Yes, Billy Joel, you can and you will continue to take it: American history since the Cola Wars

Yes, Billy Joel, you can and you will continue to take it: American history since the Cola Wars


VP Bush is voted in, MC Hammer’s pants are pinned
Vanilla Ice, Andrew Dice, a thousand points of light
Clarence Thomas, Gulf War, L.A. riots, ER
Bill Clinton, the Rachel, don’t ask, don’t tell.

NAFTA, Gingrich, Rollerblades, Frasier, Dawson, anime
Oklahoma City, Simpsons and Felicity
Pogs, Sega, Spice Girls split, if it fits you must acquit
Lewinsky’s dress, Cobain’s a mess, Y2K computer stress!

We didn’t start the fire…yada yada.

W wins questionably, Russell Crowe wins sweatily
9/11, anthrax, Iraq and World of Warcraft
Eminem, Family Guy, No Child will be Left Behind
Zuckerberg, Pelosi, iPods and Beyoncé

Barack Obama, Twitter, Wall Street’s in the shitter
China is ascendant, Pluto’s not a planet
Michael Jackson passes, Tea Party wins the masses
Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Justin Bieber, what the heck?

We didn’t start the fire…whatever.

Jay Gabler

Photo by Tracy DeWolfe (Creative Commons)