YES...it is my SEMI-ANNUAL "We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll" thread.

[Miles Archer]

Some of you may remember me as DUer "Amerigo Vespucci" (computer died, lost all of my IDs and passwords, did not remember which email account I used to sign up so it made it pretty damned impossible to ask Skinner for help).

ANYWAY...

...you know it's THAT time again. "Marconi plays the mamba" time. Time to worship and revere one of the worst songs ever written / performed, Grace Slick's "jump the shark" moment.

DISCUSS.

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[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. I don't understand the hate.

It's catchy.

There are far worse songs out there. Really.

Example: Yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy.



Frank Zappa called the II-V-I chord sequence "Evil White People Music". Which this song doesn't have.

[femmocrat]

7. I like it.

But what do I know?

[hobbit709]

2. It's still better than Andy Williams singing Hey Jude.

I hope you learned the value of making backups.

[flying rabbit]

3. Yes

this song sucks.

[antiquie]

4. So much dis-cuss, so little time.

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[OmahaBlueDog]

5. I admit it. I like the song.

Is it my favorite Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship song? No. That would be "Stairway to Cleveland", but I enjoy the song. It's catchy.

Some other "Jefferson" songs I like:

I can name many (MANY) worse songs than "We Built This City". While I realize Rolling Stone named it the Worst Song of the 80s, and keeping in mind that I generally dislike 80s music (I'm more of a 70s and 90s guy) the 10 songs on that list don't hold a candle (in terms of "bad&quot to the 10 worst songs of the 70s.

[Tom Ripley]

6. I'm astounded that it took four people to write that shit...

but then again it also took four people to write "Kokomo"

WBTCOR&R is also such a waste of two great vocal talents.
We all know the power of Slick's voice and Mickey Thomas' vocal on "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" is sublime.

[1monster]

9. Don't you go knocking Kokomo! Kermit and the Muppets did a great job with

that song.... "Aruba, Jamaica, Ooo I wanna take ya..."

(sorry for the poor quality of video--apparently YouTube doesn't allow the full vid in HD)

[Arugula Latte]

14. Wait -- Mickey Thomas sang "Elvin Bishop's" song?

I seriously had no idea that Elvin wasn't singing lead. I feel like the world has stopped spinning on its axis.

[Tom Ripley]

15. Yes, it is one of the world's finest blue-eyed soul vocals

[Orrex]

8. Terrible as the song is...

I defy you to find me any FM station with an "80s Flashback Weekend" that doesn't play that song at least twice.

[lovemydog]

10. They didn't build the city

and it's not built on rock and roll.

[SwankyXomb]

11. As bad as that song and video are, it could always have been worse

It could have used a keytar.

[panader0]

12. I wondered what happened to Amerigo

Still in Pahrump?
I too disdain said song.
The Airplane's best was 'After Bathing at Baxters'

[Feral Child]

13. I listened to a Slick interview several years back.

She hates that song and thinks the lyrics make no sense at all.

[KamaAina]

16. We built this city,

we built this city on rock that rolls...

[Dr. Strange]

17. Is the heart of rock and roll still beating?

'Cause if it is, well, that's News to me.

[LynneSin]

18. Didn't realize it was my SEMI-ANNUAL 'Hide the 'We Built This City' thread'

Boy time flies when you're having fun!