WBTC annoys me as a song, but I'm not sure why its considered 'selling out'

We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll

Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the night

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll

Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll

It's just another Sunday, in a tired old street
police have got the chokehold, and we just lost the beat!

Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wreaking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're just simple fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools

(I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and I'm seeing bumper to bumper traffic.

Don't you remember (remember)

(Here's your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps)

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll

Sure, the execution is cheesy as hell but it was the 80s. The lyrics keep saying 'the man hates us. music is what matters and what made this city.' It seems like a silly sentiment for a bunch of mainstream rich guys to sing, but that's the nature of success -- you end up wealthy and popular.

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This is a song, la la la la, Cass's song.

Sara loooooves Elmo's song. One of the first things she would try to sing. Thus, Elmo is *not* Elmo, but LaLa. Forever and ever.

I do stand up for Elmo himself, because my kids adore(d) him, and so he won my loyalty. Did Sara first learn the original one, or the version they use for the "Elmo's World" portion of Sesame Street?

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'Cuz I'm a cowboy...

On a steel horse I ride

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This is a song, la la la la, Cass's song.

What sort of funereal floral arrangement were you and Frank looking for?

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Wanted,

Wanteeeeeed

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"This is the song, la la la la, ELLEN'S song." And Ellen liked it. So it was good.

My sister did the same for "Seany's song"

Shes not really a filkmaster though

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Did Sara first learn the original one, or the version they use for the "Elmo's World" portion of Sesame Street?

Probably Elmo's world. But she's heard both. It's so funny -- Zoe is "ZaZoo" and Elmo is "LaLa" according to the Divine Miss Sara. She can say Elmo -- she just won't.

I like Elmo. He's sweet and good-natured and fuzzy. No bad there.

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WBTC is way too self-congratulatory to me....

Oddly enough, self-aggrandizing hip-hop lyrics usually annoy me too.

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Dead or aliiiiiiiiiiive.

oooooh, cool number

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I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back

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