What Song Most Encapsulates the 1980s?
Jefferson Starship started the decade stronger with Jane (actually 1979) and Girl With the Hungry Eyes in 1980. Make no mistake, none of it holds a candle to White Rabbit but compared to We Built This City, it’s ******* Beethoven
Its possible that the members of Jefferson Starship, or Starship, took the advice of the Doorman in White Rabbit maybe one too many times and feeding their heads with weapons-grade cocaine which, according to late Rick James, might be one hell of a drug, but has repeatedly shown to dilute, weaken the overall quality, level of variety of good songs and musical material from once-great bands about a decade before.
By the early 80's, Jefferson Starship, like a lot of bands from their mid-late 60's era, werent seen, marketed, and promoted to teenagers anymore or teeny-boppers. Their original audiences were now in their late 30's/early-mid 40's
Ironically enough, the 1980's were one decade, at least after their record-breaking 1981 U.S. tour, Rolling Stones didnt do very much or were a band you heard a lot about. After their 1981 tours, they didnt perform again as a group until their Rock and Roll induction ceremony in 1989, even though they released two studio albums, in 1983 and 1986, respectively.