Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” was a massive hit even though it received lots of hate. Billy Joel himself has called it, quote, “One of the most hated things I ever wrote!” It was released in 1989 and covered references from 1949-1989
Fall Out Boy just dropped their own take of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” They cover 1989 through 2023. References include:
Rodney King, the L.A. riots, deep fakes, “Harry Potter”, Crimea, Michael Jackson’s death, the Cubs winning the World Series, John Bobbitt, Balloon Boy, 9/11, the War on Terror, QAnon, Donald Trump’s impeachments
The band says, quote, “So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years, we felt like a little system update might be fun. Hope you like our take on it. “One thing that’s NOT mentioned in the song is arguably the biggest, most influential incident of the past 34 years: The pandemic. They ignored it ON PURPOSE. Pete Wentz said “It’s like, that’s all anybody talked about, You know what I mean? I don’t know. It felt like there was a couple of things that felt like a little on the nose.”
Have a listen!
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