNK
@kelltic1004 жыл бұрын
@@strattuner: Truer words were never spoken. Damn shame what those two did to Mark Farner, because they are nothing without his voice, and his writing. I wouldn't pay a dime to go see that bunch Schacher and Brewer put together. Boggles the mind how they can live with themselves after the underhanded, low tactics Brewer did.
@paulpresto6734 жыл бұрын
@@kelltic100 I agree...Mark Farner WAS the band...but with all due respect, Brewer and Schacher, were all three, part of a very special group...how three kids made it THAT big, THAT fast is phenomenal.
@motfc84 жыл бұрын
Don Brewer has an amazing voice, most of the higher stuff, never really got a chance to shine, like Roger Taylor of Queen, like... I'll stop now. LOL
@MuckoMan4 жыл бұрын
Something missing today is people making music taking their time and bringing you on a journey. They didn't worry about air time just art and feeling.
@loki62534 жыл бұрын
What a great explanation. They take me on a trip in my mind every time. Much like Nazareth.
@cynthiacolbert41724 жыл бұрын
Back then when you bought an album it was an experience now of days your lucky to like one song not to mention that what your hearing has been digitally changed. That was an a time when voices & instruments were real.
@christinezeoligratefulchef86724 жыл бұрын
Or what they looked like. Oh yeah and can you do it whilst dancing.
@iahelcathartesaura38874 жыл бұрын
Dang straight you are on that!
@hjs9td3 жыл бұрын
Top 40 these days is laying on your back singing into an Autotuner.
@harrykuehb89383 жыл бұрын
Listen to how unique the musical composition is and how it flows so effortless. Being performed by three of best musicians of a generation so gifted with them.
@zeapod4 жыл бұрын
My uncle commited suicide he was a child of rock and roll and drugs. And when he got cremated we took him to the ocean he loved the water and gave him to the ocean and I sang thing in my head while I was there in Galveston. To me the man in the song is dying and he's getting closer to heaven
@mediclimber4 жыл бұрын
I'm 61, this was required listening back in the day. I had the opportunity to see them in concert six times, and I all six events. Glad you like them, they were one of the first ":super groups" to play arenas and sell out most of their shows.
@milky55way20124 жыл бұрын
I saw their reunion tour in the 80s I think it was in Providence, great tour!
@johnminter53594 жыл бұрын
I’m one of the lucky ones, I grew up listening to GFR and it sounds even better today. It’s good that you’re digging it too
@swampgator19574 жыл бұрын
This is how I got introduced to rock and roll, still my favorite. 50. Years later The wanta Grand Funk really screwed up when they got rid of Mark They haven't wrote anything since.
@carolynlandry15414 жыл бұрын
I to grew up listening to them
@truthstillmatters594 жыл бұрын
Me Too - Jim Longstreet - if you are out there I loaned you my Grand Funk Railroad album back in 1975 and you never returned it!
@detroitlady92824 жыл бұрын
Mark is Grand Funk!
@raymondmorgan75894 жыл бұрын
After Jimi Grand Funk Railroad was our hard rock band in our North Philly hood in early 70's.
@huskerr1114 жыл бұрын
We played this one in the US Navy, to us Closer to Home was the captain's thoughts heading into his home port after the turmoil described in I'm your Captain. We always wanted to play it pulling into San Diego when a deployment ended.
@davidgross9902 жыл бұрын
Played it on the Kitty Hawk 1MC pulling back into S.D. from Westpac and Willie Nelson's On The Road Again when departing on deployment. Music was everything during my time at sea, walkman and Boom Box era, remember when the ships store got walkmans in about '80 thought they were wonderful. Now I put 1000 songs on a flash drive, still have a walkman in a box somewhere.
@bretrobison5529 Жыл бұрын
My first Navy sea command aboard USS Hoel DDG 13 this was on of the songs we played at sea and anchor detail returning to San Diego from a 9 month deployment spanning 1981-1982.
@thomasfranco599710 ай бұрын
I remember when my cousin Billy turned me on to Grand Funk Railroad. I loved Inside Looking out. He had this album and always played it. Now he is no longer with us, he passed on 10/31/2021. We were really close when we were kids and the memories of this album when we were both teenagers. I know he is in Heaven and singing this song. Beautiful!!!
@davidkelly18204 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh the sweet memories of driving my 69 chevelle ss with my beautiful blond hair girlfriend listening to this 8 track . Cant believe it has been almost 50 years ago. Seems like yesterday.🎸🎸🎸🇺🇸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
@geminiguy20134 жыл бұрын
My 69 Buick GS 350 worked as well my friend ;)
@completecharleston71424 жыл бұрын
8 tracks, including this one, were the bomb in my 69 Green El Camino! (remember on some, after a song was over, you had to wait a while for it to click over to the next track, to accommodate for the disparity in the time of the songs).
@joesgarage1494 жыл бұрын
I had a 69 chevelle SS 396 as well. Man this song brings it all back :)
@Frank-pe9pk4 жыл бұрын
69 Buick Wildcat digging jams on my 8 track also the kids nowadays missed so much
@erikvaldur33344 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I had a 69 chevelle but had a 71 first. Obviously not new ones. They don't make music like this anymore nor do they make cars like that anymore.
@toddburgess67924 жыл бұрын
Long songs kept them off AM radio. Thank God for FM!!
@seanholycanoli4 жыл бұрын
I get so much enjoyment from watching your reaction to these classic tunes from yesteryear. You my friend, have perfected this particular genre with your sincere appreciation of varied artists and the simple and pure delivery method that is your youtube channel. I'm a big fan.
@vickitrotter79473 жыл бұрын
NOBODY...AND I MEAN NO DAMN BODY! ...IS BETTER THAN JAMAL.......MUCH LOVE, ENJOYMENT AND RESPECT TO YOU JAMAL from a former Motown/ hippie / disco chick from 'BAMA. YOU TOTALLY ROCK...❤
@scottfreitag21142 жыл бұрын
@@vickitrotter7947 agree
@dodgerbluecrew1 Жыл бұрын
I'm also a huge fan of your channel...😇😎❤
@jdubbb20045 ай бұрын
I couldn’t have said it better!
@jdubbb20045 ай бұрын
I couldn’t have said it better!
@debi91124 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs, I ran away from home and heard this song. I didn't belong, never belonged, in the house I lived in due to a stepfather, so this song makes me happy and sad. Its beautiful, it wasn't meant to be funky. Thank you for this song!
@dickcnormous42024 жыл бұрын
Check out their video from Shea Stadium 1971. The crowd was grooving and stomping so hard they almost cracked the stadium foundation you could see the grandstand swaying.
@deborahcornell1714 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite Grand Funk song back in the day partly because of my love for the ocean. Saw them in concert back when Mark Farner's straight blonde hair cascaded like a waterfall down to his butt. Great voice. Great hair. Nice butt.💙 Btw, people might consider them underrated because they're not talked about as much as some other bands. But they were hugely popular, especially around 1970 to 1973.
@TheMechanicalGirl9994 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's sad they aren't but personally I prefer it after seeing a lot of "modern" pop and rap artists try and "re-invent" the classic/older songs they have come across almost destroying them and so I have trouble deciding if the older stuff would be better if it got back into the hands of the masses or not these days! Since who knows how long it would remain untouched! I'm 29 and this is one of all of the things I can count on all my 10 fingers (yes, my parents only ever did 10 good things for me!), by that I mean introducing my to music from the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s (all the jazz, rock, folk, funk, metal, et cetera of the era). From the well known, like Ella, Janis, Peter, Paul and Mary, AC/DC, et cetera to the lesser known.
@davidkelly18204 жыл бұрын
Im right there with you on that. For the life of me i can't figure out why they haven't been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. They wouldn't know talent if it kicked them in the kahunas. I grew up in this time and grateful to have witnessed greatness in action.🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍🇺🇸
@Waterloosunset24 жыл бұрын
@@davidkelly1820 They were not considered very good musicians and were disrespected even by their peers back then.
@davidkelly18204 жыл бұрын
Their peers were jealous of them . This was a true rock band.
@TheMechanicalGirl9994 жыл бұрын
@@davidkelly1820 yes they were and it's sad! A lot of great bands, artists, etcetera have ALWAYS gotten b.s. to get to what they need and where they are/were now and in the worst cases only receive true recognition in death! However, that can be said about anyone as some people will always be assholes that can't ever see the true beauty through the shit even after they have trampled it to death!
@andythomason55763 жыл бұрын
Dude, I gotta say, after watching many of your reactions. You were just born about 15 years later than your souls wanted to be. Thank God all the great music of my time was preserved for you in yours.
@827dusty4 жыл бұрын
There just isn't any music like this anymore.
@iahelcathartesaura38874 жыл бұрын
This wine is gone. The life, freedom & spirit that engendered this is no more. We must keep it alive inside.
@tomvenner60303 жыл бұрын
Try Nightwish, Ghost Love Score, Poet & The Pendulum, Greatest Show on earth. Long story telling songs.
@victororozco1922 жыл бұрын
Check out Moon safari... There's sti good music, and a lot.
@liveoak1444 жыл бұрын
"closer to my home" -- he is going home to God/he dies. :not an extended version, but the end of the song. they never fell under the radar. we loved them; i have no idea why they did not get into the Hall of Fame.
@thomasdolby86904 жыл бұрын
Because the Hall of shame is run by morons, recently I was watching 📺 late at night and time life was selling great performances of the HOS and some of the bands that were in the so-called rock and roll hall of fame never rocked as good as Grand Funk Railroad.
@garyscarpulla1002 жыл бұрын
It really is a travesty, platinum albums, selling out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles, hit singles, one of the biggest draws and fan favorites of the era. I really don't get it. Other artists and bands of lesser accomplishments have been inducted.
@freckled1004 жыл бұрын
I love how experimental Grand Funk Railroad was. They had everything going on in that song. The drums were just amazing to me, too.
@BPF574 жыл бұрын
ELO is another experimental band!
@rustydoering34313 жыл бұрын
My friend, I’m so happy to see a young man totally getting “OUR GENERATIONS” music, we were so lucky to have music like this constantlycoming out , please keep your awesome reactions coming, you will never run out of material
@2373237314 жыл бұрын
Jamal, I’m a 78 year old that lived through all this stuff and loved every minute of it. I saw most of the group in concert and what memories. To this day I still listen to it daily. I just found your spot and subscribed to it and will join you every day. Keep it up Brother. Check out the Allman Bros Band.
@willaimrobinson9383 Жыл бұрын
Great comment. I just wanted to say that I`m just a "Flintoid" along with GFR. They were just a garage band gettin` their stuff together about a half mile away. Some of my best memories growing up as a kid.... It`s so sad to see what Flint has become now. But we will always have the great memories of what that city gave us.....GFR!
@uncletom6184 жыл бұрын
Yes Deborah Cornell, they were absolutely huge in the day. Sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles did!
@swampsnake2003gmail4 жыл бұрын
yes they did and also almost had the show stopped because venue management thought the place was going to fall to the ground . watch some of that footage you can see the stands bouncing up and down from the people dancing it awesome to see . i believe shay put a halt to concerts until they could have engineers take a good survey
@kevincorcoran64934 жыл бұрын
Ironically, the first opening guitar chords sound like The Beatles I Feel Fine.
@jeffmcleskey76854 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is an extension of I'm your captain. Came out in 1969 and most Vietnam vets listened to this on their journey home. Great song from a great band.
@bostonvair4 жыл бұрын
Another great two-part song from the same era: The Guess Who, "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature."
@maceofbass92953 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, great set of tracks!
@user-qp1hj2pp5b8 ай бұрын
Brother, I've listening to this music for 50 yrs , and it still makes me weep, Mark, Don, and Mel , we're ahead of their time, Thank you, for understanding, their Genius,.. WOW, right 👍 Blessings
@notmygovt4 жыл бұрын
Good morning J! Mark Farner prayed and asked God to give him a song, hence this beautiful song.
@deadunionsoldier65264 жыл бұрын
THAT's what I heard, too!
@rickrobinson6724 жыл бұрын
Grand Funk Railroad were never under the radar. They were one of the biggest bands of the early seventies. The snobs in the music press hated them, but fans loved them. The best band never inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Red Album remains my favorite of theirs
@jkbowers562 жыл бұрын
Red album is AWESOME.... Gotta love "Paranoid"... fabulous use of non-musical sounds in it (that's all I'll say about that - no point ruining the impact for those who haven't heard the song)...
@terryricketts223 ай бұрын
One of the Greatest Songs of All Time!!
@andya8574 жыл бұрын
Grand Funk , Grand Jamal...God bless you and yours...Peace and Safety. my man...
@evenjon173 жыл бұрын
This is some feel good music. Brings chill bumps every time I hear it!
@rmichael3994 жыл бұрын
70'S were the Best Best of Times everything was going on people just doing there thing it was so kick back time !!!
@markkauder12884 жыл бұрын
Jamel, seriously, watch this song done at Shea Stadium if you want to see how the effected fans back in the day. Nothing like it today.
@usernameinvalid26754 жыл бұрын
Mark Kauder yeah hard to get the energy of a new band from a compressed studio version
@leighgarrett2854 жыл бұрын
You need to listen to "Low Sparks of High Heeled Boys", this is a song along the same lines :) By Traffic w/Stevie Winwood
@jethromorgan4 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!! And Freedom Rider. Love it.
@cindipossidento56886 ай бұрын
This song always rocked for me and a lot of my friends back in 1970 !!!!!
@EdmundGerber4 жыл бұрын
I believe the bands name comes from the railroad that runs through Flint (their hometown) the Grand Trunk Railroad.
@tom41604 жыл бұрын
Yes it did
@HA-lw1wl4 жыл бұрын
Correct
@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra4 жыл бұрын
Yupitdoes
@mikebetts20464 жыл бұрын
All the mid Michigan fans chiming in here, haha. I'm from Saginaw and saw the grand trunk rail cars all the time.
@leegilligan41534 жыл бұрын
My mom remembers babysitting Mel when he was a baby.
@canarsie564 жыл бұрын
this song still sends chills through me, it takes be back to that place and time
@lisagresham16012 жыл бұрын
Me too! Music doesn’t compare to what was produced then- 70’s 80’s & 90’s were soooo well written & so much thought out into them!!!
@aluminut4 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time. I want this song to be the last song played at my funeral. The long, orchestrated ending is the long journey to Heaven.
@randybryant76944 жыл бұрын
I am 62 years old and graduated from high school in 1976 and the music we listened to back then was awesome indeed they don't write them like that any more. I just love seeing these reaction videos to these songs that I know so well.
@jimbettridge31234 жыл бұрын
Terry Knight, the band's producer and manager had a special amp built for Mel's bass, ergo that sound, in a 3 piece band the bottom end is so important.
@TheRagratus4 жыл бұрын
I see you went "all in" on Grand Funk. I saw them 25 years ago at a little neighborhood fest, maybe 2 thousand people total. My ex had no idea who they were- afterward, she was speechless- and that didn't happen often.
@planelvr074 жыл бұрын
I can't help it, bless you my son! My favorite song by Grand Funk! I feel it's their best song ever.
@nicoledodds7182 Жыл бұрын
Imagine a 10 year old, in the 90s on a Saturday, with a boombox and a blank cassette tape WAITING for the local classic rock channel to play this song so I could record it. That’s how I spent my childhood - along with listening to my dad’s massive vinyl collection. Memories I’ll forever cherish. This is one of the many that is my dad & I‘s “song”. 🤘🏻🤍🤍
@adoracle14 жыл бұрын
he's delirious and dying. so he's getting closer to home . the stranger strangling him was not there, he hallucinated that...then he imagined going home while he is dying instead SO GLAD you did this one. I love this song so much. wonderful reaction Jamel 💙💙💙
@robinfox62564 жыл бұрын
It’s a very long song. This is the version we heard in the 70’s! I love the way music moves you! You always have me dancing along with you!! Plus you have a beautiful voice. I really enjoy your reaction.
@jmfloyd234 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs of all time. Get goosebumps every time into the transition of feeling closer to my home.
@johncooney933 жыл бұрын
Same here. Im 36 but my father loves GFR and whenever this song came on the transition sounded so soulful
@jmfloyd233 жыл бұрын
@@johncooney93 indeed!
@barbaravance67744 жыл бұрын
Damn! Back when you had to really be talented. And these guys still are so underrated! This is music I grew up on. This is the some of the music I have raised my kids listening to. Their Dad is a bass player and plays this music all of the time..And now that they play, this is what they love to play themselves. Good music is timeless!!!
@kerdiditra4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha, they didn’t transition, they just continued to jam... that’s the way it’s done ....😂😂😂
@NandR4 жыл бұрын
DOOBIE BROTHERS - LONG TRAIN RUNNIN One of the best songs of the 70's.
@travisinthetrunk4 жыл бұрын
There’s days worth of Doobie Brothers songs that he’ll love.
@kburke19334 жыл бұрын
'Black Water' is a major favorite of mine. SO much to choose from.
@kburke19334 жыл бұрын
@Point Dexter I'd alter that to be they were better before Michael TOOK OVER the band. ... A lot like Chicago. They were still good with Peter Cetara in the band but went to tripe after Peter took over the band.
@SODAK22764 жыл бұрын
That song is freaking awsome! Huge Dobbie brother's fan
@marel59323 жыл бұрын
Love me some Doobies.
@chriscaskenette4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how tight this band is!!! These guys are unbelievable musicians. It's nice to discover this band.
@davidjohnson3311 Жыл бұрын
Brings tears to my eyes. Takes me back. Unforgettable.
@mmay26694 жыл бұрын
Liked it before I watched it. That's how confident I am you will love it.
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
👍🏾
@HendrixJHE4 жыл бұрын
Same! LOLOL Cant wait to see when he does T.N.U.C live from 1974!
@mariazimmerman89484 жыл бұрын
I believe him saying closer to my home, is him passing, and getting to heaven.
@LyndaMom Жыл бұрын
This song was THE song for high school kids in a band to learn when i was in high school. People went crazy when they played it.
@Ayce19554 жыл бұрын
My Dad and I had a discussion about this song when I was 17, and it was new. He said the lyrics just kept repeating, so it wasn't much of a song. I told him the Closer to Home section has to be heard differently than the rest of the song. Yes the lyrics repeat, but you don't just listen to the lyrics, but the music in between, and it builds and changes as the song goes on. There are subtle introductions of instruments and melodies along the way, creating more of a soundscape.
@LANPartyAnimal4 жыл бұрын
This was my goto song when I was returning home from my 3 month submarine patrols.
@lawrencet.mcguilicutty74474 жыл бұрын
10 years old and asked to my first dance to this song! Will never forget it
@juniorjohnson95093 жыл бұрын
Never did just 3 guys put out more sound on stage or on an album! Great band that blew people away for a few years.
@amberandrews6842 Жыл бұрын
Well Rush as well. I own most albums by both bands. Just so much talent.
@markkempton54663 жыл бұрын
Grand Funk Railroad is my all time favorite bands of all time...growing up in L.A. I've been to 8 GFR concerts and over 100 live concerts in my lifetime...Should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a long time ago....I was in DaNang, Vietnam when this great song was released...
@conniehuddleston5825 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service 💓
@kellydelay184 жыл бұрын
This is a GREAT GREAT song
@patroscher62404 жыл бұрын
Watch the live version at Shae Stadium. It took the Beatles around 7 weeks to sell out Shae Stadium. Grand Funk sold out in 3 days. The people rock the stadium to the point they almost called in engineers because they were afraid the stadium was going to collapse from everyone dancing and gyrating. Great band.
@richarddoran42174 жыл бұрын
I turned my younger brother on to this one of his all time favorites he passed 2 years ago spreading ashes on a mountian top I'm your captain going. Peace brag. Miss you
@richarddoran42174 жыл бұрын
That's Peace Brah
@Richard525174 жыл бұрын
This song is my favorite from Grand Funk...excellent...Thanks once again for an excellent review......
@aramhamparian96414 жыл бұрын
I love your reaction vids! I saw GFR live and they played for 3 1/2 non stop. Probably the greatest AND loudest concert I've ever seen. Thanks for your channel!!
@TRprepper4 жыл бұрын
They just don't make great music now a days. Love the classics.
@reddragon37332 жыл бұрын
As someone previously commented, this song was very popular with the Vietnam Veterans. Because they dreamed of coming home. As a guitar player you appreciate Grand Funk Railroad. Mark Farner's into is amazing. The interlude and tempo changes all the way to the outra makes this song Amazing. As well as the lyrics. The otro says it all for the Vets. My Favorite Rock Song. Mark Farner is a talented Writer, musician, singer & composer. Love my GFR!
@meptune4 жыл бұрын
Listen to how this song changes and develops; it grows and unfolds, changing through different keys and rhythms. There's more than just one great melody here and some very clever lyrics. This is good song writing.
@applehead17444 жыл бұрын
These are my home town boys from Flint, MI. Thanks for reacting. I love it!
@geminiguy20134 жыл бұрын
GFR...our "homies"!
@pureau794 жыл бұрын
It was. It was an extended version about the journey to where life takes you. It was a captain’s experience of treachery and deceit. It was the journey back from the unknown with unsavory men seeking to take what was not theirs to have. It was jealousy and greed driving a crew to the point of no return. It was a plea of desperation to reach the place where it all began when everyone aboard had a common vision. It was nearness to the deepest love while at the knife’s edge of brokenness. It was so close... so close. Did he make it back. Or, did he slip away in the grip of death’s hand? It was life’s mysterious voyage. Who can simply be and let be? Who loves with a pure love? Are you able to see? There will always be those who have and those who have not. Does your lack entitle you to my surplus? Let me feel the ocean spray and smell the salt air. Don’t take my love. Don’t hinder my life. It’s not all about you. It’s not all about me. It’s how we come back from where we have been... it’s how we go to where we have not been... it’s about heaven... and the hell of treasonous men. Sounds like life today where everyone is all out for themselves.
@candicemorrison3044 жыл бұрын
Love this! This should be the pinned comment (imho) ;-)
@johnkelly26634 жыл бұрын
My brother bought this home in 72, we grew up in Philly. Still love Grand Funk. I was 10
@pdmullgirl4 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’m your captain, closer to home is all one song. I love me some Grand Funk! Glad you enjoyed! ❤️💜💚
@joelsimms46364 жыл бұрын
I had this album and literally played the grooves off of it!! Traveling back in time!! Hope you had a great holiday man!! Great reaction! Peace and love to all people!
@jimearnest43424 жыл бұрын
Yes Jamel,closer to home is an extension of I'm your captain, check out "paranoid" also by them,I also suggested "mean mistreater" in a earlier post, love your channel brother!
@SuperGuitarDude74 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them, too. What a great band. Disrespected by a lot of critics back then, but had so many great songs. Very talented.
@catherinehall4820 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable talent for a 3 piece great band. Great musicians. Love.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself4 жыл бұрын
This brings me back to summer days, playing cards and smoking in the garage.
@bobinfaith4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jamal, I loved your reaction! I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home by Grand Funk Railroad remains timeless to this day. If I remember this song was about the turbulent times in the late 60s and early 70s. "I'm getting closer to my home" was an anthem that at some point and trial, we're coming home to our "roots." Thank you for presenting and the sound was great!
@jesserosenberger65314 жыл бұрын
June 5, 2020....still LOVE this song....in times of turmoil it is great to hear songs like this and escape from the divisiveness in our country and relax with you sir with this song and see you enjoy it as much as I do...God Bless America....
@cynthiacolbert41724 жыл бұрын
Never felt so blessed as I do now to have grown up in the mid 60’s & 70’s to have heard all this great music & have seen a lot of these groups live. I wish my kids who are 30, 29 & 22 could of experienced this same effect. I grew up in Detroit with many places to go to see live music but moved to NC over 21 years ago & I miss seeing live music so much. My love of music is all over the charts but I loved hearing R&B the most.
@deborahcox30114 жыл бұрын
Ok, you are delving into my teenage years and I love it!!!! Whoo hoo! GFR is a wonderful, groovy memory. Thanks so much for reacting to them.
@patrickdebauche15414 жыл бұрын
Love it... my all-time GFR is "Time Machine" long live the shuffle!
@annalykins15794 жыл бұрын
Brings back some awesome memories!! Party time🍑
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
🕺🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
@Loader72723 жыл бұрын
The build up of the orchestra instrumental layers towards the end is magical.
@richardgazinia54824 жыл бұрын
Great reactions. This is one of my favorite "headphone" songs. Grand Funk Railroad was huge in the 1970s. I was just a bit too young to see them live at the height of their popularity, I was born in 1965, but my older brother would play their music loud and proud over and over, so I have him to thank for my love of this song. I came back to this song in the 80s when the 70s were being revived a bit with the "classic" rock radio format. Would blare this out the windows of my 1980 Chevy Chevette. This song is better a-hem "appreciated" with a little weed and a great set of headphones.
@benkmoskomusic36794 жыл бұрын
You gotta check out “American Band” by Grand Funk. One of their best known songs and just really fun and full of energy.
@sallygalarneau15694 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking me back to mid teens. This was my music! So much great music!
@redevil7081 Жыл бұрын
First time to see these guys live they were fronted by Iron Butterfly…they came out and set the place on fire. Saw them several times after, as recently as 2008, they still rocked out, everyone younger was mesmerized by their set. Good don’t spoil with age.
@powerdavid62354 жыл бұрын
Saw Grand Funk Railroad at the free Hyde park concert in 1971 (With Humble Pie, Heads hands and feet), this is the song that I remember the most from that day (I was 14 years old).
@rudaddygar4 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time!!! Any time I feel down I listen to this song and it helps me feel better!
@jimfrederick39074 жыл бұрын
A 70's classic!
@gud2go504 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorites as a kid and now.
@signal12hvac4 жыл бұрын
musically, this was the best time to grow up listening to music. todays stuff does not come even close!
@daveking93934 жыл бұрын
You are awesome I just realized I got four of these I get to listen to. And of course watch your reaction.
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
Right on Brotha👍🏾
@kathys64024 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing this one, Jamal!
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
👍🏾Part 1of 4
@danu67183 жыл бұрын
The sound of their instruments is so raw and some of the best sounding I know. That bass tone and drum sound.
@MoonlightNothing4 жыл бұрын
It's a journey. Jamel, it's coming home. It's a trip to miss home and lovingly return.