We Built this City was a song by Starship in the mid 80s (formerly Jefferson Starship and Jefferson Airplane). Mainly fronted by Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas in those days.
Few weirdo factoids:
- We Built this City was voted by VH1 sometime in the 90s (I think) as the worst song of all time. Ummmm, no. Is it canned? Sure but hardly the worst song ever.
- The song itself is a "f the man!", non corporate song if you listen to it. Which is ironic considering it's canned, "Corporate Rock".
- Songwriter was a guy named Martin Page. In the 80's most of us probably didn't know who that was. Collaborated a lot behind the scenes with big acts. By the Mid 90's? You may remember his solo album that became a big hit - In the House of Stone and Light. I still like that tune.
- Lastly, Mickey Thomas (mentioned above) who did much of the vocals for Starship and appears in a ton of the aforementioned song's video (BELOW - thats him in the still shot) - is from Cairo, Georgia - home of the Syrupmakers. If you're not familiar, Cairo is in the bottom western corner of Georgia - a stones throw from our esteemed Snaggie Lawyer in Dothan.
- Oh Also? Grace Slick will be 85 in October. Thats just weird.