British guitarist analyses 'the worst song of all time' live in 2018!

Tonight I'm taking a look at 'We Built This City' by Starship live in 2018, GQ magazines 'worst song of all time' apparently!

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[martinpagemusic]

Hey Phil - it’s Martin Page here - one of the songwriter’s of ‘We Built This City’. Just saw your in depth musical analysis of the song and just wanted to compliment you on a balanced and reasonable overview of the facts. It’s gratifying to at last see a fair appraisal of the song as a whole. Particularly your perspective on the chordal, harmonic and melodic aspects of the song ... as that was my contribution. I’ve always thought, for a rock song, WBTC had an unusual and uplifting emotional chordal structure. Particularly the B. section - the ‘Marconi played the mamba’ section. And by the way, I sang ‘Mamba’ on the original demo I recorded.... and I prefer it too!!!
Greetings to all your ‘Wings of Pegasus’ followers. Damn good job mate. Martin Page

[stevesmith]

I would say EVERYTHING in the charts in 2020 is far worse than this!

[paulbattifora]

Worst song of all time? Have any of you ever heard a Yoko Ono song?

[sdboutet]

Played this in the clubs back in the 80's. For a song that was "hated" or the "worst", it certainly packed the dance floors!

[mkshffr]

How anyone could have called this the worst song ever in this age of auto tuned teeny bopper trash is beyond me.

[bibliophile]

I actually like this song. Maybe I have no musical taste.

[aprils]

I wouldn't put much credence in GQ. It targets posing narcissists. It's a great song and has always been a fun sing-along. MT does sounds great all these years later.

[ilahmache]

Dude, this song is awesome! It's got the synth, up beat vibes, screaming electric guitar, good vocals...what else is there to have?! :)

[llfeforce]

Mickey singing "Jane" in his prime is arguably one of the best rock vocal performances of all time

[cmac-]

Achy Breaky Heart. My vote for all time worst song

[yowsah]

I think the real reason that WE BUILT THIS CITY was so detested was not so much the song itself, but that it was done by the (remnants of) one of the most worshipped bands of the 60s and so therefore was perceived as a gigantic sell-out. If it had been done by so no-name gaggle of youngsters, it would probably be a fondly remembered One-Hit Wonder.

[scoopydaniels]

It is pretty amazing how good his voice is.. I actually did a double take when I realized how recently this was performed.. Good for Mickey T!!

[subg]

I've written numerous songs worse than that.

[crazydale]

I don't like this song but I'll take it over almost all rap music.

[Platypusfuss]

It’s not a bad song on it’s own merits. The problem is it is middle of the road pop without balls that sells out the entire Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship legacy. If it had been released by Huey Lewis and the News or some other band of that caliber it would not have gotten nearly the same backlash.

[mn]

Not the worst and certainly someone's opinion. They can actually sing and play, and I believe that it craves a lot to make this good. Solid live performance in my mind. Thanks Phil.

[slimphotog]

As someone who grew up in the 1980s, the only thing wrong with this song was that at a certain point it was played too often. It was #1 and radio played it to death.

[esque]

I remember I hated this song back in the 80’s but hearing it now it don’t sound that bad anymore, I guess the bar for music has gotten much lower over the years, I grew up in the 60’s! So I had some tough competition to compete with the bands I grew up on!

[peterbustin]

GQ magazine has been described as "...the worst bs ever printed.." on numerous articles, so their criticism has no weight. Its a great song !

[diannawalker]

I have always liked this song, and never been afraid to say so. I love it when I hear it on the radio while driving. I sing along...loudly.