Don McLean - The Ballad of George Floyd Lyric Video

[@unclesambuilds3333]

I guess the music did die with American pie

[@haconk]

Can we get a ballad about the pregnant woman george beat up and strong arm robbed at gunpoint? Or is he the victim in that scenario too?

[@haconk]

@@pulse9218 People are nuts. I can name good men who died in front of me in Iraq that Noone cares about but let's write a song for George floydd.

[@haconk]

@@realitywave Silly troll has you ratioed 20 to 1. Oof.

[@haconk]

@@realitywave Inlove tour left wing buzz words. George is a grease stain on Derek's knee. He cried for his mommy....Lolololol

[@haconk]

@@realitywave like pointing a gun at a pregnant woman. Or like counterfeiting money? Or hooping fentanyl? A crime like those?

[@pulse9218]

"In 2009, George Floyd was arrested for a 1st-degree felony charge...of assault and armed robbery he took part in 2007 and spent five years in prison for breaking into a lady’s house with the intent to rob her. George agreed that he wore a blue uniform to look like a government employee to gain the lady’s trust, and eventually pave his way into the house. The lady soon realized that the person was impersonating to be a government worker, she tried to shut the door but Floyd brute-forced his way into the house. Consequently, a Ford truck pulled up to the house’s main entrance, five people exited the truck and went straight inside the lady’s house. According to Daily Mail (UK), the court report mentions that the victim identified George as the criminal, tallest of all the robbers, who pressed a pistol to her stomach and forced his way into the house. George Floyd’s height was 6 foot 6 inches." Source: Jangra, S. (2020) George Floyd criminal past record/arrest history/career timeline: Baggie, gun pregnant and all details, The Courier Daily. Available at: www.thecourierdaily.com/george-floyd-criminal-past-record-arrest/20177/ Was the court "trolling" too?

[@ZARMUSIC-hx3gh]

His 'mother', was actually his girlfriend's 'nick name', as she relates to an interviewer in the documentary, 'The Fall of Minneapolis'... Love Don, but he should have done some research before recording this song... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3ezmmZ7nsydfKM

[@xnuyawka59]

Apparently you think that holding a gun to a pregnant woman’s belly isn’t menacing or a threat? Unfreakinbelievable!

[@realprogamer]

What happened to American pie 💀💀💀😭😭😭

[@6DarthSion9]

I've watched the movie and trust me- you don't wanna know.

[@joelyons9808]

Are you kidding me Don? Writing trash to glorify trash? I hope this is a joke!

[@Jms3424]

Where’s the line about being full of drugs and robbing pregnant women ?

[@tdeanrob]

Home invasion and at gunpoint..

[@rodneynorfolk9737]

poor don maclean....from vincent to george floyd.....what a sad state of affairs

[@Khairuldean-vz4mp]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🎉❤ Psalm 15 Psalm 22-26 Ezekiel 33:3-9

[@internetuser777]

McLean has always written about the plight of coloured folks. An example that comes to mind is Orphans of Wealth (1970). The man is 78 now, it’s natural that the musical genius of his prime has run dry. Nevertheless, this theme is not foreign to him nor his songwriting. His discography is littered with it.

[@Khairuldean-vz4mp]

@@internetuser777 might as well Don do a Van Gogh white lives dont matter white is not a color psalm 15 ezekiel 33:3-9 isaiah 56

[@farejare4921]

Welp, this must be The Day the Music Died.

[@merryklascius584]

Indeed!!

[@autumn1231]

Best comment ever.

[@breezyvibe]

BEST comment award

[@jmccarty82]

amazingly witty! 😆

[@Kayla-fu8dl]

Agreed

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

I grew up listening to Don McLean.. but I never thought he was a liberal-woke-democrat all along. This song glorifies a thug. Man, what happened to McLean! One of the worst songs ever. McLean's effort to be relevant? He don't need to. He's already a legend. Can't listen to this song. It is phony.

[@soulman4292]

You’re really thinking the dude who mentioned Lenin and Marx in his most famous song, and who is a life long artist who got famous satirizing American culture was on YOUR side ? Stay mad I guess, doesn’t make a difference when the people you say you can’t stand outnumber you 3 to 1 in every measurable way. 😂

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

@@soulman4292 thanks...you never served in the US army

[@Turnedweb]

@@theloniouscoltrane3778this literally has nothing to do with being in the us army what are you talking abt

[@internetuser777]

Most folk singers from the ‘60s & ‘70s were left wing activists. They didn’t hide this. Perhaps nostalgia deceived you.

[@kathydianne238]

Deserved respect??? What a crock..

[@airtonwatte7743]

Don, if you delete this we promise we'll never tell anyone and will pretend this didn't happen

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Lol! You beat to this comment. Truth though..a don "phony" mclean song

[@enlightenedprophetz]

this cannot be real?

[@macddg76]

We live in a south park episode

[@tobybartels8426]

Fans of Don McLean seem to be unfamiliar with the work of Don McLean.

[@bordereau1]

He was a left wing activist "Orphans of Wealth" type but never venerated trash. Floyd was trash

[@nope-z5y]

You mean his fist-work on his wife?

[@mtalbert33]

I can't believe this.

[@MrJocky82]

Glorifying criminals now don? From Vincent Van Gogh, to this? Shame.

[@davidwolf4677]

Derek Chauvin is the criminal, remember?

[@dkusa7543]

How about a ballad about Ashley Babbit being shot but a black Capital police officer? You got it all backwards pal..

[@user-fe9jy7xt8p]

To kill someone Is never right. But Is also important how and why you do that... In this case you could see that: It was unecessary, cruel, sadic.

[@vwhuggerII]

Why was he calling for his mother? Trying to find out when when he starts college?

[@miketocci]

Giving Weird Al a real run for his money.

[@Ftybr57]

Cringeworthy on all levels.

[@sharionsutherland8950]

I love Don Mclean, but this is the worst song I've ever heard.

[@tedvollmer8419]

With the possible exception of Imagine, another Commie ballad.

[@Mangsaab1954]

Agree it's a shame a man who wrote such wonderful music came up with a dirge about a career criminal who took his own life via the big fentanyl OD. CHAUVIN IS INNOCENT.

[@countrylifeisgreat]

@@Mangsaab1954 Chauvins innocence was proven in court, but the left needed a fall guy for their political agenda. It makes me sick.

[@MaryannAshleman]

Yep.. his real name is Donald Theadore Harkins .. a real son of a bitch!! It’s judgement Day!! Please listen to our niece Ella Fitzgerald singing her little heart out “Get Happy” Noah’s ark is real .. Don McLean Mc Neal “Theodore teddy Roosevelt “ is a true bastard !! So is whinny the pool !! Teddy bear loved his honey like no other .. Teddy bear Harkins last wife refused to buy the little bastard honey by the way… ha! Ha! On him!! Theodore Roosevelt was Don Mc Lean on stage in his other lifetimes that followed ,. 🎉🎉”” Get Happy “ Sing with Ella Fitzgerald !!

[@harveyjones1955]

He was a small time criminal who died of his own excess.

[@haconk]

And committed crimes with victims....the victims don't get a song.

[@maxotterland]

He was murdered in broad daylight by a racist Trump loving cop. Why are you shitting on a murder victim?

[@Reggantal]

Yeah he probably wasn’t an angel but saying he died of his own excess is complete bullshit. He was murdered because he used a fake $20 bill. If that doesn’t sound like bullshit I think you should reconsider a lot of your life choices

[@admiralsnackbar2811]

​@@Reggantal the police called him an ambulance and let him out of the police car for some fresh air. He was put face down with a knee on his shoulders while the police waited for that ambulance. Which was an approved technique for restraining people. He died there from ingesting the substances he was trying to conceal from the authorities.

[@Reggantal]

@@admiralsnackbar2811 “for fresh air” my god if you aren’t a fed you’re a bot

[@admiralsnackbar2811]

George Flyod has been real quiet since this dropped...

[@jmccarty82]

LMAO!!!!!

[@haconk]

He's been clean and sober 4 yrs now

[@DRG342]

LMAO

[@davidjulesarseneau6364]

How the hell does one write a song like Vincent and finish his career with this shit?

[@lisabmf58]

What a disappointment you have become Don McLean ... you need to wake up

[@snarkyliam]

bro fell off so hard with this one

[@Mistral434]

This is top shelf comedy mate. Well done, lmao

[@Serenitynowwwww]

is this parody?

[@breezyvibe]

I respect you as a songwriter and artist. But Don, seriously . . I would delete this song on youtube. It was a mistake. We all make mistakes. But this is doozie. If everyone cast a vote on this song . . .

[@haconk]

He called for his mother. Because he didnt know his father.

[@tonypacheco2318]

He called for his mother because he doesn't know God.....

[@haconk]

Yes god is my father​@@tonypacheco2318

[@66mmpow]

I'll never listen to another Don McLean song again I didn't realize he was really that stupid

[@66mmpow]

I loved Castles in the Air

[@sheriffbrackett]

I see there are tickets for Don McLean shows that are on sale now. If he thinks this song is going to help sell those tickets then he's as out of touch as this song makes him seem. On the other hand, it is the most hilarious song I've heard in a long time.

[@brucesimon7085]

It certainly is one of the dumbest.

[@bordereau1]

One of his elementary type songs.....👎

[@cicero7409]

Did you write this in celebration of his 4th anniversary being clean from drugs? Very thoughtfull.

[@JedBrad55]

Not your best Don, what were you thinking. This stains your canon of work.

[@Jerrythegourd]

Music died with American Pie. 11k views and only 267 likes with a music video is really bad. Glorifying a pathetic criminal

[@undoubtedcrow8010]

Floyd's death was terrible, but he was by no means a hero. Let's not pretend he was.

[@maxotterland]

If you came to this video, to comment that about the torturous death of a man by a white supremacist cop, you're definitely a racist yourself..

[@davidwolf4677]

McLean isn’t calling him a hero. He was a murder victim.

[@BusterNoggins]

George Floyd OD'd

[@djsharp5753]

Wtf is the point of this comment?

[@BusterNoggins]

@@djsharp5753 Honoring a career criminal is pointless.

[@brandikuhl9922]

Wow....what a shame Don

[@leftenentcrittendon3134]

He shouted “Ah caint breeve” from the top of his lungs.

[@russianfederationyoutube]

not at the top of his lungs, remember, he was suffocating. When you suffocate, your throat is a bit blocked off.

[@russianfederationyoutube]

@scotttillman01 he wasn’t suffocated in all of those situations. this one is the most important. He was suffocated, he couldn’t scream

[@MicheleHill-it7kh]

Typical sickening racist comment.

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

@@russianfederationyoutube He really did scream it over and over, so obviously he could breathe, but he was probably having heart arythmia from mixing fentanyl with cocaine or meth.

[@russianfederationyoutube]

@@ET_AYY_LMAO you made me watch that terrifying video again just so i can tell you that he wasn’t screaming

[@smithandjones342]

Im tired of people feeling sorry for this thug

[@loriganey3759]

That's sad.

[@smithandjones342]

@@loriganey3759 what's sad? A guy who was a bad man that people want to make a hero? Sad he didn't pay for the crimes he did into others? Which part is sad?

[@loriganey3759]

What's sad is we have lost humanity. It's not the polices job to be judge jury and executioner...do I think he should be celebrated for not being a law abiding person...no but I also believe in the rule of law and that's what this song is about, people having humanity. The police are not gods and do not have the right to act as such. This is not about glorifying a criminal it is about humanity for a person who lost his life through what the courts have found to be willful misconduct of a police officer

[@smithandjones342]

@@loriganey3759 let me ask a question do you stand up also for whites who are innocently killed by police or do you just pick and choose? He had drugs he checked on, dont blame the police for doing their jobs but yes there are rogue cops but not in this case. Watch THE FALL OF MINNEAPOLIS then you'll know what really happened

[@Mistral434]

@@loriganey3759It was an overdose. Coroner said it himself. He had a bunch of fent on him, and consumed it all before getting arrested. That’s why he “couldn’t breathe” long before he was even being held down. It’s a symptom of a fent OD. I’m sorry you were lied to, and I’m sorry you believed the lie.

[@trumpwon8064]

Wonder how many 👎 on this one

[@robertpurvis8414]

O M G Mama was a nick name of one of his ex girl friends. He died of a fentanyl over dose not a nee to his neck. He was in the hospital one before that for fentanyl over dose.

[@russianfederationyoutube]

He should’ve been put into some sort of therapy for his addiction, or at most a prison. He deserved a second chance at life. No drug addict deserves death, but therapy to help, or being put in jail to learn from past mistakes. But it’s a huge stretch that he “coincidentally” died of his meth, opioid, and fentanyl abuse at the same time he was suffocated, that’s a little *too* coincidental. So in my opinion, both Derek and Floyd were wrong in the case that Floyd had a fentanyl and Meth addiction and Derek suffocated him. I by no means support BLM after they bought mansions with the funds instead of funding black education, neighborhoods, and other things. And I’m saying that drug addicts deserve a second chance at life because addiction is where I draw the line. Murderers and insane people don’t deserve a second chance. In the case of Derek, I think he just made a stupid decision instead of putting Floyd in handcuffs.

[@davidwolf4677]

There was a jury trial, with many expert witnesses. Not one of them says he died from a drug overdose.

[@bobharmes343]

@@russianfederationyoutube check the toxicology report, fent OD

[@GailDuncan-fr9si]

Right, his addiction had nothing to do with him being Murdered, Tf Aubrey too, Derek got what was coming and the creeps that chased Aubrey down and shot him, Modern Day mofo lynching is what you call it, BLM💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽😊

[@59vaughn]

Songwriters ain't always the smartest....

[@rianbrands5897]

Are you hacked?

[@haconk]

All I could think

[@farejare4921]

This can't be real, right? Ha.

[@miketocci]

@@farejare4921 It's like if Weird Al Yankovic wrote a parody of a protest song

[@chonfff3548]

I love you Don Mclean- people get flack for writing protest songs and I’m sure you always knew that- stay headstrong and keep doing whatever you want to do. You’ll always be untouchable.

[@fastchevlle]

Are you kidding me. I hope don McLean doesn't think that song is going to be as great as American pie. What was he thinking.. I think that song sucked. And not because who it was about.. just the way he did that whole song.

[@harry_h3828]

This criminal was a menace to society and he's trying to portray him as a martyr in a poorly written song. I used to admire Don's songs but I guess the song writing talent and the deep life messages in his songs is gone. Such a sad day.

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

Bad move Don Mclean!

[@MrMraspace]

Oh Shucks...Don went "WOKE'..Bye, Bye you politically correct guy, drove past your exit and went flying by...

[@ceciliagutierrez6242]

I remember smoking crack with him and also.. he stole me a 20 ugh

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

The ballad of the Virtue Signal

[@Ftybr57]

This man is so washed up. He’s just trying to make a dollar off the dead man that was not a hero.

[@antilocust]

How is this real?? 😂

[@ab3790]

Orphans of Wealth, Homeless Brother, Prime Time, just to name a few. Dons always spoken out against inequality and violence and the fact that y’all are only complaining now says a lot. Great song, Mr. McLean! So glad you’re still making music.

[@internetuser777]

Yep, this is right on the nose for him. Frankly, this song is lazily made and doesn’t move me at all, but this comment section is full of people who equate old music with conservatism and fail to realize that their favourite singers from the ‘60s and ‘70s were leftists. In McLean’s own words, “If an event like George Floyd had occurred [back then], five guys that I know would have written songs about it.“ Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” comes to mind.

[@billiemitchell73]

Don McLean is so out of touch....glorifying criminals. Pathetic and the song sucks,.

[@Reggantal]

Eh he doesn’t glorify criminals as much as the Republican Party. Their current candidate has 34 felonies after all

[@Sue-id4ck]

YT is messing with replies. I did a reply then a reply to that. Poof! both gone. No wonder so many of us are clueless.

[@Sue-id4ck]

If I happen to disagree with majority posts? Zap! outta here. Again, no wonder.

[@PopHorizonScanner]

I'm a fan of Don McLean. I admire how he thinks for himself. I appreciate the spirit of antiheroes in folk music. However, in this song, Don McLean propounds the false narrative that was spewed out by Machiavellian people who, for political gain, used the consequences of George Floyd's sad, unfortunate life of addiction. I watched the entire police video, and, after doing so, I feel that the officers handled this situation reasonably. It was NOT a simple encounter. It was one of the more difficult encounters that police officers have to deal with. I have pity on where George Floyd's life choices took him, and it is terrible that he died, but his past crimes made both his subsequent canonization and the vilification of the police an injustice.

[@vecernicek2]

As suggested by the lyrics, your heart successfully pounded your brains out.

[@boondock8082]

I like american pie more than this song😂❤ ...

[@jimdufrain7403]

Sadly, I already bought tickets to see Don tonight in Kalispell. Had I heard this song earlier, I would never have bought them. I pray he doesn't sing this song tonight. If so,I will walk out.

[@23SOV23]

What a weird person to prop up as a hero. Is the entirety of America lacking in basic education?

[@aaronredmond8403]

Just lost all respect for don mclean😢

[@Reggantal]

I feel like whether or not he did bad things in the past is irrelevant when he was killed over a fake $20 by a cop who had absolutely no legal or moral right to be judge jury and executioner

[@nope-z5y]

Don McLean of all people doing a song protesting someone being beaten? That's rich. Why don't you write one about your beaten wife, Don?

[@doobybrother21]

This is a song about a black man, one of many, who died by the hands of the police. Anyone who tries to justify this by any means is in need of some kind of salvation.

[@smithandjones342]

Watch The Fall of Minneapolis your truth is in there. If you cant see the truth I feel sorry for you

[@doobybrother21]

@@smithandjones342 you are trying to justify murder

[@haconk]

@@doobybrother21 He is a grease stain of Derek Chauvins knee

[@smithandjones342]

@@doobybrother21 it wasn't murder. You want to keep playing the victim? Did I say I justified it?keep playing the victim and race card, it will get you no where. Sounds like you really dont want to know the truth

[@doobybrother21]

@@smithandjones342 Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder. I'm white but nice try.

[@MeatPez]

I guess you could say Don ended his career on a… sour note

[@noahbody5609]

So bad it’s funny - no one will show up for his tour or buy the record.

[@Mike-gd4zd]

Oh man….

[@mariasmith7677]

Y'all hate people much? Not one ounce of compassion, how cold we have become America

[@Chrisc-ro8kv]

Well that sucks, hard.

[@mikeharmon4901]

Way to end a career!

[@LucidFX.]

yeah he was a criminal

[@Reggantal]

Doesn’t mean it was ok for him to be murdered for using a fake $20 bill

[@thomasackerly5367]

This song s uks singing about a drug addict that passed fake money

[@trumpwon8064]

Free Chauvin

[@koolz4094]

what a joke....

[@enlightenedprophetz]

BOYCOTT DON MCLEAN

[@headbandbybrianlundeen3132]

Thanks to the legendary Don McLean

[@tonylawrenson7487]

😢 bad way to go out

[@-o-dq7nd]

High on drugs, I agree.

[@BusterNoggins]

If this is truly Don Mclean then I lost all respect for him, A song glorifying a career criminal who OD'd.

[@mattvavrichek6536]

What a great derelict song.

[@philiphorner31]

We're all safer now.

[@llwocowtown]

Don't do drugs

[@boondock8082]

This is a weird .😒😶🫥🤢😔😌🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️🫨🤥 is . Sad ....😢😢

[@crayondalorian]

Lynchyrd Clynchyrd already did the true Ballad of George Floyd

[@boondock8082]

I like american pie more than that song, the another song is .weird 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉😂😅😮😢🎉

[@Kayla-fu8dl]

George floyd is a terrible person but people were sad about his death and I get it they were probably a lot of family members who loved but what about all the people he hurt and killed what about those people family what about the people who sacrificed there life for other people everyday George Floyd is a terrible person and deserves no respect.

[@robertfink1126]

Maybe if i complied i be Alive

[@tobybartels8426]

lol no

[@CelticAboriginal]

Cant believe the Don is singing this CRAP!

[@rossalexander2640]

It's actually a nice written song if you just see it as a piece of fiction

[@ccwhatsnew]

Now you have immortalized it in song. We need to never forget. Great sad song, Don.

[@haconk]

It has a happy ending

[@jamesjurgens439]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@noahbody5609]

Going for the thug supporters Don ?

[@badger519]

And to top it off, the song stinks.

[@stepheng8779]

Why I never set foot in your country again. Not the song this lot down here in the comments. W⚓s

[@bunnyshua6601]

😂

[@davedaddy101]

Love you Don but damn. This is really woke and uncomfortable to listen to.

[@Reggantal]

People who unironically complain about “woke” are by default 10X more uncomfortable to listen to than any other thing

[@nope-z5y]

@@Reggantal Yeah, this comment section is full of MAGAts. I bet they are all OK with Don beating his wife.

[@dingo9696]

What a joke of a song

[@guywhoruns]

👎

[@thomaschristopher8593]

trying to be dylan with that hurricane garbage.

[@gadzookstv]

Hurricane was a head banger though 🔥🔥🔥

[@thomaschristopher8593]

@@gadzookstv fiction both.

[@petdechouette]

Mouahahahah 😂🤣

[@RickestRick420-ne9ld]

Weong move bro wrong move

[@ericwilliams626]

What a way to use a medium such as music to focus on something so irrelevant to the context. Has anybody wondered if George was targeted to be the eventual reason for the riot ahead of time? Has anyone wondered if George was pushing counterfeit money which the local government was pushing themselves and therefore wanted him off the street? Who gave George the drugs that day? Who was he with last? What did his mother have anything to do with this context in his mind to be asking for her? But why would you write a song about a man who pointed a gun at a pregnant woman's stomach? There is a point where you have to draw a red line in how you frame something for people to listen to in terms of sympathy or empathy for their death. I draw the line at shit stain.