We don't know anyone that doesn't love this song. It's not only very beautiful, it's historic. Van Gough even became more beloved after this song. We love McLean even more for that.
This is one of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear. It is about the great artist "Vincent Van Gough" and his life all centred around the great painting "Starry Night." The song really captures his tortured life. Misunderstood in a different age, but much revered in our present time!
@@Summon256 Thanks for your patronising (names that I can't write here) However, I'm making my own comment. You now what free speech is don't you? Or do you live a communist country? Seriously!🤐
@@michaelparsons5299 Cuz you ain't paying attention at all, now you are looking for any sort of excuses, because you haven't even finished watching till the end (likely case here...) lol
@@Summon256 What you are missing here as well as the knowledge of the reviewer is that Vincent Van Gogh was not just some artist that wasnt appreciated until after his death. He was a Mentally disturbed man. Having severe episodes including his eating of the oil paints while he was in an asylum which resulted in them taking the oil paints away. Add to which ..back then there was no international social media..you were known by local townfolk alone..and if your the crazy kid on the block ranting and raving as well as alchoholic..your going to be dismissed Alot. The song is still beautiful and even more haunting a melody when taken in just how tortured a soul Vincent was.
You nailed this. Perfect reaction. I’m so glad you knew what the song was about. It always brings a tear to my eye. The only painting he ever sold was one his friend bought. His paintings are in every art book, in every school around the world, and sell for millions. He never knew what a great artist he was. He never knew how much influence he would have on the world. Breaks my heart.
Every time I hear this song I get goosebumps and cry. Don McLean is a very gifted musician, songwriter and singer. I hope he sees this reaction to this gorgeous song and reads the comments. I want him to know that I have appreciated him since I was a very little girl. This song is beautiful.
One of the most beautiful songs ever . A legendary artist who suffered and put that out in his art . Don McLean understood and made this song in tribute to him . Thanks for doing this reaction .
If I were a songwriter, and I have been at times, I would be so intimidated attempting to write a song worthy of Van Gogh and his art. How can I adequately capture the beauty and the pain and the longing and the serenity of his life and work? But he sure did it. The imagery and melancholy are so vivid. It’s an all timer and I think you’re right that there’s a real sense of empathy for the artist coming from Don in the song.
This song makes me tear up every time so sad he died penniless a broken man never to sell a painting. His art will live on and give people joy and admiration for years to come.
I was thinking why she didnt listen to the studio version.Youre right .his guitar alone is more than beautiful.this song and his song empty chairs kind of devastates me
As a lover of art and history this is a great song .I love to hear" Vincent". You are right so many artist were not given praise until they passed very sad.
The first time I ever heard this, I burst into tears. It was during an art instruction film and my instructor gave me a hug because I was the only student to actually "get it".
I love Don McLean, and you provided a lovely reaction to a beautiful song. You mentioned how you liked that Don McLean was able to put you into someone else's shoes... I think that one of the best songwriters when it comes to this is John Prine. His songs, Hello in There, Sam Stone, and Angel from Montgomery, all written by a man in his early twenties, perfectly capture a completely different perspective.
Exactly what you said about McLean is the reason Roberta Flack was moved by hearing him to write Killing Me Softly. She has discussed this in recorded interviews. Another beautiful song he wrote and sang is "And I Love You So", which became a hit for Perry Como and was recorded by Frank Sinatra.
Lori Lieberman wrote Killing Me Softly as a poem after attending a McLean concert in Los Angeles. She then recorded it. Roberta Flack heard her version, made her own recording and turned it into a major hit. "Sitting in the audience, Lieberman found herself struck by another McLean song, a heartbreaking ballad, “Empty Chairs.” “As soon as he started singing, she pulled out a napkin and starting scribbling notes,” remembers the friend, Michele Willens. “The rest is history.” Lieberman says she later shared her experience - and her napkin poem - over the phone with Gimbel. As he said in multiple interviews during the 1970s, Gimbel already had a song title in his notebook that seemed to click with her feelings. He took the lyrics to Charles Fox, his piano-playing writing partner, and together they created a classic: Roberta Flack’s 1973 No. 1 hit, “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” In those days, Gimbel repeatedly talked of how the song emerged after he and Lieberman discussed the McLean concert. “Her conversation fed me, inspired me, gave me some language and a choice of words,” Gimbel told the Asbury Park Press in a story published early in 1973. Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972. It wasn’t a hit, but Flack heard it on an airplane and decided she wanted to cover it. Lieberman did not get a songwriting credit or a cut of the publishing that flowed to Fox and Gimbel after Flack’s Grammy-winning version or the 1996 Fugees redo that hit No. 2. That didn’t bother her. She was content with her place in pop history as the song’s inspiration."
The other important part of the song that you didn't mention is that he also sings about Van Gogh's schizophrenia, which got worse as he got older. When he says "How you suffered for your sanity", that is what he is referring to, and the voices in his head that wouldn't go away. That is why he tried to get rid of them by cutting off his ear. Eventually, it is believed he committed suicide by a gun, as of course, in his time, there was no treatment for mental or emotional disorders. Everything you said is true as well.
The early 70's such an amazing time in popular music. I was glad to have been in my early teens during that time. Gives me a place I can go when I need to ground myself even now that I am 63.
Two incredible humans, Vincent Van Gogh and Don McLean. The Starry Starry night painting was on tour and luckily for us stopped at Chicago's Art Institute. My wife took my daughter and the painting brought tears to my daughter. She was a big Van Gogh admirer.
I tear up everytime I hear this song about Vincent Van Gough, there is a book written about his relationship with his brother Theo, and it brings this song into full view (so to speak), the name of the book is Dear Theo, you should consider reading it sometime.
This and the BBC live version of American Pie are just amazing!Don is an excellent songwriter and storyteller. What a beautiful tribute to Van Gogh.❤❤❤
The true beauty of Vincent Van Gogh is how he transformed his pain into beauty 😢. I was 5 or 6,my parents had lots of art books and I’d disappear into his paintings. Starry night, can’t name most others but his colours, the way he slapped on the paint, I just couldn’t take my eyes off of it. This song is such a beautiful tribute to all lost souls, it speaks deeply to what Van Gogh tried to portray, I’m in my 60s now and still cry every rtme I hear it ❤ That this still resonates is as wonderful as surprising. Thank you
As beautiful as this live version is, the recorded version has wonderful instrumentation that just adds to the beauty and melancholy of the overall song.
Your right Angela... Don Mclean is a great singer and song writer... makes us feel all the emotions of his songs and you are very good and special at understanding all of these types of singers - story tellers... great song and reaction Angela !!!!!!!
Thank you for your response. My first wife loved Vincent. We went to Holland to see many of his paintings. Seeing his paintings up close is more than moving. The thick paint, the emotion. They came alive for me and had me in tears. Again, thank you.
One of my all time favorites, I was 7 years old when this came out and my Mom listened to it ALL the time, brings me back to riding in the back seat of her 1967 Falcon with my brother as she sang every word when it came on the radio. How I miss those days.
The 70's live on --------and on--------THE decade of The Singer--Songwriter. More than any decade before or since, the 70's were that decade. And, this masterpiece is one sterling example of the very best of that part of the music of The 70's. May it long live on ! ----------MJL, 76 y/o
This song is a masterpiece about this great genius and so many overlooked artists, but also about mental illness. Today our cities are spaces for thousands and thousands of these individuals, who too are are discarded and left to live in their tormented worlds where no cares, and they are deftly ignored by the rest of us because they experience a reality that doesn't fit with ours.
the lyric speaks to many of Vincent's paintings. there's a video that displays those he's referencing as he sings that is a beautiful addition to the song imo.
The song "killing me softly with his song" was written after the songwritter saw don mclean play "empty chairs" live,...... You should do "empty chairs" 👍👍
"In colors on the snowy linen land", "reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue", and "weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand".... good stuff!
McLean is one of those rare performers who can move an audience or the listener just with his guitar, his voice and his words. He played a concert at London's Hyde Park in the early '70s for 85,000 people. Just Don with his guitar. It is well known that the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" was written about him and it's an apt tribute. If song lyrics can be considered poetry, his words come as close as anyones. Check out his song "And I Love You So" which is thought by many to be among the greatest love songs.
I enjoyed this song as a child and I am now over the hill at 65 and well i still enjoye it. Your commentary was sweet I saw your heartstrings being tugged on. keep going. lovely Thanks for sharing.
I think that this is one of the best poetry-songs ever! Don McLean made a Masterpiece! And honoring Vincent van Gogh is so beautiful. He was never appriciated during his too short life. And see how he changed the world after he died. He's one of the few painters whose paintings are worth tens of millions! In the Netherlands is a special VINCENT VAN GOGH MUSEUM. I can recommend a visit to this museum to everyone who comes to thr Netherlands. ❤❤❤
Thanks, DayOne! This is a favorite of mine... I once told my Mom she should hear it, and she thought I might be suicidal - lol! Not everyone "gets it" that it's about Vincent Van Gogh... I appreciate your appreciation and look forward to more of your reactions!
One of the most beautiful songs ever . I can't help but tear up hearing it. The story and they way he sings it is just amazing. Thanks for your review !
Hi Angela,One of the most beautiful, melancholic songs ever written, Thank you Don Mclean this song has never lost it's magic & probably never will... Cheers Jim, UK 💔🌌X
What gets to me about a brilliant artist long gone from this world,and suddenly their work is deemed Priceless.Well that artist's life was Priceless and worth saving while there was still time. Depression is hard.Mental illness is hard.
The thing that moves me the most about Van Gogh, is how he painted pain, and painful moments, with a joyful color and movement. It is pain presented with beauty.
"in ragged clothes" ... I am guessing that this lyric refers to the fact that he created most of his most inspired work while in the asylum, surrounded by others who had such a bad time as he did ... Amazing how someone can be so brilliantly creative in such circumstances ...
Don, a great poet, song-writer and so insightful. I remember when he sang this at the Grammys. The audience was just spellbound. Now if you'd like to feature one of his romantic and light-hearted songs, I can suggest Winterwood. Really breezy and pretty. Thanks for featuring Don and this song.
Beautifully haunting,emotional and unforgettable once heard. Don Maclean is a truly great artist. How do you capture Van Gogh's life as a painter and a human who suffered great mental distress. Don Maclean did this. No-one else that for me would of been able to portray the tormented beautiful soul of Vincent Van Gogh. His sacrifice of a tormented gift was mankind's great reaward. Don Maclean has a truly great voice. Listen to his version of Crying, famously wrritten, recorded and peformed by Roy Orbison. It compares to the great Roy Orbison. Don Maclean has it all. Thanks for a great reaction
There is a theory that Vincent Van Gogh had long-term lead poisoning from putting his brushes in his mouth while he was painting, and that was part of what drove him mad, and then you throw in unrequited love, and a sense of failure into the mix it's no wonder that he was a troubled person but his paintings are startling when you see them in person. The paint is caked on the canvas so thick..
Such a beautiful, sad, and moving tribute to Vicent Van Gough. It helps make you look at his artwork with new eyes and makes you understand and appreciate it even more. It's been said it was Tupac's favorite song.
I may not have all the facts on this but when Roberta Flack put out her massive hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song," it was supposed to be a tribute to Don McLean singing this song at a performance she attended.
It was actually another singer, I forget her name, but she recorded it first. She never got songwriting credit - she brought the idea to a songwriter and he got sole credit.
@@bjm9071 yes, and Roberta Flack heard it on a flight one time and she recorded it, add her own touch, and made millions off of it, as did the _record company_ who collaborated with Lori, and stole the sole songwriting credit.
Good reaction, true on art and music being unappreciated. For me this song sends the message that flowers can be ablaze and the sky can swirl if you let them.
A lot of the verses in this song are describing many of his paintings, not just Starry Night. There is a video on TH-cam that shows you the paintings as he refers to them.Beautifully done! Check it out! Just search for VINCENT until you see a thumbnail with his painting
This was Tupacs favorite song. His gf played this for him constantly when he was in the hospital before he died. I was surprised. I never pictured Tupac liking a song like this, but the more I've learned about him, the more I realize he wasn't just a "rapper" ...
This is what songs sound like when a poet sings them.
We don't know anyone that doesn't love this song. It's not only very beautiful, it's historic. Van Gough even became more beloved after this song. We love McLean even more for that.
This is one of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear. It is about the great artist "Vincent Van Gough" and his life all centred around the great painting "Starry Night." The song really captures his tortured life. Misunderstood in a different age, but much revered in our present time!
Dude she knows what this's about! She literally spends a good two minutes of this reaction explaining this in the end! Lmao
@@Summon256 Thanks for your patronising (names that I can't write here) However, I'm making my own comment. You now what free speech is don't you? Or do you live a communist country? Seriously!🤐
@@michaelparsons5299 Cuz you ain't paying attention at all, now you are looking for any sort of excuses, because you haven't even finished watching till the end (likely case here...) lol
@@Summon256 What you are missing here as well as the knowledge of the reviewer is that Vincent Van Gogh was not just some artist that wasnt appreciated until after his death. He was a Mentally disturbed man. Having severe episodes including his eating of the oil paints while he was in an asylum which resulted in them taking the oil paints away. Add to which ..back then there was no international social media..you were known by local townfolk alone..and if your the crazy kid on the block ranting and raving as well as alchoholic..your going to be dismissed Alot. The song is still beautiful and even more haunting a melody when taken in just how tortured a soul Vincent was.
"Suzanne", Judy Collins(Lenord Cohen)"Dust in the Wind," Kansas, "Friends, " Elton John, "Ordinary World," Duran Duran
This song always chokes me up 😢
The song becomes more moving when one learns the story of tortured genius Vincent Van Gogh.
Doesn't everybody know that story? Julius Caesar, Benjamin Franklin, Vincent van Gogh.
You won’t hear songs like this anymore … a masterpiece
Ironically.
very true
Not unlike the work of the man it was wrote about
@@whovianhistorybuff Truth!
Don McLean wrote a biography of Vincent in a song. I can't think of one better.
the most beautiful song ever written
It really might be.
I won't argue with that. Truly one of the most heart-wrenching yet profoundly beautiful lyrics ever written.
You nailed this. Perfect reaction. I’m so glad you knew what the song was about. It always brings a tear to my eye. The only painting he ever sold was one his friend bought. His paintings are in every art book, in every school around the world, and sell for millions. He never knew what a great artist he was. He never knew how much influence he would have on the world. Breaks my heart.
Name of that painting was "Red Vineyard At Arles".
Every time I hear this song I get goosebumps and cry. Don McLean is a very gifted musician, songwriter and singer. I hope he sees this reaction to this gorgeous song and reads the comments. I want him to know that I have appreciated him since I was a very little girl. This song is beautiful.
One of the most beautiful songs ever . A legendary artist who suffered and put that out in his art . Don McLean understood and made this song in tribute to him . Thanks for doing this reaction .
Van Gough died poor. His paintings are worth millions today.
@@thatsnotfunnythatssick7390 Not a fan.
@@johnbrowne3950 yes, everybody knows that.
Beautiful and intelligent reaction.
AGREED. This is on my life's playlist.
This Was Tupac's Favorite Song & It Was Played For Him As He Was Passing Away...R.I.P. ❤️
If I were a songwriter, and I have been at times, I would be so intimidated attempting to write a song worthy of Van Gogh and his art. How can I adequately capture the beauty and the pain and the longing and the serenity of his life and work? But he sure did it. The imagery and melancholy are so vivid. It’s an all timer and I think you’re right that there’s a real sense of empathy for the artist coming from Don in the song.
This song makes me tear up every time so sad he died penniless a broken man never to sell a painting. His art will live on and give people joy and admiration for years to come.
It's like his guitar is crying. God I love this song.
I was thinking why she didnt listen to the studio version.Youre right .his guitar alone is more than beautiful.this song and his song empty chairs kind of devastates me
As a lover of art and history this is a great song .I love to hear" Vincent". You are right so many artist were not given praise until they passed very sad.
The first time I ever heard this, I burst into tears. It was during an art instruction film and my instructor gave me a hug because I was the only student to actually "get it".
Beautiful song about a tragic life. His life was so much more complex than simply an artist who cut off his ear.
One of my favorite artist singing about my favorite artist
What a lovely tune. Just absolutely breathtaking and stunning.
People don’t write songs like this anymore. Truly amazing stuff.
I love Don McLean, and you provided a lovely reaction to a beautiful song. You mentioned how you liked that Don McLean was able to put you into someone else's shoes... I think that one of the best songwriters when it comes to this is John Prine. His songs, Hello in There, Sam Stone, and Angel from Montgomery, all written by a man in his early twenties, perfectly capture a completely different perspective.
Yeah, Prine had that rare gift. Great songwriter.
Yes, sir! I’m gonna make it my mission to get John Prine on Angela’s list via Patreon request. It may take a few months, but it will happen!!
Exactly what you said about McLean is the reason Roberta Flack was moved by hearing him to write Killing Me Softly. She has discussed this in recorded interviews. Another beautiful song he wrote and sang is "And I Love You So", which became a hit for Perry Como and was recorded by Frank Sinatra.
Lori Lieberman wrote Killing Me Softly as a poem after attending a McLean concert in Los Angeles. She then recorded it. Roberta Flack heard her version, made her own recording and turned it into a major hit.
"Sitting in the audience, Lieberman found herself struck by another McLean song, a heartbreaking ballad, “Empty Chairs.”
“As soon as he started singing, she pulled out a napkin and starting scribbling notes,” remembers the friend, Michele Willens. “The rest is history.”
Lieberman says she later shared her experience - and her napkin poem - over the phone with Gimbel. As he said in multiple interviews during the 1970s, Gimbel already had a song title in his notebook that seemed to click with her feelings. He took the lyrics to Charles Fox, his piano-playing writing partner, and together they created a classic: Roberta Flack’s 1973 No. 1 hit, “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”
In those days, Gimbel repeatedly talked of how the song emerged after he and Lieberman discussed the McLean concert.
“Her conversation fed me, inspired me, gave me some language and a choice of words,” Gimbel told the Asbury Park Press in a story published early in 1973.
Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972. It wasn’t a hit, but Flack heard it on an airplane and decided she wanted to cover it. Lieberman did not get a songwriting credit or a cut of the publishing that flowed to Fox and Gimbel after Flack’s Grammy-winning version or the 1996 Fugees redo that hit No. 2. That didn’t bother her. She was content with her place in pop history as the song’s inspiration."
And I Love You So is one of my favourites, what a wonderful song.
Beautiful song I used to get emotional when I was a child listening to this song. Truly art by an artist,!
Beautiful song, wonderful artist with a beautiful voice singing this song. Lovely guitar work. Have always loved this.
The other important part of the song that you didn't mention is that he also sings about Van Gogh's schizophrenia, which got worse as he got older. When he says "How you suffered for your sanity", that is what he is referring to, and the voices in his head that wouldn't go away. That is why he tried to get rid of them by cutting off his ear. Eventually, it is believed he committed suicide by a gun, as of course, in his time, there was no treatment for mental or emotional disorders. Everything you said is true as well.
This is such a beautiful song. I loved the album when it came out in the 70’s.
The early 70's such an amazing time in popular music. I was glad to have been in my early teens during that time. Gives me a place I can go when I need to ground myself even now that I am 63.
I grew up then too! Lots of us Baby Boomers were very lucky to have grown up in the 1960-1970's! Our music was and still is the BEST!
Don McLean with his artistry painted a beautiful visual picture of Vicent. What a amazing "wordsmith".
People don't understand how much heart and technical skill goes into art. Visual and all the arts like music.
Two incredible humans, Vincent Van Gogh and Don McLean. The Starry Starry night painting was on tour and luckily for us stopped at Chicago's Art Institute. My wife took my daughter and the painting brought tears to my daughter. She was a big Van Gogh admirer.
I tear up everytime I hear this song about Vincent Van Gough, there is a book written about his relationship with his brother Theo, and it brings this song into full view (so to speak), the name of the book is Dear Theo, you should consider reading it sometime.
It’s Van Gogh, not Van Gough
Absolutely the most BEAUTIFUL song EVER.♥️ BEAUTIFUL reaction 💗
One of our great story teller songwriters, and one of the greatest modern songs ever written. A triumph.
Well, several decades later it's a stretch to call it modern when the history of recorded musical artists is so short.
So much talent and lyrics. Many do not know what this represents.
This is definitely a classic gem, great great song
This and the BBC live version of American Pie are just amazing!Don is an excellent songwriter and storyteller. What a beautiful tribute to Van Gogh.❤❤❤
The true beauty of Vincent Van Gogh is how he transformed his pain into beauty 😢.
I was 5 or 6,my parents had lots of art books and I’d disappear into his paintings. Starry night, can’t name most others but his colours, the way he slapped on the paint, I just couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
This song is such a beautiful tribute to all lost souls, it speaks deeply to what Van Gogh tried to portray, I’m in my 60s now and still cry every rtme I hear it ❤
That this still resonates is as wonderful as surprising.
Thank you
I used to sing this and other Don McLean songs to my kids. This was their, and my own favorite.
As beautiful as this live version is, the recorded version has wonderful instrumentation that just adds to the beauty and melancholy of the overall song.
Your right Angela... Don Mclean is a great singer and song writer... makes us feel all the emotions of his songs and you are very good and special at understanding all of these types of singers - story tellers... great song and reaction
Angela !!!!!!!
Van Gogh is my favorite painter. His pain was so beautifully poured out on canvas
There are vids of this song with slideshows of Vincent's works. Amazing.
Hearing his song😮 since decades, it still makes my cry immediately
Thank you for your response. My first wife loved Vincent. We went to Holland to see many of his paintings. Seeing his paintings up close is more than moving. The thick paint, the emotion. They came alive for me and had me in tears. Again, thank you.
After 52 years of listening to this, I still get choked up every time I hear it.
One of my all time favorites, I was 7 years old when this came out and my Mom listened to it ALL the time, brings me back to riding in the back seat of her 1967 Falcon with my brother as she sang every word when it came on the radio. How I miss those days.
McLean was a genius... the complexity but flow is astounding.
Love this song. It's a beautiful poem and McLean sings it so simply and soulfully.
The 70's live on --------and on--------THE decade of The Singer--Songwriter. More than any decade before or since, the 70's were that decade. And, this masterpiece is one sterling example of the very best of that part of the music of The 70's. May it long live on ! ----------MJL, 76 y/o
This song is a masterpiece about this great genius and so many overlooked artists, but also about mental illness. Today our cities are spaces for thousands and thousands of these individuals, who too are are discarded and left to live in their tormented worlds where no cares, and they are deftly ignored by the rest of us because they experience a reality that doesn't fit with ours.
Such a beautiful song and Vincent Van Gogh was so unappreciated in his lifetime
He is a great artist! Beautiful song! A very great reaction!
A beautiful song both musically and lyrically. A great reaction too.
the lyric speaks to many of Vincent's paintings. there's a video that displays those he's referencing as he sings that is a beautiful addition to the song imo.
The song "killing me softly with his song" was written after the songwritter saw don mclean play "empty chairs" live,...... You should do "empty chairs" 👍👍
He has a way of bringing a story to life in his music.
I heard Don McLean sing this in the early '70's on my college campus - VERY MOVING. It was a very small venue, but a very enjoyable performance.
He painted Van Gogh's Starry Night with words ... in perfect hue.
Great songs are always timeless. The chord change at 2:57 sets the tone.
Don McLean will NEVER be unappreciated in his lifetime. Thank you Don and thank you Vincent.
Don McLean is a poet.
Really makes you want to view Van Gough's marvelous art again. Don McLean couldn't have sung this so beautifully without having been a believer.
"In colors on the snowy linen land", "reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue", and "weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand".... good stuff!
McLean is one of those rare performers who can move an audience or the listener just with his guitar, his voice and his words. He played a concert at London's Hyde Park in the early '70s for 85,000 people. Just Don with his guitar. It is well known that the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" was written about him and it's an apt tribute. If song lyrics can be considered poetry, his words come as close as anyones. Check out his song "And I Love You So" which is thought by many to be among the greatest love songs.
I enjoyed this song as a child and I am now over the hill at 65 and well i still enjoye it. Your commentary was sweet I saw your heartstrings being tugged on. keep going. lovely Thanks for sharing.
I can listen to this hundreds of times. I hope Vincent knows how much he is loved now.
Beautiful song. Touching. Received.
I think that this is one of the best poetry-songs ever! Don McLean made a Masterpiece! And honoring Vincent van Gogh is so beautiful. He was never appriciated during his too short life. And see how he changed the world after he died. He's one of the few painters whose paintings are worth tens of millions! In the Netherlands is a special VINCENT VAN GOGH MUSEUM. I can recommend a visit to this museum to everyone who comes to thr Netherlands. ❤❤❤
One of all time favorite ballads.., that I seem to appreciate more & more the older I get...Poignant...Still.
Love this song, love this acoustic live version of it, loved your reaction! Thank you Angela, you brightened my day!
Thank you for your lovely reaction. You are absolutely right. Vincent died penniless, yet now his pictures sell for millions. Isn't it ridiculous?
Thanks, DayOne! This is a favorite of mine... I once told my Mom she should hear it, and she thought I might be suicidal - lol! Not everyone "gets it" that it's about Vincent Van Gogh... I appreciate your appreciation and look forward to more of your reactions!
One of the most beautiful songs ever . I can't help but tear up hearing it.
The story and they way he sings it is just amazing.
Thanks for your review !
Beautifully poetic and insightful...great writing here, just great.
The song "Killing Me Softly" was written about Don McLean and crafting of his beautiful lyrics.
Hi Angela,One of the most beautiful, melancholic songs ever written, Thank you Don Mclean this song has never lost it's magic & probably never will... Cheers Jim, UK 💔🌌X
What gets to me about a brilliant artist long gone from this world,and suddenly their work is deemed Priceless.Well
that artist's life was Priceless and worth saving while there was still time.
Depression is hard.Mental illness is hard.
Timeless classic! Glad you are getting to be a part of this incredible artist history of writing great songs and telling wonderful stories!
The thing that moves me the most about Van Gogh, is how he painted pain, and painful moments, with a joyful color and movement. It is pain presented with beauty.
I used to do the Evening Shift 7pm-1am at WCDQ FM in Maine and i ended my show every night with this song
"in ragged clothes" ... I am guessing that this lyric refers to the fact that he created most of his most inspired work while in the asylum, surrounded by others who had such a bad time as he did ... Amazing how someone can be so brilliantly creative in such circumstances ...
Don, a great poet, song-writer and so insightful. I remember when he sang this at the Grammys. The audience was just spellbound. Now if you'd like to feature one of his romantic and light-hearted songs, I can suggest Winterwood. Really breezy and pretty. Thanks for featuring Don and this song.
I've always loved this song. It's so meaningful .. so sad .. yet so beautiful. ❤
Above said very well. Magnificent work in music-almost as magnificent as the painting.
Beautifully haunting,emotional and unforgettable once heard. Don Maclean is a truly great artist. How do you capture Van Gogh's life as a painter and a human who suffered great mental distress. Don Maclean did this. No-one else that for me would of been able to portray the tormented beautiful soul of Vincent Van Gogh. His sacrifice of a tormented gift was mankind's great reaward. Don Maclean has a truly great voice. Listen to his version of Crying, famously wrritten, recorded and peformed by Roy Orbison. It compares to the great Roy Orbison. Don Maclean has it all. Thanks for a great reaction
There is a theory that Vincent Van Gogh had long-term lead poisoning from putting his brushes in his mouth while he was painting, and that was part of what drove him mad, and then you throw in unrequited love, and a sense of failure into the mix it's no wonder that he was a troubled person but his paintings are startling when you see them in person. The paint is caked on the canvas so thick..
One fine classic music arrangement. Poetry in music and will never be repeated in present time.
Da muita emoção vendo ele cantar❤
"Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand"
The finest lyrics ever written.
Such a beautiful, sad, and moving tribute to Vicent Van Gough. It helps make you look at his artwork with new eyes and makes you understand and appreciate it even more. It's been said it was Tupac's favorite song.
A Famous Quote by Vincent Van Gogh... Art is to console those who are broken by life. Its a phrase I keep close to my heart.
One of the most poetic songs ever written !
Your comment about his story telling made me recall that the song Killing Me Softly was written about Don.
I may not have all the facts on this but when Roberta Flack put out her massive hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song," it was supposed to be a tribute to Don McLean singing this song at a performance she attended.
Lori Lieberman was the original singer who attended McLean's concert.
It was actually another singer, I forget her name, but she recorded it first. She never got songwriting credit - she brought the idea to a songwriter and he got sole credit.
@@bjm9071 Thanks for clearing that up for me.
@@kenlieberman4215 Thanks for fleshing out some details.
@@bjm9071 yes, and Roberta Flack heard it on a flight one time and she recorded it, add her own touch, and made millions off of it, as did the _record company_ who collaborated with Lori, and stole the sole songwriting credit.
Good reaction, true on art and music being unappreciated. For me this song sends the message that flowers can be ablaze and the sky can swirl if you let them.
What an amazing live performance. The guy didn't miss a note.
A lot of the verses in this song are describing many of his paintings, not just Starry Night. There is a video on TH-cam that shows you the paintings as he refers to them.Beautifully done! Check it out! Just search for VINCENT until you see a thumbnail with his painting
Gorgeous Song from a brilliant songwriter ❤
A picture in words. Beautiful.
This was Tupacs favorite song. His gf played this for him constantly when he was in the hospital before he died. I was surprised. I never pictured Tupac liking a song like this, but the more I've learned about him, the more I realize he wasn't just a "rapper" ...