Why did Billy Joel Pick British Beatle Mania to be in the song "We didn't start the fire"?

Question

I have to do this project for US History and I cant find the answer!....

and the question What Role did british beatle mania play in the cold war?

Answer 1

cause he's billy joel

Answer 2

all of the events in "we didn't start the fire" are in chronological order, joel just gives a run down of about 30 years of history and Beatlemania was big enough to get a mention.

Answer 3

None.  The song recounts events and popular things during his lifetime (he was born in 1949), not everythng relates to the cold war... Psycho, Peter Pan, Chubby Checker, Davy Crockett, etc...  those were icons and popular entertainments, not political things, and were not tied to the cold war.  The only thing in common was that they occurred during cold war years.  There were some people who loved the Beatles quietly in the USSR, but that's about it.

Answer 4

Many people had not seen the frenzy of beatlemania since elvis, but even that was nothing, and in the wake of the Kennedy Assassination, it was a welcome relief.

There was a huge underground beatles movement in Russia, which the government tried to suppress

Answer 5

It had nothing to do with the cold war, other than it occurred at the same time.  

The stanzas of the song list give references to events that occurred during a year, not necessarily related to each other.