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Guster — The Captain
Album: Ganging Up on the Sun
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Released: 2006
Length: 3:22
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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I've come down with something
I'm frozen, tied up, cast in lead
It's simple, so says the captain
Face forward, move slow, forge ahead

I'm earning a reputation
My conscience, mistrust and regret
Courageous, just like the captain
Marching forward with no doubt in his head

Onward
Onward
Onward
Onward
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And the album cover be nice.  
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
this entire album is gold… every single song on the album is great
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
I found that my rating (from some time ago) for this song was 5.  Not sure why but I've upgraded this to 7 now.  This song always sparks my attention when it plays.  ...Maybe it should be an 8!
Posted 2 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
Saw them for the first time at an outdoor music festival n Winnetka, IL They are a really fun band and sound amazing. Seem like really cool, down to earth dudes as well.
Posted 2 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

Here's the question for a Good Friday in April 2022:

How in the heck do you beat: guitars, banjos, and pedal steel? 

Is it impossible? Some would say...yes. 


I'd beat the banjos and pedal steel with a hefty lump hammer.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Here's the question for a Good Friday in April 2022:

How in the heck do you beat: guitars, banjos, and pedal steel? 

Is it impossible? Some would say...yes. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Salamus wrote:

Why isn't Guster the next Beatles? They should be.



You're an optimist, sure.
Posted 2 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
we are on a roll today… brilliant set BillG/Rebecca! I have been delaying my errands for half an hour now…
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 Salamus wrote:

Why isn't Guster the next Beatles? They should be.




Depends on the audience.
Posted 3 years ago by Thunderbolt    [ Reply ]
What a great band, dear God Almighty! It rocks.
Posted 4 years ago by pawelcitak83    [ Reply ]
Why isn't Guster the next Beatles? They should be.
Posted 5 years ago by Salamus    [ Reply ]
Nice pickin and as noted by others a nice cheery vibe. Reminds me a lot of Canada's Elliot Brood.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
 2020sk wrote:
Something in this is just so uplifting. Any musicologists out there with a decent explanation? It's hard to find a comparison - Mr Blue Sky? The Whole of the Moon? But these two are so ultra-produced, and this track seems so much simpler. The Counting Crows song on now (I type slowly) is pleasant enough, but plodding, good for working to. Guster's Captain never fails to raise my head!
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

http://www.gradfree.com/kevin/...

Some reading on the topic of 'what different keys invoke emotionally' - though the beat matters too....and I agree this one does have a nice uplifting sound to it....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Solid album start to finish.
Posted 5 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
This is really a nice song. Kind of like the Dead, early Poco.
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Such an underrated band.  They are a treat to see live.
Posted 6 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
I miss Guster's bongos. 
Posted 6 years ago by pallasathene82    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
I could muster a lot of bluster about the lustre of Guster before I ride off in my Duster.
Webfoot wrote:

That's quite enough Buster!

 
....or we'll filibuster until your next blockbuster cluster of Guster songs... yeah that gets old after a while ;-)

I did want to say I really like the sound of this tune, esp. the guitar....it's an 8 for me.  Long Live RP!!


Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Needs another few verses but headphones right upto 10! 
{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by xanda    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
I could muster a lot of bluster about the lustre of Guster before I ride off in my Duster.

 
That's quite enough Buster!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
I could muster a lot of bluster about the lustre of Guster before I ride off in my Duster.
Posted 6 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Good song on a great album.
Posted 6 years ago by bking    [ Reply ]
 SCULLY wrote:
nice tune {#Bananajam}       right here with you  {#Bananajam}

 


Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

NERV-WRECKING!

 

SUCKO!!!!!



 
Every time I hear this song I go to the website to give it 1 and see it that I already did.
Posted 7 years ago by MA    [ Reply ]
 Hey_Porter wrote:

When did banjos and guitars ever go out of vogue? 

 
Oct. 14, 1066
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
make me happy!
Posted 7 years ago by kikiro    [ Reply ]
nice tune {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by SCULLY    [ Reply ]
Foot stomping fun, but some deeper meaning as well. This is a great, but relatively obscure album by a bunch of talented guys who are still touring their tales off trying to make it work. Highly recommended.
Posted 7 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
This tune always makes me happy
Posted 8 years ago by ElCamoteLoco    [ Reply ]
More non-Mumford banjo! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 8 years ago by A_Radio_Head    [ Reply ]
Sure do like this tune.
Posted 8 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
frog
Posted 8 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Sounds a little like very early Eagles or Poco. back when banjo and guitar were in vogue  

 
When did banjos and guitars ever go out of vogue? 
Posted 8 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]

Made me look!

"Then captains courageous, whom death could not daunt,
Did march to the siege of the city of Gaunt,
They mustered their soldiers by two and by three,
And the foremost in battle was Mary Ambree."


Posted 8 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Something in this is just so uplifting. Any musicologists out there with a decent explanation? It's hard to find a comparison - Mr Blue Sky? The Whole of the Moon? But these two are so ultra-produced, and this track seems so much simpler. The Counting Crows song on now (I type slowly) is pleasant enough, but plodding, good for working to. Guster's Captain never fails to raise my head!
Posted 8 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
I love this band. Please, when you get a chance, go see one of their live shows.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Solid album start to finish. 
Posted 9 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Sounds a little like very early Eagles or Poco. back when banjo and guitar were in vogue  
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
The post below about "carpe diem" and the title of this song remind me of Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society"  when he quotes Whitman "Oh captain..my captain".  I have not had a chance yet to note his passing here at RP...It was so strange because I quoted him a few times here at RP not long before his death.  My gag "it's not your fault" is from Good Will Hunting. —- perhaps the greatest movie line ever.   And my favorite "Rip it out" when telling students to tune out stuffy intellectualism in DPS...RIP RW
 
Totally! (At first I thought this was my post because I wrote something quite similar re Robin Williams—could'a been mine!)
Posted 9 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
The post below about "carpe diem" and the title of this song remind me of Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society"  when he quotes Whitman "Oh captain..my captain".  I have not had a chance yet to note his passing here at RP...It was so strange because I quoted him a few times here at RP not long before his death.  My gag "it's not your fault" is from Good Will Hunting. --- perhaps the greatest movie line ever.   And my favorite "Rip it out" when telling students to tune out stuffy intellectualism in DPS...RIP RW
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Perhaps their best album.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

NERV-WRECKING!

 

SUCKO!!!!!



 
Pleese lern to spel.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:
The Captain
 
In the words of Ed Grimley, What a decent guy, i must say.  
Let's bring back that hair/face style.  
Still miss hanging out with him and that agreeable old stoner Green Jeans.
Prophets. 
Posted 10 years ago by averybadcat    [ Reply ]
this is nice.
Posted 10 years ago by tomeck    [ Reply ]
What an ending! Is it a parable?
Posted 10 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Not much of a Courtney Love fan myself.

 
Damn hilarious, nice work Beach!
Posted 10 years ago by risingson    [ Reply ]
 bulleminan wrote:

This hole album is wonderful!

 
Not much of a Courtney Love fan myself.
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
The definition of "decent," with a touch of boring.  "5"
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 zepher wrote:

Not gonna watch this. Music is for listening only. I'll make up my own video in my head.
Good Video. 

Captain says, "Carpe Diem"

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
Le
 


Posted 10 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]


Good Video. 

Captain says, "Carpe Diem"

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted 11 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Cara dear, if you're tuned in, THIS is what I you need to see in Freeport, August 10!
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Zeito wrote:
That guitar riff reminds me a bit of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town.  I wish we could hear Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town.

 
... or maybe the Cake version of "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"? {#Music}
Posted 11 years ago by DeemerDave    [ Reply ]
Guster is still good, but i do miss the bongos. Saw them at my college concert, Spring 2002.
Posted 11 years ago by pallasathene82    [ Reply ]
That guitar riff reminds me a bit of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town.  I wish we could hear Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town.
Posted 11 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Gotta get this record if someone can tell me that the other songs are as good as The Captain and Ruby Falls.
 

Not all of them, but enough to warrant getting the record to be sure.
Posted 11 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

NERV-WRECKING!

 

SUCKO!!!!!


Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

How about Grand Funk Railroad next.

At least once anyway ... ?


Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
F'in A+  (excuse my crudness - 'humble bow'{#Hug})
Posted 11 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Love this song and band. Exceptional live; especially Brian their drummer. He's a madman!
Posted 11 years ago by BFSerwe    [ Reply ]
Gotta get this record if someone can tell me that the other songs are as good as The Captain and Ruby Falls.
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 flutgos wrote:
One of their best songs live. It is so fun!
 

Agreed.
Posted 11 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 meinthecorner wrote:
This song really kicks butt! I remember giving it an 8 on first listen...well, it's a solid 9 now!
 

I picture a very limp and wrinkled butt. To me it sounds more like: 

Sunday-afternoon in rural South-Carolina: Mom and Pap use the tractor and drive to the dance-floor. On the way home Pap says to Mom: "Didnt the boys kick our wrinkled asses again...?! But Mom is already asleep!

Mountainmen's favourite - farmers delight!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
absolutely not for me!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Really like these guys.  Note to self to check them out further on MOG.
Posted 12 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]
One of their best songs live. It is so fun!
Posted 12 years ago by flutgos    [ Reply ]

This hole album is wonderful!


Posted 12 years ago by bulleminan    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
My goodness.  How is this still in daily rotation?
 

Let's see - an average of 30 days in a month and as of this writing there have been 5 plays in the past month - hmm - don't think it's daily.
Posted 12 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
My goodness.  How is this still in daily rotation?
Posted 12 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Good song.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
This song really kicks butt! I remember giving it an 8 on first listen...well, it's a solid 9 now!
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
Wonderful!!!
Posted 12 years ago by floydginger    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite bands! They are great live as well...this is a fun one.
Posted 12 years ago by flutgos    [ Reply ]
Excuse me, but i'm gonna have to bump this up to a 10. Really loving this right now!
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
love this song... and this album.... 

SOLID 8 
Posted 12 years ago by SirLars    [ Reply ]
Too much Guster too often.
Posted 13 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
8 -> 9
 
Good one !

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:
Plus they are GREAT in concert.  Catch them if you can.
 
I'd love too, if they ever came to the area.  All we get here is crap like Kid Rock, Taylor Swift, The Nuge, and Slaughter.  It's like I move from the a$$hole of Ohio, to the nostril.  I'd say armpit, but I think that's Cleveland and I'm on the other side of the state. 

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
8 -> 9
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:
The Captain

 

the CAPTAIN!!!  {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
The Captain

Posted 13 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
Catchy groove of a song. Upbeat but wistful at the same time. I'll get the lyrics. I thought I had downloaded some Guster to my Pod. No. I'll have to change that. This is a good one. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Starts off kinda slow, but picks it up. A hard 6.
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Going to see them in concert April 28 at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. GREAT venue if anyone is near enough to catch a show there.
 
Shoot! I missed it ... double f-ing shoots!! {#Arghhh}
Posted 13 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Going to see them in concert April 28 at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. GREAT venue if anyone is near enough to catch a show there.
Posted 13 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
Why have I not picked up a couple Guster albums yet?  This song is really good.
  Plus they are GREAT in concert.  Catch them if you can.


Posted 13 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
♥  ♥♥ ♥
Posted 13 years ago by ParMesSoins    [ Reply ]
Lyrics really speaking to me right now!
Posted 13 years ago by ra990    [ Reply ]
Why have I not picked up a couple Guster albums yet?  This song is really good.
Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
These guys are great. Sorry I hadn't heard of them earlier. 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:
This is amazing, wouldn't have guessed this is Guster... Great outro!!

9
 

I couldn't agree more! {#Eh} {#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
Love the banjo! Always love the banjo!{#Cowboy}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Kinda reminds me of Old 97's a bit. Like this.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Guster always brings my vibe up while slogging through work.  Forge ahead. . . .
Posted 14 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
{#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
New Guster album out Oct 5, looking forward to it!

easy wonderful
 
Posted 14 years ago by kelty    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Cool! A cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbiont.

 
I love your comments, Businessgypsy! {#Hug}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Cool! A cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbiont.

 
HAHA!
Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
This is amazing, wouldn't have guessed this is Guster... Great outro!!

9
Posted 14 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]

Guster by ~Moneypenny
Melissa Dow  ©2004-2010 ~Moneypenny

A kinda messy toon of the band Guster done for my forum buddy Mikey. Pen and ink, Caran D'ache and some ink wash.

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Cool! A cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbiont.

 

{#Lol} Nice!
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
paulpaar wrote:
Boring. The sad youthvof today produce chit.
Cool! A cuisine-challenged bridge substructure symbiont.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
love love love guster!
Posted 14 years ago by echasse    [ Reply ]
I'm tempted to give it a 9 but it was too short.
Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
7 {#Arrow} 8

Posted 14 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana} {#Dance} {#Bananasplit}
Posted 14 years ago by Saliby_Br    [ Reply ]
I wonder if there is anything by this band that I don't like, if there is, I haven't heard it!{#Snooty}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
What a great song, ...unleash the dancing bananas.


Posted 14 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
 paulpaar wrote:
Boring. The sad youthvof today produce chit.
 
I rate your post a -2... FOO!

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Nice tune!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 btilrn wrote:

And we give a shit why?

 

er, I guess because I did it in a record time of 20 minutes, without gear, that's why, Einstein
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 weevilkinevil wrote:
Thank God for this song— I was about to slit my wrists listening to that last song by Hayden.
 

You read my mind!

Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Thank God for this song— I was about to slit my wrists listening to that last song by Hayden.
Posted 15 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
 Marr wrote:


If so is it a problem? Maybe Bill is just a little bit country right now... :)

 
No problem...I would prefer a classical or ethereal/instrumental theme to a country theme, but I suppose it is Bill's radio station {#Tongue}
Posted 15 years ago by TernaryBit    [ Reply ]
Whatever - I like 'em and I am NOT a sad youth or youthvof.
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 TernaryBit wrote:
Is it just me or has Bill played a steady theme of countryish songs over the last couple of days? Seems like I've heard every twangy Southern-sounding song in RP's entire playlist in the last 72 hours.

could just be me...
 

If so is it a problem? Maybe Bill is just a little bit country right now... :)

Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Is it just me or has Bill played a steady theme of countryish songs over the last couple of days? Seems like I've heard every twangy Southern-sounding song in RP's entire playlist in the last 72 hours.

could just be me...
Posted 15 years ago by TernaryBit    [ Reply ]
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 paulpaar wrote:
How anyone can ratecthis a 7 is beyond me . I give these foo a 2
 

Who you callin' a 'foo'?! {#Whistle}
Posted 15 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Simpático. Not deep, but... enthusiastic and sincere.
Posted 15 years ago by egiova    [ Reply ]