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  Amazon.com: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy: Music: Elton John   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
John was so popular at this time that Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy became his sixth consecutive number one album and the first album ever to debut at number one on the Billboard album charts.
Captain Fantastic was a concept album which told the tale of how the Captain (Elton) and the Cowboy (longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin) met.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is rightfully one of the greatest rock albums in history and ironically it made history.
www.amazon.com /Captain-Fantastic-Brown-Dirt-Cowboy/dp/B000001EGA   (2946 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Captain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Captain is the legal status of the master of a ship at sea and, on most legal documents in the merchant shipping industry, he or she is referred to as the Master.
Captain is the name most often given to the naval rank (equivalent to NATO rank code OF-5) of a commissioned officer between Commander (OF-4) and Commodore or Rear Admiral (OF-6).
A naval captain traveling aboard a vessel he does not command is never referred to by rank to avoid confusion with the nautical captain, who remains in charge of the entire ship (including the passengers who outrank the nautical captain).
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Captain   (1402 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975).
Captain Fantastic is a concept album that gives an autobiographical look at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and lyricist Bernie Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in London.
The songs from Captain Fantastic were aired by Capital Gold Radio in a broadcast taken from the September 16, 2005 performance in Boston.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Fantastic_and_the_Brown_Dirt_Cowboy   (542 words)

  
 Captain Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Universe is a disembodied superhero in Marvel Comics' universe who was created by Bill Mantlo, and first appeared in Micronauts #8.
Captain Universe generally possesses superhuman strength, flight, X-ray vision, telekinesis, enhanced senses, and a psychic awareness of imminent danger; when a person already possessing one or more of these abilities was transformed into Captain Universe, those abilities were amplified by a factor of fifty.
Captain Universe reveals to Druid that Reed is telling the truth but before he can finish his sentence Captain Universe is struck down by Nova.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Universe   (1554 words)

  
 PopMatters Music Feature | From the End of the World to Your Town: The Decline and Fall of Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, released in 1975, was the culmination of six years' feverish exertion.
Captain Fantastic was the first album to ever premiere at number one on the Billboard album charts, a feat thought impossible in those pre-Soundscan days.
Captain Fantastic would be a good place for anyone unfamiliar with this indispensable body of work to begin their explorations.
www.popmatters.com /music/features/051011-eltonjohn.shtml   (2787 words)

  
 A Fantastic Voyage - Captain Comics Round Table   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Fantastic stood staring at the monitor for long seconds, and his teammates knew that he was bringing to bear an intellect equal to any in the world - even Tony Stark and Henry Pym were aware that Reed Richards took no back seat to them.
Captain Kirk immediately turned back to his command chair in the center of the bridge and hit the intercom button.
Fantastic said, "Well, according to my calculations, we should be seeing him in about fifteen min-" A sudden thudding sounded from the tubeway, and the others all looked alert.
www.captaincomics.us /forums/index.php?showtopic=868   (11258 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com Music - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy [Deluxe Edition] -- Elton John - CD - Remastered ...
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 5:46
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 7:02
They collapsed in hubris and excess not long afterward -- Rock of the Westies, which followed just months later is as scattered as this is focused -- but this remains a testament to the strengths of their creative partnership.
music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=tI5lPzpBd2&EAN=602498317242&ITM=1   (494 words)

  
 Billy Wright – Captain Fantastic
England football captain, sporting superstar, married to a member of the most famous female singing group in Britain.
Above all however he was a footballer, the first player in the world to win 100 caps for his country, captain of England on 90 occasions and although a rugged defender he was never sent off or booked in over 600 games.
William Ambrose Wright was born in Ironbridge in Shropshire in 1924.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/shropshire/118858   (448 words)

  
 Fantastic Metropolis » Captain’s Library
Below the incunabulas and other early printed books were those rare folio editions in which the captain most frequently sought solace in those hours of sombre lassitude which, as the years slipped by, came to bedevil him more and more often.
Many pirate captains, shrinking from such an irreversible step, seek oblivion in drunkenness, although it is well known to all that the false relief of such transient amnesia leads deeper into the abyss.
When such dismal thoughts assailed him, the captain took up from its place on his six-legged desk, hard by the small, piratical flag, a staff of old wood, polished slick with long use, and culminating in a sharply pointed hook.
www.fantasticmetropolis.com /i/library/2   (606 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic (from Basingstoke Gazette)
CAPTAIN Hook is generally considered to be the bad guy, but during this year's pantomime at The Anvil he helped to raise a record amount for charity.
Captain Hook, otherwise known as actor Gary Turner, played an important role in this, reminding the audience how lucky they were compared with other children around the world at the end of each performance.
The charity collects donations at the panto every year but Captain Hook's plea obviously had an effect as the total raised during the run doubled what was collected the year before and beat the previous record by £1,500.
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk /news/newsheadlines/display.var.1136066.0.captain_fantastic.php   (343 words)

  
 Captain fantastic | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
Casual listeners might hear it as a lot of clatter and wailing (which is how it struck me on first hearing), but once you get past the audacious unfamiliarity of Trout Mask Replica, you realise that this was not just some big improvised mess, but in fact the most tightly composed polyrhythmic rock'n'roll ever written.
Don Van Vliet, also known as Captain Beefheart, created an entirely original music by grafting the unsentimental blues growling of Howlin' Wolf and Son House to the stringent performing demands of Igor Stravinsky, Ornette Coleman and Van Vliet's high-school pal and collaborator, Frank Zappa.
I saw Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band perform in assorted line-ups over the following decade, and each time was floored by the intricacies of the songs and the almost hive-mind precision of the band, who nailed the rhythms and changes with the perfection of a classical chamber ensemble and yet still rocked out.
arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,11710,931097,00.html   (691 words)

  
 Elton John : Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Elton John : Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Sitting atop the charts in 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin recalled their rise to power in Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, their first explicitly conceptual effort since Tumbleweed Connection.
It's no coincidence that it's their best album since then, showcasing each at the peak of his power, as John crafts supple, elastic, versatile pop and Taupin's inscrutable wordplay is evocative, even moving.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,110578,00.html   (380 words)

  
 CLASSICS DU JOUR: ARTIST
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, one of the greatest albums in pop history, was the first album to debut on the Billboard album charts at #1 and in fact debuted at #1 on all three recognized charts of the era (Billboard, Cash Box and Record World).
The certified triple platinum album was the pinnacle of Elton John's career at the time and covered, in an autobiographical fashion, the first almost 30 years of the lives of Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin.
Disc One of Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Deluxe Edition includes the original full length recording of Captain Fantastic and adds bonus tracks originally issued as singles-only in 1974 and early 1975.
www.classicsdujour.com /artist.php?aid=32   (426 words)

  
 InsideJoke.TV - Captain Fantastic Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Captain Fantasic was born on a planet that exploded when he was three years old.
With all the superpowers and mental scarring Captain Fantastic had acquired, he had little choice in becoming a super hero.
Captain Fantastic was immediately hired on at Inside Joke as a writer on the condition that he also double as Hogsworth's bodyguard.
www.insidejoke.tv /homepages/fantasticpage.asp   (316 words)

  
 Khaleej Times Online - Captain fantastic Fleming steers NZ home against Pak
CHRISTCHURCH - New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming beat the demons Saturday, cracking an unbeaten 115 in leading his side to an emphatic seven-wicket win in a one-day match against Pakistan, and putting them 2-1 ahead in the five-match series.
Hamish Marshall joined his captain and quietly accumulated the singles while Fleming set about the run chase, unveiling a delightful array of strokes off both the front and back foot.
Akhtar reached a top speed of 159 kilometres (98 miles) an hour in his comeback game from a groin injury, and was the best of the Pakistan bowlers with figures of one for 43 off 10 overs.
www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/sports/2004/January/sports_January217.xml§ion=sports   (625 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic - The Boston Globe
Then, in 2002 in South Korea, he captained the Americans to the quarterfinals in their best Cup showing in more than 70 years.
He had a wife, a child, another on the way, and was captaining Sunderland in the English league.
By the next match, Reyna had both his captain's armband and his starting spot back.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2004/06/02/captain_fantastic   (1087 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy [Original recording remastered]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC also features John's well-known version of the Lennon/McCartney favourite "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Released in the wake of Elton's multi-million bestseller "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and the half-baked, directionless "Caribou", "Captain Fantastic" was put together as a seamless concept album tracing the road to stardom of Elton and his lyricist Bernie Taupin.
Favourite songs: Writing, Captain Fantastic, Philadelphia Freedom, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and to tell you the truth, all the rest.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001EGA   (1365 words)

  
 Powered Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Captain Fantastic isn't my personal favorite Elton John album - there are much stronger albums like Tumbleweed Connection and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
At the time, the audience reaction was less than enthusiastic, it'll be interesting to hear it all these years later.
I saw him live for the first time in '76 and really wish a CD of that tour would be released.
www.icemagazine.com /forums/msgs.cfm?msg=145793&forum=2   (994 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic hit by massive slump - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Vaughan’s first-innings effort of the third Test in Cape Town followed a pattern that is becoming worryingly familiar; a quick foray into double figures and an equally swift return to the pavilion.
Vaughan now averages a mediocre 34 in 22 Tests as captain, as opposed to a rampant 51 in 31 games before he took the job.
But by the time he made a match-saving century in Kandy in December that year, an innings he described as the best of his 10 Test hundreds at the time, he declared that he was finally able to compartmentalise his roles.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan062005/ss4.asp   (776 words)

  
 Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (2 CD) [Deluxe Edition] - Island
Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (2 CD) [Deluxe Edition]
The first album to enter the Billboard Album Chart at #1, and keep that position for seven weeks, now certified triple platinum, and producing one of Elton John’s greatest hits, “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy is also a unique album in the legendary career of Elton John.
Now, 30 years later, this remarkable concert has been remixed (including bonus performances of “Pinball Wizard” and “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting”) and is the second CD on this 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Captain Fantastic.
www.hip-o.com /product.aspx?pid=13533&ob=img&src=news   (250 words)

  
 Captain Morgan - What's Happening
Aye Captain Morgan`s The palm trees, the beach, the sand, white, white sand, the hammocks, the pool, the cabanas, the staff, and yes, of course, the Belikin.
We arrived for our second visit to Ambergris Caye and were promptly greeted at the airport by staff from Captain Morgan’s who loaded our luggage onto their boat, let us grab a cold beer and we were off.
Next it was off to a private beach where our captain cleaned and grilled our fish and added in some sides to make a complete lunch.
www.belizevacation.com /Comments.aspx   (1431 words)

  
 John, Elton CAPTAIN FANTASTIC.... [SACD] - QuadraphonicQuad Forums
I found Captain Fantastic to sound incredibly lush and warm compared to GYBR, which is exceptionally bright and harsh (but still an excellent surround-sound title).
I listened to parts of Captain Fantastic loud and parts of it not-so-loud.
I am in agreement that the SACD surround is fantastic when played at a lower volume level.
www.quadraphonicquad.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3939   (2300 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic, maybe? - QuadraphonicQuad Forums
Elton's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an expanded deluxe edition release, and commemorative September 2005 concerts in the USA.
The certified triple platinum album was the pinnacle of Elton John’s career at the time and covered, in an autobiographical fashion, the early years of the lives of Elton and Bernie Taupin.
Thirty years on, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Deluxe Edition offers another listen to the album Taupin says, in the liner notes to the 1990 Elton box set To Be Continued...
www.quadraphonicquad.com /forums/showthread.php?t=5413   (935 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic's Superwacky Network of Friendship
- It is essential that you learn about your dark underlord Captain Fantastic and his "one nation" plan for a true unified world, so you may join his legion of midget apemen and receive special holiday bonuses.
Because I am the "right hand man" of your dark overlord Captain Fantastic, I expect you to copy this picture and worship it 23 hours a day, with a five minute break every 3 hours to relieve yourself, allowing the distended transitional epithelium of your urinary bladder to return to its original stratified state.
Captain Fantastic commands you to shun him mercilessly.
members.aol.com /soccrules2/index.html   (781 words)

  
 Boss Barker (Fantastic Four & Captain Mar-Vell foe)
Actually, he only put one stone as a down payment, promising the rest when his slave was trained in the arena.
(Fantastic Four I#93) - Barker and Louie watched the battle between Torgo and the Thing, each crying foul as the other's slave took the advantage.
However, when the Fantastic Four arrived to rescue the Thing, they destroyed the Sonic Disruptor which threatened the slaves' home planets.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/bossbarker.htm   (744 words)

  
 Comic Book Movies -- Captain America
After a recent deal with Marvel and Artisan Entertainment, Captain America will be one of several Marvel characters to be featured in a film.
Febraury 18, 2006: According to IGN FilmForce screenwriter David Self is penning the Captain America script, heres a clip from the site: "Marvel usually draws on the same stable of screenwriters for its projects, such as David Goyer, Zak Penn, Simon Kinberg and David Hayter.
Captain America is set up at Artisan Entertainment, which licensed 15 Marvel characters for development back in the summer of 2000.
www.efavata.com /CBM/CapAmerica.htm   (1130 words)

  
 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - (Reviews)
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - (Reviews)
He sits at his piano playing sentimental melodies, but the words come not from inside his soul but from friend Bernie Taupin.
For Captain Fantastic, he and Taupin wrote a concept album which sketches their career together.
www.krutt.us /Read_Reviews_06390940630836248770.cgi   (316 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: People: C: Captain Beefheart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Captain Beefheart Electricity - News, future items, interviews, articles, photos, band lineups, discography, bibliography, books, media shows and gig reviews.
Captain Beefheart Is Speaking - Sound files from a 1993 radio interview with Captain Beefheart.
Moonlight on Van Vliet - The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - Focuses on the art, poetry and music of Don van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart.
dmoz.org /Arts/People/C/Captain_Beefheart   (239 words)

  
 Captain Cooks Casino - £50 Free
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