I was going to introduce this music video by saying "I was today years old when I learned..." but I've recently realized that idiom is not understood or well received by readers here, so instead I'll just say...
Today in 2026 I learned that the lyrics of this old (1971) song refer to the life and works of Vincent Van Gogh. How did I go 50+ years without knowing this?? I can only surmise that it's because by 1970 I had stopped buying records and albums and instead started copying from broadcast sources, so I never had the opportunity to browse an album cover/sleeve or (later) even a commercial CD insert. Perhaps that's why so many of my 365 posts in the video-music category have background and explanatory material harvested from Wikipedia. The joy of finding out.
Anyway, here it is. Found it while searching for something else, was stunned by the Van Gogh paintings. and then saw the true title of the piece was "Vincent." So, I learn something today; maybe a couple readers here will as well.
Plus, now for the first time (for me) some of the odd lyrics start to make sense.
I also found this cover by the MonaLisa Twins:
My personal bias is that most solo music can be improved by two voices in harmony.
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