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Official HD Music Video for "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
In 1989, Billy Joel released his album Storm Front, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum.
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Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Billy Joel's official RU-vid channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
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@yourwetsock 3 года назад

This song got me through my History final no lie

@IN-gx9oq 3 года назад

“Kids, i am billy Joel, and today I’ll be teaching you history!” Edit: I have more likes on a reply than on some of the comments here, wow!

@bugjuice039 3 года назад

good job

@wonder9383 3 года назад

congratulations

@mynameisjeffy3822 3 года назад

I came bc of tub o singing it

@lemoine5 3 года назад

@@mynameisjeffy3822 , who is Tub O?

@Fede_uyz 3 года назад

"England got a new queen" words that would not be repeated for a century. Edit: for all 'this didnt age well' folk .. does england got a new queen lately?

@krystiankaczmarczyk8019 3 года назад

Or even for more

@okas425 3 года назад

She’s only 94 not even that old

@leeneedsfriends6750 3 года назад

could be even longer bc there arent any girls close in line ://

@timothychristensen343 3 года назад

@@okas425 smh, shes actually 19463824 years old

@dilthepickle5346 3 года назад

Only if you don’t count 1985

@NekiCat 3 месяца назад

It's 2024 and I can confirm, it's still burning.

@Alpha_Kage1 3 месяца назад

🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸

@Cosmiccarkey1.3 3 месяца назад

Yes

@aphelelempetukana5298 3 месяца назад

...when we are gone ,it will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on🔥🔥🔥

@firedupplayers 2 месяца назад

Its burning more now that 2024 is the year of the dragon 😆

@burkhardraum1956 2 месяца назад

Yes, I agree 😉🍾🎉🇩🇪💯😀

@alanfox7312 3 месяца назад

This was about world history from 1949-1989. Billy Joel own lifespan. Would be nice to do update version with additional lyrics to celebrate his 75th anniversary.

@mattkielbania9082 3 месяца назад

Fallout boy did an updated version

@Matt-mh5ud 3 месяца назад

@@mattkielbania9082 Yes, but although it's a solid continuation lyrically, the play style and vocals are too hipster pop - just doesn't have the same raw angst Joel had doing this one.

@KeanuLeeves 3 месяца назад

@@Matt-mh5ud while I hear what you mean, there’s not someone else like Billy Joel right now. You take what you can get

@icantthinkofaname_-vd7pt 3 месяца назад

@@mattkielbania9082we need to wait for 2029

@DaveBruhn 3 месяца назад

He’s been asked many times if he would ever update the song, but he doesn’t want to do it

@iandhr1 3 года назад

"Trouble in the Suez" seems pretty relevant right now,

@Troygdesign 3 года назад

My thoughts exactly

@mrssarahlove 3 года назад

This song was on the radio yesterday and I had the same thought!!!

@basedbattledroid3507 3 года назад

Literally came here to say that

@isol330 3 года назад

Yo I was gonna write that!

@aosundragonkiller11 3 года назад

I hate you. You stole my idea that I came here specifically to write.

@gregorybader7135 3 года назад

I am 73, and I lived through all of these events or almost all of them. What amazes is how much has happened since the song was put out. About 30 years afterwards, I think as much stuff has happened and five times more than is referred to in this song. Good lesson for people who thinks that their lifetimes are the ones that are most important. History goes on long after everybody dies.

@lindabyrne4965 3 года назад

Shhh. Get out

@Bruh234 3 года назад

@@lindabyrne4965 shut up dude

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 3 года назад

It's less more happened it's more stuff became seen worldwide. The internet means the world is pretty connected, meaning everyone in Russia sees the funeral of a Taiwanese leader while a Spaniard could see a British coronation. As much as today was happening people just didn't see. The only case I'd say more happened since the 80s is trends and fashion, which pretty much changes every week due to trends becoming so fast paced due to the interconnectivity of the internet. 2020 was packed though.

@maxonator3913 3 года назад

I'm here when this comment has 111 likes, I bet it will hit 5K in the next few months

@erinmarie99 3 года назад

@@user-jn1wm3tb8v It was actually John Lennon's son's friend...Cant remember if Sean or Julian.

@djmeowzz Месяц назад

This song amazes me, but also confirms how much I thought things are still happening today, 40 or 60 years later. The mention of wars, certain disease outbreaks, major social events. The other mentioning of new things starting, like the “new Queen of England” whom died, and what’s even better is the new song says that. This song even mentions some wars that I’ve known about but something that people rarely spoke about until now in the more 21st century, things like Palestine, which is something me and everyone is starting to address much more than before. Some fires are extinguished, but some are just starting to burn, too.

@LeHonks 28 дней назад

I like the idea that this song is passed down from generation to generation being resung by newer artists to keep up with the fire.

@Sitharos 4 года назад

Wife: “Honey, why is Billy Joel in our kitchen?” Husband: “Don’t make eye contact, he’ll go away soon.”

@pothin8021 4 года назад

Wife: Looks at Billy Joel Billy Joel: Starts screaming and running

@Sr-sz8pn 4 года назад

@@tubb1 got here form there too..😭

@freck9669 4 года назад

They can’t see him

@bull3t209 4 года назад

😂

@calmarsden8692 4 года назад

10 years later: Wife: I really think we should say something Husband: what did I say. He’ll leave soon Billy Joel: continues singing for 10 more years

@mr_chocomec 5 лет назад

For someone who didn't start a fire, Billy Joel sure is defensive about it.

@jacklyn6253 5 лет назад

He DID

@Robby4291 5 лет назад

@@jacklyn6253 AND he has every right to be ...it IS his song. Legally & otherwise.

@earlefrost5512 5 лет назад

lol BEST comment so far. Made me laugh, and that's a GOOD thing!!

@Bob-np2uc 5 лет назад

That's EXACTLY what someone who started the fire would say!

@pato2200 5 лет назад

He is defensive about it because the accusation is always that they, the Jews, started the fire and this led to terrible persecution throughout history. This was a persecution his father has suffered keenly .

@marksmith6868 Месяц назад

This is one of my favorite songs ever played in 1989 and now even in 2024! Rock on Billy Joel

@user-un1cl4qy4l Месяц назад

Even in 2024 This Still Rings True Today!! Something To Think About!

@alexcarratu5554 Год назад

A 40-year history lesson in one song. Genius. Well done, Mr Joel.

@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV Год назад

I know the entire cold war

@alexcarratu5554 Год назад

@@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV must be hard for Mr Joel to sing this live though due to all the events he mentions in this song from 1949-1989. Great song, though. From the hand of a genius clearly.

@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV Год назад

Exactly! He’s amazing

@alexcarratu5554 Год назад

@@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV, Mr Joel sure is amazing. He grew up in a great time in music history. Great tune this.

@shaunroberts4533 Год назад

Not really a lesson he just mentions everyone

@arcuslux516 3 года назад

Proclaims he didn't start a fire But the song is pretty lit

@vitosurya6109 3 года назад

So what happened to your house rohan?

@K.Dayana 3 года назад

Of course he didn't. Josuke did it

@theoreoman4597 3 года назад

Time to turn this reply section into JOJO

@bintavi7034 3 года назад

@@theoreoman4597 honestly it's what people should expect when they have a JoJo profile pic

@columbelt7286 3 года назад

🗿

@user-tq2fe2rh7x День назад

" JFK blown away, what else do I have to say.!!" " Stranger in a Strange Land.".❤.

@setek15golr Месяц назад

A powerful song. Holds true no matter the decade youre in.

@roberterlandson8234 3 года назад

This whole song is a history lesson

@ahsanfarazansari4770 3 года назад

This is the Forrest Gump of music

@rotting.kin11 3 года назад

69 likes

@haveanotherpinacolada 3 года назад

It's a better song than history lesson.

@brendastark5824 3 года назад

@@haveanotherpinacolada Ha Ha, its pretty much the story of my life

@stevenporter7459 3 года назад

A bullet point list of the last century

@AgentofChaos315 2 года назад

I just realized that the theme of this song is "Don't blame us for the world being screwed, it was like this when we got here." I've been listening to this song for years and just got that.

@grandmasteryoda4829 2 года назад

He is the Messiah

@joe6269 2 года назад

@@grandmasteryoda4829 Jesus is the way truth and the light

@NoBody-qj6fp 2 года назад

@@newrev9er Hope one we will get there,mate.Salutes from Brazil.

@delete---7593 2 года назад

.🤔😑🖕.

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 2 года назад

It's a message lost on a lot of people, even people who really like the song. *Looking at you, 50 year olds telling 15 year olds they caused global warning.*

@sharonozvenom Месяц назад

Always impressed that Billy Joel can remember the lyrics to this song . So many names to remember . Great song !

@motattoo008 15 дней назад

Anyone still here in 2024 May ??

@chrismccormick6371 15 дней назад

YOU RANG? 😂

@Marleray9 13 дней назад

Meeeeeeeeeee

@Ryantan-kt3db 13 дней назад

@pasquallyspizza2313 11 дней назад

@piotruspiotr8442 11 дней назад

Jestem.

@countys32 8 лет назад

That's one hell of a history lesson, you pretty much covered over 50 years.

@gemmaskate 8 лет назад

+countys32 I believe this was 1949 - 1989. Would love to here the next 40 years in 2029!

@countys32 8 лет назад

+Gemma Pettersen Me too, you never know he could release a sequel if He's still going :)

@laniblair1718 8 лет назад

+Bradford Stadsvold 👍

@melissahernandez94 8 лет назад

+Bradford Stadsvold my history teacher makes us learn the song and everything behind the song

@AEMoreira81 8 лет назад

+Gemma Pettersen Pretty impressive in itself, since only four months had passed since the most recent event (Tiananmen Square) and the release of the song.

@starkravingralph 4 года назад

Dude needs to write a Part Two, cuz the damn fire is still raging...

@duypham6683 4 года назад

I came back to this song when ever the world lit again

@alink8687 4 года назад

Many people have updated it if you look on RU-vid..

@Thrillseeker666 4 года назад

Afro-Americans and Antifa burning down America and the national guard does nothing.

@brandondavidson4085 4 года назад

@@Thrillseeker666 Police tear gassing peaceful protesters and pushing senior citizens on the ground

@starkravingralph 4 года назад

@@Thrillseeker666 And anti humans like you are the exact reason the fire is still raging. Bounce bigot, stupid isn't welcome here.

@Propsman416 Месяц назад

I love how the "Cola Wars" finally pushed him over the edge.

@StarPlaty 24 дня назад

Well, yeah... If someone tried to give me Pepsi instead of Coke back then, I'd be flipping tables (that weren't bolted to the floor).

@Amadeus-ms9lt 7 дней назад

Didn't that happen a couple of years back when Cristiano Ronaldo hid some Coke bottles under the table at a press conference, cuasing the stock of Coca-Cola to go down?

@yonnawood3081 2 месяца назад

Gen-x, “don’t blame us for all the problems!” According to Billy Joel, We didn’t Start the Fire!”

@ninedaysjane2466 Месяц назад

Billy Joel is a Boomer.

@sharonbraselton3135 Месяц назад

Thatscright

@yonnawood3081 Месяц назад

@@ninedaysjane2466 yes, he is! I assume you limited your musical taste to only artist 25 and younger? That is a shame. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks released some amazing music!

@SEANALPURVIS Месяц назад

Gen xer here. I can tell you that even though we didn't start this fire, sometimes I worry that we didn't do more to try to put some of it out

@yonnawood3081 12 дней назад

@@SEANALPURVIS I disagree! We had our eyes open by the time we were in elementary school! We just proved there is no stopping it!

@johnnyc5765 4 года назад

This song feels it is still so relevant today.

@MovieReviewGuyOfficial 4 года назад

Johnny C More verses could be made, that’s for sure!

@rontayan 4 года назад

Because it is. The events covered setup the modern world.

@kstadlerova 4 года назад

Because it is. All of this truly happened, and less then 100 years ago.

@johnnyc5765 4 года назад

Movie Review Guy I want to write to Billy Joel and ask him to update this song to include George Floyd and the Hong Kong protest. (His last line “China under martial law, I can’t take it anymore!” Like coming to a full circle)

@justice_productions_ 4 года назад

There’s a Band....they will Rise and Bring our focus back to the real issues

@HenWithATie 5 лет назад

History teacher: You can't learn the entire history session in 4 minutes. Billy: *Hold my piano*

@28FlyingDutchman 5 лет назад

I remember my history teacher in 11th grade made us dissect this song and what each line was about. It was awesome. Damn that was a long time ago lol!!!

@cryptsub 5 лет назад

But this song sucks.

@cryptsub 5 лет назад

@paul hutchins but I'm not a song.

@SLeoPereS 5 лет назад

@@cryptsub but you suck :)

@cryptsub 5 лет назад

@@SLeoPereS keep your gay fantasies fixated on Billy Joel, not me.

@codyeaster290 Месяц назад

I could be wrong, but I don't think they started the fire.

@Opana223 Месяц назад

I think they tried to fight it even tho they didn't lit it

@codyeaster290 Месяц назад

@@Opana223Nice try, but it's "light" not "lit".

@Opana223 Месяц назад

@@codyeaster290 I’m embarrassed ima kill myself now

@sharonbraselton3135 Месяц назад

Thats right@@codyeaster290

@sonyaunderwood933 22 дня назад

🧐

@SwedenBall3 3 месяца назад

One word: nostalgia. My grandpa introduced me to this song and I now know every single lyric to the song, it is perfect. Not many things I say is perfect so this is special to me. Real special.

@gerardlezama6408 2 года назад

Only Billy Joel could give a history lesson in over 4 minutes. Great song!

@AnotherWittyUsername. 2 года назад

I thought Don McLean did a fairly good job of it, even though it was only a couple decades and a much smaller group of people.

@dakota4111 2 года назад

I always love how such an old song can stay relevant and still get new top comments on it

@monkeyanimationandgaming 2 года назад

Well bill wurtz did the history of everything in 20

@stevieduke7291 2 года назад

Iron Maiden does it in every song

@michellezavala1355 Год назад

Ha! Loved that ❤️

@McBadassish 3 года назад

Fun fact: Billy Joel had an arguement with a younger person who said that the 50' would be the best time to grow up because nothing happened in the 50'. Billy looked at the person in confused bewilderment and started listing various events of the 50'. The conversation became the inspiration of this song.

@letsgobrandonantibidencamp42 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-egqnEztRfhQ.html

@ngndnd 3 года назад

im sorry but the person who said that must be dumb as hell

@thunderbolt64_ 3 года назад

We know

@tappajaav 3 года назад

@@ngndnd Yea you better be sorry if you can't see the difference between intelligence and lack of knowledge

@ngndnd 3 года назад

@@tappajaav they teach you this stuff in elementary/middle school... unless a 7 year old said that then that person is dumb

@olivertedkupsy24CBU Месяц назад

-find girl of your dreams -ask her out -get married -get a house -billy joel ?!?!?!?!?!

@Bubbet007 Месяц назад

Listen grateful songs

@swain-Ix1tv 23 дня назад

the plan is to marry billy joel eventually

@martyncivil45 2 месяца назад

Its a pity nobody took his words seriously. A very wise man.

@Mackie-li4ue 2 месяца назад

wise he was! he made all the truth in songs, so those who decode it have a better understanding of the world.

@sharonbraselton3135 Месяц назад

Yes hexwss

@ronaldgarrison8478 12 дней назад

When the World really starts looking to entertainers as its main guidance, we really are in deep doodoo. (OK, bring up Reagan, but he was pretty small potatoes as an actor.)

@thunderspark1536 6 дней назад

@@ronaldgarrison8478Nah, entertainers are how we laugh at the horrible parts of life. Its a wonderful human coping mechanism.

@ronaldgarrison8478 6 дней назад

@@thunderspark1536 How does that amount to "Nah"? I look for entertainment as much as anyone. I'm just saying you shouldn't look to them as particular sources of wisdom. That's not their purpose. An entertainment might say something worthwhile, but if so, that's a happy accident.

@spetsnatzlegion3366 4 года назад

Imagine him writing a reboot for 2020, shit would be 30 minutes long

@SM-dy6qz 4 года назад

I have wanted them to add to this for years. Pickup where it left off, bring it current, and title it - "fuel for the fire".

@johnd6reaper34 4 года назад

Was thinking about this tbh

@so7780 4 года назад

We're not that special

@bonnierobb5398 4 года назад

WE need it NOW!!!

@2023-Sucked 4 года назад

Literally just 2020 would take at least 5 minutes, Nevermind the few decades since he wrote the original

@purpleable9616 Год назад

"England's got a new queen" hits wayyyyy different now

@toyufudo Год назад

Rip liz

@otesunki Год назад

rip

@CarEnthusiast1807 Год назад

Yep rip Elizabeth

@Random-sk6hm Год назад

Yeah it really does

@resistancearmada4525 Год назад

There ganna change it to we got a new king now

@user-ev9rg1tp8o Месяц назад

Billy Joel's ability to tell a story with such unique lyrics, & being able to put them to music, is astounding! This is my favorite song of his by far.

@CynthiaSimpson-fm3iv 27 дней назад

One of Billy Joel's greatest works depicting events from America's Twentieth Century. Brilliantly put together. Explosive 🔥

@zAlphii 4 года назад

Sounds like something someone who started the fire would say.

@albertpringle4918 4 года назад

FOESHOW

@calmarsden8692 4 года назад

You’re onto something here

@jpog7060 4 года назад

Hi albert

@jpog7060 4 года назад

Sorry just trying socialize during quarantine

@wadena__support3057 4 года назад

ye exactl... i mean i wouldn't know

@miyuruify 5 лет назад

"I can't believe i started the fire" ~Ryan.

@studiomania9115 4 года назад

Ryan started the fire.

@randypowell9792 4 года назад

@Low xang yen the office u.s.

@genericname2593 4 года назад

@Low xang yen the offfice is as good as adventure time and look how amazing that show was

@cheesytoes2203 4 года назад

Miyuru Erandahahaha

@ravijawaniganayake6111 4 года назад

I was waiting for this Ryan started the fire

@regalcartoon3952 Месяц назад

Ngl, we need a 2024 version that covers from 1989 through 2024.

@demowotv Месяц назад

21 mins ago what

@Blake2000 Месяц назад

Fall Out Boy did one 9 months ago that's pretty good

@regalcartoon3952 Месяц назад

@@Blake2000 yeah I saw it after posting this comment. But the way they make the chorus sound is horrible.

@marceltelang7825 Месяц назад

@regalcartoon3952 There are others, just look up"We didn't start the fire 1990-"

@troggrog9136 Месяц назад

fam we could barely fit the last 10 years in a 4 minute song

@stampdan9154 2 дня назад

Oh, WOW! Born in '62 and lived this Era as a young man. (Enjoyed late '60's Free Love!) Billy Joel released this title in '89, but LISTEN to the details of the last 60 to 90 seconds. Hypos on the shores, Afghanistan, and so many more references that were just little nuisances in the shadows back then. He hit most of the Major News items of the last 10 or 15 years of Today! (2024) Never hit me till I was trying to explain this song to my teen son today. So, was Billy Joel foretelling our Country's future even then? One must wonder considering today's retrospect.

@godblessthepope67 2 дня назад

He is referring to the Russians in Afghanistan in the 80s

@godblessthepope67 2 дня назад

And hypos (Needles) being the heroin boom of the 80s also.

@julioortega5310 3 года назад

Ryan started the fire! it just started burning Hey the temp’s still learning!!

@suyashsinha1547 3 года назад

I was waiting for someone to say that

@notzeckie9132 3 года назад

why isnt anybody talking about ryan starting the firee!!!!

@biruly 3 года назад

I was searching for THE OFFICE related comment.😂

@aarushi3844 3 года назад

Many people do not know the iconic song behind this dialogue!! xD

@templings9263 3 года назад

No I'm not, I'm not laughing.

@EndtimeEnterprises 4 месяца назад

Half of the things he mentions are still very much relevant and still current issues and events. The fire truly does wage on.

@user-lh8lb9cx1c 4 месяца назад

When I first heard this song I was told that it was from a while ago but I thought it listed more modern things as well.

@willritter4076 3 месяца назад

I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.

@beans00001 3 месяца назад

“We didn’t start the fire”

@EndtimeEnterprises 3 месяца назад

that is the name of the song yes. smh@@beans00001

@gokugameing4290 3 месяца назад

Yeah that because it all still the same people just with new names the illuminati the templars the government and the millions of other names they go by its all the same

@weesh187 28 дней назад

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller

@agatenby41 Месяц назад

this song references over 100 historical events.

@titanicgaming1148 4 месяца назад

“When we are gone it will still go on and on and on and on.” This speaks volumes to every generation. We are not the ones to start it, we are just picking it up from the last and it goes on.

@Luke_-_ 2 месяца назад

Obviously it has to burn you plumb, if it stops we are all fcked

@andynewby45 2 месяца назад

It will never end because hate/war and all bad things have been going on since the beginning of man.

@markbengtson9620 2 месяца назад

@@andynewby45 “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaited it’s ultimate practitioner - Cormac McCarthy

@teeni54 Месяц назад

Californication- Red hot chilli peppers Sweet dreams - Annie lennox Its all very relevant!

@user-qx4pz8dc9g Месяц назад

@@andynewby45Mankind will always have conflicts, there’s only so much of the World to control, give and take. 🌎🔥🌈🙏☮️✌️☮️🕊️

@phillipg.9372 4 года назад

Amazonas starts burning *We didn't start the fire*

@newneed 4 года назад

Farmers:

@atomixgfx6150 4 года назад

we did

@phillipg.9372 4 года назад

@@atomixgfx6150 No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

@punkisinthedetails1470 4 года назад

no, it was the Kindle fire

@Yoriichi_Tsugikuni___ 4 года назад

Well, we did

@kevinchandler179 Месяц назад

I think Billy Joel is a little bit underrated? He is a legend, and he doesn't have 1 bad song, literally!!!

@sethterwilliger9434 Месяц назад

billy joel is a legend def not underarrted

@ctrc5541 Месяц назад

He is like Bowie or Elton John level famous he’s not underrated

@dominiqueguay 2 месяца назад

You do not know how much I love you...thank you for being such an AWESOME artist

@joshuagoodrich 8 месяцев назад

The fact that you can rewrite this song to every single generations trauma speaks volumes. Music transcends time.

@CarlMarxPunk 8 месяцев назад

Also, that some of these are still relevant or similar to current events, trippy

@valentinacanani1906 8 месяцев назад

fall out boy just did!

@Lye8721 8 месяцев назад

@@valentinacanani1906 This version is in chronological order... The Fallout Boy Version is ... A fucking timeline cluster-fuck. Yes, you can throw in lyrics to fit the current age but I wouldn't compare Fallout Boy's absolute historical mess to this one. One of the two: Every Event in Chronological Order - A fantastic tool of teaching. The other: Discombobulated, barely linked events thrown out varying sometimes by decades. Their version isn't 'bad' as far as sound, but as far as being a useful teaching tool... Eh... The Original can actually teach a timeline, the new one can't.

@JohnSmith-bq6nf 7 месяцев назад

Yeahj but it is weak compared to the original @@valentinacanani1906

@Blutteufel 7 месяцев назад

Why is everyone so obsessed with 'trauma' these days?

@Omeganed0 4 года назад

"Is that Billy Joel tapping on our pickle jar?" "Yes, dear, he came with the house!"

@ewanlaw8219 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@suppersdinner119 4 года назад

I'd love that

@joshuaary3191 4 года назад

😅😅😅

@bushidotestu1997 4 года назад

Hell of a deal

@703kan Год назад

@@bushidotestu1997 what else do i have to say

@user-vl5nk3pl5h 4 дня назад

That would be M.E. 1 will always Appreciate the genius of Billy Joel. On par with Rod Stewart!

@johnMCGOWAN-lb6ym 3 месяца назад

This Song Is A History Lesson In Itself !!!!!!!!

@sharonbraselton3135 Месяц назад

Yesvitvis

@erichoefer5268 2 года назад

Honestly, this is one of the best songs ever written.

@cdybft9050 2 года назад

Billy Joel Hated it but the people seem to dig it just groovy.

@syl6k666 2 года назад

Couldn't agree more

@slayerslayer7623 2 года назад

@cypherusuh 2 года назад

@@cdybft9050 I reckon it's very difficult to remember the lyrics. It's basically news headline for decades.

@ewasfound2454 2 года назад

THE BEST

@mightypoopie6884 3 года назад

I had a Cold War history assignment, so i listened to this song for revision... I mean I failed but it was a good song at least.

@jackskellingtonsora 3 года назад

You actually have to study the things he mentions in the lyrics. :P

@candypaperheart 3 года назад

I remember playing part of this song for a project about political statements in the media. It was a good fifteen years ago that I did that.

@aaroncarolan820 3 года назад

You would have missed the Cuban missile crisis then lol

@MrIrishscouse 3 года назад

You shoulda got at least a pass, if not a straight A! Shame on those examiners! 😄

@cheng3580 3 года назад

Thats like 50 years of history. A song seriously can't put all in a nutshell. Though this was a good attempt to do so. Seriously, read into more or watch some videos on it. Its interesting.

@marclerner5633 Месяц назад

The absolute genius of this song.

@lovelylucero 3 месяца назад

A song of this genius is helpful to those who weren't paying attention in class... too bad we don't have more like this!

@josephlungu1619 3 года назад

Strangely, this song seems fitting for our times

@DonnieDarko1 3 года назад

🙁

@dephotic 3 года назад

@@DonnieDarko1 🙁

@Sp1Tz_2nd 3 года назад

@Nicholas Bray we didn't start the fire remasterd

@gramstrap 3 года назад

China did hahahaha

@Sp1Tz_2nd 3 года назад

@Smokey McB what thank you

@leonwinchester9865 3 года назад

One day Billy Joel was thinking. The world fucking sucks let's write an absolute banger of a song about it.

@PeterNgola 3 года назад

HAHA pure truth man!

@ladiesnotfeminists9427 3 года назад

Actually some kid told him he was sad billy Joel never lived through anything cool and it ate away at him and he said “eff that kid my life is so cool! Check out whats happened in My life time kid.” And thus a legend hit was born. The world should thank that kid

@gildedphoenix 3 года назад

Yeap, he made this song to flex on younger generations

@wham1984 3 года назад

He wrote it for somebody that said he was lucky because he grew up in the 50's when "nothing happened". Billy was like "excuse me, a bunch of stuff happened" So he wrote this song

@tuduki5545 3 года назад

And what he did burn those tunes. Fucking lit

@charlee8526 3 дня назад

This Is what they should teach you in a history lesson, he literally mentions every event, place and person 👌

@DavidThomas658 3 месяца назад

Billy Joel's music sets the world on fire !

@miller2126 4 года назад

"England's got a new queen" *Queen Elizabeth laughs in immortal*

@mikegerardo5360 3 года назад

Chest Er she will not die even if she gets corona our god the immortal will proval

@thorwhoisacat 3 года назад

Yup

@ehmwhy 3 года назад

2020 version would be “England’s got the same queen”

@bad-am3805 3 года назад

The reference is about her becoming queen after her father died in 1952

@captainsludgeslinger3272 3 года назад

@Karen Emery she's the second liz tho

@dawnfulwood5855 3 года назад

"Ryan started the fire" -The Office

@jennyalcala5871 3 года назад

Finally found someone that also watches the office

@alexanderselman6373 3 года назад

I came here after watching that scene

@alexh6913 3 года назад

Yes

@bandit_rides2700 3 года назад

Yes.

@jda5814 3 года назад

I'm not a big fan of "The Office"

@KeithGreene-ns6vu 2 месяца назад

It still burning

@user-gw5qz4wy5d 2 года назад

I think the main telling of this song is "Every generation has their own story, so don't fight each other on this"

@Cursedwolf22230 2 года назад

Summary:Cold War

@jonathanmckarlison1203 2 года назад

I think it about the problem each generations face and they deny that they start but still won't solve it

@nazariit171 2 года назад

@@DrifterZigzag what?

@Driver-qt9jh 2 года назад

Also partly about separating every day life In these times from what actually living in them is like.

@m1h1ka.76o 2 года назад

@Suzie-ui9vg 3 года назад

Song: we didn’t start the fire Arsonist: *sweating intensifies*

@puma7372 3 года назад

Why did the arsonist stay near enough to the fire for it to warm him? Asking to get caught in my opinion

@sephyr885 3 года назад

ayo u being too loud

@himikotoga4270 3 года назад

Dabi: Am I a joke to you?

@jimbojigs368 3 года назад

@@sephyr885 you name suggests that you started the fire, so I will ask you "did you start the fire?"

@Alkimachos 3 года назад

@@sephyr885 I agree with your name

@bishop_98 Месяц назад

So much has gone on since 2020 that each year could have its own verse

@lawrencegarcia6819 6 дней назад

Although we didn’t start the fire we just keep adding fuel to it to keep it burning

@jareds.7063 3 года назад

“Trouble in the Suez.” He’s not only a history buff, he’s a psychic

@TheGuyThatsNotFunny 3 года назад

Not to ruin the joke, (Don't press read more if you don't want OP's joke ruined) he isn't a psychic, there had been multiple incidents that happened in the Suez years before 2021, like the 1956 Suez crisis, he could've maybe just referenced that instead.

@nargileh1 3 года назад

@@TheGuyThatsNotFunny The song is referring to the 8 year traffic jam in the canal when it ended up in the middle of a conflict zone.

@invertXtrogdor 3 года назад

@@nargileh1 Given the fact it mentions Budapest (the centre of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956) and Krushchev (who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953) its probably referring to the Suez Crisis in 1956, not the later closure between the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War.

@e11aguru 3 года назад

Wait, he's not saying "trouble in the sewers"??

@user-ov2fc5sd1e 3 года назад

Illuminati confirmed

@InsaneFire10YT 3 года назад

history teacher: you can't learn the past 50 years in 5 minutes Billy Joel: *observe*

@eclipseyt05 3 года назад

Also Billy Joel *"I can do it 4 minutes tops"*

@shantanutak4105 3 года назад

You should say listen

@moneygrowsonplants3442 3 года назад

Why read newspaper. Its all in one epic compilation now

@dimaco7356 3 года назад

My middle school history teacher had us memorize this song. Hadn't heard in it a long till today while I was doing errands.

@KO-tq3ns 3 года назад

20 minutes 13 billion years: "History of the world I guess"

@noellesnell9010 2 дня назад

In 2003 I was in grade 12 and we had a contest where we had to write down as many of the events in the song that we had covered in our history class as we could… I did not win that contest and for some reason that motivated me to learn all of the lyrics. I can still sing along almost perfectly 21 years later. 😆🤦🏽‍♀️

@yorucyber2630 3 месяца назад

Thank you Billy Joel

@GipsyD29 3 года назад

Family: trying to live their lives Billy: don't mind me I'm just here the whole time

@saintdaveofl.a4729 3 года назад

He came with the house. The guy who sold it was like "Well, yeah he's been here since before it was even built trying to use things as instruments. He pretty much eats nothing, is always awake, and will attempt to use your possessions as drum sticks."

@sebasedtionvettel 3 года назад

@@saintdaveofl.a4729 ain't no complaints

@saintdaveofl.a4729 3 года назад

@@sebasedtionvettel Billy Joel is too powerful to get complained about. The Legends say that if you disrespect him in any way he'll take your toes and use them as drum sticks.

@lizardguyNA 3 года назад

At least he helped with the baby, kid probably knows him as "Uncle Billy" now.

@lisaloves-coffee9429 2 года назад

@@saintdaveofl.a4729 and he'll entertain the kids for free so you take your Valium and drink your whisky!

@siriuslee137 10 месяцев назад

I remember my English teacher in high school had us listen to this song and then choose a lyric to give a presentation on. One of the coolest class projects I ever had!

@kitsunelee007 10 месяцев назад

My AP history did this is Highschool along with REM's It's The End of The World.

@PigZzzZ 10 месяцев назад

Same man

@costco_pizza 10 месяцев назад

Thumbs DOWN if the Fall Out Boy cover DIDN'T bring you here!!!

@cosmicpanda1914 10 месяцев назад

My 8th grade Social Studies teacher did the same thing.

@7n154 10 месяцев назад

Damn, you guys had GREAT teachers. Taught you guys to actually know history and not be afraid of it. American History is raw and rough, and the best of us can handle its truth and learn from it. Honest American History is a complex story. A lot of good, some great and a bit of conflict to keep it that way. But hearing your generation say things like your comments makes me a proud American. Your positive reactions to this song gives me overwhelming hope for the next generation.

@nicolediamond7261 Месяц назад

2024 still on fire ❤

@phosphore_squad Месяц назад

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

@Maverick512000 7 лет назад

So the story goes Billy Joel wrote this after being told by a 21 year old that nothing of interest happened while Joel was growing up. You know you're good when you get a hit out of an F you song you wrote to someone.

@DavetheDiabetic1 7 лет назад

Maverick512000 he literally took Time magazine titles

@sentzeu 7 лет назад

That boy was the son of John Lennon btw.

@GermanRocket7 6 лет назад

Close, but still incorrect. It was a friend of John Lennon's son.

@sentzeu 6 лет назад

I stand corrected.

@dawnm.divincenzo7774 6 лет назад

Maverick512000 that is typical of all lot of the younger generations.

@cindywuollet1 Год назад

My son had a history teacher that played this song and your assignment is to identify the references. Now that’s a freaking good teacher. Everyone loves music. Billy made a significant song That’s what we want for our childrens education to challenge them and learn

@gracieallsey7527 Год назад

@Billy Joel ❤

@jamescrook2077 Год назад

My history still does

@Jan7412 Год назад

Ironically my History teacher made us write a version of this song with references to current events.

@cindywuollet1 Год назад

@@Jan7412 wow. That’s a great story how great teachers evolve. Unfortunately I can’t relay that to my son as he died last year summer at 35yo 2021 in my arms cardiac issues not drug induced. He was a talented bass player

@cindywuollet1 Год назад

Hit wrong button. I wanted to add that he would have loved to hear what you wrote. Glad you have at least 1 good teacher

@user-zv7ho4sy7p 2 дня назад

this is the best song ever

@stanleygeorge7781 3 месяца назад

45yrs old now, i remember this as a child in the 80's.

@elorex1661 3 года назад

You could probably make a whole new "We didn't start the fire" by just using events from 2020

@rustbucket7484 3 года назад

oh they did.

@sithereselangto 3 года назад

I'll do that for my project

@gregparrott 3 года назад

Several musicians already have. Here's a good one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZJmPw0YZo4M.html

@TheWinjin 3 года назад

Frankly, it takes the history perspective to see which of these will matter in 2040. Obviously the tourism and work-redefining pandemic will, but who knows how, and what else will change. Maybe something comparatively minuscule will matter much more in ten years than we could imagine.

@jackdias9263 3 года назад

How do I rhyme black lives matter with covid19

@williampaterson7808 4 года назад

Interviewer: “How many moments in history do you know?” Billy Joel: “Yes.”

@Marvino69 4 года назад

I don’t know anything besides that John guy who was shot in the head

@williampaterson7808 4 года назад

Ooga Booga President John F. Kennedy.

@commenterjosh2428 4 года назад

@@Marvino69 John Lennon

@bullneck 4 года назад

Billy Joel is here for it

@barrydavid6634 4 года назад

@@Marvino69 than you really haven't lived long have you

@justinguo2060 2 месяца назад

This song needs a sequel

@cynthiaanderson8699 2 месяца назад

Fall Out Boy ❤ 🎵

@_JustinCider_ 2 месяца назад

No it doesn't. There's a new version out, played way too often on the radio and it sucks.

@OsirisMiller-kd6qt 19 часов назад

🎵 We didn't start the fire 🎵 sing with me guys

@jonathanhyde1355 3 года назад

Somebody: “I’d be cool if someone could fit 50 years of history in one song.” Billy Joel: “Hold my beer.”

@spaseristov37 3 года назад

😄

@pommiebears 3 года назад

I believe the bet he made with a friend was similar to that actually lol.

@omegaperras8342 2 года назад

@MUFC2 22 billion lightyears away space probe commander 1 is still searching for who the fuck asked

@scottpaulson206 2 года назад

Love it! 👌

@apseudonym 2 года назад

Billy would never ask someone to hold his beer, he'd just chug it down before doing something.

@whitb6111 2 года назад

I come back to this song anytime current events feel like they’re too much

@jasongates- 2 года назад

I was thinking fitting song for right now. We really didn't start the fire.

@SunflowerChild82 2 года назад

Truth! And the majority of young Americans don’t know what half of these topics are about!

@ed2kou1 2 года назад

I know the feeling

@ElectricBookWorm 2 года назад

@@SunflowerChild82 The sad part is how relevant this song sill is. half the things, if not more that he mentions are still problems to this day.

@M.Aaltonen 2 года назад

Same here, Whit.

@user-ud9lg3zi9s Месяц назад

Great song here ❤❤❤❤

@angelasilvi9090 16 дней назад

This is such an amazing and emotional song. And what it is telling us that history will repeat itself over and over again. When we are gone it still burn on and on.

@marsmurderer9868 3 года назад

I think enough happened since this song came out to warrant an official sequel

@Gythem 3 года назад

Might as well wait and see how COVID plays out at least.

@bluestreak711 3 года назад

There is a sequel and it is called Ryan Started the Fire.

@flamespear86 3 года назад

I doubt he'll do it. Billy actually doesn't really like this song. He's got a point it's not a particularly well made song. It's just catchy and loops a lot. The history is the only thing that makes it good enough. Honestly though I'm all for more musical history.

@heatherrussell8255 3 года назад

Agree. Include COVID.

@heisensaul5538 3 года назад

yes, there's lots and lots. However I feel a sequel is almost never as good as the original.

@jamiespiteri2094 3 года назад

History teacher (in 1989): you can't put the entire history of the past 40+ years in 4 minutes Billy Joel: Am I a joke to you?

@aaronbrown5154 3 года назад

Purveyor.s of the victors propaganda @ history teachers

@sillywombat 3 года назад

Doing my history work whilst listening, it helps me remember cold war events

@Lionhitch 3 года назад

Fax

@toddwhite9884 3 года назад

Ha ha

@mappam3160 3 года назад

@@sillywombat I'm gonna borrow your idea is that ok?

@justwatch2760 15 дней назад

It's amazing how many people know this song but never even cared who sung it ain't that a damn shame

@SirPlayzAlot 2 дня назад

We Didn’t Start The Fire walked so that The Ultimate Showdown could run

@fludblud 8 лет назад

If Billy is still kicking he needs to make a sequel to this song when he is 80 in 2029, a serious load of shit has happened since 1989 and this song needs updating.

@kalifornia8110 8 лет назад

thats our final for US history. we need to make 2 more verses containing events from 1990-2016

@suicidesquad6862 8 лет назад

Or 2019. Better chance of him still living then.

@justsomerando718 8 лет назад

+Kalani Castro nice

@evansheets2719 8 лет назад

easy. just use donald trump for all of it. you could write a book on all the shenanigans he has pulled

@kbdoubleu 8 лет назад

+Sketch Sheets Wow, hilarious and original. Enlighten me on what he's done.

@timheiserman 11 дней назад

I like what Billy Joel's singing.

@geomodelrailroader 8 дней назад

Happy Birthday to the Great Billy Joel!

@gsgcarreviews 3 года назад

*"RYAN STARTED THE FIRE"* -Michael Scott & Dwight

@nogoaway2832 3 года назад

the most iconic line that Dwight ever read

@iloveumyisis 3 года назад

@stonesmokey1 3 года назад

Yessssss

@zipper9198 3 года назад

Yes

@msliu9634 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@itsmepaulaw 4 года назад

I wish he would write 3 more verses, covering 1990-2019.

@me0101001000 4 года назад

It's your chance, buddy. Go for it!

@gekyumecircumcised6535 4 года назад

Aku i agree with your positivity

@TheJagdog 4 года назад

9/11, Gangnam style, whip nea nea, Logan’s apology,RU-vid disses, RU-vid boxing, Epstein’s cover up, “guns started doing the shootings now!” Gave you one verse you take over xD

@caelidhg6261 4 года назад

yeah, I was thinking the same thing.....

@anonrandom7765 4 года назад

@@TheJagdog Who cares about whip nae nae and Logan Paul and other gay RU-vid stars? Get a life.

@MichaelBurland 4 дня назад

* Stranger in a Strange Land.!!* St Michael.❤.

@MarkGales 7 лет назад

Once at college, our tutor dedicated the whole lesson to teaching us the meaning of these lyrics. Best lesson I ever had!

@LizzyFair85 7 лет назад

Mark Gales I had a HS teacher do the same thing and then we had to write our own versions of the song at the end of the semester. So much fun and interesting.

@killer25014 7 лет назад

My 8th grade History teacher did the same thing, only we had to actually explain one of the events mentioned in this song. Shit was fun at the time.

@BlueMatty 7 лет назад

Liz Fair t it's not like there is a lack of stuff to write about as of event XD for lyrics

@block672008 6 лет назад

you must have obtained a great deal o knowledge during your studies...:)

@hughmunguss5182 6 лет назад

Mark Gales gay

@42LMS 3 года назад

Comment on this song starter pack: (Choose your fighter) -Someone needs to make an updated version -This aged well -Ryan started the fire -Tubbo started the fire

@jacklyn6253 3 года назад

Ryan and Tubbo were starting fires for the first time in history.

@joshuawarwick2991 3 года назад

Someone needs to make an updated version

@bobross7993 3 года назад

Shut up

@bobross7993 3 года назад

@Thot Patrol USA ok

@joeytwitchell3672 3 года назад

Turbo started the fire

@daniellebyrd899 18 дней назад

This song is like a time capsule... events in order, if you know history you know exactly what hes talking about in each verse. Unlike fall out boys scrambling of events .