WE DID NOT START THE FIRE
Monday 18 April 2011 at 4:37 pm. Used tags: 1980, 40_year, billy, billy_joel, did, fire, joel, not, start, the, we
Oh...and don't forget to sing along! :o) This song and its title was answer to a recent Final Jeopardy -- only one person got it right -- question was (paraphrased) "What 1980's song do history teachers praise for its educational value?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire
Never could understand all the references on Billy Joel's song -- fortunately, with this VIDEO, given the pictures, we now can "see" what our "ears" couldn't. Anyway, checked to see the purpose behind the song. Apparently, it's Joel's homage to the 40 years of historical headlines since his birth (1949). Wish we could have appreciated the depths of this song when it was released. Twenty years later, it's amazing what Joel was able to put into music and lyrics lasting only a few minutes. Here it is, set to pictures. It's a neat flashback through the past half century. Turn up volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes! Top left gives you full screen..... top right lets you pause. Bottom left shows the year. The older you are, the more pictures you will recognize. Anyone over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it's great at any age. Oh...and don't forget to sing along! :o) WE DID NOT START THE FIRE<BR>
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