Has anyone ever related this to WW2 and/or the Holocaust?
"Vienna, Austria" is an area where a portion of the Holocaust happened.
"The day's last one-way ticket train pulls in..."
When the prisoners were being brought to camps, it was for many, a one-way ticket train.
"There goes the downpour... There goes my fare thee well"
Men from women, familys from familys, people from themselves. It's goodbye, and knowingly, for good.
"There's really no way to reach me"
There was absolutely no way to contact anyone inside the camps, and no contact going out either.
"'Cause I'm already gone"
By the time the liberators got there, a lot of people had already died.
The entire second verse makes me think of the prisoner's screaming from help from foreign countries to come in and save them from the situation.
The bridge "Maybe in five or ten..." seems like a plee to end the war. Maybe in five or ten years this will be straightened out and honesty need not be feared as a friend or an enemy -- truth hurts, but it builds strong lasting solid relationships.
And lastly, "so this is your maverick. this is vienna".
Maverick means indepence, doing what you will when you will.
Saying, the rest of the world may have it's fancies and riches and freedoms, but this is just Vienna. The hell they live is not a maverick, it's simply, Vienna.
If you read this meaning and then look up "Vienna" you wont find much of a definition more than that of it being a City in Austria. I think this song creates one.
Well, nice thought, but as I am from Austria, I can tell you, that there was no concentration camp in Vienna - of course some things happened here as well, but the concentration camps were on the country side.
Well, nice thought, but as I am from Austria, I can tell you, that there was no concentration camp in Vienna - of course some things happened here as well, but the concentration camps were on the country side.
Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song "Good-night, Vienna".
Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song "Good-night, Vienna".
Has anyone ever related this to WW2 and/or the Holocaust?
"Vienna, Austria" is an area where a portion of the Holocaust happened.
"The day's last one-way ticket train pulls in..." When the prisoners were being brought to camps, it was for many, a one-way ticket train.
"There goes the downpour... There goes my fare thee well" Men from women, familys from familys, people from themselves. It's goodbye, and knowingly, for good.
"There's really no way to reach me" There was absolutely no way to contact anyone inside the camps, and no contact going out either.
"'Cause I'm already gone" By the time the liberators got there, a lot of people had already died.
The entire second verse makes me think of the prisoner's screaming from help from foreign countries to come in and save them from the situation.
The bridge "Maybe in five or ten..." seems like a plee to end the war. Maybe in five or ten years this will be straightened out and honesty need not be feared as a friend or an enemy -- truth hurts, but it builds strong lasting solid relationships.
And lastly, "so this is your maverick. this is vienna".
Maverick means indepence, doing what you will when you will.
Saying, the rest of the world may have it's fancies and riches and freedoms, but this is just Vienna. The hell they live is not a maverick, it's simply, Vienna.
If you read this meaning and then look up "Vienna" you wont find much of a definition more than that of it being a City in Austria. I think this song creates one.
What do you think...?
Finally! I have always thought this song was about the Holocaust. Especially when I listen to the bridge!
Finally! I have always thought this song was about the Holocaust. Especially when I listen to the bridge!
Well, nice thought, but as I am from Austria, I can tell you, that there was no concentration camp in Vienna - of course some things happened here as well, but the concentration camps were on the country side.
Well, nice thought, but as I am from Austria, I can tell you, that there was no concentration camp in Vienna - of course some things happened here as well, but the concentration camps were on the country side.
@selfmadewinter it might not be about a concentration camp, but two lovers. One Austrian and one German?
@selfmadewinter it might not be about a concentration camp, but two lovers. One Austrian and one German?
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Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song "Good-night, Vienna".
Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song "Good-night, Vienna".