"Man On The Moon" by R.E.M. Rush: Album by Album - A Conversation With Martin Popoff. Watch the video for Still In Saigon from Charlie Daniels Band's A Decade of Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Renaud Quoidbach-Pennyworth. 'Still in Saigon', is a song written by Dan Daley and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1982 album Windows . Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. The ground at home was covered in snow And I was covered in sweat My younger brother calls me a killer And my daddy calls me a vet. Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2013. Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova starred in the movie Once, which featured their song "Falling Slowly." Damned if I know who I am. The ground at home was covered with snow. Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh city, was the South Vietnamese capital during the Vietnam War. Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle. "Still in Saigon", is a song written by Dan Daley and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1982 album Windows. My younger brother calls me a killer and My daddy calls me a vet. I have experianced much of the lyrics in the song. They are still in Saigon. Moreover, he began to exhibit signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from his service (constantly looking behind doors for the enemy, and exhibiting flashbacks during the rainy summer season); symptoms which ten years later continue to plague him. Still In Saigon Chords by Charlie Daniels learn how to play chords diagrams. 5.0 out of 5 stars I am Still in Saigon. Still in Saigon Working my way through the Ladd-Lake catalogue (see here , and here ). In 1961, President-Elect John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural address, stated, "To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required," thereby clearing the way for the US presence in the Vietnam War; a war that would eventually claim more than 58,000 young American men, who averaged 18 years of age. The story is told ten years after the protagonist faced being drafted into the Vietnam War. I recomend it to all VietVets! Share your thoughts on this Apocalypse Now's quote with the community: 1 Comment. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). My younger brother calls me a killer and My daddy calls me a vet. Still in Saigon I am Still in Saigon in my mind! It was written by Daley in May 1981.[1]. I am a Vietnam vet TET 1968. In 1962 the first US troops were flown to Vietnam, a tiny state in Asia bordering China, Cambodia and Laos. From the Album A Decade Of Hits March 15, 1982 4.8 out of 5 stars 23 ratings. The ground at home was covered with snow. Rather, he says, it was a metaphor for other kinds of traumatic experiences, set in the ultimate traumatic environment - war. "Still in Saigon", is a song written by Dan Daley and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1982 album Windows. "Still in Saigon" is about veterans who return home but their thoughts remain at war. "Still in Saigon", is a song written by Dan Daley and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1982 album Windows. He remained in the military for "thirteen months and fifteen days", with the latter portion ("the last ones were the worst") taking an emotional toll on Daniels ("one minute I'd kneel down and pray/The next I'd stand and curse"). Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are? Still In Saigon chords by Charlie Daniels with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. "This song,". The song is a portrayal of the plight of the American Vietnam veteran a decade after the war; it was part of an early 1980s wave of attention to the subject, presaging treatments such as Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and "Shut Out the Light", Billy Joel's "Goodnight Saigon", Huey Lewis and the News' "Walking on a Thin Line", Paul Hardcastle's "19" and somewhat later Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road". Still In Saigon chords. According to the song's writer, Diane Warren, Cher hated the song and she had to force it on her by holding her leg down during a session until she recorded it. "Pretty In Pink" by Psychedelic Furs was released in 1981. ''PEOPLE said it would either be a hit or a real dog,'' Dan Daley said this week about ''Still in Saigon,'' the song he wrote last May about a Vietnam veteran's unbearably intense memories of combat. The performer of the song is recording artist Charlie Daniels, born in 1936, and an American musician who has done just about everything. Still In Saigon (Album Version) The Charlie Daniels Band. Subsequent Daniels pop hits included "In America" (#11 in 1980), "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" (#31 in 1980), and "Still in Saigon" (#22 in 1982). Five years later, it inspired a movie of the same name starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer. Dan Daley wrote this song in 1981. When he joined Guns N' Roses in 1990, Matt helped them craft an orchestral sound; his mezzo fortes and pianissimos are all over "November Rain.". Watch the video for Still In Saigon from Charlie Daniels's Super Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Everybody says that I'm someone else That I'm sick and there's no cure. It’s easy to see this city’s charm in a picture like this; the vitality is palpable. Both artists write most of their own songs, so this was a tough sell, but which made it all the more satisfying when Daniels eventually recorded it. (Springsteen had a huge hit two years later with another song about the plight of a Vietnam veteran returning home: ", Daley pitched this song to Budd Carr, the music supervisor of the 1986 movie. Below is famous Pasteur Street, in the heart of Saigon. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs. Damned if I know who I am. To many Vietnam veterans, this was a very important song, since shows of support rarely came their way in 1982.