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Can you sing the entire 1989 Billy Joel hit &;quot;We Didn't Start The Fire&;quot;&;#63; Well‚ that classic song mentions events that happened all around the world from 1948 (One year before Joel was born) until 1989 when the song was written. It was featured on his album &;quot;Storm Front&;quot; and became a huge hit‚ also being used a lot in history lessons during the last decades‚ of course. At the time‚ the single peaked at number 1 on the United States Billboard 200 chart and number seven on the United Kingdom  singles chart. But what inspired the American musician to write such an unusual song like that&;#63; Well‚ the story involves him‚ Sean Lennon (John Lennon's youngest son) and one of his friends. What inspired Billy Joel to write &;quot;We Didn't Start The Fire&;quot; As Billy Joel recalled during a Questions and Answers session back in 1994 at Oxford (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) the idea started after he met Sean Lennon and one of his friends. John Lennon's son was in the same studio as Billy Joel was and was with a friend who had just turned 21. At the time Joel was 40 and he heard the kid saying that it was an awful time to be 21‚ something that inspired Joel to write the song since he felt like it wasn't also good to be 21 two decades before that. &;quot;The soviet union became a republic when that record came out (Storm Front). I was asked if I would do the next couple of years and I said: 'No‚ I wrote one song already and I don't think it was really that good to begin with. Melodically‚ look at the melody (plays the piano) looks like a dentist room. I'm being sued for that one too. Some guy actually thought I had to steal that from him (laughs). The song actually came from‚ I was in the recording studio and I turned 40 years-old. It was right around my birthday‚ I was in the studio‚ I was trying to find ideas for songs.&;quot; &;quot;(Then) I met a guy who had just turned 21. Sean Lennon was there and I was a great admirer of his dad‚ he was there with a friend who had just turned 21. He was saying 'Oh‚ it's a terrible time to be 21' and said 'Damn‚ I remember when I turned 21 and I thought it was an awful time. Vietnam‚ drug problems‚ civil rights problems‚ everything seemed to be awful'&;quot;. He continued: &;quot;(Then he said) 'Yeah‚ yeah‚ but it's different. It was different for you. You were a kid in the 50s and everybody knows that nothing happened in the 50s. So I thought 'Wait a minute‚ wait a minute. Have you heard about this Korean war&;#63; Suez Canal crisis&;#63;' And I started writing these things out‚ almost like an exercise.&;quot; &;quot;(So) I started getting this idea for a song. I didn't know how to end it because there were 'hypodermics on the shore' and then this Tiananmen square thing happened. China cracked down‚ 'China is on the martial law'. Then I thought‚ what's the stupidest thing going on at the moment&;#63; 'Rock and Roller Cola Wars' and that was it. (The main idea) was 40 years‚ 49 to 89‚ it was just my life‚ you know‚&;quot; Billy Joel said. As the musician said in an interview with Japanese TV (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage)‚ he always loved history at school but said the lessons were boring. &;quot;I thought it was a great idea (The song). Because I remember when I was at history school sitting there and it was boring. You had to connect the date‚ multiple choice‚ what year (this or that happened)‚ who was the vice-president‚ who cares&;#63; It's a tough thing to teach but I always loved history. I just didn't like the way it was taught. So this was kind of my own little history lesson‚ of my own lifetime‚&;quot; Billy Joel said. At the time the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of The Year‚ but failed to win. However‚ it became Joel's third single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch&;#63;v=eFTLKWw542g&;pp=ygUYd2UgZGlkbid0IHN0YXJ0IHRoZSBmaXJlThe post What inspired Billy Joel to write “We Didn’t Start The Fire” appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

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&;quot;This should never have been allowed to happen - This would NEVER have happened if I were President&;#33;&;quot; Trump posts on Truth Social ahead of MAGA rally in Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump is holding a Save America rally in Schnecksville‚ Pennsylvania on Saturday‚ where he’s expected to condemn Iran’s attack on Israel and blast Joe Biden for his lack of leadership on the world stage as he cancels an address to the nation. LIVE: President Trump in Schnecksville‚ #PennsylvaniaText TRUMP to 88022 https://t.co/5B8kpY1kSu— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 13‚ 2024 Where’s Joe&;#63; CNN was just forced to retract their reporting on-air and admit Joe Biden will not address the nation as the world erupts into warWHERE’S JOE&;#63;&;#33; pic.twitter.com/3I3WhPhyfR— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 13‚ 2024 URGENT&;#33; Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO&;#33; Please pray &; contribute at DefendJones.com today&;#33;

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by John Hayward‚ Breitbart: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a probe into foreign election interference on Wednesday that China’s meddling in the past two elections did not change the outcomes. Trudeau insisted it was “improbable” that China preferred any particular Canadian party‚ despite substantial indications that Beijing helped his Liberal Party defeat challengers […]