TELL EM THEN BILLY!..| FIRST TIME HEARING Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire REACTION

TELL EM THEN BILLY!..| FIRST TIME HEARING Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire REACTION

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[NCNelz]

Joel conceived the idea for the song when he had just turned 40. He was in a recording studio and met a 21-year-old friend of Sean Lennon who said "It's a terrible time to be 21!" Joel replied to him, "Yeah, I remember when I was 21 – I thought it was an awful time and we had Vietnam, and y'know, drug problems, and civil rights problems and everything seemed to be awful." The friend replied, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's different for you. You were a kid in the fifties and everybody knows that nothing happened in the fifties". Joel retorted, "Wait a minute, didn't you hear of the Korean War or the Suez Canal Crisis?" Joel later said those headlines formed the basic framework for the song.

[rhannah]

"JFK blown away. What else do I have to say!"
That line is so powerful!

[gmchris]

I love this song, because it's not about blaming (or excusing) anyone specific, but acknowledging that history is always a frantic dance on the edge of a knife. Every generation is blamed for new problems when they're young and for the ongoing problems when they're old, but the fire's been burning since the world's been turning.

[aidanscarletwolf]

The one point that, in my honest opinion, this song drives home is that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

[kenliholbrook]

“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” is a must from Billy Joel.

[MapManLK]

I'm 71 -- a year younger than Joel -- and every single word in this song has a place in my memory. You two did an excellent dive into this rocker.

[branthemuffin]

She’s right, all of these events are stuff that happened throughout his life. As a history nerd I love this song so much. It is one of the reasons why I became a history major

[kvoltti]

The song can be summed up as “You are not the end of history, merely the beginning of the future”

[parrotheadwon]

When my sister was a teacher she broke this song up line by line and had her students figure out what their line meant in history then they all sang it together. And that whole class learned so much of what's mentioned it was so cool

[subwaygoddess]

Jordan, you would love Billy's "New York State Of Mind." His piano is awesome!

[mimomof]

Still Rock and Roll to Me is a great song by Billy Joel.

[twylanaythias]

Billy Joel is basically outlining significant events decade by decade, with the video reflecting each decade:
~ It opens in a 1940s-era kitchen, the lyrics listing significant people and events following WWII
~ Proceeds to a 1950s-era kitchen, the lyrics focusing on the onset of the Cold War
~ Proceeds to a 1960s-era kitchen, the lyrics focusing on the Space Race and Civil Rights
~ Proceeds to a 1970s-era kitchen, the lyrics focusing on Vietnam
~ Proceeds to a 1980s-era kitchen, the lyrics focusing on Middle East conflicts
~ Proceeds to a '2000s-era' kitchen, with the refrain that the fire will "burn on and on and on and on"

Conflict is an inherent aspect of the human condition. Each generation "didn't light it" but "tried to fight it" - making some things better and some things worse. Every generation tries to blame previous generations, with few realizing that future generations will try to blame them. The cycle will continue in perpetuity.

[cnatview]

It's kind of sad that our younger reactors don't recognize older historical references but if you weren't there at the time, it's understandable. I read one comment on a reaction to this song where someone said that their history teacher made them memorize this song so they could place certain events in time. Excellent reaction guys.... you understood it. Thanks, Take care and be well. Peace.

[surlechapeau]

J&A, you'll love Billy's "Just The Way You Are", "All About Soul" and "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant". He's one of the greatest singer/songwriters. His album 'The Stranger' is one of my top 5 albums of all-time.

[johnhodkinson]

"We didn't start the fire but when we're gone it'll burn on and on" is one of the great lines in this.

[johnplaysgames]

Billy Joel's got a lot of styles to explore. For what I would consider the original, classic Billy Joel sound (a la Piano Man), I'd suggest "New York State of Mind, " "Just The Way You Are, " "Big Shot, " "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), " "She's Got A Way, " "Only The Good Die Young, " "My Life, " etc. For some rockin', slightly 80s Billy, you might check out "It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To Me" and one of my personal favorites, "Pressure." After he got together with Christie Brinkley and they apparently bonded over 50s doo-wop music, he made "Uptown Girl, " "Tell Her About It, " and "The Longest Time" which all had a retro, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons type of vibe (with lots of falsetto for Jordan). And on and on. He's always Billy Joel but he dipped into a lot of influences at various times across various decades.

[matthewlee]

I am a history geek so I have always loved this song. Having grown up during the (later) years of the Cold War it speaks to me differently than it does to younger folks. Billy Joel is describing major people and events during his lifetime (up to that point) which is largely a history of the Cold War Era.

[AndrewSmith-wtzr]

He is indeed giving a history lesson. I lived through all of what he has been mentioning in this song. I'm 70 years old now and I can look back on the titles and people that he is mentioning and I can remember the news reports surrounding those names and titles. For me personally this is a very heartbreaking song because I can remember them but you're going to have to research them because history is something that should be guarded and remembered for all time

[bobriemersma]

I can't believe his working man's anthem "Allentown" gets so little love.

[robindavisduckworth]

As a History teacher, I approve of this method for memorizing.
Always a Woman to me is his best after the Piano Man though.