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One of the Worst Songs Ever Turned Into An Anti-De Blasio Classic

Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 7:33 BFH Uncategorized 30

I CAN’T STAND THE SONG “WE BUILT THIS CITY.”

But now I can think of this and the song will be tolerable.

30 Comments on One of the Worst Songs Ever Turned Into An Anti-De Blasio Classic

  7. Good lord, I had no idea Bernie Taupin was part of the clusterf—k which vomited up that tune. Somebody should go put that in Wiki, because it looks like he’s trying to leave it out. Hey Bernie, I hope you’re living in NYC and you hear this version on the radio.

    And SNS, you’re right. This song is nowhere near as bad as “Loving You” by Minnie Riperton.

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  9. Uh, I kinda liked “We Built This City”. And while I didn’t care much either way about “Loving You”, you have to respect the amazing voice and astounding vocal range of Minnie Riperton.

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  10. ChiGuy, Bernie Taupin is one of the best lyricists ever, but even the best shit out a clinker every now and then. Not knocking the artists here, just the occasional incongruity of the talent and the product.

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  13. Oh come on, with all the noxious music that has polluted the planet over the years you rag on Jefferson Starship? I suspect it has more to do with the politics of SF, so I forgive you.

    Many great bands (Big Brother, Santana, Journey, Huey Lewis, Doobie Brothers, Grateful Dead, New Riders, Sammy Hagar, Steve Miller, Creedence Clearwater, etc.) have emanated from SF and the Bay Area.

  16. Sometimes you guys remind me of all the pointless business meetings I had to attend in which nothing got solved and we had to listen to Bob regale us with the hole by hole replay of his weekend golf game.

    The POINT of this musical effort is that it takes a well-known pop CULTURE reference and uses it as contemporary agitprop AGAINST Communist EVIL.

    It works. We need more of it.

    It’s not about debatable merits of Jefferson Starship.

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  21. AbigailAdams
    SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 AT 10:45 AM
    “Sometimes you guys remind me of all the pointless business meetings I had to attend in which nothing got solved and we had to listen to Bob regale us with the hole by hole replay of his weekend golf game.”

    “Sometimes”?

    Only “Sometimes”?

    ….guys, we’ve GOT to try harder to get to ALWAYS, come ON!

    …just to throw in another pointless digression, we actually have meeting rooms with rules for the conduct of the meeting posted on large signs. Somewhere around Rule 4 or 5, it SPECIFICALLY states, “Do NOT solve problems at the meeting”.

    Not kidding, they want to HAVE meetings and discuss PROBLEMS, but God Forbid you attempt a SOLUTION in a place where ALL the people you need to speak to are ALREADY gathered.

    …nope, try to get them together somewhere else, on your own time, and good luck with that, now move on….

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  23. Thirdtwin
    SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 AT 11:27 AM
    “Speaking of cities, bad songs and bad mayors, I think the west coast talent needs to hit Portland and Mayor Wheeler with a remake of “Hot Child In the City”. Don’t make me do it.”

    …DO IT.

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  25. The whole enchilada, SNS, for you:

    Danger in the shape of a Bartlett pear
    Stranger dressed in black she’s an angry bear
    No-one knows who she is because she’s masking
    I don’t know where she came from and I ain’t asking
    Fat chick in the city
    Fat chick in the city
    Antifa ain’t very pretty
    Fat chick in the city
    So loud and proud with her megaphone
    Teilling the soy boys to burn Mayor Wheeler’s home
    When she comes to Portland, Wheeler is running scared
    When she comes to Portland, she’s sporting her purple hair
    Yeah
    Fat chick in the city
    Fat chick in the city
    Stopping cars and looking shitty yeah
    Fat chick in the city
    Go burn down the mayor’s place tubby, he’ll just run away
    Go burn down the mayor’s place tubby, he’ll run away
    Fat chick in the city
    Fat chick in the city (she’s kinda dangerous)…

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  26. DeeeeeeeBlobbio does it again:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/de-blasio-furloughs-another-9000-nyc-employees-due-massive-budget-shortfall

    He be makin’ things equal! The truth is, for much of its history, NYC was kind of a s-hole. I remember as a little kid visiting some family friends who had a town house that fronted on Gramercy Park, which was populated by bums and homeless in the early 1960s. You could hear them wailing and keening at night.

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  28. Speaking of shitty songs, this post reminds me of a post by the redhead whose name is no longer mentioned here. She had just discovered “You Light Up My Life,” and trotted it out as the most beautiful song ever. I had to disagree, being of the age when it was on the radio 3 times in every hour and Debbie Boone was on a variety show nightly lip syncing it. JAY!zuss. Damned two-edged sword back then, mood music for the girls, and a boner killer for the guys.

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  29. “You Light Up My Life,”. Yeeech! I HATED that song with a passion and I remember how it was overplayed beyond the point of nausea. And don’t get me started on how much of a mood-killer the drum solo from “In A Gadda da Vida” was. Every. Single. Time.

    On the subject of Jefferson Starship, Col. Angus, your story reminds me of when I was in college and the song “Miracles”, sung by Marty Balin, was a huge hit. Everyone was playing it. One day I had it on the stereo while I was cleaning my dorm room and I looked up and saw this guy in my doorway who was sort of the resident nerd. He was standing there, rigid, with his fists all balled up his side and the veins standing out on his neck.

    I looked at him and said “What? For God’s sake, What?” He went bright red and spat out “Does EVERYONE have to play that effing song?” I thought he was going to have a stroke, so I shut it off. He said “Thank you” and walked away without another word.

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