Billy Joel - We didn't Start the fire music video

[violetfae0]

Great video, nice work

[anoray34]

Sorry for the time lag. What Goggle make a mistake, I guess that is what editing is all about. BTW dates are a gretful addition... :-)

[dooku111]

YAY I SAY SPUDNIK!

[dooku111]

Don't you just hate it when all the top comments are replies :L

[ninja59wrestler]

This rocked I see you put a lot of time In this and great song like sub

[BadFbud]

THE DAVEY CROCKETT in the song refers to the m-29 man portable tactical nuke

[yugi12334]

@Rakin2008

so actually this is about the korea and vietnam war in the cold war?

[Rab3raby]

Rate him

[XXLVenom999]

Your video is really awesome! I absolutely like it! I only don't understand why you put our capital Budapest under "Communist Bloc".

[Rakin2008]

@XXLVenom999 Umm, this video is not without flaw. So it was most likely a mistake on my part. ^^ My apologies!

[XXLVenom999]

@Rakin2008 No problem :) If we think of it, it was PART OF the Communist Bloc...

[yugi12334]

@Rakin2008

hihi great video man. i personally liek it the best cause every picture is shown and history correct almost than

[legoman23456789]

@XXLVenom999 Dude how have you been I havent talked to you in a long time and the spooky thing is I was singing this song earlyer today and I loove this song!

[XXLVenom999]

@legoman23456789 Hi mate! Thanks for thinking of me :)

[MrMo34]

Awesome video,!!! Really shows what the song is about !! ;)

[TehAwesomeBunneh]

@Rakin2008 Hey! Great job. I love this song. Where did you get the song? I always wanted to make a lyric video to this song. I just wanted you to get the message thats why I put @Rakin2008 :D

PLEASE REPLY!

-Alyssa

[Rakin2008]

@TehAwesomeBunneh Hey there sorry for the late reply, didn't see this until now! I got the song from Billy Joel's album "Storm Front". But you could just use YouTube's new mp3 converter that should be found right under the video now, and down the song for yourself! :3

[TehAwesomeBunneh]

@Rakin2008 Oh it's fine :)

Thanks for replying :)

I will subscribe to you!!!!

[skateordiepat]

10 people started the fire.........

[TheMidnightangel777]

Great job. I did one of this song too. Took me forever to find one of Disneyland. 

[oscar672]

Thanks for the video; very topical selection of photos. Did a kangaroo punch a guy on "Belgians in the Congo"? Couldn't work that one out... ;-)

[dannyYoTeElijo]

Beatles<3

[NFMsabah]

we had to pick any name in this song to research on for social studies =/

[supersourbabe]

i heard this song for the first time when my teacher played it

[minecraft232654]

in 7th grade we sang this song :D

[glitterrainbow1]

You did a great job!

[missmiacollins1998]

Whatta tune ;-)<3

[KbugKatie14]

love it

[A15658]

Very good, I enjoyed it. The odd mistake added to the enjoyment.

Why are some people so 'picky' about these things ?

[putty1994]

Rakin2008 that picture of the kangaroo was hilarious

[esha776]

Love da video xx :D

[Punkgirls94]

This video is really good minus some of the mistakes, i like it :)

[jimrock7771]

I really love the kangaroo LMAO. had to rewind it and watch again and again. Boy, those Belgians are pretty hopping hairy. Thank you for making that mistake. it was perfect. Everything else fits in pretty good.

[wertyoujoke]

JFK FUCKED MARLYN MONROE WOOT!! BEST PRESIDENT AND HES BEST AT PIMPING

[gaijin71]

5 stars for this video. Literally hundreds of pictures that fit perfectly with the flow of the song and the highest rater is the moron worried about the Kangaroo boxer? Too depresing to even say another word.

[Legendao]

budapest refers to the 56 revolution not the freaking city. cant find a video with proper images :(

[VS24AT]

?

That flame. It looks like it's giving a "thumbs up" in one hand and... FLIPPING THE BIRD with the other.

Is it just me?

[gesda67]

i was going to do a video like this.. but it's a lot of work and you've already done it

[QWS369]

I know what he means by we and the fire, but what does he mean by we didnt light it, but we tried to fight it??

[mouse11198]

@QWS369 it means that the kids did not start the wars but we (the kids)have to fight the wars

[finalfantasylegend93]

stalin had a heroic mostash

[Kaitlyn102798]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!

[Xzanos177]

Thiiiiiiiiss viiiidddeooaho was niice

It was always burnin scince the wooorlds been turnin'

[swiimgfreek]

7 math teachers watched this video.

[exile44a]

Fantastic video. I enjoyed your production very much. Well done !

[countrymusik19]

This is fantastic! Helps me understand much more than I did before (and as a history major, that's helpful...).

[retropacgirl]

You have done such a good job, it means something, it's special, it is gorgeos, as the human race i think we shoul be proud

[chrissieli1]

I like it, well done x

[PeanutButtaCrackaa]

music and history combines. my two loves. <3 great video!

[mosesanddevon]

What was the problem?

[MrDanielNewton]

I love this song, and I love going through history.

[Anglynn74]

this was about my mom's generation & she'll be the 1st to tell you Joel has it spot on

[vegasmike433]

This is very well done, excellent choice of photographs. My compliments.

Michael P. Whelan

[Luis27377]

fire started when life began

[eternalheartless]

I did a movie too for a class project watch please just click on my name (easier)

PLEASE :D i did some mistakes sry if i do I got a 100 though :D

[irishman1888]

wheres U2

[ThaBagle]

@irishman1888 its not the band its a spy plane that was shot down and 2 americans were captured

[filmaholic730]

Seven people started the fire.

[MPersow]

Why the picture of the kangaroo boxing when Billy Joel was singing "Belgians in the Congo?"

[Rakin2008]

@MPersow A few reasons.

1. Google said so (stupid thing)

2. For some comedy.

3. It can be considered a mistake. XD

[1961kez39]

great vid spot on

[theessenceidentity]

Images which flash faster than 3 seconds do cause ADD among children especially (IE All Commercials practically). However, I admire what you did to piece it all together! Good Job. 

[ConnorToth]

TWO WORDS: Awe & Some

[tibetoning]

fantastico, gracias

[toonzguy]

Sugar Ray Leonard in place of Sugar Ray Robinson not withstanding....

EXCELLENT JOB, BRO!

[TheThefish11]

it matters not which Sugar Ray you used, but you did show Patterson decking Johanson, not Liston, but whatever. The video is awesome so well put together and makes you want to watch it over and over again so well done to you lad you're a star.

[TheThefish11]

it matters not which Sugar Ray you used, but you did show Patterson decking Johanson, not Liston, but whatever. The video is awesome so well put together and makes you want to watch it over and over again so well done to you lad you're a star

[LeighMet]

You put the wrong Sugar Ray it was Robinson not lenord

[dcv1894]

Very good well done . Dont worry about the comments regardinf a few wrong photos, you did well

[SupernaturalLover67]

Your James Dean picture wasn't James Dean. Other than that, awesome.

[oMisFiTx]

i love this song and nice montage ! :)

must have taken a long time :D

[magiwin]

Over all great job....a lot of work went into this and in only 2 days...quite impressive!

Quic comments: For John Glenn you show Gordon Cooper & not sure about the U-2 a/c pix but again kudos on challenging project.

[akathelawn]

nice... you did a great job...

[zamboni757]

Awesome video but at the part where it say heavy metal suicide u made it into like two different things. But it's supposed to b one thing it's talking about the suicides of those two kids that listened to judist priest and then killed themselves and then judist priest got sued by the kids parents.

[rockymarciano237]

wrong sugar ray thats leanord its suposed to be robinson

[Rakin2008]

@rockymarciano237 Yeah, I was mistaken.

[Juliaflo]

@rockymarciano237 Also, wrong 'South Pacific''; the cast should be Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza; Mitzi Gaynor's film version came in the 1950's.

[mrwolfhound]

Very good video . but it really is chronological. So the image for 'Sugar Ray' should have been Sugar Ray Robinson instead of Sugar Ray Leonard. But that' ok. Good compilation. Thanks for uploading.

[DarkTerror98]

@mrwolfhound It is not ok! Robinson is the single greatest fighter ever to live. Leonard was great, but not in the same league!

[don417]

Wrong Sugar Ray, genius.

[ScypaxPictures]

@don417 Common mistake. Let me see you make one better.

[Barrog1]

Just a couple of mistakes that I noticed. Billy was referring to Sugar Ray Robinson, not Leonard, and it looks like Floyd Patterson is knocking somebody out at "Liston beats Patterson. Otherwise, it's great.

[OnyxKitty13]

I studied this song in English this year, its awesome!

[joetdmn]

He's talking about the "Davy Crockett" TV show dick; not Davy fucking Crockett. The song follows a timeline.

[ScypaxPictures]

@joetdmn Simple mix-up.

[xDRAgoon407]

we did not start the fire but we gave them the gasoline and the matches lol

[pusztaprinzessin]

great job, like your hidden messages! you got it!

[PumpingDeath]

Nice thanks for your work man ... very good yeah !

[TejasRaje20]

Thats hell lot of effort. On a  whole 92% of the video was rocking. Enjoyed it.

[RiseAboveTheOdds]

gives me the creeps..

[LikeANewIpod]

@RiseAboveTheOdds so does my face..OH!

[killsh0t666]

god damn... marilyn monroe was fucking tight as hell

[JhOniCeL3WiS]

love the video my history teacher showed it in class. and it help my on a quiz ii started singing this song!

[ElensarFFXI]

I love this song :)  good video btw.

[LikeANewIpod]

@ElensarFFXI i got a stomach cramp D:

[Draguinclan]

love it ♥

[wynout1]

awesome

[tbushnell]

nice video but i still don't understand why some of the topics are on the song. Yet i didn't live it so i guess its a good song for a history teacher to make you do a project over haha it helped me understand some of it.

[agentz100]

that pic of james dean looks like my grandpa from his days in the navy.and 2 days of work not wasted and did he say Ice man? the guy who killed people with syanide?

[Fire56Dragon]

Awesome, a few mistakes but Awesome all the same, Sell Done Congrats^^

[marcellekaid]

I loved it I love the song and its nice for someone to go to so much effort to put a face to a lot of things that most people don't know!! Thanks for making the vid!! :D xx

[1102871]

I'm still confused about the Kangaroo hitting what seems to be a photographer/filmer

[zeeshanuae]

great work bud!!! really enjoyed it.... i know it takes a long time to do all the research and then synk it with the lyrics for the video..... keep it up...... thanks...

[yanks78915]

Using this in my ESOL class-great work!

[jontyrush]

Great job - this video has been on my favourites list for a while now and I regularly watch it on drunken evenings youtube surfing with my wife.

[shady1956]

great job

[Pufcio96]

Great video, I really enjoyed.

[speedy740]

Awesome!

[speedy740]

Good Job!!! I think this is the best one I've seen on Youtube!

[Johnnysgirl792]

Great Job... I really enjoyed this :)

[Morgana0x]

Great video. Thanks for posting it.

[macnari]

The first video of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire was created on 21 September 2006 and was constantly improved. By 19 October 2008 it was perfected. I was first told about it on 5 March 2008. It was created by a foreigner Ye Li. It had to take a foreigner to create this. Why didn't Billy Joel think of this? Just want to correct the impression of the history of the video version of We Didn't Start The Fire.

[musicluva6595]

Great job! I LOVE this song, and sometimes people put up some really wierd stuff to represent what he's saying. This video is one of the best I've seen. ;)

[inahurry123]

good job

[krazyjordy]

That ain't James Dean: 2:09

[Rakin2008]

I'm pretty certain it is.

[LukaRaPtoR]

@Rakin2008 Nice video mate

[collinsneluat]

Doesn't it say "BELGIANS IN THE CONGO" ??? That picture of the kangaroo was totally random

[Rakin2008]

Wrong, about it being totally random anyway. It was put there for a little comedy. And is the Kangaroo the only thing you noticed in the picture?

[Megbca]

@Rakin2008

explain

[Rakin2008]

@Megbca I did. XD

[fyloxiro]

@Rakin2008 no, I did not.

[emal57]

Great job!!!

[Rubes2525]

Kangaroos DON'T live in Congo, and what was with the artillery loading in "Davy Crockett"??

[Rakin2008]

I know. O_o Who said they did?

And that's why popped up when I researched the images.

[edyle]

Yeah that seemed odd; although thinking of it, the old time Davy Crockett wouldn't fit with the timeline.

Great video; could have used some rat-tat-tat quick succession still shots to replace some of those repititions of the flame.

[Rakin2008]

The repetitions of the flame was on purpose.

Thank you for the comment!

[antvinpol]

My mum ALISON POLAND thinks that the pic of JAmes Dean is not really him !!!!!!!

[roflcoptersoisoi1]

wtf kangaroos are not in the congo

[Rakin2008]

Who said they are? O.O

[SSGTVDOG]

@roflcoptersoisoi1 - Belgians in the Congo - Mercenaries fighting for money

[roflcoptersoisoi1]

one of the best songs ever

[Siemens4you]

Best greetings from germany and thx for this great job !!

[tigerkala]

u did a rly good job. once our history teacher played this 4 me i waz hooked u did AWESOME!

[vestlandhest]

Good job - I enjoyed your video!

[Beataa38]

Couldn't get it better!

History is not a fairy tail

[bigfatowen]

i couldn't remember the words if my life depended on it

good jod on the vid

[cankat917]

my history teacher did too

[katys133]

my history teacher also show us a simular video in history

[Tikisomia]

My history teacher showed a video simular to this in our history class. Good job on it!

[Flatwheels01]

Nice work man! really nice work!

[ethianx]

this is a damn good video. one of the best compilations i've ever seen. great job.

[loripatalano]

cool

[midtowndad]

Great compilation!!

Gen "X" er here....

[commanderrocket07]

Fantastic work! I actually like this version better than the original.

[metalclav]

idiot why did u put stupid text??? nobody really cares and 2 days?? thats not long, some people make videos with 1 week

[Rakin2008]

1). I had to put the "Not making money part, etc" so this video wouldn't get iced like a lot of them.

2). I had to give a little detail of what the song is about just in case somebody doesn't know.

3). Yes, I know I should of put it all at the end, wasn't thinking at the time.

4). I wasn't applying 2 days was a long time, but rather a short time. However, if you can tell, this is over a year old, and at the time, it was the longest I spent on a single video.

Some take a month to make a vid.

[ADCINC76]

GREAT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION

[RankAndFileGuy]

One of the best songs in popular music genre.

[GuitarMasterX7Fan]

:55 is my favorite picture (its the beatles)

[MrThatsrightbaby]

how come you have an aussie kangaroo for begians in the congo? did the australians have something to do with Belgium or Africa? I've researched this and can't find anything related to Australia. Unless you think kangaroos come from Africa??

[Rakin2008]

Just added humor, that's all. It seemed to match at the time.

[dknblu]

Problem: The "Sugar Ray" you show is Ray Leonard. The REAL Sugar Ray that Billy Joel is referring to is Sugar Ray Robinson.

[Rakin2008]

Yeah, I know...

[ericvisser14]

thats friggin awesome

[DJ69DannyBoy]

One of the BESTESTTTT Video ever created, one of my favorites EVER!!!

[wdb54imagine]

I don't know. Good question. It was packed full of stuff. Maybe it was mentioned? Maybe it wasn't. Which was it?

[BetterGetReadyToDie]

how come no mention of vietnam in the song? Any guesses

[garragirl11]

Okay... 3:20...

NAZI!!!

<3

yayz.

:3

[garragirl11]

3:19 NAZI!!!!

WOO!!!!

x3

[car747los]

these are one of the greatest home music video ever made. I finally understand what the song is about.

[shellylockhart]

This video is AWESOME! Your work was not done in vain. Excellent job!!

[themusicguy12]

This is sweeeet!

5/5

[Amber3763]

This is actually really good.

Kudos.

(:

[cottrellpidge94]

i think i speak for everyone when i say this is good, but i pray to god you have now found yourself either a girlfriend, a job or both. because when this was made you had waaaaaaaaaay too much time on your hands dude!:L

[Rakin2008]

Don't have time for a Girl, I wouldn't have much time for filmmaking, and besides that, I am only 15...therefore I don't have a Job yet.

But I never did understand...what is wrong with having a lot of time on your hand? c:

[21stCenturyLego]

This is awesome!

[CarlvinMalicsi2007]

ZOMG EPIC I LIKE IT!

[DarkMage12346]

I mean that there were too many words at the part where you were talking about the making of the video.

Still your pictures are great.

again 5 stars.

[Rakin2008]

Oh, alright. Well thanks for the input! ^^

And thank you very much again, I am glad you still liked it. =)

[DarkMage12346]

I thought that there was too many words in the beginning but great video.

5 stars.

[Rakin2008]

Wait, you mean in the song or the video? =)

And thank you very much! ^^ Happy you liked it.

[NikkiNoNo777]

this is my favorite song and your video made it 1000 times better

[NewDirection4us]

Excellent. One mistake I saw though, and you're not alone in doing it is the photo of Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard which is supposed to be Sugar Ray Robinson, not Sugar Ray Leonard who came much later. The timeline of the people in the song supports that Billy Joel was saying Robinson not Leonard. Both great fighters in their day but the timeline of this song would say it's Robinson not Leonard. You might want to correct that if it's not much trouble.

[Rakin2008]

Ah, yes. ^^ I am aware of that error, but thank you for pointing it out. Someone has once before. =)

And it wouldn't be easy to correct it now...since this video is already on it's way.

However, I am planning on making a re-make of this video, since I now have a much better video editor. So you can count on that mistake being fixed. =) Thank you for the comment and I am happy you enjoyed the video! =D

[SkankExpose]

Billy Joel is so awesome and so is the fucking song!

[bmwrotax]

Great job,thanks.

At that time he would not immagine about th twin towers.