Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire with Historical Footage | Fan-Made Music Video

‪@billyjoel‬ We Didn't Start the Fire with Historical Footage | Fan-Made Music Video
Including historically accurate news coverage accompanying all 100+ events mentioned.
We Didn't Start the Fire 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
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, Zhou Enlai, 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...
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
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
#billyjoel #stormfront #wedidntstartthefire
Music in this video
Song We Didn't Start the Fire
Artist Billy Joel
Writers Billy Joel
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[@kingace6186]

I like how the form of media evolves as the timeline and verses go by. From photograph-like clips, to a roll of film, to radio explainers, and ending with a television set.

[@theamazingjamie8943]

How does this not have more views it’s amazing

[@amriadarwichr2286]

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[@stevenmorris2234]

I couldn’t agree more

[@michelleaguirre6382]

Billy Joe needs to make a second part to this from 1989 to 2023. Imagine all the things he can fit into that song. So much has happened since 1989. And most of it tragic

[@tombax1653]

​@@MonkeyMan90.5They did a great job! Heard it on the radio coming home yesterday.

[@efrainmarquez7566]

Fall Berlin Wall, German Reunification, Nelson Mandela Freed, Desert Storm, USSR Down Yugoslavia Wars, Waco Siege Bill Clinton, Oslo Accords, George H.W. Bush, Boris Yeltsin, NAFTA, The Lion King, O.J Simpson, Newt Gingrich, Oklahoma City, Rabin Assassination Internet, Macarena, Tupac shot, Titanic, Power Rangers, Yankees back to glory, Michael Jordan, 96 Olympics, Cowboys Rule NFL, Brett Favre, Broncos, Win First Ring, Jimmy Stewart Goodbye, Rwanda Genocide, Columbine, Lewinsky Affair, New Millenium, Bush V. Gore, SpongeBob, 9/11, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, Eminem, Iraq War, Gitmo, Abu Ghabi, Howard Dean, Peyton Manning, Reagan Goodbye, Indonesia Tsunami, Katrina Floods New Orleans, Tom Brady, Nancy Pelosi, Cheney Incident, Economy Crash, Obama, Tea Party, Tories Back, Sandy Hook, Gangnam Style, Mitch McConnell, BLM, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Brexit, Houston Wins first Championship, Macron, Netanyahu, Putin, Biden, Queen Elizabeth Goodbye, January 6th, George Floyd, Kavanaugh, Meloni, Abe Blown Away, Ukraine, Israel Attacked I can't take it anymore.

[@marcuscheng9413]

@@tombax1653 And when the time comes, the baton shall be passed again.

[@mark_stupididiot]

Not really from Billy Joe, there's a new cover from the Fall Out Boy that covers events from 1989 to 2023.

[@APH1991]

Have you seen Fallout Boy's sequel?

[@vandergrad]

Having lived through most of this, I've never struggled with the references. But putting the historical clips with it is just a brilliant move! I'll definitely be sending people here to watch.

[@nupurparashar4180]

This deserves so much more recognition

[@jonathanburk3147]

Awesome video. I've been singing it for 30 years and consider myself a history buff but still didn't know a few of those. And I always thought it was "color wars" not "cola wars."

[@stevenmorris2234]

1:57-2:15 I love the change in tune of the song.

[@MihaiModreaMarin]

My sincere and deepest THANKS for doing this thing. I have listened to this tune in the early 90”s and always wondered why some names were significant. NOW I know. Thanx!

[@wtgardner6914]

Quite possibly, the best version of this song in video. Thank you so much for this!

[@kingace6186]

Great edit. This video should be used in history classes covering the Cold War era.

[@mehuejael]

Amazing!! Billy Joel, the Orson Welles of rock.

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

Who ever did this video is brilliant! It was much work put in plus the lyrics! Thank you for sharing! Better than the original! 👍🏻

[@fordhanson5086]

This shoud legitmately be the offical music video!

[@phamtrung5414]

This masterpiece should be remaked every two decades !!!

[@valmikabeneteau7229]

Well done! Thank You.

[@srtjhsrzdfhkgdf9961]

観られてよかったです！ありがとうございます

[@royal_paradoxx9268]

No way this doesn't blow up one day in the future

[@vvarx]

Nicely done!

[@wanderingpenguin6705]

This is great

[@alexanderbuhr6251]

Great! Remembers me the times in the Music Hall Hannover

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

I have to keep pausing the video to read all the captions. Still, I love a video that actually takes everything Billy Joel sang and put it into context.

[@akumaking1]

Thank you for providing insight on everything listed. Great stuff

[@memeous_vids4061]

I know this song word from word from listening so much

[@THERobertL2000]

🎶Billy Joel released ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ on this date (September 27) in 1989.

[@sziklamester1244]

This video is well done and sadly has not so much view which is a shame because it is part of our human history and for education purposes also good.

[@XautnisLeonhart]

Now that Fall Out Boy has coveted this, you should totally recreate this for them 😮 i honestly never knew about this song til AFTER FOB, and this explains a lot of this older version 😮

[@beatsandmayo]

I've just uploaded a video for Fall Out Boy's version. Go check it out

[@plaes9993]

underated video!

[@skyblazeeterno]

so much effort put into this - great - needs more views

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

holy shiiiiiiit this is amazing !!!!!

[@gabrielegaven3094]

Courage to see it and more courage to show it and now Courage to know and more....

[@carsonclinard1765]

3:00 this might be the part ur looking for 😅

[@donovan1971]

Fantastic editing. Well Done

[@JJ-um5ec]

Great video

[@beatsandmayo]

I've also made a video for Fall Out Boy's version. Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6nRkKyIbMaZo5I

[@garethnoall2843]

Cracking song and video. Get in Billy Joel.

[@glitchy_weasel]

Fantastic edit btw!

[@mariano258]

AMAZING video!!!

[@oblivion644]

Amazing, thanks so much!

[@byrdfynger]

DAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SimonJPaladinus]

Genial 🌟

[@blanchenoirview]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@ohsfer11820]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@booklover3341]

I love this.

[@bjoern1684]

Das hast du gut gemacht!!!!

[@Lokitellus]

this is amazing

[@charlesramosjr.1904]

Well done.

[@simonowens595]

England's got a new queen More like England's got a new king

[@michelleaguirre6382]

Well considering this is a history lesson song can't really put a new king when it was a queen. However, we won't have a queen in England for the next hundred years or so

[@peterjohnisback]

The video was made before the Queen died.

[@mabelwilken1652]

I think the new version says the king

[@mabelwilken1652]

BTW this song is from the 90s

[@simonowens595]

@@mabelwilken1652 really I wasn't aware

[@raran44]

"Bridge On The River Kwai" was a film from 1957 based on a novel, not an actual bridge.

[@jirisrb6692]

👍

[@xdbean95]

My whole world history class burst out laughing when the JFK blown away bit happened. IDK why, but in the moment it was funny.

[@adamhenrywalker]

Rockefeller refers not to Winthrop but Nelson

[@mythghost]

Awesome vid. I especially like the time line . Could you do this for the fallout boy and pandemic covers?

[@beatsandmayo]

I uploaded a video for Fall Out Boy's cover 4 months ago...

[@bobsfanjoy6569]

💖🙃

[@BMPK]

Mason why did you do it @3:09

[@JFK_Blown-away]

What do the numbers mean?

[@sberky98]

i thought catcher in the rye was talking about john but i realized it wouldnt make sense timeline wise

[@RobertGrubb-z1d]

That's not funny when JFK was murdered the school sent us home and my mom was crying in front of the T.V. I was in the first grade in Miami Florida.

[@TheHistoryOfEverything-]

oh well. It's historical footage, the world has the right to see it. That's like saying we should remove historical footage of everyone important from the internet

[@RobertJordan-i8n]

When my granddaughter starts complaining about the would i would play this video.

[@ElvisPresley-g5c]

Russian of Afghanistan!!!

[@GGSchell_On_Roblox]

Just to be honest I thought that disney land accident in 1974 when he said “Disneyland” If you don’t know hat that is search up Deborah Gail stones death or Disneyland Accident 1974

[@lindacunningham9343]

There is an update from a different artist.

[@jakedankers]

🐩🫂🐕 🐕🫂🐩

[@CCMachinist]

If you know the names and places and events you lived it or you knew about it .

[@marilyntaylor9577]

How about a couple of shots of VN

[@Juliaflo]

The song starts in 1949 for another specific reason. Name that reason, and good luck.

[@beatsandmayo]

It was the year Billy Joel was born. What are you on about?

[@Juliaflo]

@@beatsandmayo Join me in wishing Mr. William Martin Joel a happy upcoming 75th birthday.

[@jimpaolop.eusebio5382]

Sorry, I missed the 80s, because I was born on September 3, 1990 in Manila the Philippines, but I listened to the music about We Didn't Start the Fire performed by Billy Joel which was released in 1989. Before 2020, all of my relatives from Catanduanes and Quezon were arriving at home in Manila while we are speaking in Filipino. On December 24, 2015, that was Christmas Eve of 2015, the day before the Christmas Day of 2015, my aunt Tita Socorro and cousins Ate Marianne with my cousin's husband Kuya Rein, Kuya Igan, Ate Rose Ann with my cousin's husband Kuya Jan Jan, Jayson and Sonny with my nephew Jandy and my niece Mara arrived at home. On December 30, 2019, the day before the New Year's Eve of 2019, my aunt Tita Socorro and cousins Ate Marianne with my cousin's husband Kuya Rein, Kuya Igan with my aunt's daughter-in-law Ate Quenny, Ate Rose Ann with my cousin's husband Kuya Jan Jan, Jayson and Sonny with my nephews Jandy and Sam Roland and my nieces Mara, Jazzi, Lara and Jea arrived at home. On December 23, 2021, two days before the Christmas Day of 2021, my cousins, Ate Bebeng, Ate Marianne, Kuya Igan with my aunt's daughter-in-law Ate Quenny, Jayson and Sonny and my nephews Jandy and Sam Roland and my nieces Mara, Jazzi, Lara and Jea arrived at home, but my aunt, Tita Socorro didn't arrive at home in Manila due to COVID-19 pandemic. On December 30, 2022, the day before the New Year's Eve of 2022, my aunt, Tita Socorro, my cousins, Ate Bebeng, Ate Marianne, Kuya Igan with my aunt's daughter-in-law Ate Quenny, Jayson and Sonny and my nephews Jandy and Sam Roland and my nieces Mara, Lara and Jea arrived at home in Manila from Pandan, Catanduanes and General Nakar, Quezon are currently residing in Sampaloc city district, the capital city Manila and Navotas. On December 31, 2022, New Year's Eve of 2022, my cousins Ate Rose Ann together with my cousin's husband Kuya Jan Jan and my nephew Jandy and my niece Jazzi arrived at home and I would discover my own artificial cards combining fake and true in 2023. On January 21, 2023, my aunt, Tita Socorro, my cousins, Ate Bebeng, Ate Marianne, Jayson and Sonny and my nephews Jandy and Baby Reign and my nieces Mara, Jazzi, Lara and Jea arrived at home for my niece's birthday when Jazzi turned 7. In March 2023, we took our vacation in the province of Catanduanes because my mother's remains in Pandan Cemetery, we didn't find the song by using the Video 5 Videoke Sound System at my aunt's house and the other one at my uncle's house at Barangay Pandan del Norte and the other at Ate Lourdes' house within Tito Erning's territory at Salvacion, Pandan, Catanduanes. During our family reunion in April 2023, I didn't register to perform OPM songs and others. We went to the beach located at Barangay Oga, Pandan, Catanduanes to walk and run then swim. We went to my uncle's new house at St. John Village, Virac, Catanduanes to meet my brother, but I didn't find the song We Didn't Start the Fire performed by Billy Joel on KZbin together with my uncle Tito Romeo with my uncle's wife Tita Josie and cousins Ringring, RJ, Baby Om and Yani. After three months of our vacation in Catanduanes, we went back to Manila in June 2023, because my sister missed us. The last two months of 2023, I discovered artificial cards combining fake and true. On December 30, 2023, the day before the New Year's Eve of 2023, my aunt, Tita Socorro, my cousins, Ate Bebeng, Ate Marianne, Ate Rose Ann, Jayson and Sonny and my nephews Jandy and Baby Reign and my nieces Mara, Jazzi, Lara, Jea and Baby Jari arrived at home in Manila from Pandan, Catanduanes and General Nakar, Quezon are currently residing in Sampaloc, Manila and Navotas, but my father's sister Tita Sonia didn't arrive at home in Manila because she is one of the members of Jehovah's Witnesses, she has medical problems. I played with my relatives then I turned on that television to find four of my favorite TV channels, others are not and my sister asked me to wait for pizza delivery from Greenwich Pizza Vista Mall Las Piñas. I discovered artificial cards combining fake and true then I discovered 198 flags and I found selected companies listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange such as ABS-CBN Corporation with the 1963, 1967, 1986 and 1996 logos, SM Investments with the 2009 logo and SM Prime Holdings with the 2009 logo. Images of James Lindenburg, Antonio Quirino, Eugenio Lopez Sr., Fernando Lopez, Eugenio Lopez Jr. and Henry Sy. Before 2020, in Metro Manila, studios at ABS-CBN Compound such as ABS-CBN Corporation's radio stations DZMM-AM and DWRR-FM and television stations DWWX-TV and DWAC-TV and DWWX-TV DTV 16, there were 24 SM Supermalls branches, 3 SM Store branches, SM Supermarket branches, SM Hypermarket branches, Savemore Market branches under SM Markets were built, the past station ID's of ABS-CBN and 198 flags; under United Nations; 193 member states, 2 observer states, 3 recognized states, 54 dependencies and territories and 9 unrecognized states and other competitors of the United Nations and I took noise barrage.

[@HistoricalFanatics]

3:38 always thought this said “rock and roll and cold wars”

[@Spawnfreak]

Really Billy? Coke vs Pepsi, that's your breaking point?