Don McLean's Vincent (Starry,Starry Night) Almost all images created by Vincent Van- Gogh. Song by Don McLean I in no way assume any credit for song or images.
For those who may have missed my previous comments. I compiled and uploaded this so I could explain my love of Van-Gogh's art to a dear friend of mine and thought McLean's Stary Stary Night was perfect in helping to explain. The lyrics were strictly for the benefit of my Friend, who's first language is not English.I never imagined it would get so many views and comments. I'm so glad I was able to share.
This song really does help explain why he's so beloved by so many. The first time I heard it, I cried so hard. Thank you for putting the images with the song. Seeing his work with this song makes the lyrics even more powerful.
I remember that scene, when matt smith and Jenna brought van gogh to the present day, and showed him how his art had touched the world...I felt his tears...his inner wonder that he had finally been recognized for the talent he was.... beautiful scene...
I dedicated this song to my Mom. She committed suicide when I was 15, going on 16. She was only 36 years old. She loved to draw, and she was very good at it, but she never thought she was. She lost her Mom to a heart attack, when she was only 11 years old. She had a VERY hard life, and she never thought she was worth anything to anyone. I'm going on 60 now, and I still miss her. I didn't get to grow up with her because my father kidnapped me and my brothers, and the State found out, and they kidnapped us, and put us in different foster homes. This song brings it all back..., it still brings tears to my eyes. You never stop loving the people you truly care about, and nothing ever fills the empty space they leave in your heart. I write poetry, and I wrote a poem many years ago, called Phyllis. Phyllis A wife, a mother, an artist, though never self-proclaimed. She never truly believed that she, should come through life un-mained. The victim of men's lusts and rage, a woman drunk and sorrowed. What thoughts ran through her mind the day, she used the gun she borrowed? As in the song Starry- Starry Night, you "took your life as lovers often do." Phyllis, perhaps the song was right, and "this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." Van Gogh could not have truly seen, such a starry starry night, for just as Phyllis - his eyes were screened, by his agony and fright. What beauty they kept hidden, this sad world will never know. Secret treasures forever buried now, with Phyllis and Van Gogh.
The year was 1981, the place, Amsterdam. I'm inside the Vincent Van Gogh Art Museum, bawling my eyes out, singing this song, over and over again, as I drift past the paintings of this tortured soul. I'm tortured as well. These lyrics captured the bleakness of my life, yet through the torment, I found strength in carry on, despite coming close to the same ending as Van Gogh's. May he rest in eternal peace. May God bless Don McClain...and the tender soul who uploaded this video with lyrics.
@GADCL4 why dont you try painting them yourself cuz I think they are so beautiful and at the time was very advanced and they are also very hard to paint
In my opinion, Don McLean is one of of the most underrated song writers in history, his songs and lyrics so inspired that they will only become recognized for the classics they are in the fullness of time. From "American Pie" to "And I Love You So," even great singers as Roberta Flack sang songs like "Killing Me Softly With His Song" to him, virtual love letters to the brilliance of his music and song. The human body ages, then dies. But rest assured, the brilliance of Don McLean will last through the ages.
this song motivates me when i'm down, i'm bipolar and have depression, and i'm an artist a swell, one poor Vincent van Gogh misunderstood and tortured by the people back then.
My psychiatrist made me listen to this one in a session and loock at the art of Van Gogh...... I was crying and crying....for weeks.... and I still am.. years ago....This lovesong is the most beautiful i have ever heard....It is revealing for a black sheep ......Love from Norway.....
Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue Colors changing hue Morning fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now For they could not love you But still your love was true And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night You took your life, as lovers often do But I could have told you, Vincent This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you Starry, starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch the world and can't forget Like the strangers that you've met The ragged men in the ragged clothes The silver thorn, a bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they're not listening still Perhaps they never will
This is about a man an artist who suffered from mental problems which could be fixed now but not back then. He's my favorite artist since 7 th grade! And his Starry Night is my favorite painting. He gave so much and he got so little, in his too short life. OMG he gave us joy!
yes. 'Ragged Man in Ragged Clothes' brings me right back. Raggedy Man must have visited.. I choose to view that episode as hidden history. it's .. too good not to
"This World was never meant for one as beatiful as you" RIP Vincent Van Gough and Tupac Amaru Shakur 2 men who deserved the world but the world didn't deserve them
A Vietnam Vet with my own "issues" having lost my younger brother a Marine to his "issues" can relate to this on many levels. Thank you Mr McLean for sharing and thank you wysty67
Thank you, Sir. May be, you`re interested. From Germany, with only "School-english" - even it`s easier to write in deutsch. Eine wundervolle Symbiose aus Bild und Ton. wysty67 hat es meisterhaft verstanden, Don McLean´s Song und van Gogh´s Bilder in Kontext zu setzen. Alleine die Farbbeschreibungen im Bildzusammenhang empfinde ich als großartig - zwei große Künstler vereint durch die Kunst der" virtuellen Welt" - welch eine Freude !!! Excuse me, Sir. I feel something like happyness ...That´s it.
I rode a bicycle and pulled a trailer more than 3300 miles to raise awareness about Veteran suicide and for the Native Americans. It took me more than 9 months. Then I found out that I have cancer. I have been in a battle with lymphoma for the past 4 years and now they say I am in remission. I just broke the two bones my leg on the 1st of March. This song makes me think of brother. He committed suicide in 1986. I can still remember the night the police came to tell her they had found his body. I promised her then I would never do such a thing to my family. My brother left his young children to fend for themselves. God knows how much I wish I could just go to sleep and not wake up right now... Thank you for your service brother. I know you have your own demons that try to drag you down. Good luck in the future.
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To everyone suffering with a mental health condition bless you and may you find your own peace This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.. I love you..
Damn, that's my favorite line in the song: This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you" I instantly felt sad and happy at the same time when I heard that.
The song my first love sang to me. He died a year later. I promised him at his deathbed thst I will live life to the fullest and be happy ...do things he couldn't do, love life as much, on his behalf. It was and is still a bitter sweet song for me. I never regret remaining single. To love and lost love is still better than to have never loved at all. Friends said loving a dying guy was madness but my heart is my own to rule. Perhaps that's why I remain single. No one could open the closed door to my heart which I guarded with our memories.
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I was thinking the same thing. He never had an idea that someone would write a beautiful and loving tribute to him and that people would love seeing his art while listening to the song. Sad, but in a way inspiring because you never know who you will affect even long after you are gone.
plymouth, that is a heart breaking thought and i guess depending on what your belief system is, well, i would love to think he DOES know, or at least that thought gives me comfort.
There's a Doctor Who episode when they make Van Gogh travel to the future and visit a museum where his work is being exposed, I know it's not him irl but it is pretty emotive to watch. I think the clip is here on youtube.
That song makes me cry. It reflects so exactly the suffering of Vincent van Gogh. His solitude and his extraordinary vision of people and nature. Thanks for sharing
Yeh they do...because i'm from that period and i just came back now to tell folk... LOOK OUT FOR MESSIAH by HELENA SOFTLEY because it goes on to be a MASSIVE no.1 hit...worldwide.....and it's MELLOW. ...and for another tip...anything by one JASMINE LAMPORT too...you won't regret it..time to time travel out of here...byeeeee!!!!!
OMG, I know, sorry I am.....old..... over 50 but when I was about 12/to-15 i loved this song already, and I could sing along/or cry along ;] every word. I still do not know why it took me soooooo hard back then, but I still love it, and I am glad that next generations will still feel, and appreciate good music/lyrics
I remember hearing this song on the radio as a child... I was maybe 5 or 6. I asked my mother what the lyrics meant. That was the first time anyone ever explained the concept of mental illness to me. What's sad is that even 130 years after Van Gogh's death, some people still don't understand what it is to be mentally sick.
Let no one fool you or tell you otherwise, but very likely all of us have a certain amount of "mental illness". We simply manage to either hide it well or cope with it as best we can.
I knew this song when I was young and I always loved it. Then when I was a teen I made the connection to Vincent Van Gogh and was immediately taken over by his artwork. Then when I was in my 30’s I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and was blown away once again. Now that I’ve lived my life and lost my mum and my wife and so many friends over the years. Some died and some just gone. This song and all his artwork leaves me sullen and full of sorrow for his life more than my own. I live because all the factors had a huge part in my life and it won’t be wasted. 🤟😢
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When I was 6 my dad committed suicide and today is his birthday, so I’m listening to this song. I’m 6 months pregnant and planned on naming my little boy Vincent long before I knew this song existed. In memory of my late Father, in honor of my future son. I love you both.
Hey Rosie! Sending you all the love from a very small part of this planet! I hope you that you get all the love and happiness that you have dreamt of! ♥️
Indeed, never thought much of it to be quite honest in the past, but last year I took an art class and that class (to be more precise my professor) changed my perspective on a lot of things in life. When she explained the life and paintings of van Gogh it's like something finally clicked in me. I could see what effect it had on her and the class as a whole. Now I come to listen to this song every now and then just to be reminded of that special moment.
Is it possible to mourn someone you never met? To weep for a soul you you cannot meet? I think so. Rest in peace, Vincent. You inspired me and so many people to pick up our brushes and pens and create art.
It made me a little sad when I learned that Vincent Van Gogh cut his ear because he was angry at somebody, and when he committed suicide. Even though I didn't know him it makes me feel sad when I listen to this song, but at the same time this song keeps the memories of him alive and represents him as the good artist he was. In elementary school once, we also had an assignment which was to draw the starry night picture.
That's also a major fact about Vincent Van Gogh, that he inspired many people to do artwork. He's a good influence for other artists, and for people who are artistic. The knowledge about famous people, in addition to the memories (including the people who have passed away) lasts on, and remains in the world as a valuable record. RIP Vincent Van Gogh🙏
@@beckster5923 the untold history of his ear.... The official record is he cut it off for the loss of his love... He actually lost it in a duel over a woman, he lost. It was against the law to duel at the time and the punishment was either prison or death, one of the 2.. so to save themselves from the punishment for breaking the law and getting medical attention they came up with the story of him cutting his ear off...
@@stephanierobinette4425 hey it'll be okay. We're all different. We're all struggling. I'm not trying to diminish your struggles, just reminding you that you are indeed not alone. There are plenty of people like you. You just have to find them. I hope you'll be okay. Much love
Don McLean got inspiration for this song after he read a biography about Vincent Van Gogh, and realised he wasn’t a crazy madman as what many assumed him to be at that time, but was someone who was tormented by mental health and was misunderstood. So he wrote this song dedicating Van Gogh.
He was Schitzophrenic, he cut off his ear because he thought he won't be able to hear the voices in his head, any more, and when that didn't work, after a little while, he took his life, his art work was a release valve for him, he was being treated for his mental illness, unfortunately, with no relief. I am sorry, I can't write no more, tears won't stop floating down my face, I just can't... forgive me please 😪❤️✨🌺
You do not have to be Religious to be a Spiritual and Loving Soul, there are many Religious People that hate, and that is the worst lot. This music reminds me of the many LGBTQI + teens that take their lives, because of haters and Bullies, I almost took my life at age 9 because of bullying and abuse.
I always cry every time I hear this song "how he suffered for his sanity". This is a message for us to reach out people who are in distress and hopelessness.
The fact that Don McLean wrote this beautiful song shows what a beautiful soul he was too. Thank you to all those beautiful souls that are not understood. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏻
@@wgrimm88 According the Daily Mail online today. His wife admits that he never touched her or anyone in his family. He has however just disinherited his daughter of 30 million due to her outrageous criticism of him. As Shakespeare said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have an ungrateful child"
As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
I know Don McLean was most famous for American Pie but I think this song is his best. It's just so beautiful at an emotional level (on many levels actually).
Vincent never sold a painting while alive (one “sale” was a token friendly gesture)...his younger brother financially supported his passion which he only developed as an adult...and none of the details and paintings of Vincent’s life would have survived and become treasures of humanity had it not been for the dogged work of a young single mother name Jo who was Vincent’s SIL. When considering his mental illnesses, it’s mind-boggling to think how many opportunities existed for Van Gogh’s art to have never been made or discovered by the world...and yet, here we are, listening to a powerful song about a man whose work moves us like no other...
Yes! SIL tracked down as many pieces as she could though many had been destroyed in part from Vincent's lack of care and his mother THROWING away his old sketchbooks and paintings
Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge and a special thanks to those for sharing your pain and loss.For me I had loved his work since I was 12 and am now 56.I nearly died a month ago of diabetic complications but survived against the odds.I had been sick for a long time and had stopped looking at the beauty in the world and in our lives.This song is such a reminder to do both.Sadness will endure forever but so will love and Vincent's bold work.Love and best wishes to you all.
While he'd had promising art skills from when he was a boy, he only starting being "an artist" seriously for 10 years. All he'd have had to do is hold out another 5, and he'd have done fine. That's the rule of overnight successes, that they typically take 10+ years.
+John 13 - I think he was way ahead of his time. Europeans were still too connected to Impressionism to accept the change, (post Impressionism) that Van Goch proposed. This is what I think.
+Fatima Mensen-Potter You are well versed in ART but in my opinion He was just mentally ill and absence (that wicked liquor) along with paint chemicals pushed him over the edge. Yeah he was there during the Impressionist Movement but as a poor man I don't think it had a major impact on his life-except for certain techniques and maybe a nudge .Aloha my Art friend and belated Happy New Year
This song holds such a powerful message for those suffering from mental illness. Because these are usually the kindest, sweetest and truest among us. They are gifted, many artfully or musically and their works are an expression of the love they hold inside. Like Vincent they too struggle to live in this tough world. Please remember to be kind.
Vincent .. refused to see his married brother.. sometimes.. for freedom and joy... gravity was somehow nightmare. lets see .. the moment we get to understand dark matter.
I listen in memory of my mother who “suffered for her own sanity.” She was depressed since childhood, but never let it show growing up to my brother and I. Unfortunately, she was the black sheep of her family. Never truly valued by her side of the family to the extent of being deeply betrayed. The most beautiful soul to grace Earth. I wish she never hurt- I tried to take the pain away. She ended up taking her life through the bottle. The lyrics speak true. This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you. Love you Mommy. ❤️
Being lonely on this earth. Being lonely with even loved ones around. To not be heard when you say something revealing deep pain. As sanity departs, silence sets. Now pleasenant to seat no guests. Lonely and alone complete, no bother to be heard. Silence
As a kid, I remember my grandpa played this on a cassette player and I saw a faraway look on his eyes. I asked him what he was thinking as he listened to this song. He said "When you grow up and have as much memories as I do you will listen to these kinds of songs and think of friends and family that are gone". Now as a 42 yr old father his words come back and have more meaning. RIP Grandfather Ricardo I will see you again in better times.
As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
So sad, Im always ctying listening to this song , watcing many many of Vincent paintings, Guess its my life.... T... Norway... The potatoes eaters, and the raggid men in ragged, ragged clothes....Nobody realy cares.... Love from Norway....There is not many who understand.... Love to Mc Lean for giving this beautilul song, with his tribute to Vincent......
@@torhildulvestad4599 A wonderful song indeed, I hope you will like my 2020 version here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK.
This song really hurts. Both my brother and father committed suicide due to depression. My brother was a painter and a teacher for special needs children. He painted starry night on a canvas just days before he left this world. The only thing that keeps me going is that I know I will see them again one day when the time is up for me. So I will live my life to the fullest ❤️
I was fortunate enough to meet Don McLean once when I was 18. I asked him about this song, he replied it was self-explanatory and you either "got" Vincent's work or you didn't. In the subsequent decades I've traveled far and wide and been privileged to see Vincent's work in so many museums and galleries and understand that was perfect reply. There are many artists in this world I both love and respect but none as much as Vincent.
Absolutely , as an artist of sorts , and a liver of life , the trials , and tribulations of man kind , take their towel , living , and passing on , becomes a fine line of the inner struggle , perception , is the outside looking in , reality , is the inside looking out , behind the shadow , yet that shadow is mystery , until met .
my dad used to sing 'paint your palette blue and grey' so happily, so for his funeral I searched and found this song and listened to it over and over and over. I love you dad, and wherever you are I hope you know the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. thank you for the kind messages, they mean the world x
May your father forever rest in peace. One day, but not today, you shall join him. Until then, cherish your memories together. With my sincerest condolences.
"But I could have told you, Vincent This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you..." -------------------------- This part broke my heart into million small pieces... 💔💔💔
Sad, using my husbands phone, his name, but he passed away and still can't stop using his phone. He had ALS. I always have loved this song. He was too beautiful for this world. Plus it's the holidays, and I just needed a good lonely cry I guess. This song captures and unites a lot of us. Beth. 12/22/2020
Sorry to hear of you loss Beth. I hope my version of this wonderful song can bring back lovely memories for you. It's here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK.
Fun fact about this song: This song was Tupac's favorite song, and as he was fatally wounded he told his girlfriend that he wanted this song to be the last song he listens to.
@@showmethem5ney "Irish crooner Brian Kennedy sang it at George Best’s funeral and gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur loved it so much that, after he was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting in 1996, his girlfriend slipped it into the tape deck beside his hospital bed to ensure it was the last thing he heard." - Telegraph
Today is Vincent's birthday. I first heard this song in my teens and loved the song but wondered who Vincent was. Once I learned the meaning of the song as it relates to Van Gogh's life, I vowed to someday see his paintings in person. Visiting the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam a few years ago, I had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat and as I walked through, I felt such a beautiful sadness. My girlfriend who loved to draw and sketch recently committed suicide and now I have an ever deeper understanding of what he was trying to say to me and yes, even more sadness.
@Harry B. I'm so sorry to hear of your tragic loss. And, if there is something after this mortal coil, then I hope Vincent has sought her out. May her memory be eternal. You stay strong and look after yourself. Big hug....🥰
i like the song very much, i love paintings as well , i never thought the paintings and the sadness in the song , are meant for the artist vincent.i also love to sketch and paint, specially if im overwhelm by sadness, i wish i can paint when happy, but my hands can do so much if im full of sorrow. ..
I am weeping for you both. I wish 'sorry' was a big enough word to convey how deeply I feel for you both. Sincere condolences and most heartfelt wishes of comfort.
I don't know why but Vincent Van Gogh has this inexplicable connection to my heart, its like feeling a terrible heartache for someone who you don't even know, an unkown pain
Save for the bloody rose in the snow; I would'nt know any of Van Gogh's works, but equally impressive is the mastery of this artist who describes him, Don McLain.Agreed?
Watch his paintings, read books about Vincent, watch the paintings again, talk to people with sanity problems, watch the paintings again, talk to painters and artists, watch the paintings again. You will see more and more each time.
@@comeacross9, That`s a common prejudice : if you`re in classical music then you`re a genius and if you`re in popular music then you`re just an entertainer. It`s a simple matter of opinion or taste, like the fact that I consider Bach morbid. I prefer Beethoven or Mozart.
mad hanger, I actually survived a serious suicide attempt. The woman who pushed me over the edge alerted the emergency services and they got me into hospital but sadly I’m not and will never be the happy person that I was before before my attempt. I would never do it again but surviving a suicide attempt is not funny. Looking back on it, There was no way out of my misery and I could not see any future in my life and I’ve ended up with mental anguish ever since and I would never ever trust a woman again. This song will forever take me back to those black days but I can actually listen to it.
This song holds a tragic story. I know from time to time we all feel unwanted. I think Vincent just wanted to be loved and heard. The paintings are as beautiful as the man behind the paintbrush. I hope Vincent has found peace.
What a wonderful way to give your thoughts Vincent is has and always will be my hero Lost my mum 3 weeks ago she loved this So no more family on the island I'm alone oh it's hard So yes we all need love and our voices need to be heard Thankyou for yours and for reading mine Jenny 😊
@@standup2982 Thank you so much ,I do appreciate your kindness I'm sure I will get to a better place in life I live in Guernsey .its a beautiful place to call home Once again many thanks for the reply Jenny🌹💐
This song was played at my grandads funeral. He loved long walks, trees, and dogs. He’s the reason i love the outdoors. I’ll miss him more than he will ever know and he isn’t suffering any longer and i can find comfort in his relief of passing on. Cancer is the worst, i miss you grandpa ❤️
I can’t understand why I miss Vincent so much, and I didn’t even met him. But I wish I could have been there for him and let him know that he was not alone.
It is amazing how you don’t realize the greatest things in life until you are older. I love the song. Vincent’s paintings are exquisite. All of them have a story. Thank you Don for celebrating Vincent’s life this way. It is moving and heartbreaking at the same time.
As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
Listening to this now, I realize there were so many like Vincent, whose beautiful souls we rarely notice, more often than not reject, people who would love true, but we closed our eyes and hearts to. Vincent Van Gogh's paintings transcends time of things we took for granted, ignored if you will, where we saw nothing he saw what's good and been grateful by letting them shine in his paintings. Despite the world closing on him. This is just me suddenly having an epiphany on his paintings and in this song.
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This brings tears to my eyes every time. I think Don McLean is a true artist, not celebrated enough. This song was my husband's favourite, we listened to it together so many times. He passed away a couple of months ago so I listened to it now as often as I can in the hope that he can hear it too
I was walking in Rome, this beautiful, ancient and poetic city, at night, and heard this magnificient song played through a window, in one of these dark, small, hidden alleys. It was a very magical experience
@@brushfuller330 excuse me, english isn't my native language? What are you so angry about? Maybe we could speak german or french, I'd certainly express myself better, but would you understand me? Stop trying to be Holden Caulfield please, not everything needs to be considered "phony"... hope your day gets better though.
The tenderness in Don McClean’s voice just adds the touch to this beautifully written song. Caressing words that could soothe a lonely listener who is also standing on the edge in contemplation.
My brother, a minister, died by suicide in 1996. He was concieved before our parents were married. They did their best to hide that fact from everyone. My mother had a lot of shame about it. While never openly discussed, he knew. We all knew. He was in a loveless marriage when he died. In his suicide note he said, " I never felt like I belonged". He was a kind a gentle soul. Hated guns but bought one and shot himself in the heart. That's where all of his pain was concentrated. I miss him still.
Can't stop crying after reading this😢 such an emotional song for so many for so many reasons, may we all find release and comfort listening to it every now and then xx.
I lost my brother to suicide, carbon monoxide poisoning, my sister jumped out of a building in Germany after getting married and then my nephew drove his truck into a tree and just found out my sons biological Dad hung himself. I cannot take anymore saddness like these tragedies anymore! My son struggles and I've been fighting for him to live this life... HIS life!!! This world scares my 23 year old son. Same age my brother and sister were.This song makes me weep but it's also therapy for my soul, makes me stronger in this fight. How can suicide be selfish as some have said. I disagree. They're ill in their minds, in their thoughts. Thinking theres no one who cares no one to turn to. They don't want to burden anyone anymore, in their minds they are thinking this is the answer. Feelings of shame and despair. Life IS beautiful, some days can be so tough to get thru. Reach out, call someone, talk to a stranger, help others in THEIR struggles, it'll help you feel better. Dont quit, don't give in, you deserve all this life has for you. There IS a reason for you here. Rest in peace Danny, Aubrey, Preston, and Gary. ❤❤❤❤
Did you know Don McLean recorded this in one take, playing and singing at the same time? As a musician this blows my mind! What an artist. What a song! Thank you Don McLean!
He was due to appear at Newcastle City Hall but there was a problem with the lighting or something so he sat on the stage and sang! A real artist and a genuine guy.
this composition of words, music and visuals of the master painter are almost oo much to bear. I have been crying every time I replay it because I finally understand what he is trying to say to me….
@@alexckelly1 After watching the video, I started searching for that painting too. Found that it isn't a Van Gogh but by Jozef Rulof, a medium who claimed that he painted this whilst channelling Van Gogh's spirit... Anyway, it's called The Path of Life. Just in case you hadn't found an answer to the question above for yourself.
I am in tears watching and listening this morning, Ive heard this song so many times but never let it enter my spirit like today. I have been to the brink a few times. Thankfully I am still here. I'm crying for those who have never felt loved and understood. Its a painful loneliness that some find unbearable. Thank you for posting,
Its also painful when you know your loved but you cant feel it... that deep empty loneliness... its a different kind of pain to be sure. There it is again, that funny feelin. That funny fee-eelin.
I understand all too well this pain. Like someone said earlier, you can hear Don McLean’s soul was in this song. Very few truly know the feeling. Don captured it so beautifully. I never get through this song without breaking down. God bless those who are prisoners of their own minds.
As somone who suffers pretty bad from depression, this song speaks to me on a level very few can understand. And always makes me cry, like buckets. Its like finding someone who understands you for all your faults and gifts
This was Tupacs favorite song of all time, it was the last song he heard on his deathbed. We all certainly have some sort of connection with it that’s for sure
We lost our son from depression. But then, about 14 years later, he spoke to our daughter and reached out to me as well. We know he's happy where he is and feel Blessed that God would allow this. Gives us all Hope.
For those who may have missed my previous comments. I compiled and uploaded this so I could explain my love of Van-Gogh's art to a dear friend of mine and thought McLean's Stary Stary Night was perfect in helping to explain. The lyrics were strictly for the benefit of my Friend, who's first language is not English.I never imagined it would get so many views and comments. I'm so glad I was able to share.
One of the best ballads of the rock era, and very tough to hear.
Brill - superb upload
This song really does help explain why he's so beloved by so many. The first time I heard it, I cried so hard. Thank you for putting the images with the song. Seeing his work with this song makes the lyrics even more powerful.
I remember that scene, when matt smith and Jenna brought van gogh to the present day, and showed him how his art had touched the world...I felt his tears...his inner wonder that he had finally been recognized for the talent he was.... beautiful scene...
@ Dawn Hancock Just in tears
I dedicated this song to my Mom. She committed suicide when I was 15, going on 16. She was only 36 years old. She loved to draw, and she was very good at it, but she never thought she was. She lost her Mom to a heart attack, when she was only 11 years old. She had a VERY hard life, and she never thought she was worth anything to anyone. I'm going on 60 now, and I still miss her. I didn't get to grow up with her because my father kidnapped me and my brothers, and the State found out, and they kidnapped us, and put us in different foster homes. This song brings it all back..., it still brings tears to my eyes. You never stop loving the people you truly care about, and nothing ever fills the empty space they leave in your heart. I write poetry, and I wrote a poem many years ago, called Phyllis.
Phyllis
A wife, a mother, an artist,
though never self-proclaimed.
She never truly believed that she,
should come through life un-mained.
The victim of men's lusts and rage,
a woman drunk and sorrowed.
What thoughts ran through her mind the day,
she used the gun she borrowed?
As in the song Starry- Starry Night,
you "took your life as lovers often do."
Phyllis, perhaps the song was right,
and "this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."
Van Gogh could not have truly seen,
such a starry starry night,
for just as Phyllis -
his eyes were screened, by his agony and fright.
What beauty they kept hidden,
this sad world will never know.
Secret treasures forever buried now,
with Phyllis and Van Gogh.
I'm so Sorry, Really Sorry :(
Sarah. That is a heavy burden for you to bare. 😩😢
So sorry for your loss. I liked your poem very much.
I...just...😔🥀
Love never dies and if we have love in our hearts.....we are blessed: best wishes
The year was 1981, the place, Amsterdam. I'm inside the Vincent Van Gogh Art Museum, bawling my eyes out, singing this song, over and over again, as I drift past the paintings of this tortured soul. I'm tortured as well. These lyrics captured the bleakness of my life, yet through the torment, I found strength in carry on, despite coming close to the same ending as Van Gogh's. May he rest in eternal peace. May God bless Don McClain...and the tender soul who uploaded this video with lyrics.
I hope you are doing better by God's grace. We often cannot see past the mountain, but there IS a bright sight behind the mountain.
I truly hope you found happiness and peace in your soul. Many of us struggle. I feel you.
Much, much love,
“Sadness will last forever” -Vincent’s last word before he died.
Reach out to me if you need someone to talk to and has understood the dnots.
Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings in his lifetime.
The combined worth of all his surviving works today is approximately $10 billion.
Cunts
@GADCL4 why dont you try painting them yourself cuz I think they are so beautiful and at the time was very advanced and they are also very hard to paint
He lived in abject poverty and a Doctor got much of his work.
@GADCL4 maybe your taste in art is so terrible you consider a beginner's drawing of a horse to be very good and advanced
@GADCL4 plus the song was about Vincent Van Gogh
In my opinion, Don McLean is one of of the most underrated song writers in history, his songs and lyrics so inspired that they will only become recognized for the classics they are in the fullness of time. From "American Pie" to "And I Love You So," even great singers as Roberta Flack sang songs like "Killing Me Softly With His Song" to him, virtual love letters to the brilliance of his music and song. The human body ages, then dies. But rest assured, the brilliance of Don McLean will last through the ages.
So true...
as Lori Lieberman***
he was a poet......the musical version of Norman Rockwell
@@ramptower7487
Nice analogy...
tiffsaver I agree, and on top of all that, his voice is so beautiful! And his heart comes through in the recordings.
this song motivates me when i'm down, i'm bipolar and have depression, and i'm an artist a swell, one poor Vincent van Gogh misunderstood and tortured by the people back then.
Stay strong, This too shall pass.
💫🦋❤
@MJ 23 Thank you,
it's glad seeing other people relating on the same situation as me.
Take care Christine you can get through this
@vh4m v: beautiful name
My psychiatrist made me listen to this one in a session and loock at the art of Van Gogh...... I was crying and crying....for weeks.... and I still am.. years ago....This lovesong is the most beautiful i have ever heard....It is revealing for a black sheep ......Love from Norway.....
Don McLean Masterpiece .... Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh ...!!!
Lovely melody !
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in the ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
o Miranda o { thank you.....} sure you deserve bliss & blest.....
@@gokosano indeed my friend, that she does
why would you put lyrics here its a lyric video you spazz
@@AK-ms8xt lolollolololol brilliant . oh fukkkkk that made me laugh. ty
Thanks Miranda,I appreciate that
This is about a man an artist who suffered from mental problems which could be fixed now but not back then. He's my favorite artist since
7 th grade! And his Starry Night is my favorite painting. He gave so much and he got so little, in his too short life. OMG he gave us joy!
So true Joan , he sold one painting while alive , deep depression makes death a wish , trust me
Featured in a Dr Who episode believe it or not.
yes. 'Ragged Man in Ragged Clothes' brings me right back.
Raggedy Man must have visited.. I choose to view that episode as hidden history. it's .. too good not to
Mental Issues can be fixed now? The overwhelming majority of them aren't.
felisidades a todos
This song still gets to me.if you know the story of Vincent Van Gogh you realize the brilliance of this song
"This World was never meant for one as beatiful as you" RIP Vincent Van Gough and Tupac Amaru Shakur 2 men who deserved the world but the world didn't deserve them
A Vietnam Vet with my own "issues" having lost my younger brother a Marine to his "issues" can relate to this on many levels. Thank you Mr McLean for sharing and thank you wysty67
thank you for your service and welcome home, sir. god bless you and your brother.❤️
Thank you, Sir. May be, you`re interested. From Germany, with only "School-english" - even it`s easier to write in deutsch. Eine wundervolle Symbiose aus Bild und Ton. wysty67 hat es meisterhaft verstanden, Don McLean´s Song und van Gogh´s Bilder in Kontext zu setzen. Alleine die Farbbeschreibungen im Bildzusammenhang empfinde ich als großartig - zwei große Künstler vereint durch die Kunst der" virtuellen Welt" - welch eine Freude !!! Excuse me, Sir. I feel something like happyness ...That´s it.
Keep going. All you can do. Dont give up and let the ugliest hell you saw win. Read Psalm 91💜
I rode a bicycle and pulled a trailer more than 3300 miles to raise awareness about Veteran suicide and for the Native Americans. It took me more than 9 months. Then I found out that I have cancer. I have been in a battle with lymphoma for the past 4 years and now they say I am in remission. I just broke the two bones my leg on the 1st of March. This song makes me think of brother. He committed suicide in 1986. I can still remember the night the police came to tell her they had found his body. I promised her then I would never do such a thing to my family. My brother left his young children to fend for themselves. God knows how much I wish I could just go to sleep and not wake up right now...
Thank you for your service brother. I know you have your own demons that try to drag you down. Good luck in the future.
@@jefferywilson7977 Sorry to hear. Thanks for serving our country. "IF LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED HIM, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE DIED!"
After acharya prashant
Same❤
Same❤
same
Sheer perfection. Melody, lyrics,, and Van Gogh's paintings.
Hello 👋 dabreu
How’re you doing.
Thanks for this comment, I'm nothing without fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness
It's nice meeting you here.
To everyone suffering with a mental health condition bless you and may you find your own peace
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you..
I love you..
Damn, that's my favorite line in the song: This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you" I instantly felt sad and happy at the same time when I heard that.
Thank you so much. I love you!
You are very kind, and thank you.
is it true?
Yousef Ghaneemah was it like. you know, fake news and a cover up to sell more art?
The song my first love sang to me. He died a year later. I promised him at his deathbed thst I will live life to the fullest and be happy ...do things he couldn't do, love life as much, on his behalf. It was and is still a bitter sweet song for me. I never regret remaining single. To love and lost love is still better than to have never loved at all. Friends said loving a dying guy was madness but my heart is my own to rule. Perhaps that's why I remain single. No one could open the closed door to my heart which I guarded with our memories.
Sally Lim : Your Comment is what True Love is all about and to know True Love is one of the most Amazing things in this World full of hate and Greed,... Peace and Best Wishes To You.
I wish you will find love again, live life to the fullest as you promised your dear departed.
True love is that no one can replace it. Hug you!
Very sad that he died not knowing how famous he would truly become
I was thinking the same thing. He never had an idea that someone would write a beautiful and loving tribute to him and that people would love seeing his art while listening to the song. Sad, but in a way inspiring because you never know who you will affect even long after you are gone.
Lin Em - precisely!
Plymouth Sadly very true😢😢😢
plymouth, that is a heart breaking thought and i guess depending on what your belief system is, well, i would love to think he DOES know, or at least that thought gives me comfort.
There's a Doctor Who episode when they make Van Gogh travel to the future and visit a museum where his work is being exposed, I know it's not him irl but it is pretty emotive to watch. I think the clip is here on youtube.
That song makes me cry. It reflects so exactly the suffering of Vincent van Gogh. His solitude and his extraordinary vision of people and nature. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing. So beautiful. Heartfelt. Like Vincent's art ❤
Tupacs wife played this song to Tupac when he was dying in hospital on September, 13 1996 😔🙏
Could also be the last song or sound he ever heard! RIP 2pac
At least he went in peace
I was not his wife, he was not married at the time. His girlfriend Kidad Jones that had it played for him. It was his favorite song.
Yeah that brought me here it's quite a beutiful song.
Sad
Perfect masterpiece to accompany Vincent's famous work. "Now i understand, what you tried to say to me..." deep. ❤😢❤
its freaking 2018 but im here crying over this beautiful & meaningful song
Anivie Redillas Yes it is freaking 2018. People will know this song in 3018 enchala.
sup nerds from the future to tell you that humans kinda dont survive 3018
OHHHH YESSSSS!!!!!
Yeh they do...because i'm from that period and i just came back now to tell folk...
LOOK OUT FOR MESSIAH by HELENA SOFTLEY because it goes on to be a MASSIVE no.1 hit...worldwide.....and it's MELLOW.
...and for another tip...anything by one JASMINE LAMPORT too...you won't regret it..time to time travel out of here...byeeeee!!!!!
OMG, I know, sorry I am.....old..... over 50 but when I was about 12/to-15 i loved this song already, and I could sing along/or cry along ;] every word. I still do not know why it took me soooooo hard back then, but I still love it, and I am glad that next generations will still feel, and appreciate good music/lyrics
I remember hearing this song on the radio as a child... I was maybe 5 or 6. I asked my mother what the lyrics meant. That was the first time anyone ever explained the concept of mental illness to me.
What's sad is that even 130 years after Van Gogh's death, some people still don't understand what it is to be mentally sick.
Let no one fool you or tell you otherwise, but very likely all of us have a certain amount of "mental illness". We simply manage to either hide it well or cope with it as best we can.
6 years ago this help me from dark place.
Hope it will now too.👃
This has got to be one to the most beautiful videos on TH-cam. Thank you Vincent.
Me too.
Nestor123057
Many old songs are more beautiful than now, not only melody but also words
I knew this song when I was young and I always loved it. Then when I was a teen I made the connection to Vincent Van Gogh and was immediately taken over by his artwork. Then when I was in my 30’s I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and was blown away once again. Now that I’ve lived my life and lost my mum and my wife and so many friends over the years. Some died and some just gone. This song and all his artwork leaves me sullen and full of sorrow for his life more than my own. I live because all the factors had a huge part in my life and it won’t be wasted. 🤟😢
Happy birthday to your dad ❤❤❤❤❤they are always there ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I can't express how this touched me thank you for making this 💯😎❤️
Hello 👋 charlis
How’re you doing.
Thanks for this comment, I'm nothing without fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness
It's nice meeting you here.
Beautiful wordsmith of the beautiful art of Vincent's life.
When I was 6 my dad committed suicide and today is his birthday, so I’m listening to this song. I’m 6 months pregnant and planned on naming my little boy Vincent long before I knew this song existed. In memory of my late Father, in honor of my future son. I love you both.
Rose I'm sure the pain ur dad felt wasn't to hurt u rip, hope all go's well with baby
Rosie sorry
Sending love ❤️
What beautiful words gobless him and god bless you.x
Hey Rosie! Sending you all the love from a very small part of this planet! I hope you that you get all the love and happiness that you have dreamt of! ♥️
this is not a song,THIS IS A MASTERPIECE.
Came here because of Van Gogh from Dr Who. In the comment says starry starry night. The background was his paintings.
It's a song that's a masterpiece.
Just like his paintings. 😭
An audible painting
my favorite song of all time. the lyrics touch my soul like no other song has. truly a beautiful masterpiece.
True that
Next to 'Smile' (by Chaplin) by Nat King Cole.
Don McLean's version is the standard. You might like my version too. It's here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK.
Indeed, never thought much of it to be quite honest in the past, but last year I took an art class and that class (to be more precise my professor) changed my perspective on a lot of things in life. When she explained the life and paintings of van Gogh it's like something finally clicked in me. I could see what effect it had on her and the class as a whole. Now I come to listen to this song every now and then just to be reminded of that special moment.
That’s high praise from ambition, but the song can never get enough high praise
Is it possible to mourn someone you never met? To weep for a soul you you cannot meet? I think so. Rest in peace, Vincent. You inspired me and so many people to pick up our brushes and pens and create art.
Look at his art, try to understand, if it brings a feeling to you then you've net part of the man.
It made me a little sad when I learned that Vincent Van Gogh cut his ear because he was angry at somebody, and when he committed suicide.
Even though I didn't know him it makes me feel sad when I listen to this song, but at the same time this song keeps the memories of him alive and represents him as the good artist he was. In elementary school once, we also had an assignment which was to draw the starry night picture.
That's also a major fact about Vincent Van Gogh, that he inspired many people to do artwork. He's a good influence for other artists, and for people who are artistic.
The knowledge about famous people, in addition to the memories (including the people who have passed away) lasts on, and remains in the world as a valuable record. RIP Vincent Van Gogh🙏
@@ericmelson6314Love this. ❤
@@beckster5923 the untold history of his ear....
The official record is he cut it off for the loss of his love...
He actually lost it in a duel over a woman, he lost. It was against the law to duel at the time and the punishment was either prison or death, one of the 2.. so to save themselves from the punishment for breaking the law and getting medical attention they came up with the story of him cutting his ear off...
Possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written, about one of the most beautiful artists who ever lived.
Well said.
Absolutely.
Agreed.
I'll be the odd one n, say: Overkill by men at work..
@@frankt285 i don’t understand
"This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you" just knocks everything out of me no matter how many times I hear it.
It is rivalled only by Harry Styles - Falling -' I get the feeling that you'll never need me again'. Very sad 😔
same :(
Yes. And it is the way I feel as well. I don't belong here.just so different. And yes. * people will not listen *
Her beauty came through you❣️
@@stephanierobinette4425 hey it'll be okay. We're all different. We're all struggling. I'm not trying to diminish your struggles, just reminding you that you are indeed not alone. There are plenty of people like you. You just have to find them. I hope you'll be okay. Much love
Don McLean got inspiration for this song after he read a biography about Vincent Van Gogh, and realised he wasn’t a crazy madman as what many assumed him to be at that time, but was someone who was tormented by mental health and was misunderstood. So he wrote this song dedicating Van Gogh.
Brilliant nod to him from Don, I think it captures his essence
I never knew this song was about Vincent before seeing this video.
He was Schitzophrenic, he cut off his ear because he thought he won't be able to hear the voices in his head, any more, and when that didn't work, after a little while, he took his life, his art work was a release valve for him, he was being treated for his mental illness, unfortunately, with no relief. I am sorry, I can't write no more, tears won't stop floating down my face, I just can't... forgive me please 😪❤️✨🌺
Vincent was a very lovely man. Society was the crazy ones .
Beautiful and sad at the same time🥺
Not a religious person, but I sincerely hope that the love in this beautiful song reached Vincent somehow, somewhere.
You do not have to be Religious to be a Spiritual and Loving Soul, there are many Religious People that hate, and that is the worst lot.
This music reminds me of the many LGBTQI + teens that take their lives, because of haters and Bullies, I almost took my life at age 9 because of bullying and abuse.
@@carminemurphy4836 I'm so sorry that you went through all of that. We aren't broken people. We deserve to love who we want to love!
@@carminemurphy4836 carmine... the devil is 'spiritual';
Was that necessary Bob?
LMAO LOL 😂
I always cry every time I hear this song "how he suffered for his sanity". This is a message for us to reach out people who are in distress and hopelessness.
Amen
LMAOO IMAGINE DOODOO
@ little one.... U mean ppl like me?
Ya your right❤
@@kaleysykes626 😊
The fact that Don McLean wrote this beautiful song shows what a beautiful soul he was too.
Thank you to all those beautiful souls that are not understood.
Thanks for sharing.
🙏🏻
He’s still alive.
He’s a wife beater
very well-said
@@wgrimm88 According the Daily Mail online today. His wife admits that he never touched her or anyone in his family. He has however just disinherited his daughter of 30 million due to her outrageous criticism of him. As Shakespeare said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have an ungrateful child"
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My dad committed suicide when I was 30. Even though it's been 36 years, I still mourn that loss. This song makes me cry. Every. Time.
Awwwww 🥰 your comment so heart warming and touching. Nice reading your comment, how are you doing..
Keep strong beth he will know you are
huge hugs to you, be well in mind, body and spirit!!
Sorry for your loss! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
A loss like that will affect people the rest of their lives. My condolences.
Aacharya prashant?
I cried for someone that i never even met. This song is beautiful
As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
we're the same 😢
@@loislaine1048 this is Clark Kent we are all the same. I am the Walrus
that is
so
sweet
Grow up and get back to call of duty
I know Don McLean was most famous for American Pie but I think this song is his best. It's just so beautiful at an emotional level (on many levels actually).
I agree...American Pie was great,but " Starry Starry Night " is timeless !
This song is actually Don McLean's first number one hit.
I agree.
Yes, his BEST
He also wrote a song called "Empty Chairs" after looking at Van Gogh's painting Empty Chair.
Vincent never sold a painting while alive (one “sale” was a token friendly gesture)...his younger brother financially supported his passion which he only developed as an adult...and none of the details and paintings of Vincent’s life would have survived and become treasures of humanity had it not been for the dogged work of a young single mother name Jo who was Vincent’s SIL.
When considering his mental illnesses, it’s mind-boggling to think how many opportunities existed for Van Gogh’s art to have never been made or discovered by the world...and yet, here we are, listening to a powerful song about a man whose work moves us like no other...
This made me cry to read. Poor Vincent.
Tím Roth..
It's shame that he didn't being nominated fór Oscar fór role of Vincent
Yes! SIL tracked down as many pieces as she could though many had been destroyed in part from Vincent's lack of care and his mother THROWING away his old sketchbooks and paintings
Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge and a special thanks to those for sharing your pain and loss.For me I had loved his work since I was 12 and am now 56.I nearly died a month ago of diabetic complications but survived against the odds.I had been sick for a long time and had stopped looking at the beauty in the world and in our lives.This song is such a reminder to do both.Sadness will endure forever but so will love and Vincent's bold work.Love and best wishes to you all.
While he'd had promising art skills from when he was a boy, he only starting being "an artist" seriously for 10 years. All he'd have had to do is hold out another 5, and he'd have done fine. That's the rule of overnight successes, that they typically take 10+ years.
it is sad that one has to die before they are loved are appreciated.
+John 13 yeah.. I agree
+John 13 so true x
+John 13 You should listen to "Fruit Tree" by Nick Drake. It's another beautiful song on that subject.
+John 13 - I think he was way ahead of his time. Europeans were still too connected to Impressionism to accept the change, (post Impressionism) that Van Goch proposed. This is what I think.
+Fatima Mensen-Potter You are well versed in ART but in my opinion He was just mentally ill and absence (that wicked liquor) along with paint chemicals pushed him over the edge. Yeah he was there during the Impressionist Movement but as a poor man I don't think it had a major impact on his life-except for certain techniques and maybe a nudge .Aloha my Art friend and belated Happy New Year
acharya prashant like present
yes present 🙋🏻♂️😂
This song holds such a powerful message for those suffering from mental illness. Because these are usually the kindest, sweetest and truest among us. They are gifted, many artfully or musically and their works are an expression of the love they hold inside. Like Vincent they too struggle to live in this tough world. Please remember to be kind.
Hello Diana, How are you doing?
I will bro
To be kind always.
well said and true
Indeed
Does anyone else come close to weeping when they hear this? It's painfully beautiful.
Poignant and full of deep meaning Relates to my life.Who listens-people suffer because people are not listening
right on. u put in words what we can't touch.. but hugs my friend . November Rain, Gunns n roses is on time and fun to listen too
indeed. u r r8
Vincent .. refused to see his married brother.. sometimes.. for freedom and joy... gravity was somehow nightmare. lets see .. the moment we get to understand dark matter.
It is beautiful but weeping? I don't think so.
Acharya Prashant Is Always On Top
My favourite song. Ever.
Soul food
mine too
For Pinworms yes
Got to see Don sing this live, so Beautiful brought me to tears.
It is a beautiful song...
Mine too.
I hope that if there's an afterlife, Van Gogh knows how much everyone loves his art now.
You should watch Doctor Who. Just one episode. Vincent meets the Doctor. You will bawl. 😭
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@@vikingbaguettebratwurst8619 Most tearjerking scene ever.
Josh Smith I agree.
There is a life when we leave this one. God loves all people.
I listen in memory of my mother who “suffered for her own sanity.” She was depressed since childhood, but never let it show growing up to my brother and I. Unfortunately, she was the black sheep of her family. Never truly valued by her side of the family to the extent of being deeply betrayed. The most beautiful soul to grace Earth. I wish she never hurt- I tried to take the pain away. She ended up taking her life through the bottle. The lyrics speak true. This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you. Love you Mommy. ❤️
Being lonely on this earth. Being lonely with even loved ones around. To not be heard when you say something revealing deep pain. As sanity departs, silence sets. Now pleasenant to seat no guests. Lonely and alone complete, no bother to be heard. Silence
A wonderful tribute to your Mum,. obviously you loved her much, and I encourage you now to show that love to others, especially your own family.
I am sure you do, I felt your tribute......Im just trying to be encouraging.
So so sorry!
so sad🥺🥺
As a kid, I remember my grandpa played this on a cassette player and I saw a faraway look on his eyes.
I asked him what he was thinking as he listened to this song. He said "When you grow up and have as much memories as I do you will
listen to these kinds of songs and think of friends and family that are gone". Now as a 42 yr old father his words come back and have more meaning. RIP Grandfather Ricardo I will see you again in better times.
God bless man, that was beautiful ❤
:'(
Thanx for sharing this beautiful tale Alvin.. I'm definite you'll see him in better times..
A smart man.
The best song ever made following American pie the greatest Scottish artists off all time x
To everyone suffering with a mental health condition bless you and may you find your own peace
there is always a light at the end of the tunnel
Amen.
MultiAndrew1971 thank you.
MultiAndrew1971
Thank you
Thank you 💚
" but I could have told you Vincent , this world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you "
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As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
So sad, Im always ctying listening to this song , watcing many many of Vincent paintings, Guess its my life.... T... Norway... The potatoes eaters, and the raggid men in ragged, ragged clothes....Nobody realy cares.... Love from Norway....There is not many who understand.... Love to Mc Lean for giving this beautilul song, with his tribute to Vincent......
@@torhildulvestad4599 A wonderful song indeed, I hope you will like my 2020 version here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK.
This got me hard.
This song really hurts. Both my brother and father committed suicide due to depression. My brother was a painter and a teacher for special needs children. He painted starry night on a canvas just days before he left this world. The only thing that keeps me going is that I know I will see them again one day when the time is up for me. So I will live my life to the fullest ❤️
You'll see them when it comes time; in the meanwhile, live so that others will live to see you again some sunny day..
Look up Ascension Presents video Mercy After Suicide by Father Chris Alar. It will bring you healing.
You must have Faith, its enough, big hug from me
I'm sorry for your loss, hun. I'm sure they're proud of you! :) ❤
Jesus Love you ❤️ Your not alone, my family members also died due to COVID. I love you ❤️
I was fortunate enough to meet Don McLean once when I was 18. I asked him about this song, he replied it was self-explanatory and you either "got" Vincent's work or you didn't. In the subsequent decades I've traveled far and wide and been privileged to see Vincent's work in so many museums and galleries and understand that was perfect reply. There are many artists in this world I both love and respect but none as much as Vincent.
St Louis Museum of Art …you will not be disappointed
Absolutely , as an artist of sorts , and a liver of life , the trials , and tribulations of man kind , take their towel , living , and passing on , becomes a fine line of the inner struggle , perception , is the outside looking in , reality , is the inside looking out , behind the shadow , yet that shadow is mystery , until met .
He is my favorite artist too.
my dad used to sing 'paint your palette blue and grey' so happily, so for his funeral I searched and found this song and listened to it over and over and over. I love you dad, and wherever you are I hope you know the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.
thank you for the kind messages, they mean the world x
sorry❤
He rests in peace❤
May your father forever rest in peace. One day, but not today, you shall join him. Until then, cherish your memories together. With my sincerest condolences.
Beautiful
Oh!! Your comment brought tears to my eyes. My Daddy is gone too, and I really really miss him!!!
"But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you..."
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This part broke my heart into million small pieces... 💔💔💔
Sissy
Sad, using my husbands phone, his name, but he passed away and still can't stop using his phone. He had ALS. I always have loved this song. He was too beautiful for this world. Plus it's the holidays, and I just needed a good lonely cry I guess. This song captures and unites a lot of us. Beth. 12/22/2020
Sorry to hear of you loss Beth. I hope my version of this wonderful song can bring back lovely memories for you. It's here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK.
Sorry to hear your story Beth. May god bless you tremendously in these very difficult times. You will meet him again...
ALS is a cruel cruel disease. I hope you find peace and joy.
So sorry for your loss
God Bess🙏
Sorry for your loss Beth.
Kon kon acharya prashant ko sunnne ke baad aya
Mai bhai❤❤❤
🖐️
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Me❤
Be well.
2Pac's favorite song. Ofcourse his favorite song has to be magnificent 👌❤
That's amazing.
His fav song was actually blackberry molasses by mista, but this was the last song he listened to b4 he died.
@@tee.0319 Is that a fact?
Apoorv Ambardar according to his fiancé she aimed to play this for him
Bella cancion melodia como triste
Fun fact about this song: This song was Tupac's favorite song, and as he was fatally wounded he told his girlfriend that he wanted this song to be the last song he listens to.
U finna lie like that?
No offence, What's fun about that?
@@learnerpd Thirty- nine people found it amusing... Just saying ma' dude.
@@showmethem5ney "Irish crooner Brian Kennedy sang it at George Best’s funeral and gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur loved it so much that, after he was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting in 1996, his girlfriend slipped it into the tape deck beside his hospital bed to ensure it was the last thing he heard." - Telegraph
This is actually true folks. This is how I came across this song 3 years ago
Today is Vincent's birthday. I first heard this song in my teens and loved the song but wondered who Vincent was. Once I learned the meaning of the song as it relates to Van Gogh's life, I vowed to someday see his paintings in person. Visiting the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam a few years ago, I had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat and as I walked through, I felt such a beautiful sadness. My girlfriend who loved to draw and sketch recently committed suicide and now I have an ever deeper understanding of what he was trying to say to me and yes, even more sadness.
@Harry B. I'm so sorry to hear of your tragic loss. And, if there is something after this mortal coil, then I hope Vincent has sought her out. May her memory be eternal. You stay strong and look after yourself. Big hug....🥰
U r art urself
Feel all my love & all my heart and prayers. Your girlfriend was blessed to have had you in her life.
i like the song very much, i love paintings as well , i never thought the paintings and the sadness in the song , are meant for the artist vincent.i also love to sketch and paint, specially if im overwhelm by sadness, i wish i can paint when happy, but my hands can do so much if im full of sorrow. ..
I am weeping for you both. I wish 'sorry' was a big enough word to convey how deeply I feel for you both. Sincere condolences and most heartfelt wishes of comfort.
I don't know why but Vincent Van Gogh has this inexplicable connection to my heart, its like feeling a terrible heartache for someone who you don't even know, an unkown pain
Save for the bloody rose in the snow; I would'nt know any of Van Gogh's works, but equally impressive is the mastery of this artist who describes him, Don McLain.Agreed?
Watch his paintings, read books about Vincent, watch the paintings again, talk to people with sanity problems, watch the paintings again, talk to painters and artists, watch the paintings again. You will see more and more each time.
@@HenrydenHengst I have and yet it seems like a tryst
@@manjmazi a rendez vous in what sense?
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I'm still listening now 2020. Hoping Covid - 19 will end.
Amen to that.
Amen....
Be careful. I have it and only music helps.
🙋♀️Me too, my dear :)
💞🎶
@@davidolsen2495 hope you feeling well soon
Don McLean is a genius. Who`s with me ?
Maybe he is... maybe everyone is. :)
@@comeacross9, That`s a common prejudice : if you`re in classical music then you`re a genius and if you`re in popular music then you`re just an entertainer. It`s a simple matter of opinion or taste, like the fact that I consider Bach morbid. I prefer Beethoven or Mozart.
Ivan Joldic I also prefer Beethoven when it comes to classical music. Also, I love trees. But don’t tell anyone, they will try and chop ‘em all down.
He is ... listen to the lyrics of 'American Pie'!
I would put it this way.......he had genius moments, and this is one of them.
Acharya Prashant ❤
If you are suicidal and you’re still here, just know I’m proud of you
Thank you!
What the hell
What?
mad hanger, I actually survived a serious suicide attempt. The woman who pushed me over the edge alerted the emergency services and they got me into hospital but sadly I’m not and will never be the happy person that I was before before my attempt. I would never do it again but surviving a suicide attempt is not funny. Looking back on it, There was no way out of my misery and I could not see any future in my life and I’ve ended up with mental anguish ever since and I would never ever trust a woman again. This song will forever take me back to those black days but I can actually listen to it.
Thank you so much
This song holds a tragic story. I know from time to time we all feel unwanted. I think Vincent just wanted to be loved and heard. The paintings are as beautiful as the man behind the paintbrush. I hope Vincent has found peace.
What a wonderful way to give your thoughts
Vincent is has and always will be my hero Lost my mum 3 weeks ago she loved this
So no more family on the island I'm alone oh it's hard So yes we all need love and our voices need to be heard
Thankyou for yours and for reading mine Jenny 😊
Kathleen
Your thoughts were poetic. I loved your description of the beautiful paintings and the man behind the brush. Absolutely poetic.
I agree. Loved and heard. Something we all need.
@@jennyperrio4887 I'm so sorry for your loss
@@standup2982 Thank you so much ,I do appreciate your kindness
I'm sure I will get to a better place in life
I live in Guernsey .its a beautiful place to call home Once again many thanks for the reply Jenny🌹💐
The most talented people in this world,battle the most demons....
Don Scott your so right
Depends
100000% correct 🤯
They battle proper punctuation and spacing as well.
@@derrickboone9436 you're not correct
This song was played at my grandads funeral. He loved long walks, trees, and dogs. He’s the reason i love the outdoors. I’ll miss him more than he will ever know and he isn’t suffering any longer and i can find comfort in his relief of passing on. Cancer is the worst, i miss you grandpa ❤️
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It's amazing how we can miss someone we never met. Maybe in some way we have.
Very true .this just pierces my heart now I'm just missing every beautiful soul who have gone to be in a better place even though I don't know them .
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I completely agree!
We have met him, or atleast a part of him through his paintings.
I can’t understand why I miss Vincent so much, and I didn’t even met him. But I wish I could have been there for him and let him know that he was not alone.
It's amazing how pain unites us all here. The same song, pains differently. Hope everyone finds peace ♥️
Pain is inevitable for every person who enters this world. Entertainment certainly soothes some of that pain.
These comments help
Love your quote
God bless you and your family. 🙏
So isolated in Covid, wonder if our world will feel normal. So much loss.
It is amazing how you don’t realize the greatest things in life until you are older. I love the song. Vincent’s paintings are exquisite. All of them have a story. Thank you Don for celebrating Vincent’s life this way. It is moving and heartbreaking at the same time.
Yes, I've loved this song since it first came out. Was just humming it today and thought I'd look it up.
You are so right about appreciating the important things in this life.
Older the wiser.
Who is here due to Acharya Prashant PLS like
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Has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
listen to broader arenas of music surely your affinity will shift. This one is epic though
@@debojyotisipramukherjee2118 dont be that person c'mon now...
@@jponz85 same suggestions to u aswell
As you no doubt know, the correct title of this Don Mclean song is "Vincent.", although many people know it as "Starry Starry Night." My version 2020 version is here: th-cam.com/video/iIKF7aCfyAc/w-d-xo.html DL Staffordshire, UK. Stay Safe everyone.
th-cam.com/video/0J8IloS0OPQ/w-d-xo.html this is my starry night. You can watch if you want. :)
Listening to this now, I realize there were so many like Vincent, whose beautiful souls we rarely notice, more often than not reject, people who would love true, but we closed our eyes and hearts to. Vincent Van Gogh's paintings transcends time of things we took for granted, ignored if you will, where we saw nothing he saw what's good and been grateful by letting them shine in his paintings. Despite the world closing on him. This is just me suddenly having an epiphany on his paintings and in this song.
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Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years.
It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my TH-cam channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to compliments and criticism of my career.💞💞🙏💓... 💖❤️💞
@@donmclean8257 You are Awesome & thank you for this absolutely stunningly beautiful song!
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@@shayk.393 it's a fake account :(
I believe this was a fake Don McLean. Because he/she can't even spell correctly.
This brings tears to my eyes every time. I think Don McLean is a true artist, not celebrated enough. This song was my husband's favourite, we listened to it together so many times. He passed away a couple of months ago so I listened to it now as often as I can in the hope that he can hear it too
I feel your pain ma'am 😭
I lost my wife a 1 1/2 years ago, Music brings you right back to those moments you shared
He can hear it every time you listen to it.
I'm sorry you've lost your husband.
Love and blessings 💜🙏
@@robertp.gagnon2840 I'm so sorry for your loss.
Love and blessins 💜🙏
Acharya Prashant Indian dedicated ❤
I was walking in Rome, this beautiful, ancient and poetic city, at night, and heard this magnificient song played through a window, in one of these dark, small, hidden alleys. It was a very magical experience
@@brushfuller330 excuse me, english isn't my native language? What are you so angry about? Maybe we could speak german or french, I'd certainly express myself better, but would you understand me? Stop trying to be Holden Caulfield please, not everything needs to be considered "phony"... hope your day gets better though.
Maybe that was me listening to it!
@@ninamirkovicka Perhaps! It was in August, not far from Castel Sant'Angelo. You live in a mesmerizing city, and listen to wonderful music ;)
@@brushfuller330 well that’s mean and entirely unnessessary
What a beautiful memory! Can just see that scene in my mind. Thanks for sharing. You never forget magical moments like this!
The tenderness in Don McClean’s voice just adds the touch to this beautifully written song. Caressing words that could soothe a lonely listener who is also standing on the edge in contemplation.
So perfectly stated. Beautiful.
To me it sounds like he is singing for a beloved brother or friend. So intimate and caring.
And this is the same man who wrote American Pie sheer genius
I hope that you're ok. Don't do it. Don't even contemplate it. The world is better for having you in it♥️
My brother, a minister, died by suicide in 1996. He was concieved before our parents were married. They did their best to hide that fact from everyone. My mother had a lot of shame about it. While never openly discussed, he knew. We all knew. He was in a loveless marriage when he died. In his suicide note he said, " I never felt like I belonged". He was a kind a gentle soul. Hated guns but bought one and shot himself in the heart. That's where all of his pain was concentrated. I miss him still.
I’m so sorry. Your agony must be unending. For sure your brothers was.
Praying for u...it's 23h38 on the South African shores.I miss my late wife we never had kids she was my everything...
Neither of those things seem like a good enough reason.
Thinking of you
Can't stop crying after reading this😢 such an emotional song for so many for so many reasons, may we all find release and comfort listening to it every now and then xx.
I lost my brother to suicide, carbon monoxide poisoning, my sister jumped out of a building in Germany after getting married and then my nephew drove his truck into a tree and just found out my sons biological Dad hung himself.
I cannot take anymore saddness like these tragedies anymore!
My son struggles and I've been fighting for him to live this life... HIS life!!!
This world scares my 23 year old son. Same age my brother and sister were.This song makes me weep but it's also therapy for my soul, makes me stronger in this fight.
How can suicide be selfish as some have said. I disagree. They're ill in their minds, in their thoughts. Thinking theres no one who cares no one to turn to. They don't want to burden anyone anymore, in their minds they are thinking this is the answer.
Feelings of shame and despair.
Life IS beautiful, some days can be so tough to get thru. Reach out, call someone, talk to a stranger, help others in THEIR struggles, it'll help you feel better. Dont quit, don't give in, you deserve all this life has for you. There IS a reason for you here.
Rest in peace Danny, Aubrey, Preston, and Gary.
❤❤❤❤
Beautifully written. May you find peace in your soul and love in your life. 💞
Things to do while listening to this:
1) Try not to cry
2) Cry a lot
I can't get past 2:08 does it to me every time.
lmao im crying rn
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Did you know Don McLean recorded this in one take, playing and singing at the same time? As a musician this blows my mind! What an artist. What a song! Thank you Don McLean!
Serious TALENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe that’s why it sounds so sincere because it’s from his heart
Great writers write great songs
He was due to appear at Newcastle City Hall but there was a problem with the lighting or something so he sat on the stage and sang! A real artist and a genuine guy.
No he didn’t
This song is so beautiful, I wish Van Gogh himself could listen to this:")
Same
+Katherine P I wish so too :)
+Katherine P I was thinking the same. I'm sure Vincent would have loved it.
Maybe he can hear it in heaven and is crying tears of joy.
Bernardo Blique Hopefully, he is crying tears of joy that somebody finally did listen and now know how.
Who is come here after listen acharya prshant video🎉🎉
I am
When I frist listen this song from Acharya Prashant video I like so much ,what a song😘😘😘🥰❤🙏
There are very few perfect songs in the world. This is one.
I came here because i just wanted to cry.
Hoping you're fine now :) ♥️
Every time.
@@fritzcat6198 CRYING is helpfull. It gets t=your anguish out. Crying is perfectly normal!
You should watch 'Vincent and the Doctor' =))
Me too
The art of Van Gogh combined with the lyrics and music of McLean ... so truly beautiful.
100 percent! These three together are pure synergy. :)
BTW, does anyone know the name of the picture at 3:19? Thanks!
this composition of words, music and visuals of the master painter are almost oo much to bear. I have been crying every time I replay it because I finally understand what he is trying to say to me….
@@alexckelly1 After watching the video, I started searching for that painting too. Found that it isn't a Van Gogh but by Jozef Rulof, a medium who claimed that he painted this whilst channelling Van Gogh's spirit... Anyway, it's called The Path of Life. Just in case you hadn't found an answer to the question above for yourself.
@@sjingram1988 Hey! Thanks so much! That's great you were able to figure that out. Have a wonderful day! :)
true beautiful soul artist
This is 50ish years old and still one of the best songs ever
They played this song at my grandpas funeral. His name was Vincent.
:(
Oh dear, I would not have been able to stand that. I'm in tears everytime I listen to that song.
R.I.P Vincent.
my FB friend and I have a bond with this song....
No matter how many times I hear this song, it still makes me weep.
no ned to weep , just understand
Yes I know what you mean Jessica it touches an emotional core deep in the soul it does the same to me really beautiful song
Then know that we weep together as kindred souls touched by these words and sounds
It's visceral.
Jessica Green your not alone it does the same to me also.
I am in tears watching and listening this morning, Ive heard this song so many times but never let it enter my spirit like today. I have been to the brink a few times. Thankfully I am still here. I'm crying for those who have never felt loved and understood. Its a painful loneliness that some find unbearable. Thank you for posting,
Same and I have an 11 year old son named Vincent who suffers from Anxiety. 😞
I'm sorry for all the Lost Souls who made this dreadful choice to end their Physical Being.
Its also painful when you know your loved but you cant feel it... that deep empty loneliness... its a different kind of pain to be sure. There it is again, that funny feelin. That funny fee-eelin.
I understand all too well this pain. Like someone said earlier, you can hear Don McLean’s soul was in this song. Very few truly know the feeling. Don captured it so beautifully. I never get through this song without breaking down. God bless those who are prisoners of their own minds.
Euka, please don't ever give up on yourself. ❤️❤️❤️
😔🤌❤ this masterpiece, wah Acharya Prashant 😢
Yes, I'm here after his recent video. 🙏🏻
What video is this you have mentioned? I'm not at all knowledgeable of it?
I am here Because of him❤
Can I know the name of video?
@@ashishaman2807 th-cam.com/video/cOW-VRJr0uc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Z7WACyxl73fmcnvV This One😊😊
As somone who suffers pretty bad from depression, this song speaks to me on a level very few can understand. And always makes me cry, like buckets. Its like finding someone who understands you for all your faults and gifts
This was Tupacs favorite song of all time, it was the last song he heard on his deathbed. We all certainly have some sort of connection with it that’s for sure
Beautifully said Chad
We lost our son from depression. But then, about 14 years later, he spoke to our daughter and reached out to me as well. We know he's happy where he is and feel Blessed that God would allow this. Gives us all Hope.
Raise your hand if you listen to this song after Nov. 2022.
I heard Don sing this song live in concert back in the day when I was a student at Baylor University.
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Covid19 IS THIS SONG
Back in the 1970s, Van Gogh’s museum in Amsterdam played this song every 6pm ! Kudos !!🤘🏾👌🏽
How i wish i can visit 😢
I was there in 1978.
They still should do it.
I just came back from visiting there, wish they still played it!!