I mean I figured that out when they said Fall Out Boy.
Plus, why would listen to that version when The Hoff did a version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRUe9xXin4 (It is also awful, but I mean that’s obvious. It’s David Hasselhoff.)
Not the biggest fan of the Fall Out Boy cover, but everyone here that wasn’t alive when the original came out is doing themselves a disservice by not listening.
The lyrics have been updated, it’s not a cover.
Hearing Trump’s name in the same song that mentions MySpace and Sandy Hook has got to be the same level of cultural whiplash as Billy Joel mentioning “Wheel of Fortune,” Watergate, Joseph Stalin, and “Stranger in a Strange Land.”
Except it really hits home, because those of us that weren’t adults when the original came out recognize and have memories of almost everything in the song, just like Billy Joel intended.
Maybe. All I know is that Billy Joel and his crew didn’t.
Why do some folks have a [+1] after their names?
Unrelated to the post, but there’s an updated version of that song from Fall Out Boy: https://youtu.be/2LkVKCWL0U4
Fair warning: nobody asked for it and nobody should listen to it. It’s terrible.
I mean I figured that out when they said Fall Out Boy.
Plus, why would listen to that version when The Hoff did a version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRUe9xXin4 (It is also awful, but I mean that’s obvious. It’s David Hasselhoff.)
Fall Out Boy slander will not be tolerated
I speak only in great truths.
One of those truths is that two string quartets have thought it was a good idea to cover that song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djULDN0aubM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD9BaPsHwEc
The correct number, incidentally, is zero string quartets.
I don’t think it’s terrible.
Not the biggest fan of the Fall Out Boy cover, but everyone here that wasn’t alive when the original came out is doing themselves a disservice by not listening.
The lyrics have been updated, it’s not a cover. Hearing Trump’s name in the same song that mentions MySpace and Sandy Hook has got to be the same level of cultural whiplash as Billy Joel mentioning “Wheel of Fortune,” Watergate, Joseph Stalin, and “Stranger in a Strange Land.” Except it really hits home, because those of us that weren’t adults when the original came out recognize and have memories of almost everything in the song, just like Billy Joel intended.
Exactly. I enjoy the updated lyrics.