EQ: What is a parody?
Let's try our hand at writing a parody.
Singer and song writer Billy Joel wrote a song which refers to 20th century headline events between 1949 to 1989. Joel was born in 1949 and wrote the song, "We Didn't Start the Fire" in 1989. The lyrics follow forty years of the world's major events, as well as pop culture.
Here's a copy of the lyrics We Didn't Start the Fire
Do you recognize any of the events written in the lyrics?
What would people sing about for these last ten years? What’s been going on in society that’s noteworthy?
Listen as I play the song for you. Listen for the rhythm and rhyme scheme within the original song.
Now it's your turn. Here's your assignment:
- Pair up.
- You and your partner are going to write the first 8 lines of your own version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" about the last ten years.
- It must follow the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the original song.
- Please include the chorus as your finale.
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
- You and your partner will perform on Block.
- Here's a link to the music
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