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We Built This City by Starship
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Biografia dell'artista Starship
La Nascita Del Gruppo Californiano Jefferson Starship Risale Alla Pubblicazione Nel 1970 Dell'album Blows Against The Empire. I Jefferson Starship Sono Una Formazione Che Deriva Per Filiazione Dai Jefferson Airplane Con La Partecipazione Di Molti Altri Musicisti Della West Coast Californiana. Ma La Parabola Degli Airplane Non Si Interrompe Nel 1970 E Con Il Nome Di Jefferson Airplane Continuarono A Incidere Alcuni Degli Album Più Interessanti Del Gruppo Come Bark 1971 Long John Silver 1972 E Il Live Thirty Seconds Over Winterland Del 1973 . Persi Per Strada Il Batterista Spencer Dryden Uno Dei Fondatori Degli Airplane Il Cantante Marty Balin Per Motivi Psichiatrici Citazione Necessaria E Con Il Chitarrista Jorma Kaukonen E Il Bassista Jack Casady Sempre Più Rivolti Al Country Blues Del Loro Nuovo Gruppo Hot Tuna I Due Membri Originari Rimasti Nel Gruppo Cioè Il Cantante-Chitarrista Nonché Compositore Di Gran Parte Dei Pezzi Degli Airplane Paul Kantner E Sua Moglie La Vocalist Grace Slick Continuarono Nella Strada Intrapresa Nella Scena Musicale Californiana Facendo Album Solisti O In Coppia Come Sunfighter 1971 Dove La Formazione Originaria Era Comunque Presente A Parte Il "caso" Marty Balin Che Comunque Rientrerà Nei Ranghi Degli Starship Di Lì A Qualche Anno. A Questo Disco Si Aggiungeranno Il Batterista Joey Covington Ma Dryden È Presente In Molti Pezzi Di Sunfighter David Crosby Graham Nash E Jerry Garcia Dei Grateful Dead Come Ospiti Illustri. Del 1973 È Il Disco Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun Che Appare Con I Nomi Di Paul Kantner Grace Slick E David Freiberg Nuovo Cantante Al Posto Di Marty Balin Che Continua La Parabola Del Trapasso Tra Gli Airplane E I Jefferson Starship. Fra Le Novità Di Questo Album C'è La Presenza Di Nuovi Componenti Come John Barbata Il Nuovo Batterista Del Gruppo E Papa John Creach Al Violino Elettrico Entrato Nel Gruppo Al Tempo Degli Ultimi Dischi Degli Airplane. Inoltre C'è La Solita Ammucchiata Di Ospiti In Questo Caso David Crosby Jerry Garcia E Le Pointer Sisters. Finalmente Nel 1974 Esce Il Secondo Album A Nome Jefferson Starship Dragon Fly. Questo Album È Il Più Rappresentativo Del Nuovo Gruppo Stavolta Non Sono Più Presenti Kaukonen E Casady Ormai Sempre Più Lanciati Nell'avventura Hot Tuna Sostituiti Con Craig Chaquito Alla Chitarra E Pete Sears Al Basso. Con La Canzone Ride The Tiger L'album Ha Un Notevole Lancio Anche A Livello Commerciale Da Notare Anche Il Ritorno Di Marty Balin Che Però Lascerà Definitivamente I Jefferson Starship Dopo Questo Album. La Fine Degli Anni '70 Vede Un Cambio Di Registro Nella Musica Dei Jefferson Starship Si Avvicinano Ad Un Rock Più Duro Con Red Octopus 1975 Spitfire 1976 E Con Earth Album Jefferson Starship 1978 . Marty Balin Esce Definivamente Dal Gruppo Grace Slick Si Ritira Il Suo Sodalizio Con Paul Kantner Anche Sentimentale S'interrompe E La Cantante All'inizio Degli Anni '80 Incide Dischi Da Solista Come Dreams 1980 Welcome To The Wrecking Ball! 1981 E Software Album Del 1984. La Sua Carriera Come Solista S'interromperà Nel 1981 Quando Rientrerà Nel Gruppo Che Nel Frattempo Aveva Inciso Con Il Solo Kantner Membro Storico Del Gruppo Originario Freedom At Point Zero 1979 ' 1981 . Dopo Il Ritorno Della Cantante Incisero Ancora Due Dischi Winds Of Change 1982 E Nuclear Furniture 1984 . Quando Anche Kantner Uscirà Dal Gruppo La Sola Grace Slick Rimarrà In Rappresentanza Dei Jefferson I Quali Cambieranno Di Nuovo Nome Assumendo Quello Di Starship. Il Nuovo Gruppo Incise Due Album All'insegna Del Hard Rock E Del Pop Come Knee Deep In The Hoopla 1985 E No Protection 1987 . Dopo L'abbandono Di Grace Slick Ultimo Residuo Di Quello Che Era Stato Uno Dei Gruppi Più Longevi Del Panorama Rock Gli Starship Incidono Un Ultimo Album Love Among The Cannibals 1989 Prima Di Sciogliersi Definitivamente. Di Recente I Jefferson Starship Sono Tornati Con Due Nuovi Album Deep Space/ Virgin Sky Del 1995 E The Windows Of Heaven Del 1999. Hanno Continuato Nel Frattempo L'attività Live Festeggiando Nel 2005 Con Il Tour "The Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion" I 40 Anni Dalla Fondazione Dei Jefferson Airplane Ospiti D'eccezione Furono David Freiberg Co-Fondatore Dei Quicksilver Messenger Service Tom Constanten Tastierista Originale Dei Grateful Dead E Country Joe McDonald.
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Starship - Knee Deep In The Hoopla
"We Built This City" Is A Song Written By Bernie Taupin Martin Page Dennis Lambert And Peter Wolf And Originally Recorded By The Group Starship And Released As Its Debut Single On November 10 1985. The Lyrics Were Written By Bernie Taupin Best Known For His Longtime Collaboration With Elton John. The Song Features Mickey Thomas And Grace Slick On Lead Vocals And The Single Version Reached Number One On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 On November 16 1985 And Also Number Twelve In The United Kingdom. The Song Was Engineered By Grammy-Winning Producer Bill Bottrell And Arranged By Bottrell And Jasun Martz. The City That The Band Is Singing About In The Album Version Of This Song Has Been Generally Thought To Be San Francisco California The Traffic Report In The Bridge References The Golden Gate Bridge And "The City By The Bay" . However It Also Mentions That It Is "the City That Never Sleeps" Which Is A Nickname More Commonly Associated With New York City. In Japan It Has Been Sold With Japanese Title "Sisuko Wa Rokku Sitii" "'Cisco Rock City" . But According To Slick It Was Actually Written About Early-1970s Los Angeles. Production MTV Executive And Former D.J. Les Garland Provided The D.J. Voice-Over During The Song's Bridge. The Song Was Also Released Without The Traffic Report And D.J. Interaction During The Song's Bridge The B-Side Of The Promotional 45-Rpm Record . Local Stations Were Encouraged To Make Local Versions. New York City For Example Included A Traffic Report Describing Conditions On The George Washington Bridge. Janice Cruz Later From The Brooklyn-Based Indie Rock Trio Dark Room NYC Appears In The First Verse Of The Video. Reputation In April 2004 The Song Was Awarded "the #1 Worst Song Ever" By Blender Magazine In Conjunction With A VH1 Special Of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever. In Order To Qualify For The Distinction The Songs On The List Had To Be A Popular Hit At Some Point Thus Disqualifying Many Songs That Would By General Consensus Be Considered Much Worse. Blender Editor Craig Marks Said Of The Song "It Purports To Be Anti-Commercial But Reeks Of '80s Corporate-Rock Commercialism. It's A Real Reflection Of What Practically Killed Rock Music In The '80s." Blender Magazine Contributor Russ Heller Later Set A Record For Listening To "We Built This City" Continuously For 24 Hours. He Was Encased In A Plexiglas Booth — Without Earplugs — Beginning Friday October 13 2006 At 8 00 A.M. At A Best Buy Store In New York City. Paul Kantner Who Had Left The Group Just Prior To The Single Being Recorded Called The Song "garbage" At The Time It Was Released. During A January 30 2008 Interview With DC101's Elliot In The Morning Grace Slick Called This Song "one Of The Stupidest Songs Ever Written". In Popular Culture * A Short-Lived TLC Series Named After The Song Used It In The Title Sequence. It Documented The History Of Major Cities. * The Lyrics Were Used To The Tune Of "Jimmy Crack Corn" In An Episode Of The Simpsons Kill The Alligator And Run . Homer Also Sings The Original Song Multiple Times During The Episode. * The Popular Canadian Adolescent Drama Degrassi The Next Generation Named An Episode After This Song. In The Episode The Main Characters Graduate From Degrassi Community School. * At Least Two Canadian Radio Stations Owned By Rogers Communications Used This Song As The Final Song Played Before Switching Formats From Music To All-News CFTR Toronto In 1993 And CFFR Calgary In 2006. Another Toronto Station CHUM Also Used It To Segue From C.H.R. To A.C. In 1986. * The Title Of The Song Is Used As A Slogan By Australia's Construction Union. * In Shrek The Third Young Arty Turns To The Audience Of His High School's Auditorium As He's Leaving And Says "I'm Building My City People On Rock And Roll" A Reference To This Song's Lyrics. * Comedian Sean Choolburra Used A Part Of The Song In His Stand-Up Show At Melbourne's Comedy Gala. He Called It "white Music" In Reference To A Stereotype That White People Dance Differently Than Black People. * The Satirical Magazine National Lampoon's Guide To "Dumb Frat Games" Included A Drinking Game Where The Participants Listen To The Song And Are Not Allowed To Switch Off The Stereo Until They Have Downed Their Drink. The Article Pointed Out That The Game Carries A Strong Risk Of Tragedy Because "humans Weren't Meant To Drink That Fast". * On The Dennis Miller Radio Show Miller Tries To Catch His Sound Engineer Off Guard By Saying The Phrase "This Is Starship!" This Prompts The Engineer To Play The Song For A Few Seconds And Dennis Sometimes Judges Him On His Response Time. Covers And Parodies It Was Later Covered By LMP On Its Album A Century Of Song And By The Hip Hop Group The Diplomats. The British Band Half Man Half Biscuit Recorded A Song Called "We Built This Village On A Trad Arr Tune".
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La Nascita Del Gruppo Californiano Jefferson Starship Risale Alla Pubblicazione Nel 1970 Dell'album Blows Against The Empire. I Jefferson Starship Sono Una Formazione Che Deriva Per Filiazione Dai Jefferson Airplane Con La Partecipazione Di Molti Altri Musicisti Della West Coast Californiana. Ma La Parabola Degli Airplane Non Si Interrompe Nel 1970 E Con Il Nome Di Jefferson Airplane Continuarono A Incidere Alcuni Degli Album Più Interessanti Del Gruppo Come Bark 1971 Long John Silver 1972 E Il Live Thirty Seconds Over Winterland Del 1973 . Persi Per Strada Il Batterista Spencer Dryden Uno Dei Fondatori Degli Airplane Il Cantante Marty Balin Per Motivi Psichiatrici Citazione Necessaria E Con Il Chitarrista Jorma Kaukonen E Il Bassista Jack Casady Sempre Più Rivolti Al Country Blues Del Loro Nuovo Gruppo Hot Tuna I Due Membri Originari Rimasti Nel Gruppo Cioè Il Cantante-Chitarrista Nonché Compositore Di Gran Parte Dei Pezzi Degli Airplane Paul Kantner E Sua Moglie La Vocalist Grace Slick Continuarono Nella Strada Intrapresa Nella Scena Musicale Californiana Facendo Album Solisti O In Coppia Come Sunfighter 1971 Dove La Formazione Originaria Era Comunque Presente A Parte Il "caso" Marty Balin Che Comunque Rientrerà Nei Ranghi Degli Starship Di Lì A Qualche Anno. A Questo Disco Si Aggiungeranno Il Batterista Joey Covington Ma Dryden È Presente In Molti Pezzi Di Sunfighter David Crosby Graham Nash E Jerry Garcia Dei Grateful Dead Come Ospiti Illustri. Del 1973 È Il Disco Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun Che Appare Con I Nomi Di Paul Kantner Grace Slick E David Freiberg Nuovo Cantante Al Posto Di Marty Balin Che Continua La Parabola Del Trapasso Tra Gli Airplane E I Jefferson Starship. Fra Le Novità Di Questo Album C'è La Presenza Di Nuovi Componenti Come John Barbata Il Nuovo Batterista Del Gruppo E Papa John Creach Al Violino Elettrico Entrato Nel Gruppo Al Tempo Degli Ultimi Dischi Degli Airplane. Inoltre C'è La Solita Ammucchiata Di Ospiti In Questo Caso David Crosby Jerry Garcia E Le Pointer Sisters. Finalmente Nel 1974 Esce Il Secondo Album A Nome Jefferson Starship Dragon Fly. Questo Album È Il Più Rappresentativo Del Nuovo Gruppo Stavolta Non Sono Più Presenti Kaukonen E Casady Ormai Sempre Più Lanciati Nell'avventura Hot Tuna Sostituiti Con Craig Chaquito Alla Chitarra E Pete Sears Al Basso. Con La Canzone Ride The Tiger L'album Ha Un Notevole Lancio Anche A Livello Commerciale Da Notare Anche Il Ritorno Di Marty Balin Che Però Lascerà Definitivamente I Jefferson Starship Dopo Questo Album. La Fine Degli Anni '70 Vede Un Cambio Di Registro Nella Musica Dei Jefferson Starship Si Avvicinano Ad Un Rock Più Duro Con Red Octopus 1975 Spitfire 1976 E Con Earth Album Jefferson Starship 1978 . Marty Balin Esce Definivamente Dal Gruppo Grace Slick Si Ritira Il Suo Sodalizio Con Paul Kantner Anche Sentimentale S'interrompe E La Cantante All'inizio Degli Anni '80 Incide Dischi Da Solista Come Dreams 1980 Welcome To The Wrecking Ball! 1981 E Software Album Del 1984. La Sua Carriera Come Solista S'interromperà Nel 1981 Quando Rientrerà Nel Gruppo Che Nel Frattempo Aveva Inciso Con Il Solo Kantner Membro Storico Del Gruppo Originario Freedom At Point Zero 1979 ' 1981 . Dopo Il Ritorno Della Cantante Incisero Ancora Due Dischi Winds Of Change 1982 E Nuclear Furniture 1984 . Quando Anche Kantner Uscirà Dal Gruppo La Sola Grace Slick Rimarrà In Rappresentanza Dei Jefferson I Quali Cambieranno Di Nuovo Nome Assumendo Quello Di Starship. Il Nuovo Gruppo Incise Due Album All'insegna Del Hard Rock E Del Pop Come Knee Deep In The Hoopla 1985 E No Protection 1987 . Dopo L'abbandono Di Grace Slick Ultimo Residuo Di Quello Che Era Stato Uno Dei Gruppi Più Longevi Del Panorama Rock Gli Starship Incidono Un Ultimo Album Love Among The Cannibals 1989 Prima Di Sciogliersi Definitivamente. Di Recente I Jefferson Starship Sono Tornati Con Due Nuovi Album Deep Space/ Virgin Sky Del 1995 E The Windows Of Heaven Del 1999. Hanno Continuato Nel Frattempo L'attività Live Festeggiando Nel 2005 Con Il Tour "The Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion" I 40 Anni Dalla Fondazione Dei Jefferson Airplane Ospiti D'eccezione Furono David Freiberg Co-Fondatore Dei Quicksilver Messenger Service Tom Constanten Tastierista Originale Dei Grateful Dead E Country Joe McDonald.
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"We Built This City" is a song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by the group Starship and released as its debut single on November 10, 1985. The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin, best known for his longtime collaboration with Elton John. The song features Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick on lead vocals, and the single version reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 16, 1985, and also number twelve in the United Kingdom. The song was engineered by Grammy-winning producer Bill Bottrell and arranged by Bottrell and Jasun Martz.
The city that the band is singing about in the album version of this song has been generally thought to be San Francisco, California, (the traffic report in the bridge references the Golden Gate Bridge and "The City by the Bay"). However, it also mentions that it is "the city that never sleeps", which is a nickname more commonly associated with New York City. In Japan it has been sold with Japanese title "Sisuko wa Rokku Sitii" ("'Cisco, Rock City"). But according to Slick, it was actually written about early-1970s Los Angeles.
Production
MTV executive and former D.J. Les Garland provided the D.J. voice-over during the song's bridge.
The song was also released without the traffic report and D.J. interaction during the song's bridge (the B-side of the promotional 45-rpm record). Local stations were encouraged to make local versions. New York City, for example, included a traffic report describing conditions on the George Washington Bridge.
Janice Cruz, later from the Brooklyn-based indie rock trio Dark Room NYC, appears in the first verse of the video.
Reputation
In April 2004, the song was awarded "the #1 Worst Song Ever" by Blender magazine, in conjunction with a VH1 Special of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever. In order to qualify for the distinction, the songs on the list had to be a popular hit at some point, thus disqualifying many songs that would by general consensus be considered much worse. Blender editor Craig Marks said of the song, "It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of '80s corporate-rock commercialism. It's a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the '80s."
Blender magazine contributor Russ Heller later set a record for listening to "We Built This City" continuously for 24 hours. He was encased in a Plexiglas booth — without earplugs — beginning Friday, October 13, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. at a Best Buy store in New York City.
Paul Kantner who had left the group just prior to the single being recorded called the song "garbage" at the time it was released.
During a January 30, 2008, interview with DC101's Elliot in the Morning, Grace Slick called this song "one of the stupidest songs ever written".
In popular culture
* A short-lived TLC series named after the song used it in the title sequence. It documented the history of major cities.
* The lyrics were used to the tune of "Jimmy Crack Corn" in an episode of The Simpsons (Kill the Alligator and Run). Homer also sings the original song multiple times during the episode.
* The popular Canadian adolescent drama Degrassi: The Next Generation named an episode after this song. In the episode the main characters graduate from Degrassi Community School.
* At least two Canadian radio stations owned by Rogers Communications used this song as the final song played before switching formats from music to all-news: CFTR Toronto in 1993, and CFFR Calgary in 2006. Another Toronto station, CHUM, also used it to segue from C.H.R. to A.C., in 1986.
* The title of the song is used as a slogan by Australia's construction union.
* In Shrek the Third, young Arty turns to the audience of his high school's auditorium as he's leaving and says, "I'm building my city, people, on rock and roll", a reference to this song's lyrics.
* Comedian Sean Choolburra used a part of the song in his stand-up show at Melbourne's Comedy Gala. He called it "white music", in reference to a stereotype that white people dance differently than black people.
* The satirical magazine National Lampoon's guide to "Dumb Frat Games" included a drinking game where the participants listen to the song and are not allowed to switch off the stereo until they have downed their drink. The article pointed out that the game carries a strong risk of tragedy, because "humans weren't meant to drink that fast".
* On The Dennis Miller Radio Show, Miller tries to catch his sound engineer off guard by saying the phrase "This is Starship!" This prompts the engineer to play the song for a few seconds, and Dennis sometimes judges him on his response time.
Covers and parodies
It was later covered by LMP on its album A Century of Song, and by the hip hop group The Diplomats. The British band Half Man Half Biscuit recorded a song called "We Built This Village on a Trad Arr Tune". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.