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Don McLean — Vincent
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No_Where_Man
Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 14:59
 
PR should play this more!!!!!!! It's a beautiful and yet a sad song.

calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 19:55
 


Chet Atkins plays Don Mcleans wonderful song "Vincent" acoustic guitar Live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsePsTEgiqU




fluorophore
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Dec 27, 2006 - 23:04
 
avani wrote:
I admire Vonda Sheppard's talents


I'm assuming this is ban-worthy.
fluorophore
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Dec 27, 2006 - 23:02
 
there really ought to be a line about a bloody ear.
drtjdel
(Saratoga, CA)
Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 10:42
 
Best of album? A 45, side A side B. That's all the space ya needd
SpaceCase
(Lancaster, PA, USA)
Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 10:37
 
Damn this is beutiful!!
Being a painter, I'm sure that effects my opinion on this tune!!
pannaramma
(From Away)
Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 10:34
 
Hated it then, hate it now.
CCinSB
(Santa Babylon)
Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 10:34
 

sutcliff
(Saint Louis)
Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 10:31
 
I've seen clouds from both sides now.
Zep
(Floating)
Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 20:14
 
physicsgenius wrote:
It might be pushing it a little to use the phrase "sanity" when referring to the guy who cut off and mailed his ear to a lover.


A physicist, an engineer, and a mathematician walk into a room and see a fire.

The engineer takes a bucket of water from the corner, pours it on the fire and puts it out.

The physicist and pours the water eloquently around the fire and lets the fire put itself out.

The mathematician convinces himself there is a solution and leaves.

godspeed
(Fiji)
Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 20:05
 
billy....keep the oldies coming, you've done one fine job thus far...
trekhead
(Eschewing Obfuscation since the last clique.)
Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 05:33
 
I thought this was this...

7

(?)
mgoldman
(Papeete, Tahiti)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:48
 
Dreck then, Dreck now.
kazuma
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:46
 
physicsgenius wrote:
It might be pushing it a little to use the phrase "sanity" when referring to the guy who cut off and mailed his ear to a lover.

Yer either missing the point or just being goofy on purpose.
dbenwen
(Peachtree City, Georgia)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:46
 
Gave it a 2...only that generous because I am envious of where this guy lives in Maine...Camden I think. As idyllic a town you'll ever see (in summer of course).
junebaby65
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:46
 
Yep...I think it's time to visit the Metal radio websites to wake myself up...
CCinSB
(Santa Babylon)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:45
 
such a pretty song.
calray
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:44
 
:puke:
hippiechick
(Chi-town)
Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 13:44
 
algrif wrote:
I like this song. But I was just reminded of an interview with Don where he was asked "Some of your lyrics are a bit obscure. So,what exactly does American Pie mean?" Replied "What it means is I'm so rich I don't have to work anymore"

wish i could figure out a way to do that!

Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City (or is it just me?))
Posted: Oct 15, 2006 - 23:36
 
This was such a perfect song for a girl in high school. Can you remember the angst as only a 16-year-old could summon? I would weep for the beauty and the poetry of this song.

All I can say is, thank god I'm 50!
1guppy
(East of TO west of the Shwa)
Posted: Oct 01, 2006 - 07:10
 
Next to American Pie, my most favourite Don McLean song. So beautiful and an excellent tribute to Van Gogh
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Sep 02, 2006 - 02:42
 
I like this song. But I was just reminded of an interview with Don where he was asked "Some of your lyrics are a bit obscure. So,what exactly does American Pie mean?" Replied "What it means is I'm so rich I don't have to work anymore"
Squirrel
(Worcester, MA)
Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 10:26
 
Xeric wrote:
My wife plays this for me on the piano now and again.


Lucky you!
rono
(durham north carolina)
Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 10:21
 
I'll bet at least $1.99 that the negative comments about the wizard Santana were posted by people born after 1975. Have you listened with open mind to his guitar? Am I preaching?
rah
Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 10:18
 
my father used to rock me and sing this as a lullabye when i was a baby (why, I'll never know)... it made me weep then, and it makes me teary even now...
Little_Wing
(SoCal)
Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 10:18
 
(sniffle)
hansk
(Maryland)
Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 10:18
 
Don McLean wrote and sang some of the most amazing songs lo these 30+ years ago. He is still singing them on tour. It's such a shame that this early promise didn't blossom into a fabulous career of continued genius.
RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 18:18
 
Though it's trite to say, this is an exceptionally beautiful song both musically and lyrically. Vincent clearly had deep meaning to Don.
Xeric
(Various Strata)
Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 18:11
 
My wife plays this for me on the piano now and again.

Such a beautiful song.
Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Jul 20, 2006 - 02:00
 
PattonFever wrote:
this song makes me feel sad. it reminds me of my friend from highschool, who was a drama major, who killed himself because of boyfriend troubles... last time i heard this it made me cry my little face off missing my friend.

beautiful song. i love it.

About the same situation for me. Except she was a friend who I had known since first grade. She OD a week after her 20th birthday. I saw her the night before she did it
thefoodoflove
(Sydney)
Posted: Jul 20, 2006 - 01:57
 
scionick wrote:
McLean's best song about the best painter of all time. :)


Couldnt agree more, saw Starry Night and now have as my screen saver and the song is as timeless as Vincents art
zlsdad
(Ashton Heights)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 10:02
 
Here is the story about how Roberta came to sing the song:
http://www.superseventies.com/1973_9singles.html


Hannio wrote:
There was a recent "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" where the question was who was Roberta Flack singing about in "Killing Me Softly"? The (somewhat cocky) contestant immediately dismissed Don McLean as being the right answer and subsequently went home with $64000 instead of a quarter million (or possibly more). He looked very dazed and a little sick to his stomach as he left the studio.

physicsgenius
(90% of everything is crap)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:57
 
It might be pushing it a little to use the phrase "sanity" when referring to the guy who cut off and mailed his ear to a lover.
JK27
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:56
 
yawwwwwwwwwn
ploba
(the other coast and hang a left)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:56
 
i saw maclean many moons ago in a beautiful concert hall singing this song...i was 18 or 19 at the time...great memory and a wonderful song.
mem_313
(The State of Independance)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:56
 
i have always loved this song!!!!

and i agree with scionick...
jamm
(little canada,mn)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:55
 
scionick wrote:
McLean's best song about the best painter of all time. :)


agreed!
redeyespy
(Sunny, FL)
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:55
 
My 10th grade English teacher played this for us, and then he proceeded to not only engage us in discussion, but also to explain what the song meant to him.
jeffersonpump
Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 09:54
 
nice song. now we just need to get Madonna to cover it.
scionick
Posted: Sep 04, 2004 - 09:11
 
McLean's best song about the best painter of all time. :)
Red_Dragon
(somewhere in the great midwest)
Posted: Dec 18, 2003 - 11:35
 
profound, classic, excellent
Mot
(53562)
Posted: Nov 17, 2003 - 13:07
 
:puke:

American Pie so made me detest this guy.
apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Nov 17, 2003 - 13:07
 
...and dispite how much I love Roy and Kathy-Dawn, his version of "Crying" is the definitive.
PattonFever
(tripoli)
Posted: Oct 27, 2003 - 22:03
 
this song makes me feel sad. it reminds me of my friend from highschool, who was a drama major, who killed himself because of boyfriend troubles... last time i heard this it made me cry my little face off missing my friend.

beautiful song. i love it.
BigCalm
(England)
Posted: Oct 17, 2003 - 16:32
 
Timeless....
lily34
(at my computer. joined in Nov '01)
Posted: Sep 06, 2003 - 20:19
 
Hannio wrote:
There was a recent "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" where the question was who was Roberta Flack singing about in "Killing Me Softly"? The (somewhat cocky) contestant immediately dismissed Don McLean as being the right answer and subsequently went home with $64000 instead of a quarter million (or possibly more). He looked very dazed and a little sick to his stomach as he left the studio.


i didn't know that was what her song was about! that's great to know! thanks!

reviep
(Guelph, ON)
Posted: Aug 17, 2003 - 11:39
 
This one has stood the test of time. Still very fresh and relevant.

Very nice!
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 07, 2003 - 06:46
 
There was a recent "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" where the question was who was Roberta Flack singing about in "Killing Me Softly"? The (somewhat cocky) contestant immediately dismissed Don McLean as being the right answer and subsequently went home with $64000 instead of a quarter million (or possibly more). He looked very dazed and a little sick to his stomach as he left the studio.
sparklingdark
(exactly opposite RP except on the Atlantic Coast)
Posted: Aug 07, 2003 - 06:30
 
a masterpiece.
missjanuary
(kanazawa)
Posted: Aug 07, 2003 - 06:29
 
Love the artist, love how Don McLean laid him down in lines, should be played in the gallery in Amsterdam.