Don McLean 'Vincent'

[Michael.]

Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh

Was born on March 30, 1853,
in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands.

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He was a post-impressionist painter whose work, notable for its beauty,
emotion and color, highly influenced 20th-century art.

He struggled with mental illness,
and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his lifetime.

He died at age 37, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Don McLean 'Vincent'
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( Starry, Starry Night)
With Lyrics

Almost all images
created by Vincent Van-Gogh.
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[Ozarkgal]

I really like that song. It wasn't until years later I found out who it was about. That was a beautiful video, thanks for sharing. Seems that so many talented and artistic people are tortured souls and suffer demons.

There are so many songs that I like, but don't understand what inspired them. Years ago, Merle Haggard did a ballad called "Leonard". I tried for many years to find out who the heck Leonard was. It wasn't until I was able to Google it that I found out that "Leonard" was a hard luck songwriter, who finally "hung a gold one on the wall".

The mystery still remains who the subject of Carole King's Your so Vain" was....she's just not telling.