We Didn't Start The Fire

Deepfake, yellowcake, Bill Clinton's trousersnake

(Outro)
In this ever-changing world, where challenges are hurled,
We'll face them hand in hand, united we will stand,
For the fire may keep on burning, but our spirit keeps on yearning,
To build a world that's just and free, a beacon of hope for you and me.

someone has convinced chatgpt that every single song has to have an "outro" and, worse, it has to tie the song up in an inspirational bow, and it might be the single worst thing about the entire field of artificial intelligence.

Not enough Space Monkey Mafia randomness in those ai lyrics.

the flow is awful. this is such lazy songwriting. craft matters!

(this was about fob, not ai, in case that wasn't clear!)

I thought this, from a few years back, was a sort of clever take on the same idea (diff song, obv): https://godisinthetvzine.bandcamp.com/track/it-s-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine-2021-version

next up, a version of this that lists all of the influencers that got cancelled between 2018-2023

I don’t even recognize some of the shit in the Fall Out Boy version. Like why is some guy from Blink 182 name checked?

AI has done the impossible. It made me respect this song.

AI didn't start the fire, Eric H

AI CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

Confirmed recently that I still know every single word to this song. You can take the girl outta Long Island etc etc.

this was shopped around to multiple bands, right?

Barenaked Ladies passed

The pitch email was redirected to Smash Mouth's spam folder.

Post Malone was approached but he hit the guy before he could finish talking

20. It’s also very funny that My Chemical Romance’s album The Black Parade is deemed worthy of inclusion on this list.

21. Not gonna lie, at least one person at Slate very nervously asked if “Black Parade” was a ham-handed reference to Black Lives Matter.

Cf. Amy Winehouse, back 2 black lives matter

Like why is some guy from Blink 182 name checked?

― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, June 29, 2023 6:33 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

because area 51

Area 51 is Billy Joel territory

Did Blink 182 play a show there?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/science/tom-delonge-ufo-research.html

Oh. How did I miss this significant event from the past 30 years

Dr Disrespect is banned, "jet fuel can't melt steal beams, mannn"
Rockapella, Miles Teller
Morrow has no head

No one warned Duke Ferdinand
Humankind just learned to stand
Jesus died, people cried
Guy from Matlock's dead

Mose makes the sea divide
Cleopatra suicide
A dinosaur took a bath
somebody invented math

Moses

Is there a version of this song with only "JFK blown away" as lyrics

Perhaps not, Neanderthal, but we will always have "suckin on chili dogs."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QX57aIDbDU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GP6jDp5oN8

Okay I see that and raise you with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4oym9Pw48

Update? It's been done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTOBvGzurxA

Seems like they missed a shot by not using something like "DeSantis Hey, Don't Say 'Gay', What Else Do I Have To Say?"

(I'm sure I just ruined my YouTube recommendation algorithm by searching for that video.)

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.