Billy joel biography goodnight saigon lyrics meaning
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On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives.
We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
We had no homefront
We had no soft soap
They sent us playboy
They gave us bob hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark..
So dark at night
And we held onto each other
Like brother to bother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together.
Remember Charlie?
Remember Baker?
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong,
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of t
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The Billy Joel Lyric Written From the Perspective of Vietnam Soldiers
For songwriters used to following their muses wherever they might lead, writing a song based on a topic requested by others can be a tricky ask. That goes double when the subject is as weighty as the experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War.
Billy Joel followed through on the request of a veterans group to write his 1982 song “Goodnight Saigon.” In so doing, he delivered one of the most haunting songs ever about the harrowing experience of a soldier in combat.
The Curtain Falls
While absolutely on top of the world in his professional life, Billy Joel couldn’t help but fall into a melancholy mood when putting together his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain. He was going through a difficult divorce from his first wife, which certainly played into it.
On top of that, like many of his generation, he was taking a look around at the country and world at large, and found himself concerned by what
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Billy Joel | Goodnight Saigon
Delving into the Depths of “The Vietnam Lullaby”
Dive into the emotional depths of Billy Joel’s haunting Vietnam War anthem, “Goodnight Saigon,” a timeless testimony to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Billy Joel, born William Martin Joel in 1949, is an indomitable force in the world of music, having etched his name in the annals of history with his unmistakable talent and charisma. With a career spanning over five decades, the “Piano Man” has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist has had numerous hits, but one song that truly stands out is “Goodnight Saigon,” also known as”The Vietnam Lullaby,” from his 1982 skiva, The Nylon Curtain.
“Goodnight Saigon” fryst vatten a powerful evocation of the experiences and emotions of American soldier