Isn't this song cheesy? Basically, it's Billy Joel mentioning everything that happened in the 20th century.
And why do all cheesy songs mention fire?
2006-11-16 04:42:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Cheesy, no. Odd, yes. But, as a student of history, Joel certainly wasn't going out of his comfort zone.
I personally love the song.
2006-11-20 03:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he was mentioning everything that happened during the baby-boom generation up until the song was written.
As for cheesy, not really, I can think of a lot more cheesy songs (anything from the late 70s).
2006-11-16 04:46:03 · answer #2 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-22 04:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by connely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billy Joel? Yes, cheesy is the right word.
2006-11-16 04:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about cheesiest but it most assuredly qualifies for the most stupid. God, I hated that song with a passion. I think the word fire should be prohibited from use in any song!
2006-11-16 05:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it tries to blame all of the worlds problems on our ancestors: Global Warming, Welfare Families, Drug addicts, Terrorism. All these problems ARE NOT this generations fault. We didn't start the fire, you put it out!
And yet I still like the song.
2006-11-16 04:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by barter256 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always liked the song.
2006-11-16 04:47:12 · answer #7 · answered by pinkcasperartweety 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if not THE cheesiest, it's got to be in the top five, yeah.
I think you may be onto something with the fire theory.
2006-11-16 04:47:14 · answer #8 · answered by Zippy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fromage grande putrid.
2006-11-16 04:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was a station in Baltimore that did a twisted version of that called "I didn't f*rt you lier." It was awesome.
2006-11-16 04:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by Thunderman9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋