We didn't start the fire

[killerkirbydude]

"Santayana Goodbye" refers to the death of George Santayana, an American author who lived in Spain. He was a noted pragmatist who purportedly coined the phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it". He died in 1952, IIRC.

[hd1987hd]

i can sing along with the whole song along with the chorus

[alienolivia]

love this song. i think it supports the theory that history is more instructive than hope.

[CasAlyIsa]

Fuck you

[CasAlyIsa]

You guys are all fucken fags and fucken idiots go die in a whole seriously you guys have no life's on YouTube making these comments, let people make fucken videos he not a fag or a noob. You guys have no life's! Grow up and get a fucken job you idiot ass whips ... go FUCKEN AWAY AND COMMENT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S SHIT !!! This is an amazing video this guy put blood sweat and tears into this and if u can't show any fucken respect fuck off bitches ... I wanna see anyone that can make a better video .

[DaL33T5]

@CasAlyIsa

Either I'm blind or I don't see many comments blasting this video. There's only one comment I see that says that. Most of the people do not seem to have anything against the film in the comments. In addition to that, I'll have you know that "fag" is a derogatory term for homosexuals.

[killerkirbydude]

@CasAlyIsa

Jesus F. Christ, if you misspell "fucking" one more time, I will GO BACK IN TIME and PUNCH ALL YOUR PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS.

[DaL33T5]

We need a version of this for the 90s, 2000s, and 10s. Also the image for birth control (3:14) is hilarious.

[keetongeer]

Thanks for sharing the video. I guess I wasn't too original in the posted video, "40 Years of History in 3 minutes". It's a similar idea of flashing back through events between 1971-2011, edited tightly to The Beatles' GET BACK and GLASS ONION, while also revisiting The Beatles' rooftop performance and some 8mm film antics of the time. Hope you have a chance to look at it. Enjoy.

[arabiddog23]

Hear dat HonorableTheft

[HonorableTheft]

I cringe whenver I hear JFK BLOWN AWAY, it it .... it just hurts me for some strange reason... :( like in my heart Idk why, anyone?

[TheBeckayy1234]

This video is great it shows the rest of the world who is boss!

[dingo2306]

I heard that Billy Joel wanted to be a history teacher, but it didn't happen obviously. This song is all the history that has happened since he was born, or so I hear =)

[justbeiiingme29]

I love your commenting-at-any-given-chance and the way you just stopped the vid once he was done enumerating.

you're funny (:

[MrDanielNewton]

I love this song.

[don417]

There are many better vids on here. Just sayin.

[Manbeast222]

Nothing against Kennedy, great president, but why is he the thumbnail for all of these vids? :P

[103peanut]

@Manbeast222 Lol I say the same thing and was curious when I saw him on Black Ops......

[1kissbee]

got Alabama wrong. it is the desegregation of public schools and sucide was ummm i cannot think of his name u know those people who followed that guy who spiked the juice. this was sooo easy my teach played this to have us learn review what we learned so it is easy for me.

[mickaminusbitch]

@1kissbee actually suicide isnt a seperate topic. its linked to "heavy metal suicide" "In the 1980s Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Metallica and Judas Priest were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music."

[BeingArtistik91]

this took 4 hrs? mine took 13 hrs lol..u should watch it

[bebka33]

Okay, Billy Joel isn't the one with time on his hands considering he gets paid to sit around and think of shit. The fact that this video took you four hours is just a bit sad. Oh, and nice ending. Very classy, very organized.

[devonthebeatlemaniac]

go beatles



[MsRachelEwok]

Took your dare. Plus I used real footage, not filler word slides. =) It's fun to do videos for this song. xD

[unslefur]

To many captions, sad thing is when you hear the "bat" sound, that represents Roger Maris, and so far no one, except Mr.Joel salutes that

[mybootsie1]

i love this! me and my friends made a ancient history parody ! all my friends have to know this song!!!! i memorized it by heart!!!!! harry trueman, doris day, red china, jonny ray,south pacific, walter winchel, joe dimaggio,etc!!!

[BeeCeereeus]

Sometimes I can B2C-reeus... but I like your fun video treatment of this song... and it is a Great song! :)

[nasafakedit]

Here is a far better one

watch?v=C8Nn2e4WBFA&feature=re­lated

[Rubes2525]

0:07, Guess what, I made TWO videos of this song.

[BushWomanOtter]

NICE VID!

There was an excellent video made to close out a Network Newscast (ABC?). It was good, if anyone sees it tell me where it is!

[19jakethesnake96]

I feel so bad for JFK's wife, she was right next to him while he was getting shot down..

[nasafakedit]

dont feel bad

JFK murdered Marilyn

[johnrainville09]

The reason why they have 2 John F. Kennedys is because that is when he be came came into office and the other one is when he got shot. That is why there are 2 JFKs.

[mmwhynot]

well I loved it :-)

[stormygurl4793]

has anybody else noticed that Kennedy is mentioned twice in this song... (1) as simply Kennedy (2) JFK blown away.

[Migfightercp]

yes first time when he got to power 1961 and second in 1963

[TheViocesRTalkin2meh]

Ok you said that you did this for your fans. You only posted this video...that means you didnt have any fans....XD

[steelersstink]

what? the voice, wat the f*** does that mean

[TheViocesRTalkin2meh]

I really dont think I need to explain...its pretty straight forward

[tenchimuyo69]

why are u guys so racist?

[AndoggPLAYA]

This kids a noob fag!

[tenchimuyo69]

Your a fag!

[tenchimuyo69]

Your a bitch!

[glitchguys1]

freat song

my favorite line is

politishion sex JFK blown away what else do i have to say

lol

[dave929]

At 1:02 he shows a picture of an OLD Queen Elizabeth - not when she was sworn in in over 50 years ago. Plus, the Einstein pix is a CLASSIC!!!!! LMAO!!!!!

[ernestogon98]

I got you beat. Try using video footage instead of stills. I did this back in 1992

[trueballer8182]

suk a dik if we didint start the fire then who did

[Kickblckr]

ill take that dare...once im done ill post it was a video response

[SPOOKYSISSONS]

heard this is a school assembly

[southparkmofia]

i have to do a report on this song for my history class

[dave929]

I listened to it and knew which year he was referring to the entire time. My buddies had no idea!

[mastermalenke53]

good but the whole chorus part sucks for he video

[ProudtobeUSA117]

i know most of the history but wats the children of the lidimy or whatever?

[ppllmmqqaazz]

thalidomide is a drug that was used to treat morning sickness in pregnant women, but caused birth defects.

[LemonFairyLili]

For anybody who's wondering...

Singing the song is easy. It's typing it all out on Sporcle and SPELLING everything right that's hard. :P

[eatpants12]

dude you are so right just singing along with the right words is hard

[FaroresCourage]

hey, check out my video on We didn't start the fire! It was really hard! I thought I never finish. Anyway... so I took your dare!

[FaroresCourage]

I'll take that dare!

[1ceboy95]

You dared me... check out 1ceboy95's version.

How will you feel! (LOL)

[charli6996]

Thank you!!! Tis my favourite song : ) I used to hate history, but this song makes you feel as though you're there and makes me grateful for being here. cheers : ) xxx

[Rakin2008]

You dare me to make one?

Already did! Check it out, it is on my Channel! :)

Nice video, by the way. :)

[sealboysmells45]

well done * clap clap

[Delvenmelven]

This must be a history teachers favourite, mine played it for us too!!!

[iamxray1256]

this seems very hard GREAT JOB i love this it is frekin funny

[iamxray1256]

this seems very hard

[Emorkia]

You should have put a picture of a thalidomide affected child. It packs more punch than a bottle of pills. Don't great me wrong, it's a great vid. Actually, I think it's my favourite of all the "We Didn't Start the Fire" videos that I've seen so far. I love the running commentary. My favourite thing is the woman fighting off a stork for "birth control" because most vids just show like a pack a pills or something. Also, you were one of the few people who used the right Pope Paul.

[Emorkia]

"The King of all sing-alongs" lol

[kristyu2bullet]

Hahaha, I love your comments through it, lol.

~Kristy

[jennya5995]

haha great, i did the same thing for history class,

not only do we get a great vid, but we get a real sense of your process =P

i know how tedious it can be...

[JennyIsNumeroUno]

haha out history teacher played this song in class, while we were learning about the Cold War.

great song!

[bluepantha84]

one of the greatest songs ever made.

[goodguy6242]

nice vid

[phoneixsc17]

You guys sick all I got was this weird guy posting stuff someone else post somthing good

[MatthewLeee]

lonely isn't it, Great Job!!!

[phoneixsc17]

this is the greatest video EVER. Phoenixsc17 is the greatest ever