Billy Joel, singer and songwriter, sang and composed this song in 1989 and went on to peak at the no. 1 spot of the US chart that year.
An extract from wikipedia denotes:
"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel that makes reference to a catalog of headline events during his lifetime, from March 1949 to 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front. The events are mixed with a refrain asserting "we didn't start the fire". The song was a number-one hit in the U.S.
The song and music video have been interpreted as a rebuttal to criticism of Joel's Baby Boomer generation, from both its preceding and succeeding generations. The song's title and refrain imply that the frenzied and troubled state which others were criticizing had been the state of the world since long before his generation's time, but that this was being ignored by their critics.
Closer to home, all things happens for a reason. For every defeat and obstacles, there's a triumph waiting to salvage and cherish but the infancy of our opposition will have to bear the fruit of labours before real victory will come one day. We were all equally guilty and blinded by quick fixes and hopes and our own demise is inevitable playing with fire and success we are not moulded to flourish and embrace, yet.
An extract from wikipedia denotes:
"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel that makes reference to a catalog of headline events during his lifetime, from March 1949 to 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front. The events are mixed with a refrain asserting "we didn't start the fire". The song was a number-one hit in the U.S.
The song and music video have been interpreted as a rebuttal to criticism of Joel's Baby Boomer generation, from both its preceding and succeeding generations. The song's title and refrain imply that the frenzied and troubled state which others were criticizing had been the state of the world since long before his generation's time, but that this was being ignored by their critics.
Closer to home, all things happens for a reason. For every defeat and obstacles, there's a triumph waiting to salvage and cherish but the infancy of our opposition will have to bear the fruit of labours before real victory will come one day. We were all equally guilty and blinded by quick fixes and hopes and our own demise is inevitable playing with fire and success we are not moulded to flourish and embrace, yet.
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