The Potato eaters is my favourite Van Gogh painting. This song has emotion, so beautiful. Love Don McLean Empty chairs is another great song of his. 😊😇🥰
I took figure drawing in college. I drew myself as a portrait like one of the females in The Potato eaters. I got a good grade on it. The picture was my own version. Someone else did him after he was emotionally challenged.
As an art person I give lectures on Van Gogh you should know he suffered from end stage syphilis was unlikely to kill himself and his brother died 5 months later from the same disease.
One of my personal favorite songs as well. I’m a visual artist and musician; also a Van Gogh fan. Pac was a genius to except this song! It makes sense.
Good analysis, however, my biggest curiosity is what the author refers to in the following excerpt: "The silver thorn of bloody rose / Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow".
The line "A silver thorn, a bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow." I believe that this line refers to the way that Van Gogh felt about himself and his talent. He thought of himself and his talent as the rose, something beautiful.
63 years old , never knew this , I thought it was about a women , I did always like the song , McLean very good song writer ,, no more song writers this good . Thanks for schooling me .
I firmly disagree with this "analysis." I don't think Don meant that Vincent was sick... I think he meant he was SICKENED... by the ugliness and selfishness of the world. I believe he meant that with no matter how Vincent attempted to display the deep issues of greed, lack of empathy towards life and the suffering that society enacts and ignores, Van Gogh became heartbroken. It killed him that people would rather pretend terrible things aren't happening or that beings aren't suffering in order to justify their un-changing and self-centered ways. It's not hard to understand, if you just listen humbly and honestly. Whoever made this "assessment" is enacting an agenda, in my opinion. The point of this incredibly beautiful song was lost when the man said that Don was saying Vincent was "sick and not crazy." That's not it at all. This person missed the point by miles.
I think that you are misinterpreting the way the narrator used the word sick. "He" was referring to the mental illness that Van Gogh suffered from. Some people call others crazy or insane, when they actually suffer from mental health problems which is better explained by saying someone is ill, or sick, hence mental ILLNESS. Van Gogh suffered greatly, his whole life, because of his mental health issues. Yet, instead of sympathy or compassion for a sick person, people treated him as just another crazy person, who was beyond help.
One becomes ‘sick’ by being ‘sickened’. I’m pretty sure they only used ‘sick’ as an antonym for ‘ill’ or ‘unwell’. I don’t think they meant that he was ‘sick’ in a derogatory sense. I have read that by he had a habit of licking or sucking on his paintbrushes ( maybe to moisten them ?) which would have had lead paint on them. Everyone knows how lead overexposure can cause or exacerbate mental problems. It’s possible. 🤔
One of the saddest lines I ever heard was the last words of Russian engineer Rostislav Evgenevich Alexeyv..... " I want to say I have not been understood, I didn't achieve what I wanted."
Van Gogh had the same problem as Robin Williams. Depression. I always wondered why Williams couldn't play it straight on the talk shows. Now I know why. If he did, he would spiral into a depressed state.
Who gives a shit if it was Tupac's favorite song? I guess that's nice to know for some people but it's no way to advertise it, and it doesn't change the sheer artistry of the song about Vincent Van Gogh, written and beautifully sung by the brilliant Don McLean.
Brilliantly explained such a beautiful song
The Potato eaters is my favourite Van Gogh painting.
This song has emotion, so beautiful.
Love Don McLean
Empty chairs is another great song of his.
😊😇🥰
I took figure drawing in college. I drew myself as a portrait like one of the females in The Potato eaters. I got a good grade on it. The picture was my own version. Someone else did him after he was emotionally challenged.
Thank you, I'm a teacher and I'm going to be teaching kids about this song.
my favorite artist , hands down
This song was also the final song 2Pac listen to before he died in hospital.
beautiful song
incredible insight!!!
talented singer and painter = master piece
As an art person I give lectures on Van Gogh you should know he suffered from end stage syphilis was unlikely to kill himself and his brother died 5 months later from the same disease.
One of my personal favorite songs as well. I’m a visual artist and musician; also a Van Gogh fan. Pac was a genius to except this song! It makes sense.
Good analysis, however, my biggest curiosity is what the author refers to in the following excerpt: "The silver thorn of bloody rose /
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow".
The line "A silver thorn, a bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow." I believe that this line refers to the way that Van Gogh felt about himself and his talent. He thought of himself and his talent as the rose, something beautiful.
63 years old , never knew this , I thought it was about a women , I did always like the song , McLean very good song writer ,, no more song writers this good . Thanks for schooling me .
I firmly disagree with this "analysis." I don't think Don meant that Vincent was sick... I think he meant he was SICKENED... by the ugliness and selfishness of the world. I believe he meant that with no matter how Vincent attempted to display the deep issues of greed, lack of empathy towards life and the suffering that society enacts and ignores, Van Gogh became heartbroken. It killed him that people would rather pretend terrible things aren't happening or that beings aren't suffering in order to justify their un-changing and self-centered ways. It's not hard to understand, if you just listen humbly and honestly. Whoever made this "assessment" is enacting an agenda, in my opinion. The point of this incredibly beautiful song was lost when the man said that Don was saying Vincent was "sick and not crazy." That's not it at all. This person missed the point by miles.
No, he was definitely sick. This is why he cut off part of his ear and later killed himself.
I totally agree with you, The lyrics reflect today's terrible state of the human race 😢
I disagree with you. Unless you have not experienced seizures and schizophrenia you don't know what illness is.
I think that you are misinterpreting the way the narrator used the word sick. "He" was referring to the mental illness that Van Gogh suffered from. Some people call others crazy or insane, when they actually suffer from mental health problems which is better explained by saying someone is ill, or sick, hence mental ILLNESS. Van Gogh suffered greatly, his whole life, because of his mental health issues. Yet, instead of sympathy or compassion for a sick person, people treated him as just another crazy person, who was beyond help.
One becomes ‘sick’ by being ‘sickened’. I’m pretty sure they only used ‘sick’ as an antonym for ‘ill’ or ‘unwell’. I don’t think they meant that he was ‘sick’ in a derogatory sense.
I have read that by he had a habit of licking or sucking on his paintbrushes ( maybe to moisten them ?) which would have had lead paint on them. Everyone knows how lead overexposure can cause or exacerbate mental problems.
It’s possible. 🤔
One of the saddest lines I ever heard was the last words of Russian engineer Rostislav Evgenevich Alexeyv.....
" I want to say I have not been understood, I didn't achieve what I wanted."
Why do you feel the need to analyse it?
Van Gogh had the same problem as Robin Williams. Depression. I always wondered why Williams couldn't play it straight on the talk shows. Now I know why. If he did, he would spiral into a depressed state.
He was Bipolar
Wow I'm a Dylan/stones/Clapton fan most of all I'm a Tupac fan !! Wow this has just made so much sense ! My mind is blown
The hate you gave !
Who gives a shit if it was Tupac's favorite song? I guess that's nice to know for some people but it's no way to advertise it, and it doesn't change the sheer artistry of the song about Vincent Van Gogh, written and beautifully sung by the brilliant Don McLean.
You can tell this is written by AI in the first sentence, yuck. makes me wonder if it's instant generated complete with reviews?
Unless you’re 12 years old, AI was not a technology used by artists at the time this masterpiece was penned.
ai sickens me.
Oh God American pronunciation.