From email:

If you don’t do anything else the rest of the day, do yourself a favor now and just watch/listen to this video. Read the stuff first so you can tell what’s going on….. It’s awesome!

This song and its title was the answer to one question of Final Jeopardy — only one person got it right. Question was (paraphrased): “What 1980’s song do history teachers praise for its educational value?”

I never could understand all the references on Billy Joel’s song — fortunately, with this VIDEO, given the pictures, now I can “see” what my “ears” couldn’t.

Apparently, it’s Joel’s homage to the 40-years of historical headlines since his birth (1949). Wish I could have appreciated the depths of this song when it was released. Twenty years later, I’m in awe of what Joel was able to put into music and lyrics lasting only a few minutes.

Whether you are a Billy Joel fan or not, you probably remember his song, ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ Here it is, set to pictures… Very cool. Had to share this one. It’s a neat flashback through the past half century. I never did know the words. Turn up the volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes!

Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of Chicago with a lot of spare time and Google.

Top left gives you full screen….top right lets you pause. Bottom left shows the year. The older you are, the more pictures you will recognize.

Anyone over age 60 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it’s great at any age.

Here’s the link. Please pass it along!

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html

Also see:

Billy Joel’s music video of We Didn’t Start The Fire, directed by Chris Blum

Uploaded by billyjoelVEVO on Oct 2, 2009

Music video by Billy Joel performing We Didn’t Start The Fire. (C) 1989 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Wikipedia: We Didn’t Start The Fire
A great deal of information is presented here.

Parody: They’ll Never Stop The Simpsons