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Post by Telso on Jan 5, 2019 8:56:38 GMT 10
I'm quite surprised no one mentioned this yet  It was originally (and still is commonly) panned by critics as the monument of the aggressively commercial brand of "sell-out rock". While I don't think making poppy commercial rock songs is exactly a problem, I can't deny this kind of overwhelming, overly produced power-pop rock rarely fails to make me uncomfortable and nauseous….
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 5, 2019 16:13:36 GMT 10
I'm quite surprised no one mentioned this yet It was originally (and still is commonly) panned by critics as the monument of the aggressively commercial brand of "sell-out rock". While I don't think making poppy commercial rock songs is exactly a problem, I can't deny this kind of overwhelming, overly produced power-pop rock rarely fails to make me uncomfortable and nauseous…. I'm not a fan of it either. Although, I don't think it's as bad as what a lot of people make it out to be. I've often seen "We Built This City" included onto "worst songs of all time" lists. I don't really agree with that, to be honest. I mean, sure, it's incredibly cheesy and off-putting in a lot of ways, but it's not one of the worst songs of all time. Heck, I personally don't even think it's one of the worst songs of the '80s.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 6, 2019 19:33:39 GMT 10
This is the epitome of cheesy Late '80s pop. Everything about it is incredibly tacky and as you can imagine, it has aged terribly. Australians were stupid enough to let this top the chart for five consecutive weeks back in 1987, even though the song tanked on the charts in the US and UK.
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Post by Telso on May 26, 2020 4:33:19 GMT 10
I'm sorry to say but this comes off as a desperate attempt of a Boomer trying to speak up to the then disenchanted generation X, sounding nothing else than condescending in the process. It almost seems that the message was supposed to be an already defensive "we did nothing, the world has always been this bad!", but instead it comes out as a self-celebrating anthem for all what they've went through while not really explaining why "they didn't start the fire" in the first place.
Musically, it's pretty tepid as well with the verses being little more than a boring slideshow of historical events, while the admittedly earwormy chorus sounds like a shameless and shallow version of R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".
Also, this was Billy Joel's only third and final US number one, what?
Qwerty likes this
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Post by Qwerty on May 26, 2020 15:57:16 GMT 10
Musically, it's pretty tepid as well with the verses being little more than a boring slideshow of historical events, while the admittedly earwormy chorus sounds like a shameless and shallow version of R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". I thought it was just me! Such an overrated tune consisting entirely of dull and repetitive verses. It’s like a list of events and names were put into a blender, with this song being the result. ‘Shallow’ is the perfect word for it!
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Post by Telso on Aug 11, 2021 20:01:08 GMT 10
Late 80s new jack swing tends to be a hit-and-miss genre for me. But this is total incoherent garbage. A complete insult to the early 70s classic. And this topped the Billboard 100 too!!
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