Jesse's Favorite Songs

I would like to share some of my very very favorite songs, because they must be heard. I would love to hear honest opinions about them, too. My first one is by my favorite band, Guster. (Although I feel like I have to mention that my favorite solo artist is still, and always will be, Ben Folds.) The song is called "Captain." I love it because it's groovy and powerful. This video is a live performance but they sound almost exactly like the track on the CD. This song also reminds me of a poem by Walt Whitman called "O Captain! My Captain!" that I've always loved. I'll include it as well. My only complaint of "Captain" by Guster is that I wish it had one more verse. It's just too good to be so short. Enjoy!





O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman

1.
O Captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring,
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

2.
O Captain! my captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

3.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.