Ringo Starr - Live in Japan - 14. I'm Your Captain / Closer to Home (Mark Farner) video free download

Nippon Budokan Hall, June 27th 1995.

"I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is an epic 1970 song written by American musician Mark Farner and recorded by Grand Funk Railroad as the closing track to their album Closer to Home. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related movements. Accordingly, its title has been rendered in various ways across many different Grand Funk albums, including "I'm Your Captain", "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home", "Closer to Home/I'm Your Captain", "Closer to Home (I'm Your Captain)", and "Closer to Home".

The song conveys the pleas of a captain on a troubled sea voyage and facing a mutiny from his crew. Its use of an orchestra during the long repeated refrains of the closing movement served to differentiate it from much of Grand Funk's work. Several interpretations of the song have been given, with most revolving around the Vietnam War; it is popular among veterans of that conflict. The song was a modest hit single when first released, but achieved greater airplay on progressive rock radio stations. It has since gone on to become a classic rock staple and has appeared on several audience-selected lists as one of the best rock songs of all time