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14 Aug 98 - 05:19 PM (#34865) Subject: Starry Night From: Gail I am looking for the words to a song called "Starry Night". I do not know the author, but I believe that it was written about Vincent Van Gogh. Thanks. |
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14 Aug 98 - 05:28 PM (#34866) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Mountain Dog The song, "Vincent", was written and performed by Don McLean (the notorious American Pie-man). Here it is, fresh from the dwindling archives of OLGA: Vincent by Don McLean Starry starry [G]night, paint your palette [Am]blue and grey Look out on a [C]summer's day with [D7]eyes that know the darkness in my [G]soul Shadows on the [G]hills, sketch the trees and the [Am]daffodills Catch the breeeze and the [C]winter chills, in [D7]colors on the snowy linen [G]land [C] [G]
CHORUS: Now I under[Am]stand [D7]what you tried to [G]say to me [Em]How you suffered for you [Am7]sanity[D7] How you tried to set them [Em]free They would not listen they did [A7]not know [Am7]how [D7] Perhaps they'll listen [G]now
Starry starry [G]night, flaming flowers that [Am]brightly blaze Swirling clouds in [C]violet haze [D7]reflect in Vincent's eyes of china [G]blue Colors changing [G]hue, morning fields of amber [Am]grain Weathered faces [C]lined in pain are [D7]soothed 'neath the artists's loving [G]hand [C] [G] CHORUS [G]For they could not [Am7]love you, [D7]but still your love was [G]true [F#] [E] And when no [Am7]hope was left in sight, on that [Cm]starry starry night You [G]took your life as [F7]lovers often [E7]do, But I [Am7]could have told you, Vincent, This [C]world was never meant for one as [D7]beautiful as you
Stary, starry [G]night, portraits hung in [Am]empty halls Frameless heads on [C]nameless walls with [D7]eyes that watch the world and can't for[G]get. Like the stranger that you've [G]met, the ragged man in [Am]ragged clothes The silver thorn of [C]bloody rose, lie [D7]crushed and broken on the virgin [G]snow [C] [G]
Now I th[Am]ink I know [D7]what you tried to [G]say to me [Em]How you suffered for you [Am7]sanity[D7] How you tried to set them [Em]free They would not listen they're [A7]not listening [Am7]still [D7] Perhaps they never [G]will |
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15 Aug 98 - 12:46 AM (#34896) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Sir Does anyone know if - aside from "Dreidel" and the two tunes mentioned above - did Don McLean have anymore 'hits'? |
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15 Aug 98 - 01:46 AM (#34900) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Pauline L. I have a tape called "The Best of John McLean." It contains American Tune, Vincent, And I Love You So, Crying, Castles in the Air, Dreidel, Winterwood, Every Day, Mountains O'Mourne, and Prime Time. I suppose that doesn't necessarily mean that they were hits, just that they were his best. |
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15 Aug 98 - 05:03 AM (#34909) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Joe Offer Hmmmmm.....doesn't this one ring a bell? In fact I believe that the Digital Tradition is the official repository for the infamous Program Notes for this lengthy song (izzat true, dick?). Actually, I think this song clocks out at 8-1/2 minutes, and "Alice's Restaurant" is about 18, so this one isn't THAT long. Click on the links if you haven't figured it out by now. -Joe Offer- |
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15 Aug 98 - 10:20 PM (#34970) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Sir Yeah, Pauline, "And I Love You So" was a pretty song that Perry Como covered and I believe I do remember the title "Castles in the Air" if not the song. It seems I remember seeing an LP jacket of Don McLean's with liner notes written by Pete Seeger. |
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16 Aug 98 - 12:43 PM (#35015) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: skw@worldmusic.de Does anyone know a Don McLean song 'Andrew McCrew' about 'a mummy at the fair'? I've been told it is by Don McLean and that he actually found the mummy and paid for the burial, but I can't find it anywhere. Should be an exciting story! - Susanne |
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16 Aug 98 - 12:53 PM (#35018) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Tinwhistler You can't be forgetting "American Pie", can you??? The quintessential Don McLean! |
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17 Aug 98 - 07:11 PM (#35156) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: Bob Bolton G'day all, Sir's Don McLean LP sleeve with liner notes by Pete Seeger does not surprise me. I seem to remember (circa 1972?) listening to my portable radio while stopping in a bush hut a friend and I built in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. I heard a track of Don Mclean singing a quite non-reggae "By The Waters of Babylon", with audience participation led by spoken cues. The general effect sounded remarkably like a very young Pete Seeger. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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17 Aug 98 - 08:46 PM (#35164) Subject: RE: Starry Night From: gargoyle Thank you for the [bracket] cord postings.
It is a very clear style. |