Bizarrely enough, Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the co-writers of this song.Īn Oral History of “We Built This City,” the Worst Song of All Time, by Rob Tannenbaum ( GQ) To the Woodstock generation, their success in the 1980s just seemed like the final nail in the coffin of their youth. They also scored with “Sara” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” from the soundtrack to Mannequin. They came back in the 1980s as this sleek, corporate band named Starship with some guy named Mickey Thomas as one of their singers. Jefferson Airplane was a pretty great rock band in the 1960s. Certainly, there’s a lot to hate about the song. In 2004 Blender named this song the Most Awesomely Bad Song of All Time. This isn’t the first time this happened to this song. You really, really, really hate “We Built This City” by Starship. This could be the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll. In 2011, a Readers’ Poll in Rolling Stone chose The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s. My man, I didn’t catch your name, but I can’t thank you enough for the single most Gahanistic thing I’ve ever heard. “You got it! Hahaha-he built his city on rock and roll! Fucking hilarious, right?” “No, tell me it wasn’t ‘We Built This… ‘” Looking for America, coming through your schools Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?ĭon’t tell us you need us ’cause we’re the ship of fools He crossed his arms and just stood there smiling, then suddenly the prize-winning lyrics started invading my cranium. “Just the song constantly voted the worst in history.” Hail to the Chief? Born in the USA? Material Girl? He nodded and continued, saying his friend the DJ told him the various speakers got to choose what sort of music they wanted before they gave their speeches (“like when the baseball players go up to bat, you know”), and when his friend told him the music Gahan insisted on having, they both thought it was hilarious. He said a while back, a friend of his was helping with the audio for a Floyd County Democratic Party function at the Grand (maybe the annual FDR dinner fundraiser, formerly Jefferson-Jackson), and the friend told him that the mayor in New Albany-“what’s his name, I can’t remember but you’ll know it.” I said to myself that if I ever run into you, I’d tell you. “I don’t blog any longer, but yes, that’s probably me.” The other day in Jeffersonville, a complete stranger walked past me, stopped, and said “excuse me, are you the guy who has that blog in New Albany?” Previously, Episode 1: Welcome to Nawbany, Episode 1: Let’s all fight for something, anything, whatever. But sometimes the sheer vapid inanity is too much to bear. Roger has removed himself from active involvement in the local resistance movement because the retaliation isn’t worth it.
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