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Posted: November 17 2005 at 14:22

I love I'm your captain...AMAZING song, should i buy any albums???

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 14:38

That's certainly one of their best songs TLC. I would suggest one of their compilations is a good place to start. Try to get one with "Loneliness" on it, probably their most prog song (and in my opinion their best, it's almost symphonic Shocked

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:16

I have a best of...havnt really checked it out tho because im into getting fulkl albums, you know? Im one of those guys.

So how is THE album with im your captain on it? Good? My dad says they wreent too hot, but that one song, im your captain, is great...but if there stuff is similair to it and i could find some gems id love to get some albums!!

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:23

IMHO Captain is the only reason I bought they second live on CD, rest is average at best - but I'm disappointed that on putting the original 4 sides of vinyl onto CD, that the record company haven't thought to eliminate the fade at the end of Captain

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:49

I was on a big GFR binge a couple of years ago,and bought them fromthe first one,

to We are an American band.

Played them over and over for ages.I think E Pluribus Funk is the most solid cd all around.It's got Loneliness on there also.

Beware,they are not prog, but great southern ish rock.

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 16:08

As a railroad engineer and a railfan the band name was great (Grand Funk ~ Grand Trunk) but I know few about them since they weren't too much promoted here in Brazil.

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Posted: November 17 2005 at 22:08

I bought a compilation of theirs for I'm Your Captain. Listened to the whole cd a couple of times, but didn't care much for the other tracks. I'm sure they have a few other great songs though.

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Posted: November 18 2005 at 03:55

Actually their first three studio albums have many good tracks, then comes that very controversial live album: you either love it or hate it. It is so raw and badly recorded that you either think it is the greatest thing recorded (and classify this album with the Stooges and MC5's KOTJMF as your top 3 ) or you loathe it as being justy mindless noise. I am of the second category

The following albums are not as good as the first three studio Lps

Then comes the period where they added a KB player, Mark Frost (i think ) and scored hugely with the first two albums as a quatuor. Later albums made as Grand Funk are not good IMHO.

In a way they were so badly hated by the music press , that they have a similar destiny as Uriah Heep! Although nobody wrote that they would commit suicide if GFR would make it big

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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The Lost Chord Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1907	Topic: Grand FUnk Railroad Posted: November 17 2005 at 14:22
	I love I'm your captain...AMAZING song, should i buy any albums???

Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Posted: November 17 2005 at 14:38
	That's certainly one of their best songs TLC. I would suggest one of their compilations is a good place to start. Try to get one with "Loneliness" on it, probably their most prog song (and in my opinion their best, it's almost symphonic).

The Lost Chord Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1907	Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:16
	I have a best of...havnt really checked it out tho because im into getting fulkl albums, you know? Im one of those guys. So how is THE album with im your captain on it? Good? My dad says they wreent too hot, but that one song, im your captain, is great...but if there stuff is similair to it and i could find some gems id love to get some albums!!

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818	Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:23
	IMHO Captain is the only reason I bought they second live on CD, rest is average at best - but I'm disappointed that on putting the original 4 sides of vinyl onto CD, that the record company haven't thought to eliminate the fade at the end of Captain

gr8dane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 11 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1127	Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:49
	I was on a big GFR binge a couple of years ago,and bought them fromthe first one, to We are an American band. Played them over and over for ages.I think E Pluribus Funk is the most solid cd all around.It's got Loneliness on there also. Beware,they are not prog, but great southern ish rock.

Atkingani Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288	Posted: November 17 2005 at 16:08
	As a railroad engineer and a railfan the band name was great (Grand Funk ~ Grand Trunk) but I know few about them since they weren't too much promoted here in Brazil.
	Guigo ~~~~~~

Gianthogweed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2005 Status: Offline Points: 224	Posted: November 17 2005 at 22:08
	I bought a compilation of theirs for I'm Your Captain. Listened to the whole cd a couple of times, but didn't care much for the other tracks. I'm sure they have a few other great songs though.

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20585	Posted: November 18 2005 at 03:55
	Actually their first three studio albums have many good tracks, then comes that very controversial live album: you either love it or hate it. It is so raw and badly recorded that you either think it is the greatest thing recorded (and classify this album with the Stooges and MC5's KOTJMF as your top 3 ) or you loathe it as being justy mindless noise. I am of the second category The following albums are not as good as the first three studio Lps Then comes the period where they added a KB player, Mark Frost (i think ) and scored hugely with the first two albums as a quatuor. Later albums made as Grand Funk are not good IMHO. In a way they were so badly hated by the music press , that they have a similar destiny as Uriah Heep! Although nobody wrote that they would commit suicide if GFR would make it big
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword