5. Here’s Don McLean again. The song “Vincent” refers to which painter who, sadly, took his own life?“
…1. Rembrandt 2. Titian 3. Monet 4. Van Gogh “For they could not love you, but still your love was true And when no hope was left in sight, on that starry starry night You took your life as lovers often do, But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.” “Starry night” in the lyric refers to the Vincent Van Gogh painting of the same name. “Vincent” reached Number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 1 in the UK. It is a little-known but fascinating fact that Van Gogh spent time in the UK as a Methodist preacher.
Answer to the question “5. Here’s Don McLean again. The song “Vincent” refers to which painter who, sadly, took his own life?“
Van Gogh:
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I think that ‘Vincent’ is about how Don McLean understands what the struggles of an artist is like. He is saying that society doesn’t the meaning of why artists are painting or writing, he has dealt with this problem as well. Don McLean has seen Vincents paintings and has seen what Vincent was trying to show/say with them. Don McLean is trying to tell us (the listeners) that no one would listen to what Vincent was trying to say, and that people didn’t realise the true meaning of Vincents paintings, People thought of him as odd. Don McLean’s greatest point is that we as a society should become more accepting.