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Vincent By DON MCLEAN (Cover)

Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting Starry Night. The song describes different paintings by van Gogh.

McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of the artist.The following year, the song became the No. 1 hit in the U.K. and No. 12 in the U.S.For several years, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam played the song daily. A copy of the sheet music is in a safe beneath the museum, along with a set of van Gogh's paint brushes, the hat he wore while painting Starry Night, and various other items. In 2000, PBS aired Don McLean: Starry, Starry Night, a concert special that was filmed in Austin, Texas.(Courtesy of wikipedia)

Lyrics:

Starry, starry night

Paint your palette blue and gray

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 nite

You took you life as lovers often do But I could of 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 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.

Tab/Chords: Available upon request.

Incomplete list of other artists who've covered this song.

Josh Groban on his debut album, Josh Groban.

The artist Chloë Agnew, a member of the Celtic Woman musical group, released a version of this song on her CD Walking In The Air.

Tori Amos covered this song live on various dates during her 2002-2003 and 2005 tours.

Julie Andrews sings the song in an episode of The Julie Andrews Hour.

Justin Hayward in his solo album Classic Blue with Mike Batt.

This song is covered by Declan Galbraith in his 2006 album Thank You.

Brian Kennedy sang the song at George Best's funeral.

The punk band NOFX released a version of this song on a rarities and b-sides double album.

Jane Olivor covered the song on her 1977 album First Night.

This song was covered by Alan Smith, introduced as "Ya Greetin Faced Sh*te", in 2002, in Glastonbury.[citation needed]

The band Spot 1019 released a version of this song on their 2002 CD In Her Satanic Majesty's Secret Service Entrance.

Daniel Selby covered the song on his forth-coming 2009 album Another Town, Another Time, Another Face.

Chyi Yu covered the song on her 1988 album Whoever Finds This, I Love You.

Chet Atkins covered this song in a fingerstyle guitar arrangement.

Rick Astley covered this song on his 2005 album Portrait.

Julio Iglesias covered this song in his album My Life: The Greatest Hits (disc 1).

Vonda Shepard for the TV show Ally McBeal and its companion album, Heart and Soul.

Garth Brooks performed an acoustic version of this song during his November 12, 2007 concert in Kansas City, MO.

Roberto Vecchioni, an Italian singer-songwriter, released an Italian covered version of this song on his 2000 album Canzoni e cicogne.

Raymond Lam sang the opening in the show Heart of Greed and has also performed the same lines live.

David Roth covered this song on his album Pearl Diver.

Lauren Hoyle recently covered this song at a talent contest (which she went on to win).

Vienna Teng covered this song at a number of live performances

Chet Lam on his "Travelling Live" live album.

Joanna Wang on her "Joanna & 王若琳" album.

(Courtesy of wikipedia)