It is taking longer than expected to fetch the next song to play. The music should be playing soon. If you get tired of waiting, you can try reloading your browser.


Please check our Help page for information about troubleshooting Pandora on your browser.
Your Pandora One subscription will expire shortly.
close
Your Pandora One trial subscription will expire shortly. Upgrade to continue unlimited, ad-free listening.
You've listened to hours of Pandora this month. Consider upgrading to Pandora One.
Close
Hi . Pandora is using Facebook to personalize your experience. Learn More – No Thanks
 Upgrade  register   |   help   |  
-0:00
0:00
Change Skin

We created Pandora to put the Music Genome Project directly in your hands

It’s a new kind of radio –
stations that play only music you like

 
Create an account for free. Register
Now Playing
Music Feed
My Profile
Create a Station
Play Sample
Buy

Vincent

by Don McLean
on American Pie

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
full 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
full lyrics

Features of This Track

folk roots
intricate melodic phrasing
acoustic sonority
major key tonality
a good dose of acoustic guitar pickin'
a smooth male lead vocalist
subtle use of the accordion
acoustic rhythm guitars
subtle use of strings

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

show more

Similar Tracks

Play Sample
The Sound Of Silence
by Simon & Garfunkel
Play Sample
Yesterday
by The Beatles
Play Sample
Time In A Bottle
by Jim Croce
Play Sample
Fire And Rain
by James Taylor
Play Sample
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
by Jim Croce
Play Sample
Blackbird / Yesterday (Love Version)
by The Beatles

Comments

Gorgeous gorgeous tune of the good old early 70s..
A most beautiful song about one of the most beautiful souls who ever gifted us. Thanks, Don.
treesteven9
So good
tbanguis2
This is the song, for everyone
As an Artist I love seeing songs about art :p I rank this in the top 3 best songs ever written....p r o b a b l y at number 2. Gordon Lightfoot's Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle is number 1....
I was very pleased to see these lyrics listed as a poem in a high school literature book. Great song. Great lyrics. Great poetry. Great God, I'm a mushy idiot!
if i could write like that....i would take up painting....
If music could draw this is what that song would be.
mlstax
A most touching tribute to a glorious but troubled man. This is a song that will stand the test of time, just as Vincent's paintings do.
Everyone measured McLean for America Pie, but this is the song that sold me on him. I love how this song touches the heart, how you can't help but feel.
Love this song! Always reminds me of warm, summer nights in New Jersey...sta y i n g out past dark...tryin g to catch lightning bugs, or running to the Dairy Queen, with my blue ball Panasonic radio on a chain by my side! :D
Pearl Jam needs to cover this one.
rioja1992
One of the most touching songs EVER written, and I have always loved it. To this day I will get a chill, a pang, sometimes even a tear. Beautiful.
I remember hearing this song for the first time in French class. My teacher loved it, and I love it too :)
It makes no difference to me at all about its inspiration, that is great to know, but this song is a song that like many of Don McLean and America's songs, can not help but touch a "special place in your heart", if your heart is open to the melody, the lyrics and the ambiance that "paints" such a joyous, peaceful design on ones soul. If not, then sadly, your heart has probably been corrupted, poisoned by the wrongs in this "world". Close your eyes, open your heart an listen again and feel !
The poetic language of this song trumps any "limpness" that might be present with the song's melody and chord progression. I am jaded though. I have loved this song since I was a kid. I am not artistic enough to "get" Van Gogh like most, but I get this song!
I used to sing this song to my daughter as a lullabye, but I didn't know all of the words. I adjusted to that by singing what I did know repeatedly in a loop. One day she told me "I heard that song on the radio today, but they sang it wrong."
Van Gogh is one of my favorites - I appreciate that there is a song written about him. I love Starry Night. RIP Vincent. : )
i love this song....i used to work with people with mental illnesses, and as vincent van gogh not only was a genius painter but struggled with mental illness his whole life my patients (esp my depressives and my schizophreni c s ) used to feel this song was just for them.
This song just doesn't work for me, maybe because I really don't like Van Gogh's paintings and so I'm not sure why anyone would be so inspired to write a song about him.

It's pretty but also feels limp, if that makes sense.

And Danny, Van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in the world. You've probably seen his painting "The Starry Night" all over the place.
It was a nice song will play and song with open heart and eyes .
Funny. Just seconds before this song came on, I was wondering if Don McLean ever did anything other then American Pie. American Pie may very well be the best song ever, by the way.
P.S. Who is Vincent Van Gogh? Good song, whoever he is.
This is about Vincent Van Gogh.
Who is this song about?
Awesome....
coplvr266
Soul touching....
harryriley
like this song....brin g s back high school a hellava looonggg time ago
I've never heard Josh's version, but I'm not sure I want to. This is a classic that affects me every time I hear it.
trutxn67
Such a nice tribute to one of the worlds greatest artists. Josh Grobin does a beautiful rendition as well.
One of my favorite songs. A beautiful lyrical tune about the struggles of creativity and genius.
One of the most beauitiful songs I've ever heard

In order to use Pandora internet radio, please upgrade to a more current browser.

Please check our Help page for more information.

In order to use Pandora internet radio, please upgrade to a more current browser
or install a newer version of Flash (v.10 or later).

In order to use Pandora internet radio, please install Adobe Flash (v.10 or later).

[127, 127, 113, 99, 101, 69, 81, 94, 114, 104, 121, 73, 79, 98, 124, 66, 120, 86, 119, 66, 86, 95, 80, 75, 92, 116, 93, 111, 107, 69, 121, 81, 114, 79, 119, 93, 108, 123, 90, 113, 123, 122, 89, 99, 77, 117, 72, 94, 106, 81, 82, 100, 111, 121, 99, 80, 74, 66, 123, 72, 75, 101, 113, 82, 124, 69, 70, 78, 78, 104, 78, 103, 119, 86, 109, 85, 64, 123, 97, 66, 90, 83, 87, 68, 95, 69, 70, 79, 83, 116, 83, 114, 68, 70, 69, 65, 100, 75, 81, 92, 79, 73, 88, 108, 110, 72, 122, 111, 123, 119, 66, 69, 65, 67, 82, 74, 100, 83, 114, 110, 118, 102, 104, 77, 122, 70, 77, 127, 110, 98, 79, 85, 76, 70, 76, 65, 91, 93, 118, 106, 115, 124, 92, 117, 65, 110, 118, 103, 64, 127, 70, 98, 64, 112, 96, 123, 66, 71, 74, 101, 120, 78, 111, 98, 76, 98, 97, 68, 88, 114, 94, 107, 106, 100, 95, 102, 115, 98, 121, 100, 103, 70, 70, 94, 76, 119, 69, 119, 68, 98, 114, 104, 71, 74, 97, 92, 77, 90, 78, 114, 64, 112, 108, 76, 77, 114, 100, 95, 120, 100, 77, 96, 107, 104, 105, 66, 84, 68, 110, 124, 105, 92, 84, 112, 95, 103, 76, 91, 97, 116, 127, 107, 115, 97, 113, 81, 122, 123, 121, 119, 105, 93, 79, 90, 86, 126, 119, 107, 99, 121, 93, 101, 117, 109, 78, 109, 85, 113, 66, 103, 65, 65, 112, 121, 68, 117, 76, 92, 122, 119, 97, 86, 70, 108, 88, 107, 125, 90, 108, 75, 85, 77, 75, 97, 112, 124, 92, 99, 100, 77, 104, 92, 115, 71, 94, 90, 75, 89, 75, 72, 89, 83, 106, 100, 71, 102, 64, 73, 66, 90, 122, 88, 121, 111, 116, 96, 116, 123, 127, 112, 65, 80, 107, 119, 102, 98, 93, 69, 103, 72, 104, 70, 126, 113, 119, 93, 109, 124, 65, 123, 80, 71, 69, 69, 67, 97, 64, 76, 82, 110, 117, 71, 114, 82, 80, 92, 96, 73, 73, 120, 97, 101, 109, 106, 88, 114, 100, 87, 118, 85, 80, 88, 69, 102, 65, 88, 96, 66, 113, 66, 89, 85, 77, 113, 97, 66, 97, 114, 99, 83, 85, 127, 126, 81, 114, 111, 80, 89, 91, 94, 72, 77, 86, 119, 88, 88, 77, 64, 85, 85, 122, 89, 112, 70, 73, 113, 116, 101, 119, 76, 98, 93, 121, 69, 111, 82, 77, 104, 79, 71, 71, 86, 72, 96, 91, 99, 104, 103, 107, 80, 68, 108, 74, 98, 88, 95, 101, 125, 92, 107, 86, 95, 114, 99, 127, 94, 119, 104, 79, 122, 71, 81, 118, 101, 104, 65, 83, 73, 80, 99, 122, 122, 125, 88, 72, 122, 127, 116, 96, 85, 119, 97, 106, 124, 68, 74, 110, 91, 107, 126, 121, 112, 83, 102, 86, 106, 94, 96, 98, 108, 89, 115, 73, 107, 115, 123, 72, 87, 120, 76, 112, 108]