“When we are gone it will still go on and on and on and on.” This speaks volumes to every generation. We are not the ones to start it, we are just picking it up from the last and it goes on.
I am 73, and I lived through all of these events or almost all of them. What amazes is how much has happened since the song was put out. About 30 years afterwards, I think as much stuff has happened and five times more than is referred to in this song. Good lesson for people who thinks that their lifetimes are the ones that are most important. History goes on long after everybody dies.
It's less more happened it's more stuff became seen worldwide. The internet means the world is pretty connected, meaning everyone in Russia sees the funeral of a Taiwanese leader while a Spaniard could see a British coronation. As much as today was happening people just didn't see. The only case I'd say more happened since the 80s is trends and fashion, which pretty much changes every week due to trends becoming so fast paced due to the interconnectivity of the internet. 2020 was packed though.
I really don't like how people often don't get the purpose of this song. This song isn't saying "the world's turning worse". It's saying the world hasn't actually changed that much. The garbage fire you're seeing was always there. I keep seeing people saying stuff like "this song keeps getting more and more relevant". No, the song was always relevant. It will always be relevant. People get bogged down by the idea that the world before their time was a total utopia then everything fell to crap as they were growing up, but this song is a message that that's not true, the world's always been like this and you weren't born at a "bad time". All of human history was a "bad time" (or good time, depending on how you see it) to be born. You didn't start the fire, the previous generation didn't start the fire. That fire was always there. This song should be a message to get out of your generational victim-complex, but people instead use it as an anthem for their generational victim-complex. That annoys me so much.
If people have a problem understanding "We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning." Take their opinion as seriously as a fart in the wind, loads of ignorant people.
@@assasin19991999 S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things(1968) is something omitted in this video as it was the first rock opera. It omits the members performing it.
And This song will go on, as New Generations pass, New Lyrics will be added. This is the song that doesn't end, it goes on and on my friend, one man started singing it not knowing what it was, And We'll continue singing it forever just because, This is the song that doesn't end. Billy Joel is Eternal.
@@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV must be hard for Mr Joel to sing this live though due to all the events he mentions in this song from 1949-1989. Great song, though. From the hand of a genius clearly.
He is defensive about it because the accusation is always that they, the Jews, started the fire and this led to terrible persecution throughout history. This was a persecution his father has suffered keenly .
Problem with the Fall Out Boy version is the same as every other redo that's been attempted - it's just a mash of things that happened, without rhyme or reason. If you listen to the original, they're all in order.
@@wandererchronicles Furthermore, they forgot to include a major historical event that Billy Joel just barely was not able to include- the fall of the Berlin Wall, which happened 53 days after the song's release and less than a month before it reached number 1.
I remember my English teacher in high school had us listen to this song and then choose a lyric to give a presentation on. One of the coolest class projects I ever had!
Damn, you guys had GREAT teachers. Taught you guys to actually know history and not be afraid of it. American History is raw and rough, and the best of us can handle its truth and learn from it. Honest American History is a complex story. A lot of good, some great and a bit of conflict to keep it that way. But hearing your generation say things like your comments makes me a proud American. Your positive reactions to this song gives me overwhelming hope for the next generation.
3:09 the most pivotal point in history. The birth of Heavy metal. Long guitar solos, guitar riffs, badass!! I like the music anyway. It gets inside me!! Not the lyrics but the music. I can take anything from the 50's til Y2K rock but stuff today?? No way!!
I just realized that the theme of this song is "Don't blame us for the world being screwed, it was like this when we got here." I've been listening to this song for years and just got that.
It's a message lost on a lot of people, even people who really like the song. *Looking at you, 50 year olds telling 15 year olds they caused global warning.*
Movie Review Guy I want to write to Billy Joel and ask him to update this song to include George Floyd and the Hong Kong protest. (His last line “China under martial law, I can’t take it anymore!” Like coming to a full circle)
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.
Yeah that because it all still the same people just with new names the illuminati the templars the government and the millions of other names they go by its all the same
+Gemma Pettersen Pretty impressive in itself, since only four months had passed since the most recent event (Tiananmen Square) and the release of the song.
"England got a new queen" words that would not be repeated for a century. Edit: for all 'this didnt age well' folk .. does england got a new queen lately?
I really hope Billy Joel lives for another 10 years and comes out with part 2 for this song. Other people have written their versions, but he is the only man who is right for the job.
Like Jim Daly, who's made several naming all the teams in the English league system in football (Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two).
Hes said on a few occasions he wasnt going too. Thought it was too clunky to put to proper music, and he really disliked the melody. I think there is such a thing as knowing too much about music. Suck it up and make part 2!
Not to ruin the joke, (Don't press read more if you don't want OP's joke ruined) he isn't a psychic, there had been multiple incidents that happened in the Suez years before 2021, like the 1956 Suez crisis, he could've maybe just referenced that instead.
@@nargileh1 Given the fact it mentions Budapest (the centre of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956) and Krushchev (who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953) its probably referring to the Suez Crisis in 1956, not the later closure between the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War.
One of these songs that I had forgotten - time and tide wait for no man, especially when the man can't swim very well - and then along came the BBC reminding me that I hadn't forgotten it at all, it was lying there waiting for me to wake up. Great song.
Actually some kid told him he was sad billy Joel never lived through anything cool and it ate away at him and he said “eff that kid my life is so cool! Check out whats happened in My life time kid.” And thus a legend hit was born. The world should thank that kid
He wrote it for somebody that said he was lucky because he grew up in the 50's when "nothing happened". Billy was like "excuse me, a bunch of stuff happened" So he wrote this song
I doubt he'll do it. Billy actually doesn't really like this song. He's got a point it's not a particularly well made song. It's just catchy and loops a lot. The history is the only thing that makes it good enough. Honestly though I'm all for more musical history.
My 8th grade history teacher played this for us and then assigned us different lyrics to research the significance. Has stayed with me all this time. Thank you Mr. Ellis! Amazing teacher
He's obviously referring to these things and people IN CONTEXT. That will admittedly be lost upon people who tend to think in literal terms like yourself.
I remember being in 6th grade and my history teacher Mrs.O had us MEMORIZE this entire song lol best teacher everrrrr 😂 Still got it memorized to this day 👍 💙❤💜
This was about world history from 1949-1989. Billy Joel own lifespan. Would be nice to do update version with additional lyrics to celebrate his 75th anniversary.
@@mattkielbania9082 Yes, but although it's a solid continuation lyrically, the play style and vocals are too hipster pop - just doesn't have the same raw angst Joel had doing this one.
Vince the Deer Thats exactly what the song means. Your generation tends to think that the fire is much worse then the older generation. Billy Joel wrote the song because a youth told him things are really bad now and tried to tell Billy Joel that nothing happened in the 50s, which wasn't true at all because their was the Korean War and Suez Canal. So the song is about how the younger generation tends to overthing how problems now are much worse than years before.
+Clayton Berry Yeah. Especially with the creation of the internet, it's much easier to see the bad in the world, despite the fact that it was *much* worse less than 50 years ago.
Mark Gales I had a HS teacher do the same thing and then we had to write our own versions of the song at the end of the semester. So much fun and interesting.
I think this song came out in 1989. I was 17 at the time. Love the song but had no glue what the song was really about. I’m 50 now and this resonates with me on so many levels. It touched on politics, cultural differences, scientific, religion etc etc. What a master piece!
Faith No More - "We Care a Lot" is another good one. Similar message. A lot of people don't seem to understand that the entire song is sarcastically making fun of the virtue-signaling "leaders". 1987 and it's more relevant than ever before.
My son had a history teacher that played this song and your assignment is to identify the references. Now that’s a freaking good teacher. Everyone loves music. Billy made a significant song That’s what we want for our childrens education to challenge them and learn
@@Jan7412 wow. That’s a great story how great teachers evolve. Unfortunately I can’t relay that to my son as he died last year summer at 35yo 2021 in my arms cardiac issues not drug induced. He was a talented bass player
My sophomore year of High School the History teacher offered anyone in the class 50 bonus points if they could sit down and write or recite the lyrics to the entire song. 11 years later now this song and it's every line live in my head rent free permanently. Easiest 50 points ever.
Literally came here to write about how my Sophomore year of High School my US History teacher told us we had a choice as a class: Do the final exam created by the school board. Or We have to write a sentence or small paragraph explaining what each reference to the song was about. He played the song on loop the entire hour. It was the most amazing ending to a class. I did fantastic on that exam. Can't believe one of the first comments I see is someone else experiencing something the same as I went through. Best wishes to you.
@@valentinacanani1906 This version is in chronological order... The Fallout Boy Version is ... A fucking timeline cluster-fuck. Yes, you can throw in lyrics to fit the current age but I wouldn't compare Fallout Boy's absolute historical mess to this one. One of the two: Every Event in Chronological Order - A fantastic tool of teaching. The other: Discombobulated, barely linked events thrown out varying sometimes by decades. Their version isn't 'bad' as far as sound, but as far as being a useful teaching tool... Eh... The Original can actually teach a timeline, the new one can't.
He came with the house. The guy who sold it was like "Well, yeah he's been here since before it was even built trying to use things as instruments. He pretty much eats nothing, is always awake, and will attempt to use your possessions as drum sticks."
@@sebasedtionvettel Billy Joel is too powerful to get complained about. The Legends say that if you disrespect him in any way he'll take your toes and use them as drum sticks.
Yeah i know 2020 has been crazy Hong kong thats still happening did you know about that? Australia burning, Brexit, Afganistan war crims Corona, SpaceX, Trump impeachment then America happened oooo boy what have they done, 2020 boys
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This song was one hell of a way to end the 80’s era since it was released only months before the 80’s ended, which is the era that spiked on the Cold War which is a good amount what this song is about ( was actually made due to the fact that a 21 year old at the time told Billy that nothing happened around the 50’s)that’s why I find this song brilliant.
Uh the Cold War didn't "Spike" in the 80's... everything this song is about is post WWII 50's, 60's, 70's. The Berlin Wall fell down in 1989. This song is literally about the "American Dream" of Post WWII, and the cluster fuck of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970's and finally with the materialism and train wreck of the 80s... this song is depressing on many many levels... because the kids of the 80's who are now the kids in their 40's are saying "We are paying for the fire which began before us"... I look at this video and I want to cry.
I remember my history teacher in 11th grade made us dissect this song and what each line was about. It was awesome. Damn that was a long time ago lol!!!
A song about how every generation has problems that it has to face and no generation ever had it easy. There has and will always be problems in this world. Very catchy song 🔥
Its not all bad, some of the events are good like the development of vaccines but a lot are just notable things like celebrities' rise to star dome or the fact that England has a new queen. Honestly I feel like that's what makes this such a good song its a barrage of events thrown out you but it doesn't focus on the negativity its just what was happening, things you would read about in the paper or hear on the radio and eventually watch on the tv.
I mean, our forefathers did have to fight 2 world wars without modern medicine, communications, or modern munitions. I'd argue they fought worse so we could have better.
Just so much power and truth to this song. My child is growing up with the remake. Right now I wonder if we will be able to have a remake. Been a Billy Joel fan for too many years that I want to report. Right now I want peace for our nation, all nations. And Billy, if you are listening... your daughter is beautiful, giving you the highest compliment that any parent could give another, I think she actually sang the Piano Man better than you. ....But everything you sang and did gave me strength I grew up with it.
The song is an indictment of human civilization as a whole. It's showing that there really wasn't a "golden" decade. Horrible crap's been happening since the dawn of time. While it might not be an American thing to say, it's certainly a Christian one, whether Billy Joel was going for that or not.
I was born 1955 and admit I only get about 80% of these relative events or people in my 70ish years of life. I have replayed this hundreds of times with the lyrics and am starkly ashamed. My daughter was born with a severe defect from Thalidomide and as a soldier for 2 decades, many notations are things I experienced or lived through. I sincerely wish each and every high school would play this and discuss each notation and why it is in the lyrics. History is important!
I think this song is a great reminder that no matter what history keeps on moving, nothing is ever truly the end, even this pandemic, it will end eventually and become part of our history, as Billy Joel said, the fire was burning ever since the world was turning, so it’s not going to stop anytime soon. Hope you have a great day!
The point is that the world is not turning. Wake up we are not spinning at 1000 miles per hour at the equator or flying around the sun at 66600 miles per hour or following the sun at 500000 miles per hour trust your common sense GOD gave you
People saying this song needs to be re-written have it all wrong, keep what's there and just add on to it... We can have an epic song that grows as the world keeps f'n up.
@@herrakaarme Timeless is the song as a whole, not necessarily the text. You can still enjoy it today without having the feeling of listening to an old song.
True story: Why did Billy Joel Write “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” Joel said that he wrote the song because he really likes history a lot. In fact, he once mentioned in an interview that if he did not become a musician, he would probably love to become a history teacher. So he wrote a catchy tune of his life events. It was his third #1 hit and it was on the album Storm Front - his second to last album which was when he retired when his wife divorced him (she drew the cover of his last album - River of Dreams). Of course he did one more album in 2001 but it went nowhere as it was an orchestral piece - but it did well in those circles, charting #83.
@@tofu9107 That is interesting as well. He also says something I also knew - he does not particularly love the melody as he thought it was too simple and sounds like a dentist drill. He was in the end surprised this was such a huge hit but plays it for his fans although for him, it is the easiest song to play.
If Billy is still kicking he needs to make a sequel to this song when he is 80 in 2029, a serious load of shit has happened since 1989 and this song needs updating.
Sir there’s a fire atop the mountain and it’s talking. “ we’re not reporting that to anyone unless they ask” But also there’s a fire talking on the top of the mountain and no one can make it do anything the fire is God himself and He loves mankind enough that He sent His son and annointed Him as Chief of the Church and king over all creation! He burns forever as if He was in a furnace. Wow
Comment on this song starter pack: (Choose your fighter) -Someone needs to make an updated version -This aged well -Ryan started the fire -Tubbo started the fire
Talk about dramatisation brings a tear to my eye please like how old are you? Ya can call me what you want and you can say what you want but when I see stupid I have to call it out.....sorry.
“When we are gone it will still go on and on and on and on.”
This speaks volumes to every generation. We are not the ones to start it, we are just picking it up from the last and it goes on.
Obviously it has to burn you plumb, if it stops we are all fcked
It will never end because hate/war and all bad things have been going on since the beginning of man.
@@andynewby45 “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaited it’s ultimate practitioner - Cormac McCarthy
Californication- Red hot chilli peppers
Sweet dreams - Annie lennox
Its all very relevant!
@@andynewby45Mankind will always have conflicts, there’s only so much of the World to control, give and take. 🌎🔥🌈🙏☮️✌️☮️🕊️
I am 73, and I lived through all of these events or almost all of them. What amazes is how much has happened since the song was put out. About 30 years afterwards, I think as much stuff has happened and five times more than is referred to in this song. Good lesson for people who thinks that their lifetimes are the ones that are most important. History goes on long after everybody dies.
Shhh. Get out
@@lindabyrne4965 shut up dude
It's less more happened it's more stuff became seen worldwide. The internet means the world is pretty connected, meaning everyone in Russia sees the funeral of a Taiwanese leader while a Spaniard could see a British coronation. As much as today was happening people just didn't see. The only case I'd say more happened since the 80s is trends and fashion, which pretty much changes every week due to trends becoming so fast paced due to the interconnectivity of the internet. 2020 was packed though.
I'm here when this comment has 111 likes, I bet it will hit 5K in the next few months
@@user-jn1wm3tb8v It was actually John Lennon's son's friend...Cant remember if Sean or Julian.
I really don't like how people often don't get the purpose of this song. This song isn't saying "the world's turning worse". It's saying the world hasn't actually changed that much. The garbage fire you're seeing was always there. I keep seeing people saying stuff like "this song keeps getting more and more relevant". No, the song was always relevant. It will always be relevant. People get bogged down by the idea that the world before their time was a total utopia then everything fell to crap as they were growing up, but this song is a message that that's not true, the world's always been like this and you weren't born at a "bad time". All of human history was a "bad time" (or good time, depending on how you see it) to be born. You didn't start the fire, the previous generation didn't start the fire. That fire was always there. This song should be a message to get out of your generational victim-complex, but people instead use it as an anthem for their generational victim-complex. That annoys me so much.
If people have a problem understanding "We didn't start the fire.
It was always burning, since the world's been turning."
Take their opinion as seriously as a fart in the wind, loads of ignorant people.
@@assasin19991999lmao “as seriously as a fart in the wind” 😂 imma use that now
@@assasin19991999 S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things(1968) is something omitted in this video as it was the first rock opera. It omits the members performing it.
It's happening in the UK now
@@unknownfinleyfn9366 I hope it does happen in the UK when UK, USA, and the West are under Sharia Law.
And This song will go on, as New Generations pass, New Lyrics will be added. This is the song that doesn't end, it goes on and on my friend, one man started singing it not knowing what it was, And We'll continue singing it forever just because, This is the song that doesn't end. Billy Joel is Eternal.
one thing is for sure,he is a lot older and fatter
@@mtsky-tc6uw Billy Joel is singing about People and events from when he was born 1949, to The Cola Wars Starting in 89. He was 40 at the time.
Bob Dylan JEWISH JESUS GOD Billy Joel ALWAYS FOREVER ETERNAL ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
I really appreciate your support
@@Billyjoel-c8c 👍🏽 I loved you in Oliver & Company, They call 1988 The Dark Age of Disney. but at least it wasn't the Fall.
Dude needs to write a Part Two, cuz the damn fire is still raging...
I came back to this song when ever the world lit again
Many people have updated it if you look on UA-cam..
Afro-Americans and Antifa burning down America and the national guard does nothing.
@@Thrillseeker666 Police tear gassing peaceful protesters and pushing senior citizens on the ground
@@Thrillseeker666 And anti humans like you are the exact reason the fire is still raging. Bounce bigot, stupid isn't welcome here.
A 40-year history lesson in one song. Genius. Well done, Mr Joel.
I know the entire cold war
@@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV must be hard for Mr Joel to sing this live though due to all the events he mentions in this song from 1949-1989. Great song, though. From the hand of a genius clearly.
Exactly! He’s amazing
@@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV, Mr Joel sure is amazing. He grew up in a great time in music history. Great tune this.
Not really a lesson he just mentions everyone
For someone who didn't start a fire, Billy Joel sure is defensive about it.
He DID
@@jacklyn6253 AND he has every right to be ...it IS his song. Legally & otherwise.
lol BEST comment so far. Made me laugh, and that's a GOOD thing!!
That's EXACTLY what someone who started the fire would say!
He is defensive about it because the accusation is always that they, the Jews, started the fire and this led to terrible persecution throughout history. This was a persecution his father has suffered keenly .
Billy Joel needs to write a part 2 for the 21st century
Fall Out Boy did, with events from 1989 (the year the song dropped) to the 2020s
Just 5 years left until Billy can write about the next 40 years of his life
Problem with the Fall Out Boy version is the same as every other redo that's been attempted - it's just a mash of things that happened, without rhyme or reason. If you listen to the original, they're all in order.
Yes let’s go!!!
@@wandererchronicles Furthermore, they forgot to include a major historical event that Billy Joel just barely was not able to include- the fall of the Berlin Wall, which happened 53 days after the song's release and less than a month before it reached number 1.
This song got me through my History final no lie
“Kids, i am billy Joel, and today I’ll be teaching you history!”
Edit: I have more likes on a reply than on some of the comments here, wow!
good job
congratulations
I came bc of tub o singing it
@@mynameisjeffy3822 , who is Tub O?
I remember my English teacher in high school had us listen to this song and then choose a lyric to give a presentation on. One of the coolest class projects I ever had!
My AP history did this is Highschool along with REM's It's The End of The World.
Same man
Thumbs DOWN if the Fall Out Boy cover DIDN'T bring you here!!!
My 8th grade Social Studies teacher did the same thing.
Damn, you guys had GREAT teachers. Taught you guys to actually know history and not be afraid of it. American History is raw and rough, and the best of us can handle its truth and learn from it. Honest American History is a complex story. A lot of good, some great and a bit of conflict to keep it that way. But hearing your generation say things like your comments makes me a proud American. Your positive reactions to this song gives me overwhelming hope for the next generation.
This whole song is a history lesson
This is the Forrest Gump of music
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@David Nash Ha Ha, its pretty much the story of my life
A bullet point list of the last century
Robert Erlandson my highschool history teacher actually played this song for us
3:09 the most pivotal point in history. The birth of Heavy metal. Long guitar solos, guitar riffs, badass!! I like the music anyway. It gets inside me!! Not the lyrics but the music. I can take anything from the 50's til Y2K rock but stuff today?? No way!!
i hear you on this one!
I just realized that the theme of this song is "Don't blame us for the world being screwed, it was like this when we got here." I've been listening to this song for years and just got that.
He is the Messiah
@@grandmasteryoda4829 Jesus is the way truth and the light
@@newrev9er Hope one we will get there,mate.Salutes from Brazil.
.🤔😑🖕.
It's a message lost on a lot of people, even people who really like the song. *Looking at you, 50 year olds telling 15 year olds they caused global warning.*
Proclaims he didn't start a fire
But the song is pretty lit
So what happened to your house rohan?
Of course he didn't. Josuke did it
Time to turn this reply section into JOJO
@@theoreoman4597 honestly it's what people should expect when they have a JoJo profile pic
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It's 2024 and I can confirm, it's still burning.
🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸
Yes
...when we are gone ,it will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on🔥🔥🔥
Its burning more now that 2024 is the year of the dragon 😆
Yes, I agree 😉🍾🎉🇩🇪💯😀
“We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning”
Great song.
Only Billy Joel could give a history lesson in over 4 minutes. Great song!
I thought Don McLean did a fairly good job of it, even though it was only a couple decades and a much smaller group of people.
I always love how such an old song can stay relevant and still get new top comments on it
Well bill wurtz did the history of everything in 20
Iron Maiden does it in every song
Ha! Loved that ❤️
"Is that Billy Joel tapping on our pickle jar?"
"Yes, dear, he came with the house!"
😂😂😂😂
I'd love that
😅😅😅
Hell of a deal
@@bushidotestu1997 what else do i have to say
This song feels it is still so relevant today.
Johnny C More verses could be made, that’s for sure!
Because it is. The events covered setup the modern world.
Because it is. All of this truly happened, and less then 100 years ago.
Movie Review Guy I want to write to Billy Joel and ask him to update this song to include George Floyd and the Hong Kong protest. (His last line “China under martial law, I can’t take it anymore!” Like coming to a full circle)
There’s a Band....they will Rise and Bring our focus back to the real issues
0:47 He's really not convincing me with this clip. I mean the fire literally started right here
That's brilliant 😅
Hahhahahahahahha
underrated comment !!!
Half of the things he mentions are still very much relevant and still current issues and events. The fire truly does wage on.
When I first heard this song I was told that it was from a while ago but I thought it listed more modern things as well.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.
“We didn’t start the fire”
that is the name of the song yes. smh@@beans00001
Yeah that because it all still the same people just with new names the illuminati the templars the government and the millions of other names they go by its all the same
That's one hell of a history lesson, you pretty much covered over 50 years.
+countys32 I believe this was 1949 - 1989. Would love to here the next 40 years in 2029!
+Gemma Pettersen Me too, you never know he could release a sequel if He's still going :)
+Bradford Stadsvold 👍
+Bradford Stadsvold my history teacher makes us learn the song and everything behind the song
+Gemma Pettersen Pretty impressive in itself, since only four months had passed since the most recent event (Tiananmen Square) and the release of the song.
"England got a new queen" words that would not be repeated for a century.
Edit: for all 'this didnt age well' folk .. does england got a new queen lately?
Or even for more
She’s only 94 not even that old
could be even longer bc there arent any girls close in line ://
@@okas425 smh, shes actually 19463824 years old
Only if you don’t count 1985
This song is still being written and sung. Seems like never end.
Wife: “Honey, why is Billy Joel in our kitchen?”
Husband: “Don’t make eye contact, he’ll go away soon.”
Wife: Looks at Billy Joel
Billy Joel: Starts screaming and running
@@tubb1 got here form there too..😭
They can’t see him
😂
10 years later:
Wife: I really think we should say something
Husband: what did I say. He’ll leave soon
Billy Joel: continues singing for 10 more years
I really hope Billy Joel lives for another 10 years and comes out with part 2 for this song. Other people have written their versions, but he is the only man who is right for the job.
Like Jim Daly, who's made several naming all the teams in the English league system in football (Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two).
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 No he's talking about updated versions of the history
Hes said on a few occasions he wasnt going too. Thought it was too clunky to put to proper music, and he really disliked the melody. I think there is such a thing as knowing too much about music. Suck it up and make part 2!
Square Peg NO!!!!! This song sux! Please don’t punish again.
Fallout Boy did it
Ryan started the fire!
it just started burning
Hey the temp’s still learning!!
I was waiting for someone to say that
why isnt anybody talking about ryan starting the firee!!!!
I was searching for THE OFFICE related comment.😂
Many people do not know the iconic song behind this dialogue!! xD
No I'm not, I'm not laughing.
Um, wow. I’m still in awe. Thank you Sir
I think the main telling of this song is "Every generation has their own story, so don't fight each other on this"
Summary:Cold War
I think it about the problem each generations face and they deny that they start but still won't solve it
@@DrifterZag what?
Also partly about separating every day life In these times from what actually living in them is like.
no
Honestly, this is one of the best songs ever written.
Billy Joel Hated it but the people seem to dig it just groovy.
Couldn't agree more
Eh
@@cdybft9050 I reckon it's very difficult to remember the lyrics. It's basically news headline for decades.
THE BEST
“Trouble in the Suez.”
He’s not only a history buff, he’s a psychic
Not to ruin the joke, (Don't press read more if you don't want OP's joke ruined)
he isn't a psychic, there had been multiple incidents that happened in the Suez years before 2021, like the 1956 Suez crisis, he could've maybe just referenced that instead.
@@TheGuyThatsNotFunny The song is referring to the 8 year traffic jam in the canal when it ended up in the middle of a conflict zone.
@@nargileh1 Given the fact it mentions Budapest (the centre of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956) and Krushchev (who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953) its probably referring to the Suez Crisis in 1956, not the later closure between the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War.
Wait, he's not saying "trouble in the sewers"??
Illuminati confirmed
One of these songs that I had forgotten - time and tide wait for no man, especially when the man can't swim very well - and then along came the BBC reminding me that I hadn't forgotten it at all, it was lying there waiting for me to wake up. Great song.
One day Billy Joel was thinking. The world fucking sucks let's write an absolute banger of a song about it.
HAHA pure truth man!
Actually some kid told him he was sad billy Joel never lived through anything cool and it ate away at him and he said “eff that kid my life is so cool! Check out whats happened in My life time kid.” And thus a legend hit was born.
The world should thank that kid
Yeap, he made this song to flex on younger generations
He wrote it for somebody that said he was lucky because he grew up in the 50's when "nothing happened". Billy was like "excuse me, a bunch of stuff happened" So he wrote this song
And what he did burn those tunes. Fucking lit
An example of a song that becomes more powerful as it ages.
And the comments as well
jcahill277 because people become aware of its honesty and warnings...
onyourleftbooob billy Joel said that he hates this song so I doubt
@onyourleftbooob we didnt start the soc jus youtube.
@jcahill277 true !!
"Trouble in the Suez" seems pretty relevant right now,
My thoughts exactly
This song was on the radio yesterday and I had the same thought!!!
Literally came here to say that
Yo I was gonna write that!
I hate you. You stole my idea that I came here specifically to write.
we need an 2024 update of this Billy.
love from Morocco ❤
I think enough happened since this song came out to warrant an official sequel
Might as well wait and see how COVID plays out at least.
There is a sequel and it is called Ryan Started the Fire.
I doubt he'll do it. Billy actually doesn't really like this song. He's got a point it's not a particularly well made song. It's just catchy and loops a lot. The history is the only thing that makes it good enough. Honestly though I'm all for more musical history.
Agree. Include COVID.
yes, there's lots and lots. However I feel a sequel is almost never as good as the original.
My 8th grade history teacher played this for us and then assigned us different lyrics to research the significance. Has stayed with me all this time. Thank you Mr. Ellis! Amazing teacher
I wish my history teacher would do something like this...
@@mag8256 my 85th grade English teacher played it for us
@@lankovnose7193 85th?
Wow...that's a cool teacher right there! I wish mine were like him!
We did this too! I remember the lyrics because of that and it's a song I'll always love
A history lesson in 4 minutes! That's what I'm talking about!
Yes because saying the names of important historical figures is a great form of education
I'm here for a history project
+Hollyx x me too!
He's obviously referring to these things and people IN CONTEXT. That will admittedly be lost upon people who tend to think in literal terms like yourself.
brent guinn You must be fun at parties.
I remember being in 6th grade and my history teacher Mrs.O had us MEMORIZE this entire song lol best teacher everrrrr 😂 Still got it memorized to this day 👍
💙❤💜
"Hey honey, why has Billy Joel been hanging out in our kitchen for the past 30 years?"
"I think he came with the house..."
Good, now tell the piano man to play a song
He's one of those presences that just never leaves
Brilliant✌
Funniest comment ever lol 😂😂😂
Brilliant comment 😆😂😅🤣
Ryan started the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning ( *everybody* )
Oh how the turns have tabled
well then gwyn is keeping it burning, we gonna rekindle it?
Best comment ever? Ryan started the fire😂
@@debbieguccione6707 Thx bro :)
Dwight lol
This was about world history from 1949-1989. Billy Joel own lifespan. Would be nice to do update version with additional lyrics to celebrate his 75th anniversary.
Fallout boy did an updated version
@@mattkielbania9082 Yes, but although it's a solid continuation lyrically, the play style and vocals are too hipster pop - just doesn't have the same raw angst Joel had doing this one.
@@Matt-mh5ud while I hear what you mean, there’s not someone else like Billy Joel right now. You take what you can get
@@mattkielbania9082we need to wait for 2029
He’s been asked many times if he would ever update the song, but he doesn’t want to do it
This song will only age better and better as time goes on
learning history with Billy Joel
I learned more history from this song and the old Carmen Sandiego cartoon then I ever did in class, lol :-)
+Jean Gentry yeah same
So knowing the titles of historical events is, 'learning history'. Sure thing...
I learned more history from this song and school house rock than I did in class.
just look shit up as he sings mahboi
This song should be redone with today's headlines. Instant success.
"Season 1 just begun we were all nooby"
@@tomthemot between headlines and Fortnite is a big difference but ok...
@@tomthemot fortnite dinda dying
@@tomthemotnot that.
look up "we didn't start the fire 2"
2015 is almost over with and the fire is burning brighter than ever.
Vince the Deer Not really, were like two thirds done it...
Vince the Deer Thats exactly what the song means. Your generation tends to think that the fire is much worse then the older generation. Billy Joel wrote the song because a youth told him things are really bad now and tried to tell Billy Joel that nothing happened in the 50s, which wasn't true at all because their was the Korean War and Suez Canal. So the song is about how the younger generation tends to overthing how problems now are much worse than years before.
+Clayton Berry Yeah. Especially with the creation of the internet, it's much easier to see the bad in the world, despite the fact that it was *much* worse less than 50 years ago.
+ilovemywife Sannhetsverd that's rich.
+Vince the Deer
But never forget.. we didn't start it.
One of the best songwriters. There’s only one Billy Joel.
Once at college, our tutor dedicated the whole lesson to teaching us the meaning of these lyrics. Best lesson I ever had!
Mark Gales I had a HS teacher do the same thing and then we had to write our own versions of the song at the end of the semester. So much fun and interesting.
My 8th grade History teacher did the same thing, only we had to actually explain one of the events mentioned in this song. Shit was fun at the time.
Liz Fair t
it's not like there is a lack of stuff to write about as of event XD for lyrics
you must have obtained a great deal o knowledge during your studies...:)
Mark Gales gay
I think this song came out in 1989. I was 17 at the time. Love the song but had no glue what the song was really about. I’m 50 now and this resonates with me on so many levels. It touched on politics, cultural differences, scientific, religion etc etc. What a master piece!
Faith No More - "We Care a Lot" is another good one. Similar message. A lot of people don't seem to understand that the entire song is sarcastically making fun of the virtue-signaling "leaders". 1987 and it's more relevant than ever before.
Yep I don’t know when it came out but definitely relate on a global scale down to a personal one
You had no glue!that is sad!!
Rip, no glue 😔
It came out in 2009
My son had a history teacher that played this song and your assignment is to identify the references. Now that’s a freaking good teacher. Everyone loves music. Billy made a significant song That’s what we want for our childrens education to challenge them and learn
@Billy Joel ❤
My history still does
Ironically my History teacher made us write a version of this song with references to current events.
@@Jan7412 wow. That’s a great story how great teachers evolve. Unfortunately I can’t relay that to my son as he died last year summer at 35yo 2021 in my arms cardiac issues not drug induced. He was a talented bass player
Hit wrong button. I wanted to add that he would have loved to hear what you wrote. Glad you have at least 1 good teacher
This. Is. Art.
I come back to this song anytime current events feel like they’re too much
I was thinking fitting song for right now. We really didn't start the fire.
Truth! And the majority of young Americans don’t know what half of these topics are about!
I know the feeling
@@SunflowerChild82 The sad part is how relevant this song sill is. half the things, if not more that he mentions are still problems to this day.
Same here, Whit.
My sophomore year of High School the History teacher offered anyone in the class 50 bonus points if they could sit down and write or recite the lyrics to the entire song. 11 years later now this song and it's every line live in my head rent free permanently. Easiest 50 points ever.
Literally came here to write about how my Sophomore year of High School my US History teacher told us we had a choice as a class:
Do the final exam created by the school board.
Or
We have to write a sentence or small paragraph explaining what each reference to the song was about.
He played the song on loop the entire hour. It was the most amazing ending to a class.
I did fantastic on that exam. Can't believe one of the first comments I see is someone else experiencing something the same as I went through.
Best wishes to you.
Doesn't really sound easy, but maybe fun
Yknow whats terrifying, my mom just told me the same thing, but it was her senior year in highschool,
Kinda funky,
XD That sounds like the best history assignment ever!
100 points to Gryffindor
The fact that you can rewrite this song to every single generations trauma speaks volumes. Music transcends time.
Also, that some of these are still relevant or similar to current events, trippy
fall out boy just did!
@@valentinacanani1906 This version is in chronological order...
The Fallout Boy Version is ... A fucking timeline cluster-fuck.
Yes, you can throw in lyrics to fit the current age but I wouldn't compare Fallout Boy's absolute historical mess to this one.
One of the two: Every Event in Chronological Order - A fantastic tool of teaching.
The other: Discombobulated, barely linked events thrown out varying sometimes by decades.
Their version isn't 'bad' as far as sound, but as far as being a useful teaching tool... Eh... The Original can actually teach a timeline, the new one can't.
Yeahj but it is weak compared to the original @@valentinacanani1906
Why is everyone so obsessed with 'trauma' these days?
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
How'd you know?
noob
This song needs to be updated every 40 years ie in 9 years from now
Eduardo Villalobos couldn’t agree more
China's on the Marshall Law, Coronavirus always strong. I can't take it anymore
Eduardo Villalobos listen to Love it if we made it by the 1975 it will give you a similar feeling!
Covid-19, Kobe and crew crashing, US-Iran breaking down
Interviewer: “How many moments in history do you know?”
Billy Joel: “Yes.”
I don’t know anything besides that John guy who was shot in the head
Ooga Booga
President John F. Kennedy.
@@Marvino69 John Lennon
Billy Joel is here for it
@@Marvino69 than you really haven't lived long have you
"I can't believe i started the fire"
~Ryan.
Ryan started the fire.
@Low xang yen the office u.s.
@Low xang yen the offfice is as good as adventure time and look how amazing that show was
Miyuru Erandahahaha
I was waiting for this
Ryan started the fire
30 years later! An it's still burnin! 🔥
I wish he would write 3 more verses, covering 1990-2019.
It's your chance, buddy. Go for it!
Aku i agree with your positivity
yeah, I was thinking the same thing.....
@TheJagdog Who cares about whip nae nae and Logan Paul and other gay UA-cam stars? Get a life.
@Shay True Blue Aussie Are you being sarcastic or is that the avg Australian Bogan's thought process? I'm actually interested...
Family: trying to live their lives
Billy: don't mind me I'm just here the whole time
He came with the house.
The guy who sold it was like "Well, yeah he's been here since before it was even built trying to use things as instruments. He pretty much eats nothing, is always awake, and will attempt to use your possessions as drum sticks."
@@saintdaveofl.a4729 ain't no complaints
@@sebasedtionvettel Billy Joel is too powerful to get complained about. The Legends say that if you disrespect him in any way he'll take your toes and use them as drum sticks.
At least he helped with the baby, kid probably knows him as "Uncle Billy" now.
@@saintdaveofl.a4729 and he'll entertain the kids for free so you take your Valium and drink your whisky!
Strangely, this song seems fitting for our times
🙁
@@DonnieDarko1 🙁
@Nicholas Bray we didn't start the fire remasterd
China did hahahaha
@Smokey McB what thank you
this song do be hitting different
undeniably onion just dont
Yeah i know 2020 has been crazy Hong kong thats still happening did you know about that? Australia burning, Brexit, Afganistan war crims Corona, SpaceX, Trump impeachment then America happened oooo boy what have they done, 2020 boys
@@foxinc.3153 not to mention the border clash between China and India
Ikr
He didn't start the fire, but his music burns the candle of Rock and Roll.
Thanks great fan ❤❤❤
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@@billyjoel4332 wow, the real Billy Joel! It’s not like it’s a fake account, or anything.
Yooo that’s fax
This song was one hell of a way to end the 80’s era since it was released only months before the 80’s ended, which is the era that spiked on the Cold War which is a good amount what this song is about ( was actually made due to the fact that a 21 year old at the time told Billy that nothing happened around the 50’s)that’s why I find this song brilliant.
The "trouble in the Suez" particularly angered Mr. Joel.
Uh the Cold War didn't "Spike" in the 80's... everything this song is about is post WWII 50's, 60's, 70's. The Berlin Wall fell down in 1989. This song is literally about the "American Dream" of Post WWII, and the cluster fuck of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970's and finally with the materialism and train wreck of the 80s... this song is depressing on many many levels... because the kids of the 80's who are now the kids in their 40's are saying "We are paying for the fire which began before us"... I look at this video and I want to cry.
@@AlcyoneSong the cold war literally stsrted after WW2 ended with disputes on who gets which part of germany/austria
That's why somebody needs to tell this to nothing has happened since the 90s
@@AlcyoneSong Just like every other generation :/
This is weirdly my favorite song of his. I was telling my family it’s a 4 minute history lesson. Song is still relevant today.
History teacher: You can't learn the entire history session in 4 minutes.
Billy: *Hold my piano*
I remember my history teacher in 11th grade made us dissect this song and what each line was about. It was awesome. Damn that was a long time ago lol!!!
But this song sucks.
@paul hutchins but I'm not a song.
@@cryptsub but you suck :)
@@SLeoPereS keep your gay fantasies fixated on Billy Joel, not me.
Sounds like something someone who started the fire would say.
FOESHOW
You’re onto something here
Hi albert
Sorry just trying socialize during quarantine
ye exactl... i mean i wouldn't know
A song about how every generation has problems that it has to face and no generation ever had it easy. There has and will always be problems in this world. Very catchy song 🔥
This comment is brilliant.
Its not all bad, some of the events are good like the development of vaccines but a lot are just notable things like celebrities' rise to star dome or the fact that England has a new queen. Honestly I feel like that's what makes this such a good song its a barrage of events thrown out you but it doesn't focus on the negativity its just what was happening, things you would read about in the paper or hear on the radio and eventually watch on the tv.
@@ponysrule101 The vaccine thing is specifically about the polio vaccine. not vaccines in general
@@somerandomperson4488I still remember iron lungs. Polio is no joke...
I mean, our forefathers did have to fight 2 world wars without modern medicine, communications, or modern munitions. I'd argue they fought worse so we could have better.
Just so much power and truth to this song. My child is growing up with the remake. Right now I wonder if we will be able to have a remake.
Been a Billy Joel fan for too many years that I want to report. Right now I want peace for our nation, all nations.
And Billy, if you are listening... your daughter is beautiful, giving you the highest compliment that any parent could give another, I think she actually sang the Piano Man better than you. ....But everything you sang and did gave me strength I grew up with it.
This song is about everything and nothing at the same time.
True
It's almost like a crib sheet for Cold War history that Billy found on the ground and decided to put to music
So is every other song lol
@@apseudonym well, not only cold war, they listed one ww1 event that I noticed
@@nugget2366 Which one? The song is in chronological order.
I respect people who could sing this song without looking at the lyrics.
2 years ago me and my friends learned this but instead of singing it we just talked normally and everyone was confused
Aaah. The fruit of low hanging expectations.
I can sing along most of this song but that's about it :)
I can sing it but mis-pronounce a lot of the words
i can only sing like 4 of the parts fully
"We didn't start the fire"
or
"Billy Joel becomes increasingly aggressive as he explains 20th century history"
But he's so right with what he is singing about..!!
"JFK, blown away!"
@@jockeyfield1954 "What else do I have to say!"
The song is an indictment of human civilization as a whole. It's showing that there really wasn't a "golden" decade. Horrible crap's been happening since the dawn of time.
While it might not be an American thing to say, it's certainly a Christian one, whether Billy Joel was going for that or not.
"might have committed arson"
I was born 1955 and admit I only get about 80% of these relative events or people in my 70ish years of life. I have replayed this hundreds of times with the lyrics and am starkly ashamed. My daughter was born with a severe defect from Thalidomide and as a soldier for 2 decades, many notations are things I experienced or lived through. I sincerely wish each and every high school would play this and discuss each notation and why it is in the lyrics. History is important!
I think this song is a great reminder that no matter what history keeps on moving, nothing is ever truly the end, even this pandemic, it will end eventually and become part of our history, as Billy Joel said, the fire was burning ever since the world was turning, so it’s not going to stop anytime soon. Hope you have a great day!
Hence it's always current. Trouble in the Suez... queen of England will be dead by the end of the year.
"Hey guys, the world will always be burning... Have a great day!" 😂
@@nwatry build a boat
@Noah Watry oh go carry coals to New Castle.
The point is that the world is not turning. Wake up we are not spinning at 1000 miles per hour at the equator or flying around the sun at 66600 miles per hour or following the sun at 500000 miles per hour
trust your common sense GOD gave you
Can we please have a modern remake of this?
Because we want a sequel of the world turning and besides, who started the fire?
You were supposed to wait a week to respond! hahahahaha,
5fdp The Pride
Hilltop Hoods- Fifty in Five
Need to give it atleast another 13 years, so we can cover the last 40 years like this song did.
People saying this song needs to be re-written have it all wrong, keep what's there and just add on to it... We can have an epic song that grows as the world keeps f'n up.
The ballad of fuck-ups.
So an ever growing catalog of our stupidity? Honestly I'd be down
this song is about the problems in the past honestly they could make another one just of the last 2 years
This song will be there for a new race when ever humanity disappears
Hayden Travis the song of human fuck ups
Lyrically, the best song ever made.
This is definitely a timeless masterpiece. Thanks a lot, Billy Joel!
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Yes, but actually no. Since it's full of historical references, it's definitely not timeless. It's exceedingly timeful.
@@matigaming3440 nie zrozumiesz, chłopcze
It's not timeless at all though
@@herrakaarme Timeless is the song as a whole, not necessarily the text. You can still enjoy it today without having the feeling of listening to an old song.
I CANNOT STOP PLAYING THIS SONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN
It's damn fire!
How is it fire, *if he never started one?*
@@baselmohamed no, I would prefer staying here
Find a better place to complain
@@MelRosewood *Plays X-Files theme*
@@MelRosewood *technically* there is a fire. But Billy Joel didn't didn't start it (though he did try to put it out)
This song is just a catchy way to say "same shit, different day", and I love it
I like how this song will forever be relevant, it’s an absolute masterpiece
True story: Why did Billy Joel Write “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” Joel said that he wrote the song because he really likes history a lot. In fact, he once mentioned in an interview that if he did not become a musician, he would probably love to become a history teacher. So he wrote a catchy tune of his life events. It was his third #1 hit and it was on the album Storm Front - his second to last album which was when he retired when his wife divorced him (she drew the cover of his last album - River of Dreams). Of course he did one more album in 2001 but it went nowhere as it was an orchestral piece - but it did well in those circles, charting #83.
@@tofu9107 That is interesting as well. He also says something I also knew - he does not particularly love the melody as he thought it was too simple and sounds like a dentist drill. He was in the end surprised this was such a huge hit but plays it for his fans although for him, it is the easiest song to play.
he gives off, like most capitalism-conditioned liberals, like he's excusing the actions of his sick generation. things don't just happen, ffs.
"England's got a new queen" hits wayyyyy different now
Rip liz
rip
Yep rip Elizabeth
Yeah it really does
There ganna change it to we got a new king now
Legend has it that Billy Joel is still looking for whoever started the fire..
It was the one-arm man
Ryan started the fire
That's insanity
Thank you babe❣️
If Billy is still kicking he needs to make a sequel to this song when he is 80 in 2029, a serious load of shit has happened since 1989 and this song needs updating.
thats our final for US history. we need to make 2 more verses containing events from 1990-2016
Or 2019. Better chance of him still living then.
+Kalani Castro nice
easy. just use donald trump for all of it. you could write a book on all the shenanigans he has pulled
+Sketch Sheets Wow, hilarious and original. Enlighten me on what he's done.
RYAAAAAAAN STARTED THE FIRE ! (8)
+Livin9st0n DAMMIT RYAN!!
Ryan the fire guy
+Zachary mcginness Goddamnit Ross!
Dead😂
No I didn't...
This songs makes me feel better when the world feels completely out of control. Thank you Billy Joel
❤
just stop watching the news
Even if the United States fails B J is there for you and yes I can’t take it anymore!
Mee too😊
With Trump there were NO WARS! Vote smart my friend!
Sir there’s a fire atop the mountain and it’s talking.
“ we’re not reporting that to anyone unless they ask”
But also there’s a fire talking on the top of the mountain and no one can make it do anything the fire is God himself and He loves mankind enough that He sent His son and annointed Him as Chief of the Church and king over all creation!
He burns forever as if He was in a furnace.
Wow
Comment on this song starter pack:
(Choose your fighter)
-Someone needs to make an updated version
-This aged well
-Ryan started the fire
-Tubbo started the fire
Ryan and Tubbo were starting fires for the first time in history.
Someone needs to make an updated version
Shut up
@Thot Patrol USA ok
Turbo started the fire
Billy Joel: “Nobody started the fire.”
Office Fans: *slaps* “WHAT ABOUT RYAN?”
Ryan started the fire it was always burning since da worlds been turning
dream team fans: “WE DIDNT START THE FIRE >:(“
@@ryanhiccups u don't get it
Fwuffy what?
Sara Lynn It’s from The Office - you probably don’t watch it. ua-cam.com/video/_qxZOB9GxQM/v-deo.html
What lyrics!! What song! I memorized the lyrics when I was 10 years old. Now I am listening at age 40. Thank you Billy.
the song isn’t 30 years old tho
@@itzsw1fty490 it's 32 years old actually
@@itzsw1fty490 he isnt gonna memorize the song at age 0
Some songs just stay with you
@@andknuckles101 8
What We Do in the Shadows baybee!
Yaaaaaassss
Song: we didn’t start the fire
Arsonist: *sweating intensifies*
Why did the arsonist stay near enough to the fire for it to warm him? Asking to get caught in my opinion
ayo u being too loud
Dabi: Am I a joke to you?
@@sephyr885 you name suggests that you started the fire, so I will ask you "did you start the fire?"
@@sephyr885 I agree with your name
"Back in the day we didn't have Wikipedia so I made a song about everything that happened in history"
- Billy Joel
Ever heard of encyclopedias? Yeah, they were around even before Billy Joel was born.
@@markk_g I was literally quoting what he said, these are his words, he was making a joke in an interview lol
Didn't he say the song was about notable events he was alive for?
Imagine him writing a reboot for 2020, shit would be 30 minutes long
I have wanted them to add to this for years. Pickup where it left off, bring it current, and title it - "fuel for the fire".
Was thinking about this tbh
We're not that special
WE need it NOW!!!
Literally just 2020 would take at least 5 minutes, Nevermind the few decades since he wrote the original
This song transports me right back to my childhood. It's still relevant; perhaps even more so today 😅
Man.. How he delivers the last line of the last verse.. never fails to bring a tear to my eye.. ‘I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMOOO’ !!! ‘
Makes me want to go flip my kitchen table
It ends so quickly :(
@@Nonmuss Perpetually.
@@allen4758😂😂😂
Talk about dramatisation brings a tear to my eye please like how old are you? Ya can call me what you want and you can say what you want but when I see stupid I have to call it out.....sorry.