Decade in Review 00-09: We Didn't Start the Fire

From Y2K to the end of 2009, here's a collection of various events, trends and people that captured our attention over the last ten years.

Lyrics written and performed by me
Music: Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Karaoke version by Prosound Studio Band)
Images: Google Image Search

Also, the audio quality dropped when I've uploaded it, so sorry for the less-than-perfect sound.

I hope you enjoy it! There are tons of things that I couldn't include because they either didn't fit in the time or the structure... what do you remember from the last decade? Leave it in the comments!

Lyrics:

2000
Y2K; genome; Space Station; Firestone;
Gladiator; wassaaaap; Survivor Borneo.
Hanging chads; Elian; forest fires; dotcom;
Slobodan Milosevic; Napsters gotta go.

2001
Stem cells; XP; Dubya; 3G;
Twin Towers, Pentagon, Afghanistan and Taliban;
American Airline; Israel and Palestine;
Anthrax; Tim McVeigh; Unveiling of the iPod...

Chorus
End of the decade - from Y2K to the present day
End of the decade - it's how we've begun the millennium

2002
Merrill Lynch; WorldCom; Anderson and Enron;
Iran, Iraq and North Korea; Idols on the air;
Snipers; Spider-Man; Wins for the Republicans;
Church scandals; pretzels; Bali hit by terror.

2003
Blackout; gay rights; Governator wins the fight;
US back in Iraq, Shock and Awe is the attack;
Columbia; Smart found; Martha Stewart; Colin Powell;
Kobe and Michael Jackson, trouble with the law...

Chorus

2004
Swiftboats; Avian; Ukraine poison; Turin;
Dean screams, Kerry runs; Dubya wins a second one;
Arafat; Tsunami; Facebook lets you poke me;
Madrid; Abu Ghraib; Janet Jackson, Timberlake...

2005
Terry Schiavo; London Bombs; steroids; Colberts on;
Roberts, Reinquist; new Pope is Benedict/
No hockey; Kashmir; Brokeback Mountain; LOST is here; Michael Brown, FEMA, Hurricane Katrina...

Chorus

2006
Pluto; YouTube; Cookies are a sometimes food;
Steve Irwin; Borat; Midterms for the Democrats;
Sony PS3 fighting the Nintendo Wii;
Liquids banned from airplanes; Gerald Ford; Saddam Hussein...

2007
Mortgage crisis; botox; Harry Potter; iPhone rocks;
The OC, gone away, what else do I have to say...

Chorus

2008
Sarah Palin, Hillary, Tina Fey, Romney;
John McCain, back again, falls to Obama campaign;
Michael Phelps; OJ; Rick Roll is a runaway;
Market falls; recalls; Blagojevich and phone calls ...

2009
Sullenberger; stimulus; swine flu scaring all of us;
Twitter down for a day; Jackson, Fawcett, Billy Mays;
Farmville; bomb the moon; Joe Wilson; auto-tune;
Crosby wins the Stanley Cup; Star Trek; Twilight; Pixar's "Up"

End of the decade - from Y2K to the present day
End of the decade - But though this ones gone, they will still go on, and on, and on, and on...
End of the decade - from Y2K to the present day
End of the decade - it's how we've begun the millennium
End of the decade - from Y2K to the present day
End of the decade - it's how we've begun the millennium...

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