Watch the official music video for 'Goodnight Saigon', which became a Billboard Top 100 track and details life on the front lines during the Vietnam War.

"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.

Goodnight Saigon Lyrics: We met as soul mates 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...

Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position

Mar 22, 2013 · Music video by Billy Joel performing Goodnight Saigon. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

Apr 9, 2013 · Watch here as Billy and his band perform 'Goodnight Saigon' off his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain at the concert in Frankfurt, Germany....more.

But this song is not really about what it was like to be a Marine who went to Vietnam - there is no way Billy Joel would know that. Rather, it's Joel's imagination of what it was like, based, no doubt on Hollywood movies like Platoon or Apocalypse Now, memories of Cronkite and Dan Rather broadcasts, etc.

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Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon": We met as soul mates on Parris Island We left as inmates from an asylum And we were sharp, as sharp...

May 19, 2014 · Goodnight Saigon From: A Matter Of Trust - The Bridge To Russia Release Date: May 19, 2014