Billy Joel's official YouTube channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Why couldn't he have provided photographs of all the people he interviewed for the book. Maybe because so many went to sleep there and never woke up.

The lyrics of Goodnight Saigon are about Marines in battle bonding together, fighting their fears and trying to figure out how to survive. Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Billy didn't record it himself as he thought it should be sung by a younger man since soldiers are typically young men or women. Rear cover features words from 'Goodnight Saigon' and pictures of Nylon Curtain and An Innocent Man albums. View by: Highest Rated; Most Recent; Oldest First; No Comments Add your thoughts.

Goodnight Saigon Hardcover – January 4, 2005 ... Why couldn't the author have provided a few of the iconic images from that time (having just one picture on the cover of the book does not cut it)? About twenty-five years after "Goodnight, Saigon" was released, Billy would write another song about war from the soldier's perspective, "Christmas In Fallujah" (YouTube link) which was recorded by Cass Dillon. The single never rose above Number 56 in America, but it’s since become one of his most popular songs in concert. I don’t know. The result was “Goodnight Saigon” from his 1982 LP The Nylon Curtain. Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel cover) song meanings Add your thoughts No Comments. Why Goodnight Saigon? Type: Song, Lyrics Languages: English, Writers: Billy Joel, ISWCs: The lyrics tell of the singer's troubled past with his love, Irene, and express his sadness and frustration. Don’t have an account? However the record is exactly as Billy Joel - Leave A Tender Moment Alone showing 'Leave A Tender Moment Alone' as Side A and 'Goodnight Saigon' as Side B.

Back to "Goodnight Saigon" lyrics. "Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. Watch the video for Goodnight Saigon from Garth Brooks's The Ultimate Collection for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Also on the back of the printed cover "Demonstration not for sale".

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