― adam b (adam b), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:50 (twenty years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:55 (twenty years ago) link
Agreed, but "Knee Deep In the Hoopla" was the name of the record.
Now that I think about it, "We Built This City" just might be the ULTIMATE corporate rock song.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
It is indeed, if only because of the band's infamous gambit of sending it to radio stations with a blank spot where the DJ spiel goes (near the bridge), so each town's "rockinest" DJ could insert his own name and the station's call letters into the song.
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:44 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:09 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:38 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Acid! Polizei! (ex machina), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
Almost got kicked out before the show started for no real reason other than the fact that we were nearly 20 years younger than the next youngest person.
So basically it sucked but it was f'n hillarious. They were tight on sarah and we built this city - almost like they've been playing it for 30 years.
not reccomended
― rs, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
The M.W.U.A. (I can't remember exactly, If I'm wrong someone else might be able to give me the correct union) features stickers with the southern cross flag and 'We Built This City!' down the bottom.
Also, some of you will be pleased to know this song got voted the worst song ever.
― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 04:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Nancy, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:41 (twenty years ago) link
― ww, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:46 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 06:25 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 April 2004 06:26 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 06:27 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 April 2004 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
Contrary to what's listed above, I'm pretty sure the lyric goes "Marconi plays the mamba listen to the radio".
I dunno, it's just always crossed my mind.
― rs, Thursday, 22 April 2004 12:07 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 April 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 April 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 14:05 (twenty years ago) link
Very grudging respect for that one. But who remembers the part in the video where the guy made up like the Lincoln Memorial stands up and pumps his fist and mime-shouts along to the chorus?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 April 2004 14:29 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 April 2004 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
just think, a slight change in cultural history and the quintessential prepunk anthem would have been "marconi on!"
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
"you turn me on I'M a marconi"
(sounds like a porn film for those with a fetish for italians)
― dave q, Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
Suckas on my jock when I walk down the blockI really don't care if you're jealous or notCos I make the songs, you sing alongAnd your marconi's def when my record's onSo get off the wall, become involvedAll your marconi problems have now been solvedMy treacherous beats make ya ears respondAnd my marconi's loud like a fire alarmThe floor vibrates, the walls cave inThe bass makes my eardrums seem thinDef sounds in my ride, yes the front and backYou would think it was a party, not a CadillacCos I drive up to the ave, with the windows closedAnd my bass is so loud, it could rip your clothesMy stereo's thumpin' like a savage beastThe level on my power meter will not decreaseSuckas get mad, cos the girlies screamAnd I'm still gettin' paid while you look at me meanI'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the goBut I know I can't live without my marconiI'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the goAnd I know I can't live without my marconi
Don't touch that dial, I'll be upsetMight go into a fit and rip off your neckCos the marconi's thumpin' when I'm down to playI'm the royal chief rocker LL Cool JLet your big butt bounce from right to leftCos it's a actual fact this jam is defMost definitely created by meGoin' down in marconi historyI'm good to go on your marconiAnd I'm cold gettin' paid cos Rick said soMake the woofers wallop and your tweeters twitchSome jealous knuckleheads might try to disBut it's nuthin', ya frontin', ya girl I am stuntin'And my marconi's loud enough to keep you gruntin'My name is Cool J, I'm from the rockCirculating through your marconi non-stopI'm lookin' at the wires behind the cassetteAnd now I'm on the right, standing on the ejectWearin' light blue Pumas, a whole lotta goldAnd jams like these keep me in controlI'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the goAnd I know I can't live without my marconi
Your energy level starts to increaseAs my big beat is slowly releasedI'm on the marconi and at the jamLL Cool J is who I amImma make ya dance, boogie down and rockAnd you'll scratch and shake to my musical plotAnd to expand my musical planCut Creator, rock the beat with your hands
That's right, so don't try to front the moveAs you become motivated by the funky grooveYou can see me and Earl chillin' on the blockWith my box cold kickin' with the gangster rockSee people can't stop me, neither can the policeI'm a musical maniac to say the leastFor you and your marconi I made this forCool J's here to devastate once morePullin' all the girls, takin' out MCsIf ya try to disrespect me, I just say Please!Here to command the hip-hop landKick it live with a box inside my handI'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the goBut I know I can't live without my marconi
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago) link
Yes, compared to shroomadelica (but it's early days yet)
― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:42 (twenty years ago) link
well, this explains why the lyrics are so effing awful then
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 24 April 2004 01:39 (twenty years ago) link
― iofs, Saturday, 24 April 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― bimble (bimble), Saturday, 24 April 2004 05:03 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 24 April 2004 13:16 (twenty years ago) link
i was in an urban outfitters (i know, right) and they were playing this!!! i don't even know any more. maybe carles can explain.
― reche caldwell O_O (daria-g), Monday, 4 May 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Thomas: Bernie didn’t say “mambo,” he said “mamba,” which is a snake. Marconi created the radio. Maybe Bernie meant to say “mambo.” Maybe it means: If you don’t like this music, some really angry snakes are gonna come out of the speakers. (...)At one point I did start to sing “mambo,” to try and be more grammatically correct, and after a while I thought, “Fuck it,” and went back to “mamba.”
At one point I did start to sing “mambo,” to try and be more grammatically correct, and after a while I thought, “Fuck it,” and went back to “mamba.”
― Rhoda Morgenstern stan account (morrisp), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:29 (seven months ago) link
who knows what kinda weird shit marconi was into
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:30 (seven months ago) link
people love to hate this song but I don't mind it. it's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now that I hate
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:31 (seven months ago) link
what's going on with the timing in the chorus? why does the second part of the refrain seem to slam into the first in a hilariously awkward way?
― Left, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:32 (seven months ago) link
ultimately the song doesn't really hang together but it's trying its best and you have to respect that
― Left, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:33 (seven months ago) link
Marconi played your mamalisten to the radio
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:35 (seven months ago) link
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it marconi played the mamba
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:41 (seven months ago) link
It's no "White Rabbit."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:43 (seven months ago) link
― brimstead, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:43 (seven months ago) link
I might not be thinking of the same thing
at the time it was very punk
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:44 (seven months ago) link
Police got the chokehold
we built this city, here's your invoice
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:45 (seven months ago) link
https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/made/content/uploads/images/slicksynth1_465_471_int.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:46 (seven months ago) link
Grace don't give two forks
― Rhoda Morgenstern stan account (morrisp), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:47 (seven months ago) link
Starship - We Built This City vs Jefferson Airplane - Planes
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:47 (seven months ago) link
a popist and a malpropist
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:48 (seven months ago) link
*mala
Speaking of punk, this reminds me of one of my favorite Creem moments. This guy otm. Kinda NSFW.
Speaking Of Boy Howdy!
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:50 (seven months ago) link
https://gifer.com/en/BkdU
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 19:59 (seven months ago) link
This is the most clever bit in the song! They knew that it would be redundant to say the entire phrase "We built this city" four times in a row, so the third time they just say "built this city", but they sing "built" on the offbeat before the one where they usually sing "we", which keeps the chorus rolling nicely.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 October 2023 15:29 (seven months ago) link
...before the one beat, that is.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 October 2023 15:30 (seven months ago) link