Thank you. My father did 3 tours in Vietnam and came back so broken. He left us to go back home to Alaska. Because of Agent Orange exposure he had cancer thru out his body. My fiance did 3 tours in Afghanistan, 2 in Iraq. Overdosed on over 200 pain meds, Crohn's meds. The VA hadn't helped and he was gone. All our service people should be respected for all they do, sacrifice. We are there back bone. Thank you.💕
I've never heard this song without getting emotional. And now with my boy enlisting in the Army and leaving in June, this hits even more than it did. And it always did.
Thank you for the very perceptive reaction to my absolute favorite. Billy has a deep and eclectic catalog that is well worth diving into. The man can literally write any type of music. He loves all types and it shows. I would recommend River of Dreams, The Longest Time, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Piano Man, Pressure… The list goes on and on. Hope you dive in and enjoy.
Check out Leningrad.. he played in the USSR in the middle of the Cold War.. no entertainers were going.. he & his band went.. this is a great documentary about it.
This was definitely originally written about Vietnam vets. During the Vietnam War over 200,000 American recruits graduated from Parris Island and then were sent to Vietnam. Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam. The war effectively ended after the fall of Saigon.
I think too Joel sang this as a tribute to Vietnamese who fought Americans, describing them in parallel ways -- that the army of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong rebels in the south, were like American soldiers were "sharp as knives" and as vulnerable during the day as Americans were at night --> It did not matter who was wrong or right in the thick of the fight.
“And we would all go down together.”😢
Thank you to all who have served.
It was our pleasure...:)...USAF vet Reagan era.
...there are 13 thumbs up, there should be a million
Thank you. My father did 3 tours in Vietnam and came back so broken. He left us to go back home to Alaska. Because of Agent Orange exposure he had cancer thru out his body. My fiance did 3 tours in Afghanistan, 2 in Iraq. Overdosed on over 200 pain meds, Crohn's meds. The VA hadn't helped and he was gone. All our service people should be respected for all they do, sacrifice. We are there back bone. Thank you.💕
Well said
The people onstage singing the chorus ("We would all go down together...") were actual vets that Billy Joel invited to sing with him. Amazing song.
I've never heard this song without getting emotional. And now with my boy enlisting in the Army and leaving in June, this hits even more than it did. And it always did.
Thank you for the very perceptive reaction to my absolute favorite. Billy has a deep and eclectic catalog that is well worth diving into. The man can literally write any type of music. He loves all types and it shows. I would recommend River of Dreams, The Longest Time, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Piano Man, Pressure… The list goes on and on. Hope you dive in and enjoy.
Check out Leningrad.. he played in the USSR in the middle of the Cold War.. no entertainers were going.. he & his band went.. this is a great documentary about it.
After 9/11, the chorus started to include 1st responders, not just military vets. At least in NYC.
What a song Billy Joel's such a song writher
This was definitely originally written about Vietnam vets. During the Vietnam War over 200,000 American recruits graduated from Parris Island and then were sent to Vietnam. Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam. The war effectively ended after the fall of Saigon.
Piano Man unico artista che ha solo gioielli nel suo repertorio 👏🎹😔🎹
Billy Joel hae tons of good songs (or better, he has ONLY good songs!). Try for instance "The longest time"...
My Husband served 3 tours
wow
The men singing the chorus are all viet nam vets.
Great reaction
It sounded like they were going to get ambushed when they were arriving on the helicopter toward the end of the song..
I think too Joel sang this as a tribute to Vietnamese who fought Americans, describing them in parallel ways -- that the army of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong rebels in the south, were like American soldiers were "sharp as knives" and as vulnerable during the day as Americans were at night --> It did not matter who was wrong or right in the thick of the fight.
hey my channel billy is a killer , this side A , sorry but this line dont show who is this man, try ballad to billy the kid for the first, tnks