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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say?

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ex-squeeze-me?

We built this city.

We built this city on rock and roll.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games.

[–] manucode 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mamma mia, Mamma mia, Mamma mia let me go

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am the cult of.... personality!

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

'Cause Jesus. He knows me and He knows I'm right I've been talking to Jesus all my life Oh yes, He knows me and He knows I'm right Well, he's been telling me everything is alright

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil. Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet. All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world. So there was only one thing that I could do, Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long"

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

20 uninterrupted minutes of the sound of nails being dropped down a factory staircase

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

"Two men say they're Jesus. One of 'em must be wrong."

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.

In Cleveland.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

this song / attitude / philosohy etc make me sad, perhaps there was a fire when you were born, but it constantly hungers for more, and feeding it will get us nothing but burnt.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

"We didn't light it but we tried to fight it"

I dunno man I feel like the song might actually agree with you

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always thought the song was the opposite. It says „We didn't start it it was always like this“ and continues to listen events during their lifetime that were not already always in motion.

I always interpreted the song as saying „This is how it's always been and we can't change it is a lazy excuse for not trying to change anything.“

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly how I interpreted it the second time listening to it, many, many years ago.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are there so many twos though?

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I changed em to 3s for you :)

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but we didn't put it out, either.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"no we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it"

Or as the Tiger Lillies sang: „It makes me quiet sad, to watch young people dance,

they could burn the discotheque, they’ve got every chance!

Start a fire, start a fire, start a fire today!

[–] BennyInc@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

Ryan started the fire!

[–] catsup@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

op discovered nihilism

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ullman shorts, Christmas show,

Marge's fling, Homer's bro,

Bart in well, Flanders fails,

Whacking Snakes, Monorail,

Mr. Plow, Homer space,

Sideshow Bob steps on rakes,

Lisa's future, Selma's hubby,

Marge not proud, Homer chubby,

Homer worries Bart is gay,

Poochie, U2, NRA,

Hippies, Vegas and Japan

Octuplets and Bart's boy band,

Marge murmurs, Maude croaks,

Lisa Buddhist, Homer tokes,

Maggie blows Burns away,

What else do I have to say?!

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If anyone hasn't seen the updated version for this song by fall out boy, I very much enjoyed it.

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It wasn’t burning when your parents grew up but they get a whiney pop song… it wasn’t burning when you grew up while that whiney pop song replayed…

If you’re sitting there now saying “we didnt start the fire” with a straight face you should jerk off into a mirror cause the world already suffered your bs so just turn inward.

It’s a song from a generation that took the country from the civil rights movement to trump. They poured gas on whatever fire they’re complaining about.