{"id":73722,"date":"2020-04-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73722"},"modified":"2020-03-30T20:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:39:26","slug":"like-we-didnt-start-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73722","title":{"rendered":"Like &#8220;We Didn&#8217;t Start The Fire&#8221;, &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;only by a musician that hasn&#8217;t been a complete waste of time for most of his career:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3NbQkyvbw18?start=244&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NPR does what journalists actually should, and provides the needful &#8211; a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/allsongs\/2020\/03\/27\/822468820\/a-list-of-the-songs-named-in-bob-dylans-murder-most-foul?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR1JkDTxnt-DhpFuaYjBZoLR44zplCc75qVH-GwFHEWPb3NbPLbguWh0v0Y\"> list (and playlist) of all the songs referenced in &#8220;Murder Most Foul&#8221;<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(And before all the Billy Joel fans start beefing &#8211; Joel&#8217;s had two good moments in his career &#8211; and &#8220;Piano Man&#8221; was neither of them. There&#8217;s this song &#8211; which he wrote for Ronnie Spector, who covered it with the E Street Band in the background&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ronnie Spector &amp; The E Street Band with Clarence Clemons - Say Goodbye To Hollywood - 45 RPM - SOAP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9oDysH6g5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and one whole, glorious album where I managed to mostly forget it was Billy Joel doing the singing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQCWY5ynBaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And with that, I return to this blog&#8217;s official status quo:  Bob Dylan is an eccentric genius, and Billy Joel is a talented douchebag. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;only by a musician that hasn&#8217;t been a complete waste of time for most of his career: NPR does what journalists actually should, and provides the needful &#8211; a list (and playlist) of all the songs referenced in &#8220;Murder Most Foul&#8221;. 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