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Is she nice or what? Beyond the name I was not aware of Jefferson Airplane and I did not know it had a gorgeous chick in it.
Jan points to, of all things, a Star Trek version. It uses the studio version which is even better.
I remember many years ago when I first heard of William Shatner (Star Trek was not shown on Danish TV in my youth), and somebody being a big fan of him. Somehow I got the idea that he was the writer of Star Trek, and I thought: finally somebody acknowledges the importance of the writer instead of just the actors. No such luck.
You may also like this clip. Same song, but with very well chosen Star Trek footage:
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"Is she nice or what?" Man, that ain't the half of it. Grace Slick is, as Dave Eaton says, "The attraction of Grace Slick can be reduced to a single quality: The Human Spirit. It's not her body, her looks, even her voice. Grace is vibrantly alive with the human spirit. We should all be so blessed."
ReplyDeleteI'd already started looking at Lewis Carrol in a different way before hearing White Rabbit. When I heard the song I knew I wasn't off my rocker.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while to track down the original (in the days of no internet, when we used the AV library and friends collections of vinyl). The version I first heard was by "The Damned", and was on "Machine Gun Etiquette".
A cover by the Cruxshadows.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't look like that anymore, though.
ReplyDeleteNone of us do. For one thing, I was three feet shorter.
ReplyDeleteNah. Star Trek was written by Ray Bradbury. According to some blog who was trying to sound knowing about Star Trek.
ReplyDeleteOr was it written by Doctor Benjamin Spock?
"Beam me down, Scotty. Take your red Viagra pill, and let's see how deep this rabbit hole goes. Press Start."
"Stranger worlds than this I fear I have yet to visit." -- Samurai Jack
"Machine Gun Etiquette"? Well, absolutely! You shouldn't mow down civilian women and children while chewing gum, it's disrespectful.
"For one thing, I was three feet shorter."
Yes, today you're seven feet tall. When standing on the stairs.
None of us do. For one thing, I was three feet shorter.
ReplyDeleteThat's lame, even for you.
Lol, I thought you said once you don't like songs that "scream drugs". This song doesn't just scream it, it paints it in big, bold letters.
ReplyDeleteYes, but it does it only with the lyrics.
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ReplyDelete"That's lame, even for you."
That's soft. Even for you.
Were's your famed pithe from days past? Where's the imagination, where's the fire, where's the vitriol?
Remember: take the RED pill to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. The blue one is just plain Viagra.
Uh-oh, - evidently you're not one of the true '68ers ... Jefferson Airplane was a BIG psychodelic rock group, and Grace Slick's singing was considered "clear ice comparing to Janis Joplin's fire". Get some CDs (but not of Jefferson Starship, they suck!)
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Quite right, in 1968 I was five, and living in a small town in Denmark. Woodstock did not have a great impact on my life. :-)
ReplyDelete"We Built This City On Rock and Roll" was a big hit when I was a teen. For the 80's it was on the better end of things, like Kenny Loggin's "Danger Zone". However, you are right, Jefferson Airplane are superior to both later incarnations, namely "Jefferson Starship" and "Starship".
ReplyDeleteI still don't get Janis. Just too power and hoarse when I hear records or her these days.
'68 was a big year for me. I just turned 40 recently.
"evidently you're not one of the true '68ers "
ReplyDeleteWhat does this mean?
I think he means that if I were a baby boomer, I'd have known about Jefferson Airplane.
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ReplyDelete"Boom, baby! Ooh yeah."
ReplyDelete"Star Trek was written by Ray Bradbury"
ReplyDeleteOh, oh, Gene Roddenberry ain't gonna like that. And don't forget he's out there waiting.
I tried getting hold of some Bradbury recently, but the cost of those early Playboy mags is quite astounding. I need issues 2,3 & 4 to get a first edition "Fahrenheit 451".
ReplyDeleteGene Roddenberry wrote "Andromeda".