Ayo Captain Jack! Bring me back to the railroad track!
Captain Jack is a German Dance music group that is known for their songs “Captain Jack” and “Drill Instructor” in 1995. Their songs were featured in DanceDanceRevolution, and many other rhythm-based games at the time.Franky Gee died in 2005 due to a cerebral hemorrhage and was replaced by Bruce Lacy as the rapper of the group.
Tropes in Captain Jack and their music are:
- Actor Allusion: Franky G was enlisted in the US Military and was positioned in Germany. He became a DJ there and this was how he formed the group. His job as a soldier became his theme.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
- In the song “Say Captain Say Wot” this lyric in the first verse goes, “When you feel like a star, want a drink at the bar, but you can't get far, nobody knows who you are”
- In “Sir Yes Sir” Captain Jack says “All of you get on the floor, or should I kick your ass some more, scream and shout and call my name, or do you wanna feel the pain?”
- Audience Participation Song: Their music was in the format of the audience following Captain Jack’s commands.
- Boastful Rap: In “Little Boy” Captain Jack lays down how he is not a “little” boy and to continue dancing in his command.
- Cover Song: "In The Army Now" was a cover of the same song by Status Quo, released in 2017.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Franky Gee was thinner in the first music videos, and used to rap similar to soldier commands. He also used to slip in curse words.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Captain Jack slipped in swearing sprees at random. At the time, it was unlikely for a song in this style to contain any swearing outside of “ass” or “damn”.
- Shout-Out:
- In the self-titled song, Captain Jack says “Bring me back to the railroad track!” Which is a reference to the song “Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” by Louis Jourdan.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Our Captain and his crew are military personnel, but they only seem to party while boasting their status.
