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by **dancingmonkey69** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:14 pm

First of all and most irritating, why does this song claim it built San Francisco on rock and roll if the song itself is not even rock and roll?

And secondly, what the hell is "hoopla"?

And, what is she saying, "my pony plays the mamba"?, or is she saying something else?

by **Luna Lure** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 6:04 pm

Let's not, and never mention this to anyone ever again.

hehehe
Dan

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by **Like_Music_88** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 7:33 pm

One of the songs to make the 80s look and sound terrible!

by **tglopez** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 3:54 am

Sing a long with me (lol)!!!!!!!!!!

We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll

Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee de

by **hbtennis** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:13 pm

lol! well, now i know what it was. not my pony plays the mamba. its MA COLEY plays the mamba. haha!

by **retroman** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 2:22 pm

Sadly, I purchased the 45. But then again, I purchased Just The Two of Us by Grover Washington Junior. Confessions of a confused soul.

by **stormkpr** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:23 am

This is truly one of the worst hits ever.

by **Rich** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 3:46 am

Stupid....it's MACARONI plays the mamba....not my pony or Ma Coley.

by **Luna Lure** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:47 am

The lyric is actually:

"Marconi plays the mamba listen to the radio
Don't you remember
We built this city we built this city on rock an' roll"

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Starship mentions Marconi in the song because of his initial work on the radio.

Guglielmo Marc

by **Momotaro** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:38 am

This IS kind of a crummy song, and "Starship" were about as far from 'our music' as you could get, but this whole thing has gotten me to sittin' down and thinkin'..... take away the vocals, the production on this record probably isn't THAT far removed fro

by **Like_Music_88** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:58 pm

Hoopla according to wwww.dictionary.com

Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement.
Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla.
Talk intended to mislead or confuse.

Hmmmm.. very deep!

I saw the video t

by **Plata66** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:26 am

I LOVE the Buggles so don't get this wrong but, Listen to the music on the song "Adventures in modern recording" and it sounds like some of the melody in "we built this city" then attach the melody from the line "this boy has got it made" etc...yeah I'm p

by **tglopez** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:59 am

Bananagirly-

I don't know which is more stupid, me posting the wrong lyric or you actually knowing the correct one.

by **Doug** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:35 am

Grace Slick said that she was not embarrassed about “We Built This City” because “I didn’t write that shit!” She freely admitted that she squandered her money from the previous 20 years on alcohol and coke and cashed in order to pay her utilities.
Grace

by **hbtennis** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:09 am

doug, i appreciate you!

and i agree. grace slick has written terrific things! did you know she wrote white rabbit?

oh i also noticed you knew about belinda carlisle and how she was dottie danger.

i appreciate that also.

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