Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Audio)

"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
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Lyrics:
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
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
#BillyJoel #WeDidntStartTheFire #OfficialAudio

[@TheZPTR]

When the History Teacher and the Music teacher do a class together

[@Martionize]

And the Music Teacher.

[@SkyblueTv]

My history teacher is making us write down what this song is about.

[@rudyrude7975]

When history become one of the greatest rock songs ever😎

[@ericcartman4751]

@@SkyblueTv i want your teacher as a teacher for real

[@odiniusthegreat]

My English and history teacher are married lol

[@Andy_Dagamer]

4 minutes and 51 seconds of Billy Joel explaining that he is not an arsonist.

[@Oper8Fur07]

Drastic on purpose misunderstanding, but funny.

[@richardwhitehead5069]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ayyylmao101]

@@Oper8Fur07 We call it... _humour_

[@Oper8Fur07]

@@ayyylmao101 simply genius, we should patent and sell this invention. just imagine the sheer coinage!

[@ayyylmao101]

@@Oper8Fur07 The coin, the copper, the cash! Call it _penance._

[@HandelsAreDumb]

"Didn't start the fire" my ass. This song IS the fire

[@PatrickWalsh-qn3fg]

bro me knowing full well i did start the fire 👁👄👁

[@1989NickyD]

We didn't start the fire, we just added more fuel to it.

[@SMIBBProductions]

Yes

[@luismarceloinostrozabidart922]

Well said...

[@SMIBBProductions]

Have to agree

[@luismarceloinostrozabidart922]

It's easy to hide the real intentions with political correct answers...Thanks for to reply...

[@SMIBBProductions]

Yeah anytime!, And I agree

[@beeroth3093]

The coolest history teacher that I ever had, had everyone in our class assigned a different verse of the song and we had to choose an event from one of those verses to write an entire essay on and as a result it turned into a couple 100 kids giving a very long-winded speech about all the different historical events throughout that time period and became one huge history lesson for all of us. At the end we got to watch the music video for the song and discuss why we chose the verse that we did. There were many events that some of us didn't live through because we were still children and without that context we may never have looked into them

[@palasta]

Hey.. that's what the other person said somewhere else...

[@user-rj2ls3fw2m]

Fall Out Boy did a version not too long ago of major events between 1989 and 2023

[@imperialprotocoldroid8570]

We need a 2000-2030 version of this song. Infact we should have a version of this song for every 3 decades.

[@historyandstuff16]

Can you sing? I can do the editing

[@invis_potion]

Something is about to throw down i can feel it

[@lycaptain]

this should become a world tradition. the official theme song of the 3 decades.

[@inflateable7387]

lmao dude I was thinking this exact same thing just yesterday it needs about fifteen new verses covering the 90s, the noughties, the awkward teens and lets face it this decade isn't turning into any prize either

[@inflateable7387]

coronavirus, microplastics, identity politics pogs, alf, youtube, kurt cobains shotgun twitter being bought by musk, hypernormalisation saddam hiding underground, electing donald j trump

[@marysmile1603]

Since this song came out in 1989 and documented all the major historical events Billy Joel lived through, we should remake it for its forty-year anniversary. EDIT: Because everyone keeps telling me about the FOB one, I'll say this: it's hot garbage and shouldn't have been made.

[@ayyylmao101]

That would be unironically awesome aldfkja

[@jaidaniels905]

there it is again... that funny feeling.

[@Keyvira]

Yes COVID is the name 😂😂😂

[@pawatonkaemawichanurat7462]

agree

[@daffygoose4757]

I second this motion

[@RezG21]

No America. You can't get away with this song.

[@edgarzacapala7469]

Someone in a bar: nobody can sing about the second half of the century!!! Billy Joel: hold my beer...

[@user-jh4fi9kr6d]

so true

[@goBrazy_]

Here’s the lyrics… you’re welcome🎵🎵🎵 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, goodbye 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 Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez 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 Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, space monkey, mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo 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 Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK - blown away, what else do I have to say? 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 Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law Rock and roller, cola wars, I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning, since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on 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 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 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

[@PatrickWalsh-qn3fg]

bro me knowing full well i did start the fire 👁👄👁

[@scottbrandts610]

To write a song that borders on "rap", containing a history of the 20th century, arranging the lyrics chronologically, AND making them rhyme... Who else could do it but this man? SHEER FUCKING GENIUS!!

[@williegordon7899]

I Googled "Starkweather" homicide to find out what that was and I was shocked.

[@siennasmith2148]

I failed that the assignment in high school soooo hard lol

[@paulfrost8895]

He is among the top rated artists ' just magic.

[@paulfrost8895]

He was born in 1949 ' this covers events of his first 40 years.

[@dariokillsaman2111]

Someone clearly has no idea what rap is

[@RaymondArias]

I really liked how it was coincidental that the album's name is "Storm Front."

[@stefanocanicchio7278]

Maybe the directors of the series made on porpose

[@dewittbourchier7169]

The Boys!

[@itsblitz4437]

Well crap, I did not realize that at all!

[@mik3y448]

@@stefanocanicchio7278 r/facepalm

[@stefanocanicchio7278]

@@mik3y448 Oh ur are so funny...

[@coolgameboy8077]

It’s so hard to believe this is Billy Joel’s least favorite song he wrote.

[@rpmguy648]

I love how this feels less dated than the 2023 one.

[@Inlovewithagoddess]

born in 88 and still know every word to this day. We still got a lot of fires to fight in 2024...

[@jeffreybanner4144]

I’d like to hear We Didn’t Start The Fire 2020 w/ lyrics picking up where the original song left off. (Berlin Wall, Bosnia, Desert Storm, Ross Perot...)

[@BeeKay5150]

Great first line for it!

[@mahdeensyhr]

It'd also be nice if the whole song had the same level of detail it started off with. Basically skips over the 1970s and 1980s almost completely.

[@cjwright79]

@@BeeKay5150 shouldn't it rhyme though!

[@klairemartin7379]

Corona....

[@SpacePineapple]

2029. 40 years

[@Minzzang6969]

Billy Joel Lyrics Track "Billy Joel" on Bandsintown "We Didn't Start The Fire" Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye 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 Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez 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 Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather Homicide, Children of Thalidomide... Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo 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 Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician Sex J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say? 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 Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and Roller Cola wars, I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone It will still burn on and on and on and on And on and on and on and on...

[@78macka]

2:59 “JFK Blown Away What Else Do I Have To Say!!!???” It Never Gets Old

[@michelecaronti]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE 🤟🏻🔥👓👔💼

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

When aliens ask me about the world, I'm going to play this

[@killugay]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥

[@speedymclame5974]

real

[@Ciera_Banks]

So happy to see this comment. Sometimes that line plays instead of the actual song lyrics 😂

[@ryansdailymemes5972]

what- m- my names Ryan 👁️👄👁️

[@cristinafuentes3163]

This is my Dad´s favorite song!, when I was little, he always explained me every part of the lyrics, I learned a lot and loved the moments I spend with him talking about history, and that is why, this song has a very deep meaning for me. PD: Sorry for the bad english :), I just wanted to share this little story. :)

[@ss-gv1te]

And a great story it is. 😃👍

[@cristinafuentes3163]

@@ss-gv1te thanks!

[@abdullaal-naimi9075]

That's actually very good English, about 2 or 3 small mistakes. I've seen native speakers write worse.

[@tillhillow0121]

yo te entendi pero soy de mexico

[@andrewmcdonnell6369]

It's a great story!

[@casongriffin6984]

"England's got a new Queen" -💀

[@Basillipop]

England's got a new King more like

[@denkidelahoya6648]

I love the message that this song ends about the problems of a generation being blamed on their kids. It’s already happening with ours

[@denkidelahoya6648]

*sends

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

When, exactly, did the exception happened?

[@collinbradac5211]

We're Starting The Fire With This One🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@TheDaniel2483]

this song went to #1 on the pop charts in 1989!!!

[@cazz8017]

NO WONDER

[@rae-raetheturtledemon.5461]

I wonder if he should do an updated version of this song.

[@GoldieMethrans]

@@rae-raetheturtledemon.5461 YES.

[@kittydogcalendar8090]

WOOO also my friend has the same pfp u do

[@goldosprey]

Fun fact this was the last number 1 of the 80s and Billy joels career

[@billyboy4797]

This song is probably up there at the top with songs with the most words.

[@rw0050]

History In Song ----

[@arthurchallat8530]

Catchiest song of all the time ? Yes.

[@Luke-pd7xj]

Can't get enough of billy, his music is just too good.

[@GamerGuy205]

agreed

[@LuigiLaitinen]

Neither can I… and you’ve got that right. Especially since my parents and I also happen to like a lot of his old great songs so much.

[@MichelStubblefield3356]

It's still rock and roll to me. :-)

[@cliodhnagardiner44]

Wow

[@Sammie12310]

fr

[@philiphalpenny9761]

...almost 30 years on and i am still discovering some of the cultural references in this song!

[@SpawnofChaos]

Not surprising given how many are in this song. 🙂

[@Sofia-ii7gm]

it’s 31 years now! I wish i was born in the 90s!

[@carlmanguitar]

Poet, storyteller, songwritter, musician - Billy Joel. National treasure!

[@RT-vw6yw]

After a ten year break from a failed attempt at college, I decided to go back and do it right at 29. I nervously walked into my very first class, History, and the professor had this as a blaring welcome. I'll never forget it!

[@bladegriggs4090]

How are you doing now? @R T

[@RT-vw6yw]

​@@bladegriggs4090 Great, thanks!

[@themisfitowl2595]

Awesome! 😅

[@bladegriggs4090]

Your welcome!

[@MCWalter126]

What do you mean blaring?

[@angelg6272]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE IT WAS ALWAYS BURNING SINCE THE WORLDS BEEN TURNING

[@soawesome159]

dwight guaranteed.

[@RSidd]

Lol! You deserve a cookie.

[@pidgeydoodles7549]

it was always turning since the world's been burning!

[@nedthenoodleman]

Who here has memorized the full song and can recite it without music

[@nedthenoodleman]

I did I was really bored

[@RoopeRontu1999]

I did that with half, or at least 1/3 of the words in Finnish.

[@OldiesKid]

If we didn't lit the fire. Who did?

[@TotallyToonsTV]

So much has happened since 1989, I'd love to hear a version capturing everything from that point to now.

[@Lance374]

Boy ive got good news for you, Fall Out Boy did it just today!

[@zackkorth2410]

lucky guy you are that this entire reality was constructed for you- fall out boy made one.

[@thesage3125]

I think every forty years, a new version of this song needs to be made

[@McFaddenWasRight]

Not if it sucks like the new ome does. FOB blows.

[@eatafox]

England's got a new king

[@luisaluveniyali8962]

Listening In 2024.

[@albinoenricojosiah5495]

The history lesson we didn't know we needed

[@ShockwaveEnthusiast]

You know, my 5th grade ELA teacher showed us this. He was the best guy I think I've ever had as a teacher.

[@themtndewcocacolaguy]

My tribute to the Notre Dame Cathedral on fire.

[@davidrobledo4480]

Hahaha You are funny

[@m1cha3l31]

He's in notre dame touring rn lmao

[@pierreweee7425]

The Boys.... are back. That fits perfectly💣💣

[@Mr.Goldbar]

That sound production is AMAZING! If I was an audio engineer, this record would be my benchmark for mixing

[@TheCrashx]

It's good, sure, I wouldn't personally use it as a benchmark though, it depends on what the client is after and what will fit the genre, just my 2 cents after studying audio engineering for the last 2 years

[@doughnutholer]

@@TheCrashx it’s decent

[@henryatkinson1479]

As someone who has done live audio mixing for 48-input events... no. Theres really not a whole lot happening here mixing-wise, 2 vocalists, and not a full complement of instruments.

[@User-jk8wq]

It was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, so no surprise there

[@vcjcc8646]

Billy Joel After Inventing History For This Song: 🤤

[@SuperGaleford]

Thank you, Billy, for not trying to rap this song like you said it came to you in a dream.

[@CherryBug-rt1rl]

THIS IS STILL A BIG HIT IN 2023! GOOD JOB NEVER STOP!

[@sadiaosman6895]

“England’s got a new queen” Few months late but that ages well

[@liamdaniels4113]

its a jumble of so many big names, global events, epidemics, musical genres, in no particular order, and it's still an amazing song!

[@patrickk6331]

it was in chronological order

[@donovanweiss159]

He's right, it is in chronological order

[@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126]

@@donovanweiss159 it is indeed in chronological order

[@levibull6063]

I would like to thank the boys for introducing a brilliant song I can't believe I haven't heard this in only 22 and know some of the things that has on about

[@grungehippie4486]

The boys definitely did the song right

[@SpidermanUnstoppable]

If this song came out in 2022, just imagine how long it would be... Yikes

[@rubencorrea1080]

Yea an updated version of this song is definitely something I’d listen to. I wonder how everyone will react though.

[@awstennn]

@@rubencorrea1080fall out boy put out an updated version

[@LetsPlayWoomy8835]

boy do i have news for you

[@justsomeguywithprimusapoth5927]

Who else is here because the boys are back in town

[@Miloslavick]

Daddy's home....

[@ScarChrome]

@@Miloslavick Noted

[@rupashrinandy3780]

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Carlosespinoza819]

Let's get the fucking Supes

[@YosoylaMorsa9007]

X2

[@somerandomcube]

i discovered this song via "You can't fight the homestuck", pretty good ngl

[@jacobtrowbridge1811]

The absolute fury in "Belgians in the CONGOOOO"

[@FernandoGonzalez-si6df]

Storm front = Album Strom front = Super villian

[@Azrael-TheOrderOfStDumas1092]

I Started The 🔥 😂

[@Cutie-loves-cupcake]

I grew up with this type of music 🎧 thanks to my parents

[@coryjamieson3171]

This music is fire, even if Billy didn't start it.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

almost 30 years later, and it still makes my hair stand

[@samsical2597]

the fires happened on their own!

[@MidSpike]

"England's got a new Queen" oh how times have changed

[@albertjackinson]

Now THIS aged fantastically well! Problems are everywhere and exist in any time, no matter when you lived, but there are people who always fight the fire.

[@bryanpotter3882]

We didn't start the fire 🔥 Billy Joel classic

[@ihatemustard3937]

my history teacher gave us a little project where we had to use 150 history events from the past 30 years and put it into decent lyrics to this song

[@BMI007]

something about that intro, with the drums and electric guitar before the beat drops, I love it

[@PatrickWalsh-qn3fg]

bro me knowing full well i did start the fire 👁👄👁

[@christianbernardsalcedo8400]

Ryan started the fire!!

[@davedee6745]

I like how at the start he says Harry Truman all calm and by the time he gets to rock and roller cola wars, he's going nuts. It's like half way through, he started to lose his mind and by the time he got to the end, he lost all semblance of sanity.

[@emmanuelfuentes1755]

Siendo mexicano, la letra de esta canción me hace incluir acontecimientos de mi país como el movimiento estudiantil y las olimpiadas de 1968, el Halconazo en 1971 y la llegada del neoliberalismo en 1982

[@LeonardoLara01]

Wow que buena aportación compañero

[@andreamarin7744]

Los 43🎵🎵, Colosio🎵🎵, Pedro Infante 🎼🎼, Guardería ABC 🎵🎵 Huelgas de la CNTE🎵 Gasolinazo, Huachicoleo 🎼🎼 (No me fijo en el orden, vienen al azar)

[@chefsteve1571]

Siendo mexicano, agradesco por la mucha informacion que usted esta importando

[@PureLoverFilipino]

The only song that every lyrics has a meaning and history

[@kittydogcalendar8090]

The lyrics are so easy to change I actually switched them up to my notes in science and used that to study. It did work! Would recommend :). Story: So one day I found out I had two tests the next week... and of course I was worried. The next day in class, I thought of this song, then decided to switch up the lyrics. It worked! Do use this if you have 3-5 days to study for a test or quiz. Aaand I am about to do it again!! It got tedious sadly :( but this is an awesome song :DD Also back in 2020 I kept hearing this in my dad's office, and I eventually learned the song title. I never thought of the song again. Then a few months ago I heard this on a video I was watching so I checked it out!

[@dustinpingree3706]

I always beat myself up for not listening to this song more often

[@metalwolf1086]

This song came out when I was like 9 years old and its one of the first songs I really remembering liking. Almost 40 now and still love some Billy Joel.

[@huskerdustiscanon]

3:38- Cleveland Brown: Enough! It's just noise! And Holt, stop kicking my chair. Driving is a big responsibility. Why is everyone so ampt up? And yes, one of The Cleveland Show episodes brought us here.

[@cbsteffen]

Some have misheard “U-2” and “Payola” as “KZbin” and “AOL” respectively, but that’s not logical because this song was released in 1989, and no such things as AOL (America Online) or KZbin existed at the time. The only way to find those misheard lyrics plausible is if whoever misheard them that way had not heard of this song until after having heard of America Online and KZbin.

[@alexisgonzales9026]

U2 means Irish Rock Band or some atómic bomb?

[@Krashnikov]

this song feels more appropriate every day

[@tiffanyhinderscheit6639]

When I'm on my way to work at 6:30 in the morning, getting ready for a 12 hour shift, and when this song, Let's Go Crazy or Back in Black come on the radio..... MAX VOLUME!!!!

[@Islamsourates]

THE BOYS !!!

[@theflea2023]

Back in my junior year in high school my history shows us the song. That's the reason how I got to this song.

[@richb3459]

My bill is set at 26 trillion.

[@justinmcginty9975]

First heard this in history class. The coach teaching the class was the best history teacher ive ever seen. Awesome

[@jamesedgar3442]

I often wonder how this would have sounded had it been a rap song, as Billy said it started out to be. Being Billy Joel, I know it would have been excellent.

[@jtalson95m8]

i guess, if rap is your thing.

[@zlinedavid]

It basically is. The lyrics are rapped/chanted, not sung.

[@johntate4185]

I like this beat better and I was born in 96 ✌😎

[@wickedfrigginryan4645]

When I was a kid my dad told me that this was white rap. Sounds like he's rapping.

[@jedionboard1233]

Cant believe this classic is nearly 30 yrs old !!!!!. Come on Billy, you must do part 2,, so much has happened since 1989.

[@iitzseanxd6084]

WE DIDNT START THE FIRE!!! (Somebody carry it on)

[@zaksuart23]

IT WAS ALWAYS BURNING SINCE THE WORLDS BEEN TURNING

[@wp912]

They simply do not make music as good as they used to.

[@manuelorozco7760]

That’s why I don’t keep with todays music

[@wp912]

@@manuelorozco7760 It is completely and utterly shameful what has become of the media industry today. Having said that, music, film and entertainment are inherently distracting and can provoke an intoxicating effect. For instance, you may start dancing or crying or feeling a certain emotion, sometimes even anger, when you listen to music. Culturally it goes hand in hand with alcohol consumption which further makes a person lose control of themselves. I recently reverted to Islam and so all forms of media are prohibited along with pork and all intoxicants including tobacco and alcohol. It wasn't easy at first but now I have not listened to any music in over a month. It's interesting how once one purifies themselves from these vices your mind and body changes. Now whenever I hear music I hear it for what it is, artificially constructed noise. Really, it's rather fascinating, but its like they say, you cannot tell the trees from the forest when you are immersed in something. Taking a step back, alcohol, pork, music, film, these all seem very repulsive to me now. I feel much more healthy because of it. I'm not one to believe in anything blindly, by the way. I've researched extensively into many religions and spiritualities. The bible for instance, to this day still does not have any original manuscripts in existence, nor are the authors of various books of the bible known, to this day many still remain anonymous. The Quran on the other hand has an authenticated chain of narration all the way back to the first manuscripts during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Did you know that the Quran also contains scientific miracles as well, information that has only recently with the most advanced technology been verified? For instance, the Quran states that all life is created from water. Only recently with advanced microscopes was science able to confirm this, that all cells of living organisms contain water. The Quran also states that all planetary bodies, including the sun have an orbit of their own. Again this would have been impossible for anyone to know over 1300 years ago. These are only two of many scientific miracles in the Quran.

[@aecides3203]

It really makes this songs point that 30 years on half of the solvable issues in this song have either not been solved at all, or were solved and then happened a second time.

[@axismorningstar4468]

Englands got a new king :(

[@PainElemental]

Your king, not mine..

[@cookiez_myman]

ez kill honestly

[@klownkiddo]

I'm determined to remember this entire song

[@Oper8Fur07]

This song still applies today, and for as long as freedom is a thing, it will.

[@jamesphillips9304]

this song went to #1 on the pop charts in 1989!!! Love the meaning to this song

[@dianapucha5990]

now that you think about it, this song is just a good song that history teachers like using

[@m19arta]

Ryan started the fire 🔥 the office anyone? 😄

[@johnhenriksen7304]

joel was right. world is turning.. still fire....

[@souza3082]

THE BOYS

[@boopsnoot2807]

Things Billy Joel claims he did not start: *THE FIRE*

[@voscrawford5533]

Fair enough have a nice day

[@TheSuperReviewShow]

10 People Kept The Fire Burning... 300 Didn't

[@peachlighting1560]

why tf am i taking 2 history classes back to back when i can just listen to "We Didn't Start the Fire" and get a basic synopsis on everything im currently being taught

[@rigelbellatrix8410]

2009 thru 2023...enough craziness and drama to fill a song like this. In fact, just two facts about California in the past year is enough for anyone to say "What else do I have to say?!".

[@sunlmski5263]

I’m using this song to study for my APUSH exam right now