Don McLean - Vincent | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000: The Untold Stories

Het verhaal achter het nummer 'Vincent' van Don Mclean, een nummer geïnspireerd op het schilderij 'De Sterrennacht' van Vincent van Gogh. Een reportage van Top 2000: The Untold Stories. Interview uit 2011.

[clydeb]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written

[cjlloyd]

In my humble opinion, Don McLean is one of the best lyricists ever. The words in his songs are pure poetry. Beautiful.

[TheHumbuckerboy]

I almost despair at the realisation that no one seems to be remotely capable of writing a song that even approaches the genius of this timeless classic these days !

[PrinceCharmingsMom]

We played this song at my 19 year old son's funeral (thumbnail pic). From the time he was little he loved Van Goh's Starry night. When he died by suicide after he found out his girlfriend was cheating on him, it felt very fitting for such a deep young man.

[leohoogeweg]

'This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you' is one of the most striking, emotional sentences ever written in a song... it's a sentence that fits so many sad moments in the lifes of people.

Don McLean is a real musician godfather.

[Yorkshirelass]

Teary teary night, My Father, a survivor of Bombing of Berlin WW2, aged 8, despair, tortured mind, of the atrocities the impression of relentless violence, bodies blown into pieces, covered my Father, shock numb and alone, he survived by sheer determination. Never recovered, his soul, broken into million fragments, seemingly would never see again happiness love belonging and acceptance in this life of A German child, he resonated deeply, meaning and expression of his tightly guarded heart. Would cry with intense relief, of the lyrics, and music that is both haunting, reflective, and beautiful, as was he. I spoke from afar, has his last minutes on this earth, singing this song, tears of knowing he understand, I’m going darling, be happy for me now, only way I can express my pain and loss, yet comforting, that i understood his soul❤

[rogerdale]

The song brings me to tears every time...A tragic life.
"I don't MAKE music, I AM music"...

[MelesaEFary]

Do you remember,
"Strumming my fate with his fingers" "Telling my life with his words.". "Killing me softly with his song."
Roberta Flack was writing about an unknown singer who was supposed to be Don McClean.
"I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a line....and so I came see him and listen to him live. And there, he was a young boy, a stranger to my eyes."
A beautiful description of how a young Don had touched her heart and soul and "singing her life with his words.".
Don, you are very very specia!l

[andrewd]

I saw Don with a mate here in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80’s. He played at the Hilton On The Park for memory. Intimate crowd of I think around 300. Just an amazing singer & a wonderful night. This song just stopped everyone from breathing. 👏🏼

[djw]

*I would like to take this opportunity to leave a memorial tribute to a much later Dutch artist, who also took his life at a young age, since I don't think anyone is ever going to make a video about him: He was the puppeteer Jan de Noord (1945-1983). Jan was a good friend of mine. Requiescat in pace, Jan de Noord and Vincent van Gogh.*

[splodge]

I visited Auvers sur Oise in France where Vincent painted the church, went to the room where he died and the cemetry where he and his brother Theo are buried. I played this song in my car whilst there. It was very moving, thank you Don McLean for such beautiful words in memory of a wonderful artist. 🎼🎨

[patrickbeintema]

The ways Don McLean explained this song, makes me like this song ever better. Just stunning!

[RizkiAnjani]

First time I listened to this song, my eyes watered.

[tiffsaver]

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" for him, a virtual love letter 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.

[SpaceCattttt]

Don has one of the kindest and most sincere-sounding voices out there. You believe him.
He's a medieval bard for our time.

[TimD.Morand]

Don McLean on artists: "You gotta suffer. You gotta seperate yourself from the rest of people, too. You can't be a social, regular guy. You're not regular." Another timeless song brought (back) to life by Top 2000.

[Alleykattt]

To me, this is the most beautiful song ever written. Thank you Don.

[luisgomez]

Don McLean mirrors the artistry of Van Gogh by beautifully painting his song with the marriage of melody and poetry to emotionally bring out a feeling about this troubled artist. I find this artist to touch our souls with his music just as clearly as Van Gogh touches us with his paintings!

[Daysleeper]

Love this song, and Don describes the social style of an introverted intuitive empath.

[dennisjohndreher]

I get chills Everytime I hear this song. Like Simon and Garfunkel wrote "Bridge over troubled water" these two songs are so magical you have to wonder where they come from.