I think for fitting the syllable count, “we didn’t scratch the CD,” fits better. I know being a disc doesn’t make it a CD, but nobody cared at the time anyway lol
Edit: still, I want this to be a Weird Al song, and your lyrics fit the theme perfectly
I’m amazed other people can actually do that. I’ve heard that song hundreds of times, but I can neither recall the tune nor the lyrics. I don’t think there is any song I could hum more than 10s of.
The title in the post is misleading in that it refers to the chorus/title of the song.
These game titles are supposed to match the verse of the song, so they won’t match with “we didn’t start the fire” but rather the obscure lyrics in the verse, which is just a ramble of words fitting a simple rhythm:
“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”
Jokes on you, I hate this song. Same goes for “It’s the end of the world as we know it” by REM. I don’t know why, but those two songs get under my skin
Not to say it’s a bad song, but I absolutely hate it :)
Brilliant concept. Will check it out later, hope it’s good.
In 2021, a weekly podcast began, hosted by Katie Puckrik and Tom Fordyce, entitled We Didn’t Start the Fire. Each week they examine a subject mentioned in the Billy Joel song, in lyric order, and discuss its importance and cultural significance with an expert guest.
I’ve got that far, after all, I know the song. I’m just so bad at anything rhythmic, I cannot read any lyrics as anything else but plain text. In my head, even my favorite songs lyrics are read like an essay about the cultural importance of potatoes in China.
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