1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: I'm Jason Colvin, I'm d Graves. 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:11,599 Speaker 2: Give us five minutes and we will give you the fire. 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Surely You Can't 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,280 Be Serious Podcast Special Edition five Minutes of Fire. We 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,519 are here talking about the lyrics of We Didn't Start 6 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:25,399 the Fire by Billy Joel. We're covering only five minutes 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,280 at a time, which is about to link with the song, 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,480 so it works out kind of nicely. So please join 9 00:00:29,559 --> 00:00:33,280 us as we dive into some new lyrics today. 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,359 Speaker 2: All right, guys, So here are the topics that we're 11 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:37,719 going to be covering today, all right, d In this 12 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:40,719 final episode, we talk about China's under martial. 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:51,079 Speaker 1: Law and rock and Roller Cola Wars War. All right, Jason, 14 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:52,920 tell me about China being under marshal law. 15 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:57,399 Speaker 2: The Tieneman Square protests, known in China as the June 16 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:02,280 fourth incident, where student led demonstrations hell in Tienaman Square, Beijing, China, 17 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:04,840 lasting from April to June of nineteen eighty nine. That 18 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:08,000 the protests were preceded by the death of General Secretary 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,560 Hugh Yao Bang. He was a pro reformed guy and 20 00:01:10,599 --> 00:01:14,560 a very very popular leader in China, starting in April fifteenth, 21 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,799 many mourners spilled into tanem And Square to mourn the 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,159 death of this leader. Soon these mourners became protesters. Grievances 23 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,480 at the time included inflation, corruption, overall oppression. The protesters 24 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:29,560 wanted more accountability, democracy, freedom of speech, due process, and 25 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,920 freedom of the press. The government was not impressed. On 26 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,719 April twenty second, the funeral takes place, which in turn 27 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:38,120 leads to many protests. Three students actually kneel in front 28 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:40,519 demanding to speak with the Premiere of China. The state 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,599 led newspaper at the time writes and editorial condemning the protests. 30 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: Because of this, the people. 31 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,239 Speaker 2: Really get mad now. Students begin a hunger strike. On 32 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:52,120 May twentieth, the Chinese government declares martial law. On June third, 33 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:55,719 the government begins to warn protesters to leave for their safety. 34 00:01:55,799 --> 00:01:58,560 What the protesters don't realize is that soldiers are waiting 35 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:01,519 just a few blocks away. On June fourth, soldiers move 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,959 in and begin shooting unarmed people, and in one of 37 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,840 the most iconic moments of the nineteen eighties, on June fifth, 38 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,840 nineteen eighty nine, one man takes on a column of 39 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,319 Chinese tanks all right, D tell us about Roca. 40 00:02:14,199 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: Roller Color Wars last one. Man, I know who We're 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,360 going to jump back to eighty six, No, not nineteen 42 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,919 eighty six. Eighteen eighty six? Whoa That is when John 43 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Smith Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia, who has his 44 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:33,120 own stomach troubles after a lot of failed attempts, develops 45 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:37,319 the original recipe for Coca Cola. By nineteen eighty eight, 46 00:02:37,479 --> 00:02:40,840 a bit of a con man named Asha Griggs Chandler 47 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,199 buys the recipe he had partnered up with Pemberton, and 48 00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:47,599 then when Pemberton dies, he offered to buy the recipe 49 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,319 from the son and wife at the funeral. He founds 50 00:02:51,479 --> 00:02:55,120 in eighteen ninety six the Coca Cola Company. Two years later, 51 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:00,039 eighteen ninety eight, Caleb Bradham renames his Brad's Drink in 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,520 to Pepsi Cola and forms the Pepsi Cola Company. In 53 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,280 nineteen oh two, this begins the Cola Wars Wow Now. 54 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:12,400 The two companies continued to introduce new products and new 55 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:18,439 advertising techniques, including Coke's first celebrity endorsement and nineteen fifteen 56 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,280 Contour bottle, until instability following World War one forced Pepsi 57 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:27,120 to declare bankruptcy in nineteen twenty three. Pepsi declares bankruptcy 58 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,199 again in nineteen thirty one, but recovers, begins selling its 59 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,719 products for an affordable five cents per bottle, and reignites 60 00:03:34,759 --> 00:03:39,400 the Cola Wars through today. In nineteen seventy five, Pepsid 61 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:44,439 develops a new advertising campaign called the Pepsi Challenge, where 62 00:03:44,479 --> 00:03:47,800 it pairs Pepsi against Coke in a blind taste test 63 00:03:48,039 --> 00:03:52,840 of random participants. It's so effective that during the peak 64 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:56,199 of the Cola Wars, Coca Cola saw its flagship product 65 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:59,759 losing market share to Pepsi, and it changed the formula, 66 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:03,800 bringing in new Coke, regarded by much of the business 67 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,560 industry as the worst marketing decision of all time, but 68 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,080 the Cola Wars continue. Coke reintroduces classic Coke and a 69 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,000 new facet in the Cola Wars is In the late eighties, 70 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,079 Pepsi and Coke each begin hiring musicians rock and Rollers 71 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:26,600 if you Will to promote their product. Coke hires Paul Abduel, 72 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,680 Pepsi hires Michael Jackson. There is an incredibly famous and 73 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,480 unfortunate fire that occurs during the filming of one of 74 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:37,319 those commercials, leading to Michael Jackson's hair catching on fire. 75 00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:39,759 They continue to try to outdo each other by getting 76 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,120 more and more musicians and celebrities to promote their product, 77 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,959 and guess what, they're both still around. There you go, 78 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,720 Although New Coke is dead and it's not in other 79 00:04:49,759 --> 00:04:51,040 countries just in the US. 80 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: Wow, all right, d that's going to wrap up our 81 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,720 series on We Didn't Start the Fire. 82 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:57,959 Speaker 1: Guys, we hope you enjoyed this. If you haven't heard 83 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,279 the episodes, be sure and go back and check them 84 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:02,920 all out. We loved doing this. This was a fun 85 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,079 walk through forty years of US history and something different 86 00:05:07,079 --> 00:05:09,040 for us to do. 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