The Final Countdown?

James K. Polk?

OlafTheBent: The Final Countdown?

I'm pretty sure there's nothing American about the Final Countdown.

F'in A

We Didn't Start The Fire?

Snarfangel: We Didn't Start The Fire?

Dammit! Came here to say exactly that.

Here I thought it was going to be "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Snarfangel: We Didn't Start The Fire?

I was surprised it wasn't this, actually.

DeadZone: Dammit! Came here to say exactly that.

Me too. It may not have been a great song but it sure deeply covered a short span of history.

/oldest son wasn't taking his History class too seriously (failing) so I made him write a half page explanation on each of the references in the song before he got his cell phone back. He quickly figured out that it would have been better to do his homework in the first place...

"Greatest" is more for the actual song, and not the span of history and so forth. Besides, We Didn't Start The Fire really doesn't cover history, it just names stuff. A vast array of stuff, yes, but in all reality it's just The End of the World as We Know It without Leonard Bernstein.

/subby

19?

Forty-nine years ago next month, the greatest song about chemical elements was released. LGT Flash animation of it from 2000 (Pops)

/heh

The greatest song about American History was released in October of 1971. Long Long time ago....

Indeed, I still get shivers whenever I hear Eddie Murphy's Party All The Time.

Run to the Hills?

I'm Stoked!
Only 29 days until I see this song live.

/Bruce looks so much better with short hair.

I can remember this song in the early days of MTV, like '82 or so. Or at least well before '85.

That song is racist...it has the word "redskins" in it.

Pretty sure these guys are not "redskins".

Lee Greenwood looks funny in leather.

Danm, and I thought the greatest song about American History was "The Battle of New Orleans"

Two of my favorite concerts ever were Maiden at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on the Piece of Mind and Powerslave tours. farking epic.

I think that link goes to the wrong song.

Oh shiat! I DRTFA, I was kidding when I said Run to the Hills.

/wierd

Begin The Begin?

a philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Miles Standish proud, congratulate me

Harry Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas?"

The Night Chicago Died?

thesharkman: I think that link goes to the wrong song.

Yeah, I know. I clicked the link, and it took me to some Iron Maiden song.

Iron Maiden songs are historically accurate. Those are not lyrics, they are textbooks.

"greatest"

Methinks you need to hie yourself to a dictionary and actually look up the definition; there's probably a subclause in the entry that says "shall not apply to Iron Maiden."

Recoil Therapy: oldest son wasn't taking his History class too seriously (failing) so I made him write a half page explanation on each of the references in the song before he got his cell phone back. He quickly figured out that it would have been better to do his homework in the first place...

I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Unfortunately, this specific technique would require that I let my kid have a mobile phone in the first place.

Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley?

Link (new window)

This was on Fark not long ago, related to this issue. It's quite funny.

My link skills suck, so if it fails, here it is.

http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?i=3376264&l=http://www.spazoutny.com/maiden.ht m

Great link, nopokerface...some funny shiat there:

Piece Of Mind is a badass track that chronicles the true story of man's life and death struggle with dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and fire in caveman times

a ginormous robotic mummy that looks just like Eddie bursts onstage with huge multi-colored sparks exploding out of his eye sockets- a moment so awesome that to me, it ranks WAY above The Great Pyramids Of Giza on that bullshiat Seven Wonders Of The World list

Hmmm...maybe, Kung Fu Fighting?

By far the best:





Link (new window)

Bufu: Hmmm...maybe, Kung Fu Fighting?

Here come da big boss.
Let's get it on.

/many historical applications

Cherokee People by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Go Fast Turn Left: OlafTheBent: The Final Countdown?

I'm pretty sure there's nothing American about the Final Countdown.

Well, the Final Countdown album had "Cherokee", which also has ambulatory native americans.

I just can't take all this mamby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians! You won! Alright? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did and he's not going around saying "I came, I conquered, I feel *really* bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends - you had better weapons and you massacred them. End of story.

/not a song, but it seemed appropriate.

You know, I just don't get you wankers. I used to like this crap when I was like 14, but now it just doesn't do anything for me. To each their own I guess.

/have at me

Not quite a rickroll, but geez -- the end result is the same. Pass the ear bleach, thanks.

Who the hell do they think they are, writing epic metal ballads about our country's travesties? Mind your own business, Limeys.

What a shock another stupid ironing maiden link (didn't click the link, that is what post suggests). The only non pop music links that ever get to the main page are metalic washwomen, and lets face it thay are decent at best. Just once i want a buckethead or amon amrath link. I submit them, they never get accepted. How sad for me and my ears.

/runs to the hills, to avoid getting of this iron maiden filth on his viking metal gear

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: What a shock another stupid ironing maiden link (didn't click the link, that is what post suggests). The only non pop music links that ever get to the main page are metalic washwomen, and lets face it thay are decent at best. Just once i want a buckethead or amon amrath link. I submit them, they never get accepted. How sad for me and my ears.

/runs to the hills, to avoid getting of this iron maiden filth on his viking metal gear

You are to metal what the pointy-knees guy is to hot chicks.

/Up The farking Irons.

Bufu: I just can't take all this mamby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians! You won! Alright? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did and he's not going around saying "I came, I conquered, I feel *really* bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends - you had better weapons and you massacred them. End of story.

/not a song, but it seemed appropriate.

And inaccurate. Well over 90% of the Indians died from white men's diseases. Accidental at first and then official policy (see also: smallpox-laden blankets). Anyone who thinks a bunch of pasty-faced white boys who came over here 250 at a time in leaky boats and couldn't even feed themselves when they showed up beat a nation of 20 million Indians solely by force is suffering from some severe "My race have bigger koks than your race" disease.

This crap is a "fact", yet no one has a problem with the idea that our military NOW (with demonstratably better equipment and training) can't even secure the capital city in Iraq?

That's some fine logic there, Lou...

/Living up to your nick, I see...

madmann: smallpox-laden blankets

Nice myth.

The rest is equally valid.

nopokerface: madmann: smallpox-laden blankets

Nice myth.

The rest is equally valid.

you are wrong. Link (new window)

Lord Jeffrey Amherst's letters prove it happened. but then you of course knew that and were obviously showing tremendous witt and charm by joking that a shameful practice never happened.

kungfu jesus with a side of lime

____________________ Ironing Maidens joke ____________ only metal band to get a link ________________ Amon Amarth _____________ Viking Metal!!!

/Just cut and paste that for the next Maiden link. It should save you some time. Feel free to fill in the blanks.

Iron Maiden is the best Metal band every.

They have about 4 albums that are about the best metal albums ever that span over decades.

Omorda: Lord Jeffrey Amherst's letters prove it happened. but then you of course knew that and were obviously showing tremendous witt and charm by joking that a shameful practice never happened.

There is proof of one blanket. Not the systemic distribution alleged by madwad. Of course you knew that, too. However, you lack my tremendous wit.