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MostlyHarmlessIn retrospect, I think it's time to question Billy Joel's claim that his generation didn't start the fire.
Eric Vitiello@MostlyHarmless I’m about 99% sure they did.
Alex 🇵🇸@MostlyHarmless Absolutely, but I think he has a fair point that "it was always burning, since the world's been turning".
The real issue is the complete failure to fight it, despite, apparently, trying.
It seems the real problem is the constant fanning, and the addition of increasingly large quantities of accelerant.
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The real issue is the complete failure to fight it, despite, apparently, trying.
It seems the real problem is the constant fanning, and the addition of increasingly large quantities of accelerant.
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Darwin Woodka@alexpalacefan @MostlyHarmless I believe the joke goes "we can't change the world, we can't change ourselves, we might as well make money"
Raphael@MostlyHarmless Then again, the accusation that they *did* start it was initially made by the more conservative and reactionary members of earlier generations in reaction to his generation's initial reputation for radicalism.
Sam Adeleine@raphael_fl @MostlyHarmless So is the "fire" a bad thing (violence, climate change) or a good thing (a spirit of revolution)? Hmm.....
RodneyPetersonTalentAgencyFall Out Boy has redone the song with more up to date lyrics. It’s not doing nearly as well as the Billy Joel original which went to Number 1, and never will.
As bad musically as Rich Men North of Richmond, a recent Number 1 song is, it’s lyrics are much more reflective of the current state of affairs in this pseudo shithole country.
Flamekebab@RodneyPetersonTalent @MostlyHarmless I just looked it up and it doesn't seem to be chronological at all..?
blackcoat@MostlyHarmless "We didn't start the fire" and "Angry Young Man" are his two most absolutely Boomer songs, especially if you consider them in relation to each other.
beforewisdom 
So tired of the "generation wars". You are all being manipulated by journalists who need to publish and have nothing else to write about.
The real culprits behind many problems are the 1%ers.
Don't be fooled.
Deacon Jericho@MostlyHarmless You might have to take into account that he meant it ironic.
The Carrier@MostlyHarmless I'll second that as long as there's no patter singing for the voting.
@MostlyHarmless didn't start it just added lots of gasoline and petroleum
Andrew Feeney@MostlyHarmless I think the lesson is that we’re now the generation who are saying “we didn’t start the fire” and it won’t be long before younger generations are telling us that we didn’t put it out either unless we quit “waiting for the world to change”.
Keira 
@MostlyHarmless @Tweetfiction I think it’s more like they poured a shit ton of kerosine on the fire.
Marmly Owl@MostlyHarmless that entire song is an answer to a gen Xer (specifically a friend of one of Lennon's kids) who told him that '89 was a terrible time to be a 21 year old. It is a boomer telling the next generation that they're spoiled for just under five minutes.
Arco Fox@MostlyHarmless They didn't, they just fanned rhe flames so their could inflate their balloons to try and rise above the flames.
Richard@MostlyHarmless
If you are going to blame the Boomers for all the world's problems, that's fine, but doing it by invoking the Boomer anthem where they blame the older generations for all the world's problems is a little too much irony even for a Gen Xer to handle.
[cue Propellerheads History Repeating]
Grant Canterbury@MostlyHarmless
Don't
Stop
Thinking about yesterday.
Don't
Stop.
It was soon to be here.
Then it was here! Better than before...
Day before day before yesterday's gone!
Day before day before yesterday's gone!
Oooooohhh...
Don't you look further back...
#Oldies #ArrowOfTime
Don't
Stop
Thinking about yesterday.
Don't
Stop.
It was soon to be here.
Then it was here! Better than before...
Day before day before yesterday's gone!
Day before day before yesterday's gone!
Oooooohhh...
Don't you look further back...
#Oldies #ArrowOfTime
Philippa Cowderoy@MostlyHarmless They just found gasoline and they got real mean...
Sean@MostlyHarmless @StillIRise1963 That whole song reads as super defensive to me. Like if he actually had a problem with the fire he’d have sung a song about how the fire sucks and we need to do something about it.
Crone Cold Kate Sherrod@MostlyHarmless I seem to recall Phil Collins and friends declaring that the self-same generation would "put it right."
ResunaDon't trust anyone over 30.
-- Billy Joel's generation, in the '60s, getting beat up by their parents generation in massive protests that didn't stop the fire.