Agreed, it's right up there with The Final Countdown.Heston wrote:It's not a bad tune you know.
Yes, the production is horrible and it has that 80s mechanical clunking drum machine BUT listen to the lyrics! They're not bad, I've certainly heard worse.
We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread
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Again, you guys are thinking about things too much.
Can we agree that Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is a superior tune?
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Can we agree that Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is a superior tune?
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Starship was a terrible band. As a fan of Jefferson Airplane I find them offensive.matedog wrote:Again, you guys are thinking about things too much.
Can we agree that Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is a superior tune?
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Re: We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread
Again thinking about context. Heart was kinda badass in the 70's and did power metal schlock in the 80's. I don't let former lives get in the way. Usually.Flex wrote:Starship was a terrible band. As a fan of Jefferson Airplane I find them offensive.matedog wrote:Again, you guys are thinking about things too much.
Can we agree that Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is a superior tune?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Heart was a terrible band. You are finding my musical achilles heel. This music is terrifyingly horrid. I imagine these bands are making the kind of music Erich Zann would have if he fronted a fucking awful 70s piece of shit crap band.matedog wrote:Again thinking about context. Heart was kinda badass in the 70's and did power metal schlock in the 80's. I don't let former lives get in the way. Usually.
Without context, Starship just made some of the worst music in the history of Rock n Roll. With context, they're really bad.
CRAP!
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Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Flex
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http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... fpxqualddefew artists capture the sound of synthesized, anthemic late-'80s mainstream rock better than Starship
And that is why they fail, young Skywalker.
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Airplane were quality.
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Hoy and Heston are so fucking wrong on this thread that I think they somehow gave me Horse AIDS Of the Eyes from reading their wrongness.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread
I give thumbs up to this tune too:
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Dammit, Hoy. This isn't charming OR endearing. It's just wrong, ugly, and offensive.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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You know I love ya man, but after posting that I have to hope you die in a fire.matedog wrote:I give thumbs up to this tune too:
Addendum: I don't really want you to die in a fire. Just, you know, get burned enough so you learn your lesson.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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He won't learn.Flex wrote:You know I love ya man, but after posting that I have to hope you die in a fire.matedog wrote:I give thumbs up to this tune too:
Addendum: I don't really want you to die in a fire. Just, you know, get burned enough so you learn your lesson.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread
Shit Hoyston...even Van Hagar hates this song.
Got a Rake? Sure!
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Re: We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread
Those are strong words coming from a Genesis fan.Wolter wrote:Dammit, Hoy. This isn't charming OR endearing. It's just wrong, ugly, and offensive.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Wolter is a Genesis fan?matedog wrote:Those are strong words coming from a Genesis fan.Wolter wrote:Dammit, Hoy. This isn't charming OR endearing. It's just wrong, ugly, and offensive.
You disgust me, Wolt.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!