Vincent - (Don McLean Cover)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • This song was written as a tribute to painter Vincent Van Gogh. I've always loved the imagery and the flowing push and pull of the melodic rhythm.
    If you enjoy this video and feel like you'd like to support me, donations can be made to my Venmo: @George-Clements-1
    Hope you enjoy!
    -GC

Комментарии • 492

  • @ksh7937
    @ksh7937 2 года назад +255

    Honestly, i dont see how a cover of this song can get any more perfect than this... the vocals and guitar is so true to the original... awesome job!!

    • @GibsonMarco
      @GibsonMarco 4 месяца назад +2

      Try James Blake's.

  • @michaelballinger4185
    @michaelballinger4185 Год назад +100

    The clarity of the vocal, the phrasing and unpretentious sincerity - quintessential cover of a classic.Thank you, George.

    • @matthewphoenix8344
      @matthewphoenix8344 Год назад +4

      I am very rarely moved to comment, but this moved me. Just great.

    • @hotsoda1850
      @hotsoda1850 10 месяцев назад +2

      😢beautifully articulated

    • @MoveHeavenEarth
      @MoveHeavenEarth 8 месяцев назад +2

      Don't know if you'll see this comment, but you are an astonishing talent. This brought me to tears. So, so beautiful!

  • @trick351
    @trick351 2 года назад +161

    GEORGE, the worst part of this cover is when you stopped singing. I’d pay to hear you sing the warning label on my hairdryer ❤️❤️❤️

    • @enantiodromia
      @enantiodromia Год назад +1

      You don't have any more inspiring texts in your home, I gather?

    • @trick351
      @trick351 Год назад

      @@enantiodromia seriously? That’s all you got? Get a life!

    • @sigmamale7241
      @sigmamale7241 Год назад

      :) Fist round's on me!

    • @barrytyler
      @barrytyler 2 месяца назад +1

      Love a good warning label rendition.

  • @MadsBlownz
    @MadsBlownz Месяц назад +9

    My mother used to play this to me before I fell asleep as a child. Thank you sincerely for making me tear up and feel the moment again, George.

  • @raymondcajigal4923
    @raymondcajigal4923 3 года назад +101

    I'm a fan of your voice' simplicity. It really touches someone's soul.

  • @bucstart
    @bucstart 2 месяца назад +5

    Perfect George. One of the best renditions of this song I've seen. I think you'll agree with me, the original with DC was simply a work of art!

  • @ScottRandolph-dd7dr
    @ScottRandolph-dd7dr 28 дней назад +3

    ❤ This is one of my favourite songs. You sir, paint such a beautiful picture with your voice. Thank you for sharing. Listening in coastal Mississippi 🐻🧔👋

  • @matts6287
    @matts6287 2 месяца назад +5

    Share this. His voice & playing is completely underrated. Excellent!

  • @razzietazzie
    @razzietazzie Месяц назад +4

    This is such a beautiful poetic song, sung so perfectly.

  • @jamesmurphy-walsh8966
    @jamesmurphy-walsh8966 5 месяцев назад +6

    Man I haven’t cried for ages and your voice has opened the flood gates haha. Absolutely precious tone.

  • @pankymierr5970
    @pankymierr5970 2 месяца назад +6

    That part.. "for they could not love you, but still your love was true" hits me so hard

  • @jerrywalker7451
    @jerrywalker7451 Год назад +15

    What a great cover young man....Simply perfect.....The emotion you put into this was "Real" and certainly brought a few tears tot his guy.....Thumbs UP!!!!!

  • @paulhung2142
    @paulhung2142 2 года назад +15

    This was the golden era of music. Musicians who could sing and write from the Heart.

  • @amberdreams_0
    @amberdreams_0 3 года назад +42

    Love the original, it used to be one of my fave songs as a tortured teenager (😂) and this is a great cover

    • @barrybr1
      @barrybr1 3 года назад +1

      me too

    • @thejoshsings894
      @thejoshsings894 2 года назад +1

      @@barrybr1
      Me three

    • @jandeband
      @jandeband 7 месяцев назад

      Another tortured teenager, i started singing this in in the early seventies ❤❤❤

  • @danieldavid3160
    @danieldavid3160 9 месяцев назад +19

    Such a beautiful and meaningful song of my youth. I´m now 67 years old and still enjoy and remember the emotion of my yesterday! Do you, too?

    • @RobinsBird
      @RobinsBird 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, I do.

    • @Ramiz112
      @Ramiz112 6 месяцев назад +1

      Me too, at 34, On the edge of 35, I’m beginning to understand.

    • @happygimp5167
      @happygimp5167 5 месяцев назад

      Yes I do...

    • @FredWilbury
      @FredWilbury 3 месяца назад

      Me 75 met my wife to be when this came out married 50 years last Saturday lost our son 27 years ago Monday gone 1/7/97 sadness and blessed in one weekend 😢

  • @davidbroughall3782
    @davidbroughall3782 Месяц назад +3

    I recently re-discovered this beautiful, tragic song. I always get a bit choked up when I hear the line "But I could've told you, Vincent This world was never meant for One as beautiful as you."

  • @kaaskop7451
    @kaaskop7451 6 месяцев назад +2

    You're insanely good at what you do. Holy crap.

  • @kalania14
    @kalania14 Год назад +12

    From the playing, the singing, the delivery-they say the biggest form of flattery is imitation of the original-good Sir you’ve gone far beyond that. Have a blessed New Year

  • @finisterrae577
    @finisterrae577 Месяц назад +3

    This man should be performing on stage. A true artist !

  • @StvMcQueen1
    @StvMcQueen1 2 года назад +8

    George, I'm going to take it a step further. I've played in some good bands in my time (mostly drumming) and have known more than a few very talented people. But you, my friend, are not only in that group, you really should have a record contract! You have a soothing style and voice that would be sure to delight millions. Best of luck, though, in whatever career path you've chosen. ---Jim

  • @musec07
    @musec07 10 месяцев назад +8

    Man. Your voice is spectacular

  • @craigthomas2455
    @craigthomas2455 3 года назад +9

    Very well done Sir ! As a guitar player myself I am in a position to voice a comment with a little more depth to it !!
    I personally thought your rendition of such a classic song was excellent. Also, when a person puts up a video of themselves with only their acoustic guitar it says a lot to me. You're basically up on show 4 the world to see (mistakes and everything !). Keep it going though my friend and most of all,.... enjoy it.
    Looking forward to seeing some more of your efforts.
    Regards.

  • @dmsoundcollective6746
    @dmsoundcollective6746 2 месяца назад +2

    every time i listen to this, it gives me goosebumps. wonderfully done!!!

  • @mspirit
    @mspirit 3 года назад +2

    Mandatory tab request.
    Also, Empty Chairs is a pretty good one... See what I mean?

  • @ScottMorgan88
    @ScottMorgan88 3 года назад +9

    Well done! Nice playing and arrangement and great voice. I was singing this as I went out for a walk to day and tonight this video appeared in my RUclips suggestions. Coincidence?

  • @J.R-b9s
    @J.R-b9s 16 часов назад

    well done!

  • @jbr84tx
    @jbr84tx 2 года назад +8

    Every bit as good as Don McLean's version. Still makes me cry.

  • @Peter21287
    @Peter21287 Год назад +7

    Wunderschön zu hören. Voller Gefühl und Liebe für die Ewigkeit. Vielen Dank für diesen schönen Moment. 2:55

  • @stevenscott2342
    @stevenscott2342 Год назад +5

    Kid you nailed it.
    You have the ability for even greater success.

  • @dragonwithamonocle
    @dragonwithamonocle 7 месяцев назад +4

    George, I had no idea you had this channel, I would have subbed YEARS ago. I saw you live playing with the Lonely Heartstrings in a little town called Lowville in NY and it was an experience I'll never forget. I got to speak to you guys after the show, though you probably won't remember silly, starstruck, awkward me (and I'm embarrassed to say I might hope you don't). And now here you are years later, performing an amazing and beautiful cover of a song I only fell in love with in the interim.
    Thank you for this, and for the music that shaped me and lives among my family forever. I hope you and yours are well.

  • @CalijayOfficial
    @CalijayOfficial 3 месяца назад +2

    Holy shit I thought the song started playing and you were just playing the guitar along with it 😂 took me like a minute to realise it was just your voice and guitar playing. Wow. Keep up the amazing work 🙌

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  • @2909IML
    @2909IML Год назад +5

    I’ve not long started listening to this wonderful lad. He’s got one of the best singing voices going and he’s got great command of the music he sings. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for bringing me some happiness in these dark years. Ian from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤

  • @tonya5468
    @tonya5468 23 дня назад +1

    Hi George, Thank you for sharing your beautiful talents. I have just listened to a few of your performances and they were each masterful and each touched my heart. Thank you.

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 Год назад +1

    Probably a better voice than Don, but I wish you would have added some pensive pauses within the song, instead of listening to a metronome. Like "are soothed beneath the artists loving hand", or "aaaaam-ber grey". To give some parts just a little emphasis. Still beautiful job.

  • @robinwatson4282
    @robinwatson4282 5 месяцев назад +1

    That was fucking riiiich, man. Beautiful performance.

  • @tommcdermott11
    @tommcdermott11 3 года назад +4

    Good Lord, you nailed it again. Excellent treatment of a great song, thanks for posting this, really, really enjoyed.

  • @Nick-n1x3u
    @Nick-n1x3u 4 месяца назад +2

    So beautiful I cried tears of joy my friend . Thank you . I feel peace for the first time in a long time .❤

  • @madameruizmusic
    @madameruizmusic 3 месяца назад +1

    Love this song and your version. Your voice is beautiful and it feels so easy. Love it.

  • @RoseT78
    @RoseT78 Год назад +3

    Perfection! I adore this song and your cover was just beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes. You have a real gift x

  • @daveg5857
    @daveg5857 8 месяцев назад +3

    One of my favorite songs, and you sing it so beautifully. That was wonderful.

  • @SteveSgrizzi
    @SteveSgrizzi 6 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome dude you're so talented with a great voice. keep'em coming

  • @carlose0318
    @carlose0318 3 года назад +10

    While I couldn’t find George on Spotify as an artist, I did find him as a user that I could follow and see what he listens to. Maybe a bit stalker-ish, but he really does listen to all of the songs he posts covers of. Lots of Simon and Garfunkel, Adrienne Lenker, and Don McClean lately. Also a decent amount of Chopin :) we couldn’t have more similar tastes in music. Wish he had a larger following

    • @lawdawgatl
      @lawdawgatl 3 года назад

      He was the lead singer with The Lonely Heartstrings Band (Bluegrass) which is on Spotify. He also sings with identical twin brother (standup bass) in the group, wait for it, The Clements Bothers.

  • @seangriffiths8036
    @seangriffiths8036 3 года назад +6

    I’m sure Don McLean visited the Van Gogh museum and realised how intuitively talented Vincent was. McLean was humbled by this powerful art and penned a beautiful tribute. As you sing and play this I sense you have the same respect that inspired Don McLean to write this song.

    • @zzcanasta
      @zzcanasta 3 года назад

      ...And you look a bit like Vincent, too...:)

    • @GeorgeClementsMusic
      @GeorgeClementsMusic  2 года назад

      Thank you! I am a huge fan of Don and Vincent. Both amazing artists.

  • @colinruedger7222
    @colinruedger7222 2 года назад +14

    Lord have mercy! That was wonderful! Don McLean would be proud. It’s hard to believe there’s only 131 comments about your rendition. You have a new subscriber.

  • @StevenEarney
    @StevenEarney Год назад +2

    Very nice Vincent cover George! Excellent vocal and acoustic picking!! I just posted my acoustic version of this song today, and saw your cover... well done! Steve

  • @michaeljeffers6614
    @michaeljeffers6614 2 года назад +3

    This is a fantastic, mind-blowing cover. Stunning voice and guitar playing.

  • @jonryanmcgregor8877
    @jonryanmcgregor8877 2 месяца назад +1

    great rendition hope you are still playing dude

  • @jakeerbst4073
    @jakeerbst4073 2 года назад +3

    That was amazing. Truly beautiful cover of one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

  • @maxwelld1961
    @maxwelld1961 Год назад +3

    Simply put..beyond beautiful my friend ❤️

  • @leskerf
    @leskerf 7 месяцев назад +2

    Oh what a fantastic VOICE!

  • @melle7505
    @melle7505 3 года назад +4

    The most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Amazing!

  • @mjliao8616
    @mjliao8616 2 года назад +2

    This is so beautiful. You have a beautiful, story-telling voice. Thanks for sharing.

  • @bettinaehlers4320
    @bettinaehlers4320 2 года назад +3

    Very good, best cover i've ever heard. You've got a wonderful voice. Let us hear more of your voice, please.

  • @rngsl123
    @rngsl123 2 года назад +2

    OMG. I dont have words. Beautiful, beautiful...a thousand times beautiful. The music, the guitar, the voice, the intepretation, the singer. Thank you.

  • @sweepyrecords9894
    @sweepyrecords9894 8 месяцев назад +1

    Just wow man… Very beautiful cover. Nice work!

  • @hgoodin1013
    @hgoodin1013 2 года назад +1

    I don't know what trick of alchemy landed you on my homepage for suggested videos, but thank you music magic.

  • @DaleClements
    @DaleClements 3 года назад +1

    Nice work Mr. Clements!
    Excellent playing and singing!
    I subscribed! This Clements has a channel too..

  • @weinachten0021
    @weinachten0021 Год назад +2

    Anybody on RUclips who can beat this........I don't think so.......A master on the guitar with a voice which gives you goosebumps.... just Perfect.

  • @MsPKeller
    @MsPKeller 6 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing! What a voice and what a guitar!

  • @ruthtrevino7755
    @ruthtrevino7755 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was not expecting everything that I found with this man’s talent. At first I was captivated… by the end I was completely in tears. This is true talent. I’m amazed. How beautiful.

  • @nanousblues
    @nanousblues 3 года назад +4

    This is one of my all times favourite songs and this cover is beautiful.

  • @rizanugraha4515
    @rizanugraha4515 2 года назад +1

    you actually kinda look like Vincent

  • @kenthebean6619
    @kenthebean6619 3 года назад +2

    George you are so good. Your mellow voice, and I really like your beat up guitar and its beautiful tone. Keep it up...you are one of the best...and you always pick the right songs. Brill, and many thanks.

  • @CorbyCave
    @CorbyCave 2 года назад +2

    When I started this video, I thought I was listening to Don McLean. You have the perfect voice for this song. Simply amazing.

  • @jamesatwell6446
    @jamesatwell6446 8 месяцев назад +1

    Subscribed !! Hands down perfection.

  • @carolmoccia6332
    @carolmoccia6332 7 месяцев назад +1

    I as a professional singer and drummer and pianist give your performance a 10 you made this song your own just amazing sir keep going. 😊

  • @BenZabbia
    @BenZabbia 3 года назад +2

    Oh man that was beautiful. Thank you brother.

  • @StvMcQueen1
    @StvMcQueen1 2 года назад

    Fantastic cover! Don McClean would pat you on the back. So would Van Gogh.

  • @johncristofaro6106
    @johncristofaro6106 3 года назад +2

    Just perfect,thank you

  • @fr4nk45
    @fr4nk45 3 года назад +3

    Man I would love to listen to your covers on spotify.

  • @karllansing7927
    @karllansing7927 5 месяцев назад +1

    all can I say is BEAUTIFUL.

  • @marcopolo9569
    @marcopolo9569 Год назад +1

    I felt that with you. One of my favorites, you've mastered.

  • @fastenit27
    @fastenit27 Год назад

    Great performance! The playing, singing, the dynamics and subtleties of both work great together. Also, the sound of that guitar... That guitar is so warm, clear and dynamic - I think that's a 1929 -30 Gibson Gold Sparkle? How did you mic it and did you use for processing, etc? I'm very impressed.

  • @davidgabrielsen2139
    @davidgabrielsen2139 8 месяцев назад

    I bought this album from the Columbia House Record Club shortly after it came out. American Pie and Vincent among others. Your version is simply poignant and beautiful and in my opinion better than the original. You should check out Don Mc's Tapestry (1970) and the song that Perry Como ultimately made a huge hit. And I Love You So.

  • @BreadLightPray_EWFMgtr
    @BreadLightPray_EWFMgtr Год назад +1

    ☑ i really appreciate how you carefully choose your acoustic guitar and fingerstyle technique to best suit the song and the vocal melody ...most expertly accomplished ❗👍😊

  • @Rotorhead1651
    @Rotorhead1651 Год назад

    In general, I dont like covers and remakes. Everyone "tries" to make them "better", and usually fail miserably.
    You didn't. Well done, and thank you.
    Please cover "Empty Chairs".

  • @thebookofcurtis
    @thebookofcurtis 8 месяцев назад +1

    Bro, how do you sing this song without shedding tears?
    Such an amazing rendition of a timeless classic. Bravo 👏👏

  • @kweenmix4409
    @kweenmix4409 7 месяцев назад

    Starry, starry night
    Paint your palette blue and grey
    Look out on a summer's day
    With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
    Shadows on the hills
    Sketch the trees and the daffodils
    Catch the breeze and the winter chills
    In colours on the snowy linen land
    Now I understand what you tried to say to me
    How you suffered for your sanity
    And how you tried to set them free
    They would not listen, they did not know how
    Perhaps they'll listen now
    Starry, starry night
    Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
    Swirling clouds in a violet haze
    Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
    Colours changing hue
    Morning fields of amber grain
    Weathered faces lined in pain
    Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
    Now I understand what you tried to say to me
    And how you suffered for your sanity
    And how you tried to set them free
    They would not listen, they did not know how
    Perhaps they'll listen now
    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've told you, Vincent
    This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
    Starry, starry night
    Portraits hung in empty halls
    Frameless heads on nameless walls
    With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
    Like the strangers that you've met
    The ragged men in ragged clothes
    The silver thorn on the bloody rose
    Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
    Now I think I know what you tried to say to me
    And how you suffered for your sanity
    And how you tried to set them free
    They would not listen, they're not listening still
    Perhaps they never will

  • @chrischan7648
    @chrischan7648 3 года назад +1

    I don't know a thing about you except this one song. But this tells me all I need to know.
    Simply superb.
    Thank you.

  • @surfrby8876
    @surfrby8876 10 месяцев назад +1

    Such a beautiful song , your rendition was perfection , Don McLean would love it 👏👏

  • @markodamnjanovic3043
    @markodamnjanovic3043 Год назад

    Quality guitar player/singer and quality guitar! You've done a great job, my friend. This type of songs fits to you, definitely, as well as guitar. Which guitar is this? It seems it is built whole of solid wood

  • @davidcardwell3630
    @davidcardwell3630 3 года назад +1

    Top class man beautiful playing and singing .. love all your uploads ..think Lincoln Duncan is my favourite keep them coming man👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @deisefaleiro8753
    @deisefaleiro8753 2 года назад +2

    Não me canso de te ouvir. Sua voz suave, o olhar profundo como quem quer "tocar" a alma de quem ouve!
    Sua voz tocou a minha alma! Muito obrigada por dividir esse tesouro com todos nós!

  • @drodskywalker
    @drodskywalker Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your talents and gifts with us. Such beautiful tone. Absolute pleasure to listen to this performance. Magnifique.😊

  • @andystevenson4157
    @andystevenson4157 6 месяцев назад

    Your cover of this song is Perfect! Loved it. Maybe you could also sing Don Mclean’s Crossroads.

  • @benaveiga546
    @benaveiga546 Год назад

    Perfect until the ñast part when he sings 'you took your life', he did 't pause..he missed the pause..the pause is everything.

  • @СветланаЮдина-п4я
    @СветланаЮдина-п4я 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you very much, dear man , for your lovely singing and playing! ❤It is like a honey for my ears... 😊

  • @boc234
    @boc234 2 года назад +1

    Ok. Yes. First rate.

  • @faustorossi5524
    @faustorossi5524 5 месяцев назад

    You not just play very well but you sing very good too. My compliments. Subscribed

  • @jm36th
    @jm36th Месяц назад

    My dad used to sing this song to me as a lullaby. God bless the love you sang it with yourself. You killed it brother!

  • @kobusroux2074
    @kobusroux2074 Год назад

    This is awesome! Very well done. Please keep uploading beautiful classics like this one.
    That guitar is also a beaut. What is it??

  • @Pearl-gp5ex
    @Pearl-gp5ex 2 месяца назад

    To my lovely soldier need comport of his assignment in warzone area ♥️♥️♥️

  • @397jollyroger
    @397jollyroger 7 месяцев назад +1

    It’s a song that captures Vincent’s work and life. You’ve done an
    excellent cover of the original song. Thank you.

  • @MormonScape2010
    @MormonScape2010 Год назад +1

    I love this! Your voice is really nice. It's very soothing. It feels like I need more. It's so smooth.

  • @maxxwellbeing5208
    @maxxwellbeing5208 2 года назад +1

    If I heard this without seeing it, I would think it was Don McLean. Well done.

  • @curtism7409
    @curtism7409 2 года назад +1

    Well, I was going to do lots of things around the house today and make my wife happy, but I came across one of your videos and now I'll be glued to the computer all day watching the rest of your videos. Absolutely fantastic!! Great singing and playing!!

  • @vermilionromancatholics8512
    @vermilionromancatholics8512 2 года назад +1

    Such a beautiful job. Keep up the good work. Voice, soul in the guitar patterns. Marvelous. Thanks.

  • @hannahking2501
    @hannahking2501 2 года назад +1

    why am i crying rn

  • @chipiturk90strend
    @chipiturk90strend 3 года назад +1

    Whao. I was hoping to hear this song covered by you and you just make it real
    Beautiful version.
    And thank you for that camera angle, it always help me to learn other people's version and ways to play
    Thanks