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Goodnight Saigon. " 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.
help. " 19 " is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle, released as the first single from his self-titled fourth studio album Paul Hardcastle (1985). The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on the United States ' involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. The track was notable for early use of ...
The song was written by Creedence's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty.It was included on their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory, the group's fifth album.The song's title and lyrics, as well as the year it was released (1970), have led many to assume that the song is about the Vietnam War.
This was the Vietnam anthem. Every bad band that ever played in an armed forces club had to play this song." [20] Just such a band played the song in an episode ("USO Down", by Vietnam veteran Jim Beaver) of the American television series about the war, Tour of Duty, and the song is reprised in the episode's final scene.
War (The Temptations song) " War " is a counterculture -era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – a self-evident anti-Vietnam War statement – with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release "War" as ...
The song, which begins with a spoken introduction by Kris Kristofferson, tells the tale of Niles Harris, a soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army during Operation Hump in South Vietnam on November 8, 1965. The intro mentions that Harris was "the guy that gave Big Kenny his top hat", and that he was among the wounded who ...
The Ballad of the Green Berets. " The Ballad of the Green Berets " is a 1966 patriotic song in the ballad style about the United States Army Special Forces. Written and performed by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, it was one of the few popular songs of the Vietnam War years to cast the military in a positive light.