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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Jun 28, 2023 ^^
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The world is still turning. The world is still burning. See you all in 30 years, Iāll be 55 by then and I look forward to see how this all plays out. Stay safe everyone, pick your fights, living to tell the tale is more important than getting wrapped up in the whirlwind of everyone elseās despair. Take care of yourself and those you hold onto dearly. Be mindful and aware. Staying silent isnāt easy, but itās easy to speak out and make a scene.
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WHY AM I JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS SONG NINE MONTHS LATER?! This song encapsulates whatās going through my mind. The wrong, the trending, the entertainment of the world. Some seen and some not. How me and others are trying to fix the spreading fire around the world. War in Afghanistan, bombs in Lebanon, but on the parallel iron man, and aliens. āWhat else do I have to say?ā really hits too. What else do u have to say? The world is burning and weāre watching it happen, while some are trying to stop it.
(this is super long but Iām going to listen to this song for eternity now, and the old one too. And yeah, no chronological order is a bit of a pet peeve, but the song is still great.)
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As a millennial the first song's theme never really 'clicked'.
I understood the concept - the world keeps turning despite the whole world feeling like it's engulfed in fire, but that's just the way the world is, generation after generation, we didn't start it, and neither did our parents generation.
But it wasn't until right now, today, that this song hit me in a way that the original never could.
I lived through all but a few of these. These are childhood memories, things that are engrained in my memories as watching it happen live. My Homeroom teacher came into the library one day in middle school and abruptly announced "We've just been attacked" and immediately pulled out the TV and turned on the news.
I watched the second plane hit live from my middle school library, Ender's Game in my lap.
I grew up watching Captain Planet, and SpongeBob, and Jordan play for the Bulls, and listening to Jackson stun the world with his pop music.
This summed up the world around my life. And it hits, hard. Because it's been a sh*tshow for most of the time. And it provided a sense of peace and hope in thr future to know that the world's always been on fire like this. This isn't new. And life goes on.
I hope Gen Z / Gen Alpha get their own version in a couple of decades. Because you can't truly feel this song until it echoes your existence.
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Definitely bothers me that this isn't ordered chronologically (like Joel's original was), but "World Trade, second plane - what else do I have to say?" is an incredible line to end on.
That said, FOB could have easily borrowed the "wars" rhyme of the '89 ending and closed out theirs with, "Never ending culture wars, I can't take it anymore." I mean. It's right there, guys.
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The original by Billy Joel is one of my favourite songs ever. I have been saying for SO many years that someone should do an up-to-date version of it, and I was so happy when I first heard this version! I really hope that Fall Out Boy and Billy Joel perform together someday and sing both versions back to back. Also, I especially love the little homages to the original in the lyrics here - especially "Ever Given Suez" referencing "Trouble in the Suez" - genius!
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@AustinJASMR
6 months ago
Kinda poetic how the original song mentions Queen Elizabeth starting her reign, while this one mentions her death
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