[jdm]

Fallujah?

Billy Joel, put down the pipe, it’s not 2003 anymore.

[Antoninus]

Few things in life are more pathetic than an aging former pop-star still seeking relevance.

[Red6]

Well, he might be antiwar, but at least he puts his pocketbook where his mouth is.

I can respectfully disagree with someone like him.

[dead]

which was inspired by letters the Piano Man received from soldiers in Iraq.

Are there really a lot of soldiers who take the time to write letters to Billy Joel? Why do any?!

"Christmas in Fallujah" went on sale Tuesday on Apple Inc.'s iTunes. Net proceeds will be donated to Homes for Our Troops, which builds homes for severely wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Well that’s nice. Hope the song doesn’t suck too bad. It’s been a LONG while since Billy wrote anything worth hearing.

[exit82]

I saw the video on VH1 the other day: Dear Mr. President by Pink.

I haven’t sworn that much in a long time.

She’s singing at a concert, with a slideshow behind her.

At first it looked like Natalie Maines, but it was Pink in a headscarf.

Major projectile vomiting alert if you run across this insipid video.

[tobyhill]

Maybe him and Barry Manilow can go on a world tour in order to fight the dangerous disease, lack of sleep.

[Revolting cat!]

I thought Joel Billy was dead?!

[Fresh Wind]

Just don't expect to hear his voice on it.

That would improve any song!

[hoppity]

Here’s the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an7v6I2Bruo

Typical Billy Joel arrangement. Sounds like its from “the Nylon Curtain” era.

[pgkdan]

At 58, Joel felt he was too old to sing the song, which was inspired by letters the Piano Man received from soldiers in Iraq.

Does anybody believe that Billy Joel is receiving letters from our soldiers in Iraq?

[april15Bendovr]

Billy Joel Must of written this song in rehab while in a manic episode and withdrawing from drugs or alcohol.

He probably doesn't want to sing it because he was mentally incapacitated when he wrote it.

My Guess

[The KG9 Kid]

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

Billy Joel has never made a single song that didn't make me want to snap off the radio as soon as I heard the first opening notes.

Same thing with Springsteen with the exception of maybe one tune. You gotta be an east coast Vinnie to like either performer. I think they both suck.

[Spiff]

If Billy Joel is writing anti-war songs, as this article suggests, then why has he donated one of his songs to appear on the pro-troops/pro-armed forces "CD For The Troops" compilation CD that just went on sale at AAFES? It is on the front page of the AAFES website. In fact, on the CD's official website, Bill Joel is the first artist listed. Go to CDfortheTroops.com

200,000 copies of the CD are being donated to the troops. Sponsors include AAFES, Sony, TriWest, and America Supports You.

Note that Billy Joel does not mention "CD for the Troops on his official website. Nor do the lyrics of the song Christmas in Fallujah appear on his own site, despite the site having an alphabetic listing of nearly every song he's written and sung along with their lyrics.

The Billy Joel song that appears on the album is "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant." You can see a full song listing here on the Tri-West/Tri-Care website. Tri-West/Tri-Care is the primary health care provider for military service and family members as well as retirees.

The CD is also featured on the America Supports You website. This website and effort is a program of the Department of Defense to support the troops.

Here's the Billy Joel - Christmas in Fallujah lyrics as I found elsewhere on the internet:

Christmas In Fallujah - Cass Dillon

It's evening in the desert 
I'm tired and I'm cold 
But I am just a soldier 
I do what I am told 
We came with the crusaders 
To save the Holy Land 

It's Christmas in Fallujah 
And no one gives a damn 

And I just got your letter 
And this what I read 
You said I'm fading from your memory 
So I'm just as good as dead 
We are the Armies of the Empire 
We are the Legionnaries of Rome 

It's Christmas in Fallujah 
And we aien't never coming home 

We came to bring these people Freedom 
We came to fight the Infidel 
There is no justice in the desrt 
Because there is no Good in Hell 
(/div)(div style='float: right;') 
They say Osama's in the Mountains 
Deep in a cave near Pakistan 
But there's a sea of blood in Baghdad 
A sea of oil in the sand 
Between the Tigris and Euphrates 
Another day comes to an end 

It's Christmas In Fallujah 
Peace on Earth Goodwill to Men 
It's Christmas In Fallujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
It's Christmas In Fallujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
It's Christmas In Fallujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
It's Christmas In Fallujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Merry Crhistmas from Fallujah 
Merry Crhistmas from Fallujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
OO-RA!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Billy, leave the seatbelt off the next time you drive drunk.

[Sopater]

If I could play the piano half as good as Billy Joel, I'd be this guy.

[SoldierMedic]

I doubt it will be better than “Goodnight Saigon”. I love that song.

[Veeram]

Anyone know if the guys in uniform (in the video) are actual active duty troops ?

[andy58-in-nh]

Give me an hour and I’ll write a better song than that about war or anything else. These are bumper-sticker lyrics designed to please Hollywood record producers who haven’t met a soldier in their lives.

[hoagy62]

I just listened to it.

Color me unimpressed. The song is depressing. It isn’t ‘anti-American’, per se....but it does view the soldier as someone who is stuck in a hopeless situation and has the lack of ability to do any good.

If Billy truly wrote this, consider his career officially over.

[Clemenza]

William Martin Joel of Levittown should get back to writing Four Seasons and Carol King rip-offs. He hasn't produced a truly great album since "An Innocent Man."

He remains a great live act, but needs to cut back on the booze and trashy women.