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As a teacher, I play this song in my class a lot. And then once they decided they like the song, I had them identify why each event was important. Or why each person was important. The kids love it!

The hundreds of times I've listened to the song. The memorizing of the lyrics. And I NEVER caught the Psycho sound!! You've got good ears!!

And that was only 40 years worth of history. Imagine an updated version.

He wrote it in studio. Julian Lennon came in the studio with a friend who just turned 21. The friend told Billy" You guys had it easier than we do now." And then Billy wrote this right then and there as a response. LOVE Billy Joel. This song was always played by my teacher in the 6th grade. This song and the fall of the Berlin Wall always went together for me. I think of one and hear/remember the other.

Some kid told him everything wrong in the world was his generation's fault. He told the kid, no, this has been going on since the start of time, then wrote this song.

I could teach two years of history to high school kids with this one song.

"JFK BLOWN AWAY! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?!" That part.... Makes me tear up-every time 😣

The running joke of 2020 was that Billy Joel needed to do a sequel. On twitter they had threads of world events to the cadence of the song.

My daughter graduated hs in 2001..she chose the lyrics of this song for her history special report..she walked around the house constantly saying the lyrics..i felt like i knew it by heart also..Shes a doctor now..pat myself on the back...

Billy has some of the greatest songs ever written, in my opinion.

I came across this song again and haven't listened to it in about 5 yrs. I've always loved this song. I can relate to, being a Boomer born in 1954. Love Billy Joel!

One of the greatest songs ever written, especially in terms of the lyrics.

Another Billy Joel Classic... "It's still rock and roll to me"

The events in the song begin with the year he was born and continue to the year the song was written. My social studies teacher actually had us learn the lyrics when it came out, and then had us update date it current events that had occurred since it was recorded.

His catalog is DEEP. Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Billy Joel.

Took forever to memorize this song when it came out. A few years ago it came on the radio at work and my coworkers couldn't believe I could sing along and never missed a word. 30 years and I still love Billy Joel. Love to see you do a reaction to his Goodnight Saigon.

2020 alone could have its own version of this song.

"She's always a woman to me" and "Goodnight Saigon" I mean jeeze, he's got a massive library of great songs.

Being a huge history buff, this has always been one of my favorite songs. Even if you don't understand the reference, the music is catchy. It's my understanding that he was talking to a boy in his 20's who didn't know about the Korean War or the Suez Canal Crisis. He wrote this toe-tapper from the Headlines of the day.

R.E.M. - It's The End of the World as we Know it, is a lot like this song.

He is a brilliant songwriter...love him !!!!!!!

Billy Joel "You May Be Right" "All For Leyna" & "Honesty" just to name a few. Super artist.

I remember the first time I heard this back in the 80’s. Such a great message.

Billy Joel- "Allentown" is a great and melancholic song to check out. The death of small towns that had the bad luck to only have one industry.

This song came out my sophomore year of college and it was literally part of our history class. One of my favorite songs ever.

Only the good die young - Billy Joel

"Sounds like he started rapping or something..." I love it! The lyrics in this song require a lot of articulation!

When this song came, a lot of history teachers used it as a teaching aid to get kids interested in 20th century history. You should check out the lyric video, but I'm glad you watched the official video first. #keepgreatmusicalive

Jamel says “and look at us today”. It seems, we haven’t become much more enlightened. Great song. Great reaction.

I don't think people really got the song when it first came out. Now we know.

He hits so many of the pivotal moments of the 20th century!

I had a history teacher in HS that had us write a version of this for our lifetime. Loved that assignment!

Please do "For the longest time" AND "Uptown Girl"... Billy Joel.

When they interviewed Billy he said he came up with this song because he got in an argument with some younger guys saying you guys had it easy we got reall problems . so the song is him listing all the crap his generation dealt with.

An amazing songwriter, tells a complete story in 3-4 minutes, truly a great

Yes!! Please, TRAVELIN' PRAYER - It's been forgotten. Let's keep it alive. It's awesome!

My history teacher in High School had us do a report on this song. We had to go through and write a small piece about the significance of each of these events.

A brilliant history lesson from genius Billy Joel! Love it! #1 record for him♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

I REMEMBER a lot of what he is talking about. He is amazing.

I'll be 52 in November I am well-rehearsed in this song one of my favorite ones

Billy Joel’s “Vienna” is one of my favorite songs of all time, cannot recommend it enough!

I get all the references in this song. Definitely dating myself!

Billy Joel is one of of those artists who I always seem to forget about when talking about the all time greats. Until you go back and start listening to his stuff. He's got smash hit after smash hit after smash hit. Songs that you've known your whole life and are in your DNA, but haven't necessarily listened to in decades.

He's saying "look what we were handed in our lives to fight to make right"... And when we are gone it'll still burn on, & on! 😢

More Billy Joel!!!! Not my favorite Billy Joel song, but like most of his stuff, it’s still good.

Check out Billy Joel's "Longest Time"

just a little history lesson from billy - one of the great songwriters of our time. saw him in 1971 before anyone knew who he was - the lead act before taj mahal - absolutely blew everyone's minds and a year later EVERYONE knew who he was

For a while, I had no idea what he was singing in the verses. I recently discovered he’s singing about events that happened from 1949-1989. From his birth year to the date when he recorded the song. I love the fact he’s a talented musician who can make such a unique song. Haven’t any songs to my knowledge like it. I enjoy watching your videos 👍😎

One of the lyrics in this song is the title of my favorite book, "Stranger in a Strange Land" which was written by Robert Heinlein. I remember the first time I heard this song, it gave me a feeling of connected-ness, knowing that Billy Joel must have liked the book too.

I was born in '68 so I've lived through a lot of this history and either seen it or learned about it in school as recent history. No wonder I feel burned out. That fire is still burning, dammit.

Billy on a talk show said his fav song is Vienna. he did a top 10 of his own songs,but yes you cant go wrong with Billy Joel a master of his craft huge talent writer musician just a joy !

The absolute genius that is Billy Joel. I seen him at Shea stadium in 83.

Billy Joel - Uptown girl

"Goodnight Siagon" great song and he always has veterans on stage singing backup for him during this song in concerts

Mr. Joel certainly has a way with words. And putting them to a melody.

IMHO as a singer/songwriter/composer/performer, Billy Joel = 🐐

Finally back to Billy Joel! Looking forward to "Uptown Girl," "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "A Matter of Trust" next.

This song in particular got so much media coverage when it came out! The lyrics and video are on point of what the entire world was going through during the decades!

billy joel has it all great music loads of it too love you all big hugs

This is the de facto Boomer Generation anthem. I'm 70 now and every time I hear this song, i can recall almost every single name and event. We were a strong, ethically based generation that stood tall and showed the strength of our convictions. We were, though, just a mooncast shadow of the generation that preceded us. They were forged in the Great Depression and WWII....they were made of iron and honor.

Just heard Billy Joels "Pressure" again in the show The Boys. An incredible song, and no one on YT reacted to it. You know... keep great music alive hm? ;)

Billy Joel: The Longest Time (My favourite of his), Uptown Girl, It's Still Rock and Roll To Me, Only the Good Die Young, Sometimes A Fantasy, River of Dreams, My Life, Matter of Trust, Pressure.

The best he ever did and deeply profound!

It's basically a shopping list that contains important foot notes in history... Bloody brilliant song! One of his best if you ask me 👌🏻😁🎵

This is one of Billy Joel's greatest. I've heard it countless times, but this time through was a first -- I'd never heard the Psycho notes in the background before! Good catch - thanks for pointing them out!

Some of my favorite Billy Joel Songs you need to listen to: Scenes of an Italian Restaurant, Storm Front, River of Dreams, Matter of Trust, Downeaster Alexa, Allentown, Goodnight Saigon, I Go to Extremes, Still Rock N Roll to Me, Travelin' Prayer, Stop In Nevada, Los Angelenos, Weekend Song, New York State of Mind, Only The Good Die Young, Moving Out (Anthony's Song), Prelude/Angry Young Man, Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway), The Stranger, Big Shot, My Life, Zanzibar, Stiletto, You May Be Right, Easy Money, An Innocent Man, The Longest Time, Tell Her About It, Baby Grand, Big Man on Mulberry Street, Shameless, No Man's Land, Blonde Over Blue, Shades of Grey, All About Soul, Pressure, The Entertainer, Captain Jack, Running on Ice

My mom is a huge Billy Joel fan so I heard this song a lot growing up. Absolutely amazing.

"Scene From An Italian Restaurant," please. 🙂🙂

Always loved the Malcolm X shoutout.

When I was in high school, we tried to learn this song by heart so we could perform it for history class. Imagine... 40 teenagers shouting this song as loud and as fast as they can on a school bus five days a week until we got it all down perfectly...

There’s a long list of Billy Joel hits to keep you busy for a while. Enjoy them all and thanks for all the reaction videos. You’re a joy to watch.

I love this song so much. It's the best Billy Joel song ever!

You need to do his gospel-tinged song....River of Dreams!

Love this! Your reactions are priceless 🎵🎶💖💖🎶🎵

Totally a genius Kennedy blown away what else do I have to say

History of the world crom the 1950s to the 1980s. He hit everything!

Someone should cover this with modern lyrics/events and a good music video. would be interesting

This video was🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Just The Way You Are. One of the most beautiful songs ever. And my wedding song ❤️

Yes, a lot of historical headlines in the span of 4 decades I think. Glad you gave it a reaction and you had the same reaction everyone else had when we first heard it! Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing more of your video reactions!

I actually like when you pause the videos. I already know the songs and enjoy seeing your reaction to a certain line, verse or maybe an instrumental solo. Stay safe. Stay happy.

Oh my gosh, Jamel, you got me thinking how old I am, and wondering how young you are. But you did say you remember some of this stuff. I remember too much of it, and can only despair at history repeating itself, often literally on fire. If you've ever watched one of Billy Joel's master classes, you would appreciate even more his astounding musicality.

I'm 69 Years Old .... This Song IS My Life's History!

Dude the 80s were just kick ass man!!!!

One of the ongoing memes this year has been trying to write the 2020 verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Twitter is full of them.

Wow I never noticed that Psycho music in the background. Jamel you always notice every detail in the music. I'm amazed at the new things I've discovered from you watching your reactions that I never paid attention to before.

This song moved my son when he was young. He identified with the chorus. I was amused, since it references so much that happened throughout my life, not his. So it was a bonding experience.

"We didn't start the fire, it's still been burnin' since the world's been turnin'. And it will still go on & on & on." For everyone who thinks the current state of the planet is something new and disastrous, should REALLY listen to this song! The topics sung are for JUST the 20th Century. As I keep quoting, "if we don't learn from history, then we are doomed to repeat it." And repeat, repeat, and repeat. Billy Joel slapped us all in the face with this one by saying "WAKE UP". Man I love Billy Joel!

Imagine the remake of that starting from when that finished in the 80’s to now.

Billy Joel wrote this when he turned forty- and he thought about what had happened in his life?

This song is so addicting. I love the history lesson it gives and how we can walk through the first 40 years of Billy Joel's life in about 4 minutes.

What an epic song !

My favorite Billy Joel song is Only The Good Die Young... I recommend reading the story behind it before reacting to it. Cheers brother.

Billy Joel’s Italian Restaurant (aka: Brenda and Eddie)

yep. I am old enough to remember everything he sings. A true history for sure. I was there.

I was today-years-old when I found out the theme from "Psycho" played in this song when mentioned. Thanks! :D

"Hold on, Hold on Brutha, Hold on, Hold on, Hold on, HOLD ON!!! one minute now".... "Brutha sounded like he started rapping or somethin" 😆

Billy Joel- “.SCENE FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT ” Is such a great song, Jamel, you must check it out!

Hes saying this world we live in is Insane and amazing, its always been that way