"Hijack"- Jefferson Starship 1970

The album BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE is a narrative concept album that tells the story of a counter-culture revolution against the oppressions of "Uncle Samuel" in a country called Amerika, and a plan to hijack a starship from orbit and journey into space in search of a new home.

Paul Kantner- guitar and vocals
Grace Slick- piano and vocals
Joey Covington- congas and vocals
Graham Nash- congas and vocals

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• jefferson airplane
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• space
• revolution
• grace slick

[seintzeit]

@ykwhitehead yessssss!



[pouchfreeman]

This album should have won the Hugo Award or whatever they call an exceptional piece of science-fiction..It was nominated. Paul Kantner was robbed. Side 2 of this album continues to transport me to a more joyful world.

[ykwhitehead]

Back in 1970, my dream was to be one of the 7000 who hijacked the starship! I was right there in my mind....this is my favourite Starship album of all time and this is the best song on it....ahhhh what wonderful memories. Thanks for posting this song, it made my day!

[hotmelomel]

@55kudu Actually, more than Star Trek it was primarily inspired by Robert Heinlein's _Methuselah's Children_ - enough so that Kantner sought and received permission from Heinlein. The wikipedia article on it has some great info.

[keaton1895]

Has nothing do with Jesus who was only a man and not the son of God. The song and album is about finding a new home not dying.

[sharegrace]

May the StarShip lead us to the home of Jesus Christ...our brother and savior

Purgatory...more of a process then a place.

Everything in the world turns to dust except the human soul...Pope Benedict XVI

Good tune, great piano

[55kudu]

The gretest album by Kantner if not all of them. Nothing quite like it before or since... it was Star Trek inspired and a sci-fi movie in our minds. A space narrative done in rock style dripping in acid illucidation LOL. I have a friend who went to California and played tablas with garcia and was a member of the Diga Rhythm Band with Mickey Hart. He told me they would jam and then stop at 4 or 6 pm to watch Shatner's star trek in the 60s. He didn't like the show so he didn't understand them.

[jamesblindsay]

Born in 1975 and keeping this dream alive. We are one~

[djohn4096]

Pure brilliance from the days when we dared to dream.

[lightlyone]

We are still here. Things have changed. We have not.