Raoul Duke
12-12-2007, 07:30 AM
http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/1/9/3/2/17592391-17592396-thumbnail.jpg</img> (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17592833/billy_joel_on_christmas_in_fallujah?source=music_n ews_rssfeed)The Piano Man talks about what drove him back to songwriting, andwhy he stopped in the first place.
What inspired you to write Christmas inFallujah?I guess just the cumulative effect of this war. We've been therelonger than World War II. I've been getting mail from servicepeople over there, and with the holidays coming on made this thingjust popped out.
Was there a certain letter that sparked it and madeyou sit down and start writing?
It was a couple of letters. There seemed to be a similar themerunning through the letters, which was a sense of alienation fromthe home front. I...
More... ( http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17592833/billy_joel_on_christmas_in_fallujah?source=music_n ews_rssfeed)
What inspired you to write Christmas inFallujah?I guess just the cumulative effect of this war. We've been therelonger than World War II. I've been getting mail from servicepeople over there, and with the holidays coming on made this thingjust popped out.
Was there a certain letter that sparked it and madeyou sit down and start writing?
It was a couple of letters. There seemed to be a similar themerunning through the letters, which was a sense of alienation fromthe home front. I...
More... ( http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17592833/billy_joel_on_christmas_in_fallujah?source=music_n ews_rssfeed)