No stage show... No dancers... No backing tracks... No lip-syncing... No choreography... No special effects... No audio trickery... No Auto-Tune... Just a man... and his guitar... Priceless!!!
I 've seen Don Mclean live more than other artist and I 've seen a lot of artists but for me there is no one greater. To walk on stage with just an acoustic guitar, banjo and his voice and entertain tens of thousands of people is truly magnificent, a great singer, a great musician and great composer.................he really has everything. As my time comes to an end I look bacck with admiration of this man.
You sir are absolutely correct the voice is a musical instrument and as you say just a guitar and banjo. Saw him UK about 1975 again with guitar and banjo. Exceptional talent!
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Don Mclean was one of a kind - a giant of creative energy and an amazing poet and songwriter. Not to mention he had a great voice and was a superb guitar player. Basically he was the whole package. He really did not need a backup band. Notice how he fills up the auditorium just by himself.
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Empty Chairs is a beautiful, heartbreaking love song. I cannot listen to Don's song Crossroads without sobbing uncontrollably. Same for this song. I can only listen to "Vincent" when I am feeling particularly strong. Otherwise, the words just destroy me. Don captures Vincent Van Gogh's pain so eloquently that we feel it, too. The sensitivity and expressiveness that Don conveys in his songs are rare gifts, and we are very fortunate that he has shared them with us for many, many years. Thank you, Don.
A beautiful person I once knew introduced me to these two songs; most importantly If We Try. A message. Wasn't more than 15 or 20 seconds into it just now and my eyes started welling up. If you're out there, somewhere, Hey, 'Gate Hopper', know you are missed. I hope you are well and truly happy. Thanks for everything.
Don McLean was, and is, a huge influence on me after singing his songs over & over when I was just 8 years old in 1972. Today, I'm a jazz singer & an artist and his songs evoke emotions, stories, pictures, paintings and life! Thank you Don!
Met Don after a Sydney concert back in the early eighties. I spoke to him for about 20 minutes while he signed autographs. He was, in real life, just as he is in his songs, a truly nice, humble and caring person. Who else could have penned such wonderful songs, which touch everyone's heart so profoundly? His song 'Empty Chairs' hit a real spot for me after a relationship ended. He sort of captured the feelings I was experiencing. He goes to those places that really hurt and sooths your pain.
You echoed my thoughts exactly. The unbearable pain of lost love is something that Don understands completely. He takes our collective pain and turns it into poetry. I think one of Don's many gifts is his empathy, which can make us feel less alone as we experience grief. 'Empty Chairs' just destroys me. So do 'Vincent' and 'Crossroads.' You were so lucky to get to speak to Don for as long as you did.
And he never seems to age. Have you heard his duet with Ed Sheeran who's a newer artist sing a duet of Vincent. Sheeran who's popular with the younger generation can't compare with the amazing Don McLean.
He is the only artist who sing the same different songs every times. And every time, I love them all, no matter how many times he sings the same old song. It just never gets old.
Just rediscovering Don Mcclean having looked up American pie and Vincent and now discovering all these other wonderful songs.Yes what an underrated musician or under recognised.He is a man singing with such beauty and fragility that is rare.
I think that his song Vincent written about the artist Vincent Van Gogh who was never appreciated by fellow artists and ended up taking his own life and now his painting Starry Starry Night is one of the most famous painting in the world. I wonder if Don McLean felt like van Gogh in some way.
you know youre f*** when its 3 in the morning and you start binge watching jim croce paul williams gilbert sullivan don mclean music videos and you gotta wake up for work at 5am.
I love this performance to no end. Don McLean, you are such an inspiration. The simple sweetness of a man and his guitar, and a story to tell. Thank you so much.
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I love his live performances. His studio recordings are wonderful, but they can't beat hearing and watching him perform live, then and now. And even though I normally don't like it when singers change the way they sing their muchloved songs at concerts, I don't mind it so much when Don does it like in this video. His songs are so beautiful that no matter how he sings them they stay beautiful. And his guitar playing is truly excellent.
Announcer mentioned that don will"kill you softly with his songs" and the song of that title was actually written in a response to the writer hearing Don's amazing song "empty chairs"......just learned that the other day
Whats with the thumbs down? A troubadour of the finest ever, delivering beautiful poetry though song. Would be musicians everywhere, lap up this rare talent and celebrate its genius.
ReDe V7 We live în this world that has not " just one colour " ... I mean exactier this : the music might be angelic and still some people not to like it ! Why ?! Simply : those people do not have the same vibration as the music does !!!
FAO Anyone who's interested. The subtitles in Irish Gaelic at 4.17 say : His father's people, the McLeans, come from Mull in the Hebrides; his mother's people from Abruzzi in Italy.
music in his voice, i started listening to him when i was 17, i used to take the cds from my dad and listen to them in private because i was embarassed of what other people my age would think, that was 11 years ago, other music and artists come and go in my life, Don Mclean will never leave me, i requested crossroads for my fathers funeral mass 7years ago, emotional stuff
Empty chairs is the most beautiful song about his mother his REAL mother our little Mary(quite contrary) and although I've been listening to it for 40 years I never tire of it. The guitar is a Martin 000-28 made in 1929. The 000-28VS is a modern recreation of this stunning and valuable vintage instrument. He still has it but doesnt play it now.
I had a nasty hangover today. My head hurts like hell. I drive my car listening Don Mclean, and the pain gone. Its an amazing singer an songwriter. Is just excelent.
The worlds best guitar playing poet. Empty clothes that drape on empty chairs. I just love that this guy is so unpretentious with his prodigious talent that I have been gifted to listen to since the 70s. The tapestry album, his first; is still timeless magic. Every crisp leaf that falls, all the flowers that grow; on this colourful tapestry .somehow they know.. That if man is allowed to destroy all we need, he will soon have to pay with his life for his greed.. AN AINT THAT PROVEN RIGHT.. U r a ledge Don..
True beauty wow melody rhythm picking the texture his voice the poetry wow I'm just in awe right now everything about this performance is so crisp and flawless
As best I know, it never got any better than this. Pure talent. Beautiful tenor voice, right in tune, along with that wonderful guitar accompaniment and man, could he play that banjo.
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I learned this song when the love of my life courted me. He usually sang this song while he was brushing my hair w/ his fingers. Yes, we did try to be in a relationship status. Now, we are married w/ a happy little girl as a fruit of our if-we-try relationship. Thank God, we deserve each other. ❤❤❤ I was his last love & he was my first 🥰
When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. Just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go And my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night... And I don't know if it'll work out right... But somehow I think that it just might... if we try. Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation. Won't you look my way once before you go And my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind... Cause I see love as just a state of mind... And who knows what it is that we might find... if we try. You're walking a different direction from most people I've met. You're givin' me signs of affection I don't usually get. I don't want you to pledge your future the future's not yours to give. Just stand there a little longer and let Me watch while you live. 'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. And just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go And my eyes will say what you ought to Know. Well I've been thinking about you day and night... And I don't know if it will work out right... But somehow I think that it just might... if we try. Somehow I think that it just might if we try. Yes somehow I think that it just might if we try. Source: Musixmatch
Amazing touching songs, I'm glad he still performing and looks great. He always has a glass of orange juice!! I guess he never had a alcohol drink or.... ! not like those late and today's singers, they all die early from something.....
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I saw him live..at least 8 times..throughout my life..once or twice in Montreal when I was teenager..in 72 or '73..once when I moved to Toronto in "81..the VERY SAME night I went to the Ontario Place forum just to see him play and hear the music...three yrs later.i got married..we went 4 more times to see him play The Forum..at Ontario Place.
What a very handsome song...he is truely right..hmmm maybe they can understand very sad man with very bad experience with a very meaningful songs...were old to know people
wait....where's the voice synthesizer, the half naked dancers, the light show with smoke and mirrors???? oh, that's right, real talent doesn't require it.
I remember watching this very program on a black and white TV in Cork City back in 1975. I set up my little Panasonic tape recorder in front of the TV and recorded it. Those were simpler times. The whole concert was great. He was (and probably still is) a poet with an amazingly clear voice and a wide range.
I’ve been a very long time listener and have never heard the similarities of each of his songs to the others. His style stands out from others (in a good way), and his lyrics are unbeatable.
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Superb! I saw 6 concerts on the 75 UK tour including four nights in a row, Sheffield, Manchester, Croydon and the RAH. A superb performer I learned a lot from . A different set every night except for Bronco Bill's Lament as the opener and American Pie/ Vincent as the finishers prior to the numerous encores. In Manchester he played a long set of banjo songs and tunes but only Babylon the next night in Croydon. Every show was mesmerising.
@pitchphoenix i agree with you! i'm born during the late 80's but i prefer Don McLean's music and the like than most songs being played today! simply, love it!
Empty Chairs Lyrics (below). Every word is perfectly chosen in this beautiful poem. It's so rare and I hate to say that they don't make lyrics like this anymore. Well done Don McLean. I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would Never thought the words you said were true Never thought you said just what you meant Never knew how much I needed you Never thought you'd leave, until you went Morning comes and morning goes with no regret And evening brings the memories I can't forget Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would
Can't agree more. I met him outback of the Sydney Entertainment Centre after a concert and he was such a nice, quietly spoken, humble guy. We spoke for about 20 minutes and he was so nice. His lyrics and beautiful music touch your heart. That's why after seeing him perform, Roberta Flack wrote "Killing me softly with his song". I shed many a tear over 'Empty Chairs' after a relationship ended, I even learned how to play it on the guitar. He, James Taylor and John Denver are my big three.
now this is what you call a wordsmith and not the self proclamed poser kenye.... kenye. beiber and who ever the fuck those singers these day could not even compose words this awesome in million years
Maybe the loveliest song you ever penned and sang .. the 1st one. So glad to hear it here in 2020. I grew up to a lot of your music in my youngest days.
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Although I have only listened to his "American Pie" album I can without a doubt say that this is some of the most beautiful music I have heard that was created in the last 300 years.
"When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. Just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night...and I don't know if it'll work out right...but somehow I think that it just might...if we try. Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind...cause I see love as just a state of mind...and who knows what it is that we might find...if we try. You're walking a different direction from most people I've met. You're givin' me signs of affection I don't usually get. I don't want you to pledge your future the future's not yours to give. Just stand there a little longer and let me watch while you live. 'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. And just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well It's so nice to see it all work out...cause that's what fantasies are all about. ..and we can know the truth without a doubt...if we try. Yes we can know the truth, without a doubt, if we try......." All credits to Mr. McLean for a wonderful performance ;-j
A few years back Don headlined our summer folkie festival. Since I suffer from depression and at times a problem with crowds- so I didn't go, even though it's free and along with Leonard Cohen (R.I.P.), John Prine (R.I.P), Donovan, of course, Dylan, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch both deceased, sadly and a Canadian like me! underrated Bruce Cockburn, too many others to list, oh, I must include Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, Don is one of my heroes! I live only a block from the park, so I got my glass of wine and sat waiting in proverbial anticipation! From my old wicker chair I could hear several generations yelling/singing: bye, bye, Miss American Pie...it was bliss! Kids who sadly grew up thinking Rap and shopping, preferably on line? How sad, I just discovered PARIS STILL HAS RECORD STORES WITH HEADPHONES AT EACH SECTION...Don, my partner later told me, his eyes still shining with the adrenaline rush, had spoken not nastily, but slightly annoyed and baffled about "what's with Generation Z(?) . I've lost track and as a bookworm too, I am fed up with fricking not anacronyms- maybe? Migraine, shouldn't be on here, glare !! but I need sustenance and he's a great source of comfort. Everything reduced to a few LETTERS, no hyphens etc.! allowed! Where I reside, one can't call it "living" yes, my own fault for staying in a city I loathed from the first moment I saw it, but life does present obstacles from time to time, to use a hackneyed cliché, itself a hackneyed cliche- so I stayed and am now too broke to run away to Paris and open a Gypsy Tea Room, I am a bohemian but hanging precariously by one frayed tassel! I feel as though I threw away my life- who said, "youth is wasted on the young"- Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde? You don't really dig that until it's too late! If you are young, follow your heart, your gut instincts- as long as you don't cause hurt to anybody, as Nina Simone would say: for God's sake...can't remember BUT you know how angry and emphatically spot on she was- Namaste ( sorry for my overly long babble, the provenance of the lonely- I bought this album not for American Pie but for VINCENT- I hope the afterlife is arranged?! so that contact with our old life is possible; Vincent's ghost/spirit has to be able to hear that song- Namaste from a Bewildered Old-er Human. ( I had started to say where I reside, the officials in charge have removed penmanship, cursive from the curriculum!!!!!)
He just needs a guirar. The rest is his inspiration and talent. Someone I loved very much ibtroduced me to this exceptional artist. When he was born the muses were watching over him. He is timeless. In a few chosen words he can make us experience a lifetime of emotions. You've got it all, Don.
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No stage show...
No dancers...
No backing tracks...
No lip-syncing...
No choreography...
No special effects...
No audio trickery...
No Auto-Tune...
Just a man... and his guitar...
Priceless!!!
that's a true legend!
yep
Don McLean is a rare combination of a poet and a trobadour. One of the best folk guitarist of his era.
And unfortunately except for a number of us , he went unnoticed.He is a genius as singer /songwriter who’s definitely made an impression on my life
Not his era one of the best folk guitarist ever
He sure is, I could listen to his music all day. He has a way of touching a person's heartstrings and bringing the person peace of mind
Fully agreed!! It captured my soul for more than half a century already!! 😅
@@fmme4794 what wasn't his era sorry?, thanks
I 've seen Don Mclean live more than other artist and I 've seen a lot of artists but for me there is no one greater. To walk on stage with just an acoustic guitar, banjo and his voice and entertain tens of thousands of people is truly magnificent, a great singer, a great musician and great composer.................he really has everything. As my time comes to an end I look bacck
with admiration of this man.
@Julio Grato,
I very much agree but don't forget Neil Diamond.
Janis Ian is like that. Just her and a guitar and a list of songs that hit you right in the heart.
You sir are absolutely correct the voice is a musical instrument and as you say just a guitar and banjo. Saw him UK about 1975 again with guitar and banjo. Exceptional talent!
and a great man....
You’re so blessed - there’s only a slim chance that I can watch him live even in his old age now 😂
No autotune no gimmicks just great songwriting and performance live. Great post thanks.
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Don Mclean was one of a kind - a giant of creative energy and an amazing poet and songwriter. Not to mention he had a great voice and was a superb guitar player. Basically he was the whole package. He really did not need a backup band. Notice how he fills up the auditorium just by himself.
Talented beyond belief , so unique, a true artist
I think he may have been the greatest song write if all time, or at least in the running....
Empty chairs gets me every time.
Me too. It’s about as good as it gets for sad ballads. I remember the first time I heard that song I thought he was reading my mind.
me too.. and I love to play it
Just man and his guitar. Pure poetry to music. Lifetime fan.
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How're you doing.
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It's nice meeting you here.
Empty Chairs is a beautiful, heartbreaking love song. I cannot listen to Don's song Crossroads without sobbing uncontrollably. Same for this song. I can only listen to "Vincent" when I am feeling particularly strong. Otherwise, the words just destroy me. Don captures Vincent Van Gogh's pain so eloquently that we feel it, too. The sensitivity and expressiveness that Don conveys in his songs are rare gifts, and we are very fortunate that he has shared them with us for many, many years. Thank you, Don.
I’m obsessed with your comment cause I feel so understood
You so perfectly captured the essence of of the beautiful perfection that Don McClain represents to the world.
This is why Lori Lieberman wrote Killing Me Softly” about Don
A beautiful person I once knew introduced me to these two songs; most importantly If We Try. A message. Wasn't more than 15 or 20 seconds into it just now and my eyes started welling up. If you're out there, somewhere, Hey, 'Gate Hopper', know you are missed. I hope you are well and truly happy. Thanks for everything.
Don McLean was, and is, a huge influence on me after singing his songs over & over when I was just 8 years old in 1972. Today, I'm a jazz singer & an artist and his songs evoke emotions, stories, pictures, paintings and life! Thank you Don!
Met Don after a Sydney concert back in the early eighties. I spoke to him for about 20 minutes while he signed autographs. He was, in real life, just as he is in his songs, a truly nice, humble and caring person. Who else could have penned such wonderful songs, which touch everyone's heart so profoundly? His song 'Empty Chairs' hit a real spot for me after a relationship ended. He sort of captured the feelings I was experiencing. He goes to those places that really hurt and sooths your pain.
You echoed my thoughts exactly. The unbearable pain of lost love is something that Don understands completely. He takes our collective pain and turns it into poetry. I think one of Don's many gifts is his empathy, which can make us feel less alone as we experience grief. 'Empty Chairs' just destroys me. So do 'Vincent' and 'Crossroads.' You were so lucky to get to speak to Don for as long as you did.
He's the "smooth voice" and lyrical genius of my generation. So thrilled to see he's still going strong!
And he never seems to age. Have you heard his duet with Ed Sheeran who's a newer artist sing a duet of Vincent. Sheeran who's popular with the younger generation can't compare with the amazing Don McLean.
His voice is not only for the 20th century. It will be for aeons of centuries. His voice will live forever, even when he's gone.
Most under rated singer of all time!
Damn, what an entertainer! Simple and eloquent. Right on the mark.
He is the only artist who sing the same different songs every times. And every time, I love them all, no matter how many times he sings the same old song. It just never gets old.
A national treasure. Don McLean
His music is addictive. I call up one song and end up listening to an entire album (or more). Best performer out of the U.S. for the entire 70s!
Just rediscovering Don Mcclean having looked up American pie and Vincent and now discovering all these other wonderful songs.Yes what an underrated musician or under recognised.He is a man singing with such beauty and fragility that is rare.
Look up Winterwood. It's amazing
I think that his song Vincent written about the artist Vincent Van Gogh who was never appreciated by fellow artists and ended up taking his own life and now his painting Starry Starry Night is one of the most famous painting in the world. I wonder if Don McLean felt like van Gogh in some way.
David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash) said that Don McLean had the voice of the century.
Terry C did Neil say anything tho!
not sure about singing voice, but writer's "voice" i'll get on board with.
@@girliboi He most likely meant that.Good call.
you know youre f*** when its 3 in the morning and you start binge watching jim croce paul williams gilbert sullivan don mclean music videos and you gotta wake up for work at 5am.
Touche!
You may be f'd, but you are NOT alone! Greetings from a similar soul.
It's 4am. *sigh*
Not true... the desire of the company of genius is not as common as some think...xxxMelody
3:00-4:30 am now
so nice to see someone playing beautiful guitar AND beautifully singing AT THE SAME TIME! talent.
Approved!
I love this performance to no end. Don McLean, you are such an inspiration. The simple sweetness of a man and his guitar, and a story to tell. Thank you so much.
One of the most beautiful melodies of all time.
Don McLean is a superb singer and songwriter. His music is poetry in motion...I'm almost seventy and still longing his songs.
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I love his live performances. His studio recordings are wonderful, but they can't beat hearing and watching him perform live, then and now. And even though I normally don't like it when singers change the way they sing their muchloved songs at concerts, I don't mind it so much when Don does it like in this video. His songs are so beautiful that no matter how he sings them they stay beautiful. And his guitar playing is truly excellent.
Announcer mentioned that don will"kill you softly with his songs" and the song of that title was actually written in a response to the writer hearing Don's amazing song "empty chairs"......just learned that the other day
Lori Lieberman
This is one of my favorite songs ever. You see, there was this girl...
Whats with the thumbs down? A troubadour of the finest ever, delivering beautiful poetry though song. Would be musicians everywhere, lap up this rare talent and celebrate its genius.
They're Bieber fans lol
+Bobby Bongo yeh, well you keep the biebs down there, we don't want him back in Canada!
Hear Hear ReDeV7 !!!
The likes for your comment outnumber the dislikes for the video so that should make everything ok again in the world
ReDe V7
We live în this world that has not " just one colour " ... I mean exactier this : the music might be angelic and still some people not to like it ! Why ?! Simply : those people do not have the same vibration as the music does !!!
FAO Anyone who's interested. The subtitles in Irish Gaelic at 4.17 say :
His father's people, the McLeans, come from Mull in the Hebrides; his mother's people from Abruzzi in Italy.
Thanks!
music in his voice, i started listening to him when i was 17, i used to take the cds from my dad and listen to them in private because i was embarassed of what other people my age would think, that was 11 years ago, other music and artists come and go in my life, Don Mclean will never leave me, i requested crossroads for my fathers funeral mass 7years ago, emotional stuff
yes crossroads is so moving
Most beautiful human to ever exist.
Your beautiful
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Agreed! His poetry is so wonderful
Empty chairs is the most beautiful song about his mother his REAL mother our little Mary(quite contrary) and although I've been listening to it for 40 years I never tire of it. The guitar is a Martin 000-28 made in 1929. The 000-28VS is a modern recreation of this stunning and valuable vintage instrument. He still has it but doesnt play it now.
I had a nasty hangover today. My head hurts like hell. I drive my car listening Don Mclean, and the pain gone. Its an amazing singer an songwriter. Is just excelent.
Never thought you'd leave. Until you went.
The worlds best guitar playing poet. Empty clothes that drape on empty chairs. I just love that this guy is so unpretentious with his prodigious talent that I have been gifted to listen to since the 70s. The tapestry album, his first; is still timeless magic. Every crisp leaf that falls, all the flowers that grow; on this colourful tapestry .somehow they know.. That if man is allowed to destroy all we need, he will soon have to pay with his life for his greed.. AN AINT THAT PROVEN RIGHT.. U r a ledge Don..
Troubadour.
Once upon a time .....there was room on the top 40 for music as reflective as this.
What a GREAT ARTIST... I think he is a modern day Mozart...
Effortless talent, a man, an acoustic guitar, no pomp or ceremony, just brilliance!
Take note plastic boybands of today!
True beauty wow melody rhythm picking the texture his voice the poetry wow I'm just in awe right now everything about this performance is so crisp and flawless
Such amazingingly beautiful music, and quality sound from just "this one guy" and his guitar. His lyrics are like finest poetry.
As best I know, it never got any better than this. Pure talent. Beautiful tenor voice, right in tune, along with that wonderful guitar accompaniment and man, could he play that banjo.
This is my favorite Don Mclean song EVER. And it really shows why the song "Killing Me Softly" was written by him.
Sirius Black it was written about him not by him
the only constant in life.....Don Mclean songs are timeless gems,
One of the greatest artist of all time!
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I learned this song when the love of my life courted me. He usually sang this song while he was brushing my hair w/ his fingers. Yes, we did try to be in a relationship status. Now, we are married w/ a happy little girl as a fruit of our if-we-try relationship. Thank God, we deserve each other. ❤❤❤ I was his last love & he was my first 🥰
Helped me through my mid life crisis 30 years ago
Empty Chairs is as beautiful a song anyone could hope to hear in their lifetime.
@ Joey McMillan Try Vincent...
Fantastic singer and songwriter.What more does one need in life.Its here to watch and listen.Jim.Liverpool.
Talent personified. You can keep today's pretenders; this guy rules.
One of the best poets ever
Headphones on Eyes closed and Don just carries you away. Great Songs lovely Voice with a story to tell.
When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration.
Just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation.
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know.
Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night...
And I don't know if it'll work out right...
But somehow I think that it just might... if we try.
Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.
But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation.
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know.
Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind...
Cause I see love as just a state of mind...
And who knows what it is that we might find... if we try.
You're walking a different direction from most people I've met.
You're givin' me signs of affection I don't usually get.
I don't want you to pledge your future the future's not yours to give.
Just stand there a little longer and let
Me watch while you live.
'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my concentration.
And just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation.
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to
Know.
Well I've been thinking about you day and night...
And I don't know if it will work out right...
But somehow I think that it just might... if we try.
Somehow I think that it just might if we try.
Yes somehow I think that it just might if we try.
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Amazing touching songs, I'm glad he still performing and looks great. He always has a glass of orange juice!! I guess he never had a alcohol drink or.... ! not like those late and today's singers, they all die early from something.....
I saw Don McLean at the National Theater in Tel Aviv in 1979. Unforgettable.
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I saw him live..at least 8 times..throughout my life..once or twice in Montreal when I was teenager..in 72 or '73..once when I moved to Toronto in "81..the VERY SAME night I went to the Ontario Place forum just to see him play and hear the music...three yrs later.i got married..we went 4 more times to see him play The Forum..at Ontario Place.
An elegant statement with simple guitar and voice. Brilliant. Especially 'Empty Chairs'.
Definitely a great figure in the history of music. So simple, so powerful.
What a very handsome song...he is truely right..hmmm maybe they can understand very sad man with very bad experience with a very meaningful songs...were old to know people
When .. Talent was all you needed ... the world of music has certainly changed .. this song /songs...will still be played in decade`s to come ...
Such beautiful, beautiful songs.....voice of an angel.....
wait....where's the voice synthesizer, the half naked dancers, the light show with smoke and mirrors???? oh, that's right, real talent doesn't require it.
@ rgjcalvin Johnson You forgot the Auto-tune and the Beat Detective LOL
yup
Lol.
Just a beautiful voice, lyrics and melodies. Glad I discovered this. Thanks for posting.
I remember watching this very program on a black and white TV in Cork City back in 1975. I set up my little Panasonic tape recorder in front of the TV and recorded it. Those were simpler times. The whole concert was great. He was (and probably still is) a poet with an amazingly clear voice and a wide range.
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I’ve been a very long time listener and have never heard the similarities of each of his songs to the others. His style stands out from others (in a good way), and his lyrics are unbeatable.
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I’m not born on his era, but I can tell that I really fall in love with his songs! ❤️
Saw him in concert back in the 1970s -wew, what a talent.
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Just brought a tear to my eye.
Superb! I saw 6 concerts on the 75 UK tour including four nights in a row, Sheffield, Manchester, Croydon and the RAH. A superb performer I learned a lot from . A different set every night except for Bronco Bill's Lament as the opener and American Pie/ Vincent as the finishers prior to the numerous encores. In Manchester he played a long set of banjo songs and tunes but only Babylon the next night in Croydon. Every show was mesmerising.
How can someone not like this?
don mclean is really a legend!!!
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i agree with you! i'm born during the late 80's but i prefer Don McLean's music and the like than most songs being played today! simply, love it!
what a voice and great singer ! thank you so much Don.
Empty Chairs Lyrics (below). Every word is perfectly chosen in this beautiful poem. It's so rare and I hate to say that they don't make lyrics like this anymore. Well done Don McLean.
I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night
Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright
Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane
Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face
While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case
And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head
A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Never thought the words you said were true
Never thought you said just what you meant
Never knew how much I needed you
Never thought you'd leave, until you went
Morning comes and morning goes with no regret
And evening brings the memories I can't forget
Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs
And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
People totally make lyrics like this still. You’re just living under a rock lol
You must think the only music that’s being released is Cardi B etc 😂
Can't agree more. I met him outback of the Sydney Entertainment Centre after a concert and he was such a nice, quietly spoken, humble guy. We spoke for about 20 minutes and he was so nice. His lyrics and beautiful music touch your heart. That's why after seeing him perform, Roberta Flack wrote "Killing me softly with his song". I shed many a tear over 'Empty Chairs' after a relationship ended, I even learned how to play it on the guitar. He, James Taylor and John Denver are my big three.
He. Is. Magical. A beautiful. Artist
now this is what you call a wordsmith and not the self proclamed poser kenye....
kenye. beiber and who ever the fuck those singers these day could not even compose words this awesome in million years
a very nice version!!!! IF WE TRY!
all I can say is thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Maybe the loveliest song you ever penned and sang .. the 1st one. So glad to hear it here in 2020. I grew up to a lot of your music in my youngest days.
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Gosh - this so good
Love this so much!
Best singer today!!! There is no one !!
What an extraordinary beautiful song
Although I have only listened to his "American Pie" album I can without a doubt say that this is some of the most beautiful music I have heard that was created in the last 300 years.
Just the "Don McLean" album some listens. It is my fav.
you need to listen to the live ' Solo' album...one of the greatest live albums ever!
Don McLean is like a painter for deaf people or anyone who wants to close their eyes and see what he’s painting
His lyrics are so articulate and meaningful. And his guitar playing is superb.
"When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. Just the thought that we
might meet creates anticipation.
Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to
know. Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night...and I don't know if
it'll work out right...but somehow I think that it just might...if we try.
Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But something yearns within to
grow beyond infatuation.
Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to
know. Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind...cause I see love as just a
state of mind...and who knows what it is that we might find...if we try.
You're walking a different direction from most people I've met. You're givin'
me signs of affection I don't usually get. I don't want you to pledge your
future the future's not yours to give. Just stand there a little longer and let
me watch while you live.
'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. And just the
thought that we might meet creates anticipation.
Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to
know. Well It's so nice to see it all work out...cause that's what fantasies are all about. ..and we can know the truth without a doubt...if we try.
Yes we can know the truth, without a doubt, if we try......."
All credits to Mr. McLean for a wonderful performance ;-j
Was junior high ..im singin this song ..what a very nice way to remember those beautiful days....
I love this song, I grew up with this song!!! One of best song by McLean!!
A few years back Don headlined our summer folkie festival. Since I suffer from depression and at times a problem with crowds- so I didn't go, even though it's free and along with Leonard Cohen (R.I.P.), John Prine (R.I.P), Donovan, of course, Dylan, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch both deceased, sadly and a Canadian like me! underrated Bruce Cockburn, too many others to list, oh, I must include Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, Don is one of my heroes! I live only a block from the park, so I got my glass of wine and sat waiting in proverbial anticipation! From my old wicker chair I could hear several generations yelling/singing: bye, bye, Miss American Pie...it was bliss! Kids who sadly grew up thinking Rap and shopping, preferably on line? How sad, I just discovered PARIS STILL HAS RECORD STORES WITH HEADPHONES AT EACH SECTION...Don, my partner later told me, his eyes still shining with the adrenaline rush, had spoken not nastily, but slightly annoyed and baffled about "what's with Generation Z(?) . I've lost track and as a bookworm too, I am fed up with fricking not anacronyms- maybe? Migraine, shouldn't be on here, glare !! but I need sustenance and he's a great source of comfort. Everything reduced to a few LETTERS, no hyphens etc.! allowed! Where I reside, one can't call it "living" yes, my own fault for staying in a city I loathed from the first moment I saw it, but life does present obstacles from time to time, to use a hackneyed cliché, itself a hackneyed cliche- so I stayed and am now too broke to run away to Paris and open a Gypsy Tea Room, I am a bohemian but hanging precariously by one frayed tassel! I feel as though I threw away my life- who said, "youth is wasted on the young"- Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde? You don't really dig that until it's too late! If you are young, follow your heart, your gut instincts- as long as you don't cause hurt to anybody, as Nina Simone would say: for God's sake...can't remember BUT you know how angry and emphatically spot on she was- Namaste ( sorry for my overly long babble, the provenance of the lonely- I bought this album not for American Pie but for VINCENT- I hope the afterlife is arranged?! so that contact with our old life is possible; Vincent's ghost/spirit has to be able to hear that song- Namaste from a Bewildered Old-er Human. ( I had started to say where I reside, the officials in charge have removed penmanship, cursive from the curriculum!!!!!)
He just needs a guirar. The rest is his inspiration and talent. Someone I loved very much ibtroduced me to this exceptional artist. When he was born the muses were watching over him. He is timeless. In a few chosen words he can make us experience a lifetime of emotions. You've got it all, Don.
great lyrics great music
Empty Chairs
Don McLean
I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night
Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright
Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane
Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face
While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case
And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head
A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Never thought the words you said were true
Never thought you said just what you meant
Never knew how much I needed you
Never thought you'd leave, until you went
Morning comes and morning goes with no regret
And evening brings the memories I can't forget
Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs
And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Compositores: DON MCLEAN
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Thank you posting lyrics ;-j
Love it!❤️❤️💜💜❤️❤️
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wow reminiscing the 70's era wow this song amazed me don your the men
What a beautiful man and inspired singer. I've loved him since I was 17. I finally got to see in concert at the Hanford cinema Hanford, Ca.❤
❤Un cantante muy excelente!❤ Mis respetos a este gran maestro de la musica country!😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
First time I've heard empty chairs. I hear elements of both And I love you so and Vincent.
I saw Don in 1981 with Arlo Guthrie at Wolf Trap in VA. Great show!
This song is criminally fucking underrated