The Rock'n'Roll History of the World

1920 - 1949: 

 

  

1920
US government turns most of its citizens into criminals overnight as alcohol is made illegal. Al Capone laughs all the way to the bank.
"Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle

1923-1980
Bert Kaempfert makes records for prolificity in record making
"One Week" - Bare Naked Ladies

1933 - 1945
Adolf Hitler's World Domination Tour visits hundreds of cities across Europe
"The Hitler Rap" - Mel Brooks

1934
Elgar dies
"Decomposing Composers" - Monty Python

1941
Akira Kurosawa's film-making career begins
"One Week" - Bare Naked Ladies

1942 - 1944
The projected Japanese invasion of Australia fails
"Tojo" - Hoodoo Gurus

1943
Rachmaninov dies
"Decomposing Composers" - Monty Python

1945
Harry S. Truman gets a promotion he wants in a way he doesn't.
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

1945
The Bombing of Dresden.
"The Hero's Return" - Pink Floyd

1945
Hiroshima gets sneak preview of World War Three
"Blossom and Blood" - Midnight Oil
"Short Memory" - Midnight Oil

1945
World War Two ends, and everyone goes home.
"Southhampton Dock" - Pink Floyd
"The Hero's Return" - Pink Floyd

1945
The "Communist Bloc" forms in Eastern Europe.
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

1948
Doris Day begins her demonstration that what will be, will be. Unfortunately, what will be turns out to be the Fifties
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

1949
Overnight, nearly a billion people stop being our valiant allies against the Japanese and become evil conspirators bent on destroying our way of life, as politics makes strange redfellows in China.
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

1949
The South Pacific comes to Broadway.
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

 

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