It really is, apparently he had a big fascination with history and would have become a history teacher if his music career didn’t work out! I’m glad you liked the video :)
@@JHE_Box thank u for makin that comment. His first love of music was classical. Thank goodness he went his own way n made his own genre. No one compares.
I think what's interesting is he really captured what was important at the time and not just stuff that we remember now (or even in the 1980's). Such as the pop cultural mentions and the big presence of boxing and baseball which were probably two of the 3 biggest sports (along with horseracing) in America in the first half of the century.
This is super great! I love that you made a breakdown! *That said, as regards 5:25; no she is not. King Louis XIV of France reigned for 72 years 110 days. Rama IX from Thailand reigned for 70 years and 126 days. As of this June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned 70 years.
5:34 Just to add Rocky Marciano is the only world champion heavyweight in history to retire without a loss, he is also one of the most powerful punchers in history and Sugar Ray is ranked as the greatest pound for pound in world history, so that's why those two specific boxers were chosen, as important enough to be mentioned by name.
I just thought it was due to Joel's interests, or things that stood out in his childhood, and life going forward. My father told me he was related to Rocky Graziano. Probably a lie. My memoir would probably include Air Raid Drills, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke, the Impressions, 78 RPM records in our basement jukebox. The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind?
What the original song does, that a lot of remix and parodies fail to do, is include things that might not be considered "important" or "historical" and might fall under "Pop Culture" for it's time. But because it does this, it really does feel like a recollection of that era, whereas with a lot of parodies that try to be a "sequel" to the original, ends up just feeling like the modern generation complaining about their current time, which was the impudence for Billy to make the original song in the first place.
Awesome video set. In my opinion, this could be made into series, analyzing each event in depth. That's how I came across this and while this was educational, it was definitely not yet enough. I very rarely comment on videos, but this set of videos deserves a boost by the suppressing UA-cam algorithm.
I've heard this song for years over the radio and had no idea about it's meaning, I could only understand the chorus :p Crazy how all of this just completely goes over kid's heads, thank you for these videos
When Billy Joel was asked if he would consider doing a sequel to ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’? he replied: "No, I wrote one song already, and I don’t think it was really that good to begin with, melodically”
One more notable point about The Catcher in the Rye is that John Lennon's killed claimed it was his motivation for doing so. He was obsessed with the protagonist and the concept of teenage rebellion, and just plain crazy of course.
omg this video is amazing and hilarious and so helpful these days. all the visuals were great too! thanks for putting so much work into it! liked subbed commented. keep it up !
Just now realizing how hilariously close and uncomfortably similar politicians strategies to gain power nearly led to them being in the same position as Hitler.
Hello. An outstanding piece of research. Most impressive. However, I'm going to have to challenge one contention: (Queen Elizabeth, still reigning) "The fact that this is the case makes her the longest reigning Monarch, in world history." Crowned queen on February 6, 1952; Elizabeth is the longest reigning CURRENT monarch, at just over 69 years. However, the monarch who still holds the record as of this date (April 20, 2021) is Louis XIV of France, who reigned from May 14, 1643, to September 1, 1715 - a total of 72 years and 110 days. If Elizabeth can hold on for just three more years - which is not unlikely - then she will take the top spot. One more thing of note. Louis XIV has a verifiable and undisputed time of reign as a monarch. There are a number of other monarchs in ancient times who ruled even longer - but they have been contested because the records are in dispute. According to figures, the longest reigning (contested) monarch is Pepin II, who ruled ancient Egypt from 2278 BC to 2184 BC - a total of 94 years. He was just six years old when he became pharaoh, so while this figure is contested, it is not impossible that he could have reigned that long.
I'm glad you liked the video, and thank you for your point! Duly noted :). After nearly 120 research points that seems like a disappointingly obvious mistake which managed to slip through!
@@supershinigami1 Yeah, I was disappointed too. I was really hoping that she would take the record away from Louis XIV. But as they say, when the man comes for you, there's no arguing.
As a 15 year old dumass i really enjoyed learning about history. No really I mean that song is stuck in my head and I love it. Was properly born in the wrong time
Probably because I’m awful at self promotion and haven’t made anything in ages! Hopefully once the pandemic calms down I’ll have time to get back in to this :)
Re: Walter Winchell. Joel was probably referencing a speech Winchell gave calling Communism the greatest threat to America. The Cold War is a theme that reoccurs in each verse.
Heyy one little tid bit for ya... Sobhuza II from Africa is the longest reigning monarch in recorded history. Not Queen Elizabeth... 😁😁 82 years and 254 days...
True! Sobhuza II was the longest reigning monarch ever, and Louis XIV was the longest reigning sovereign monarch. I think when I wrote this script I was thinking "longest reigning Queen" but I guess I messed that one up a little bit...
I think you really should have started with Truman inheriting the presidency from Roosevelt in 1945, just months after being sworn in as Vice President. I think the song starts with him in 45 dropping the bombs on Japan.
Its really impressive how much trivia is in this song, and even more impressive you decided to break it all down.
It really is, apparently he had a big fascination with history and would have become a history teacher if his music career didn’t work out!
I’m glad you liked the video :)
I agree, thank u!!!
@@JHE_Box thank u for makin that comment.
His first love of music was classical.
Thank goodness he went his own way n made his own genre. No one compares.
Real historical events, not quite trivial.
I think what's interesting is he really captured what was important at the time and not just stuff that we remember now (or even in the 1980's). Such as the pop cultural mentions and the big presence of boxing and baseball which were probably two of the 3 biggest sports (along with horseracing) in America in the first half of the century.
the amount of world history billy joel taught me blows my mind!!
Commenting in hopes this gets some love by the algorithm. Interesting and well made videos.
Your noble contributions are much appreciated…. Seriously though thank you, I’m very glad you liked them!
yes@@JHE_Box
"algorithm hurrdurr"
Get out of the internet and go back to school.
That's the perfect explanation, thanks a lot for creating and uploading this!
I've known all of the lyrics since I was 12 and the Studebaker line helped me answer a trivial pursuit question when I was twelve. Thanks Billy Joel!
It is also a bear's natural habitat.
First time I heard someone pronounce Budapest right, hats off sir!
The flag is upside down tho...
This is super great! I love that you made a breakdown!
*That said, as regards 5:25; no she is not.
King Louis XIV of France reigned for 72 years 110 days.
Rama IX from Thailand reigned for 70 years and 126 days.
As of this June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned 70 years.
And now she's gone.70 years and 214 days
was about to just say this.
@@SuntopKinseeker So second to the Sun King. Not a bad run.
5:34 Just to add Rocky Marciano is the only world champion heavyweight in history to retire without a loss, he is also one of the most powerful punchers in history and Sugar Ray is ranked as the greatest pound for pound in world history, so that's why those two specific boxers were chosen, as important enough to be mentioned by name.
I just thought it was due to Joel's interests, or things that stood out in his childhood, and life going forward.
My father told me he was related to Rocky Graziano. Probably a lie.
My memoir would probably include Air Raid Drills, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke, the Impressions, 78 RPM records in our basement jukebox.
The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind?
What the original song does, that a lot of remix and parodies fail to do, is include things that might not be considered "important" or "historical" and might fall under "Pop Culture" for it's time.
But because it does this, it really does feel like a recollection of that era, whereas with a lot of parodies that try to be a "sequel" to the original, ends up just feeling like the modern generation complaining about their current time, which was the impudence for Billy to make the original song in the first place.
Have you actually listened to the new versions? Doesn't seem so. They 100% have pop culture references. "Michael Jordan 23... Michael Jordan 45"
@@liquidfiretibby I wasn't referring to the new version, but talking about the tons of fan made parodies.
@@Tommy9834 ooohhh ok
Musical memoir of his life ~ and mine.
This channel is criminally underrated. I hope you keep growing brother
Awesome video set. In my opinion, this could be made into series, analyzing each event in depth. That's how I came across this and while this was educational, it was definitely not yet enough.
I very rarely comment on videos, but this set of videos deserves a boost by the suppressing UA-cam algorithm.
This is a very underrated video. It should have more views and likes, and you should have more subscribers.
First time I saw it on the side bar. 12/2024
The video I never knew I needed
This is instructive, keep up the good work man.
this video helped me out a TON thank you so much for making it!!!!
Glad it helped you out, thank YOU for watching it! :)
I've heard this song for years over the radio and had no idea about it's meaning, I could only understand the chorus :p
Crazy how all of this just completely goes over kid's heads, thank you for these videos
underrated channel, definitely deserves more subs
As a kid, I misheard trouble in the Suez as trouble in the sewers and said, "Call the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to take care of it!"
Just want to appreciate the puppy at 11:22
My guy, this is amazing!!
Thanks! Glad you liked it :)
No, Billy Joel is amazing. This guy is a fool.
i really liked it. Its like history but 10 times faster. greetings from germany
I fucking love Tyskland men dess historia har något som är bäst kvar i det förflutna
Dude? *DUDE*. Excellent work.
Bro I learned more here than in school
Pretty thorough explanations for such a short video. Liked.
When Billy Joel was asked if he would consider doing a sequel to ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’? he replied:
"No, I wrote one song already, and I don’t think it was really that good to begin with, melodically”
When I heard Peter Pan, I thought Billy Joel was singing about the Disney animated movie which was released the same year.
11:40: All my respect is yours after pronouncing Budapest correctly as "Budapesht".
5:20
Her Majesty the Queen has died
Rest in peace
LLTQ
One more notable point about The Catcher in the Rye is that John Lennon's killed claimed it was his motivation for doing so. He was obsessed with the protagonist and the concept of teenage rebellion, and just plain crazy of course.
Looked this up after The Boys on Amazon
We didn't start the fire!
omg this video is amazing and hilarious and so helpful these days. all the visuals were great too! thanks for putting so much work into it! liked subbed commented. keep it up !
Not the picture of the puppy😂 I thought “what was that movie about? 😅” hahahahaha 11:20
Good Work I love history and this Song
Was really nice to learn more about it thx 👌
You’re welcome, glad you liked it 😊
Very well made video
Thank you! Glad you like it 😊
Just now realizing how hilariously close and uncomfortably similar politicians strategies to gain power nearly led to them being in the same position as Hitler.
wasnt malenkov the deputy general secretary which made him rougly "in charge" at the time of stalins death
Hello. An outstanding piece of research. Most impressive.
However, I'm going to have to challenge one contention: (Queen Elizabeth, still reigning) "The fact that this is the case makes her the longest reigning Monarch, in world history."
Crowned queen on February 6, 1952; Elizabeth is the longest reigning CURRENT monarch, at just over 69 years.
However, the monarch who still holds the record as of this date (April 20, 2021) is Louis XIV of France, who reigned from May 14, 1643, to September 1, 1715 - a total of 72 years and 110 days. If Elizabeth can hold on for just three more years - which is not unlikely - then she will take the top spot.
One more thing of note. Louis XIV has a verifiable and undisputed time of reign as a monarch. There are a number of other monarchs in ancient times who ruled even longer - but they have been contested because the records are in dispute. According to figures, the longest reigning (contested) monarch is Pepin II, who ruled ancient Egypt from 2278 BC to 2184 BC - a total of 94 years. He was just six years old when he became pharaoh, so while this figure is contested, it is not impossible that he could have reigned that long.
I'm glad you liked the video, and thank you for your point! Duly noted :). After nearly 120 research points that seems like a disappointingly obvious mistake which managed to slip through!
just 2 more years to go I guess!
oops
@@supershinigami1 Yeah, I was disappointed too. I was really hoping that she would take the record away from Louis XIV. But as they say, when the man comes for you, there's no arguing.
Now she’s kicking in her grave and Charles and Camilla will have a coronation
Thank you. I pretty much got the references; but good for younger generations who did not.
Forgot Bobby Kennedy not only supported but worked for McCarthy during his hearings.
The quote from 5:30 aged like milk
welp, time to do the new one!
5:20 mhm
History nicely explained!! thank you!!
As a 15 year old dumass i really enjoyed learning about history. No really I mean that song is stuck in my head and I love it. Was properly born in the wrong time
I'm glad you appreciate learning. It's the only way to stop being a dumbass. Which means to me you are far from one!
thumbs up on the BTTF reference
You cant make song out of events. Billy Joel: Hold my beer
5:29 Rip
Excellent breakdown
5:24 well that sure was a long reign
Update: she's no longer the queen
I'm watching this 3 days after the Queens Death
This ia a wonderful video! I have loved this sonf for years now I know what Im sing about. Thanks!
Really awesome video :)
I'm glad you liked it! :)
Thank you so much for this video/videos!
Thanks from New Zealand
Greetings from your new subscriber in India
Welcome to the gang! There aren’t many of us yet but I’m very happy to have you all here :)
The Death of Stalin movie is a masterpiece. It'll leave you in splits. XD
I remember when this came out and my history teacher used it in class.
Could Davy Crockett be a hint on the Davy Crockett nuclear bomb mortar?
THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥
5:32 this still hurts
Is it just me or does the guy at 10:13 look like Marty Mcfly?
It's just you.
Yes, cause it was. 😁
RIP Queen Elizabeth.
I wonder what events would be included in a sequel song of the next forty years.
Well done. Very interesting!
Do the one fall out boys did, please
5:28 she ended up dying as the second longest reigning confirmed monarch besides king Louis XIV
Wow. This is awesome!
Thank you, really glad you liked it!
When is the second part coming 🥲
This man is a genius
There is a technique to it called "Slow the song down, then google the words"
@@Rahhahahahahah272 yes
Are you going to do one for the new fallout boy version? That would be so cool!
I swear I looked up the meaning of the song and I find a dude that sounds like the first trader you meet in the fable game
3:!5 what movie is that from?
It's from "All About Eve": www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/
You're right. It was Ryan.
THIS WAS AMAZING
It was all good till the end, the Suez Crisis had a huge amount of international backlash, there is no way they could've continued.
Hope someone does this for the fall out boy one too
great vid, liked
I thought Truman won the election in 44 not 49. In the film Oppenheimer, he is played by Gary Oldman.
But thanks for the explanation.
How do u only have 116 subs
Probably because I’m awful at self promotion and haven’t made anything in ages! Hopefully once the pandemic calms down I’ll have time to get back in to this :)
Re: Walter Winchell.
Joel was probably referencing a speech Winchell gave calling Communism the greatest threat to America.
The Cold War is a theme that reoccurs in each verse.
5:30 bad news bud
no longer the case.
5:32 Not anymore.
I like the breakdown. There was a lot just in the first half I had no clue about.
Duuudee thanks
Well you're going to have a make a video covering fall out boy's cover too now
Can you imagine if the polio vaccine was as politically weaponizesd as the Corona vaccine was????
Damn good video
Imagine actually needing this 😆
Well unless you pop out the womb with the entire Encyclopædia Britannica stuffed in your head, you’ve got to start somewhere!
Someone should remix this song but nothing is different except England got a new queen is changed to king
If you go to chapters you get the lyrics
Heyy one little tid bit for ya... Sobhuza II from Africa is the longest reigning monarch in recorded history. Not Queen Elizabeth... 😁😁
82 years and 254 days...
True! Sobhuza II was the longest reigning monarch ever, and Louis XIV was the longest reigning sovereign monarch. I think when I wrote this script I was thinking "longest reigning Queen" but I guess I messed that one up a little bit...
No worries, homie :) just gotta give credit where it's due (:
She is gaining on that
Elvis never drove an 18 wheeler. He delivered auto parts in a pickup truck after school.
Nice
Virtually every comment about American politics is wrong.
Still wont be able to remember the lyrics
Pro tip, make nearly 30 minutes worth of videos explaining every lyric in the song. Trust me, you’ll never forget them ever again…
I think you really should have started with Truman inheriting the presidency from Roosevelt in 1945, just months after being sworn in as Vice President. I think the song starts with him in 45 dropping the bombs on Japan.
Stalin's Funeral was a bigger Astroworld
santayana summed up the point of this entire song.