Love this version with both Don and the guys! I think Don still sounds pretty much the same as he did back in his earlier years. I think the harmonies were stunning! Rob and Austin sounded fantastic! Appreciate your review. That’s sweet that your mom sang this to you when you were younger. It’s a great song!
This is such a beautiful song, and it is so cool to see that that they got to do this one with him too!!❤❤❤ The harmonies are so awesome with Don and Rob’s solo is quite beautiful in this also Austin’s parts fit very well. I love how they fade into the painting at the end and then come out looking at it in the museum! Such a great arrangement!❤❤ Thanks for sharing your reaction!!❤❤
Don McClean is an icon and this song is so poignant, sad, and also beautiful. Love that Home Free and McClean collaborated again, and it turned out beautifully.
This is truly phenomenal! What a voice Don McLean still has! Wow. And of course Austin also sang great, but Rob's voice is just perfect for this song. His voice so warm, soft as silk and full of emotion. The quiet background vocals and guitar playing complete it for me. It's the same song as my youth, but with the Home Free twist it's something different. A beautiful song where I, of course, as a Dutch person, know the history of Vincent van Gogh well. If I could, I would have given Don McLean and Home Free a bouquet of sunflowers in memory of Vincent. The sunflower one of his most famous paintings 🌻......💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Stunning! Don sounded great and yes it came out in the 70’s. Rob sounded wonderful and the collaboration was beautiful. I loved the video too with all the paintings…and they ended up as a painting…how clever! Austin won’t leave until fall sometime. So glad he could be in this one. Love it!! Good one Josh!🤩😃😍
This was beautiful and when Rob came in a get that feeling he lift the song up like Don say (maybe they listen now) Thanks Josh your comment is always so great, take care see you on the next one, hugs from Norway. 🫂🫂💞💞
I love your reactions! This is such a gorgeous yet heartbreaking song, full of wonderfully poetic lyrics.I am so glad Don McClain performed this with them, & I am very glad that Austin was still with them for this. Gonna miss my fav Home Free guy! 😢 He & Rob have voices of angels & it was no different tonight. See you in the next one! 💜
I've always loved this song and Home Free managed to make it even better. ( Bonus, we get to hear Adam singing)! Don still sounds wonderful. Thanks for the Home Free reactions
You're one of the first reactors to experience this. Whether listening to this, decades back when first released, or now, always brings tears. Rob's sweet tenor, perfectly complemented by Austin when he chimes in. Both blend beautifully with Don and his subtle guitar. It was interesting to watch how your body language and facial expression changed as you got deeper into the song. It does take one on a bit of a journey.
You are one of the first reactors to get to this new release. This is such a great song by Don McLean! He originally did it in 1972. What a great remake with Home Free! Rob's voice is perfect for this song. Such a beautiful tribute to the sad life of the painter Vincent Van Gogh. He suffered from depression & committed suicide. He never saw any success during his life. But now his paintings are worth millions of dollars.
Vincent sold only one painting during his lifetime. After his death, and of his brother Theo, his sister in law went on a mission to get his work famous...
There is an episode of the beloved show "Doctor. Who" when the Doctor time traveled back to Vincent's life just before he died. It's worth a watch if you haven't seen it!
Austin is leaving in the Fall, he will not be doing the Christmas Tour. I love how perfectly Rob and Austin sound with him. I really enjoyed watching your reaction to this song.
This was simply beautiful. They all sounded amazing. Don and Rob and Austin complimented each other very well. And the background vocals were fantastic
The original came out in 1971! I was in high school and just fell in love with the pain and understanding in the lyrics. It always makes me tear up, and this time was no different. Thank you for such a great reaction to one of my favorite songs.
Thank you for this reaction! I really enjoy your reaction style. I git the American Pie album when it came out in 1971 and Vincent was instantly my favorite track on it. So cool to now have the HF guys doing it with Don, who indeed sounds fantastic.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this as much as I did. Vincent suffered from depression most of his life but still produced such beauty. They just made me fall in love with this song all over again. Have you seen that they did "American Pie" with Don McLean also. It was incredible too.
Austin has not had a chance to spend Christmas season at home for so long. He wants to experience all the preparation and celebration with his wife and friends at home.
Lovely song. Starry Night is one of my favorite paintings by Van Gogh. Such a tragic life. The guys have been teasing us on Instagram with this song. All of them were re-imagined as a Van Gogh-like portrait. Thanks, Josh, for a lovely reaction. 😊
Yours is the first reaction to this I’ve seen. Vincent is a painfully beautiful song. Or, beautifully painful? I think this is on Don’s new album and he asked the guys to do it with him.
I'm 64 years old now and soon to be 65 I never understood what this song was about until I visited the luve in Paris in 1982 on leave it was about Vincent Vango the artist wonderful tribute. P.S. I'm sure I butchered his spelling, great reaction man.
When they collaborated on "American Pie" it was done separately during the Covid lockdowns. It so nice that they can be together for "Vincent". Home Free's harmonies are incomparable & Don McLean is such a masterful lyricist - this song is so deep, it's poetry set to music. Thanks for playing this & your comments.
Kudos to you .. and your mom! You are the only reactor so far that has a clue who Vincent was.. or have ever heard this song.. Just beautiful.. thank you.
Loved your reaction !! I heard this song many many times back in 72, it is amazing how much your perception of a song changes as the years go by. It is such a beautifully written and sung song, so sad I might have been teary eyed, Home Free is just simply Amazing, I love everything they do.
I suspect there's some truth to what you picked up on: the song as a memento to the group's existence with Austin as a member, and perhaps even a tip of the cap to the struggles he and the group went through as he was deciding to leave. Artists are artists, and I wouldn't be surprised if these fellows didn't feel some special connection to Vincent.
Let me preface this statement by saying I love Home Free. Been a fan for years. That being said, I do not like this rendition. Vincent was meant to be sung solo with no background vocals. Singing it solo enhances the lyrics and the meaning behind them. When I hear Don sing it alone, I feel the pain of Van Gogh, the struggle, the despair. This time, I felt none of that. Beautiful video and the boys of course sound good but overall I was disappointed. I know I will be in the minority on this one but this is just my opinion.
