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Let's don't overlook one thing, they were part of what built the city as it now exists. Sell out? That's a matter of interpretation.
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Save Your Love, Miracles, and Count On Me are my fav 3, White Rabbit comes in 4thMiracles is the most beautiful lyrical rock composition of all time.Comment
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I guess I may have to check those songs out.
The funny thing is the only songs I really like by them were not written by jefferson airplane, but by Grace Slick. Somebody to love and white rabbit.
So I'm not even really sure I like JA.Comment
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Great song - awesome. One of the best ever
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Re: We Built this city on rock n roll - crap or great?
It's crap...
Doing what?Originally posted by Doddler
...while getting my back burnt up on Woodhouse Moor...Speaking of Erith:
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this about sums up my feelings on this track.Originally posted by Pekka
crap.
But it's OK if I hear it only once every 5 years, I'm mega drunk and just singing along with every song I know. Then it's cool.
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It's great crap.BlahComment
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Re: Re: We Built this city on rock n roll - crap or great?
getting slightly sunburnt up on Woodhouse Moor (that's Hyde Park for the non-LoinersOriginally posted by Provost Harrison
It's crap...
Doing what?
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Originally posted by Dis
The funny thing is the only songs I really like by them were not written by jefferson airplane, but by Grace Slick. Somebody to love and white rabbit.
Didn't we have a "worst songs" thread a few months ago??
The real shocker is that "We Built This City" was written by Bernie Taupin.
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Songfacts: You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page.
The DJ/Announcer in this is Les Garland, who was an executive at MTV at the time. After appearing on this song, he got China Kantner a gig on MTV, making her the youngest VJ they ever had. China is the daughter of Jefferson Starship members Grace Slick and Paul Kantner.
This was the first single released under the name Starship. They were previously known as Jefferson Starship, and before that, Jefferson Airplane. When original member Paul Kantner left the group, Jefferson Starship changed their name to Starship to further distance themselves from Jefferson Airplane. At this point, Grace Slick was the only original member. (thanks, chet - saratoga springs, NY)
Elton John's songwriting partner Bernie Taupin co-wrote this song. He gave the lyrics to Martin Page, who put the music to the words and made a demo. There were no takers. After Taupin consented to a change of chorus, producers Dennis Lambert and Peter Wolf took it to Starship, who made further revisions in the song and set it in San Francisco.
This was the first hit Bernie Taupin wrote without Elton John.
The original lyrics were a cry of rebellion against a corporation trying to ban rock and roll in an imaginary future. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 3)
Taupin and Page wrote another hit later the same year: "These Dreams" for Heart. Page also helped Go West write "King of Wishful Thinking," featured on the Pretty Woman soundtrack. (thanks, Eric - Salt Lake City, UT)
In 2004, Blender magazine named this the worst song of all time.
When this hit #1, Grace Slick was the oldest woman to sing the lead vocal (shared with Mickey Thomas) on a #1 single. The title had been previously held by Tina Turner for "What's Love Got To Do With It," and was later claimed by Cher for "Believe." (thanks, Paul - Detroit, MI)
The City in this song refers to San Francisco. Starship wrote it based on an incident in 1977 when the band (then Jefferson Airplane) was not allowed to play a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. (thanks, Mjn Seifer - England)
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Marty Balin is one of my favorite vocalists, up there near Meatloaf and Paul Rodgers ??? of Bad Company.
trivia question: which member of JA got punched by Hells Angels serving as security at a concert?Comment
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When nobody's watching, I listen to Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town....It's candy. Surely there are more important things the NAACP could be boycotting. If the candy were shaped like a burning cross or a black man made of regular chocolate being dragged behind a truck made of white chocolate I could understand the outrage and would share it. - DrosedarsComment
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Originally posted by Straybow
Originally posted by Dis
The funny thing is the only songs I really like by them were not written by jefferson airplane, but by Grace Slick. Somebody to love and white rabbit.
Didn't we have a "worst songs" thread a few months ago??
The real shocker is that "We Built This City" was written by Bernie Taupin.
No, it's that it was recorded and released.
They should just have put out 'Somebody to Love' or 'White Rabbit' again.
June Tabor and the Oysterband do an interesting cover version of the latter.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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