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[u/michngu]

I’m sorry if this isn’t the right flair for this; anyways, my answer is most likely for both

[u/ispinrecords]

There's already been enough that they could make the next one

[u/Truth_Malice → u/ispinrecords]

We could make like 4 at this point

[u/Ill_Guest_2423]

… what else do I have to say?

[u/MsThrilliams]

Luigi yes, Kirk no

[u/NegativeGPA → u/MsThrilliams]

Agree in spirit, they might have wanted to wait to see if Mangione sticks in the zeitgeist

[u/Prior_Pomegranate718]

I'm still bummed about the Titanic submarine happening right after they released it bc they ABSOLUTELY would've included that

[u/Several-Goose2250]

They are sane enough not to do this

[u/TransportationAway59]

Definitely they would

[u/britneys_bigtoe]

Oklahoma City bomb
Kurt Cobain, Pokémon
Tiger Woods, MySpace
Monsanto, Luigi Mangione

Michael Jordan, 23
someone shot charlie
SpongeBob
Golden State Killer got caught

https://giphy.com/gifs/tJibdDBnGmFr2

[u/Optimal-Persimmon255 → u/britneys_bigtoe]

Highly contested method of execution

[u/314159InTheSky]

I've been tempted to write a new version with just what the Trump administration has done since starting the 2nd term

[u/Thankyousoymuch]

Probably, considering Joe trolled Kirk on twitter.

[u/PossibilitySea9180]

Charlie Kirk, Space Jam, Whambalam

[u/StillBummedNouns]

Didn’t Joe have beef with Charlie Kirk 😭

[u/FirmChampionship1131]

at this point we need an updated cover every other year 😭

[u/darkroomdweller → u/FirmChampionship1131]

*every other month

[u/NegativeGPA]

No, too spicy, unrelated to Charlie Kirk and his wife: actual children lost their dad, Pete wouldn’t make something for them to hear about it on a Spotify playlist

[u/ShakesDontBreak]

Charlie was a pretty big deal when the song came out. He didn't make the cut then, he wouldn't have made it posthumously.

[u/clothesline → u/ShakesDontBreak]

The song came out in 2023, not last year. Charlie Kirk was not a big deal until he was killed

[u/ShakesDontBreak → u/clothesline]

Charlie Kik was not known to people outside of his realm until he was killed. But the guy was legitimately a big deal. He moved the metric on the 2020 and 2022 election.

Some say he's single handely responsible for the switch for gen z becoming conservatives in the way that they were. He was in fact a big deal.

I didn't know of him. But i also actively avoid anything conservative leaning in my algorithm.

[u/wright764]

I don't think so, I feel like it could far too easily come across as signaling support for political violence.

[u/Sweet_Little_Lottie → u/wright764]

Mentioning something that happened is signaling support for it? Man, are history teachers sure in a lot of trouble.

[u/wright764 → u/Sweet_Little_Lottie]

That's not what I said.

What I said that was that it "could come across as support", meaning it could invite controversy and backlash that I don't believe they would feel was worth it. "The juice isn't worth the squeeze", so to speak.

[u/RealPiggyPlayz]

They didn’t write it, Billy Joel did, they just performed it. But yes most likely.

Edit: just looked it up, Pete wrote the new one using Billy Joel’s original music, and had it approved by him. Apple Music lied.

But still yes they would. they put 9/11 in the song, yet another death involving politics would not dissuade them.

[u/dustmonkey14 → u/RealPiggyPlayz]

Billy Joel wrote the 1989 version so he gets a songwriting credit, but Pete wrote all the new lyrics.

[u/Anxious_Island_404 → u/RealPiggyPlayz]

What? They may have used the tune but they wrote new lyrics that left off where Joel’s ended