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Rhythm 9.9 Melody 9.9 Instruments 9.7 Lyrics 9.9 Vocal 9.8 This song has been reviewed 23 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.
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| Title | We Didn't Start The Fire |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Album | Live At Shea Stadium: Deluxe Edition [2011], Live At Shea Stadium: Deluxe Edition [2011], The Essential Billy Joel 3.0 [2008], 12 Gardens Live [2006], Piano Man- The Very Best of Billy Joel [2004], Movin' Out [Original Cast Recording] [2002], The Ultimate Collection [2000], 1973-97-Complete Hits Collection [2000], 2000 Years- The Millennium Concert [2000], Greatest Hits Volume III [1997], Storm Front [1989], |
| Genre | Rock |
| Rank | 3,712 (+1,276) history » |
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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 Rosenberg's, 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, Synghman 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 Beggin, 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 burnin', Since the world's been turnin' We didn't start the fire, But when we are gone Will it 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... |
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14 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal ...all hail billy joel for giving me a hundred avg in history |
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251 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I love this song, it's awesome. It's very fun to sing along with. |
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9 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I like listening to this tune and then google'ing the events he talks about. This song should be played in every history class |
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24 posts | this is such an awesome song.
hahaha did a project on it in middle school i love billy joel so much |
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3 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal AHHHHHH!!! ok ppl if you look up the piano man lyrics you will se i leave long messages lol especially when im listening to billy joel and i jut had starbucks so yeah be ready to read lol^^ I love this song too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is awesome just like all his songs!!! it reminds me of starbucks lol i was kind of singing it while waiting in line lol that was fun !!!! anyway,i made up this awesome dance for this song (yes, i sing and dance in public!!) but i forget it |
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4 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Probably my personal favorite song. I love Billy Joel's musicccc. |
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6 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i will memorize this amazing song....one day |
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61 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song is totally awsome! Last year I saw a fuuny music video of this song in my social studdies class, and I love this song ever since. It's like just |
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3 posts | I simply love this song! |
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10 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is AWESOME!!!!! he has a very good point about the way the world was and he tried to get people to listen to him!! its a song about corruption in every single country but this song ROCKS!!!!!! the video is really cool!!! its difficult to sing along with it!! |
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146 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Tried to sing along but its hard!!! |
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301 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love this song. its a classic. but they never played it in my history class |
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1 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Billy Joel is my alltime favorite singer.... and this is one of my favorite songs... my dance team did our competition dance to it a few years ago and ever since i've been in love with it!!! |
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30 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal My english class luved it. we were doing poetry |
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9 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I think this song is just the greatest and it is fun to sing. I think it was a brillant way to compose a song |
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5 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song rocks!!! we had to do part of it for a chorus thing and i decided to learn all the words!!!! its so fun to sing!! |
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20 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal we had to listen to this in social studies and its been in my head ever since.. haha. |
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157 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love this song, its so fun to sing, and everyone in my social studies class is obsessed w/ it.....so kewl!! |
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22 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is soo gd! lol we listened 2 it in history on monday! it was soo gd the first time id evr heard it ..... bt now i think its sooo cool!! |
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41 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal It's amazing how much history he fits in this song. i love it so much! And it always reminds me of my Uncle because i was in his car when i first heard it! |
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18 posts | My mom and me listen to this alot so I love it. |
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23 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal haha. How funny is that... We're continuing the lyrics in my History class (World Since '45) and I got '01 -which sucked, but hey, whatever. I wanted '98 soooo bad... '98 was like the best year ever... Besides '99. Anyway, I constantly get this song stuck in my head. It's my fave Billy Joel song ever. |
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7 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal hey man cheers to this song iss the best thnx to this song i got 98 in history!!this is one of the coolest songs!!!! |
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341 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal awesome song. and the good thing is that they played it in middle school and high school during class. awesome song!!!! gotta have that beer |
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1,617 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal yeah awsome song |
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