Vincent
Song by Don McLeanWikipedia
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Oct 4, 2026
speaker_3HOST
Or is the canvas a blank page for your ears and the image whispers the first line? I'm thinking of maybe the most famous case and it's not classical.
speaker_4HOST
Don McLean? Vincent? Starry, starry night? You can't look at that sky without hearing the gentle guitar now.
speaker_4HOST
And he isn't just listing what's in the frame.
speaker_3HOST
No, he sings to Vincent.
speaker_3HOST
The painting becomes
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a window into Van Gogh's inner weather.
Elizabeth GibsonGUEST
It's a nice day out.
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Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness
Jenny ForsythSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
in my soul
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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 How you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now
Rose TangGUEST
So for a long time, I did not know it was Wham!.
Rose TangGUEST
Uh, and, uh, then, uh, I remember, I- my favorite song, uh, was actually a Don McLean song, uh, "Vincent," and "Starry Starry Night." Uh, and, uh, at that time, I was, uh, worshiping, uh, van Gogh, but I did not know my favorite, uh, American song was also about him.
Rose TangGUEST
But w- I did not understand the r- the rest of the lyrics, and there's no Google.
Rose TangGUEST
There's no way I could just check, uh, which song is this and the rest of the lyrics.
Tyler NestlerHOST
Right.
Rose TangGUEST
So the only, uh, uh, words I could understand was "Starry Starry Night." That was it.
Rose TangGUEST
But, uh-
Tyler NestlerHOST
[laughs]