They were 'Jefferson Airplane', then became 'Jefferson Starship', then became 'Starship'. They had big hits that you've probably heard under all 3 names.
Paul Kantner left due to creative differences in 1985, and after some acrimony with the remaining band members, the name “Jefferson Starship” was retired. The remaining members of Jefferson Starship at that point morphed into “Starship” and enjoyed continued success.
Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Starship -- Starship...ring a bell, Grace Slick.. White Rabbit.. We built this city.. Somebody to Love .. Mannequin.. one of the funniest movies..
The sounds of the 70s and 80s. Youll never hear better sounds than then. We were a blessed generation and no matter the private life, we all got to experience our time. If you felt left out, its the persons fault. Times will only live in the hearts of others as we share our music and its through the music where another can grab a piece of it for our future. Rock on Gen X.
A lot of people at the time (adults) bashed the 80's. Me, no loved it I was an 80's teen. It was fun less complicated, in a lot of ways. Here's to all my 80's teens out there. Don't we miss those days.
Absolutely. I'm proud to be a member of Gen X. Yes we got alot of grief but we refused to give in. " youth gone wild." Could be a " freebird." We learned to " roll with the changes," and to be " comfortably numb" at times. We " didn't need no thought control." Man we had it good.
Mannequin is one of my favorite movies from the 80s!! Fun fact - Kim Catrell & G.W Bailey were both in Mannequin and Police Academy! U did a reaction to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, so u have heard them before because Jefferson Airplane turned into Jefferson Starship, and then because of a lawsuit, they just became Starship....My favorite song by them is We built this city! Definitely worth a listen!
Yes, G.W. Bailey played "Lt. Harris", in "Police Academy," the instructor that everyone, especially Steve Guttenberg's character "Mahoney". Both of them were also in the movie "Short Circuit" with a similar dynamic. That movie introduced the song "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge and had a few from the Bee Gees in it.
This is from the movie Mannequin and that kid is Andrew McCarthy. He’s been in a ton of movies (he was one of the guys “animating” dead Bernie in Weekend at Bernie’s. He’s also an old buddy of James Spader (they were both in Pretty in Pink) and so he has directed a ton of episodes of The Blacklist. Cool guy, I’ve always heard he’s super nice.
Someone one probably said this already, but the female singer is Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. She sang "White Rabbit." That's the crazy psychedelic video from the late 60s. You and Don reviewed it sometime ago. Yes, that is Kim Cattrelll from "Sex in the City." Great song, movie, and video. Excellent review!
One of my favorite songs from the '80's. Right on with the happiness and hopefulness vibe - down with dystopia! There are a number of good songs to choose from. "Jane", "Sara", "We Built this City", to name a few.
Jefferson Starship ‘Jane’ w Micky Thomas on vocals is a must. Micky also sang in Elvin Bishops ‘ Fooled around and fell in Live’ which is a must as well. Phenomenal voice. Also Jefferson Airplane ‘Miracles’ is phenomenal , Marty Balin on vocals
One of my fav songs ever. There are pics of me as a child singing in the mirror to this! This band is one of my all time favorites! This is from “The Mannequin “ with Andrew McCarthy. “Sara!! “Ohhhh!!! So good by them ! That one would be great please!! Richard Marx! “ right here waiting” or “hazard” Hazard is a really cool song!
"We Built This City" is another #1 hit from them and probably the song the more modern version of the band is best known for. Would be a good listen since you enjoyed this. Love the channel! :)
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship --the evolution of the band. Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas are both great singers. Try "Jane" as your next song.
Yes, those were the days and the moments that made life memorable and made that era the best time in history. Peaceful. Fun times. Not all this killing and constant ugliness before corruption took full control. Never be a time in history like that again I'm afraid.
First time commenting. I love this song. I always imagined this group coming out of the recording studio high fiving each other, knowing in their bones that they nailed it. Then jumping in their red convertable to go party someplace fun. Thank you for your dedication. You do god work.
This from the movie, Mannequin, in which you can see a young Kim Catrall, who indeed played Samantha in Sex and the City! FYI: Kim Catrall also played in the first Police Academy movie! And that is indeed the cop from Police Academy. 😊
One of my favorite memories was watching them perform this song, Sara, and We Built This City, back in New Years 2005 concert in Artesia, NM. It was so freakin awesome! I used to have their 45 record album and would jam that thing when I was a kid. I never thought I would see them live.
It's so cheesy, but Mickeys vocals are so good, it somewhat redeems it. It always bugged me that THIS was huge, yet " can't find love" ( from 82) was barely played.
Hahaha Mannequin. Yeah, quintessential 80s movie and music. A modern retelling of Galatea of Greek myth, or more accurately, the statue by Pygmalion, which also spawned the play which morphed into My Fair Lady. Love the history and connections. :) Yeah, that's Kim Cattrall when she was young. And gotta give it up to Grace Slick, the only original Jefferson Airplane band member by this point. Huge talent.
Someone one probably said this already, but the female singer is Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. She sang "White Rabbit." That's the crazy psychedelic video from the late 60s. You and Don reviewed it sometime ago. Yes, that is Kim Cattrelll from "Sex in the City." Great song, movie, and video. Excellent review!
Both Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas are great singers and Starship was blessed to have them both. You most probably have heard We built this city which was a huge hit. All the songs from this No protection which Nothing's gonna stop us now comes from have that distinct 80's sound that most people either love or hate, it has more ballads than Knee deep in the hoopla which We built this city came from that is a bit more up tempo with songs like Rock myself to sleep.
ahhh the 80s.. what a time! glad you found this gem bro! Mannequin was a fun movie! he falls in love with a mannequin, go figure hahah.. she comes to life and hes all about trying to make the most of this obscure scenario... check it out! btw, yes that is the police academy dude! sergeant i believe, but could be wrong, oh, and yes def the sex in the city girl haha
Yes, this was Kim Cattrall’s breakout role.… The movie “Mannequin “. I don’t think Grace slick really liked doing this style of music and I’ve seen interviews where she pretty much said, so, but the songs made Starship quite a bit of money back in the day, I would think. And, of course, every woman loved watching Mickey Thomas.
@@kjs0391 porky’s was ‘81. Mannequin was 87, but after the later, a wider audience saw her and she became more popular to people other than teenage boys. 😂
I totally agree with you 100%, we need more cheerful vibes, music is healing and a great escape. Imagine people from all around the world coming into one channel to just enjoy music and that's amazing. Thank you for the reaction, this brings back good memories of the good old days.
Holy Crap BP! You are correct! That was Kim Catrall from. sex in the City! I was in 8th grade when the movie (mannequin) was played during a school dance. Love this song and this vocalizing of Grace Slick. Starship was awesome!
Starship started out as Jefferson Airplane. Jefferson Airplane originally split into two groups (Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship) in 1973. When Paul Kantner left the band he wanted to end the band, but his bandmates wanted to keep recording. He ended up suing them over any name that used "Jefferson" or "Airplane" so they dropped the Jefferson and just went by Starship. (Highly abridged history)
In the 1960's this band was known as Jefferson Airplane. In 1974 the name was changed to Jefferson Starship, then in 1984 the name was changed again to just Starship. This was one of the best, and most prolific bands in music history spinning off numerous splinter bands and successful solo careers. This video was done for the 1987 movie Mannequin starring a young Kim Cattrall (later in Sex In The City fame). This song was a big hit in its own right but was the bands last song to go to #1 on the charts.
This is such a feel good 80s song. I was around 10-13 probably when it was popular. Just makes me feel like a kid again full of joy when I hear it! No worries. Just smiles.
So glad you enjoyed this, both the song and the video. The movie is fun, too. As for more Starship, I would recommend “You Never Know” off their last album that came out in 2013 (Loveless Fascination), first, also, “It’s Not Over (Til It’s Over)” from the same album as this one. Or “It’s Not Enough” from the album “Love Among the Cannibals” in 1989.
Written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. He sang and wrote on the 1970s. Thereafter, he sang less but continued as a writer. Warren graduated 🎓 with a BM in composition from Cal State Northridge on 1980. Same university where Andy Summers graduated 🎓. He earned a BM in classical guitar 🎸. Warren wrote hit sings on. The 1980s and continues to do so. Starship is from my hometown San Francisco 🌉. It did break up 💔. But it reformed. The only member who continued to perform in both versions is singer Mickey Thomas. Suggested videos 📹: 1 Starship performs Sara 2 Jefferson Starship performs Jane live on Saturdays.
This was my ex-husband and my song from the time we were dating, to having it played as "our song" at our wedding, etc. I have not heard it in forever. I can now say it is still a good song and it does not evoke any negative feelings because of my history with this song. I appreciate your reaction to songs that are not only the newest releases. It is fun to watch you discover songs that I have known and to hear your interpretation and reaction. I am in the exact opposite position as you..,.Hip Hop and Rap is not m;y forté buy I am starting to watch some reactions now and learning what I do like in those genres. Keep up the awesome job with your channel.
You know the female singer, Grace Slick, who was in her mid 40s when this came out. Looks her up and the bands she was in. Great Career and recognizable songs from those bands such as this one.
When this song came out my 2nd son was a 1 Year old and born with Down Syndrome… many friends at the time felt sorry for me and my other son… Saying… they couldn’t handle this situation or could never do this…looking in the eyes of my precious baby… nothing was going to stop us from achieving his potential… I used to dance around with my Downs son with this song on blast… along with his 8 year old brother… it became our family theme song for years! 25 years later… my older son meets the lady, Diane Warren, who WROTE this song in Los Angeles… he told her how this song motivated us to never give up on life and struggles especially concerning his Downs brother..She was very kind and said “gosh… I never really thought it was that good -thank you for sharing this wonderful story” later she sent my son 4 VIP tickets to a concert so he could take his special needs brother to it. It was Justin Beiber-Which was my Downs son favorite at the time… 2012 …Amazing… right?
You really must react to The Alvin Bishop Band on the Midnight Special. Mickey Thomas, the lead male singer on this song, was a backup singer for Bishop before joining Starship. He did however sing lead on Fooled Around and Fell In Love. (Alvin Bishop is lead guitar) But please make sure it's the Midnight Special performance. Much love from Maine and keep doin what ya do ❤
Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick were great together! He was the voice who sang Fooled Around And Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop. The lead guitar player for Starship is Craig Chaquiso. He REALLY rips on the song Sorry Me, Sorry You. That was a Jefferson Starship song from the album Nuclear Furniture.
These are so cool. Takes me back to a much more care free era! On another note, I'd still like you to react to Mike & The Mechanics; The Living Years. That song has meaning & a message we need to be reminded of. The lead singer was with Phil Collins for a long time & you can tell by the style of some of his singing.
This is the same group (basically) that did "White Rabbit," which you've reacted to; it was a very trippy, psychedelic kind of video with the opening lines: "One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall." It's the same female lead singer on both songs, Grace Slick -- one of the best female rock vocalists of the rock era. The male singer, by the way, is Mickey Thomas, who sings lead on Jefferson Starship's "Jane" -- which is a BANGER that you NEED to react to (as well as "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvin Bishop Group). Thomas's vocals kind of remind me of Brad Delp, who sang lead on Boston's "More Than a Feeling."
Nice! Have you heard "Jane" by Jefferson Starship? It ROCKS! The vocals are ridiculous. The lyrics leave no doubt and cut deep. Great rock & roll. You will love it!
