Lana and Vietnam

[Divisive Princess 3,538]

Does anyone know or care to speculate on what Lana has with Vietnam? She's said that she's the Queen of Saigon (which is an old city in South Vietnam, obviously) in OTTR and in YBIATR she mentions Red River Valley which is partly in Vietnam and I was just wondering what the heck is so special about Vietnam. 

[Summersault 822]

This is just a guess, but Queen of Saigon could be a reference to the Vietnam War, when lots of American soldiers were fighting over there. Pin up girls were very popular with soldiers back in the days and Lana might refer to herself as the pin up queen of all the soldiers hearts and fantasies, making her the Queen of Saigon. Just another of her ways of fetishizing herself in line with "Trailer Park Darling" or "Queen of the Gas Station". 

 

But yeah, that title is sort of bugging me too, especially as it's in "National Anthem" so I can't help but think if there's a more political meaning to it. 

[Creyk 11,525]

She probably thinks of it as a treacherous, faraway and glamorous place but not more than that

[dreamer 34]

i never thought about that 

[ilovetati 15,295]

Queen of Saigon is a reference to excess and she uses it to criticize commercialism in NA. 

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

Red River Valley is never mentioned in OTTR, just sayin'

[Divisive Princess 3,538]

Red River Valley is never mentioned in OTTR, just sayin'

I know lol I said it was in your band is all the rage

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

I know lol I said it was in your band is all the rage

 

Oh, my bad, sorry. But neither she said she was 'Queen of Saigon' in OTTR (its Queen of Coney Island, actually). She mentions it in National Anthem.

 

"Boy, you have landed

Babe, in the land of

Sweetness and Danger

Queen of Saigon"

[FROGGO 2,804]

Does anyone know or care to speculate on what Lana has with Vietnam? She's said that she's the Queen of Saigon (which is an old city in South Vietnam, obviously) in OTTR and in YBIATR she mentions Red River Valley which is partly in Vietnam and I was just wondering what the heck is so special about Vietnam. 

 

I don't think she's referring to Red River (in Asia), but rather, the actual Red River Valley spanning Canada and the U.S.

I live in this shit-hole

[NamiraWilhelm 5,032]

She probably just liked the Queen of Saigon play

[Rebel 3,176]

Got nothing to do with Vietnam, I doubt she even knows where it is on a map.

[BENTLEY 3,494]

I don't really believe it has a special meaning. Just like in Heavy Hitter she says she's the queen of alchemy. Do we take that seriously? I don't think so.