Vietnam Vet
1990 · Philips 875 416-7 · Paris, France
- Artist
- Johnny Hallyday
- Title
- Vietnam Vet
- Release
- Cadillac / Vietnam Vet
- Year
- 1990
- Label
- Philips # 875 416-7
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- French
- Country
- Paris, France
- Songwriter
- Pierre Billon
- Genre
- Chanson · Chanson
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — European Songs
The song Vietnam Vet (Johnny Hallyday) Born 15 June 1943, Paris, Île-de-France, France Died 6 December 2017, Marnes-la-Coquette, Île-de-France, France
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I am this Vietnam vet / Who sees again in his head / The choppers passing over / And on the terraces of Saigon / Girls for GIs / The bad guys and the good guys / It's just a detail / At the cannon museum / You are the girl from the bar / You play at being Marilyn / You got left behind at the station / You never burst onto any screen / New Orleans star / You are sure of your talent / You are just a detail / At the museum of make-believe / Above my soul / A (?) for the eagles / Above my body / The earth lays down its rules / Between the two I had the choice / I had the right / I decided never again / To look down / Fifty-seven years old, all alone / On the side of a highway / You sing yourself happy birthday / You've got dope, it's called freedom / You would climb mountains / You have no wrinkles on your heart / You are just a detail / At the biker museum / I am this Vietnam vet / America's remorse / I am the dream that remains / I am the mythical emigrant / I am red and white / A blue star on my forehead / I am just a detail / A little love deep down / In every religion / In every colour / I'm just a detail / At the biker museum / I would climb mountains / I have no wrinkles on my heart / I'm just a detail / At the biker museum / At the biker museum / Of bikers / Of bikers / At the biker museum __________ French: Je suis ce Vietnam vet / Qui revois dans sa tête / Les hélicos qui passent / Et aux terrasses de Saigon / Des filles à G.I. / Les méchants et les bons /…
Notes
Philips 875 416-7 (875 416-7 2), side 2, 45; "Vietnam Vet" (Pierre Billon), 3'33, "Titre inédit - Extrait de la Bande Originale du film 'Le Dernier Rebelle'"; Ed.: Desperado; SACEM/SDRM; ℗ 1990 Laura Hallyday Productions. Picture sleeve front: photograph of Hallyday in a circular frame against a rust-coloured metal background, "Cadillac" and "Version originale inédite - Face B titre inédit". Back: text by Etienne Roda-Gil on Cadillac ("Le cœur est un moteur…"), notice of the Cadillac Tour from Bercy, 15 September to 16 December in more than 50 towns; Face A "Cadillac" (E. Roda-Gil / J-P. Bucolo-G. Augier), réalisation Etienne Roda-Gil, Editions Véranda / Despérado, ℗ 1989; Face B "Vietnam Vet", réalisation Pierre Billon, Editions Despérado, ℗ 1990 Laura Hallyday Productions; photo Tony Frank; sleeve Antonietti Pascault et Ass.; © 1990 Phonogram; PG 102. [From the record sleeve and…
About the artist
Born 15 June 1943, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Died 6 December 2017, Marnes-la-Coquette, Île-de-France, France