Talk:Vincent (song)

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The article originally said "The song also mentions the title of a different painting by Van Gogh in each of its lines." I changed that last word to stanzas ("Now I understand" — which word is the title?), but I'm still not sure that's right. Does it mention the title of each painting (or indeed any painting, besides the obvious one), or merely describe them? --zenohockey 02:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

It merely describes them e.g. "Flaming flowers that brightly blaze" refers to the sunflowers 80.7.144.151 08:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lyric section

This section only includes the entire song. This is a blatant copyright right offense and is not fair use, unless if partial parts of the song are used for analysis. Thus this section is removed. ResurgamII 14:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

The explanation that "It is also thought that the song intends to portray van Gogh's tough relationship with his family. They were a wealthy family who did not accept him for his schizophrenia ("for they could not love you") and never understood his will to help the poor" may not be the only possibility. I have read that the part "for they could not love you But still your love was true" may reflect more on the painitings themselves being umnable to receprocate any love and yet they were Vincents total Love. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.195.86.40 (talk) 23:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

Why does "Starry Starry Night" redirect here? Shouldn't it go to the album? 76.25.6.22 05:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The song

The four paragraphs entitled 'The song' are excellently written, and convey well the essence of what Van Gogh and his work were about. Well done to the author of this section, if it is original work!

I intend making a few small tweaks to this section, but do not intend to do much more than that. The part of Van Gogh's life which I feel has been omitted are the years he spent as a teacher and preacher in Ramsgate, Kent and Isleworth, London – and as a missionary in Hainaut, Belgium – and his lack of success (as he perceived it) in both places were contributory factors to his later disillusionment. Cheers – Agendum (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2008 (UTC)