BREAKING NEWS: World renown singer-songwriter Billy Joel questioned about Fox News tree blaze
Authorities in New York City say that they briefly questioned award-winning musical superstar William Martin Joel about his potential involvement in a Wednesday morning blaze of the Christmas tree in front of Fox NewsCorp's headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.
Police say they questioned the 72 year old Joel--a five time Grammy winning singer-songwriter known for his iconic stadium shows--for approximately four minutes and forty-nine seconds on Wednesday afternoon before ultimately clearing him of involvement.
They remained tight-lipped about the exact contents of what Joel told police, only describing it as a "rather bizarre, rambling screed in which he named dropped a long laundry list of dozens of various newsworthy events and figures of the second half of the 20th Century."
"It was all quite strange," one detective said. "At one point, he's talking about serious items like the desegregation of schools in Little Rock, the JFK assassination and protests in Tiananmen Square, and the next moment, he shifts to far more light hearted topics like California baseball and the Coke and Pepsi 'cola wars.'"
Despite police finding Joel's statement completely baffling at times, they nonetheless described it as "extremely catchy," and noted that upon its conclusion, several detectives in the interview room stood up and cheered and requested an encore.
Ultimately, Joel was cleared of culpability when it was determined that at the time of the fire, Joel was uptown visiting a female companion and therefore couldn't have committed the arson. The exact name of the woman was not released, but it was said she was someone who was "living in her white bread world" and that she was seeking out a "downtown man."
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Sounds like a plot to me…
I must admit it took me a few minutes of thought to figure what you meant.
And I hate you. That song is now echoing between my ears.
(holiday version apparently just uploaded by Disney yesterday
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True evil would be cheering for the Dallas Cowpatties.
I like it! 
I was like, 
Then, I figured it out and couldn't stop laughing!!!
Musician group, both found under the main title Entertainment. Not being a stickler, just clarifying.
a well needed chuckle slapping a smile on my face and a spring in my step, and the tune worm in my ear going round and round in my head. diggin' it. need more of this. 
Got me! 
to get it. I'm really slipping. 
Typing this through tears of laughter!
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
"We Didn't Start the Fire."
Brilliant!
I was out trolling Atlantis. No luck in swordfishing, and I can't sell those d&*$ stripers...... 
they nonetheless described it as "extremely catchy," and noted that upon its conclusion, several detectives in the interview room stood up and cheered and requested an encore.
Ultimately, Joel was cleared of culpability when it was determined that at the time of the fire, Joel was uptown visiting a female companion and therefore couldn't have committed the arson. The exact name of the woman was not released, but it was said she was someone who was "living in her white bread world" and that she was seeking out a "downtown man."
Took a sec, which is high praise indeed!
Well played.
Thanks!
