Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ธ.ค. 2011
- © 2011 Steam Powered Giraffe LLC.
Steam Powered Giraffe performing their song "Captain Albert Alexander".
DP - Raul Urreola
Edited by - David Michael Bennett "The Spine"
"Captain Albert Alexander" is from the album 'Live at the Globe of
Yesterday's Tomorrow'. The album is now available on CD, iTunes, and other digital music distributors.
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Raul Urreola: www.UrreolaFilm.com
"Captain Albert Alexander" Lyrics
Music & Lyrics by David Bennett
When he was a boy
he wanted to play
down by the sea
At age thirteen
everyday after school
he would always sail around the lake
All the people would stand and stare
as he sailed around with precision and care
With his bi-corner hat and the way he would stand
he looked just like a Navy man
All the townsfolk would gather and say, and sing away
Captain Albert Alexander
He'll be a brave seafarer someday
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the waves
By age twenty four
he had left the shore
and was sailing for the Queen
On a dark starry night
Albert awoke to the sound
of his Captain screaming as he was drowned
The Navy crew was taking a lick
pirates had invaded the ship
But Albert with one aimed harpoon
ignited their rum with a spark and soon
flames drove the pirates away
the Navy sang
Captain Albert Alexander
Saved his crew from pirate slaughter
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the water
Now everyone dance
Dance. Dance.
Twenty some odd years later
On his ship The Sea Slater
He sailed into a mass of blubber
Gazing up to the sky
stood a large walrus
that was a hundred stories high, it meant no harm
The walrus was in a great deal of pain
It suffered from a tusk with tooth decay
Albert threw his anchor 'round it's tusk
with a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk
The walrus thanked Albert and sang, as he sailed away
Captain Albert Alexander
Friend to sea urchin and me
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in the sea
At a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky
and split Albert's vessel in two
One hundred men fled for their lives
on rafts across the ocean blue
Albert stood at the stern of his ship
A giant octopus had him in it's grip
A vortex of spiraling death below ripped
and sharks and electric eels all made the trip
to see Albert
sink to the bottom of the sea
Just before he went down
he called out to his crew
It's obvious that my time has come
I'll let this ending ensue
I've led an exciting nautical life it would seem
and there's no better end than a death by the sea
His crew sang
Captain Albert Alexander
He went down in the sea
But that Captain Albert Alexander
He'll go down in history
That Captain Albert Alexander
He went down in the sea - เพลง
Rabbit would dominate at charades
"are you.. a robot pirate?"
@yeet hitter maybe she *wanted* to eat the amazing incredible spider hulk?
She really is boss at it.
AND THEY SAID MIME SCHOOL WAS POINTLESS. Pointless my butt. I could be a robot, mom. A SINGING ROBOT.
+Rep The comment that made my day
I love it! I am so glad they are!
Spread the pwr
@@kaedasonata4432 don't be a jackass.
but mimes don't make sound. they can't sing.
they are not allowed.
free the mimes.
WHY DID RABBIT TAKE A BITE OF THE AMAZING INCREDIBLE SPIDER HULK?
+Ender Wolf I DO NOT KNOW BUT IT'S KINDA HILARIOUS!
It's not Spider Hook?
why would it be
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I've never seen a more adorable band. They just run on pure happiness.
They are so freaking cute. Have ever heard of Smashing Pumpkins? They run on a combo of sadness, happiness, and rage mixed perfectly
+Joshua Yes. I really like Smashing Pumpkins.
cierra cable They've been one of my favorite since I was around seven.
Joshua Nice. I wish my music taste was that good at that age. Lol.
I give the credit to my mother, she listened to so much Elvis Presley and Joe South when I was very young.
''It's just a story...a real story''
Spine seems to forget that does not make things better.
Ha haaaa you got the joke!
it does fit the Jon
@@sublimesting That part was the best, Jon is so adorable. It's even better in the live version where Spine keeps reinforcing the fact it's real and Jon asks "Should... I start crying again?" "Nope you should finish the song!" 🤣 Love these guys.
This made me think of that one scene/line in The Good Place: "Okay, but that's worse. You do get how that's worse, right?" Chidi "Anakendrick/Anaconda" Anagonye
*looks at a kid playing by the sea* "yeah he's gonna drown some day"
I noticed that but wondered if I was not hearing it right.
Heard a few people say something similar as everybody watched my stepbrother go out on his surfboard. . .
In Massachusetts. . . In December. . .
Fifteen years later, he's still kicking. . . And still surfing.
That was Albert. The man who died doing what he loved because he never stopped doing it ever.
"That was a PUN." I now make puns and say that. I have driven my family mad.
Respect✊😎
I'd like but it's at exactly 222 likes and I don't wanna mess it up
I'ma do that now
6:25 Sam takes his hat off, in respect to the Captain
*heart breaks*
"That was a pun rabbit." "THAT WAS A BUN!"
"well how many of you like fishing?..Thats right NOBODY."
That part plus the salty face was my favorite part lol
It's boring.
I'd like to play this loudly at work, where half of my coworkers claim fishing is the most exciting thing they can do. Not sure if that means they are that boring or just that easily entertained...
Same!! His facial expression changed so dramatically.
It makes me smile every time. I love Rabbit when they just go all in with the character.
When this song came out I was 3-4 years old, and my dad would sing this song to me to help me sleep when i couldn't. It worked every time without fail. He did that with me for many years. My father now passed away less than a month ago, and i turn 15 in 3 days. This song means so much to me, and has always and forever will make me smile :)
So glad you have this memory, so sorry for your loss. I lost my father a few days after my 9th birthday.
The Spine's voice is amazing, the Jon is hilarious ("Oh, is it me?") and Rabbit has sick dance moves! I absolutely love SPG's uniqueness.
I find it so hard to believe this is live action. They look so animated, it's mind blowing. These guys are AWESOME.
Yeah, it is awesome.
I didn't even think it was live to start with. Flawless
I have seen them live they are even better now with years of practice and amazing live!
@@amyraley6679 Do they still perform?!
My only accomplishments:
- knows the opening monologue
- has movements memorized
I think those will be the only good accomplishments I ever make.
The only reason I dance is because I try and dance like her.
She do she do
stop dancing rabbit
20 SOMEWHAT YEARS LATER
9 years later and this video is still 100% successful at curing the bad day blues.
I showed this to my friend and now he can't stop referencing this song, specially Rabbits little antics.
He went as far as actually adding Captain Albert Alexander as an NPC to our DnD campaign XD
Bunny's movements are just astounding and I love it when she "glitches" while talking.
ive listened to this song far more than i probably should have, but i never noticed at 3:54 the jon says 'thats enough dancing, rabbit...' and she just doesn't care im laug hin
Jax Dee that's not a mistake. Bunny has always been female, she was assigned male and received male pronouns. From the point of transition prefered pronouns are used retrospectively.
@@GH-pd8if No, she was born male and changed later in life, it's not a mistake as you said
@@naelyneurkopfen9741 well his voice is still good. We'll see. No point complaining now.
I never noticed, makes me love this routine so much more
@@bethanyscarbrough3416 ok zoomer
GUYS...lightning struck Albert's boat...
Rex Marksley had a lightning cuff thing...
WHAT IF REX SUNK HIS SHIP
Am I the only one who loves how The Spine can sing so high and low
Yes. You're totally the only person here that loves it.
I'm ok with that
+Casey Wooten Definitely not the only one. Also, not the only one that loves that twerking ice cream. ;)
+Casey Wooten Oh, his voice can practically make me swoon sometimes
with a little practice and excersizes most guys can hit both ranges...the hard part is transitioning between both smoothly...im a low baritone and on good days I can sing the alto and sometimes soprano parts of songs but the transitions are the hardest part trying to do them quickly and smoothly
Whenever I see these videos, with the Jon singing, and Sam Luke on the drums, I always think Sam's shooting glances at the Jon, and thinking 'Soon...'
I cannot unthink it. I do not want to unthink it.
What have you done to me
OH MY GAWD!
Cannot be unseen ;_;
I dont get it...
Watching Rabbit here made me think what an amazing signer she would be if she learned ASL. Half the language is the expressions you make, and a fair portion of storytelling in ASL involves miming. 😊
I was just thinking the same thing! She'd be a natural. She's practically got visual vernacular mastered already.
So fun story, there was a real guy named Albert Alexander from England, But he was a constable, and was the first person to ever receive penicillin to treat an infection in 1941. He was like an Astronaut for Antibiotics!
Also Rabbit had WAY too much sugar when they filmed this.
Take that story and turn it into a movie. Millions instantly.
Hyper-Dimension Rising I'd pay to see that.
Best intro ever told.
"I've got blisters on m-e f-i-ingggg.. ." That was a sly Beatles Reference and damn it I love these bots.
*splinters* cos theyre pirates yarr (least what says in studio version off spotify)
Someone keeps giving rabbit jet fuel.
That someone needs to stop.
CruelSharkThesis actually they run on blue matter, no need for extra fuel with that stuff
Nah it's just her blue matter reactor going into over drive.
I think you forgot the never between Someone and Needs.
I bet its Hatchworth
That was a BUN
I wanna be as badass as captain albert alexander. best way to die, struck by lightning whilst being pulled down by a kraken in a wirlpool full of sharks and electric eels
So you're saying you wouldn't want to go like Rex Marksley? Alone on the prairie?
NO
Oh. Well. So a death by the sea for you. JUMP IN THE SEA! *points to a plank*
YES SIR! *salutes you then grabs the plank and jumps into the ocean with it* I'm shore you can sea the potentional for puns here
…I hate you.
AHEM well, there may be some porpoise in this.
Well, how many of you like fishing? That's right, *NOBODY.*
+Tony Stark Because fishing is BORING
I like fishing. Seriously, I like fishing.
Zander Ford Fishing has always driven me insane.
+Tony Stark that's your opinion, and that's fine.
Zander Ford Agreed.
I love that even though Rabbit's had a gender change you can still watch their old videos and tell she's still the exact same character she used to be :]
Wait what? Did she become he or he become she?
you can't hide that kind of awesome, in any form :D She is just so animated!
@@beanerindawnstoner2297 rabbit is a trans girl
I think her name is "Bunny" now! :))
@@Taffy_Ik_frea Nah the character’s still called Rabbit in all the official stuff. Bunny is a nickname for the actress (and also maybe the character now)
I love how they were predicting the death of a kid who hadn't even left school yet.
Lisa Middleton I read that as "I love how they were predicting death the kid who hadn't even left school. "
+Lil miss Awesome Wasn't that what she said?
+Lisa Middleton and his military rank
+Cranial Toxicity she read it as "I love how they were predicting *death the kid* who hadn't even left school. "
Death the kid is an anime character
rabbit hun i love you you're such a dork XD "That was a PUN."
I thought she said, "That was a BUN."
+NytemareQueen She did. It was The Spine who said, "That was a pun."
Man Rabbit's a good dancer. XD
i love rabbit, but i can't chose a favorite in this band
Seriously... it took me this long to realise Rabbit has a pirate hat on... god damn my eyesight!
The way Rabbit says 'That was a pun!' made me laugh. XD Rabbit is so adorable.
i still don't get it
Harry Allen It's a pun on letters and the term 'sea-legs'. Rabbit is suggesting that Jon needs to trade in his 'B' legs and upgrade to 'C' legs if he wants to fight skeleton pirates on the back of killer whales.
wow i was way off and usually i'm good with puns like this one
i tried to catch some frogs but i miste
hplover226 Thank you so much.
StarlightViolet Films
Damn, I thought she said V legs lol
Am I the only one that finds it extremely adorable when The Spine calms Jon down, SO ADORABUBBLE.
Love your name
Emo Butter I love yours as well :*
I used to sing this to my nephew as a lullaby, but changed the chorus to "Caleb Alexander~" (his name), and though he's much older now, I still sometimes say his name like that to get him to smile. Lot of good memories to this song.
The Spine has a very good voice! Could listen to this all day! =D
he has alot of range
Vexurath Yeah he does!! Have you HEARD their cover of Diamonds?? *Swoon*
"No, It's not you, Jon." I love this band dearly. Forgot they existed for a while. They're so unique and entirely their own sound. Such a cool concept for a band. Like nothing I ever heard before.
Nearly 10 years later, this is still amazing.
Just discovered their music on spotify, wish had known, somehow seen them live back then, like this is real entertainment
rabbits mime game is so strong in this
They did, spine and rabbit
She’s so good
Yep I agree with you
"I just love the Amazing Incredible Spider-Hulk." - The Spine 20K 12
Best Line EVER.
I was really confused, going through their early stuff to their newer stuff and trying to figure out where this charismatic golden-faced robot went. Glad to know she's still here.
I have a 10 year old Blue and Gold macaw and this is her favorite song. It will stop a bird hissy fit cold so she can sing along with it. ( badly....she sings it vary badly)
Vids or it didn't happen! =D
Agreed! I want to see this in action! >:P
You sure it's not a Gold and White macaw?
I will see what I can do!
I am VERY late, but that's adorable! 🦜🎶⛵
Surprisingly upbeat song about an old guy getting murdered by sealife.
To be fair, folks had been saying he would die at see since he was a teen. Enough people say that kind of stuff and you start to believe it
My friend John showed this band to me all the way back in middle school. I never got to thank you John, you were one the best friends that I've had at the time. You kept me sane ! I'll always be your friend man♡
you don't have the c-legs for such an endevour. I'm dead.
this was a pun?
no, a bun.
Rabbit is the cutest person alive, I don't understand how she works.
Apparently she’s powered by milk.
@@justaduck3615 isn’t everyone
"that was a PUN" -smug face- im dying.
What a good time they had in Plifterston NewPennsylTucky!
... Which is a real city and state.
Such a beautiful real city and state.
quite wealthy real city and state as well!\
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO FIGURE OUT THE B-LEGS JOKE
OMFG OKAY I THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING V-LEGS SO I WAS LITERALLY SO CONFUSED BLESS YOU.
TheAnswerIs42 I dont understand. Can you explain it to me please (I do not mean to sound like a smart-alac)
TheAnswerIs42 I dont understand. Can you explain it to me please (I do not mean to sound like a smart-alac)
TheBigtony209 A -B-C legs
TheBigtony209 B-legs, C-legs/sea legs
My D&D character now has a backstory.
There's actually a lot of evidence that Albert is a horrible sailor. First he only woke up when the pirates had already bombarded and immobilized his ship, boarded them, reached his captain and then began to drown him. Then he's such a horrible navigator that he sailed directly into a six or seven hundred foot tall walrus, somehow unable to notice and consequently dodge the enormous animal. Then in the end he sailed into a thunderstorm in waters known to house giant octopi.
lol That would explain why literally everyone Albert ever met assumed he would die at sea.
And that's why Rex Marksley would certainly be the one to win in a fight between the two of them.
He only did all of that for the excuse to fight the aforementioned Pirates, Godzilla-Walrus and Kraken.
bet ur the incredible spiderhulk
I keep re-watching the beginning over and over again because Bunny gets me every time with "that's right NOBODY."
"That was a pun." *hilarious grin*
Rabbit is so proud of herself for that. XD
"don't cry Jon, it's just a story.... a REAL story"
BUM BUM BUM!
You know, I've not felt very good today. I've been a bit down. So I decided to watch this video- all it takes is for me to see Rabbit's dancing at the start of the song, and I'm grinning like a Cheshire Cat. Thanks SPG, you've made my day a million times better. :)
This and Honeybee will always be my favorite of the SPG songs.
"Well how many of you like fishing?"
"That's right, NOBODY!"
*my dad left the chat*
"I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!" 10/10 best Beatles reference
I love the little conversations they have in the beginning of their shows! They're always hilarious! The funniest robots to ever exist!
honestly looking at the drummer and knowing he would one day become hatchworth just makes this all the sweeter
I've always been spectacularly fascinated by this story. I wrote fan fics (like a complete nerd) of Albert and his many adventures. I ended up drawing a few sketches of him, and scenes from this song. Thanks for giving me something to marvel at SPG!
Ive never been more bummed out to relisten to song and google to find out a character wasnt real...real...really a bad guy at all and totally existed ;)
Good book title: The Story of the Marvelous Captain Albert Alexander.(The Good Man Whom had Conquered the Sea.)
It's a bit of a mouthful I know, but it's fitting.
Hello
Don't cry, it's just a story!
A REAL STORY~
Hahaha, perfect
Ive got a voyage in 8 weeks. I know this is weird to bring up but having been in a wild life, not to the standard of Albert.
Well, not yet.
Ever since i was a wee boy i wanted to be a pirate. So Ive ventured this world, next country is Brazil! But this song gives me such peace.
As an orphan growing up and reading treasure island and the oddssey and later Moby Dick. Just wanting to sail because without a family the sea has been my family for a long time and she is a leviathan. But i always find myself returning here before a voyage...
How could anyone NOT like this...unless they were SEAMONSTERS!
I think you mean Skeleton-Pirates...on the backs of killer whales
that to!
"No Jon it's not not you..,"
Poor Jon XD
Rabbit ate the Amazing-Incredible Spider Hulk! :-)
"When he was a boy" gives me a special little smile.
it would be so cool if they did another album of remastered OG songs! seeing them perform this again would be so fun!
I’d love to see the Modern SPG team remaster these. Have Zero do the dance, because Rabbits voice is soooo good now. Spines voice has filled out more also… god I really want this now.
Rabbit's mime of the story is amazing!
You can tell exactly what's happening even if you (for some reason) mute the video.
She must have really paid attention at mime school,
this is the warmest most adorable song I have ever heard
Aww, they are all so adorable in this video. I can't help laughing when Rabbit says "How many of you like fishing? That's right, no body, cus fishing is boring."
I love the monologue before the song!! love you guys. I just ordered all your albums. you have a fan foreva!
ron frederick im sad that the monologues aren't included in the iTunes songs :')
this is actually a clip from a movie they did (its available on amazon for $5 or so right now, its called Steam Powered Giraffe: The Quest for The Eternal Harp of Golden Dreams)
I recently got into the band,and sometimes I watch their older videos. And even after all this time you guys are still amazing
Also omg rabbits dancing,its adorable and funny! Just look at the silly gal!
I really want one of your songs to be in Night Vale so badlyyyyyyy
Nicki's Cosplay Closet Saaaaaaaaaame
Marcus Vansten I honestly think that Clockwork Vaudville or I'll Rust With You would be perfect!
Honeybee for Diego and Kevin? (I just love that one)
Marcus Vansten YES
Diego taking Kevin by the hand and kneeling on a picnic blanket and holding their foreheads together
"that was a pun" XD
This was the first SPG video my brother showed me about a year ago and since then I have seen this hundreds of times but I have only just noticed that at around 3:55, The Jon says "Stop dancing Rabbit" :D
ive never seen a more joyful robot in my life
This makes me so happy, I only found this song less then a week ago and I am pretty certain I have watched it at least 25 times, Bunnies energy is so contagious such a joy to watch and brilliant song!
The lead singer reminds me of the robot from Treasure Planet.
Yep c:
I thought the same thing when I first found this band. Rabbit def has a B.E.N. Personality.
Rabbit's not the lead singer, none of them are really. It's a team effort. :)
Spine's the best, ever.
"WAS I EVER DANCING WITH AN ANDROID NAMED LUPE?!" yeah same
Rabbit's dancing will be the death of me
Rabbits movements are so good, i love watching her dance around. I watch this constantly since it came out.
Omg, I love Bunny. She's adorable.
This music makes me so happy.
Whenever I'm feeling down I just play their songs
Instant happiness
It's steam powered happiness!
I just want to comment on how amazing the singer is, the way he transitions between his low and high pitch is masterful.
Hoo boy, i'm gonna have a good time making gifs of this.
+General Floofy oh yes please love to see them :)
I love mime acting with this song.. It just makes it so much better xD
"That was a pun, THAT WAS A PUUN!"
I just love that part
Every few years when i remember this song exists, i can never watch it just once.
So many years later, I keep coming back to this song : ). Such a cute band.
Even though about A MILLION people before me have said this, dear god, I love Rabbit.
i can agree with that side note i love how hes so right about fishing THAT RIGHT NO ONE
This is so beautiful in so many ways.
Right?!
I've just added another thing to my bucket
list coming to see steam powered giraffe at a consert
No sign of skeleton pirates riding killer whales. I am disappoint.
I LOVE THIS BAND AND STILL LISTEN TO THEIR SONGS AND WENT TO A CONCERT!
greatest pun ever.
This lovely band of Bots has such a way with wordplay and moving joints!
11 YEARS!!!!?!!?!!?!!!?!!?!!!???!!??!?! OMG I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING THAT STAYED SO AMAZING AFTER SO LONG AND THE BEGINNING IS SO FUNNY AND CUTE!