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What is the meaning of the song We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel?
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∙ 11y ago
It basically means that all the problems in the world today were not caused by our generation. All the events in history led to what the world is today.
All his history references basically show how the world got to where it is today. Also that we didnt start all the problems but we do give the fire more. But we try to fight...
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe man in the street, the mythical average Joe- people of his generation. In a way he wants to get (Society) off the hook . The song, which used a huge compression of about thirty odd years of largely un-related historical events- used a jumbo-screen and edited video tapes to back up the spiel. Though we didn't light it, we've been trying to fight it, implies at least some social activism. It is a silly song in many ways, I don not like it.
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∙ 14y agoThis song is a synonym saying that we [a.k.a. the baby boomer generation] are not the reason for all the problems, his point of view in this song is that the currently older generation did not "light" the problems in the world, but instead "tried to fight em". In this song he names people, places, and events that affected the United States.
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∙ 14y agoHarry 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
Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu and "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
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
Ayatollolah'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
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
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∙ 14y agoHarry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny 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
Maciano, 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, Dancron
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
Starkwether, 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, Eichman, 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 on us
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it Click on the link below.
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∙ 15y agoBilly Joel. It is also the title of the song. He also wrote the song which he began as a rap song.
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∙ 8y agoIt depends on who started the world turning according to you.
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∙ 8y agoNo. When one says "we" they are including themselves.
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∙ 13y agoBilly Joel
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Meaning of song by Billy Joel you didn't start the fire?
Actually it's we didn't start the fire and it's a song billy Joel wrote.
Why did Billy Joel include british politician sex in you didnt start the fire?
It refers to the Profumo Affair, a 1963 political scandal.
Is there a song that lists historical events?
Are you thinking of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel? That list historical events of the '60s. Are you thinking of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel? That list historical events of the '60s.
Who had a hit single in 1989 called we didn't start the fire?
Billy Joel
What is the name of the musical with Billy Joel's music?
We Didn't Start The Fire
Did the hoosiers have a song called you didnt start the fire?
No, they did a cover of Billy Joel's song: "We Didn't Start The Fire."
Meaning of song by Billy Joel you didn't start the fire?
Actually it's we didn't start the fire and it's a song billy Joel wrote.
Why did Billy Joel include british politician sex in you didnt start the fire?
It refers to the Profumo Affair, a 1963 political scandal.
Did Grace Kelly 'Start The Fire' on Billy Joel's song?
No.
Is there a song that lists historical events?
Are you thinking of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel? That list historical events of the '60s. Are you thinking of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel? That list historical events of the '60s.
Who had a hit single in 1989 called we didn't start the fire?
Billy Joel
What is the name of the musical with Billy Joel's music?
We Didn't Start The Fire
When did Billy Joel sing - We Didn't Start The Fire?
The song was released in 1989, on Billy Joel's album Storm Front.
Why did Billy Joel put Peter Pan in his song 'We Didn't Start The Fire'?
Why did Billy Joel put Peter Pan in his song 'We Didn't Start The Fire'?
Who is the actress in the Billy Joel's music video we didn't start the fire?
Christie Brinkley
Why did Billy Joel put Lebanon in his song We didn't start the fire?
Because lebanon was going through a civil war at the time of the song, and in We Didn't Start The Fire, Billy Joel lists many of the problems during that specific time.
Why did Billy Joel include the Watergate scandel in his song called you didnt start the fire?
The Watergate Scandal was a defining action in the history of the US. This song is about the things that have happened in the recent history of the USA that should call us to pay attention and take action.
