Saigon
1980 · DinDisc DIN 17 · Toronto, Canada
- Artist
- Martha & the Muffins
- Title
- Saigon
- Release
- Saigon / Copacabana
- Year
- 1980
- Label
- DinDisc # DIN 17
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Toronto, Canada
- Songwriter
- David Millar, Martha Johnson
- Genre
- Rock · New Wave
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Saigon (Martha & the Muffins) Post-war 80s, new wave. Canadian band At the Hotel Hilton in Old Saigon Impact of the war on the city Eastern and Western influence
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Limping in the hotel Hilton / Spending days in old Saigon / Walking in pagoda gardens / Drinking absinthe till dawn / City of obscure paternity / Paris of the Orient / Tumbling off into eternity / Bastard of the East and West / Endless nights filled with haunting shadows / Slowly fade into morning mist / Faces seen, but not remembered / A place where time does not exist
Notes
Dindisc DIN 17 (DIN 17-A), Side One, 45 RPM, stereo, ℗ 1980 Dindisc; "Saigon" (David Millar and Martha Johnson), 3.52; produced by Mike Howlett; Dinsong Ltd/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. The cream textured picture sleeve has a maroon corner border with an "MM" crest and the script "Martha and the Muffins – Saigon". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed 1977, Toronto, Ontario, Canada