"Big" bands you've never even tried out?

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Postby StoneCold » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:03 pm

weatherman90 wrote:I haven't listened to much Jefferson Airplane but I am a big "Starship" fan and Jefferson Starship is pretty good too...

"Jane", "Find Your Way Back", and "Layin It on the Line" are three great Jefferson Starship songs to get into.

With Starship, my favorites are "Sarah", "We Built This City", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and "It's Not Enough". Mickey Thomas has a great voice and its too bad Grace Slick is nearing that 70 mark or those two vocalists would make a great tour.


I like JA, some JS. For a while, thought I was the only one that hated "We Built This City". Then came across these articles a few years ago. Not criticizing your choices though, seeing the title just reminded me of the articles.


Run for Your Life! It’s the 50 Worst Songs Ever!
#1 - STARSHIP - “We Built This City” 1985

The truly horrible sound of a band taking the corporate dollar while sneering at those who take the corporate dollar

The lyrics of “We Built This City” appear to restate the importance of the band once known as Jefferson Airplane within San Francisco’s ’60s rock scene. Not so, says former leader Grace Slick, who by 1985 had handed her band to singer Mickey Thomas and a shadowy team of outside songwriters.

“Everybody thought we were talking about San Francisco. We weren’t,” Slick says. “It was written by an Englishman, Bernie Taupin, about Los Angeles in the early ’70s. Nobody was telling the truth!”

Certainly not Starship, who spend the song carrying on as if they invented rock & roll rebellion, while churning out music that encapsulates all that was wrong with rock in the ’80s: Sexless and corporate, it sounds less like a song than something built in a lab by a team of record-company executives.

The result was so awful that years afterward, it seems to bring on a personality disorder in the woman who sang it. “This is not me,” Slick remarks when reminded of the 1985 chart-topper. “Now you’re an actor. It’s the same as Meryl Streep playing Joan of Arc.”

Worst Moment “Who cares, they’re always changing corporation names,” sneers Slick — whose band had changed its name three times.

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=819

"We Built This City' ranks as the worst record ever"
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news ... ongs_x.htm
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Postby Vladan » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:16 pm

FishinMagician wrote:doors
stones
metallica
pearl jam
ac/dc
beatles


and lots of new bands


Oh crap dude, your signature was driving me crazy, i'm sticking my finger all over my nice monitor, trying to get rid of that damn bug lol
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Postby Gin and Tonic Sky » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:10 pm

SEX Pistols
CCR
Mr Big
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
PEARL JAM
BLACK CROWES
RAMONES
KISS

nothin in particular against any of the above, just have had other listening priorities.
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Postby StoneCold » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:48 am

Vladan wrote:
FishinMagician wrote:doors
stones
metallica
pearl jam
ac/dc
beatles


and lots of new bands


Oh crap dude, your signature was driving me crazy, i'm sticking my finger all over my nice monitor, trying to get rid of that damn bug lol


Been there, done that. :lol:
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Postby Melissa » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:53 am

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ProgRocker53 wrote:Uhh.. I wasn't talking about seeing bands live or anything.. I meant, what bands have you never really listened to? :lol:

You mean utter crap like Helloween, Dokken & Danger,Danger?


blasphemy! you better be careful :twisted: :lol:


I thought the same thing :lol:
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Postby NealIsGod » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:18 am

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Postby ProgRocker53 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:58 am

Rockindeano wrote:
ProgRocker53 wrote:
Uno_up wrote:
ProgRocker53 wrote:Uhh.. I wasn't talking about seeing bands live or anything.. I meant, what bands have you never really listened to? :lol:

You mean utter crap like Helloween, Dokken & Danger,Danger?


Dokken's quality, I can't vouch for the other two though.


Dude, if Dokken is quality, I'll take Robbie Gordon to win at Pheonix. Dokken sucks, big time.

However, I do love Rip Rokken a lot. Quality guy.


Hey, all #7 has to do is keep it in the top 15 the whole race, nail his pit stops, gamble on a little strategy, catch a break or two (the #99 blowing up, the #48 getting spun out by the #20 :lol:, the #17 losing a gear)....

....and it's all his!
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Re: "Big" bands you've never even tried out?

Postby journeybabe » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:32 am

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Re: "Big" bands you've never even tried out?

Postby ProgRocker53 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:35 am

journeybabe wrote:Boston
Foo Fighter
Rush


DEFINITELY missing out on Boston and Rush.

Try out Boston's self-titled, and Rush's Moving Pictures, 2112, and Permanent Waves.
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Postby weatherman90 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:52 am

StoneCold wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:I haven't listened to much Jefferson Airplane but I am a big "Starship" fan and Jefferson Starship is pretty good too...

"Jane", "Find Your Way Back", and "Layin It on the Line" are three great Jefferson Starship songs to get into.

With Starship, my favorites are "Sarah", "We Built This City", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and "It's Not Enough". Mickey Thomas has a great voice and its too bad Grace Slick is nearing that 70 mark or those two vocalists would make a great tour.


I like JA, some JS. For a while, thought I was the only one that hated "We Built This City". Then came across these articles a few years ago. Not criticizing your choices though, seeing the title just reminded me of the articles.


Run for Your Life! It’s the 50 Worst Songs Ever!
#1 - STARSHIP - “We Built This City” 1985

The truly horrible sound of a band taking the corporate dollar while sneering at those who take the corporate dollar

The lyrics of “We Built This City” appear to restate the importance of the band once known as Jefferson Airplane within San Francisco’s ’60s rock scene. Not so, says former leader Grace Slick, who by 1985 had handed her band to singer Mickey Thomas and a shadowy team of outside songwriters.

“Everybody thought we were talking about San Francisco. We weren’t,” Slick says. “It was written by an Englishman, Bernie Taupin, about Los Angeles in the early ’70s. Nobody was telling the truth!”

Certainly not Starship, who spend the song carrying on as if they invented rock & roll rebellion, while churning out music that encapsulates all that was wrong with rock in the ’80s: Sexless and corporate, it sounds less like a song than something built in a lab by a team of record-company executives.

The result was so awful that years afterward, it seems to bring on a personality disorder in the woman who sang it. “This is not me,” Slick remarks when reminded of the 1985 chart-topper. “Now you’re an actor. It’s the same as Meryl Streep playing Joan of Arc.”

Worst Moment “Who cares, they’re always changing corporation names,” sneers Slick — whose band had changed its name three times.

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=819

"We Built This City' ranks as the worst record ever"
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news ... ongs_x.htm


I've never understood the ridicule of "We Built This City". :lol:

Cool synthesizers and drum machines, nice vocals from Grace and Mickey, and a catchy chorus. It can sound a bit robotic, though.
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Postby mikemarrs » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:14 pm

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