Or I could record myself chanting the lyrics...?
― HI DERE, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
that would also be fucking awesome
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a great 12" inversion produced by Trevor Horn, with string arrangements by Anne Dudley and a Holly Johnson cameo; he sings the JFK line.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Q: What is "the fire"
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
you should start all your posts with Q:
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Then your handle would make sense
Q: Will someone answer the question?
(my handle comes from my wife, who is known around here as quincie. heh heh get it?)
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
no.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fire_%28Seinfeld_episode%29
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://pomomusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/billyjoel.jpg
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I kind of like this song.
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't know if anyone has really thought about this, but, you know what? this song is horrible.
― gff, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ha xp
Synthesized slap bass
I wish I had voted for "Belgians in the Congo" because he gets all growly on that part.
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
The cola wars are the straw that finally breaks the camel's back.
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
That's when he can't take it any more.
The song and video have been interpreted as a rebuttal to criticism of Joel's Baby Boomer generation, from both its preceding and succeeding generations, that they were responsible for much of the world's problems.[citation needed] The song's title and refrain imply that the frenzied and troubled state which others were criticizing had been the state of the world since long before his generation's time, but that this was (perhaps wilfully) being ignored by their critics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3PVHVn0kE
― JN$OT, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
JFK for sure though.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
he got blown away
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
re-reading this I realize I have no fucking clue what at least a third of these things refer to. I suppose I didn't read a lot of newspapers in the seventies.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
This song >>>>>>>>>>>> "American Pie"
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:11 (sixteen years ago) link
rong
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
― Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Mr. Que, Thursday, November 1, 2007 4:23 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
^^^ RONG
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
POLL
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
For one thing, it's like one-tenth as long as "American Pie."
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
*the music is worse *the delivery of the singer sounds like musical vomit
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
WHICH SONG ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
also, start the poll
talking about the song about the fire. i will now start the poll
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
we didn't start the poll
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
but we tried to fight it
― Tom D., Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Which song is worse American Pie or We Didn't Start The Fire
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm quite partial to both of them, if truth be told
― Tom D., Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
The drug dealer, what's his name, Manuel Noriega
― Joe, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
this song would be a lot better if he changed the chords in the chorus
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 2 November 2007 05:55 (sixteen years ago) link
.
― Mark G, Friday, 2 November 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
There is no valid "We Didn't Start The Fire" thread without the requisite screenshot of Billy Joel in the "We Didn't Start The Fire" video wearing sunglasses staring at the camera pounding his fists on a table in orthogonal formation with, get this, two lit torches of fire on each side of him.
― Mackro Mackro, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Who the fuck is/was Pope Paul? Did he have Pol Pot in there at one point and change it maybe?
― pisces, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I had to google him too.
― NickB, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Paul_sextus.jpg
Not sure where he hides his dildo.
I used to love the "Wayne's World" review of Oliver Stone's JFK where they just shrug "blown away...what else to I have to say?"
it's pretty weird to think that this song came out when I was 7, and was possibly around the time I was learning who JFK was.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haw
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Some friends and I used to riff on this song, but updated to include 90s/00s references.
All I remember is:
Richard Pryor/Hair on fire MC Hammer/Email spammer
― Brooker Buckingham, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
One noxious mf of a song, "We Didn't Start The Fire" is.
― Brooker Buckingham, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link