A song from the past, but do you remember the past

[LouisXIV]

This song & its title was answer to a recent Final Jeopardy -- only one person got it right -- question was (paraphrased) "What 1980s song do history teachers praise for its educational value." Never could understand all the references on Billy Joel's song -- fortunately, with this VIDEO, given the picture(s), now can "see" what our "ears" couldn't. Anyway, checked to see purpose behind the song. Apparently, it's Joel's homage to the 40-years of historical headlines since his birth (1949). Wish we could have appreciated the depths of this song when it was released. Twenty years later, it's amazing what Joel was able to put into music and lyrics lasting only a few minutes.
Here it is, set to pictures... . It's a neat flashback through the past half century. Turn up volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes! Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of Chicago with a lot of spare time and Google.
Top left gives you full screen....top right lets you pause. Bottom left shows the year. The Older you are, the more pictures you will recognize. Anyone over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it's great at any age. If you were born after 1080 it would help if you were a history major.

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I remember that song and video very well. And yes, we do need more videos like that since it is the only way to interest certain members of younger generations to investigate a number of historical events.

[bixaorellana]

Actually, I don't remember ever seeing the video before, and it really does add to the enjoyment of the song. I'm almost the same age as Billy Joel, & it was strange to see those images passing by & remembering when each of them was new news.

I don't know why, but I always think of that song in relation to Clinton's first term in office, although it was an altogether different song associated with that in reality. If you don't remember, it was

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