Throwing Rocks at the 80's:Marconi NEVER played the mamba
Welcome one and all, for out next great installment of... Let's throw rocks at 80's songs.
We are going today, to visit, what has been called THE WORST SONG EVER-EVER-EVER
Yeah right.
What about Achy Breaky Heart ? What about Don't Worry Be Happy ? What about I'm Too Sexy ? Instead poor little Starship gets hit with... THE WORST SONG EVER-EVER-EVER
Ok, that will be the last time I do the Wizard of Oz echoey voice for that.
This gem of a hit came out in 1985. Smack dab in the middle of neon this and Franky hates that. So it was no wonder that this song caught on...kinda like syphilis in a lockdown prison.
I am going to warn you now...this song I didn't much like. I mean sure I hummed it the first few times, but after awhile, this song became like jock itch. It was red, irritating and it hurt more and more. This song was one of those lyrical viruses that once in your head, stayed and hung out with Milli Vanilli and Kokomo.
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
See already I am pissed. This song gives the listener no warning whatsoever it's coming for ya. It just BAM !! And then Grace Slick is all over you like a dog in heat. I always thought there should be like a 5 second warning before this song was played. Some...warning:The next song played sucks ass and will be in your head until the next sucky song that made it's mark on AM radio infects your head. Thank you.
Say you don’t know me or recognize my face
Say you don’t care who goes to that kind of place
See part of this I get. I have done the, hey, there is that once night stand from like a month ago, and here they come over to me, all smiling and crap. And I am going to have to try to remember this jerks name, and then I will be all...hey....you...what's up ? Number ? You gave me your number ? Damn dude I don't got your name yet and you want me to remember your number. i don't know my mom's number but you...you I am supposed to remember. So that part I get. But...what place ? What the hell are they talking about ? See this is why this song pisses me off. I mean it's like that computer from Electric Dreams, where you give it some words and it comes up with some rhymes. No sense...man I hate this song.
Knee deep in the hoopla sinking in your fight
Hoopla. Hoopla. Ok this is up there with that Sussido crap. WHAT THE FUCK IS A HOOPLA !! Do they try to describe it ? (The hoopla was dark and slick) Do they try to but it in context (The Hoopla crept up behind her, like a snake in the grass) No, they just drop the damn word and move on. And of course, the black magic used in this song has lowered our IQ to the point where we were all...hoopla...cool...ummm...
Too many runaways eating up the night
Now if this was a song about runaways or street people I might say this line has meaning. BUT IT DOESN'T. Maybe the damn runaways are running from the wild hoopla's that race the night streets. Maybe they are running away from this car wreck of a song, hoping they won't, like 20 years later still hear that crap in their sleep.
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don’t you remember
Flag on the play. Ok, I am sure most of you know, but let me cover it for the people who don't know. Macaroni is known through out the world as the guy who invented...macaroni and cheese. He was a very orthidox jew and would have never played the mamba. Not that there is a mamba, the mambo is a dance, the mamba is a snake. SO unless there is a macaroni and snake dish, I am sure that this guy had nothing to do with it. I hate people who don't know history.
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
How does one build a city on rock and roll ? I only ask since it SAVES ME THE TIME FROM POKING MY EAR WITH AN ICE PICK. It makes no damn sense. Built what city ? Now Starship being from San Fransisco, you'd think...ah...so San Fransisco is built on rock and roll ? No, SF is built on fault lines and quite a few drag queens. The only rock and roll SF is built on might, and I mean might, have been the Starship itself. Once Jefferson Airplane...and we could only be so lucky if the damn city was built on top of them and they were buried alive.
Someone always playing corporation games
Who cares they’re always changing corporation names
See ? Pissed off again. WHAT THE FUCK !! Is this like Enron or something ? Is Martha Steward in this song ? I mean come on. Who cares ? Who cares ? I don't. Damnit, I hate this song.
We just want to dance here someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible write us off the page
See these lines sound like they are speaking of the youth of the time. But one, the youth of the time was dancing just fine. Wasn't like we were in some Footloose type town and couldn't dance and Kevin Bacon showed up in Herbie and taught us how to dance with stunt doubles or some shit. And if ANYONE is going to write you off as irresponsible, it is BECAUSE YOUR SONG SUCKS !!
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don’t you remember
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
I am having trouble pulling up some solid information on this Macaroni guy on the net, but am still looking.
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
See ? In place of actual lyrics, repeat the same damn thing until the person has blood coming out of their ears.
It’s just another sunday, in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold, oh then we just lost the beat
Er....wow. Are we in the sixties ? Ok I am getting this now. This song isn't babbling. It is like Grace Slick having a flashback or some shit. No one has a choke hold on anything Grace. Take a deep breath, the doctor is going to give you a shot...oh shit she's going towards another verse.
Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wrecking ball in two rock guitars
Shit this bitch is strong, get the damn mic out of her hand, Lenny, block that side of the stage. Fuck ! She's behind the drums, someone get back there !
Don’t tell us you need us, ’cos we’re the ship of fools
Looking for america, coming through your schools
Lord she is up on the catwalks, it's ok Grace, calm down, Just throw down the mic and for fuck's sake stop singing. She aint buying it, someone go get a tranq gun..HURRY !!
(I’m looking out over that golden gate bridge
Out on another gorgeous sunny Saturday, not seein’ that bumper to bumper traffic)
Don’t you remember (’member)(’member)
(what’s your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city
The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps)
This is the part that sounded like some lame ass DJ doing some kind of announcement. but as a former DJ, I know, one, he sounds like crap, and two, he is just babbling now.
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don’t you remember
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Well..funny thing...it isn't Macaroni. Ha...it's some guy named Marconi...and he might have invented the radio. Which of course we all know is stupid because we all known Tesla invented the radio and the patent given to Marconi was crap and the patent was overturrned after Tesla's death. Macaroni...man...none of your bitches has Wikipedia and can look this up for me? I feel so dumb...
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Aw fuckshit she's got the mic back. Cut her off, go around, no the other way you idiot. Aw shit...she's never going to stop now...
(we built, we built this city) built this city (we built, we built this city)
So boys and girls what did we learn ?
We learned that former mental patients that experimented with LSD in the 60's shouldn't be allowed to continue to record music in the 80's. We learned that Marconi may have indeed played the mamba, but if he did, it was on an invention built by Tesla. And we have learned that even a 4 minute pop song, can make ones head pop like a overripe melon and have blood dripping down your collar for years to come.
Such a nice song...
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