BILLYYYY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e

So for my free post I decided to analyze Billy Joels song, "We didnt start the fire".  Basically the song is one big time line.  The significant events that he decides to sing about are between 40s and 80s.  Throughout the song his lists events/tragedies that society has been dealing with for a long time.  The chorus of the song is "we didn't start the fire", referring to his generation.  The fire is all the turmoil society has been dealing with sense the beginning of time.  To blame one generation for all the problems in the world is ignorant and not realistic.  The generation before ones is the main cause for the problems the current generation has to deal with.  In essence the problems keep rolling on to the next one.

Why I bring this song about is because I realistically wonder how big of an influence a song can be to the general public?  Honestly if it wasn't for Billy Joel a respectable singer and song writer, I doubt this song would of even been recognized.  So it brings up the next question, is the public listening just because of the artist or is the song really being seen for its deeper message?  Realistically I have no idea how effective this song was in changing the world and our outlooks. Though this might sound kind of corny, but I do believe if it made a difference in one person life it made a difference in the world.  People cant  give up on changing the world even if it doesn't reach the masses.