{"id":10156,"date":"2011-10-09T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=10156"},"modified":"2011-10-09T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:09:35","slug":"rolling-stone-poll-voters-occupymemorylane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/09\/rolling-stone-poll-voters-occupymemorylane\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone Poll Voters #OccupyMemoryLane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/photos\/readers-poll-the-10-worst-songs-of-the-1980s-20111006\/1-starship-we-built-this-city-0260875\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em> poll<\/a>, Starship&#8217;s &#8220;We Built This City&#8221; is the worst song of the 1980s:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This could be the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll. You really, really, really hate &#8220;We Built This City&#8221; by Starship. It crushed the competition. This isn&#8217;t the first time this happened to this song. In 2004 Blender named this song the Most Awesomely Bad Song of All Time. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As much as I hate to differ with that aging Boomer hipster magazine of record, that song is a pop rock anthem:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nsdj9NRzqC4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I mean, it&#8217;s a bit of raging against the machine in a sort of inchoate fashion that captures some of the angsty adolescents crave.  Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?  <em>They do!<\/em>  Don&#8217;t tell us you need us, &#8217;cause we&#8217;re the ship of fools.  I don&#8217;t even quite know what it means, but I know I felt (and still sometimes) feel that way.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, it&#8217;s not even Starship&#8217;s weakest hit of the decade.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I give that title to the song &#8220;Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Stop Us Now&#8221; from the <em>Mannequin<\/em> soundtrack:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0w5s6V8rQH4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I say that full well admitting that I watched the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00005R5G9\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=stlbrianj-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B00005R5G9\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mannequin<\/em><\/a> over and over while in college after I bought the videocassette at Suncoast Video in the Northridge Mall in one of those Friday night blow-the-whole-$100-paycheck binges.  There was a time that Kim Cattrall was all that, a bag of chips, a large soft drink, and a chance to win $1,000,000 with the game piece.  I also taped the song from Casey Kasem&#8217;s American Top 40 on the radio so I could listen to it and other selected hits of the era of which audiences of modern &#8220;music&#8221; and hipness magazines would disapprove while I did the dishes in the narrow kitchen of a 12&#8242; by 60&#8242; mobile home in the middle of America.  So I like this particular song and have a history with it, but it&#8217;s the Starship song I&#8217;d have to deride if I had to deride any.<\/p>\n<p>Over at Hot Air, Allahpundit <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2011\/10\/07\/poll-the-worst-song-of-the-1980s-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whatever you think of the song, this is clearly the worst video of the 80s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jeez, you pups, this is not even Starship&#8217;s most squicky 80s video.  For that, I have to turn to &#8220;No Way Out&#8221; from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001L2F8LW\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=stlbrianj-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B001L2F8LW\" target=\"_blank\">Nuclear Furniture<\/a><\/em> back when they were still <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jefferson_Starship#History\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Jefferson<\/em> Starship<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ctuqceo390o?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I mean, Mickey Thomas is <em>wearing mascara<\/em> and has borrowed John Oates&#8217; mustache.  Although, to be honest, the video does feature Father Guido Sarducci, which is kind of like a video in the 21st century featuring&#8230;.  No, there&#8217;s nothing like the Father Guido Sarducci phenomenon in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>Not that you, <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, or Allahpundit asked, but my favorite Starship song and video are probably &#8220;Sara&#8221;, which is also from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000YMOA64\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=stlbrianj-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399377&#038;creativeASIN=B000YMOA64\" target=\"_blank\">Knee-Deep in the Hoopla<\/a><\/em> (along with &#8220;We Built This City&#8221;, from which the album title comes):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZqRTtkEHrA4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s strange the power pop ballads that make me feel melancholic.  Much like Night Ranger&#8217;s &#8220;Hearts Away&#8221; from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000002Q7Z\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=stlbrianj-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399377&#038;creativeASIN=B000002Q7Z\" target=\"_blank\">Big Life<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1a2GnWMKdxA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So my morning is shot while I continue wandering around YouTube, reliving music videos, and muttering about damn kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Rolling Stone poll, Starship&#8217;s &#8220;We Built This City&#8221; is the worst song of the 1980s: This could be the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll. You really, really, really hate &#8220;We Built This City&#8221; by Starship. It crushed the competition. 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