*WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE* New Lyrics BILLY JOEL 1990 - 2008

[Moviewhiz1]

@TheRapper10000. Brought job growth to a hault, and it's the government fault. Lied and spread, like rash, now we are all out of cash.

[TheRapper10000]

Here's a new line to the song George W. Bush is strange, Time for a Change OBAMA The NEW PRESIDENT.

[bvsandman]

Rofl "OJ Got away with it" quality is sorta ehh, but It was still good, if you don't like it people why don't you do one..

[canadiantrekkie]

I'm either laughing myself silly or crying up a storm. Couple rough spots, but very nice!

[dragonlordd]

you need to do a slight update also why aren't anime, hero movies, hussien, MP3, or the data storage growth mentioned? good job though

[novakin]

I cant find the original song because of these " creative " singing people for fuck sake...

[pannoni1]

Some things aren't quite in sync; for instance Whitney Houston acheived mainstream popularity years before the World Wide Web did. Facebook also appears a bit too early as well here.

[SuperBonkaz]

omg u jus did my homework! :D

[destinlover88]

Nice video! 9/11 and JonBenet's murder were the most tragic, and I liked how you put this video together!

[sargTucker]

awsome video! dont listen to those assholes lets see them make a better 1.

[foodtrey]

If you were to re-do this properly it would be SO damn good. 

[kingskater4]

2:40, so sad, I still remember that tragic day

[ecwinste]

People seem to forget that people that make these videos aren't professional songwriters. It's not going to be PERFECT or sound as polished as Joel's did, but I like that people have taken a good interest in modern history and are trying to continue the work. I think Colleen did a good job, and maybe one day Joel or someone else will do a professional continuation of the song.

[VerbrannteSchatten]

Holy Cow! How long did it take to do this?

[chewylikesit]

i gave this a chance but im sorry this is killing me i commend you for trying to keep billy's work around but ... i got nothing else to say sorry

[brooksyinc]

Im working on a remake myself its harder then it looks lol

[dannycefc]

they american

[lucas27]

Kim Campbell feels like an unimportant inclusion... but an interesting one.

[Jaeger7793]

Excellent lyrics, lousy video quality. If you could get Billy to sing this, though...

[xxhenk321xx]

fucked up

[samiss98]

not bad not bad i wish billy joel could make one 1990 - 2010 there would be so much to sing about

[Anjumin59]

lol. Everyone is covered, but Jack Sparrow. Nice job on the video.

[nukeakitten]

nice job

[darkbleu006]

lolol disney's fiding nemo

[codyatcheson232323]

AMAZING!!!!!

[oddjono]

if it was properly sung and produced its a great effort, new lyrics are fantastic.

[Stevo1129]

This is a great vid. 5/5 Lyrics fit together just needs better quality.

[aleclego]

awesome remake!

[NOxUxBiTxiTxDGMS]

LOVE THE FERBIE AT THE END!

[redsoxgirlXD]

love the red sox picture <3 :D needed a lyric tho :)

[Armando51roosters]

the song has no problem but it just the tone of the song isn't right.

[rainbow2251]

nice job

[Troghen]

the lyrics weren't bad, but the sound quality was TERRIBLE

[SillyEagle1992]

Why is the quality so AWFUL? I mean, I can tolerate loss in quality, but this is... amazing.

[APH1991]

Arcticwolf, I'm not condemning its inclusion but what historical event that was newsworthy did enough to suggest it was worthy of being included?

[spameister]

You're kidding, right?

[Arcticwlf]

I had been wanting to do something like this for some time. Quite a few of your choices mirror my own. Some of the words seem kind of squashed in and rushed to keep in time with the origianl song, but I realize that's got to be the hardest part of the whole project.

[APH1991]

What's so important 'bout Oklahoma City?

[Arcticwlf]

Why don't you think Oklahoma City deserves a mention?

[Keeton1996]

u suck

[bigdog011995]

Background music sounds terrible

[mjasmine95]

you did this really well I LIKE IT! Especially the "boy meets world" pic at the end :D

[azazel637]

once bonny and clyde took the hillside...for the barbarians have returned

[KyoyasAngel]

Nice. But no versions I've heard far made any refrences at all to DBZ. Which in my eyes is as important as the Simpsons.

~Kn~

[wanshei]

You did a pretty good job with the new lyrics. I dont get the poor musical quality. But i get the message - not bad. You get 5

[lulyrules]

i think the harry potter part should be replaced with twilightt but I ABSOLUTELEY LOVED IT and u helped me with a school project <3

[watdidido2yourheart]

ok i love twilight. but hello Harry potter is so much bigger then Twilighy

[Robcobes]

nice try

[KnightOfTheLight95]

awesome.

[PadfootLivesFree]

Heck yea! Avenue Q!

[iluvlaughter]

i love the original and i thought that ur version of it was great.

[DysEleHrt]

It's not perfect, but bloody well good enough!

[funkybeat01]

This is probably one of the best remakes on Youtube. Great job!

[RunerRacerPeniguin5]

Dont forget Jimmie Johnson!!!!

[WVAFfalcon]

This is kind of cool. It just hurts my ears to listen to it. Turn the treble way down

[79turdferguson79]

That was awsome. I always wondered if he would redo the song for now a days, but no need now. you did a good job.

[asbpab1966]

The original was missing 1964-1968. Anybody do one filling in those years?

[dstephens79]

Not bad. Doesn't have the same punch as the original, but shows how much has happened in the world the past 18 years.

[Crystalwolf78]

Give'em a break this was a good try probly make a better one now should make one that mentions all the crazy 2012 stuff going on like ice caps melting.

[TheMagicmanZev]

Lots of people probably said this, but its depeche (depesh) mode....

[schagani143]

can be made better....some pics arent mentioned

[Yonkage]

Ever since I first heard the original, I knew I'd like it more if the lyrics were of events relevant to my lifetime. I had toyed with the idea of doing something like this, myself, but I could never come close to how perfect this version is.

Also, Ken Jennings FTW!! Fuck Peter Jennings XD

[1986Sheri]

it's good you mentioned Dale Earnhardt because he's my favorite driver.

[IchBinDieKaiser]

At least this is in chronological order.

[dizi90lizi]

billy joels has entertainment init. psycho, catcher in the rye, beatles. + entertainment is historical value. how is it not?

dont be so critical. its just a vid on youtube. its good.

[SeigiChoujin]

I'm sorry but... terrible. The singing was off and a lot of stuff mentioned does not need to be immortilized in a song (Coldplay? seriously? when did they do something the whole world noticed?)

[Dontjudgeme0822]

well see if you can do better this guy had the guts to try something if you dont like something fix it. GOD

[avidracer26]

pretty dead on 5 stars

[CrimsonFlareFox]

This is very good 5 stars

[oomphrammsteinrulz]

funny

[redtree6767]

hey this is pretty good.

[crazpla]

that was terrible the real song was about events that changed the world not events that changed your mood

[EnduWolf]

Exxon? Lithuania? Cold War? Desert Storm? That's just from the first verse.

[sweetassugar3239]

solid, that was sweet!

[13495]

Good job! bravo!

[icrytearsofblood1]

ummmm no comment my brother made me listen to this and i must say just the fact that he likes it scared me but its actually pretty good

[BobbyDrake00]

mate tht was pretty gud!

top!

[PrincessFatorechi]

despite the sound quality not being great, i thik you've done a really fantastic job

[praiznhym4ever]

poor sound quality on this one colleen. i love this song ,but it could have been dont a lil better. thanx = )

[frenchfry612]

november rain!!!!!!

good lyric ;)

[denis1501]

CLASS!

[Brigham007]

lol, "de-pech-E-mode." Nice recognition, though, of a fabulous group of musicians.

[Bears08]

Great Job!

[1111jony11]

lol i had to do this same assignemnt for world history class

[brittanycgonzalez]

Me, too.

[SuperFinkle]

me three

[XxJoHn117xX]

DUMB ASS THE COLD WAR WASN'T IN THE F***ING 90s!

[sunnybird16]

there are some debate about when the cold war truly ended. Some say it ended in 1990, so it fits.

[npc223]

it officially ended in 1991, so yep

[firemastrr]

Cold War: 1945-1991, from the end of WWII to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

(dumbass)

[mazrimtaim10]

Gotta ask... was there no spot for Lord of the Rings?

[firemastrr]

:) In Colleen's defense, it's really tough to write a song like this, and when you're doing it, you really don't try to hard to fit one single thing in, you just try to make it rhyme where you can and have the syllables match up. The content is less important. I didn't realize this until I tried to do the same thing myself, and I'm in the middle of it right now. I'll try to fit LOTR in, but it may not fit. We'll see. Look for my version in a little while.

[sbucksfanatic]

we did this in my us history class we got to choose the time period and we did the same time period. yours is better though

[askdoctormoose]

i like it.. creative.. good job

[deathgodd789]

this is very talented

[southparkgtaca]

Good, but I think you should add in Obama to it.

No matter your politics, this is a huge event. :P

[strey101]

Obviously by the title it doesnt count as he wasnt president till 2009.

[southparkgtaca]

Actually, I love it so much, and being less than a year away, it should be included. A few changes to the lyrics, and a quick recording would accomplish this.

I'm not saying it needs to happen, but to leave that event out, when it's so close, would be a missed opportunity.

And it doesn't matter, his historical election happened in 2008.

Check mate.

[HomicidalDonut]

The video was posted January, 10 months before the election. Shut up.

[southparkgtaca]

I just explained myself, you shut up.

Eat a pee pee, asshole.

[bsrj22]

You all lose because, there's a picture of obama at 4:06

[PumaOPumaOPumaO]

Why would she reupload it? It's already up, before Obama was president.

[cachaa5219]

Forget the critics, this is amazing! A teacher's dream! Wish they could have been in consecutive order, but it was an excellent depiction of the last nearly 20 years!

[vettedude418]

EUUURRRNNNHHHAARRDDDTTT

[Markonim]

LoL There Is Croatian Version TOO...

[ANDRESBAGC]

badass

[JP4645]

I guess "Armstrong's seventh straight" doesn't count.

[yoman5664]

"KISS Returns"

AWESOME!

[kasjdhl]

didnt realy sound like the original but good idea i think joel would be proud to hear his song living on thru the years

[aguiar800]

Awsome remake but u didnt mension anything abought are chimpanzie president george bush XD

[kirkom45]

1st verse dumbass

[SOADunplugged]

That's Bush Sr.

[BalvanCity]

hahaha you are awesome kid. Thanks a lot for this song !!!

[ExplodingBacon]

You pronounced "Depeche Mode" incorrectly.

[80sgirl007]

that was really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FWYGINOND]

Decent song...

[chatqueenpr]

Wow..... This is incredible after seeing this i think i'd like to take a shot at this my class is doing a project on this song I think i'll take a swing at this. And to think i remember more than half of that..... I'm getting old.... any way I LOVE IT!!!

[NSICLOPDA]

audio quality is poor but other than that it's really good

[DavidGrantGrey]

hell i'm using this for school. THANKS

[Fthefrench123]

you know that is the best billy joel remake i have evr heard in my life......thumbs up, 5 stars.

[ktm2844]

Excellent job!! It's amazing to think what all has happened in what? 19 years? It's incredible to think about it being that long ago. But if you look at it the first gulf war was in 1990-1991 when I was 23 and that seems like just yesterday. Incredible. You never realize you get old so fast!!!

[Powerfulone1]

Very good!

[jhertz89]

Good Work

[DeltaTeamSniper]

WOW!!!! great Job Bro!!!!!! WELL DONE, HATS OFF 2U, BOTTOMS UP!!!

[dlugi32]

very good - you should send this song to Billy - lirics is ready :) gl in mtv grats one more time:) respect

[Insane1385]

Very nice.

I think some things might need changing, just to help the lyrics flow. But it's really good. Send it off.

[PUPPYKICKER111]

Write down lyrics.

sell to Billy Joel

?????????

Profit

[CentralCatholicpv2]

Nice job VERY nice ur no billy but still very nice

[scorp532]

your no billy joel but still very good

[Lisnotforloser]

hmmm north korea is in the original too! interesting...

i like the new lyrics! its just.. quality of sound and some of the like stressed syllables were off.. but great job!

[mrraffel]

Awesome! This is the best version of the updated lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fire on YouTube!

[WoxBAZZAxoW]

depache mode??..... its depeche mode (depesh mode)

[0Colo0]

i like it ;)

[PrimeMonkey13]

really good job

[marcellabella84]

this was awesome! great job

[TCSC47]

I've found out about "Don't ask, don't tell." in Wikipedia. Cheers all, and Merry Christmas.

[TCSC47]

oh! and I have to apologise for Simon Cowell!

Look up "Simon Cowell" in "The Oxford English Dictionary" generally deemed to be the definative guide to the English language, and the will find "Pillock".

[TCSC47]

What does "Don't ask, don't tell refer to? I seem to have missed it here in the UK?

[XxFiredemonxX]

it's the policy that the US military uses for homosexuality,

since gays are allowed in the military if they are openly gay, they can only serve if they don't tell that they are gay.

i think it's messed up!

[TCSC47]

I couldn't believe it when the USA voted in Bush a second time and I couldn't understand why we Brits voted Blair ( or B.Liar as we call him) in for a second term either! What sort of people are we? How do you sleep Tony? I find it difficult.

[Bumblebeeiscute]

I couldn't believe USA voted in Bush the first time

[TCSC47]

Well,-- did they? The rest of the world watched and could not believe what appeared to be something of a voting scam! Conspiracy or cock-up? Who knows?

But we consoled ourselves that he wouldn't get in a second time! Oh, well!

And we held our breath over Sarah P! But thank goodness, sense was seen!

[cartoonluva11]

well for the some people who didn't like it that's too bad good job! i really liked this i like your new version

[TCSC47]

Well done ColleenBaird. I enjoyed this! Excellent!

[TCSC47]

Ans. Tony Blair was the spawn of Thatcher. God will judge them.

[TCSC47]

And who was Tony Blair?

[glaked23]

Spawn of satan

[TCSC47]

Who was Margret Thatcher?

[beckygirl1994]

the ORIGINAL is sooooooooo much better!

[zainyk]

that was actually really good, you got the rhyming down, which is difficult.

[hrashid14]

No Iraq???

[nick773]

it had "mission accomplished" with Bush. that is a close reference to Iraq.

[greeners500]

gulf war!!

[freespeech4u2]

haha john stewart pwns all!

[bjk1795]

+retards this suck is the worst hahahahhaha stupid retards you cant sing

[jackinthebox1313]

ehh

[intem333]

i apologize that our arguement with these people had to be on your video. I liked it. Once again, i'm sorry.

[youmanwhore]

too high pitch!

[milemarkerfilms]

great job.

[rgsilver1]

depeche mode is pronounced de-peSH mode just fyi

[ziblade666]

ok yea this video sucks, it has crappy sound and who ever is singing needs to take some leasons because their voice is making my ears bleed

[asukapyro]

sounds like it was played down a microphone off a cheap mobile phone

[mindlessdrone1991]

I'm not sure what prompted the argument about American arrogance, but here are my two cents. A 95%-5% split and an 80%-20% split are both inaccurate. Just because you haven't had a chance to leave the country doesn't mean you are an ignorant, arrogant American. I'm a bit wary of using the term "greatest country on Earth", but historically, America has been a force for good in the world and is a huge player in global affairs. Look what the recession in our country is doing to world markets....

[MasterOfChaos]

You need to change the sound so its not so awfully treble high and such. Just a bit of equalizing.

[retardedpirate66]

very well done

[charismaticrain]

I'm American, but I don't think that we're the greatest country in the world. I hate it when people do that, when they glorify America so much that it seems like they think that there's no wrong that America can do. America has its problems, just like every other country in the world.

I suppose I'm part of the "five percent" that has stepped out of the country.

ANYWAY, good song, though I think that maybe you could have chose better topics for some of the lyrics. But awesome nonetheless.

[rebgurl15]

I've gotta say, though I'm not always happy about being an American, however you are, so deal with the country. And, usually (until about 2000) we have a good influence on the world. Also to all those non-Americans reading this, what's with the attitude? Sure America's fucked up right now, but its not like everyone in it is.

[iLoveFamilyGuy123]

I dont no y everyone is fighting about america and britain its true amercians have self arrognce but its not 95 % of us its only the bunch of assholes who ended up living in america which is about 80% i am in the 20% that realizes that America is fucked up really bad and things are going down the shitter

[maddawg989]

they should edit this, remember yeaterday? the no-hitter for the cubs since 1972????? CUBS RULE

[framarkham]

Type in Dumb Arericans and go to the goegraphy one, just shows how self involved and unaware of the world outside thier own borders America is. also v funny.

[framarkham]

P.S love this video and Billy Joels song awesome stuff, well done :D

[mike12mph]

ya not guna lie but the rest of the world did contribute to music lol if america sucks like you say how come all the international bands you listed came to america once they became or to become famous?

[framarkham]

The Beatles became famous here (in Britain), and spent the majority of there time in the UK, as have Oasis and many others. yes they've toured America, but they've also toured france, germany, japan, australia, south afria etc etc etc. So don't think you're something special. If you wanna use the "they come to us when they're famous or to become famous" line then a lot of countries could make the smae claim. Pretty much every big, or trying to be big band or muscician has come to the UK to tour.