easter eggs
Jacky Torres
Ariana Martinez
Julia
Gordon
U.S. History
The well acclaimed song “We didn’t start the fire”, by Billy Joel has been known for their numerous symbols throughout the music video. Even the lyrics have some connection into what the United States was doing throughout the years. These connections are also known as “Easter eggs”. Throughout the video there are many “Easter eggs”, which resemble some of the occurrences that the Unites States had to face.
ROMANCE MAGAZINE: through this time, romance increased popularity. It was a time when many romance things were found.(movies, books, magazines, etc.)
DORIS DAY: at some point the lady appeared to have the resemblance of a popular singer, movie star Doris Day. Doris began with a band, but later on she made her first movie in 1948.
RADIO: In the music video, the radio appears to malfunction. At that time, the radio company lost many of its viewers, thanks to the popularity of the television, which is why the radio now doesn’t work.
RED CHINA: throughout the music video, there is a glimpse of a red pot that appears to be china material. This clearly symbolized how the Communist tool control of China after the struggle that started before WW2.Later renamed Republic of china or Red China.
JOHNNIE RAY: In a magazine portal, Ray appears. He is known as a partially deaf singer, whose song “cry”, was #1. He rose to fame from 1949 to 1950.
SOUTH PACIFIC: at some point we see a poster of a musical group. It happens to be “South Pacific”, which was a highly popular Broadway musical and a popular movie.
STUDEBAKER: many times throughout the music video, we can see a Studebaker car. Studebaker was a popular car in 1950. They styling consisted of a torpedo front end and read window. Many people thought that the car looked like it was going backwards. In 1966, the company went out of business.
TELEVISION: during this time, the television became popular. In the music video we can observe that back then the
Ariana Martinez
Julia
Gordon
U.S. History
The well acclaimed song “We didn’t start the fire”, by Billy Joel has been known for their numerous symbols throughout the music video. Even the lyrics have some connection into what the United States was doing throughout the years. These connections are also known as “Easter eggs”. Throughout the video there are many “Easter eggs”, which resemble some of the occurrences that the Unites States had to face.
ROMANCE MAGAZINE: through this time, romance increased popularity. It was a time when many romance things were found.(movies, books, magazines, etc.)
DORIS DAY: at some point the lady appeared to have the resemblance of a popular singer, movie star Doris Day. Doris began with a band, but later on she made her first movie in 1948.
RADIO: In the music video, the radio appears to malfunction. At that time, the radio company lost many of its viewers, thanks to the popularity of the television, which is why the radio now doesn’t work.
RED CHINA: throughout the music video, there is a glimpse of a red pot that appears to be china material. This clearly symbolized how the Communist tool control of China after the struggle that started before WW2.Later renamed Republic of china or Red China.
JOHNNIE RAY: In a magazine portal, Ray appears. He is known as a partially deaf singer, whose song “cry”, was #1. He rose to fame from 1949 to 1950.
SOUTH PACIFIC: at some point we see a poster of a musical group. It happens to be “South Pacific”, which was a highly popular Broadway musical and a popular movie.
STUDEBAKER: many times throughout the music video, we can see a Studebaker car. Studebaker was a popular car in 1950. They styling consisted of a torpedo front end and read window. Many people thought that the car looked like it was going backwards. In 1966, the company went out of business.
TELEVISION: during this time, the television became popular. In the music video we can observe that back then the