I AM 64 AND LOVE GRAND FUNK...WHEN I WAS 14 OR SO THIS ALBUM WAS ON HEAVY ROTATION..LOVE YOUR REACTIONS

@Toni-pl4zz

2 жыл бұрын

We were so blessed to have grown up with such great music and musicianship!!!

@kennethohnemus3192

2 жыл бұрын

Me too ya old fart LOL

@cayminlast

2 жыл бұрын

My sister bought this album the day it was released, got home after school and this was playing so loud I could hear it from the sidewalk, LOL!

@chrisweidner4768

11 ай бұрын

Indeed. This is one of the great live songs this 65 year old has ever heard.

@archibalcox

6 ай бұрын

the drumming amazing in im getting....

From 1970--1974 rock music produced 4 absolute "Anthems" back to back to back to back. 1 "Closer to Home" 2 "Stairway to Heaven" 3 "Free Bird" 4 "Dark Side of the Moon" How blessed I was to be able to witness all 4 of them, live, right after they recorded them.

This song is symbolic on so many levels. I've been hearing it now for decades (since it first came out) and it still gets me. Love watching you guys hearing great music for the first time. Keep it going!

@Primus-ue4th

2 жыл бұрын

This whole album is the shit

Its is a religious message with sound advice. Grand Funk guitarist Mark Farner wrote this and sang lead. Literally, the song is about the captain of a ship who is sick and fears he is going to lose his vessel. The song has much more metaphoric significance, however. In a Songfacts interview with Farner, he explained how the lyric came to him from the heavens: "Initially the song came to me after I said my prayers one night and I put a P.S. on the end of my prayers. I asked God to give me a song that would touch the hearts of people that the Creator wanted to get to. I got up at 3 o'clock in the morning - I'm always getting up at different times of the night and writing things down. A lot of them are not songs but this happened to be one.” Between three and five am are considered the most spiritual times of a given day.

@atenachos6282

2 ай бұрын

This song isn't in the least bit about religion.

The drums in their hit song, “Inside Looking Out” LIVE version will blow you away! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@rushgal68

2 жыл бұрын

They are all on point in that performance! I requested it too!

In 1970, I was stationed with my unit of Combat Engineers, near Phan Thiet, Vietnam, on the cliffs overlooking the South China Sea. With an 8-track tape player and some tapes I borrowed from a buddy, I sat watching the Sun rise up in front of me. This song was playing, and I felt peace, in the middle of a war. I will never forget that. Thank you, Mel and Shawn.

Everything about this video makes me happy. The music I grew up on was AMAZING! you guys are so fun to watch.

This song is not for our minds, is a call for our soul, amazing reaction guys, Tour are great.

I'd hate to say it, But I get the feeling that "I'm getting closer to my home" stands for he's dying & getting closer to heaven. Especially the way it fades out as he's singing it at end of song.

Grand Funk are definitely a groove. That transition into Getting Closer is awesome.

By far, my favorite GF song and one helluva uplifting tune to cruise around in your car and listen to. The end of the song with the chorus can sometimes bring me to tears.

GFR "Inside looking out" Live 1969 is a must listen.

@kathleenfarraher9894

2 жыл бұрын

This is more haunting than you think. As a 60's baby with 6 older siblings I had an advantage on the meanings of song. "Getting

@LoveTheVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I hope they react to that exact one you mentioned. I think they would love the drums…. Base …all of it. Let’s hope they will. 🤞🙂🤞

@cindyhardy915

2 жыл бұрын

Totally 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@cindyhardy915

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! Listen to Inside looking out!!!! Live version!!! Do it!

Grand Funk Railroad is a great American rock band who achieved their peak in popularity during the 1970's. They had a lot of great hits such as "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)", "We're An American Band", "The Loco-Motion", "Walk Like A Man", "Shinin' On", "Some Kind Of Wonderful", "Bad Time", "Inside Looking Out" etc.

@jogischulz2576

2 жыл бұрын

1971 I saw GFR in concert in my hometown Berlin as a 17 y. teenager, never forget this, have all their records in my vinyl collection. keep on rockin'

@richardworton4597

2 жыл бұрын

And still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Damn shame 😕

@Yes.its_me

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardworton4597 CAPITAL " DAMN SHAME" !!!!

@michaelglick1287

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardworton4597 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. I don't even want them to be inducted anymore.

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, "I'M YOUR CAPTAIN/ CLOSER TO HOME. A GREAT AMERICAN BAND LATE 60'S AND TO THE MID 90'S. This song I'm your captain. Is about him getting him,his crew and ship lost at sea. The crew then were planning mutiny of his ship.SCREWED BY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. YES THEY SHOULD BE IN THERE FOR 30 YEARS ALREADY.. MORE... "INSIDE LOOKING OUT", "MEAN MISTREATER", "FOOT STOMPIN MUSIC", "AMERICAN BAND", "HEARTBREAKER", "SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL"..."SHININ' ON"

I was 5 when this song came out and I used to listen to it every morning before the kindergarten bus came to get me. I still love it 50 years later!

For me it’s when the strings come in. Totally takes the song to another level.

Imagine being in the US Navy and after months of rough seas and fierce battles, you are headed home. Kick this on the intercom in the final few miles of approaching home port here in the US...

The Bass! The Drums!! Good lord this was such a great song. We boomers had it so good with music, love it

my personal interpretation of this song. the ship is his body, the stranger is death.

This song is EPIC. GFR sold out before Led Zeppelin. RIP, "sweet, sweet Connie". ( Appice).

“Sin’s A Good Man’s Brother”, “Heartbreaker”, “Foot Stompin’ Music”, “Inside Lookin’ Out”.

@maryellenazack4466

2 жыл бұрын

All great tunes! FOOTSTOMPIN MUSIC ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️💃

I'm 62 & been listening to GFR , forever still listening

I can feel him in the morning, is a good one of theirs too.

GFR was the first rock concert I ever saw, in Atlanta, 1971. They blew me away. I'm 76 now. I was 23 then.

I'm not much of a live video fan, but their "Inside Looking Out" is a must.

"Getting closer to my home" over and over was a salute to the grunts in Vietnam, just keep repeating it to deal with the hell

So I was 10 when this song came out. On my Dads Pioneer stereo, this song was so haunting to me. These guys were damn good musicians.

@maryannturton9830

2 жыл бұрын

The Pioneer stereo! I remember that!

@rnrweb1968

2 жыл бұрын

Omg! I wore my dad's pioneer stereo out!! I was only 6 when this came out but believe me when I say the stereo was the 1st thing I learned how to use!! This song is timeless and just incredible!

Story of a ship's captain that was poisoned by the crew. This was a mutiny against the Captain. He's sick and dying in his cabin. Sad song.

Back in the '70's, I was a teenager, and we'd listen to this with the lights down, and the black-light on, psychedelic, black-light posters glowing, and smoke rising..in a smoke filled room ( and I'm NOT talking cigarettes, either, lol), enough said.

@kennethohnemus3192

2 жыл бұрын

And it's legal now LOL. Have you heard the 2018 version of Up in smoke? They got together and did it because pot became legal

This song will always make me think of my brother who passed away in May. His band used to play it. ❤️

@cweefy

2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory to have of your brother. Peace.

MUST SEE "INSIDE LOOKING OUT" LIVE. You will learn why they're called Grand FUNK Railroad. Funky as all funk can be. Funkaliscious is all I can say. Please try it out. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 You wont be disappointed 🤟🏻🤟🏻

@LoveTheVideo

2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥⬆️. Yes!! ⬆️🔥🔥

@andreaknapp2394

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...the live version

@robertaovercast8918

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@pamstone7507

2 жыл бұрын

Please do it!

@ThePatriotPoet23

Жыл бұрын

Their best album ...... saw them at the LA Forum in 1971 .... 20,000 people one their feet when they played this song .... The best 3 man Power Group of the 60s ... Also Cream was right there with Gran Funk as a 3 Man Power Group

I've been listening to music since the early 60's, Grand Funk Railroad is in my top 10 bands of all time.

GFR is one of the best power trios ever to set foot on stage, from Flint, MI.

Never got to see Grand Funk, but apparently they put on tremendous live shows. This is a masterpiece of a song.

My wife and i got married. Moved to Colorado . She worked down in Denver. AM radio played this song when i missed her. It means a lot. She busted her ass.

“I’m your Captain (Closer to home) is one of the greatest live songs. Ever. Getting emotional here Again, and I’m 65.

He is singing about heroine addiction. Just can't live without it. I'm feeling mighty sick.

You have to react to Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out - 1969. Trust me! It’s live. You will really enjoy.

What you said sounded like a moral in there. When you let certain people in they may end up with their hands around your throat. Grand Funk was America's answer to the British Invasion.lol How fortunate we were to have had musicians like this. 🤠🏞️🐂

The locomotion was the original line dance! In the ‘70’s at school dances it was the biggest song/dance of the night. ‘EVERYBODY DO THE LOCOMATION WITH ME!’ The ‘train’ would pick up every wall flower, teacher and chaperone before the dance ended.

One of the BEST 3 guy bands EVER ! Why they're not in "ROCK & ROLL Hall of Fame" is a DAMN SHAME !!!!!

Written, sung and played by Mark Farner...one of the most talented musicians to ever walk onto a stage anywhere...anytime...any era...any genre!

@esthergentry-thompson9848

Жыл бұрын

Michigans own...

It is said that we remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard some significant news such as the assassination of President Kennedy, the murder of John Lennon, Sept 11th, etc. I'm your Captain / Closer To Home is one of those songs that might not necessarily bring back a specific image but it captures the early 70s and brings back the memories of an era like few other songs are capable of doing on a large scale. It might remind you of a time when concerts were affordable, or maybe this was your first record album, or it brings back the memory of an old boyfriend or girlfriend or hanging out with the guys some of whom have since passed away. It was a time when it was safe to hitchhike and there was more that united us than divided us. Hearing this song for the first time in 2022 opens the door to a room that you can't enter because it is the room from a different time but it lets you look inside and you can smell the weed and hear the laughter of what many believe was the best period for music and the greatest time to be a teenager.

Grand Funk Railroad was one of the first rock bands to incorporate a full orchestral backing on any song. The idea to repeat the chorus ' I'm getting closer to my home' was the conductor's. He told Mark Farner the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter it was a perfect refrain amd could give the song an ethereal message.

@ChuckHackney

7 күн бұрын

And in a great song, that closer to home ending does exactly what they intended. It moves me deeply!!!!!!

@ChuckHackney

7 күн бұрын

We are all, in a sense, getting closer to our home.

@ChuckHackney

7 күн бұрын

Here come the strings..... ethereal.

@twwtjohns

7 күн бұрын

@ChuckHackney As the years go by, it seems to gain new meanings. At least for me, it does.

Only 2 bands sold out Shea Stadium in New York. One was the Beatles and the second was Grand Funk Railroad, but GFR did it 2 weeks faster. GFR started out in Flint, MI and hanging around Michigan on weekends, I saw them a few times. Very VERY popular band. When they played Shea stadium, engineers had to come in and inspect the bleachers as the fans were about to knock them down. Amazing times back then. So glad to see new people enjoying my favorites! You need to watch them live!

I've been living in Hawaii for 30 years, it is not a paradise despite what they tell you. I'll be moving back within the next couple months, with joy and no regrets. Let me tell you, paradise can be found in your heart 💜. I will kiss mother earth when I land in California, and drive with my cat to the East Coast. This song and your reaction, it's like sweet candy! Thank you.

Love this band! Their song ‘We’re An American Band’ is a whole different vibe and a definite banger! 🔥

I was 14 when this came out, I still love their music 🎶 They also had another hit out you might love is "LOCOMOTION "

Their "Inside Looking Out" LIVE is fire. Please react to it.❤️

@webman1956

2 жыл бұрын

"Sin`s a good mans brother" is a killer song as well.

@sharonmacias671

2 жыл бұрын

Great great great song!

This band for a few years was HUUUUGE. Their live shows were incredible. Saw them 3 times as a teenager. Phenomenal.

I remember listening to this as a young man in the Navy returning to homeport after 5 months in the N. Atlantic.....classic

Putting the song aside. It warmed my heart to see you holding hands. It's good to see people in love( I could tell you are).♥

GFR just a Incredible band been listing to them off and on for 45 years love that band.Shawn and Mel great reaction.

Mark Farner lives in Petoskey Michigan on Adkins road. I occasionally drive by his modest home on my way home from work. He is a Christian, which is the foundation of his songs, if you listen closely to the lyrics. I believe Mel (base player) is from Traverse City, and Mark on Din are from Flint. One of the greatest and underrated bands ever.

This is when Grand Funk Railroad was a great head partying music before they became more Pop with We’re an American Band! You both know how to jam to good music

Imagine, living through this entire age of music where 20-30 songs a day were released, every day, by the finest musicians on the planet, non stop with no drop off in quality spanning a solid 17 years from the mid 60's to early 80's............ my youth in a nutshell. Buying great music and going to see the bands that created it..............

Grew up with grand funk. Your reaction was 100% truth to show how real music can touch everyone no matter what generation you're from.❤️. This song is also a heart breaking song to Vietnam veterans. It came out in 1970 and the hight of that war. So you can imagine what it means to them. Also mark farner the writer and singer was only 21. What a great story Mark is. If you want to know who the magic songs came yall would dig it. The funkin Grandest funkin music Comes from grand funk. And I ain't funkin lying.

Inside Lookin’ Out

Man...all I could think about was, Capt. Kirk. 😭🖖

I am your captain it's time to wake up wake up everyone we're on this planet to enjoy it not at the expense of others

i listen like she does after hearing this song 100,000 times

Put this band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....long over due. Great video....btw, you will have to read the religious experience Mark Farner had writing this song....they were broke and needed a song.

Shawn, I did see them live...in fact it was my very first concert. After playing this album over and over, I was rewarded with a visit to our town, where 3 bucks got me into the Charlotte Coliseum (first such geodesic dome in the US), where we got to see them and Bloodrock (D.O.A.). I was in high school. Hearing it now makes me think that our Captain died from the strangulation, and his home he was reaching was Heaven. Great song and reaction. Peace and love y'all.

One of my favorites. Had this album.

And now for the metophoric version... his ship is the heroin needle... as is The Doors song The Crystal Ship... the sickness is the feeling while waiting for the euphoria to kick in... the stanger hes looking to rid is himself and of course the end... "I'm getting closer to my home" is him reaching his peak euphoric high, exactly where he wants to be as he drifts away...

Great choice! GFR was the ultimate power trio, and had some amazing songs, their first 4 - 5 albums were rockin' bangers, and one of their trademarks (on several tunes) was the super-long final chord. Mark Farner was one of my biggest influences when learning guitar in my teens in the late 60's (and check out the live TV version of "Inside Looking Out"). "I'm Your Captain" has some spiritual references, as did a song on a subsequent album called "I Can See Him In The Morning" (worth a listen). The band went more mainstream in the mid 70s with radio hits such as "We're An American Band", "Locomotion" and "Some Kind Of Wonderful". They also ended up getting screwed over big time by their manager. Farner put out a couple of Christian albums in the 90s, including a remake of "Some kind of Wonderful". I was fortunate enough to see them in concert for their reunion tour in 1997, excellent show. Later on, the drummer and bassist led a coup taking over the name of the band.

You're my captain, I'm not your captain olol ..Nobody can fake this song ,you will like it or hate it and I have never known anyone to not like it

My all time fav GFR song!

Grand Funk "Sin's a Good Man's Brother"!!! You will love it!

Check out some of their live songs. That drummer kills it and they have quite a bit of funk and soul for 60’s/70’s white boys. 🤣

Epic! The break that kicks off the "Closer to Home" section is my favorite groove from the song.

I would buy tickets for myself and my friends so So could share new memories of GFR with the people I love the most!!! My son and grandchildren also, OMG THAT WOULD BE "SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL"!!!!!!😂

Thank you for sharing. It's a moving song.

Hang on for the ride ! Great Band

Next please check out Grand Funk Railroads "Inside looking out". YOU both will LOVE IT!

Grew up with this album. My favorite nastalgic music. "Mean Mistreater" was the other one from this album that I really like.

@jamesscorey2276

Жыл бұрын

Great song

Damn y'all just got hit by the FUNKING RAILROAD BLESSINGS ✌️🙏♥️💯

It's so good to see people today praising GFR considering back in the day most critics panned them relentlessly.

Flint Michigan's home grown....formed in 1969. This song is from 1970

This song was very popular with the Vietnam vets when they were over there fighting in all that mess.

Epic song long remembered by most rock fans of the early ‘70’s. They hit it big selling out stadiums all in a short time and then, puff disappeared!

Please do "Inside Looking Out Live" by GFR....You'll love it! ❤️

I love the clarity of the base.

Mel your smile is wonderful.

Wow! Just listened to “American Pie.” Love the long songs!

Their version of "Some Kind of Wonderful if my favorite GFR song!!! I even came to love it better than "Motown" version!!! JMHO.

I've been listen to every day for a week! I am definitely an S&M Squad member now! Love you guys!

Many that came home from Viet Nam chose this song because it was talking about comming home.

We just saw Mark Farner last month doing an acustic concert and they did this song. Didn't think I'd like the acustic version but it was great. Mark Farner is Grand Funk Railroad.

You have to check out White Bird by its a Beautiful day. Same era, strings, harmonies.

Check them out performing "Inside Looking Out" live.

Mr. and Mrs. 100,000 Subscribers, so crazy that I was just thinking about suggesting GFR because they are very talented and worth a deep dive into ALL their songs. Y'all gotta check out some official live videos of "Inside Looking Out", "We're An American Band", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Locomotion", and on and on.

I've always wondered if the Captain survived the attack or the outro is about his spirit leaving his body.

@noneofurbizness5838

2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone heard any theories about it?

@bluebeast440

3 ай бұрын

@@noneofurbizness5838 I don't get the same reaction as everyone else it seems, but you hit somewhat on my interpretation. For me it's a very sad song... To me the end always brings tears to my eyes because I feel like he's slowly going mad alone and adrift in a lifeboat... and his life, mind, and boat are all drifting away along with the songs ending. The violins make me crack every time when they start playing.

One of the most requested songs in Vietnam on Armed Forces Radio

This song came out when I was in high school, one of my favorites 😎🏹

came home from Nam in 69 and this song came out after I was home for a year and has never failed to send me back there. I don't know why there is no correlation it just does that to me

Try grand funk inside looking out live-it will rock you

yea. Grand Funk live is a must. They are still touring.

Mark Farner Guitar vocals, Donnie Brewer Drums great drummer!

Still one of my favorite bands! Great memories back in the 70's. They were just here in Baton Rouge Louisiana ❤

@webman1956

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but without Farner it`s just not the same. I have seen both, and Farner`s shows are much better, his have all the excitement of the old days, Brewer`s to me just goes through the motions.

@suecook1326

2 жыл бұрын

@@webman1956 Yes, Don & Mel are just a tribute band since they kicked Mark out. Pretty foolish of them.

@webman1956

2 жыл бұрын

@@suecook1326 Chicken shit is the word I use, but whatever. Mark is willing to bury the hatchet but Don is still being a prick.....oh well.