We Didn't Start The Fire

If I had the know-how I'd do a dub remix of the song, slowing the vocal waaaaaaaay down. The vocal is pretty monotonous so I bet it would scare small kids etc.

I wish I could change my screen name to "Space Monkey Mafia".

Sweet sugar cane, on my brain
I don't wanna, I don't wanna Go insane

Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Is this one of those "one of these things is not like the other" tests?

marilyn MONROE

doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

I really wanna do a "second verse of Kid Rock's American Bad Ass" poll now

This is one of the most insidious songs ever written, isn't it.

correct. the question is: is it worse than Piano Man? I say yes.

I'm sure this got Billy a history chair at Nassau Community College

I'm amazed he hasn't written a sequel yet.

after this and But Seriously, boomers lost the script on some MTV Unplugged shit. They stopped trying to stop the fire, and I'll never forgive them.

Who will be the asshole who creates the "American Pie" poll?

-- John Justen, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 19:37

My Sociology of Pop Music professor spent 1.5 hours going over EVERY SINGLE REFERENCE in the song today.

more like Suckiology of Pop Music

The time between The End Of The Innocence and that fucking Eagles Hell Freezes Over? THAT was the death of music that mattered.

Ever since posting this, I have been humming "doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo DOO" to myself.

If I had the know-how I'd do a dub remix of the song, slowing the vocal waaaaaaaay down. The vocal is pretty monotonous so I bet it would scare small kids etc.

-- Euler, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:43 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

screw and chop this shit and it would be probably something amazing

Anthony, how are you not voting for Rock and Roller cola wars? You bring that up at least once a month.

ha i never realized "Richard Nixon back again" was a callback to a Nixon mention in the first verse

Why did the lyrics stop before the mid 80s?

this is one of at least four or five songs that has my name in it

where is "I hate this song and I want to die" option

DEEEEEEEY lin
BUUUUUUUHR lin

would nixon have appreciated being mentioned twice?

BAY OF PIGS INVAZJHEEEEEYIN

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SHAKEY MO RIP

I'm afraid "Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion" was the one I went for immediately, without even thinking about it. God help me.

for the ultra-flat delivery, of course

I went with my hometown, though we're mentioned because of some rather nasty events. I just like how he sings it, all exasperated by that point"

Little ROCK! PASTERNAK! Mickey Mantle, KEROUAC!

"Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide" is the one that grabbed me the most--this one's for "mah schweet Saytun," y'all. The aids/crack follow-up for 2nd place.

Surely it is "Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, Suicide" as in Vega and Rev, yes?

Trouble in the Suez, for its out-of-the-blue growly delivery.

What exactly is this fire anyway? Was it really caused in part by The King and I, Hoola Hoops, and Brooklyn having a winning team?

I frequently defend ("...The Indefensible") Joel; but wow, those are awesomely awful aren't they? But I actually do quite like "Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye" for sounding like a '65-vintage Dylan lyric. (Also reads like a great title for a way-short-lived high-concept sitcom depicting the zany exploits of the four individuals in question.)

Someone should link to the thread where we made up our own lyrics. (Guess I'll look for it...)

Found it

I can't take it anymore

front-runner

-- dmr, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 19:29 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Too true..

Wasn't there a line about REM in the original?

Actually, the entire thing sounds like the work of a lobotomized Dylan to me--and that's very likely what makes it such a "great" piece of cheesy folk-pop determinism.

xp

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J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

lol @ billy's idea of subtle intimation

Have we even mentioned the video yet?

Neil Diamond did this a lot better on "Done Too Soon"

There was an Irish cash in version of this done by The Memories, with all the people being members of Ireland's Italia 90 world cup team. Famously, when playing Ireland around then Joel sang more than none of this instead of his song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(The_Memories_song)

OK, so I fucked up the link. Cuntpaste: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(The_Memories_song)

oh wait, the link mysteriously excludes the last ) for no obvious reason.

anyway, as you where - back to Billy Joel.

Don't blame yourself DV

Surely it is "Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, Suicide" as in Vega and Rev, yes?

I always thought it was "heavy metal suicide." This was the age when Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne were being held responsible for such things, remember.

It would have been nice, though.

I had to google Sally Ride because of this thread.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/SallyRide.jpeg

I think I've spotted where she hides her dildo.

It breaks up on re-entry.

I bet she thought Mustang Sally was about her.

Hideous Lump, thank you for posting this important corrective

I am sure we will all reflect on its messaging and totally change our minds now

I take it back, the revised chorus is actually quite a feat

(Chorus)
We didn't start the fire, but it's burning brighter,
From crisis to crisis, in this world we're living,
Through the chaos and the pain, we'll rise again,
Together we'll ignite, a future shining bright.

Needs a Soviet Childrens' Choir

The video to The 1975’s Love It If We Made It was already a modern-day update of this song, kinda.