Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship

[Guest tiarnantman]

The best band of the eighties?

'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' remains my favourite cheesy love-pop song, and 'We Built this City' and 'It's Not Over 'Til It's Over' are both rad as well.

Discuss.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

One of the better bands of the sixties, I'll give you that much.

[ROC]

Motherfucker, when David Lee Roth's version of Van Halen existed in the same decade as you, there's not a damn way you're the best band in that decade.

Oh, and AC/DC released Back In Black in 1980, which rendered people having to care about "We Built This City..." completely moot because it was so awesome.

Edited January 20, 2008 by ROC

[tristy]

I can't believe the same band that wrote "We Built This City" is the (kind of) the same band that wrote classics like "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love".

[Skummy]

"We Built This City" is one of the most terrible, soul-less, corporate money-guzzling "rock" songs ever written. It's an utterly horrible song, by an utterly horrible band.

Jefferson Airplane: Good. White Rabbit, Somebody To Love, Rejoyce, etc, lovely. Jefferson Starship, not so much. Starship? No. Just no.

[Guest tiarnantman]

I don't get why people hate eighties-cheese so much. True, sometimes the songs aren't as meaningful as your typical...Elton John piece, but it's still great to listen to and puts a smile on your face. Well, for me at any rate.

You can't honestly tell me you don't like 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now', can you?

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

I liked it when I was twelve, does that count?

[Guest tiarnantman]

I suppose, yes.

[ROC]

I don't think 80s cheese is bad. I love jamming to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as much as the next guy...but, I have my limits.

[probablyoliver]

The best band of the 80s? Smiths say hi. As do the Cure, REM, Pixies, The Wedding Present, Dinosaur Jr., The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Mad Capsule Markets.

In fact, they're all having a party. Starship aren't invited. Ever.

[Tarheels.]

Starship is never invited

Starship was mediocre at best, Jefferson Airplane was were it was at.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

The best band of the 80s? Smiths say hi. As do the Cure, REM, Pixies, The Wedding Present, Dinosaur Jr., The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Mad Capsule Markets.

In fact, they're all having a party. Starship aren't invited. Ever.

[METALMAN]

I always get Jefferson Airplane mixed up with the Grateful Dead for some reason. Is that justifiable? I wouldn't know because I listen to neither.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Not really justifiable. They sound pretty similar, but their lead singers are of different genders.

[Lowerdeck]

We Built This City might be the worst song of all time.

[DMN in the House]

They're a band who existed in the same decade as DI, which automatically disqualifies them as 'best band' for that decade.

I don't need to rehas what everyone else has said. I love 80s cheese as much as anyone, but... c'mon.

[KevinStorm]

In a decade that included Motley Crue, the Rolling Stones, and Guns N Roses, this band doesn't even approach their level of awesomeness.

[YI]

WE BUILT THIS CITY (ON DEBTS & BOOZE)!

[Skummy]

We Bult This Village (On a trad. arr. tune)