▲ 399 ▼ Only 3 People Mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire" Are Still Alive (www.neatorama.com) submitted 10 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 20 points 10 months ago (7 children) I wish the Fall Out Boy update to the song was good. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 21 points 10 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 1 child comment replies: [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) At last there's a decent 1985 update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAYUZqZvlA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 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 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 10 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 10 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 21 points 10 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 1 child comment replies: [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago That's... entirely correct. Jesus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) At last there's a decent 1985 update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAYUZqZvlA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I liked the medieval version https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 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 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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