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Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home (Original Post)
Swede
May 2012
OP
Cool tune, one of my favorites. Now where's that matchbook to shove under the 8-track tape...
bluesbassman
May 2012
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Archae
(47,245 posts)1. One of rock music's most boring and cliched tunes.
I mean, really.
I mean,really.
bluesbassman
(20,375 posts)3. Cool tune, one of my favorites. Now where's that matchbook to shove under the 8-track tape...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. The best thing about that tune is Mel Schacher's
great rollin' and tumblin' bass guitar line.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)5. This song should be dedicated to the captain of this ship.
Archae
(47,245 posts)6. I still call it stupid and boring.
Last edited Wed May 2, 2012, 06:14 PM - Edit history (1)
Dumb cliches for lyrics, and at the end he repeats "I'm getting closer to my home" about a dozen times.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)8. I can't speak to the quality
of the song itself, but I do have a fondness for it for being popular during the very last innocent time of my life.
Hearing the song takes me right back to that time
ellie
(6,975 posts)7. I like this song!
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)9. Great memories
associated with that song, but one of my very GFR songs is...
