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A protest song on the futility of war, written in response to the Vietnam War. Later also covered by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel (1989) – a cleverly structured list of historical events of the Cold War period from the 1950s–1980s, making special mention of the "communist bloc". "Weeping Wall ...
Billy Joel in 1994 "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a 1989 hit single by American musician Billy Joel in which the lyrics tell the history of the United States from 1949 to 1989 through a series of cultural references. [1] [a] In total, the song contains 118 [2] [3] or 119 [4] [5] [b] references to historical people, places, events, and phenomena. [6]
Storm Front is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on October 23, 1989. [15] It was Joel's third album to reach No. 1 in the U.S. and features "We Didn't Start the Fire", a fast-paced song that cataloged a list of historical events, trends, and cultural icons from 1949 (when Joel was born) until 1989.
“Vienna” joins songs like “Uptown Girl” and “Piano Man” as one of Billy Joel’s most streamed tracks. Young women in particular seem to be behind its slow-burn resurgence.
Billy Joel: 1971 "The Grave" Don McLean: 1972 "The Great Compromise" John Prine: 1972 "Guns, Guns, Guns" The Guess Who: 1970 "Hand of Doom" Black Sabbath: 1973 "Hallelujah Day" Jackson 5: 1971 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon & Yoko Ono/The Plastic Ono Band: 1965 "I Ain't Marching Anymore" Phil Ochs: 1968 "I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam ...
Billy Joel knows all about an increasingly popular fan theory that suggests two of his "Piano Man" song characters are gay. And, the Grammy winner understand why fans think that. In the song ...
The closing song to Side A, "Goodnight Saigon", is about American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War, and was written by Joel at the request of his veteran peers who fought during the war. Joel wanted to avoid creating a political song that took sides, instead opting to describe things entirely from the soldiers' point-of-view in the midst of ...
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Billy Joel is coming back with his first new song in 17 years! Though Joel, 74, plans to end his long-running monthly residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden ...