Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 950709" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #FF00CC">Before you click on the site link, read below.......</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #FF00CC">Then make sure your sound is on!</span></strong></p><p><a href="http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff">http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html</span></strong></a> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If you don't do anything else the rest of the day, do yourself a favor</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">now and just watch/listen to this totally awesome video. Read the</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">stuff first so you can tell what's going on..... It's awesome!</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This song and its title was the answer to one question of Final Jeopardy.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Only one person got it right. Question was (paraphrased):</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"What 80's song do history teachers praise for its educational value?"</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I never could understand all the references on Billy Joel's song --</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">fortunately, with this VIDEO, given the pictures, now I can "see" what</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">my "ears" couldn't. Apparently, it's Joel's homage to the 40-years of</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">historical headlines since his birth (1949). -- Wish I could have </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">appreciated the depths of this song when it was released.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Twenty years later, I'm in awe of what Joel was able to put into music</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and lyrics lasting only a few minutes.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Whether you are a Billy Joel fan or not, you probably remember his</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">great song, 'We Didn't Start the Fire.' Here it is, set to pictures...</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Very, very cool. Had to share this one. It's a neat flashback through</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">the past half century. I never did know the words. Turn up the volume,</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">sit back and en joy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">minutes! Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Chicago</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> with a lot of spare time and Google.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Top left gives you full screen....top right lets you pause. Bottom</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">left shows the year. The older you are, the more pictures you will</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">recognize. Anyone over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000A1"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">see. But it's great at any age.</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

Verification

Top