# What do y'all think about the "We Didn't Start The Fire" reboot by Fall Out Boy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282 "2023-06-29T09:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/21 "2023-06-29T19:59:07Z")
My least favorite Billy Joel sing meets my least favorite modern band? Now where did i leave that ice pick? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/22 "2023-06-29T20:31:38Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I think the original song is okay. I don’t know it that well. If it’s true that it starts pre-WW II to intentionally address the lie that things used to be better, cool. That’s at least trying to say something. The original song is about a Baby Boomer turning 40. It’s definitely not one of Joel’s best songs - his hit singles rarely are - but at least it has a point of view. This new song is just a historical word jumble. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/23 "2023-06-30T02:05:46Z")
FanFic. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/24 "2023-06-30T02:53:25Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That doesn’t scan very well. The point is that for a list song of major events they certainly left a lot out. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/25 "2023-06-30T03:48:02Z")
That’s the whole thing? I assumed it was just an excerpt. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/26 "2023-06-30T04:09:37Z")
No, that was just me clumsily hacking together a verse of things they didn’t mention. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/27 "2023-06-30T04:15:37Z")
Hehee, this is so bad Pat Finnerty did an emergency “What Makes this Song Stink?” live YT broadcast for it. It was pretty good, but the song was so bad I couldn’t finish it. I’d link to it, but he mentioned he’s going to eventually take it down. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/28 "2023-06-30T04:18:52Z")
Oh, i totally misunderstood. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/29 "2023-06-30T04:46:29Z")
Not to pile on, but agree this is just word salad without meaning. If they had interpreted it differently musically I might have given it a pass. But as it is, it’s nudging up against Weird Al territory. Side note: there’s a podcast called We Didn’t Start The Fire that’s pretty good. It runs through all of the BJ picks. > [@scabpicker](#): > > Hehee, this is so bad Pat Finnerty did an emergency “What Makes this Song Stink?” Pat’s pretty funny. The Weezer ep 3 is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/30 "2023-06-30T05:19:24Z")
I think the fact that Billy Joel says that it is the worst song that he has ever written should have given pause to anyone planning to revive it. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282/31 "2023-06-30T16:01:48Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Hehee, this is so bad Pat Finnerty did an emergency “What Makes this Song Stink?” live YT broadcast for it. It was pretty good, but the song was so bad I couldn’t finish it. I’d link to it, but he mentioned he’s going to eventually take it down. He’s already taken it down. I’m guessing he was amusing. I’m a fan of his stuff. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > My least favorite Billy Joel sing meets my least favorite modern band? Now where did i leave that ice pick? BINGO! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282.md?page=1)