Wednesday, July 26, 2023

We Didn't Start the Fire

So, you know the Billy Joel song, "We Didn't Start the Fire"? That came out 30-ish years ago. So, Fall Out Boy thought it was time for an update: 

Just in case you missed this. (I'm kinda obsessed with this new version.) 

Anyway, now the challenge has been issued. In 30-ish years, someone else has to do an update...

(Billy Joel was asked what he thought of the cover/update. He doesn't seem too upset over it.)

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12 comments:

  1. J E OneilJuly 26, 2023 at 11:12 AM

    I've heard only bad things about that cover, even from Fallout Boy's fans!

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  2. AlanaJuly 26, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    Billy Joel is winner and still champion, in my thinking.

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  3. BathwaterJuly 26, 2023 at 12:49 PM

    I am a big Fallout Boy fan, At first I didn't like the idea of an update, but I guess it will do. Creating a new song the does a nod to the old would have been better.

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    1. Liz A.July 26, 2023 at 1:04 PM

      Yeah, I suppose they could have done that.

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  4. LisaJuly 26, 2023 at 2:25 PM

    Of course, at my age (66 next month) I like Billy Joel's best! I do see how the events and people mentioned in it aged, and a lot of even Joel fans wouldn't relate, so an update isn't unexpected. Some of his lyrics were still things I needed to look up! Still... covers aren't needed for everything! I usually dislike them. I don't remember what the lesson was, but when my oldest was in middle school (I think) home school, he used some of the lyrics as the basis of a history lesson.

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    1. Liz A.July 26, 2023 at 4:16 PM

      Oh, there's nothing wrong with Billy Joel's. I was just happy to see a version with more recent events.

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  5. songbird's crazy worldJuly 26, 2023 at 5:53 PM

    Billy Joel’s lyrics are in chronological order. There is meter and rhyme. It’s a masterpiece.

    Fallout Boy’s version …they name all the significant events of their generation, but their lyrics aren’t poetry. Far from it. It’s ok, but it’s not nearly as good as the original. A nice piece of history and nostalgia, but nothing fantastic.

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    1. Liz A.July 27, 2023 at 1:38 PM

      Yeah, the chronological bit is what annoys me about the cover. Perhaps the next person to make a stab at it will do better.

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  6. Darla M SandsJuly 26, 2023 at 6:37 PM

    I like the remake, and it's not my favorite Billy Joel song, anyway. Thank you for sharing.

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  7. StrayerJuly 27, 2023 at 2:37 PM

    Not bad!

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