We Didn T Start The Fire Analysis

Have you ever heard of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel? “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel is a song released in 1989 that touched upon topics from 1949 to 1989. This song was a very well-known song by Billy Joel. He also wrote this song to express his long lost love for History. Billy Joel wanted to be a high school history teacher before he started his singing career. Six history topics from this song have been picked to inform you about a little bit of history. Those six topics are Richard Nixon, Joseph Stalin, Elvis Presley, Joe DiMaggio, Malcolm X, and homeless veterans. The first person who will be talked about is Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was a member of the House of Representatives from California who was accused of being a Communist and a spy. This basically started off Nixon's political career. Nixon became Vice-President under President Dwight Eisenhower. Then a few years later, Richard Nixon Became the thirty seventh …show more content…
He was a very mean leader who had millions of his people executed or sent to concentration camps in Siberia. He was the dictator after Vladimir Lenin, also a very harsh leader, but not as harsh as Stalin. He was born into poverty so he got involved in criminal activities. Joseph Stalin affected modern day society by showing how fearful a dictatorship country can be. Elvis Presley was one of the most well-known people from all over the world. Elvis Presley better known as “Elvis” put a huge impact on the entertainment of the 50’s through the 70’s. IF Elvis were to be alive today he would be just like Justin Bieber stealing plenty of young teenage girl’s hearts. He was also called "Elvis the Pelvis" because of the way he shook his hips while dancing. Many churches and schools banned his songs, which only made them more popular. He later went on to be nicknamed "The King" as the most popular singer ever. Elvis Presley sadly died on August 16, 1977 in Memphis,