Starship Song Butchered By Coffee Hacks

Having recently moved to a small town, I suppose I ought to feel lucky that we have a Starbucks (I don't). After all, I'm hopelessly addicted to espresso. I won't bore you with my anti-Starbucks rhetoric in this space, but I will redistribute this vitriolic post from Gawker.

As if their complete domination of New York City’s every street corner didn’t prove their evil mettle, the corporate caffeine-pushers behind the human drone refueling station known as Starbucks have sunk to a new low. They destroyed the Starship once and for all.

Let us explain. Over in Seattle, where the devil wears a green apron, Stranger writer David Schmader attended the Starbucks Licensed Store Awards, a sort of pep rally for the brave men and women who risk steam burns day in and day out to keep your latte-addicted heart pumping. While there, he taped an awful cover version of Jefferson Starship’s anthemic “We Built this City” with groan-inducing Starbucks-centric lyrics.

We warn you, this isn’t pretty: “We Built this Starbucks.”

It’s enough to put us off of coffee. Until tomorrow morning.

Thanks to Adrants for the pointer.