▲ 402 ▼ Only 3 People Mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire" Are Still Alive (www.neatorama.com) submitted 7 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 20 points 7 months ago (3 children) I wish the Fall Out Boy update to the song was good. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 20 points 7 months ago (1 child) In Bo Burnham fan circles people joked that That Funny Feeling from Inside is the truer generational update to We Didn't Start the Fire 🥲 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) At last there's a decent 1985 update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAYUZqZvlA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) What's your issue with it? I didn't realize the Fall Out Boy version existed before this comment and streamed it. It sounds fairly good, about what I'd expect from a Fall Out Boy update permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago The selection of items seems weaker to me, but for me the main sin is that the original is basically chronological, which makes it more impressive that it's a coherent song at all, if a bit overrated and very boomerific. Fallout Boy one just throws shit in at random to make the lines scan and rhyme, so it's very "meh" even as a follow-up. It feels like they kind of didn't understand that the original was a survey of the time period. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 7 months ago The Fall Out Boy version just blasts out a bunch of random events from the generation it is covering. Joel's version has clearly defined decades/eras and the progression through time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 20 points 7 months ago (1 child) In Bo Burnham fan circles people joked that That Funny Feeling from Inside is the truer generational update to We Didn't Start the Fire 🥲 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) At last there's a decent 1985 update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAYUZqZvlA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) What's your issue with it? I didn't realize the Fall Out Boy version existed before this comment and streamed it. It sounds fairly good, about what I'd expect from a Fall Out Boy update permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago The selection of items seems weaker to me, but for me the main sin is that the original is basically chronological, which makes it more impressive that it's a coherent song at all, if a bit overrated and very boomerific. Fallout Boy one just throws shit in at random to make the lines scan and rhyme, so it's very "meh" even as a follow-up. It feels like they kind of didn't understand that the original was a survey of the time period. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 7 months ago The Fall Out Boy version just blasts out a bunch of random events from the generation it is covering. Joel's version has clearly defined decades/eras and the progression through time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago The selection of items seems weaker to me, but for me the main sin is that the original is basically chronological, which makes it more impressive that it's a coherent song at all, if a bit overrated and very boomerific. Fallout Boy one just throws shit in at random to make the lines scan and rhyme, so it's very "meh" even as a follow-up. It feels like they kind of didn't understand that the original was a survey of the time period. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 7 months ago The Fall Out Boy version just blasts out a bunch of random events from the generation it is covering. Joel's version has clearly defined decades/eras and the progression through time. permalink fedilink source parent