We Didn't Start The Fire

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I had to google Sally Ride because of this thread.

NickB, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link

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

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

NickB, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link

It breaks up on re-entry.

PhilK, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link

I bet she thought Mustang Sally was about her.

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah, unfortunately she only got this old codswallop from Billy Joel.

NickB, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link

Why did the lyrics stop before the mid 80s?

Because the song came out in 1989?

jaymc, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link

When Diana died Billy and Elton did a coin flip to decide whether it'd be "Candle In The Wind '97" or "We Didn't Start The Fire '97."

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link

http://patsajak.ytmnd.com/

Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link

we need to track down an a cappella of this shit mach stat

El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez ain't so bad either.

Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link

we need to track down an a cappella of this shit mach stat

YES YES YES YES YES

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link

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

El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link

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

gff, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Synthesized slap bass

n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link

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.

n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link

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
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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

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.

See, this is exactly his point.

Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link

rong

-- 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

n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link

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


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