In my head.
But somewhere between the brain and the mouth it bails.
The short term memory is getting worse. I read in a fibro article this weekend that people with fibro lose their gray and white matter 3 times as fast as those growing old and senile.
I'm not going down without a fight!
I had never heard We Didn't Start the Fire until recently. Catchy tune and when I realized it was about historical events, I thought, "I hate history(sorry Michael) but I love music so if I learn the lyrics to this song, then I can exercise the memory, learn history and enjoy it via the world of music!"
So my goal is September 1 to be able to sing all the lyrics from memory AND know the story behind each historical event.
And yes, thank you, I am crazy for the ones in the back of the room who just asked that question.
The challenge is on.
And in order not to make this post read like an encyclopedia, I will post the historical factors of this song tomorrow...actually, someone has already compiled it for me on Google...you don't think I'm gonna blow away the ENTIRE summer, do you? :-)
And if you are among the 1(that would be me) who didn't know about this song, it's on my new playlist that I just added for the summer months. I've got to get through the heat and horror of humidity that the summer promises somehow and music soothes the savage and hot Ness...
Let the games begin!
And no, we aren't taking bets on whether I can do it or not(at least publically...LOL)
We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it
Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball,
Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
We didn't start the fire
It was always burningSince the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
Though we did ignite
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire...
48
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Today is your birthday.
If you were here we'd be celebrating 48. Instead you are eternally 30. So
much has changed in the 18 years you have been gone.
...
6 months ago
6 comments:
What do I win? I already know ALL THE WORDS to this song!
Hallie :)
You go, girl!! :)
and i loved your wordful wednesday post below. good good stuff there, my sweet Ness.
You have a great day!
I love how I can come here and find something so interesting and/or inspirational. I look forward to reading more!
I saw Billy Joel sing this in concert and it was amazing.
j
I absolutely love the song "We Didn't Start the Fire." I know all the words too and I sing it really loud when I hear it on the radio!
Huge Billy Joel fan...saw him in concert too!
Hi Ness,
I have no doubt that you will keep that fire burning, my dear! You are quite a firecracker and I KNOW that you will never go down without a fight. You have a fantastic spirit.
Hugs and love,
Deb
Ness,
I never did hear that song before I listened to it on you blog. Glad you are enjoying the music on my blog. They are so of my all time favorite songs. The tale of Murphy's Law has been completed.
Steph
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