Billy Joel performs his song "Only the Good Die ... Of Joel’s several city-songs (from “Goodnight Saigon” to “Leningrad”), this one feels the most authentic. Originally titled ...

The impact of Billy Joel, Elton John and Paul McCartney ... Vietnam in particular, with "Goodnight Saigon") or the impact of history ("We Didn't Start the Fire"). John's dips a bit more into ...

While absolutely on top of the world in his professional life, Billy Joel couldn’t help but ... In the case of “Goodnight Saigon,” he didn’t want the song to make any broad political ...

Listen to Billy Joel's 'Goodnight Saigon' "I wanted to write, I guess, a real sonic masterpiece," Joel said in an interview for his The Complete Album Collection in 2014. "The Nylon Curtain took a ...

"Goodnight Saigon" (From The Nylon Curtain ... "My Life" (From 52nd Street, 1978) The first single from Billy Joel's first post-breakthrough album 52nd Street gave a good indication of where ...

A young user on X started the fire by dissing a universally beloved Billy ... t Joel’s spookier song “The Stranger” or the downright depressing Vietnam War epic “Goodnight Saigon ...

Billy Joel, pictured here through the years ... Later on the same album, the seven-minute “Goodnight Saigon” essentially invents Oliver Stone’s entire career: it opens with the ominous ...

Billy Joel, however, is in a class of his own ... brutality of this track more so than that of something like “Goodnight Saigon,” as Joel sings about the titular heroin dealer and laments ...

As Billy Joel prepares to end his legendary ... onto his stage when performing his somber Vietnam War song, “Goodnight Saigon.” Perhaps most touching, in 2019, he privately invited 14-year ...

By Thom Duffy Editor Billy Joel, the legendary singer-songwriter ... of first responders and is joined on the chorus of “Goodnight Saigon” — ”we will all go down together” — by members ...