Cold Chisel – “Khe Sanh” and “Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)

Going out on a limb here: I don’t actually know any songs by Australian rock band Cold Chisel, who I saw live in Auckland, New Zealand as support act for Alice Cooper in April 1977, so I’m just going to present what I have read is their signature tune from the Seventies, “Khe Sanh”, and another of their live favourites, which U2 apparently also played on Australian tours, “Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)”.

While Jimmy Barnes is familiar to me, I hadn’t realised he was the singer for Cold Chisel, at least most of the time.

Anyway, as you will discover if you listen closely to the lyrics, “Khe Sanh” is a song about Australian Vietnam veterans:

Like Jimmy Barnes and the Adelaide band as a whole, this one’s kinda wild – “Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye):

The song and the singers still rock nearly 30 years later:

That’s what I call rock and roll…

Paul

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