Billy Joel song as history quiz

I was never a huge fan of Billy Joel.  A few of his songs I like, but most I don’t care about one way or another.

But then this thing turned up on my radar screen.  His song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is actually intriguing for its lyrics, which aren’t really lyrics at all, but a catalog of people and events from history between 1949-1989.  In addition to being a cool quiz on world history during those forty years, the song seems to have inspired people to make videos of it.  Here are three homemade videos made up of images from the lyrics:

 

 

 

And here’s another that’s not on YouTube.

For those who want to know more about the people, places, and things in the videos, here is an educational web page about the song: http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm.

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