It's now 20 years since We Didn't Start the Fire was originally released in 1989. 2 extra decades to add to the 4 in the original song.
For some End of Year/Decade amusement, please invent 2 new verses to account for the nineties and noughties. And remember that in the original song, events were listed in chronological order...
Or if you haven't the time to arrange events into verses, just list some key events from the past 2 decades, which is what I've lazily done below...
Some that spring to mind for the 90s:
- Iraq War, Internet, Clinton, Greenspan, Stained Dress...
And some for the 00s:
- George Bush, Al Gore, Hanging Chad, Towers Fall...
- Yanks in Afghanistan, Idol in America, Iraq Again
- Columbia, Bush back once again, Friends Ends
- Another Pope, 7/7, Hurricanes, Beijing Games
- Market Crash, Sub-Prime, Swine Flu, Jackson Dead
The original song, for inspiration:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA[/yt]
Interested to see what items you choose, and remember, they don't all have to be big SERIOUS NEWS events, softer stuff like TV, movies, etc also count, provided they were big/meaningful to you.
PS. this felt more a Misc topic than Gen Media, but mods, do feel free to scoot it over there is you think it's appropriate there.
For some End of Year/Decade amusement, please invent 2 new verses to account for the nineties and noughties. And remember that in the original song, events were listed in chronological order...

Or if you haven't the time to arrange events into verses, just list some key events from the past 2 decades, which is what I've lazily done below...

Some that spring to mind for the 90s:
- Iraq War, Internet, Clinton, Greenspan, Stained Dress...
And some for the 00s:
- George Bush, Al Gore, Hanging Chad, Towers Fall...
- Yanks in Afghanistan, Idol in America, Iraq Again
- Columbia, Bush back once again, Friends Ends
- Another Pope, 7/7, Hurricanes, Beijing Games
- Market Crash, Sub-Prime, Swine Flu, Jackson Dead
The original song, for inspiration:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA[/yt]
Interested to see what items you choose, and remember, they don't all have to be big SERIOUS NEWS events, softer stuff like TV, movies, etc also count, provided they were big/meaningful to you.

PS. this felt more a Misc topic than Gen Media, but mods, do feel free to scoot it over there is you think it's appropriate there.