DON MCLEAN - VINCENT (STARRY STARRY NIGHT) - Scotsman Reaction - First Time Listening

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This was absolutely magical. I had no idea Don McLean was so talented.
Donald McLean III /məˈkleɪn/ (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation. His other hit singles include "Vincent" (about Vincent van Gogh), "Dreidel", and "Wonderful Baby"; as well as his renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".
McLean's song "And I Love You So" has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, and others. In 2000, Madonna had a hit with a rendition of "American Pie".
In 2004, McLean was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million and three million airplays respectively
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@terrykemp1876 5 месяцев назад

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

@MrDaiseymay 3 месяца назад

THEE MOST.....

@JosephMuir-ic2nw 3 месяца назад

Yes 😢❤

@russellgtyler8288 3 месяца назад

If a person doesn't get a little misty hearing this for the first time, they have no heart.

@Peter-bf2ou 9 месяцев назад

I can imagine Vincent sitting alone with his finished painting knowing that no one is interested in his work. This coupled with probably a good deal of confusion in his mind due to his mental illness is almost more than I can handle. McLean has brought this sadness to us in the most beautiful way. This tribute to Vincent is nothing short of a masterpiece.

@pamelariker5525 4 месяца назад

Thank you for your reaction to this. I'm in floods of tears. It's just such a beautiful song about a beautiful painter.

@Peter-bf2ou 4 месяца назад

Well, thank you for your acknowledge ment!

@teresaburritt5390 3 месяца назад

Your comment is a masterpiece.

@sharronbrown9182 3 месяца назад

So well put. Thank you. ❤

@mariodriessen9740 3 месяца назад

It is a misconception that nobody was interested in Vincent’s work. He was well known and well respected amongst his fellow artists and he was already getting some recognition from collectors and such. But he was a troubled man. His world became too dark. He couldn’t continue.

@janetwebb2701 4 месяца назад

You get it. Sadly, it seems his parents pretty much gave up and wrote him off. He had one brother and his wife that tried to support him through all of his pain. If only Vincent could have had a tiny bit of the love that people have for his talent now

@outbackgearforu Месяц назад

The person he needed to love was himself ,as most people need to

@rhodasimmons1644 3 месяца назад

I cannot hear this song without crying. It is a beautiful, eloquent tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. Nothing will ever be more appropriate or as bittersweet or as beautiful as Mr. Mclean's song. It is a perfect masterpiece.

@TristanandIsolt 3 месяца назад

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

@voraciousreader3341 Месяц назад

Van Gogh was a tortured artist, a tortured man, whose art was rejected repeatedly. His brother Theo loved him dearly, and tried to help him by sending him money and art supplies. The Van Gogh family were actually fine art dealers, so Theo knew his worth and tried to promote it, but their parents though Vincent was disgraceful and uncouth in his behavior-due to manic depression, with bouts of delusion and psychosis-so they wrote him off. A very sad, tragic story. But the most incredible paintings!

@reggiefokes6677 2 месяца назад

I cry every time I hear this song.

@EightOfCoins Год назад

Vincent's sister-in-law, Theo's wife, inherited Vincent's paintings and was the sole force for creating the legacy of the artist.

@Canucklehead557 6 месяцев назад

Bringing beauty to the world is not easy. Vincent van Gogh and Don McLean did it impeccably. Thank you for seeing it.

@sandyburke3222 2 месяца назад

If this song moved you, you have to watch Vincent and the doctor.

@melodyszadkowski5256 14 дней назад

Not sure what I loved more in that episode: the reveal at the end or when the Doctor and Amy and Vincent were laying on the grass at night and Vincent was describing how he saw the world. Heartbreaking.

@jakesmith5278 7 месяцев назад

One master describing another, truly masterful.

@rigelmoon9030 10 месяцев назад

That's all right, Geo...we all cried the first time we heard this absolute masterpiece. We're still crying.

@JosephMuir-ic2nw 3 месяца назад

Aye

@ingehohenegger994 15 дней назад

❤@@JosephMuir-ic2nw

@ingehohenegger994 15 дней назад

I cry every time❤

@gmunden1 2 месяца назад

Vincent's brother took his own life a short time after Vincent died.

@G02372 7 дней назад

A fitting masterpiece for another beautiful soul separated only by time.

@TheGriffin57 2 дня назад

This is truly one of my very favorite songs. Top 10.

@mortsnerd6053 4 месяца назад

His brother bought his paintings to support him. 120 million minimum today.

@johngiresi3703 10 месяцев назад

I listened to about 12 reactions and your only one that totally gets this song. Thank you brother, your reaction brought back emotional memories of me hearing this song for the first time back in the 70's.

@ge.0 10 месяцев назад

Thank you my man. I appreciate that so much

@dianabaker5726 4 месяца назад

I agree. This reaction was the only one that I felt really GOT it. Understood and appreciated, not only Van Gogh, but Don McClean's tribute to him and his life. Well done, sirs.

@bitfenix90 4 месяца назад

The collage of Van Gogh's paintings is The Only Way to listen to this song.

@alejandromurcia5488 2 месяца назад

Tears to my eyes!

@Itsakindamagic Год назад

McLean paints pictures as vivid as Van Gogh's with words. A magical combination

@janeschuyler4788 8 месяцев назад

Perfect sentiment.

@JosephMuir-ic2nw 3 месяца назад

Yes

@kd8199 2 месяца назад

Both gave masterpieces to the world.

@shellymalone7637 29 дней назад

How wonderfully put

@1361JACK Год назад

One of the most beautiful songs ever written

@waltercobra1566 Месяц назад

This brings tears every time I hear it

@user-ii3vn8tn3q 2 месяца назад

This song makes me cry.

@j.deaton332 10 месяцев назад

I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam in the 70s about the same time this was written. The paintings and drawings were arranged in such a way that I sensed the gradual progression of his mental illness. I came out in tears and very grateful to have had the privilege to experience his wonderful creation in this way.

@wmomente 2 месяца назад

Tears for me

@kierstenridgway4634 3 месяца назад

Your first words after hearing a bit of this song! ❤️❤️❤️✌️

@oldladylovesBruno Месяц назад

It's a beautiful, sad, emotional song. I could see in your face how much this song touched you. VanGogh's life was tragic. He died penniless. I saw his Irises painting at the Getty Museum, and you can just imagine him painting it. The brush strokes are so thick that you can see each one. It was amazing. I'm glad you got to hear this song. I wish everyone could hear it.

@jonsher7682 Год назад

Thanks for a heartfelt reaction. I grew up just blocks away from Don McLean, who would entertain the neighbourhood kids by singing and playing guitar. Don's always been a private person but he opened up last year in a documentary he helped produce about his making of American Pie, and from his story, it's clear why he could write and sing a song about Van Gogh's anguish -- because Don too often felt isolated, misunderstood and unappreciated. He did not connect with his peers. His sister suffered from mental illness at a time when that was taboo. His interest in music clashed with his father's ambitions, and when Don hid a high school report card, then showed at his father's demand, his father suffered a heart attack and died that night in hospital -- Don was only 15. He wrote this song midway through a 6-year marriage with a woman he felt didn't understand him. So when he read about Van Gogh, he felt connected by shared misery. Don sings with such emotion because he's not only singing about Van Gogh; he's singing about himself. Speaking of connections, Don' father was a Scotsman too!

@christinetarquin3773 Год назад

Your response was very appreciated .I hope to watch Don's documentary. His voice is so articulate and soothing to listen to.

@gaillouise8310 Год назад

I could listen to you speak all day long.

@steve4562 9 месяцев назад

What a wonderful story. Thank you!

@jamesgibson5876 5 месяцев назад

For b they didn't love you ...still your love was true ..

@donna1473 3 месяца назад

Very beautifully said...

@user-zk8gl4iw2v 5 месяцев назад

Don McLean IS Van Goh - with a Guitar as his Brush - Guitar Sound as Canvass, - Voice and Words as Colors.

@tracymcardle1236 8 месяцев назад

I always cry at this song❤❤

@kierstenridgway4634 3 месяца назад

I make quilts. With every quilt that I create for a loved one, my hope is that they will love it forever. You give a piece of yourself when you create with love. ❤❤❤ Sorry for going on. ❤️✌️

@jwichman9 3 месяца назад

His brother bought most of Vincent’s paintings while he was alive to help support him.

@TheNighthhawk Месяц назад

Please note. Don Mclean just released. a couple weeks ago, another copy of this, with the group Home Free. It is very good.

@gwynedd-1 2 месяца назад

I was 10 when this came out and there was a boy called Vincent in my school class who I had a crush on at the time so I always remember him when I hear this. However as I got older I realised the true meaning of the song and it is beautiful. One of the most beautiful and emotional songs I have ever heard.

@JohnDuffy-bq8wg 3 месяца назад

I think he was painting for himself, he was absorbed by colour and light, that's why he walked to the south of France to paint as the light was better, he also painted a lot whilst in a mental institution, some people find a love of being an artist as he did

@SaxonsGlory 4 месяца назад

There are so many reactions to this song and in almost every single one, the reactor is impressed by the beauty of what he or she hears, but they never seem to grasp what's behind this classic, the story of a soul in turmoil, Vincent Van Gogh. Thank you for a great reaction and especially as you are one of the few to have seen the truth and the story behind it. High praise for a Scotsman from a Sassenach.

@mizpahshearer1659 5 месяцев назад

There's an episode of Dr. Who where the doctor brings vincent to the modern day gallery that houses his paintings.Its probably the best episode of the doctor ever made. It made me sob at the end. It was so beautiful.❤

@WNYretiree Год назад

I had forgotten how heartbreakingly beautiful this song was. Thank you for reminding me.

@ge.0 Год назад

Its absolutely beautiful

@pamelaolnick4179 2 месяца назад

Each word, each sentence in this song has a special meaning, when he says you tried to set them free, he's talking about the voices Vincent heard, The song tells if Van Goths tortured life.

@susanworkman529 Месяц назад

Wonderful reaction go this beautiful song.

@rockshot100 3 месяца назад

Wonderful review Joe, you understand it. The critics hated his paintings because they based their critiques on academic brain washing of good or bad. If they had just let down their guard and looked at them as they were, with no bias, they would have seen them for what them for what they were: beautiful and showing more than just a pretty scene. They could not, so they never saw the artist painting exactly what he saw with his own eyes. Academia stunts free thinking even back then. BTW, the visuals distract from the song, they are just not needed.

@Joshualuv13 2 месяца назад

Im familiar with this song since the 80s, at least still want to ball my eyes everytime.

@Dallas-Nyberg 2 месяца назад

It is an awesome song... Vincent Van Gogh, only sold one painting in his life, "The Red Vineyard", in 1890. It sold for 400 francs ($US400). In 1890, 400 francs = $US77. It was purchased by his brother.

@rwilson7197 2 месяца назад

What a beautiful work of art. McClean's music & lyrics beautifully rise to the level of Vincent Van Gogh's genius as a painter. I can not hold back the tears. To finally hear this song from beginning to end.....thank you for your lovely reaction.❤❤❤

@bao187 4 месяца назад

This is my favorite song ever. It’s so beautiful. There is a scene in Dr Who when they bring Van Gogh to the future and he sees his paintings, I wish this song was playing during that scene.

@edb2744 7 месяцев назад

60 year old paddy here and I still tear up every time I hear this

@RaindanceMaggieDance 9 месяцев назад

Van Gogh sold one painting in his life. He struggled deeply. I recommend watching the episode of Doctor Who called Vincent. Even if you just watch the final scene. It will bring tears to your eyes.

@user-pd8he2cs3c 3 месяца назад

Vincent is my favorite Doctor Who episode. I cry every time I see it.

@rwilson7197 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the tip.

@shellymalone7637 29 дней назад

That episode somehow soothed my soul in the “what if/if only” department. To repair Vincent’s anguish, to show him love and the forever of how he was really appreciated

@garrymoore2161 8 месяцев назад

Vincent van Gogh was an artist devoted to his craft but little recognized during his life time. He is said to have fallen deeply in love but left his liver for long peripds of time to devote himself to painting. His paintings at first were filled with vibrant colors. His lover left him for another, and he was crushed. Already given to depression, He tried to win her back. She rejected.him.and is said to have told him he would never make amy sacrifice of his art for her. He cut off his own ear to show her the depth of his love but he just convinced her he was a little nuts. He went into pretty severe depression. His bright colors became predominately blues, blacks, and dark colors They called this his "blue period". Today we stiilsaya sad person is blue and sad songs are the blues. He struggled as he got more and more depressed. He lost friends and had family turn gheirbacks on him. Eventually, he gave up on life and committed suicide. This lyrucal poetry put to music pays credit to van Gogh's artistry and skill at showing imagery through his artistic vision

@livenhfree 5 месяцев назад

I read recently that Vincent was not fond of photographs, saying they fade and die quickly. But oil and canvas lasts for generations. Such a beautiful tribute by MacLean. Vincent would be so proud. And validated. RIP, Vincent.

@mikehocking4836 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful but sad song

@roseblondie692 3 месяца назад

Everyone wants Love, and not feeling anyone loves you is painful or appreciate’s you, what makes life worth living…

@claudiavalentijn1457 3 месяца назад

what a beautiful reaction to this beautiful and sad song

@corinneashworth6704 3 месяца назад

When you see ‘Starry Starry Night,the original,Vincent’s emotions and passions jump out of the canvas.The vitality blows you away.🙏❤️

@Cashcrop54 11 месяцев назад

Great song. I can't hear it now without thinking of an episode of Dr Who called "Vincent and the Doctor". Dr Who, is a Time Lord and can travel in time. He goes to the time of Vincent Van Gogh. At the end the Doctor takes Vincent to the present time and he takes him to an art museum. Vincent sees his art on the wall and the Doctor asks an expert at the museum about Van Gogh. The expert explains how Vincent is probably the greatest of all time. I actually teared up watching knowing Vincent would kill himself after returning to his own time. Loved hearing this again today.

@Itsakindamagic 3 месяца назад

I too come to that. Dr. Who episode. In the end they give Vincent what we all wish we could. Affirmation of how deeply his art touched our hearts. Giving Vincent the love he so needed and how the world has come to appreciate him and what he produced.

@fatdad64able 3 месяца назад

Don gives everyone access to Van Gogh‘s art. An absolute masterpiece. Much love from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤ …😢oh my,…. Why are my eyes sweating?

@wildsarsaparilla 11 месяцев назад

Vincent van Gogh painted with canvas and oils. Don McLean paints with music and lyrics. Saw Don in concert a while back. I left between numbers to run to the restroom and collect as many tissues as I could. Brilliant. ❤

@MrDaiseymay 3 месяца назад

He certainly left his mark on history, and Don ensured he never will be forgotten. I bought the record all those years ago, and here i am , tears a streaming.

@nack1963 3 часа назад

A rendition of sight

@cheripack1776 6 месяцев назад

I could see in your face that you had the same reaction as I did ❤ thank you for sharing your reaction . You're the first one that seems to understand the song with the paintings ❤

@fiddlerwrik2771 5 месяцев назад

Love , wish to die for my art now

@gh9111 9 месяцев назад

Just a true masterpiece of a song.

@user-kv2tj4du8p 4 месяца назад

gorgeous reaction.

@niteowl1156 11 месяцев назад

My father of 45yrs took his life 10yrs ago...& This is the Song I played @ his funeral....We were both lovers of Don Mclean (American Pie) & Van Gough's art....It was so appropriate!!!....He even look like Vincent Van Gough 'self portrait' with eyes of China blue ....xox

@ge.0 11 месяцев назад

Im so sorry

@Randsurfer 6 месяцев назад

The poetry stands alone. Then add the music composition, and then the performance. It's almost beyond human.

@stephanietip 8 месяцев назад

This has been my favorite song by him as long as I can remember. Van Gogh being my favorite artist I have Starry Night hanging on my wall

@thomasflynn5366 7 месяцев назад

Great video. In my mind this is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. I think you captured why very well.

@markgreen4745 3 месяца назад

Songwriting at it's best, loved the reaction

@melissaward6311 3 месяца назад

I hope that somehow he knows now that hes so famous and that folks try to help the mentally despaired wirh some meds out there now. Ty for your reaction

@eileenbaran7040 7 месяцев назад

One of the most beautiful songs ever. Don McLean made you feel the pain that Vincent was going through, beautiful pictures but no escape or happiness, just to end his life in the end 😭

@debbiethomasson2709 6 месяцев назад

What a wonderful reaction.

@rickwhite5206 5 месяцев назад

The song is as gentle and fragile as the thinnest of floating, almost invisible glass sculptures of the very stars and flowers that Vincent painted. So precariously suspended in air, that the slightest breeze would cause them all to plummet to the ground and shatter.

@user-uh7hv7lj3w 3 месяца назад

I very much enjoyed your reaction commentary about this piece by Don Mclean. I am 83 years old and still get teary when listening to this........just like when I first heard it when it came out in 1971.

@deebringle5772 Год назад

Loved your sensitive and lovely comments...thank you.

@AmatureAstronomer 8 месяцев назад

Great song. Brilliant lyrics. While reading, "The Evolution of Physics", by Albert Einstein, I decided I wanted to become a physicist. Did not. Ended up an artificial intelligence programmer. We are affected by that which we read.

@grimreaper-qh2zn 8 месяцев назад

If that doesn't get you, your dead. If you ever wrote a song like that you could die happy.

@walther007 6 месяцев назад

Dr. Who made a whole episode about him and it was beautifully done. This song gets me crying every time.

@monikabeki6838 8 месяцев назад

Although I could hardly understand your accent-I clearly understood your face full of emotions! Thanks for your beautiful reaction on this song that still makes me cry after hearing it for the 1000time

@mneoud 3 месяца назад

Best reaction off all i have seen of this song about Vincent van Gogh.

@diegoshepherd3464 3 месяца назад

Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song. Thank you.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 8 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed experiencing this with you. Thank you 🙏🥹

@beammichael 7 месяцев назад

Vincent’s mother had to put some of her son’s paintings on the holes in her house to stop the weather coming through the walls. Lost forever!

@robertlangland3351 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for reminding us of how blessed we were to experience musicians like Don McLean in our youth. You have to have a heart of ice not to be emotionally affected by the song. Thank you/

@pattylogsdon341 7 месяцев назад

YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU

@CarolineLambert-si6dd 7 месяцев назад

Timeless is all I can say. Beautiful. Was brought up in Don McLeans era.

@elizabethmcglothlin5406 9 месяцев назад

American Pie was kind of a history lesson--very American. This is another, but a love song. It's lovely.

@jessieball6195 8 месяцев назад

This is absolutely not a love song. This is a dedication to the life and struggles of the great artist, Vincent Van Gogh.

@alexcerdan4500 2 месяца назад

Amazing amd beautiful song. I got chills listening to his voice. Its so beautiful.

@daveloboda1769 8 месяцев назад

A wonderful song, so beautifully sung. The whole album is excellent try "Crossroads" and "Till Tomorrow".

@juliadesl 2 месяца назад

This song is poetry

@Maria-ef5gq 10 месяцев назад

My mum and dad had the American pie cassette tape . We grew up knowing EVERY song on the cassette . There is not a bad one . There is another tear jerker . It has been a while . It is either empty chairs or winter wood . If you listen to Everbody loves me baby everyone thinks it is about a person . It is about America and corruption ie in politics . "My gold lies in a foreign land buried deep beneath the sand " it is amazing for the time . As we all know the corruption has only got worse with power and politics . Where in Scotland are you from I am central Scotland . Right in the middle between Glasgow and Edinburgh . 👍👍👍✌✌✌

@ge.0 10 месяцев назад

Im near Aberdeen. I need to do more Don stuff but I think after Vincent it cant get any better.

@jamesfalato4305 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful Reaction... Thank You...

@robsanz9746 2 месяца назад

How could someone of this age Not have heard this song yet. 🤦🏽😉 C'mon Scotland, I love you, so many Beautiful songs out there. 💚

@ge.0 2 месяца назад

Mate, am 21 😃🤟

@jonmoore873 9 месяцев назад

I think it’s the compassion he has for the man that cuts to the bone. The terrible reality of the harshness of life is why we like to keep crazy people away from us as the reminder is that thin line between sane and insane for a lot of people. As an aside, this was Tupacs favorite song and he listened to it on his own deathbed. And for the folks that can’t understand your accent, I’m Scottish and this guy is crystal clear! If you go to Glasgow, take a guide!

@nia4me1 6 месяцев назад

Don McLean is amazing...so many amazing songs.

@trishalivingston1051 2 месяца назад

Your reaction to this song is so beautiful. TY for sharing. Incredible. The song is incredible and what a voice McLean has. Pure magical artistry.

@M00159 8 месяцев назад

Great reaction! Thank you. I really enjoyed this reaction to this beautiful song from one artist to another.

@rebeccageorgesisto8965 Месяц назад

I loved your reaction. Thank you.

@miccfischer4795 Год назад

One of the most poetic songs ever written!

@ge.0 Год назад

Definitely

@Richardtv1968 10 месяцев назад

When I first heard this song many years ago, I was stunned too ……. It is a beautiful song

@Thatawfulwoman 5 месяцев назад

Oh! This song! I have been hearing this song since I was a little girl in the 70s and every single time I have to stop what I'm doing, become still, and listen. And weep. I can't recall a single instance of hearing this piece of art that I didn't cry. Thank you for this reaction, and for including the word "joyous" in your description, because it is that, as well. So glad I found your channel.