Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire REACTION

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[@cocabin74]

My daughter's 5th grade teacher used this song for their social studies section for the year. They'd break down each line. By the end of the year the kids could all sing it. She's 27 now & can still sing it. 😂

[@lisagoedert936]

I was going to say most people under 30 probably don't know what half of those lyrics mean. Bravo to the teacher using this.❤

[@beans1030]

I remember my history teacher breaking it down and learning about all the stuff and it was 1990, so it was less than a year after it came out. I still know 99% of those words lol

[@brookhayden2858]

My teacher did the same...we each had lines that we had to study and give a dissertation on it. Amazing song. Probably should be brought back...

[@tiernan7541]

British politician sex must have been a pretty awkward line.

[@meliciousmisc1717]

He covered decades of history in just one short song. Imagine the verses that would be added to today.

[@dianeouellette3571]

Ur on to something there! I'd love to hear that remake!

[@meliciousmisc1717]

@@dianeouellette3571 I would LOVE to hear that for sure. Maybe Billy will do that someday.

[@Anthemic]

You don’t have to imagine it. Fall Out Boy did a new version of this song with updated lyrics from 1979 till 2023. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH3Oh355jLFji5Y

[@meichelepittman8062]

Fall Out Boy has a remake out now. It picks up where this one left off.

[@susanberrier5727]

​@meichelepittman8062 if it's not done by Billie Joel, I'll pass.

[@greendragonpublishing]

Billy Joel has been recording since the 1970s, and is still going. This is one of those where the words are SUPER important. Each stanza covers major issues in each era - from the late 1940s to the 1989, when the song came out. Each item he lists is an historical event or person. Billy Joel has a HUGE, deep catalog.

[@patticrichton1135]

It's also events that happened in Billy's life time, and most of our lifetimes who were born in the late 40s and early '50s

[@nicolejohnson1246]

I'd like it if you'd react to more Billy Joel!!! Uptown Girl!! And much more! I know you'll love his vibes

[@Marhea74]

I have a degree in History and I always say if you want a quick, brief rundown of major modern history and pop culture, then listen to the lyrics of this song and Google the topics he mentions. Also, one of my History professors made this song extra credit on an exam. We had to fill in blanks from missing lyrics. As an older, nontraditional student I was the only one who got extra points and even knew that it was a song. All the other students were so confused! 😄 Learning lessons. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@thickbrownlegs1859]

One of my all time favourite Billy Joel song. Joel spitting history rhymes was simply sick. Gotta listen a few time to get the history lesson.

[@aparent6475]

And Google a few. :)

[@TheresaPowers]

there was NOTHING sick about it.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@TheresaPowers Unless you are a little peeved by the modern day use of the word, "sick" to the youngsters means excellent, in the same way that years ago saying something was bad somehow meant that it was good.

[@sharonwilson8208]

But, the point is that it worked. Those of us who lived through most of it, don't have to make a song to recall. Now, history is glossed over, or just not taught. What is taught is questionable. 😢😊❤

[@robpettigrew3308]

Fun thought. That baby girl would now be 73. The events in the song start in 1950 when mom is pregnant.

[@tskinner5439]

Love it!...The imagery of that vid is amazing.

[@patticrichton1135]

and mom looks suspiciously like LUCILLE BALL when she played "Lucy" in the 1950's "I LOVE LUCY" show

[@courtneyenglish3565]

Billy Joel has a deep catalog of amazing music with beautiful melodies and instrumentals. Though this is popular, is this actually one of his more simpler songs because he wrote the lyrics first!

[@junebryant5159]

Welcome back Tim, how’s your brother? I am a senior lady, and enjoy your videos! Blessings to you and your family!!

[@countenanceblog]

Billy Joel would have been a history teacher if he wasn't a professional musician. Back story of this song is that he was thinking about relatively recent history (from the vantage point of when this happened, late 1980s), wrote down a bunch of big events, and them some light bulbs went off. And what we ended up with was a history book of the events between the end of WWII and the late 1980s in song form. However, Billy Joel I understand rarely does this song in concert, just because it's really difficult from a lyrical and flow standpoint. Note: Search "We didn't start the fire references" on your favorite search engine, and the first result should be an article on Brittanica explaining all the historical references in the lyrics.

[@robbietutunjian6817]

Billy Joel once said that he needed his guitarist to remind of the words occasionally because there were so many! 1 of his BEST song ever!!

[@tskinner5439]

LOVE ❤ Billy Joel. You picked a great song. He has a great catalog. " For the Longest Time", " Piano Man", " Uptown Girl". These just scratch the surface of his great music. Keep up the great work.

[@erinstephens9923]

Love this song. We need a song like this for today's times!!!!

[@michaelprobert4014]

UK's got a new King.. Now need something to rhyme with King ..

[@erinstephens9923]

@@michaelprobert4014 didn't the queen ever have a steamy fling? ....

[@faydriahenderson9392]

Yes.

[@aparent6475]

Someone did a remake with more recent references

[@lisaodum43]

Fall out boy just did a remake with the next 50 years

[@jillk368]

Great, energetic reaction. Fun to watch! Billy was a post-war baby (a boomer). In chronological order, this song lists historical people, places and events that impacted the world from the year he was born (late 1940s) through the year he wrote the song (late 1980s). When you have a chance, pull up an annotated version of the lyrics. Many people have posted them online, explaining each line of the song. It's a great, short course in some really relevant history, and outlines a changing world during that time period (the time period, BTW, also happens to coincide with the Cold War, which was in place from post-WWII through, actually, my first year of college (1990-ish, 'ish' because ending the Cold War wasn't an immediate, single event; it took about a decade to wind down, but 1990, I believe, was when the Berlin Wall was finally torn down and considered the official end of the Cold War.) Many history teachers and professors have used this song to outline whole semesters of history lessons. Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. Billy Joel has a deep and very eclectic catalog of music. He's considered among the great American songwriters of the 70s/80s and has written in a variety of styles and genres. He is also a wizard on the piano. For a good assortment to start with, I'd recommend: Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Goodnight Saigon, Keeping the Faith, Tell Her About It, Innocent Man and, of course, his first chart hit, and the song from which his nickname came, Piano Man. All the best.

[@patticrichton1135]

The Berlin Wall was torn down on Nov.9, 1989. I will NEVER forget it, I watched it all happening on TV that day. I was 42 years old at the time.

[@jillk368]

@@patticrichton1135 That makes sense. That would've been my first semester, freshman year. I remember walking into my sociology class and the professor had brought in a 'giant' 26" screen TV and it was happening on the news; we spent the whole class period watching and talking about it. It was so weird and surreal, but it seemed so cool too.

[@debbieelicksen]

Every Billy Joel song from the 70s and 80s is a banger. I lined up for many hours before the box office opened to get tickets to his show in the 80s in Edmonton. Amazing performer.

[@beautifulwreck7296]

I haven't heard that song in forever....it makes more sense now that I'm much much older!

[@Westcountrynordic]

My history teacher at school would make us pick a person from a line to write about every week

[@jillk368]

Cool!

[@elffin6722]

Mate! Great song. Great reaction. Sending you and your family love from 🇦🇺 Australia

[@wendydabee]

So glad you started with the original! I only just recently learned that every reference/line in the song is actually chronological, how cool is that? Crazy that the main message, and every little one in it, is still pertinent today!

[@rv3853]

There is a newer version of this song by Fall Out Boy. You should check that out, too

[@barbcarolegrafton6981]

Wow that takes me back a minute!! Just as true today!! Greetings from the west coast of Canada. 🇨🇦Under a state of emergency here. Vacations cancelled. Wildfires everywhere. Yikes! 😮 Thanks Tim. You always keep us going with your thoughtfulness and sincerity.

[@benitojuarez6168]

Take care! 🙏

[@sandrabryant2450]

Billy Joel was the first concert I went to, back in 1978! Love love love him💕

[@karenmcdade7718]

Feeling great today! It's good to see you posting again, you seem to be doing well!

[@JSPrice]

Billy Joel is someone I really want to see live. Him at Madison Square would be a bucket list gig. My favourite of his is "The Stranger". That album itself is iconic but the song of the same title is very underrated in my eyes.

[@francesmartinez2708]

Piano Man by Billy Joel. Also, "Big Shot", I'm Moving Out and My Life all by Billy Joel are bangers. He has so many good ones.

[@Jolinga]

When the events of 2020 started, this was the first song I thought of. We didn’t start the fire, it’s been burning since the worlds been turning and it will still go on after we are gone!

[@dianeouellette3571]

Welcome to the roost Adam. GREAT song suggestion. Tim you always like songs that tell a story...maybe try Billy Joel's "Piano Man". Billy Joel was the 💣 in the late 70s. "Uptown Girl" is a fun one too. More of an 80s vibe with that one. LOVE U on Patreon❣️

[@keithbates598]

Billy Joel is a brother from a different Mother!! Billy Joel is from Hicksville Long Island and me E. Northport Long Island. I went to Hicksville going to Secretarial School. Love, Love Love Billy Joel 💙 We didn't start the fire, about History ❤❤❤ Hard core New Yorker!!! Joan ✌

[@barbaragoode2552]

We didn’t start the fire but when we’re gone it will still burn on and on and on….sigh

[@starlamorgan1148]

I love Billy Joel!!! Great song!

[@terryhorowitz7076]

Great song!! Thanks!! It's interesting to think of how he put this together with that perfect beat. What else do I have to say! Lol Love what you do here Tim. Thanks so much always. Cheers

[@kevinturner9733]

Billy Joel is one of the best storytellers of my generation. Some great songs for you to listen to Goodnight Saigon (Whatever you do. Don't listen to this song in the dark as it will frighten the life out of you 😂😂) Italian restaurant. This is my personal favourite. Not forgetting Anthony's song & of course the brilliant Piano Man. This weekend I'm getting some bass guitar practice in so that I'm ready for rehearsals with The Rusty Players on Monday. Sending love and best wishes from Wolverhampton West Midlands UK

[@abbafan1972]

When Billy Mentions Psycho, the music plays in the background. Great song from the late 80’s.

[@thnkx]

It's a history lesson in a song. He always had great songwriting skills.

[@kimmylou1965]

Thank you for the reminder of this song. I remembered it was epic. FYI, the daughter that burned her bra is Marlee Matlin, the Oscar winning actress.

[@cynhanrahan4012]

It would be so cool if Billy Joel, or someone started where he left off in history and carried it forward till now. Whew, the mess we're in.

[@lyndagettier6407]

Aging myself here. I had to watch the premiere of this and write a report for history class as well as Michael Jackson's Remember the Time for historical accuracy vs. inaccuracies. They are stuck in my head forever.

[@elysehfm8797]

Happy Sunday Tim! I wrote you a message and I hope you read it, as it's important. Have a great day!

[@beckidacier5225]

I love Billy Joel! React to all of it!!

[@sharonwilson8208]

I love this song! I remember, or learned about ALL the things a very young Billy Joel was singing about. I feel quite old when I lived through all these historical incidents. To be clear, either my sisters or I lived through. The nightly news showing imbedded journalists in the Vietnam War, Civil Rights bring televised, just for the right to vote...all were on right after Mr. Rogers! I kept going missing as a very young child, in search of Mr. Rogers! I never found him, but always held a special place in my heart.

[@rosebrown4799]

Great song and he has so many more. This is one of my favorites.

[@jediconnor9349]

Me too despite the controversy, if you know what I mean.

[@susanelkins3068]

Very meaningful and sad song

[@kindoe66]

As of now I am doing ok. And it's nice to see you again Tim,I hope all is well for you. 😁👍🏻

[@chrissywalls5902]

Good to see you! ❤

[@suzanneb.3415]

Its the best history lesson

[@tskinner5439]

How about. I went straight to the video of this song for the imagery..Thanks Tim.

[@beckym.910]

Great, great song and video. Love watching you!

[@sheilathailand1903]

Great tune! Great to have uou back, love your reaction ❤!!

[@danfulop]

You should do a follow up video where you go over all the things Billy Joel said in this song, and teach your viewers each piece of history.

[@MRKeema-vc6lv]

Definitely has that 80s sound

[@smd4751]

Billy Joel was always good. Like this song

[@alisatello]

There's a podcast that goes into each piece of the song, background and history of the events listed in the song. If you really like the song, it's worth checking out the podcast. This is definitely a song that isn't just great because of the beat or the chorus (although both are top notch!), but because of all of the words/pieces in it. It's a great history lesson with many of the things that didn't go so right for our country's history.

[@lasumrell]

When I was in 8th grade, we were all assigned a piece of this song to discuss in class. I had bay of pigs invasion.

[@celinelia8127]

... btw, those big burning photographs behind him during the chorus - those are real. a guy photographed right before getting shot....

[@user-py6ln8bk2s]

fun fact actually the dates he started at was during the same year that he was born and the rest of the dates were leading up to the release of the song

[@Nessa_the_Embroidery_Nerd]

The historically accurate videos for this song are better than most high school history classes.

[@lorawilliams9032]

We did the fire

[@pinkladytruth3586]

Epic!!

[@cortneyperfume_madness480]

Great song!

[@369Smokey]

aye whatever you goin through you gon be aight. jus be happy n consistent my g

[@cjs9917]

Check out "Innocent Man" by Billy Joel. Excellent vocals.

[@evelynanderson406]

💜💜💜💜

[@tamimatthews7867]

Love all his music. Captain Jack is another good one

[@mimigiggles4199]

Try Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel, please.

[@mariebonfiglio2063]

Great song……

[@rockrollangel1972]

need to check out more Billy Joel he has so many great songs! I suggest pressure as your next song

[@marianrosin6486]

Maybe checkout Nirvana's "All Apologies" and some Elvis Costello (maybe "Veronica" or "Shipbuilding" or "Pump It Up" - he has a zillion good songs).

[@asherdash12]

Check out Fall Out Boy at the VMAs, they performed an updated version

[@wandasheppard2530]

Fall out boy just did a remake of this song you should really check it out, it’s from 1989-2023 what has happened in the world it’s great

[@sharonjarrett8953]

Shanice “Crying “ Ruth B. “Paper Airplanes “ Tracie Spencer “Tender Kisses “

[@lisahamrick4061]

Its high time Billy wrote a couple more verses.

[@yvettelang1961]

He didn't like this song. Said it was too simply. My favorite by him.😊

[@meichelepittman8062]

After this you need to listen to Fall Out Boy's remake. It picks up where this one left off.

[@elysehfm8797]

Dttt dttt dttttt dttt Marilyn Monroe!

[@ChyarasKiss]

You should listen to the remake - cover by I believe it’s Fall Out Boy we didn’t start the fire

[@toopertrooper]

Listen to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly.

[@surcentro2134]

Do you youngstas understand the history lesson he's breaking down for you? I enjoy your channel.

[@paintjade]

React to Wembanyama highlights first nba games please!!!

[@CE76]

Maybe you would like to listen to Anouk, a Dutch singer i Love, ❤

[@anni610]

Billy Joel, my friend can sing this word for word…not like Billy Joel but it’s hilarious! 😂

[@thenoodle1497]

It'd be great if you reacted to Fall Out Boy's updated version, with the updated thing that have happened

[@Quirkydude]

One needs to have a general understanding of American history in order to really get this song.

[@laurad324]

Fall Out Boy just did an updated version.

[@ChyarasKiss]

I’m really curious now, does this kid know any of the references?

[@robpettigrew3308]

Im curious. How many of the references did you catch. Most were b4 your time

[@dc1975]

How does 90 percent of reactors miss the black man being lynched picture? Lol. They just bop their head.

[@jeanlanz2344]

I think this song is better with the lyrics. The" I love Lucy" imagery and video actions are distractions. This is Billy Joel's smartest song.... a real social commentary on mostly destructive historical events.

[@user-gx2uu7jd3v]

I’m wondering if you understood all the references though? You didn’t talk about the lyrics. Only the vibe…🤔🤔🤔

[@mwolvo]

Safe tim, more English tunes needed pal. Much respect

[@greendorkfish]

Kinda off subject but you seem down, are you alright?

[@zonimi]

One of the few Billy Joel songs that I actively dislike.

[@blackwatch1062]

Glad ur back to work bro , cuz you've lost over 1000 subs , js :>P

[@jillk368]

He just gained a sub, too. Me!

[@blackwatch1062]

@@jillk368 Congrats , pizza and beer on YOU !!!!! ..... :>P

[@Robert-vt1sz]

Billy JOEL. Has much better stuff, but hey everybody can't have THAT ear. Better luck next time subscriber.

[@TheresaPowers]

Billy Joel is the best songwriter in America.

[@sypersonik8200]

U cool man give me five