We Didn't Start The Fire

[bronson1776]

Lol

[bronson1776]

Accually, I started the fire

[miranda116]

@TheFacelessActivist don't forget Harry Potter lol



[TheFacelessActivist]

@miranda116

Now that you mention it: I probably should have included it.

But in my defence: The original song forgot about Star Wars, so...

[MsLove4ever13]

HAHA!!! My L.A. teacher (today it was a sub.) showed us this song and today we are having to make 2 verses for H.W...... That will be fun!!! LOL! :)

[HOBBESGROWLS32]

It cool

[TheBossClanMW3]

Lol.

[sj176]

ya actually i believe the cavemen started the fire retards

[BabyJLE]

@sj176 no one invented the fire lawl

[seanmchughinfo]

Wow, when you see it in your face like that the world really has seen a lot in such a short period of time. Good song, good video man.

[biggyrat57]

Liberace. Now there was a true pioneer.

[naboobolo]

Hate to say it mate but you didn't make the original

[b2ynow]

and it's still burning!

[pfrag1]

epic its cool to c how the world can change in 40 years and how much people screw up

[teag0odchapsqmark]

troll tarolllllll tarolllllll ------ yous /b/ trolllin'

[chaosinorderrr]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!!!

[hopeob]

My social studies teacher showed this to us on one of the last days of school in junior high. :)

[GSPatton89]

Thumbs up if you saw the Wall Fall

[tehdudenoob2]

Cool

[Biggreasyhotdog]

Great job with the video man very well put together!

[unforgiveableskeptic]

Ryan started the fire!

[ImJimLahey]

@unforgiveableskeptic hahahaha, i was just watchin the office and heard dwight singing that... had to look it up

[devilsmarksman]

@ImJimLahey holy shit i just watched that episode and is viewing this video for a related reason... RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

[GSPatton89]

@devilsmarksman How ironic I did as well. Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television, Marilyn Monroe... Ryan started the FIRE! 

[devilsmarksman]

@ImJimLahey god damnit mr. lahey rickey's selling pot again RANDY!!!

[ImJimLahey]

@devilsmarksman bobandy how bout a little drikny poo

[devilsmarksman]

@ImJimLahey but mr. lahey

[devilsmarksman]

@ImJimLahey i fuckin love that show mate

[GlowCot]

"It's just Exelent"

Congrats from Argentina!

[sixclawII]

you'd think that my being born in 1992 would mean i haven't had much to see in these 19 years. but in all honesty i think my generation is starting to see more life changing and world shaping changes in a short period than many have before. overall you may say that there hasn't been something as huge as a world war or crazy things like that, but with the way the world is changing i get the feeling that momentous events are still yet to come, and that we may see them soon.

[69iMoDz69]

My jizz ended the fire ( teehee )

[43Heineken]

Ryan started the fire. 

[dominajki]

Spectacular

[OR7PUNKBAND]

Ryan started the fire, with pita bread XD

[lf2game]

we didn't start the flame war~

[TreyArchPlayer]

Shit Fucken people still watch this Fucking bitchen stuff?

[jetli80]

And shits are still burning. I think there is enough crap between 1990 and 2011 that I think I can write a song about it too.

[mycatsayshitozztop]

340 people started the fire

[KamiliaKpopNo1]

We didn't start the fire---------- you think who did the war in vietnam

[Rocketfist15]

@KamiliaKpopNo1 Na, Vietnam was just another link in the chain of history, it wasn't the start...although...yeah...

[PatromeRocks]

my U.S History teacher showed this video.

[GunZenBomZ]

@PatromeRocks hope it made you think about the bigger picture.

[samarvem]

You are right it it spectacular,you did a great great job,thing is I'm 58 and remember a lot of these events,when i was5 Eisenhauer was president,thanks for posting.

[ButterCookie1984]

Reminds me why I LOVE history.....Thanks!!

[cofitz95]

my history teacher played this in class and i started singing along word for word and everyone looked at me funny. gtfo of my face and pay attention you could learn something

[Daltonalex25]

1:50, ship was like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

[AHthefarther]

thumbs up if your faggot geography teacher didnt show you this!

[lmfaoo77]

@AHthefarther my history teacher showed me this lol

[shagoat]

Watched this in AP GEO

[1word2peoplex3]

My teacher showed me this when I was a sophomore in high school!!!!

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Billy Joel wrote this song since its content also suggested that if he weren't the musician that he elected to be, he would've been a history teacher.

[TreyArchPlayer]

No thumbs up if your Science teacher told you about this song

[ruxiist]

Awesome song .... History

[ATaxidermistBear]

"A Spectacular Video I made"

#modesty

[HazzazThazzaabana]

@ATaxidermistBear

#Unjustifiedmodesty*

[runepk4life500]

@ATaxidermistBear I was just scrolling down to type that comment lol

[urcMD1]

I WISH my history teacher showed us this. every time we start a new unit I think of a line in this song that relates to this song.

[CarlosSpicyWeina24]

I used to start the fire... Then i took an arrow to the knee

[SuperFraud8]

@CarlosSpicyWeina24 I find that extremely funny

[CaliVMK]

Watched this in APUSH!

[bpendreigh]

Great video and I expect someone must have pointed it out before, but that is the wrong book for Stranger in a Strange Land. Billy Joel is alluding to the Heinlein novel, though the title comes from Exodus, so it isn't too surprising that more than one novelist might use it. The Leonora Scholte book didn't come out until 1987.

[gedski1992]

Probably the best video on YouTube. Extremely well done my friend.

[TheFacelessActivist]

Tank Man, Gorbachev, gangster rap, gulf war, fall of the Berlin Wall

George Bush, Grunge Rock, ending of the cold war.

Haley's Comet, Chinese trade, death of Saddam Hussein,

techno, George Bush, 9/11, Columbine,

iPad, Credit Crunch, Wikileaks, Breivik,

the Håkan Lans lawsuits,

Barrack Obama, Fort Hood, Stem Cells, British Riots,

Operation Neptune

[TheFamousDragon]

@TheFacelessActivist Why only include the British riots when there were riots in over 40 other countries that were much worse?

[TheFacelessActivist]

@TheFamousDragon

Because I like Britain. It's a nice country, they invented the bowler hats.

[TheFamousDragon]

@TheFacelessActivist O RLLY?

[T1N0pwnzy0u1]

@TheFacelessActivist dont forget cubs. they havent won the world series in over 100 years. But i still love them!

[TheFacelessActivist]

@T1N0pwnzy0u1

Yes, but see: Athletes these days are normally just a bunch of vein, millionaire borderline rapists who's job is to shepherd a piece of leather into a poorly assembled outdoor cupboard. Or to swing a stick at a ball of crumbled up horse hide before running across a field littered with steroid-brimmed alcoholics who's job it is to catch a ball like a common yardhound.

So excuse me if I stuck with more significant things.

[JBTAUT]

awesome video man great job!!!!!!!!

[themegatontourist]

I aced my test because of this song

[0danceingwanderer1]

they play this over the intercome almost every day at my school glade i finally looked it up

[thgsMASK]

why are you down here scroll up your missin' a sweet ass video...

[disnyfan10]

No Michel Jackson or madonna

[jfdjutjruvb]

ive been looking for this song for days!!! <3

[JustAnotherSIave]

But WE can help put it out (or keep it under control) !!!!

[Bignene628]

Wow good old days

[1TopGunPaintballer]

I didn't start the fire either. I Swaer.

[jacobwolf124]

Heard this on the radio, had to hear it again....

[sisman4132]

Ryan started the fire~~

[yankeesfan162]

we meet again 240p

[XxNx007xNxX]

what about Yuri Gagarin??

[Whyamibzsdmh]

Them, them, them. They are pedophiles, dream about fucking animals, beastiality, they are rapidly growing, they are a horror. They are walking on our precious earth, provoking sexual activity to children and children related TV-programs, movies, etc. They are nearly impossible to spot. They are the the new human species. They are unwanted, they are a disease to this planet. Sadly, there's nothing we can do. They are a disease. They are taking over the world. They started the fire.

-Lars

[HeroesOfRandoms]

336 people did start the fire.

[MxD0Productions]

James Dean!! Reppin the Dean family!!

[ThatSk8rDud3]

I'm surprised Pokemon wasn't on here

[quiktymevideo]

@ThatSk8rDud3 Yeah, considering the fact that this song came out in 1989, nearly a decade before Pokemon was invented.

[ThatSk8rDud3]

@quiktymevideo Considering the fact that the original pokemon cards and such came out in 1979...

[SpadaccinoLuciano]

@ThatSk8rDud3 Pokemon doesnt fucking MATTER, idiot. These are ACTUALLY historical EVENTS.

[ThatSk8rDud3]

@SpadaccinoLuciano Seeings as how the better half of the last 2 generations were addicted to Pokemon in some way shape of form and it was banned in 17 countries and was deemed one of the ultimate evils by 3 religions, I'd say it had quite the impact on society. Oh and BTW children in most countries will recognize Pikachu before Micky Mouse.

[SpadaccinoLuciano]

@ThatSk8rDud3 That just means its popular, stupid. Doesnt mean it mattered.

[ThatSk8rDud3]

@SpadaccinoLuciano Well how about the fact that it gave over 9000 children in Japan seizures? I think that is important to the world. Especially cause it was cause by only about 3 seconds of flashing lights on tv and happened to children who before and after were never epileptic.

[TheScoutProductions]

@ThatSk8rDud3

I face palmed so hard it hurt.

[matthew19813]

awesome ) ' ')=)

[Mbuckner13]

i seriously cannot stand people, who say "thumbs up" it's annoying.

But great video

[78WildBill]

If you immediately recognize the candle light is flame. Then you know the meal was cooked a long time ago.

[mattattack145]

i listened to this song 4 times in skool today.......ITS AWESOME

[GroovyTalksAlot]

I love learning about one of these events in class and immediatly start thinking of this song....

btw, I never get a top like, help me out?

[Blarvtooth1]

@GroovyTalksAlot Maybe its because you're begging for the top comment. Nobody likes that.

[SligStorm65]

@GroovyTalksAlot Which event?

[radicalroots87]

best song ever

[waterproofcat1]

you should have used the actual music video for the corse not stupid pictures of fire retard

[VICJR98]

@waterproofcat1 wtf is a corse? and you're calling him a retard?

[americaHUMVEES]

I love this song not only because it's amazing, but i love history! especially the cold war haha

[BlackPingvin]

Hey, I'm a Firestarter. :)

[narutofan7100]

335 people "said" they didn't start the water faucet ikr like wtf lol

[lovestotweek]

335 people started the fire



[bluemoon4900]

Perfect song for this occasison

[socceroffender5]

Thumbs up if you think this song is awesome! :D

[MRMAIDMENT]

1995 and i understand all of it

[dkr56]

@MRMAIDMENT the wanders of wikipedia...

[mick220567]

@dkr56 The wonders of spellcheck

[dkr56]

@mick220567 the WANDERS of not givn a fuck over youtube. Actually think i care about speelin on a estupido weeebsitte?

[cinderelmo]

In other words this a an extended version of madonnas vogue rap.

[cinderelmo]

Reminds me of madonnas vogue rap reminiscing about the old days.

[CookiesOnFridays]

I love this song. Cause I'm a freaken American

[azin231]

My friend made me come here, so I really don't have any other comment other than this.

[17marcino]

my fav part "jfk blown away what else do i have to say" EPIC

[MustangGT460]

thumbs up if your here because you're history teacher showed this in your class. CLASS OF 2010!!!

[HalfLord]

@MustangGT460 BECAUSE YOU ARE HISTORY TEACHER SHOWED THIS, you need English, not History.

[JDN135]

@HalfLord Oh my god, Grammar Nazi get the fuck out and quit bitching about simple things. God dammit, why is there at least one person always out to fuck everything and ruin it. Just shutup.

[MustangGT460]

@HalfLord wow really sorry it’s the internet.. i don't care, it’s been a month and only one person has bitched that would be you. most of the time the type errors happen on a computer i am not going to proof read my comments for you tube or to make you happy. it happens with key boards when you type fast even the best typewriter can still miss the wrong keys. People like you are annoying you’re not perfect so stop acting like you have never made a mistake.

[emiliotheman1]

@MustangGT460 OMG YES MY HISTORY TEACHER DID SHOW ME THIS WOW THIS MUST BE THE GREATEST SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AnimeDreamer141]

@MustangGT460 Actually I'm here because of Tumblr.

[sausagesausage]

@MustangGT460

Funnily enough I was just thinking that- had I been a history teacher I would certainly start the children off with this song.

Not only because it a history lesson in itself but kids are constantly told that our generation are the problem with the world and 'in the old days' everyone was friendly and nobody locked their doors at night.

It seems every generation is lead to believe that by nostalgia fuelled oldies!

Someones gotta tell em' they're alllllll-right! =)

[supcom2addict1]

@MustangGT460 Strangely my biology teacher blared this across half the school

[BuckyKhronic]

I started the fire.... What fucker has a problem with it?

[Mr77Magic]

Clever!

[Bhavyadhruv]

This video was released 2 YEARS before the original/official video and yet it has lesser views than the official one ....

And we all must agree that this video is MUCH MUCH MUCH AWESOME than the official video any day ....... :\

Hats off crlax22....

[TheTriboy88]

trolls started the fire >.>

[Pi314Genuis]

strange, we're still involved in the same things, 40 years hasn't changed much in the way of politics.

[MrWINNSLAW]

"Oh, do I remember this song!"

[BlahBlahBlahc8]

Haha heard this last year in Language Arts class. Best year ever!

[TheDoctorJohnShow]

#anonymous theme song #occupy theme song @globalchange @whitehouse @barrakobama @obama2012 #fdic #thedoctorjonshow

[Hodgo006]

333 people started the fire

[THEVIDEOGAMEMASTERjr]

Somebody should do a flash mob performing this song and then do an up to date version... Maybe if the mob is big enough, it could be on TV so that the world could see all the problems it has and the hell it's going through. Just an idea... Comment back if anybody agrees it has a similar idea!!!

[msginca]

I pretty sure Joel is referring to the big bang starting the fire.

[Atteberry2016]

@msginca Not even close hes referring to all the stuff that happened from 1949-89

[msginca]

@Atteberry2016

Ummm ... yea, I got that part. The part ***you're not getting*** is the very title of the song ... "We didn't Start The Fire" ... he's isn't referring to a damn forrest fire ... he's referring to the big bang ... he's an Atheist.

[Atteberry2016]

@msginca No hes talking about how we have the right to fight for whats right. Soo hes referring to our justification for the wars

[Queenofdragons6]

I LOVE THIS SONG!

I learned about this song in my social studies class during the final days of my 8th grade year. (That sounded a little weird.)

...

Why do I keep puting stuff in parenthesis? (Tell me if I spelled that wrong.)

[MLBxKIDx13]

My teacher showed my class this we had to try and write some missing words from the lyrics

[deathalchemist2]

hetalia started the fire! *leaves the comment here and dashes off*

[godlikemuffin]

My Teacher showed me this video too XD

[trpychik]

Asome

[epicness786]

honeydew started the fire

[sudikai]

@epicness786 Wow... Just... Wow...

[smileitsmoiii]

I STARTED THE FIREEEEEE

[NFCDallasCowboys]

Ryan started the fire.

[keeyk118b]

actually we did.

[Pi314Genuis]

youtube, google+ facebook wars, flaming wars, awesome music and much more!

We didn't start the fire!

[SamuelJayO]

@Riotnz There is an updated version, same title but by king Charles

[tntfoussard1]

Thumbs up if you knew at least more than half of what is going on

[ausloverxo]

@tntfoussard1 born in 1992 but i still no what hes singing about ,respect

[drzoidburgrocks]

its amazing how he managed to sum up 40 years of history in just over 4 minutes :-)

[KassidyKatherine]

This actually is the theme of my environmental science class...the students are loving it.

[ozzymoto2]

@2:18 space monkey mafia hellz ya!

[jwald2311]

Lol I watch in SS at school today.

[nicko978]

ron paul is trying to fight the fire!

[DarthSexyT]

333 arsonists feel they were neglected credit

[4lifeaussie]

1:19 stalin was before 1949

[codmod2]

@4lifeaussie not really cuz he ruled from 41-53 so...

[jorgepandos]

( . ,)=(__-->__)===] planking started the fire

[DarkSoldier2142]

3:32 Bill from Left 4 Dead.

[Messia1532]

thumbs up if your maths or histroy teacher brought you to this song !!!!!!

[Manadox97]

@ringopauljohngeorge7 oh how so very true.

[liiikit123]

my science teacher showed me dis

[nahte123456]

this song is evil it will never let you escape, you shall always hear it in you head!!!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alienolivia]

i think its rock and roll and cola wars, but im not sure

[MIKESOWELL]

@alienolivia It's Rock and Roller cola wars. Joel was referring to the growing use of Rock Stars being pushed by the major soft drink companies to pedal their products to young people. It was really bad in the mid 1980s to early 1990s.

[buell5890]

@crlax22 great video!

[buell5890]

@derbyderb mayb it goes to show you that black people arent as violent as everyon thinks, this is a song of destruction

[xXxXSHIFTXx]

lol fire

[xXxXSHIFTXx]

we didnt start the fure it was always burning

[laviniav1]

it rocks