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Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) · Grand Funk Railroad
Some interesting trivia about that song (via Wikipedia):
The song takes its title from the studio album Close to the Edge (1972) by Yes, and also samples "Leave It" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by the same band, the latter two of which Trevor Horn produced. The single heavily features the recorded sample of a car, a Volkswagen Golf owned by a neighbour of band member J. J. Jeczalik, stalling and restarting. It also contains a (re-sung) vocal sample from the song "Beer Barrel Polka", as performed by the Andrews Sisters.
The short spoken-word vocal and the "Hey!" sample – used in a number of songs, most notably in "Firestarter" by the Prodigy and "Back in the Day" by Christina Aguilera (uncredited) – was the voice of Camilla Pilkington-Smyth. Jeczalik's girlfriend at the time taught at a girls school in Ascot and brought Pilkington-Smyth, one of her pupils, to his attention. The sample of her voice was recorded by Jeczalik in a chapel using a ReVox A777 tape recorder.
Also, the little girl in the video is probably now in her mid-40's!
The song takes its title from the studio album Close to the Edge (1972) by Yes, and also samples "Leave It" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by the same band, the latter two of which Trevor Horn produced. The single heavily features the recorded sample of a car, a Volkswagen Golf owned by a neighbour of band member J. J. Jeczalik, stalling and restarting. It also contains a (re-sung) vocal sample from the song "Beer Barrel Polka", as performed by the Andrews Sisters.
The short spoken-word vocal and the "Hey!" sample – used in a number of songs, most notably in "Firestarter" by the Prodigy and "Back in the Day" by Christina Aguilera (uncredited) – was the voice of Camilla Pilkington-Smyth. Jeczalik's girlfriend at the time taught at a girls school in Ascot and brought Pilkington-Smyth, one of her pupils, to his attention. The sample of her voice was recorded by Jeczalik in a chapel using a ReVox A777 tape recorder.
Also, the little girl in the video is probably now in her mid-40's!
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders ~ Game of Love
The group is introduced by Brian Epstein on Hullabaloo.
The group is introduced by Brian Epstein on Hullabaloo.
