Id wager for anyone who thinks they havent heard of Jefferson Airplane they most likely have heard the songs Somebody to Love or White Rabbit somewhere. Both are absolute classics.
And if you existed in the 80s you inevitably would have been exposed to Starship, after they dropped the Jefferson and went in a different direction and was a much different band, but anyway if you turned on a radio you were probably exposed to:
We Built This City
Sara
Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now.
I liked them best as Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick in her prime. That 1967 first release is great. Plus I always liked that she had said "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."
And with only a couple appearances here and there since 1990 she basically retired at 51 and just keeps to herself and does art. I dig that.
Ultimately for me White Rabbit is a hauntingly beautiful song and Slick sounds amazing on many of the performances. She kills that song. Its a great song.
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