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* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:Junior. Who knew a pot-smoking, pink-sunglasses wearing space ranger called ''Junior'' could be so sexy?]]
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* BrokenAesop:
** One of the main criticisms of "We Built This City" is that the song goes against its message about how corporate greed and slickly produced music is ruining radio by being the exact thing its preaching against. This isn't helped by two additional factors:
*** The first problem comes with the music video, itself slickly produced with some prominent VFX shots such as the giant dice rolling down the city streets or the MiniatureEffects that pop up sporadically throughout.
*** The second being that it was partially resung by completely different singers, provided by then-{{jingle}} juggernaut JAM Creative Productions, to incorporate station taglines between the opening lines and the first verse. Making the song sound even more commercial than it would have been otherwise. A few station [=PDs=] would admit after the fact that it was impossible to tell the two groups apart, simultaneously praising the job of the jingle singers while also criticizing the song and Starship themselves.
** Grace Slick herself derided the message of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (in which romance is depicted as unequivocal and permanent) in an interview for the book ''Got a Revolution'', noting ''"I know goddamn well how fast a relationship can come apart"''; this may have contributed to her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere departure shortly afterwards]].
* CondemnedByHistory: Similar to Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" and Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", "We Built This City" is a big hit that has been retroactively deemed one of the worst songs ever made. Many critics see its overly slick, mechanized production as emblematic of everything wrong with '80s rock, despite the lyrics criticizing corporate domination of the music industry.
** One of the main criticisms of "We Built This City" is that the song goes against its message about how corporate greed and slickly produced music is ruining radio by being the exact thing its preaching against. This isn't helped by two additional factors:
*** The first problem comes with the music video, itself slickly produced with some prominent VFX shots such as the giant dice rolling down the city streets or the MiniatureEffects that pop up sporadically throughout.
*** The second being that it was partially resung by completely different singers, provided by then-{{jingle}} juggernaut JAM Creative Productions, to incorporate station taglines between the opening lines and the first verse. Making the song sound even more commercial than it would have been otherwise. A few station [=PDs=] would admit after the fact that it was impossible to tell the two groups apart, simultaneously praising the job of the jingle singers while also criticizing the song and Starship themselves.
** Grace Slick herself derided the message of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (in which romance is depicted as unequivocal and permanent) in an interview for the book ''Got a Revolution'', noting ''"I know goddamn well how fast a relationship can come apart"''; this may have contributed to her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere departure shortly afterwards]].
* CondemnedByHistory: Similar to Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" and Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", "We Built This City" is a big hit that has been retroactively deemed one of the worst songs ever made. Many critics see its overly slick, mechanized production as emblematic of everything wrong with '80s rock, despite the lyrics criticizing corporate domination of the music industry.
