@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq, for me it was the 80's because that is the decade of music I shared with my three precious babies via MTV...listening to and watching videos. I agree that other decades had their treasures, but sharing it with my babies made the 80's my true treasure.
Back in the 80's, my town was very much the neon lights and starlit nightclubs epicentre in it's own right. It's changed with the times of course but every time I hear this song, it takes me right back to when the neon lights dazzled everyone there, the massive fever for Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Bananarama, Queen, Bon Jovi, Van Halen and of course Starship could be felt in the air and how times were simpler. Even going to McDonald's back then was a bit of a ritual. I've never seen my town more excited than when Michael Jackson came in 1988 to play a show. I was too young to experience it even though I was there but it's all there right back whenever this song plays to me. Can't live without it man.
Jefferson Airplane 60s then Jefferson Starship 70s and this Starship 80s huge hit they all have legacies styles and sounds merge from that.Heart of the 80s ❤85 one of the greatest years in like forever for what was goin on.Class of 85-89 that's me
My dad and I had a rough relationship. He was a helicopter medic in Vietnam and struggled with the horrible things he saw well up to the end of his life 50+ years later. I of course as a kid didn't understand the reason for his bursts of anger or lack of involvement in parts of my life. However, some of my best memories as a kid were when we'd take some road trips through parts US. This was in the 80's, so of course we were listening to some of the best music ever. I remember playing a game while he was driving at night where I had to guess the name of the song as fast as I could. Starship's "We Built This City" was a no-brainer, and I remember us laughing at how quickly I figured out the name. We didn't laugh a whole lot in our life together, but 80's music has a stronger-than-most nostalgia because of this. It took many years, but faith in Jesus Christ really softened him up near the end of his life, helping him find ways to serve other people and be at peace before he passed away last year. I like to think that he'll be at Jesus' side in heaven one day, and Jesus might quietly start the first line of of the chorus, "... We built this city." 😜
20 Sep 2024 Very sorry for your pains and hurts at missing out what could have been. Every family will have their share of missed opportunities and (unspoken) tragedies. Time will heal all wounds (somewhat). It is the courageous soul who finds the galvanising strength and iron resolve to push on and live up to one's life purpose and convictions. Be strong. "The only war one fully relates to is the one fought and suffered for, personally". Vietnam was a grand(iose) masterplan that went horribly wrong on so many levels, from the wavering and heated disputes among the top politicos and military brass to miscalculations and missteps aplenty on the ground. Infighting among even the smallest ground patrol units arising from a multitude of factors sure did not help but resulted in horrendous casualties, including murders of one's own team mates. To this day, very many cases of ill-discipline and breaches of army rules/ regulations are covered up/never disclosed, six decades to the day. And to compound matters the war was vastly unpopular back home, with campus protests/riots tearing at the very heart of domestic hearth and soul. It was deeply demoralising for troop morale, vilified for being picked by the draft lottery. Not to belittle the veritable dangers of wide, open terrain, trench and urban warfare in Afghanistan/Iraq/Iran, but jungle fighting in the breath-suffocating steamy cauldron of 'Nam's forests are altogether a vastly different proposition (You can't have behemoth tanks leading the way for instance). Horrific booby traps, the unseen enemy's hit-and-run tactics, rotting corpses of American soldiers left to hang as a psychological ploy can unnerve any lesser, newbie lieutenant, let alone your high-school dropout farmhand conscript, not fully convinced or even understanding the noble goal of halting communism's advance in a region half-way across the world from home. It's just all too mentally and emotionally devastating. If the infantry grunt's and "tunnel rat" crawler's job was heart-searing enough, what about the Huey copter pilots on interminable sorties into "hot zones", totally vulnerable to the Vietcong's ground fire. Just one shot at the pilot and the crew (gunner, medic) are at mercy of a free fall into certain death from height. There is no parachuting option. My deep, deep respect for Vietnam veterans, those who survive the traumatic ordeals and those who came home, dismembered even, in body bags is beyond words. Particularly so since Singapore, my homeland, was a possible further destination for the damned North Vietnam communistic ambitions, in a possible "Domino Theory" scenario. Thankfully, pressing economic imperatives post-South Vietnam takeover meant massive infrastructure rebuilding took precedence over continuing military expansion plans. Honour your dad, undisputed war hero. For very many, the demons of battles fought can never be fully vanquished and banished in their lifetime. Maybe set up a mini-home memorial to pay homage to his memory. More importantly so that his uncommon valour, sacrifices and honourable patriotism will not be lost to posterity. Gracias. "Giving your life in a war is the ultimate, irretrievable gift to your culture" - Jim Webb
Man, this takes me back to my childhood! I always loved hearing this song on the radio and seeing this video on TV. I'm 45 and I still listen to the awesome music of the 80s!
@@shermanhiggins6806 78 here.........relate like crazy.......I heard R&R from the very beginning.......60's 70's 80's I feel like it was all down hill at the end of the 80's....I could be wrong, but give me the classics every time.
While this particular song didn't seem to impress a majority of the music critic's? It absolutely has an undeniable appeal that was a huge part of the music of the 1980's. Magnificent tune!
I was born In 89, and I feel, that I missed one helluva decade. Of course for me the 90's is the decade for me, but still cannot feel other, than feeling, that I missed something. Glad I can kinda live it afterwards by listening the awesome music 80's had.
This song is the soundtrack to a generation. Generation-X. This is such a timeless classic. This is Starship's best song. I'm old enough to remember when this song was new. Thank you.
Listening in the car to this back in the day with my husband Gareth. Lost him in 2020 to cancer at 58yrs old. This reminds me of you Gar. Miss you love.❤❤
I still love to listen to this music even until now - Sept 2023. The 80s music for me was the best. Lucky i was a teenager then and get to listen to all the nice music. 80s music never gets old
Well, I'm 65 and was living in the San Francisco Bay area at the time, so this has a special place in my heart! (Starship and the previous incarnation of Jefferson Airplane were from SF..)
It’s interesting how today’s generation loves ‘80s music the way we folks who were teens in the ‘80s loved ‘60s music. There is something special about ‘80s music, although there wasn’t a lot of groundbreaking artistry in the decade (lots of one-hit wonders). The music was so positive. Happy I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll Say you don't know me or recognize my face Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight Too many runaways eating up the night Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Someone's always playing corporation games Who cares, they're always changing corporation names We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage They call us irresponsible, write us off the page Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll It's just another Sunday in a tired old street Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat Who counts the money underneath the bar? Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars? Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools Looking for America, coming through your schools Don't you remember? (Remember) Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city) We built, we built this city We built, we built this city yeah (Built this city) We built, we built this city We built, we built this city yeah (Built this city) We built, we built this city (Built this city)
I am a Farmer's Daughter from Bridgewater Connecticut USA, This Song from this music group and their other songs from them helped me because was bullied in school my Dad and his friends came to my school. Because kids in school said a Farmer's Daughter has no rights to be in school and have no rights to dance 💃 . My teachers felt the same way they told my parents they will not teach this girl of yours the farming community was so upset that they came to the school with this song and but one Farmers said we built this country not just on rock and roll we built this on Farming to feed you which we don't have too. Because they came to my school the teachers and the kids stopped teaching and Bullying me but they didn't help me. I found out years later when I got my first job I have Mirror Dyslexia I can read upside down and backwards and I used to write upside down and backwards it was my boss who helped me. My boss told my parents there was nothing wrong with your daughter it was the teachers. And my parents said it was this music group who helped stop the Bullying too. I still love music and dancing I now have another great boss who watches to me to make sure I am not being bullied for reading the way I do. Thank you for sharing a wonderful very great song.
We did have it good 😂 if we wanted to listen to a certain song we had to get the right home made/recorded tape fast forward checking ever 5 seconds if it was at the song. Them find the start of the song. Today life is hard sucks we have to pick up our phone open a music app scroll through 1,000s of songs that cost next to nothing to find that one song. We have our whole music library with us on the bus. Remember those portable CD players you could carry in your hand. Then you hand 50 CDs along to pick from
"I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic." "It's your favorite radio station in your favorite radio city. The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps."
Lucky you! The “music” us Gen Z’ers have to “grow up with” is nothing but copied-and-pasted machine noises (with ZERO talent or hard work put in) If I could be born into a new life, I’d be a Floridian boy born in 1967
@@jeffisnot2826 But do we have modern artists that sound like Starship, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Journey, etc. being all the rage?? No--So it's *you Gen X'ers* who got to "grow up with" the good stuff
The song, "WE BUILT THIS CITY" is the greatest anthem to the city I love more than any other in the United States of America. Loved even more by me than New York City. My family moved from New England to Seattle in 1960, and we stayed there for four years and, at that time, my grandma gave me a transitor radio, and I witnessed the birth of rock'n'roll (Roy Orbison, Rolling Stones, Ventures, Beatles). After 3 years, my dad got a job in New York City and we stayed there for only one year. During that year, I listened to WMCA radio, which was the most popular rock'n'roll channel in New York City. Then, we moved to California, and my dad bought a house in the East Bay. From that point on, THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK. After moving to the S.F. Bay area, I saw concerts by, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, GRATEFUL DEAD, COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH, CREAM, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE BYRDS, and, and, and, and what was occurring during that era was a massive explosion of musical creativity. Hey, my collection of vinyl record albums grew to over 800 albums, and included all of the albums by Jefferson Airplane, The Fab Four, Moby Grape, Simon & Garfunkel, Love, Beach Boys, Them, Yardbirds, Lovin' Spoonful, as well as jazz albums by Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Bobby Hutcherson, Anthony Braxton, McCoy Tyner, and Dave Holland. My collection of classical music albums consisted mostly of music by Charles Ives, Brahms, Bela Bartok, Gustav Mahler, and Paul Hindemith. Regarding Jefferson Airplane, my garage band had a repertoire of 70 songs and these included two songs by Jeff. Airplane, SHE HAS FUNNY CARS and WHITE RABBIT. My garage band had a girl singer.
Well, this song was written about Los Angeles, not SF.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Built_This_City#:~:text=Though%20the%20song%20was%20originally,over%20that%20Golden%20Gate%20Bridge%22.
I still remember watching my History teacher dancing to this at a high school pep rally in 1987! She was just standing off to the side of the basketball court while the cheer team was doing their thing. I believe she got more attention than anyone! Good times...
I'm 52 now, and I still can't get enough of it. World class pop/rock hybrid. If you ever need a lift in life, then stick this on full belt and sing your head off
actually the earlier, "classic" generation(s) of rock 'n roll--50's-70s--were miles better than the mediocre pop music of the 80's (and later decades)...I agree there was some good music still coming out in the 80's , but to me this song is NOT part of it 🙄
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I don’t care what anyone says. 80s music is something else
Agree
I agree MASSIVELY there mate
The best decade for music/videos EVER.
@@gypsy1m6 The 50s THEN 80s, the 70s are pretty good too.
@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq, for me it was the 80's because that is the decade of music I shared with my three precious babies via MTV...listening to and watching videos. I agree that other decades had their treasures, but sharing it with my babies made the 80's my true treasure.
Back in the 80's, my town was very much the neon lights and starlit nightclubs epicentre in it's own right.
It's changed with the times of course but every time I hear this song, it takes me right back to when the neon lights dazzled everyone there, the massive fever for Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Bananarama, Queen, Bon Jovi, Van Halen and of course Starship could be felt in the air and how times were simpler. Even going to McDonald's back then was a bit of a ritual. I've never seen my town more excited than when Michael Jackson came in 1988 to play a show.
I was too young to experience it even though I was there but it's all there right back whenever this song plays to me.
Can't live without it man.
I’m leaving this comment so whenever someone likes it I can come back to this masterpiece.
🧐
That would be me
Come on back
Yes
Have a blast from the past 🎉
listened to this in 88 on my walkman my grandmother got me for christmas.
Still have my walkman and cassette tape!
Good stuff, Wes!! Sparks in Daytona
Still listening in 2024.... Anyone else?😊🎉
I only came here bc of an interview that Bernie Taupin did on Graham Norton. I dislike much of what came out of the 80s.
Nope. I'm listening from the future: 1985
Moi et avec plaisir 😊😊
👍👍
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I don't care how the critics were just trashing this song. It's still a great hit.
Fuck the critics!
@@theicchamp06 They'd better buck their ideas up.
The critics that showed sustain for this song are the same ones that think country music is better
Too true! This song may have never been recorded if record companies and radio didn’t trash their music
One of the best
The year is 2024 - I am still lost in the 80s.❤
Me too
I was born in the 80s so I'm still part of it hehe
Always and forever! 80's ARE the best ever❤❤
Great place to be the 80s
I'm with you my friend.
To this day I still don't understand why people hate this song so much, it's awesome I like it and it makes you feel good.
It's like the Load album is for old-school Metallica fans. It's a seismic shift in style for an iconic band.
It's about anti-corporate...yet has a super corporate 80s arena rock sound.
Don't know who hates this song. NOT ME!
People hate this song?!?!?! This is my childhood blasting this song on sing star
Its because it was bad for its time,but that doesn’t mean its not a good song.Especially for Starship
We built the 80s on ROCK, POP and SOUL. 80s music is UNBEATABLE !
Who is listening to Starship in 2024 🎶 ❤
I am.
I am
Me
me its a classic
Me! 2-14-24 10:55 PM
I woke up with this song stuck in my head. 🤦♀️. I haven’t heard it in over 30 years
songs are just like bookmarks in life 📚🔖 ✌️🌎❤️
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Don’t forget to love yourself everyone 🎉❤
Indeed 😢 Seeing the World Trade Center Towers in the background and knowing that they are gone 😢
I feel bad for people that aren't able to tie songs to the timelines of their lives!! Sparks in Daytona
Anyone still listening to this…great tune. 2024
THIS SONG TRULY ROCKS. If any Jefferson Airplane/Starship song is played 50 years from now, IT WILL BE THIS ONE !
Jefferson Airplane 60s then Jefferson Starship 70s and this Starship 80s huge hit they all have legacies styles and sounds merge from that.Heart of the 80s ❤85 one of the greatest years in like forever for what was goin on.Class of 85-89 that's me
My dad and I had a rough relationship. He was a helicopter medic in Vietnam and struggled with the horrible things he saw well up to the end of his life 50+ years later. I of course as a kid didn't understand the reason for his bursts of anger or lack of involvement in parts of my life. However, some of my best memories as a kid were when we'd take some road trips through parts US. This was in the 80's, so of course we were listening to some of the best music ever. I remember playing a game while he was driving at night where I had to guess the name of the song as fast as I could. Starship's "We Built This City" was a no-brainer, and I remember us laughing at how quickly I figured out the name. We didn't laugh a whole lot in our life together, but 80's music has a stronger-than-most nostalgia because of this.
It took many years, but faith in Jesus Christ really softened him up near the end of his life, helping him find ways to serve other people and be at peace before he passed away last year. I like to think that he'll be at Jesus' side in heaven one day, and Jesus might quietly start the first line of of the chorus, "... We built this city." 😜
Love you from Sunderland uk. You are brave and wonderful. Take care.
20 Sep 2024
Very sorry for your pains and hurts at missing out what could have been. Every family will have their share of missed opportunities and (unspoken) tragedies. Time will heal all wounds (somewhat). It is the courageous soul who finds the galvanising strength and iron resolve to push on and live up to one's life purpose and convictions. Be strong.
"The only war one fully relates to is the one fought and suffered for, personally".
Vietnam was a grand(iose) masterplan that went horribly wrong on so many levels, from the wavering and heated disputes among the top politicos and military brass to miscalculations and missteps aplenty on the ground. Infighting among even the smallest ground patrol units arising from a multitude of factors sure did not help but resulted in horrendous casualties, including murders of one's own team mates. To this day, very many cases of ill-discipline and breaches of army rules/ regulations are covered up/never disclosed, six decades to the day.
And to compound matters the war was vastly unpopular back home, with campus protests/riots tearing at the very heart of domestic hearth and soul. It was deeply demoralising for troop morale, vilified for being picked by the draft lottery.
Not to belittle the veritable dangers of wide, open terrain, trench and urban warfare in Afghanistan/Iraq/Iran, but jungle fighting in the breath-suffocating steamy cauldron of 'Nam's forests are altogether a vastly different proposition (You can't have behemoth tanks leading the way for instance). Horrific booby traps, the unseen enemy's hit-and-run tactics, rotting corpses of American soldiers left to hang as a psychological ploy can unnerve any lesser, newbie lieutenant, let alone your high-school dropout farmhand conscript, not fully convinced or even understanding the noble goal of halting communism's advance in a region half-way across the world from home. It's just all too mentally and emotionally devastating.
If the infantry grunt's and "tunnel rat" crawler's job was heart-searing enough, what about the Huey copter pilots on interminable sorties into "hot zones", totally vulnerable to the Vietcong's ground fire. Just one shot at the pilot and the crew (gunner, medic) are at mercy of a free fall into certain death from height. There is no parachuting option.
My deep, deep respect for Vietnam veterans, those who survive the traumatic ordeals and those who came home, dismembered even, in body bags is beyond words. Particularly so since Singapore, my homeland, was a possible further destination for the damned North Vietnam communistic ambitions, in a possible "Domino Theory" scenario. Thankfully, pressing economic imperatives post-South Vietnam takeover meant massive infrastructure rebuilding took precedence over continuing military expansion plans.
Honour your dad, undisputed war hero. For very many, the demons of battles fought can never be fully vanquished and banished in their lifetime. Maybe set up a mini-home memorial to pay homage to his memory. More importantly so that his uncommon valour, sacrifices and honourable patriotism will not be lost to posterity. Gracias.
"Giving your life in a war is the ultimate, irretrievable gift to your culture" - Jim Webb
I am listening to Starship in 2024
well you know we built this city on rock and role
@@SaraMorgan-ym6ueknee deep in the hoopla.
Me too!
@@heirofthesun1993 same
@@karlomatic2823 This song is FIRE !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤🔥
The best part about the 80z was time well spent respect and above all sincerity.
I remember roller skating to this song in the 80's, what great times.
one of my favorite Rock song of ALL-TIME!!!
I came here because of GTAV. Love this song now
I thought I was the only one buddy thanks 😂✊🏼
Couldn't agree more. The 1980's was the golden age of music. There were more stars than you could shake a stick at
Grace Slick, one of rocks all time greatest frontwomen! That voice!
She hates this song too - says it's the worst ever.
cult song and still gets played and gives her royalties no doubt$$
YES !
Man, this takes me back to my childhood! I always loved hearing this song on the radio and seeing this video on TV. I'm 45 and I still listen to the awesome music of the 80s!
Same
@@shermanhiggins6806 78 here.........relate like crazy.......I heard R&R from the very beginning.......60's 70's 80's I feel like it was all down hill at the end of the 80's....I could be wrong, but give me the classics every time.
I'm fifty eight love my music nice others should as well
All good 🐱 said that cat meows
Great 😊 music 🎼 is forever
Great music for doing my aerobics. Been using it for many years
The 70's and 80's music has such meaning than today music. That is why it is so great. Just listen to the lyrics.
One of the greatest hits of Starship. I've loved the song since the 1980's!
@ Amelia Warfield: So nice, thanks lady 💐
@@julianmalijan5158 You're welcome.
I love this song but why was this on some list of the worst songs of the 80's?... where that list is I do not know....
@@CK2012 It really should be on the list of the best songs.
Same here starship is a fantastic band
Been my #1 on Spotify for 2 years now. Can’t get enough of this song and it doesn’t go stale for me!
While this particular song didn't seem to impress a majority of the music critic's? It absolutely has an undeniable appeal that was a huge part of the music of the 1980's. Magnificent tune!
Fuck the critics anyway. Just their opinion. Most don't know their head from their ass and if they didn't like it I do.
What's their excuse knowing Heavens business ❤😂
its these songs that make a classic
The lyrics wasn’t amusing to those critics masters the elite $$ listen to it closely, it’s sticking to the man
I miss the 80s so much. Everybody has their decade, and I'm so glad this was mine.
I was born In 89, and I feel, that I missed one helluva decade.
Of course for me the 90's is the decade for me, but still cannot feel other, than feeling, that I missed something.
Glad I can kinda live it afterwards by listening the awesome music 80's had.
This so mine wish I could go back to them. Life was much simpler
I think my decade is the 2020's. I know I will be looking back on this decade with nostalgia
This song is the soundtrack to a generation. Generation-X. This is such a timeless classic. This is Starship's best song. I'm old enough to remember when this song was new. Thank you.
The 80s ruled!! The best music than what's out there today
i agree with that
Couldn’t agree more.
Agree and it’s not even close
Yep.
💯
Listening in the car to this back in the day with my husband Gareth. Lost him in 2020 to cancer at 58yrs old. This reminds me of you Gar. Miss you love.❤❤
RIP ❤️
Sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss
Keep remembering him may his memory live long and live through you
''80's music 🎶 is still the best
When music was still music!!! Beautiful.
Grace and Mickey..... Nothing but class👍!
This song brought Starship back into the spotlight after several years. Still a good song to listen to today
The Muppet's cover is fun and it also reminds you of the greatness of this song and 80's music: ruclips.net/video/KE-wJJW7p1I/видео.html
I still love to listen to this music even until now - Sept 2023. The 80s music for me was the best. Lucky i was a teenager then and get to listen to all the nice music. 80s music never gets old
Well, I'm 65 and was living in the San Francisco Bay area at the time, so this has a special place in my heart! (Starship and the previous incarnation of Jefferson Airplane were from SF..)
It’s interesting how today’s generation loves ‘80s music the way we folks who were teens in the ‘80s loved ‘60s music. There is something special about ‘80s music, although there wasn’t a lot of groundbreaking artistry in the decade (lots of one-hit wonders). The music was so positive. Happy I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
We grew up on this optimism and we carry it forward regardless. The spirit lives on!
You know what? Screw the music snobs who call this song “the worst”. It’s awesome and it just FEELS GOOD!
Yes I agree . I play it on repeat still
🤪🤪 they can't understand we treasure greatness
Ha, not as bad as "our house"
Haha, I love Starship I respect this song. But it truly is the worse to most of us.
@@danddhampgaming q and it
who is still listening to this in 2022 as it's a lot better than a lot of today's music.
Yep
Yes, i do and love it.
present! its Nov. 6, 2022
100%
Indeed! This song lives forever!
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Say you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the night
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing corporation names
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
It's just another Sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat
Who counts the money underneath the bar?
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?
Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools
Don't you remember? (Remember)
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city)
We built, we built this city
We built, we built this city yeah (Built this city)
We built, we built this city
We built, we built this city yeah (Built this city)
We built, we built this city (Built this city)
I think the words are different. ck lyrics?
The hell with 2022 it's 2023 I'm here I find these old rock hits. I let them roll
I am a Farmer's Daughter from Bridgewater Connecticut USA, This Song from this music group and their other songs from them helped me because was bullied in school my Dad and his friends came to my school. Because kids in school said a Farmer's Daughter has no rights to be in school and have no rights to dance 💃 . My teachers felt the same way they told my parents they will not teach this girl of yours the farming community was so upset that they came to the school with this song and but one Farmers said we built this country not just on rock and roll we built this on Farming to feed you which we don't have too. Because they came to my school the teachers and the kids stopped teaching and Bullying me but they didn't help me. I found out years later when I got my first job I have Mirror Dyslexia I can read upside down and backwards and I used to write upside down and backwards it was my boss who helped me. My boss told my parents there was nothing wrong with your daughter it was the teachers. And my parents said it was this music group who helped stop the Bullying too. I still love music and dancing I now have another great boss who watches to me to make sure I am not being bullied for reading the way I do. Thank you for sharing a wonderful very great song.
yeah, but they didn't build this song, other composers did.
@@cesaru3619 Who gives a shit!!? It's still a great song. 🙄
@@rockhero2274 ok drone
@@cesaru3619 What!? That's all you can come up with?
People if you to know how good we had it in the 80s, please listen to this and enjoy.
We did have it good 😂 if we wanted to listen to a certain song we had to get the right home made/recorded tape fast forward checking ever 5 seconds if it was at the song. Them find the start of the song.
Today life is hard sucks we have to pick up our phone open a music app scroll through 1,000s of songs that cost next to nothing to find that one song. We have our whole music library with us on the bus.
Remember those portable CD players you could carry in your hand. Then you hand 50 CDs along to pick from
I listened to this song thousands of times since I was 7, and it still gives me the same feeling it did then. I love it.
"I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge on another gorgeous sunny Saturday
and I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic." "It's your favorite radio station in your favorite radio city. The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps."
My favorite part of the song.
Who is still listening to this song in 2023 and thinks it's one of the most upbeat songs ever written?? 🥰🥰🥰
Right here!!!
I am 😅
Me😊
you got my like, born in the 80s 🙂
its a revolitution song!!
We're still here knee deep in the hoopla.
gotta me a story behind that title..... I feel like I'm a little SAD for people who can't appreciate this story..
This was a time when pure music was made, and I was privileged to have been in my teens
Lucky you! The “music” us Gen Z’ers have to “grow up with” is nothing but copied-and-pasted machine noises (with ZERO talent or hard work put in)
If I could be born into a new life, I’d be a Floridian boy born in 1967
@@Thunderlion-yd4nv bs u had smallville and epic tv we had nannananan
if we had full hindsight id meet u miami82
@@jeffisnot2826 But do we have modern artists that sound like Starship, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Journey, etc. being all the rage??
No--So it's *you Gen X'ers* who got to "grow up with" the good stuff
I wasn’t in my teens, I was older, but this was music I could still get into. Not like the junk that passes for music nowadays.
Growing up we rocked this loud and clear on a ghetto blaster 80s still has the best musos 🙌
Pure nostalgia. 📺📼🕹💾
The song, "WE BUILT THIS CITY" is the greatest anthem to the city I love more than any other in the United States of America. Loved even more by me than New York City. My family moved from New England to Seattle in 1960, and we stayed there for four years and, at that time, my grandma gave me a transitor radio, and I witnessed the birth of rock'n'roll (Roy Orbison, Rolling Stones, Ventures, Beatles). After 3 years, my dad got a job in New York City and we stayed there for only one year. During that year, I listened to WMCA radio, which was the most popular rock'n'roll channel in New York City. Then, we moved to California, and my dad bought a house in the East Bay. From that point on, THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK. After moving to the S.F. Bay area, I saw concerts by, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, GRATEFUL DEAD, COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH, CREAM, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE BYRDS, and, and, and, and what was occurring during that era was a massive explosion of musical creativity. Hey, my collection of vinyl record albums grew to over 800 albums, and included all of the albums by Jefferson Airplane, The Fab Four, Moby Grape, Simon & Garfunkel, Love, Beach Boys, Them, Yardbirds, Lovin' Spoonful, as well as jazz albums by Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Bobby Hutcherson, Anthony Braxton, McCoy Tyner, and Dave Holland. My collection of classical music albums consisted mostly of music by Charles Ives, Brahms, Bela Bartok, Gustav Mahler, and Paul Hindemith. Regarding Jefferson Airplane, my garage band had a repertoire of 70 songs and these included two songs by Jeff. Airplane, SHE HAS FUNNY CARS and WHITE RABBIT. My garage band had a girl singer.
Oh, I'd love to listen to your records!
Well, this song was written about Los Angeles, not SF.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Built_This_City#:~:text=Though%20the%20song%20was%20originally,over%20that%20Golden%20Gate%20Bridge%22.
I still remember watching my History teacher dancing to this at a high school pep rally in 1987! She was just standing off to the side of the basketball court while the cheer team was doing their thing. I believe she got more attention than anyone! Good times...
I'm 52 now, and I still can't get enough of it. World class pop/rock hybrid. If you ever need a lift in life, then stick this on full belt and sing your head off
I just love how the obvious green screen adds to the charm of these 80s music videos.
Some tracks just never get boring. I'll play this 12 inch on my ancient Pioneer sound system till death.
Still groovin' in 2023! 65 years old. I was blessed to grow up to 60s and 70s music. Listening to this with a massive grin❣❣
this is from 1985 though.
Happy 85th Birthday, Grace!! Thanks for all of the music! Sparks in Daytona
Anyone who experienced the San Francisco Music Scene in the 60s Will Always Feel Something Special when they hear this one
This song offers a very powerful message. Great vocals. Great music. Everything is great about this song.
This song just never gets old. Love it.
That one part (where a giant red dice is rolling on the street trying to crush them) is kinda funny.
O que é bom é eternizado!
@@shuttittuppitt9355agreed
80's had great music. Love this song too.
@@shuttittuppitt9355 I think it's symbolic of the city selling out to casinos and destroying the live music that was the heart and soul of the city.
Who’s listening in 2024?
Present! Feb. 28, 2024
@@esteranaya6353 yes sir!!!!!
9th March 2024
10th march 2024
10 March 2024
80's music will always be better than today's music! I love this song!
If you’re listening to this in 2023 man, we can be friends forever
Sorry we can't. I'm listening in 2024 😂
Every time something really good happens in my family my husband grabs his tablet and plays we built this city on blast!😅❤🎉
Who's still watching this awesomeness in 2024😃
青春時代この曲を聴いてアメリカに憧れた！
Damn I'm still listening in 22 nothing better than 80s music
🐅
I love listening to 80’s music more today than today’s music.😸
Better music and way better times.
Born in the 90s. Raised on the 80s. Still listening 30 years later. And im never gonna stop
1989?
Is that the year you was born?
@ 1994
im 26 and i wish i got to enjoy the 80s with the love of my life. still rocking these songs during road trips tho.
The music of the 80’s is the best. There’s no comparison to today’s music. Love this song♥️♥️
what passes for music these days lol
actually the earlier, "classic" generation(s) of rock 'n roll--50's-70s--were miles better than the mediocre pop music of the 80's (and later decades)...I agree there was some good music still coming out in the 80's , but to me this song is NOT part of it 🙄
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 ,very agree! Second half of 80's are not good anymore.
At last!!!! My favorite song of 80's. Yeeesssss!!!!!! I love Starship ❤
The Muppets anyone?
Listening in November 2024 it never gets old this song
Nothing beats 80's music.
I’m glad I got to experience the 80s. 🛐☮️✝️
I envy you. But I am also happy for you. Much Respect.
Your lucky I was born in 96 and love the 80s I wish I can go back and experience it
I'd rather hear songs from the 70s 80s and 90s than those of today. Not enough heart or soul
This song rocks. One of the best songs from the 80's. I still listen to it over and over again. I crank up the volume when this song is on.
I grew up in Cleveland, this song takes me back to Municipal Stadium, Public Square, and steel mills even after 25 years….
Released in 1985 so I guess you can say that "We Built This City" at 38 years of age has stood the test of time. Legendary tune.
Marconi plays the Mamba !
MUCH Love from Sudan to Starship👍
I was lucky enough to see them in concert, front row. Grace has one of the most uniquely beautiful singing voices I've ever heard ❤
I've loved her voice since the Jefferson Airplane.
@@peterswanson9590 Me too!
BET IT WAS AMAZING
Lucky you,god bless!!
I was 14 in 85, still sounds as good in 2022.
I was 3 in 85. Checks out.
Was 10 in 85, man was that just the best era to grow up in..
Same here!
my mom hates this song and the video and I think it's bad too
But it might be good to everyone else
I was 18 years old in 1985 when this song was released, sounded great on the hearing it on the radio back then still sounds great now.
What a wonderful sound.
Being a musician i know how great this song is.
Damn I wish I was a musician so I could know if the song is good or not...
@@froggythekid8955 Go to music school.
Who is still listening to this January 2024 as it's a lot better than a lot of today's music.
Right now
❤❤
I like this an it’s not my generation
Playing it right now
So true
post Valentines - Feb 2024 here 🖐️
Anyone in November 2024?
Damn! starship one of the best of my list, anyone listening 2030?
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We still building the city in 2023❤
gosh, i just can not resist the idea that 1985 was so much better than 2023 ...
Still One Of The Best Feel Good Musical Masterpieces Of The 80's.
'65 until Grace lost her voice in '85. She knew it, got Young men. So cool.
Yup a 58 yr old fan ever since I was able to listen to white rabbit Jefferson airplane through starship 2024🥁🎹🎶🎵🎸🙏😎✌️👍
I’ve always liked this song,it has positive energy 👍💜
Despite of the horrible amount of hairspray this era was filled with great musical productions. 🤘
It was a good look for Grace though.
I am 32 years old and i used to listen in radio. This song still gives me energy like my young age... Love this song