Right Away, Great Captain!

I've been listening to these two great side-project albums by Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra), released under the name 'Right Away, Great Captain!'. The story follows this 17th century sailor. Go listen to them. He's great, and this song is pretty much the bomb-diggity.

These are the lyrics to a self-titled song from the album 'The Bitter End'. You can listen to it here http://grooveshark.com/#!/artist/Right+Away+Great+Captain/284819/songs .

Right Away Great Captain
Right away great captain
I'll go where you need me
The banks of the north shore
The hills I'll go fleeting
Just give me a minute to tell my wife goodbye
I love her so dearly but its time to take real flight
On a dark desert road
Or the middle sized fake show you lead me to, it’s so dark in there

Right away great captain
I’ll surely leave everything
God blessed I love you
But God you mean more to me
Than any three hole punched fake scripture could come from me
Just know that I love you
But love's such a simile

For pearl gates of gold
I will do my best to meet you there half way
Or the whole way
On a high way you know
Where the ending will take place so beautifully
So beautifully
So beautifully

Right away great captain
I’ll go where you want me to
Don't make it much harder
Than what I have gone through
If you've got your systems I’ll tear down these walls
You haven't seen devils ‘till you've seen them all
You've got to be strong
Well I’ll take you back, if you want me to
On a highway you know
I will do my best to meet you there

So please don't leave me
Please don't leave
Please don't leave
I wish you'd say please don't leave me
And I wish you'd say please don't leave me
And I wish you'd say please don't leave me, me
And I wish you'd say please don't leave me
And I wish you'd say please don't leave me
But darling I am leaving
Yeah I’m leaving

What I'm listening to at the moment

I created another playlist of songs I'm listening to called 'An Acoustic-Choral-Folky Playlist'. This time its a bit slower and more choral. These are songs I'm really enjoying at the moment and are pretty cool.

I made the playlist shorter this time as I think it gives it all a better flow instead of just being a bunch of songs thrown together (at least thats what happened in my head).

You can listen to the playlist on Grooveshark  by clicking on this link http://grooveshark.com/#/playlist/An+Acoustic+choral+folky+Playlist/57031123

1. Its Christmas So We'll Stop (Choir Version) by Frightened Rabbit
2. Distraction #74 by The Avett Brothers
3. Where In The World Are You by Great Lake Swimmers
4. Rambling Man by Laura Marling
5. White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
6. Play it Again Sam! You Don't Have Any Feathers by The Manchester Orchestra
7. Lovin's For Fools by Sarah Siskind
8. If Its The Beaches by The Avett Brothers
9. Nothing Short of Thankful by The Avett Brothers

Connect with Michael-John  
If you'd like to connect with me follow me on twitter at @MJPhillip , and on Google + by going through to my Google Plus page.

Songs I'm listening to at the moment

I decided to create a playlist of some of my top songs at the moment. The list has some music that I think deserves a listen and that isn't well known especially in South Africa. Excuse the hipster-ness of the list. Here is the playlist on Grooveshark http://grooveshark.com/#/playlist/What+s+Happening+In+My+Ears+At+The+Moment/53065518?src=5 (let me know if the link doesn't work).

Old Old Fashioned

Frightened Rabbit

Devil's Spoke / Sneh Ko Marg

Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling and Dharohar Project

The Twist

Frightened Rabbit

Left on Laura, Left on Lisa

The Avett Brothers

To Darkness / Kripa

The Dharohar Project, Laura Marling & Mumford & Sons

I And Love And You

The Avett Brothers

Sleeper 1972

Manchester Orchestra

Poke

Frightened Rabbit

Photosynthesis

Frank Turner

Acid Rain In Africa

Beans On Toast

I Fancy Laura Marling

Beans on Toast

The Outdoor Type

Frank Turner

Your Rocky Spine

Great Lake Swimmers

January Wedding

The Avett Brothers

Home (featuring the Gulu Widows Choir)

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros