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Track: Showdown
Artist: Jefferson Starship
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Name: Jefferson Starship
Spotify Genres: yacht rock, aor, classic rock
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US band formed in 1974 following the breakup of [a=Jefferson Airplane]. [a=Jack Casady] and [a=Jorma Kaukonen] left the Airplane to concentrate on their side-project [a=Hot Tuna], the majority of the band ([a=Paul Kantner], [a=Grace Slick], [a=David Freiberg], [a=John Barbata] and [a=Papa John Creach]) formed Jefferson Starship, with the addition of Craig Chaquico on lead guitar and Pete Sears on bass and keyboards. They recorded their first band album, Dragonfly, in 1974. The band name had been used four years earlier for the all-star band - including [a=David Crosby], [a=Graham Nash] and Grateful Dead members [a=Jerry Garcia], [a=Bill Kreutzmann] and [a=Mickey Hart] - backing Kantner on his solo album "Blows Against the Empire," credited to Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, but it wasn't until 1974 a real band was bearing the name. From 1974 and on the band has undergone almost endless line-up changes finally leaving the band with only one of its original members, David Freiberg. Grace Slick was let off in 1978, reportedly due to alcoholic misbehaving, but rejoined the band in 1981. Band leader Kantner left the group in 1984, and a settlement prohibiting the use of the band name (unless all original members were in the band) forced it to change its name to just [a=Starship (2)].

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Release: Jefferson Starship - Layin' It On The Line / Showdown
Year: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock, Classic Rock

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They walk with their arms away from their sides Cause it's all in the timing Who wins the fight All around them the signs are clear It's gone too far Now the showdown is here Showdown is here Hungry dogs follow And the vultures lead Self-preservation The original greed But there's too much fire For the perfect match Now it's just a matter of the first attack Which one is right That's no longer clear Anger has no light When it's covered with fear Never turn your back That's always when you're caught You're a dead man on the rack 'Cause you're just too proud to stop Absolute quiet is the final warning - showdown Six minutes and the war is roaring -showdown The voice of reason was buried this morning -showdown Decision for death is the final story -showdown We used to love it when they came on the scream The good guys strong And the bad guys mean But the story has changed Now the ending's insane The audience dies In the final frame It's the final game Now both sides are gone No funerals No priests No crowds singing songs No heroes in the streets Both sides were wrong Just too stubborn to teach And it was just too long Before enough people had the courage to speak And say No showdown No showdown No showdown They walk with their arms away from their sides Will the ones who are left Still say they are right?