We Built This City On Rock and Roll appreciation thread

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Dr. Medulla wrote:The world is awful and you are its prophet.
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Still216 posted this to Heston's fb today: http://www.gq.com/story/oral-history-we ... f-all-time
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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matedog wrote:Still216 posted this to Heston's fb today: http://www.gq.com/story/oral-history-we ... f-all-time
Chaquico: The song says we built this city on live music, let's bring it back—but the music is computerized. It complains about techno pop, but it's a techno-pop song. It exemplifies the problem it's protesting.

Thomas: Anybody who says the lyrics are dumb hasn't taken the time to digest the verses. I don't think there's anything dumb about “looking for America, crawling through your schools.”

Page: Chordally and harmonically it's—this isn't an ego thing—it's incredibly skillful.
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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Thomas: When the song went to No. 1, I said to Bernie, “More than ever, people are gonna ask what ‘Marconi plays the mamba’ means.” He said, “I have no fucking idea, mate.”
Page: Hmm. Marconi was the first one to send music across the ocean. I saw “We Built This City” as saying stop the corporations, we need to play music.
Thomas: Bernie didn't say “mambo,” he said “mamba,” which is a snake. Marconi created the radio. Maybe Bernie meant to say “mambo.” Maybe it means: If you don't like this music, some really angry snakes are gonna come out of the speaker
Stephen Holden (critic; ‘The New York Times,’ 1985): A compendium of strutting pop-rock clichés, Knee Deep in the Hoopla represents the '80s equivalent of almost everything the original Jefferson Airplane stood against—conformity, conservatism, and a slavish adherence to formula.
God, what a fucking terrible song.
Chaquico: I do the song with my band—sometimes as a full-on power trio, like if Cream or Jimi Hendrix were to do it, but we also do a reggae version of it, when we're in the mood. Imagine Bob Marley singing “We Built This City.”
I WILL DO NO SUCH THING.
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matedog wrote:Thomas: Anybody who says the lyrics are dumb hasn't taken the time to digest the verses. I don't think there's anything dumb about “looking for America, crawling through your schools.”
Translation: Anyone who doesn't realize our brilliance must be a moron.

Yeah, the rationale of every self-deluded genius ever.
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I want to know who the 80's singer who called it "pussy" music is. Any guesses?
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JennyB wrote:I want to know who the 80's singer who called it "pussy" music is. Any guesses?
David Lee Roth?
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Wolter wrote:
JennyB wrote:I want to know who the 80's singer who called it "pussy" music is. Any guesses?
David Lee Roth?
I thought about him too. What if it was someone with an already "fey" image like Dave Gahan/Martin Gore or Morrissey? :)
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matedog wrote:Chaquico: The song says we built this city on live music, let's bring it back—but the music is computerized. It complains about techno pop, but it's a techno-pop song. It exemplifies the problem it's protesting.
Another dumbfuck totally missing the irony and subversion of the song.
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Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:Chaquico: The song says we built this city on live music, let's bring it back—but the music is computerized. It complains about techno pop, but it's a techno-pop song. It exemplifies the problem it's protesting.
Another dumbfuck totally missing the irony and subversion of the song.
I don't think he necessarily doesn't see the irony/subversion. In fact, I think he's highlighting it. :cool:
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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matedog wrote:
Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:Chaquico: The song says we built this city on live music, let's bring it back—but the music is computerized. It complains about techno pop, but it's a techno-pop song. It exemplifies the problem it's protesting.
Another dumbfuck totally missing the irony and subversion of the song.
I don't think he necessarily doesn't see the irony/subversion. In fact, I think he's highlighting it. :cool:
Ahhh, I see. I've missed his intention due to just seeing it written down. Sorry Chaquico, you aren't a dumbfuck, you are a very wise man.
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Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:
Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:Chaquico: The song says we built this city on live music, let's bring it back—but the music is computerized. It complains about techno pop, but it's a techno-pop song. It exemplifies the problem it's protesting.
Another dumbfuck totally missing the irony and subversion of the song.
I don't think he necessarily doesn't see the irony/subversion. In fact, I think he's highlighting it. :cool:
Ahhh, I see. I've missed his intention due to just seeing it written down. Sorry Chaquico, you aren't a dumbfuck, you are a very wise man.
He says a lot of equally dumb things throughout that, so of course you'd praise him.
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