I'm Japanese. I've been listening to this song since I was in junior high school. It's bright and has a good tempo, so it lifts my spirits. I really like the radio DJ's fast-paced delivery in the middle. His sense of fun is amazing. I'm sure everyone who likes Western music in Japan knows this song.
Was this song really big in Japan? I was born in 1970. Graduated high school in 1988. All of my teenage years were in the 80's. It was a great time. I have so many fond memories. Time's where so different. No internet, cell phones and we all were happy and people were so much more friendly. We had block parties on our street every summer and fall. All of our neighbors would cook food and we would celebrate all day and night. 🎉🎉🎉. Music was awesome and life was so easy. Food was cheap, gas was cheap, EVERYTHING was affordable back then!
It's a number one song on the American Billboard charts, and other songs like Sara and the theme song to the movie Mannequin are big hits, so if you like Western music in Japan, you know it. By the way, I think Western music fans in Japan are about 20% or 10% of the Japanese population. However, the younger generation may not know it.
After 40 years, these sounds take you back to the fantastic 80s, this is the very essence of it. Honestly I've never heard it, it's really a milestone with a penetrating sound and the primary voices have exaggerated treble. You never stop discovering wonderful bands : a big thank you to whoever uploaded this beauty.
The Drummer Don Baldwin is my ex-girlfriends uncle. I remember being at her grandparents house and all of their gold records were hung up proudly. I don't miss her much. But I absolutely loved her grandparents. They were one of a kind. May they finally rest in peace...
I can't believe music critics say this is one of the worst songs of the 80's. But I don't care what they say. I think this is a great song, and I will continue listening to this song even to mock these critics who know nothing about music.
What a uplifting song and great times! I was 24 in 1980 and just bought a 62 Corvette for $4500. What a deal. In 1984, I met and married the most wonderful woman I have ever known. 40 years later, she is more beautiful and amazing than ever. We still enjoy Corvettes as I surprised her with a 22 C8 Corvette (This one is all hers). She was absolutely blown away!!!! But better than that we have 7 children born between 1985 and 1996. Now have 5 grandchildren. We only list to 70s and 80s music, especially when out cruising in any of our amazing cars! A happy wife is a blessing
That..... or I heard Dean's snarky comment about Jefferson Starship on Supernatural and had to verify that the song was as bad as I remembered. Did not disappoint. Thank you, Dean!
Parents surprised me on a Sunday afternoon in the fall of ‘85 with a 10 year old VW Rabbit. I was 16 and naturally, it was my first car. A bit of a clunker but it represented freedom. Before the days of cell phones so couldn’t get ahold of anyone to offer a ride to the next Monday morning, so I drove to high school on that Monday morning alone…I will never forget pulling into my high school parking lot in Orlando, FL that Monday morning and this song was playing on the radio. May be a somewhat silly song, but it will always hold a special place in my heart. Music has a way of documenting our life…
@@LBSeeinYa this was my uncle's favorite song before he died when he was a kid (Storytime) I hadn't been born yet and my uncle and my dad my uncle was eight my dad was nine and my uncle had asked my dad to move some stick for him because he wanted to jump from the tree my dad told my uncle yea hold on a sec because he was tying a knot when my uncle fell out the tree a branch stabbed through his jugular windpipe and all of his throat my dad said he watched it happen and that my uncle got up he saw the blood my uncle ran to the end of the driveway got to the fence and collapsed and my dad said he had to run back to the house to tell my grandma and grandpa my uncle had fallen out of the tree and collapsed my uncle finally passed away in the ambulance while my grandma was with him. My fingers hurt from typing
@ what a tragic story; I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s good your family has this song to remind them of your uncle, and the good times he and your father surely had as kids.
I adore 80's music, and part of it is a certain indefinable "haunting" quality to a *lot* of it, even the boppiest pop tunes and rock ballads. For example, here where we are rocking along but the change into the chorus just hits this beautifully wistful and haunting note that's so unique to the decade.
Ya the harmonizing and the bridges, plus the nebulous video aesthetic, and the freaking actual lyrical content……this song and many other 80s/early 90 songs really moves me too
Perception of greatness changes in perspective. It's an "OK" song at best among the hits of its era. Definitely not unique, or deep. Still, it's probably better than all of Nicky Minaj discography combined. Blender was a tabloid, so the validity of the editors' opinion is... questionable. Also, it reviewed an at least 10yo song, from the age before internet was actually a thing. On that thought, why do you care for a decade old corpse of a magazine's opinion? That's worse, because it's much easier to change your perspective than society. Don't waste energy on hate, when there's goodness to elevate.
Def makes no sense. I can't explain it. But it's just a happy song to me. Prob bringing back my youth and memories... But I don't get that worst song b.s...
Imagine if you will a Saturday summer afternoon in 1992, working for a carnival company in Southern Cal. Your ride supervisor tells you to go take a break about 5 mins before Starship comes on stage. Take the moment to catch a refill on your drink and a quick toke or 2 and talk your way into the concert, even front row. After the concert, not only did I get autographs but also went on the tilt-o-whirl, ferris wheel, and the paratrooper with various band members. One of the best days in my life.
This is one of my favorite songs from my childhood! I'm turning 40 in October, and I love that I still have access to so many wonderful bands/artists from the "simpler times" of my life. 🙂
You were a baby when this came out, you a 90's kid..you don't nothing about the simpler times, sorry. I was 16 when this was rockin' .. best time ever to grow up, you can't even imagine!!
@@douglashay9170 We all have our own version of simpler times, regardless. 🙂 But yeah, 80s baby/90s kid. I think my mom still has their vinyls somewhere in storage!
One of the best starship songs ever, i grew up listening with my dad to this song and many others of the 80s-90s. My most favorite part is when the radio speaker is talking as the beat is going in the background, many kids today have no idea what good music is the 80s-90s was the time for the best movies, music,and kids cartoons.
I agree with you about your favorite part of the song. It creates such incredible atmosphere. I'm glad to be able to enjoy this music even though I did not catch that era
@@thanksyutbeisacn7fu6r50how is it ignorant? I’m part of the younger generation and it’s obvious it used to be way better entertainment, everything is soulless and industrialized today
I miss the 80s. Those was the BEST days of my life. Starting my teen years. Everything back then was so much fun. We knew how to have fun. Unlike the kids today. All they thank fun is is technology. They will never know how to inter act with others
@@shawnwright5110wth is wrong with me commenting 4 yrs later but actually since a lot of homeschoolers aren't exposed to the internet they act more civilized, and socialized
Richard Hamblen - It’s Grace Slick from the Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship. Btw, you should have seen her when she was with Jefferson Airplane. A true beauty.
Jaja te 80s people hate this song since think this song is ironic, and since they think starship changed the way they created music and saying they "built this city in rock and roll" makes it even more ironic...
This song is the second song I ever heard with my Dad. I sat on his knee at 5 years old (1985) as he sat on a mettle folding chair and we sat in front of an old school stereo. He had his Popeye arm wrapped around my wast. Rest in Peace My Poppy!
This song gets increasingly poignant and powerful the more you realize how lost The City is nowadays. As a native who came of age and experienced San Francisco in the 80’s I now recognize that this song is both a signal of the beginning of the end of an incredible culture of homegrown rock & roll and also a harbinger of the coming destruction of a once great city that will soon lose its way and devour itself.
@@andrearel3703Not this time, Firstly I want to add I believe that elections have been rigged in other ways than by harvesting ballots & Voting Machines changing votes like by propaganda of the news media pushing the narrative that a specific candidate is miles ahead and better than another candidate which is a form of manipulation controlling people’s thoughts on candidates and influences many people’s perception of the true reality of the world. Of course that candidate will receive more votes from manipulating voters. They believed in 2016 they had done enough talking points to manipulate the voters saying Trump had 0% chance of winning the election and Hillary had all but won. I believe the voters now can see through the fog of lies & the people are prepared to take the cautionary measures if we get to see a 2024 presidential election. That is of course something bigger happens before then
My Daddy used to throw me and my sister up in the middle of his and mom's bed and play this for us on his old tabletop record player. It was always one of my favorites. My dad passed this year so it's good to hear it and think of those times.
I love just about every band from the 80s, from the new wave bands, to the hair metal bands, to the thrash metal & speed metal bands, to electro funk bands, to even the supposedly cheesy & corny bands, like Starship. 😀😊
The 80s worst songs are now good songs, and the 80s good songs are now great songs... that tells you how much music has really declined. I love these songs, and modern songs can’t compare to anything before the 2000s and even
From what I’ve heard a lot of the hate towards this song does kinda have to do with the music video in the sense where the song does kinda have that rebel against the machine vibe but then the MV does kinda promote Corporate America inadvertently through all the locations I don’t know it was the 80s and at least 10 years before I was born so it’s not like I’m gonna say I know what happened but considering the decade I think this was at least a contributing factor
Yeah...er..um...Marty Balin didn't sing on this album or reincarnation. This is Grace Slick with Mickey Thomas (Jane). Balin sang with Airplane and later Starship. But you should leave the comment on a Balin track, not these later Starship songs. Why not pick an album/song that Balin sang? Makes no sense!
@Edgehead100075 Marty Balin was in both Airplane and Starship, just not this later crap with Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick. Balin helped MAKE Starship, moron. In fact. he was in the band until about 1978.
I like stay in my apartment in gta online put los santos rock radio and pretend i am a normal person go in the bathroom drink sit and watch tv see out of the windows its just a feeling that this game its really good i have many memories playing with my friends in summer and now i wait for this summer i want to be like that one
Fun fact: They sing about changing corporation names. This group started off as Airplane, then Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship and finally Starhip.
Reminds me of when,San Fran,was a better city! not so much homeless/addicted folks!Lets keep giving all the money....2 the rich.I love how insane,Grace Slick is!U go girl.
They hate it because they remember what Jefferson Airplane used to be (and loved it) and dislikes what they turned into. Had it been an typical -80s group preforming, they wouldn't bother about the Starship production. They simply feel that Grace Slick is a sell out, that went from producing progressive rock to play mass-produced 80s sleeze-pop.
perkalov thats doesn't make any sense because if you listen to the lyrics they are being critical of corporations 30 years ago at a time when nobody was. They were ahead of there time.so your argument is flawed
omg this coment is from 2023 this is amazing hi and your right about this song being a bop while i was wating in my car with my dad and my sister because we were going to wrok with him i had my headphones in and while i sung it sung long in the car carelessly and i had a fun time at work with my dad
Wanna know something weird? Right after reading your comment, I scrolled back up to catch that part. Right when the video came back into view, Lincoln was jumping up from his seat. What a coincidence.
One of my favorite 80s songs! Right from the get go! I’m only 22 years old too 🤣 born in 2001. Thankful for my mom introducing me to these great classics 🙏🏻
This is how you make a song in the 80’s: Hard work, talent, and dedication How to make a song today: Look as ridiculous as possible, put a simple computer generated beat in the background, talk as quietly as possible, and use the most annoying, and negative lyrics possible.
Lol, people can be pretty harsh on the Internet. She's just expressing how she likes this music. In my opinion, this specific song is a piece of garbage but other 80s hits are awesome.
+Bubba Burger I don't get why people are hating so hard on this song? I could understand if someone disliked it, but to call it the worst song ever is a little far-fetched IMO. Besides that I actually like the song, so f*ck the haters. ;P
I love those harmonies. And that prechorus and the end of both verses leading up to the pre chorus( eating up the night, marconi plays the mamba) that part is huge! Its so epic i cant even explain how amazing those harmonies and instrumental build up are!!
Such a quirky, weird lyric, too. "Marconi plays the Mamba". Guglielmo Marconi is credited as the inventor of radio and there is an afro-cuban music style called the "mambo". A Mamba is a venomous snake, haha Still sounds cool, though. The 7/8 bar in the chorus is my jam!
The pre-chorus lyrical line should have been "Marconi plays La Bamba ..." (the immortalized Ritchie Valens version), as that would have been consistent with the alluded "Radio City" music broadcasting history theme underpinning 'We Built this City on Rock and Roll.' Given that 'La Bamba' was one of the most culturally iconic and transformative airwave hits, especially during the height of "golden radio" broadcasting during rock music's early pioneering era in key metro areas across the U.S. Consequently, that's precisely how I have been mishearing this lyrical fragment for so many years, until I shockingly found out otherwise, recently. Sometimes, what one mishears turns out to be more apropos than what was penned. How unfortunate for the writers. They really drove the "wrecking ball" through what would have otherwise turned out to be impeccable writing. (Irony, if you follow the rest of the lyrics. 😂) But I don't care, regardless. I'll stick with singing it by what makes the song perfect. What SHOULD have been.
"The 7/8 bar in the chorus is my jam". It's not 7/8, the song is 4/4 throughout. Just try tapping the tempo in 4/4 throughout the chorus and you'll see it doesn't skip a beat. It's just clumsily written.
I have to admit every time I hear that traffic report I want to hop on a plane and head back to San Francisco. It's a beautiful city too if you every get a chance to visit it :)
Should check out Tauranga, Papamoa and Mount Maunganui, which are all in New Zealand, if you ever get a chance. Easily the most beautiful places in the country ☺
+Richard Clarke Stay out of the Tenderloin and Castro, and you wont have that problem. You should go, especially when the mercury is sitting at 90 degrees in your hometown. A balmy 50 at night and 69 in the daytime year around. Like year round fall. Gorgeous place.
What I wouldn't give to live for one week back in the 80s. It was truly a magical era, when despite all the fear and chaos about the world, anything and everything felt possible.
I wish I could have experienced it as a teenager. I remember my mother had the puffed hair. She had me at 18 back in 1981, so she was still in her party-stage. I miss her so much.
During the 80's, some radio stations playing this song would insert their call signs in place of the second radio announcer's broadcast as an opportunity to identify themselves over the air.
15 years ago, a new magazine came out called, Blender. In order to gain popularity, the magazine made top 100 lists, mostly of worst bands, and worst songs ever. The idea worked, in that it sparked a lot of attention at the time. However, the magazine has since gone out of business, and the bands and sings they trashed carry on.
There actually is a reason. Starship evolved from Jefferson Starship, which evolved from Jefferson Airplane. However, Grace Slick was the only member in Starship that was in Jefferson Airplane and she wasn't even in the original lineup. Jefferson Airplane was very prominent in the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in the 1960s and San Francisco is the song they're singing about. Because of that, people hated the song for being a lie as it wasn't the band or music that really "built this city."
Skaukanen yeh n you're a virgin for life, get the fuck out of here you little troll. You have no friends so you take to RUclips to think you're cool, ha fuck off
I played this song in class and no one knew it except my teacher and my friend. Kids now a days need to know about the 80s! What our history was like Without technology all in your face!!
I truly cannot understand why this is considered a bad song, it is a fun song to drive to etc. Granted im sure much better stuff came out back then, but i would listen to this song 1000 times before listening to the crap that comes out now!!
Sure it's all fun and games when listening to this when driving but it's not when you drive off the road trying to synchronise your turns with the keytar riffs in this.
long live the 80 s long live the old man, last true president. long live 80 s happiness freedom and democracy, apex culture, which shined on us like a sun. and sorry from our ?? generation... ...to our great.... decade. for taking it for granted. .....we own that...........maybe?? forever fai/r.. punishment...... ...once?? mighty....apex culture...... ......now...exile...culture, ... ...but the 80 s ??... now in abstansia lives on forever in you tube. ..where its still apex american culture.....a revisionisim, that??? will bring back the 80 s.. ??..the....80 s..our mighty decade....will rise again one day. but.. ..next time it does. ..we will know where the mistakes were made, that lead to its demise. and know better how to protect it so that it never leaves us.
***** Or they were on more acid than the members of Jefferson Airplane were when they recorded this POS and the song got stuck on repeat. That'd make for a pretty bad trip but its a plausible explanation nonetheless.
great song and was my favourite when it was released.listened to it whilst driving on a long journey and man,what a song.brought back many childhood memories
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I'm still trying to figure out how it's almost 2020🤔
....and RIP GA - IIL
Doing just that. Tx
This music is so old and found it on GTA
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I'm Japanese. I've been listening to this song since I was in junior high school. It's bright and has a good tempo, so it lifts my spirits. I really like the radio DJ's fast-paced delivery in the middle. His sense of fun is amazing. I'm sure everyone who likes Western music in Japan knows this song.
LOVEEEE
Was this song really big in Japan? I was born in 1970. Graduated high school in 1988. All of my teenage years were in the 80's. It was a great time. I have so many fond memories. Time's where so different. No internet, cell phones and we all were happy and people were so much more friendly. We had block parties on our street every summer and fall. All of our neighbors would cook food and we would celebrate all day and night. 🎉🎉🎉. Music was awesome and life was so easy. Food was cheap, gas was cheap, EVERYTHING was affordable back then!
It's a number one song on the American Billboard charts, and other songs like Sara and the theme song to the movie Mannequin are big hits, so if you like Western music in Japan, you know it. By the way, I think Western music fans in Japan are about 20% or 10% of the Japanese population. However, the younger generation may not know it.
You are the First comment, from a Japanese in English , mostly i see them writing Japanese or broken English
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Day 999 of listening to We Built This City by Starship every day for a whole decade. Last of the triple digits.
wait you've actually done this for 3 years insane dedication
Hell yeah!
Respect
Respect...
@@forteeq9 years*
After 40 years, these sounds take you back to the fantastic 80s, this is the very essence of it. Honestly I've never heard it, it's really a milestone with a penetrating sound and the primary voices have exaggerated treble. You never stop discovering wonderful bands : a big thank you to whoever uploaded this beauty.
Starship
@@capdavis2002 Yes i see
No one will ever come close to beating the 80's and the 80's kids
OMG 40 years? I'm getting old. Just watched Star Wars.
@@Moonlight-yu5xo Did you ever watch the old Battlestar Galactica
The Drummer
Don Baldwin is my ex-girlfriends uncle. I remember being at her grandparents house and all of their gold records were hung up proudly. I don't miss her much. But I absolutely loved her grandparents. They were one of a kind. May they finally rest in peace...
Damn dude
TWITCH did you ever meet the other band members ?
I Got A Lame Claim To Fam
K but who asked
Did Donny ever talk about beating up Mickey?
I Can't get over the fact that this is Grace Slick, and that she actually built that city on rock and roll back in the 60's
I can't believe music critics say this is one of the worst songs of the 80's. But I don't care what they say. I think this is a great song, and I will continue listening to this song even to mock these critics who know nothing about music.
Screw the critics
Critics are there to criticize,you can't please them,fuck 'em, people just listen
You’re NOT Just Preaching to the Choir. The First Time I heard this Song, I Loved It!
Same here this song is fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Batman: "Critics are stupid"
The best years and music of the 80s
yeah the best music of my childhood right here baby girl✊✊💪💪
They really did build that City even though everyone wanted to say they sold out. But Jefferson starship sold everybody and they love the music
If yall think this is the worst music ever you aint never heard the song be not so fearful
1980's music will never die.
No it won’t! It keeps me going- listening to the music from then makes me feel like I’m plugged in!
Part of the 1999 Born of Gen Z I love 80s music find it better the todays music.
What a uplifting song and great times!
I was 24 in 1980 and just bought a 62 Corvette for $4500. What a deal.
In 1984, I met and married the most wonderful woman I have ever known. 40 years later, she is more beautiful and amazing than ever.
We still enjoy Corvettes as I surprised her with a 22 C8 Corvette (This one is all hers). She was absolutely blown away!!!!
But better than that we have 7 children born between 1985 and 1996. Now have 5 grandchildren.
We only list to 70s and 80s music, especially when out cruising in any of our amazing cars! A happy wife is a blessing
@@FTChomp9980 Want a Cookie ?
Yes
The fact you searched this song and scrolled through the comments makes you cooler than you think
That..... or I heard Dean's snarky comment about Jefferson Starship on Supernatural and had to verify that the song was as bad as I remembered. Did not disappoint. Thank you, Dean!
Catchy, though.
😂
LOL
nah this song sucks
You know it's an 80's music video when the visuals are dated and the music is timeless
You can quote me on that
OOOhh wow can we??
Hi team America 👋🤓👍
IG. DOUGIEFRESH007
I would, but I do good to quote myself anymore. Only so much time & energy. :P
I love the 80s songs
everytime they sing „marconi plays the mamba - listen to the radio“ i get so damn excited. the melody and their voices are magic!
I'm exactly the same , I remember the song coming out , fantastic 👍
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As a kid, I always thought it was "while Tony plays mamba" Still find myself saying it
Yeah they did a good job with melody
If any Jefferson Airplane/Starship song is played 50 years from now, it will be this one!
White Rabbit
Someone to Love
Jane - great rock vocal even though that one isn't sung by Grace Slick.
@@rjjcms1 Miracles?
Sara, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now!
Wooden Ships
Eskimo Blue Day
White Rabbit
Somebody to Love
😂True🎉🎉🎉
Parents surprised me on a Sunday afternoon in the fall of ‘85 with a 10 year old VW Rabbit. I was 16 and naturally, it was my first car. A bit of a clunker but it represented freedom. Before the days of cell phones so couldn’t get ahold of anyone to offer a ride to the next Monday morning, so I drove to high school on that Monday morning alone…I will never forget pulling into my high school parking lot in Orlando, FL that Monday morning and this song was playing on the radio. May be a somewhat silly song, but it will always hold a special place in my heart. Music has a way of documenting our life…
Not a silly song. Cool car, what color was it?
Your first drive alone in your first car, is such an amazing experience
@@LBSeeinYa this was my uncle's favorite song before he died when he was a kid
(Storytime)
I hadn't been born yet and my uncle and my dad my uncle was eight my dad was nine and my uncle had asked my dad to move some stick for him because he wanted to jump from the tree my dad told my uncle yea hold on a sec because he was tying a knot when my uncle fell out the tree a branch stabbed through his jugular windpipe and all of his throat my dad said he watched it happen and that my uncle got up he saw the blood my uncle ran to the end of the driveway got to the fence and collapsed and my dad said he had to run back to the house to tell my grandma and grandpa my uncle had fallen out of the tree and collapsed my uncle finally passed away in the ambulance while my grandma was with him.
My fingers hurt from typing
@ what a tragic story; I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s good your family has this song to remind them of your uncle, and the good times he and your father surely had as kids.
As well it should. You seem fortunate and good for you. No harm in that. Good times I bet. Peace. :)
Day 9 of listening to We Built This City by Starship every day for a whole decade.
Day 10
Day 11
@@kurjerek Day 12
@@benmelman9505 yep me too
Day 15
Amazing song, irresistibly catchy! One of my favorites of 1985 and one of my favorites of the 80s no doubt!
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Giving this song a thumbsup somehow doesn't seem like enough.
Hey, you have to start somewhere.
I adore 80's music, and part of it is a certain indefinable "haunting" quality to a *lot* of it, even the boppiest pop tunes and rock ballads. For example, here where we are rocking along but the change into the chorus just hits this beautifully wistful and haunting note that's so unique to the decade.
Ya the harmonizing and the bridges, plus the nebulous video aesthetic, and the freaking actual lyrical content……this song and many other 80s/early 90 songs really moves me too
У многих песен в 80-х были классные проигроши
The fact that this is considered one of the worst songs ever means there is something deeply wrong with society.
@@rob3125 Apparently the magazine was called "Blender." It no longer exists.
Perception of greatness changes in perspective.
It's an "OK" song at best among the hits of its era. Definitely not unique, or deep. Still, it's probably better than all of Nicky Minaj discography combined.
Blender was a tabloid, so the validity of the editors' opinion is... questionable.
Also, it reviewed an at least 10yo song, from the age before internet was actually a thing.
On that thought, why do you care for a decade old corpse of a magazine's opinion? That's worse, because it's much easier to change your perspective than society.
Don't waste energy on hate, when there's goodness to elevate.
I think it's more due to what this band was before they became Starship.
@@Belarithian There’s no “probably” about that. One might argue that Nicky Minaj’s discography hardly deserves to be called music.
@@dubfoot1659 In that case they should have argued it was the worst “(Jefferson) Starship” song in history.
I won’t lie, I heard this song in GTA V and I can’t stop listening to it ever since.
Faisal me too
Calamitas89 You my friend have a great taste in music 🎶 😂♥️
Faisal hahaha, yes, I like so much this music
What radio station
Some random Person I don’t even know I heard it while I was AFKing in my apartment.
80’s is not just an age, it’s a spirit, it’s part of our inner system.
Thisi good stuff ....
As a 16 year old loving the 80s music and style more than todays, I can confirm that
@@robtz759 me too
me a 14 year old obsessing over 80s music:
I’m too young then...
"Worst Song of the '80's"
Says who? I always liked this song.
Ik right im confused why people hate this song because its repetitive? Idk
@@bean-boi327 i thunk ppl just made it up,everybody here loves this song so who hates it? A nobody to me
Same
Def makes no sense. I can't explain it. But it's just a happy song to me. Prob bringing back my youth and memories... But I don't get that worst song b.s...
Well it made it to number one back in the 80s so hardly the worst.
Imagine if you will a Saturday summer afternoon in 1992, working for a carnival company in Southern Cal. Your ride supervisor tells you to go take a break about 5 mins before Starship comes on stage. Take the moment to catch a refill on your drink and a quick toke or 2 and talk your way into the concert, even front row.
After the concert, not only did I get autographs but also went on the tilt-o-whirl, ferris wheel, and the paratrooper with various band members. One of the best days in my life.
Holy shit that sounds amazing! :O
Wow, some day you had
Coaster World Wow, you replied to a comment 3 months ago.
Blackwolfufk One in the best days of my life was the day of Starship concert, 14 February 2001 Guayaquil Ecuador.
This is one of my favorite songs from my childhood! I'm turning 40 in October, and I love that I still have access to so many wonderful bands/artists from the "simpler times" of my life. 🙂
You were a baby when this came out, you a 90's kid..you don't nothing about the simpler times, sorry. I was 16 when this was rockin' .. best time ever to grow up, you can't even imagine!!
@@douglashay9170 We all have our own version of simpler times, regardless. 🙂 But yeah, 80s baby/90s kid. I think my mom still has their vinyls somewhere in storage!
@melanieannplans2666 Very true ma'am, sorry if I sounded rude!! God Bless!!
@@douglashay9170 No worries at all! It's all good. Have a great day!
I am 65 and still love this song, happy times xx
I’m 76 and I cannot get enough of the 80s.
Legend
deep
Neither can I and I'm 52
@@bradmccullough8240 same and i am 14
You are still a young man, keep listening Brother!
One of the best starship songs ever, i grew up listening with my dad to this song and many others of the 80s-90s.
My most favorite part is when the radio speaker is talking as the beat is going in the background, many kids today have no idea what good music is the 80s-90s was the time for the best movies, music,and kids cartoons.
Absolutely 💯
I agree with you about your favorite part of the song. It creates such incredible atmosphere. I'm glad to be able to enjoy this music even though I did not catch that era
@@thanksyutbeisacn7fu6r50how is it ignorant? I’m part of the younger generation and it’s obvious it used to be way better entertainment, everything is soulless and industrialized today
The announcer in the background reminds me of Steve Miller, Living in the USA.
Facts right there
Love it, love it, love it! Mid-80s smash hit, a total classic.
>insert generic "I'm 11 and I love music like this" comment here
"I'm 11 so shut the fuck up."
Nah.
HA! I'm 13! I am slightly superior 11 year olds!
Tyffanny Squibbins Grey
I'm 21, 10 years older than you. :p feeling old....
Joao Leal
This song is so good even Lincoln stands to it.
Does that say something about the Cory in the House OP,
*?
1:28
😂😂😂
I don't think that was Lincoln. Looks more like Ulysses Grant
Anyone still love rock ‘n roll in 2020?
Yes, 28 Feb 2020, greetings from Charleston, West Virginia ✌🇺🇸
In 2020
In 2021
In 2030
In 2050
In 2465...
I'm a youth from the 80's, so yeah I still love these rock n roll songs
Greetings from France , rock'n'roll never died , never will!
Just saw them live a few days ago and surprisingly enough, they put on quite a show even at their age :)
Only in the 80s you have an Abraham Lincoln statue coming alive in a Rock n Roll video... Gotta love the 80s!!!
True !
I miss the 80s. Those was the BEST days of my life. Starting my teen years. Everything back then was so much fun. We knew how to have fun. Unlike the kids today. All they thank fun is is technology. They will never know how to inter act with others
@@shawnwright5110wth is wrong with me commenting 4 yrs later but actually since a lot of homeschoolers aren't exposed to the internet they act more civilized, and socialized
I love how RUclips is the closest thing to a timemachine we have.
THAT GIRL SINGING AT 1:39, IS THE SAME ONE AS IS ON THE "MANNEQUIN" VIDEO, FOR "NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US" AND SHE IS STONE COLD LUSCIOUS..
have u ever been to a library
Richard Hamblen - It’s Grace Slick from the Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship. Btw, you should have seen her when she was with Jefferson Airplane. A true beauty.
@@xelloskaczor5051 ok boomer
Yes!!!!
I don't care what anyone thinks this song is amazing
squid man 196 lion Hell yeah
squid man 196 lion I totally agree!!! How could anyone possibly hate this song? It is amazing!!!
Jaja te 80s people hate this song since think this song is ironic, and since they think starship changed the way they created music and saying they "built this city in rock and roll" makes it even more ironic...
squid man 196 lion That's right I still lisyen to them all then this new shit not good music in rock
squid man 196 lion I'm glad that you don't care what anyone thinks 😀😀
I'm glad that even though I was born in 2000 I was raised with music like this - thanks to my dad.
agreed lol
so garbage?
same I was born in 2003 but my mum and dad both love this sort of song (thanks parents) I love this stuff
Fuckung same
FUCKING SAME
After Corona Virus is eliminated worldwide this song will play in the credits
AMEN!!!
After mankind is wiped out*
This^^^
Fuck covid... We build humanity on rock 'n roll!
Subscribed
This song is the second song I ever heard with my Dad. I sat on his knee at 5 years old (1985) as he sat on a mettle folding chair and we sat in front of an old school stereo. He had his Popeye arm wrapped around my wast. Rest in Peace My Poppy!
Bless him and your family
the internet has completely ruined how I see anyone who says "daddy"
@@Sillimant_ same, I feel a tad uncomfortable when people say daddy nowadays
REALLY???? Get over your!
Sorry about your dad. I am in despair for mine too. Hugs.
This song gets increasingly poignant and powerful the more you realize how lost The City is nowadays. As a native who came of age and experienced San Francisco in the 80’s I now recognize that this song is both a signal of the beginning of the end of an incredible culture of homegrown rock & roll and also a harbinger of the coming destruction of a once great city that will soon lose its way and devour itself.
The City has been re-inventing itself after every major crisis since 1906.
Built this city on crackheads and failed liberalism
They'll vote Pelosi back in... Reap what you sow.
@@andrearel3703Not this time, Firstly I want to add I believe that elections have been rigged in other ways than by harvesting ballots & Voting Machines changing votes like by propaganda of the news media pushing the narrative that a specific candidate is miles ahead and better than another candidate which is a form of manipulation controlling people’s thoughts on candidates and influences many people’s perception of the true reality of the world. Of course that candidate will receive more votes from manipulating voters. They believed in 2016 they had done enough talking points to manipulate the voters saying Trump had 0% chance of winning the election and Hillary had all but won. I believe the voters now can see through the fog of lies & the people are prepared to take the cautionary measures if we get to see a 2024 presidential election. That is of course something bigger happens before then
@@iJMultiplication Which previous major crisis involved nonstop pooping in the streets?
San Fran is dead.
Day 1020 of listening to We Built This City by Starship every day for a whole decade.
That math doesn't add up
@@LegUpGaming it kinda does, I've listened to this song everyday for nearly 3 years
Let's see...you started sometime in September 2021?
My Daddy used to throw me and my sister up in the middle of his and mom's bed and play this for us on his old tabletop record player. It was always one of my favorites. My dad passed this year so it's good to hear it and think of those times.
Am sorry for your loss this song is my favorite too
I am sorry for your loss but at least he lives a wonderful Life in heaven🙏
Sorry to here that.
Tu papá si sabía de buena música,
Descanse en paz.
Sorry for you loss he's in heaven rocking now
The wonderful 80s. When bands could actually SING!
I love just about every band from the 80s, from the new wave bands, to the hair metal bands, to the thrash metal & speed metal bands, to electro funk bands, to even the supposedly cheesy & corny bands, like Starship. 😀😊
Michael Miller yes!! 80's were the best!!!
80's was the best decade ever!!!
80’s music was great! But bands today can still sing...
Michael Miller ikr
This is my absolute favorite song when I'm building anything and everything! ❤️❤️💯👍
It has the BESTT vibes dude, that’s why for me too probably. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
The 22k dislikes are from the people who didn't contribute to building this city on rock and roll.
They are democrats!!
@@twilightg7234 the DemonRats probably only know how to burn the city 🔥🔥🔥 ⛺️ 🏚🏚🏚🚓🚓🚒🚒🚒
I bet you Johnny Lawrence likes this song.
Facts
I gave it a dislike because it’s a shitty corporate rock song
This is a generic pop song and it’s absolutely perfect.
Generic 80's pop songs are nowhere near as bad as the generic pop songs of nowadays
I really don't think it's generic at all. Why do you say it's generic? Just curious.
It’s most definitely not generic
You’re probably a millennial
@@mateorincon3448 There's quite a few good mainstream pop songs nowadays, a lot of them suck but there are some good ones.
@@mateorincon3448 nah I think this is worst than quite a lot of modern pop. Seriously the synth tones and production in this song are whack.
If this is considered to be the worst song in the 80s, people back then must've had a really high standards in songs.
That says a lot about our today's standards. If we can call it "standards".
True this song is great
Born as a Gen Z but I wish I could grow up in the 80s
The 80s worst songs are now good songs, and the 80s good songs are now great songs... that tells you how much music has really declined. I love these songs, and modern songs can’t compare to anything before the 2000s and even
From what I’ve heard a lot of the hate towards this song does kinda have to do with the music video in the sense where the song does kinda have that rebel against the machine vibe but then the MV does kinda promote Corporate America inadvertently through all the locations
I don’t know it was the 80s and at least 10 years before I was born so it’s not like I’m gonna say I know what happened but considering the decade I think this was at least a contributing factor
80's fans, there's an *awesome* 80's inspired band today called *Fire* *Tiger*
🤘
are u their only promotional material or sum
The 80's. what a decade.
we built this city on rock role for you baby💪💪
Lennon got popped
The Best of the best 🎉😊
@@Pizza4Lunch I been there from 10 years old to 19 years old.
80s hits are timeless. Greatest songs ever👍💯
“80 shits” lol think before you type
@@Jeyzor1 80s hit you in the head bruh why is 80s your opps? 💀
90s and 70s too
Facts I'm 45 the 80s was the best decade ever
Right?
In case you haven`t heard: They built this city on Rock n` Roll.
NO WAY!!! LOL
Sin City - We built city on cok and hole !
@@veronicazehr5638 Way!
I feel like this is throwing shade at the beans and toast meme.
kung fu flu destroyed all my cities
RIP Marty Balin, thanks for the music.
R.I.P
Thanks a lot from Poland Marty :-(
Who is Marty Balin?
Yeah...er..um...Marty Balin didn't sing on this album or reincarnation. This is Grace Slick with Mickey Thomas (Jane). Balin sang with Airplane and later Starship. But you should leave the comment on a Balin track, not these later Starship songs. Why not pick an album/song that Balin sang? Makes no sense!
@Edgehead100075 Marty Balin was in both Airplane and Starship, just not this later crap with Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick. Balin helped MAKE Starship, moron. In fact. he was in the band until about 1978.
Day 108 of listening to We Built This City by Starship every day for a whole decade.
All aboard the ship of fools!
No hecking way dude
First 9 years were accidental just from how good it is 😂
You and Gibs Ogden are heroes
So 80s: BIG hair, BIG production and lots of synthesizer.
So 2024: messy hair brain rot
I love hearing this while trying to drive like a normal person in GTA 5
I like stay in my apartment in gta online put los santos rock radio and pretend i am a normal person go in the bathroom drink sit and watch tv see out of the windows its just a feeling that this game its really good i have many memories playing with my friends in summer and now i wait for this summer i want to be like that one
Fr me too
@@evts2180 "pretend i am a normal person" lmao
So you aren’t the only one who try’s to drive normally in gta V?
Same for me, nice to hear while driving around los santos
Fun fact: They sing about changing corporation names. This group started off as Airplane, then Jefferson Airplane, then Jefferson Starship and finally Starhip.
😆
Yeah, but they are not a corporation.
Starhip is an odd name hoho... Starship yep :-)
The irony isn't lost.
What's next? Jefferson Wheelchair?
I count myself extremely fortunate to have been a teenager in the 70s into the 80s as the music from that era continues to entertain me......
Same here
Thank you, humans, for creating the 80's
Reminds me of when,San Fran,was a better city! not so much homeless/addicted folks!Lets keep giving all the money....2 the rich.I love how insane,Grace Slick is!U go girl.
Thank you for eating your cereal
Yesssssssssss
Is it just me or is this a good song for the end if a movie
Not just you
Watch the muppets movie
Watch rock of ages
i love this song , listening in 2016 and until the end If my Life .
Fabinho Pereira same! ❤
ME TOO ♥ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Golden Kyle yesss!!!
me tooooooooooooooo☺☺☺😉☺😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Fabinho Pereira algum br aqui hmmm
Is there anyone in October 2024? 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Here
Checking in 👋
Yep
Here present ❤
yes yes
Its 2020 and I want to hug anyone who still loves this song...
Hug on its way to you😊😊😊
Every morning going to work listen to this song
you cant...
Love it
Then give me a hug! :)
Why do people hate this song? It's awesome!
LoneRangerGaming I love the song so much but there fashion is so different cause this is back all the way in the 80s so I know why
They hate it because they remember what Jefferson Airplane used to be (and loved it) and dislikes what they turned into. Had it been an typical -80s group preforming, they wouldn't bother about the Starship production. They simply feel that Grace Slick is a sell out, that went from producing progressive rock to play mass-produced 80s sleeze-pop.
It's in the same vein as hating on Touch of Grey from the Grateful Dead.
That is terrible.
perkalov thats doesn't make any sense because if you listen to the lyrics they are being critical of corporations 30 years ago at a time when nobody was. They were ahead of there time.so your argument is flawed
Still rocks in 2019....😍😍😗😗
You better believe it 😉
Yep I love this song and I wasn’t born till 1991.
@@michaelpritchett9856 i love this song too and i am born in 2003
2021, don't ask how!
Disagree. Even Grace Slick hates this song and says she regrets every year she spent with Starship.
This has got to be the most 80's song of the 80's.
Even in 2023, this song is such a great song. I love this song so much. It’s a bop.
For sure. Grace Slick is a rock legend badass.
It's a bee-bop 🐷
But where's rock-steady 🦏
😝
Funny how this song is #1 worst song in google
She stated recently that she didn’t like this song. I love it. Grace is a badass.
omg this coment is from 2023 this is amazing hi and your right about this song being a bop while i was wating in my car with my dad and my sister because we were going to wrok with him i had my headphones in and while i sung it sung long in the car carelessly and i had a fun time at work with my dad
People only hated this song in the 80’s cause they were scared when President Lincoln popped up and starting singing.
Yo the giant dice trying to crush people scared me when I was little.
Wanna know something weird? Right after reading your comment, I scrolled back up to catch that part. Right when the video came back into view, Lincoln was jumping up from his seat. What a coincidence.
Nowadays Michael Jackson's hologram jumps on stage and starts singing
why did people not like this song?
Haha
One of my favorite 80s songs! Right from the get go! I’m only 22 years old too 🤣 born in 2001. Thankful for my mom introducing me to these great classics 🙏🏻
My mom also introduced me to the 80s , but I was born in 2009 😭 , I wish I was a teen in the 80s
@@CARL_T013 I was also born in 2009, and I have the same situation :)
Please give us a time machine.
i got another one for you bill withers just the two of us you may like it lol
I am working from home here in mexico and one of you guys lass me this song and im very gracefull for thaat this hits haaard im also 25 fkyeaah
I'm 12 and this is great
*For being considered one of the "worst songs of all time" it's still better than 99% of the music out today!! The 80's were the best of all time!*
This is considered one of the worst songs of all time?
@@Wafaloo Yeah, for whatever reason, it was voted the worst song of all time on many lists. I know, it's insane.
This is how you make a song in the 80’s: Hard work, talent, and dedication
How to make a song today: Look as ridiculous as possible, put a simple computer generated beat in the background, talk as quietly as possible, and use the most annoying, and negative lyrics possible.
I agree with with your first point. That's all.
FireTiger941 agreed! I’m 16 and hate modern “music”. I don’t even consider it music.
Music today has nothing on this tune
My 3 year old loves this song - my goal is to raise them on as much a variety of music possible, and so far the kid seems to like 80's rock! ha! :D
YES. Me too. My 2.5 yr old is a Naturual like I am. Gonna Love to teach him how to play Many Instruments by Ear!!!
Amazing!
@CoinboxSoldier Smith At 2.5 yrs old My boy is Far ahead of the Great music he'll be Taught?!
Ggggvgg
That kid as a bright future.
When this song plays in a car in GTA V and the player is Michael, he's jamming to it.
That music is called "dad rock" and the kids are quite right with that.
I just got it after the final mission as Trevor in the sunset
Bro I jam to this no matter what character I'm on. Straight banger. Same with Only Girl In The World.
And that's where I got it from
sre.s papis
Grace Slick was the heart ❤️ and soul of this group throughout the years and numerous name changes. She had an easily recognizable voice
Too bad she’s a itchb these days who thinks people over 60 playing music are clowns. 🙄
I don't care what the critics say, this song rocks. The video? They got a point there.
The video is good for some of the girls present but i hate in 0:57 they changed the beautiful blonde girl for that ugly girl 😒
@@alancruzdominguez5074Ugly ? 🙄
critiçs get the birdéyies
Imagine the parties back in the 80s - 90s with songs like these playing.
They were epic!!
Graduated in 1983 , the best of times
@@jaym7947 haha boomer
Fock me thatd be righteous
Nah, imagine NLE Choppa in the 80’s, people would be thinking he’s the next Freddie Mercury
First day of 2024 and I still listen to 80s music.
Doesn't everyone Lol
😊
I was born on 98 and Im the only person in my grade that prefers 80s and 70s music over most of todays mainsteam music. o___o
No,Alexis,there are far more people of many different age groups that love 80s music than you think.
Dave Stang I know and I find that great, but I was referring specifically in my school.
Alexis.
I'm sure if you look hard enough you will be able to find mainstream music that is good.
Your cool then! Alright! This was real music
Lol, people can be pretty harsh on the Internet. She's just expressing how she likes this music. In my opinion, this specific song is a piece of garbage but other 80s hits are awesome.
Bring back the 80's...
Bring them back except for this song.
People say "Worst song ever." I say "One of the best ever."
+Bubba Burger I completely agree.
Same
+Bubba Burger I don't get why people are hating so hard on this song? I could understand if someone disliked it, but to call it the worst song ever is a little far-fetched IMO. Besides that I actually like the song, so f*ck the haters. ;P
who says that? people who like justin beiber no doubt
+Alexander Stefanov ever heard of the friday song? THAT is the worst ever.
count me in. still listening April 2019.
dancing it this morming :o
same
Sameee
Love the tune; we're kids of the 80s after all!! Never understood the critic
Jerry Años in the70s I saw them in il nd and wi
These kids today with their rock and roll music.
Diabetes!
Rock doesn't exist anymore these days
lol i'm only 33. but i had a great dad!. that loved everything! hope your day is good!!
FletchFTW4413 I agree that real rock doesn't exist...but we will always remember what real rock is
Nevan Kelly Thats a ridiculous statement. The real rock is street-level now. Its not on TV or the radio.
this is the most 80s song ever
That & Europe final Countdown which I will be playn nxt!
Toto, Africa
Jigsawjoe Don't You - Simple Minds
Saga-The Flyer
^^^ All of the above are correct ^^^
Born in 70s and teen years in 80s. Luv to go back if I could only turn back the time. ⌚
Those days... so Nostalgic !
Timeless.. Classic. 😂
Let's build a delorean shall we
Hahaha
count me in 2
"Reading...is a TRIP!"
-Cap'n OG Readmore
Born in 60s and teen in 70s
I love those harmonies. And that prechorus and the end of both verses leading up to the pre chorus( eating up the night, marconi plays the mamba) that part is huge! Its so epic i cant even explain how amazing those harmonies and instrumental build up are!!
Such a quirky, weird lyric, too. "Marconi plays the Mamba". Guglielmo Marconi is credited as the inventor of radio and there is an afro-cuban music style called the "mambo". A Mamba is a venomous snake, haha Still sounds cool, though. The 7/8 bar in the chorus is my jam!
The pre-chorus lyrical line should have been "Marconi plays La Bamba ..." (the immortalized Ritchie Valens version), as that would have been consistent with the alluded "Radio City" music broadcasting history theme underpinning 'We Built this City on Rock and Roll.' Given that 'La Bamba' was one of the most culturally iconic and transformative airwave hits, especially during the height of "golden radio" broadcasting during rock music's early pioneering era in key metro areas across the U.S.
Consequently, that's precisely how I have been mishearing this lyrical fragment for so many years, until I shockingly found out otherwise, recently.
Sometimes, what one mishears turns out to be more apropos than what was penned.
How unfortunate for the writers. They really drove the "wrecking ball" through what would have otherwise turned out to be impeccable writing. (Irony, if you follow the rest of the lyrics. 😂)
But I don't care, regardless. I'll stick with singing it by what makes the song perfect. What SHOULD have been.
Oh!!! Well done, my friend. I'll be joining you singing that instead, too! hahaha to your wrecking ball comment! @@Anarkosm
Maybe "La Bamba" was the original intention but they had to change-up the lyric for legal reasons. @@Anarkosm
"The 7/8 bar in the chorus is my jam". It's not 7/8, the song is 4/4 throughout. Just try tapping the tempo in 4/4 throughout the chorus and you'll see it doesn't skip a beat. It's just clumsily written.
If somebody gives me a time machine, I definitely go back to the eighties
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Kristin and Samantha Leahy me too ;)
Ra werbata
You are right to Say this me too
....and destroy this album
Me also
It's 2025, and I'm feeling more/better than alive
I have to admit every time I hear that traffic report I want to hop on a plane and head back to San Francisco. It's a beautiful city too if you every get a chance to visit it :)
Richard Clarke Take off your shirt
Shane Anthony Makes me happy to hear that, too. I've spent many happy weeks there and go as often as I can. It's a special place.
Should check out Tauranga, Papamoa and Mount Maunganui, which are all in New Zealand, if you ever get a chance. Easily the most beautiful places in the country ☺
+Richard Clarke Stay out of the Tenderloin and Castro, and you wont have that problem. You should go, especially when the mercury is sitting at 90 degrees in your hometown. A balmy 50 at night and 69 in the daytime year around. Like year round fall. Gorgeous place.
+Shane Anthony San Fran is awesome
What I wouldn't give to live for one week back in the 80s. It was truly a magical era, when despite all the fear and chaos about the world, anything and everything felt possible.
Johnjames Bloom especially the spread of aids in the 80’s when freddie mercury and other famous people contracted it
I wish I could have experienced it as a teenager. I remember my mother had the puffed hair. She had me at 18 back in 1981, so she was still in her party-stage. I miss her so much.
Me to
Literally Us in the USA had no cares. It was a perfect. Sadly I was not around then. People say it was like the 1920s, a decade of no fears
I was in my early 20s in the 80s...visited the U.S. on my own at 21. Saw New York, and SAN Fran. People loved my Aussie accent !
80 magic decade
Yes it really magic use taco David coe0rr fiekdd bewith I dream if jeani. Akedinr. Vampier magjc
Who’s listening to this great song in 2024?
Me!
Escuchando en estos momentos
I bet @thecrow4631 is listening to it.
Me
Listening August 27, 2024.
Who here in 2024
🙋🏻♂️
🙋
@@DominoMaster5333
🙋🙋🙋
(Glances over shoulder and cautiously raises hand)
“Me?”
I heard this recently in GTA V, on my way to the Altruist Cult with some random hitchhiker. I stopped the car just to listen to it :D
Is it on old gen to?
You're Boy Luis Contreras I think it is
+You're Boy Luis Contreras no only on next gen (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
***** xbox one and PC to, noob
***** And thus begins yet another RUclips XBOX One vs PS4 fight. Meanwhile, I sit in a corner with my gaming computer, watching chaos unfold.
During the 80's, some radio stations playing this song would insert their call signs in place of the second radio announcer's broadcast as an opportunity to identify themselves over the air.
Q105!
I don´t understand why this is in a wikipedia article about the worst songs ever. I absolutely love this song!!
Whatever article that is is high
15 years ago, a new magazine came out called, Blender. In order to gain popularity, the magazine made top 100 lists, mostly of worst bands, and worst songs ever. The idea worked, in that it sparked a lot of attention at the time.
However, the magazine has since gone out of business, and the bands and sings they trashed carry on.
There actually is a reason. Starship evolved from Jefferson Starship, which evolved from Jefferson Airplane. However, Grace Slick was the only member in Starship that was in Jefferson Airplane and she wasn't even in the original lineup. Jefferson Airplane was very prominent in the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in the 1960s and San Francisco is the song they're singing about. Because of that, people hated the song for being a lie as it wasn't the band or music that really "built this city."
This is why wikipedia isn't a valid source
@@Anonymous-js5zn Why is all that a reason why this song was called one of the worst songs ever? LOL
I don't care if this song was hated in the 80s, it's better than the garbage of today.
Meme Geek Loser whoever hated it in the 80's or in general are losers
Meme Geek Loser after saying that I realise your yt name is loser in it... awkward xD
Skaukanen it's just a joke 🙄
Skaukanen oh fuck off you little mong head, you're a loser
Skaukanen yeh n you're a virgin for life, get the fuck out of here you little troll. You have no friends so you take to RUclips to think you're cool, ha fuck off
I played this song in class and no one knew it except my teacher and my friend. Kids now a days need to know about the 80s! What our history was like Without technology all in your face!!
I am already introduced into 80s and 90s songs. My dad introduced it. Im in middle school though.
Right!
You should beat those guys up because they obviously didn't play GTA V. Otherwise they would have known.
Are you saying that you rely on a video game to be exposed to good music?
to be fair as a 19 year old without technology I wouldnt even know about half of the good music i know
AM I THE ONLY ONE BINGE WATCHING 80s MUSIC?
No
nope me too
Doing the same thing and compiling it all into a playlist. lol
i cant cant enough of it
NO!!!!
I truly cannot understand why this is considered a bad song, it is a fun song to drive to etc. Granted im sure much better stuff came out back then, but i would listen to this song 1000 times before listening to the crap that comes out now!!
Very true
This is honestly one of my favorite songs of the 80s, if not ever, so I too don't see why it has such a bad rap.
it shines with 80s optimism and so wonderfully daggy it's cool.
What's up Leon?! You finally hook up with that hottie Ada?
Sure it's all fun and games when listening to this when driving but it's not when you drive off the road trying to synchronise your turns with the keytar riffs in this.
If loving this song is wrong, I don't ever want to be right.
Yes
If it’s wrong I can’t be right,and damn proud of it .!!
YES!
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
This song is gayer than Elton Johns Husband. Your taste in music is like licking a subway station bathroom urinal twice.
Fun fact: The record for most times listening to this song consecutively is 324 times.
Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment, but I kinda want to beat that record.
Chrnan6710 Wow, that's about 27 hours straight. Whoever did that must have really liked this song.
long live the 80 s long live the old man, last true president. long live 80 s happiness freedom and democracy, apex culture, which shined on us like a sun. and sorry from our ?? generation...
...to our great.... decade.
for taking it for granted. .....we own that...........maybe?? forever fai/r.. punishment......
...once?? mighty....apex culture......
......now...exile...culture, ...
...but the 80 s ??...
now in abstansia lives
on forever in you tube.
..where its still apex american culture.....a
revisionisim, that??? will bring back the 80 s..
??..the....80 s..our mighty decade....will rise again one day.
but..
..next time it does.
..we will know where the mistakes were made, that lead to its demise. and know better how to protect it so that it never leaves us.
***** Or they were on more acid than the members of Jefferson Airplane were when they recorded this POS and the song got stuck on repeat. That'd make for a pretty bad trip but its a plausible explanation nonetheless.
Chrnan6710 Torture!!! LOL!!!
Starship had it going in the 80's
Their Red Octopus album in the 70's was great also.
great song and was my favourite when it was released.listened to it whilst driving on a long journey and man,what a song.brought back many childhood memories
Tommy Webb I think so too 😁👍
Ann-Charlotte Björkman 1985 Rocked!!!!!
Saw him Saturday, he still has IT!! ●●●●●●
When this song plays in GTAV, want to drive like a maniac on the highway.
Really? I want to just drive like a maniac if I hear any music
It's all true
Los Santos rock radio in gta v
@@rajibfaqih1261 Bruh the little jingle thing just popped into my head when you said that
"Los Santos rock... Rayydio"
Love the profile pic hawks
It's a good time to be alive, isn't it?