Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - MonaLisa Twins (Don McLean Cover) // MLT Club Duo Session

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Vincent - Don McLean Cover by MonaLisa Twins
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Vincent Van Gogh died 132 years ago today. Yet his art still gets admired, analysed, taught about, talked about ... and sung about in one of the most beautiful songs ever written. "Vincent" by Don McLean.
When we picked this song as a potential new Duo Session for the MLT Club last year and started practising, it quickly became clear that we didn’t need a second guitar. We needed something else!
We came up with the idea of trying out an accordion … A day later and we were ordering a second hand “Pietro” off the internet for £50. It was nearly 75 years old and in dire need of some attention! Our Papa Rudi took it upon himself to breathe some new life into it and make it playable again. 🙌
Many KZbin tutorials and hours of practising later, this is how it turned out ...
Hugs,
Mona & Lisa

[@sallysings7766]

The MonaLisa Twins painting with their music. What a gorgeous piece of art, I am speechless ❤️

[@ladyhawke1357]

Very well put, Sally Sings👏👏👏

[@lquinn7212]

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[@thomaseck4867]

Yes

[@BCS1105]

I’ve listened to many, many covers of this song and it’s always just been a continuous streak of covers that have never been able to even come close to capturing the raw emotion and the tragic beauty that lies within Don McClean’s original version. But ladies, well, you’ve broken that streak today. Absolutely spellbinding work! 🖤🧡

[@toonvanrensburg6382]

I totally agree. Bravo!

[@roderickgillies8852]

Beautiful version of one of my favourite songs. Thank you ladies!

[@rgfisher21]

They never fail to amaze me! Beautifully done!

[@normanadamson5948]

Totally agree 😎👍

[@jamespaul2587]

Josh Groban made a wonderful tribute also, very emotional and heartfelt

[@fredsimmons2793]

I'm 72 years old and these precious woman have made me weep.

[@johndegennaro2822]

70 and yes.

[@simonhill1590]

62 and same

[@peterschreiner9245]

Just turned 70 and ditto.

[@ronaldadamczyk978]

There is not a song that MonaLisa Twins do that they do not absolutely kill. The musicianship, the vocals, the camera work and audio are all superb.

[@121055jp]

Beautiful in every way ❤

[@stephengraham1153]

If you watch their videos from over the last 10 years they also capable of playing a wide range of musical instruments.

[@kurtsaxton823]

There could not have been a more perfect song choice, very lovely rendition.

[@matthewloughran73]

One of my favourite Don McLean songs. Great to hear Mona on the accordion, really adds to the arrangement. As always suppurb harmonies and stellar guitar playing from Lisa.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Mona and Lisa, I think I have something special to share with you. The first three words of this song were on the birthcard of my son. He was born two months too early. We had some shaky early years with him, but he got through it all. 21 years later, he is sitting next to me after a week in which we busked on the streets of Roermond with our favorite songs on guitar, amongst which songs of the Beatles and CSN&Y which we both love. We sang those songs with all of our souls and we had so much fun together. I am so proud of him. His name.....is Vincent.

[@quixoticjedi942]

This actually gave me chills. I've heard this song many times before but this was like I was hearing it for the very first time.

[@allanmorton6022]

Beautiful singing which really highlights the emotion of the song. Mona and Lisa at their best.

[@piggly-wiggly]

Lisa's voice is as pure and precise as her guitar playing. Which is to say "extremely." Mona's vocals and accordion add just the right texture to fill out the sound. It's a beautiful, beautiful combination.

[@piggly-wiggly]

Lisa’s voice is as pure and precise as her guitar playing.

[@flickwtchr]

I'm just so happy that the algorithm sent me to this channel. I've listened to this cover, and "Both Sides Now" and was moved by MonaLisa Twins' singing and playing these songs in a very authentic way. I was an adolescent at the time, and I still feel that same intense beauty and melancholy in my 60s as I did as a kid listening to these songs. Thanks for keeping these songs alive as you express your own love of them through your singing and playing.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

WOW! Mona and Lisa have made this into one of the most beautiful songs ever performed.

[@jeanproctor3663]

"Vincent" is one of my all-time favourites and I usually dislike cover versions with a passion, but I absolutely *LOVE* this one! And you were right, it did need something else than a second guitar. The accordion sounds beautiful and somehow captures a bit of what things might have been like when Vincent was alive. Your cover was so beautiful it nearly made me cry. The only reason I didn't was because I had to sing along, but I did it around the big lump I had in my throat. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@friedaspyder8485]

Check out Emily Linge's recent cover. 'Very nice as well.

[@mzi03731]

Suicide is often an attempt to get people to listen, perhaps to bring visibility to one who feels invisible. Great rendition of that song. Here’s to those who feel invisible.

[@piggly-wiggly]

If you don't know the story, it's in the video description how Mona and Lisa decided the song needed an accordion, which they then bought online, refurbished, and turned over to Mona to learn to play. All to make this song as beautiful as they could. The MonaLisa Twins don't perform covers to show off their voices or their playing, they do it to show off the original.

[@jamed63]

I have always loved that song, you breathed new life and love into it, that was the best cover I have heard, thank you.

[@johnv4866]

Wow. Such an absolutely stunning version. Your voices are so perfect for the song and the harmonies opened me up to be touched by the lyrics. No song I have heard by the two of you has moved me the way this one just did. It also brought me back to 1971 when I was just nine years old

[@user-ff9er4dl6g]

I played, and listened to this vid about twenty times until I looked at Mona's shirt.

[@MartinFoxKilkennyTaxi]

I'm 72 years old and I've heard many covers of many songs but nothing comes close to your rendition of my favourite Don McLean song absolutely superb you girls never cease to amaze me i hope i continue to live on for many more years listening to your beautiful songs and wonderful harmonies love you both ❤️ ♥️

[@mohammedcohen]

...I'm 72 also - first heard the 50 years ago in 1972 in a VW bus belonging to the girlfriend of my army buddy - riding the back roads behind the post at Illesheim, Germany...this was on Doc McLean's 'American Pie' album that came out at the end of 1971 but got no play on AFN because the 'Pie' overwhelmed everything!!!

[@dougmacmillan1712]

Yet another 72 year old who bought the album on release and fell in love with this song. It's all the more poignant after my wife and I visited the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. The Mona Lisa Twins demonstrate the depth of their talent with such a sensitive rendition. Their musicianship on all their songs is impeccable. Mona's "Starry Night" blouse was a nice touch as well.

[@decay21450]

It continues to be relevant with saddening suicide numbers. Any light shed into that dark corner would be a real blessing. I'm 72 also.

[@gregcantwell2918]

I’m just 69 but I’m still so very impressed by the talent of the Twins ❤

[@mohammedcohen]

...I first heard this 50 years ago in February 1972 in as VW bus riding outside the post in Illesheim, Germany where I was stationed with 4/35 Armor (The Iron Horsemen)...my buddy borrowed his girlfriend's bus while she was touring Moscow...he told me..."you GOTTA hear this song!!!" American Pie had just been replaced as #1 on AFN by America's "Horse with no Name" in January after two months on top of the chart...I'll never forget where I was when I first heard this...

[@Three_Eyed_Willy]

(moment of silence -- followed by thunderous applause -- standing ovation)

[@rogersteinmetz2157]

Young women, you do much honor toward your predecessors, Beatles included, Don McClean included. In those short minutes, you moved me, truly, without big bands or whirling lights, the way Don McClean did when I saw him sing this at the Winnepeg Folk Festival in 1984. Never doubt the true power of your perception and expression, for these are marvels in a land of showy pinwheels and computer tricks.

[@PRR5406]

Don McLean lives about twenty miles from where I am now. I am certain he'll hear your rendition of this amazing song. This recalls chills to my arms. Lovely, young ladies. You are so loved.

[@blueshawk113]

I have loved this song forever (at 65, that's pretty close to forever) and usually don't like hearing anyone other than Don McLean performing this song, until now...I thoroughly enjoyed your playing and singing this long time favorite of mine.

[@mickfoster7140]

This isn't just a cover, you have really captured the soul of the song. Beautiful in the simpicity of its arrangement.

[@dianerussell970]

I loved this song when it was released in 1971. I was 15 years old and years later I taught myself to play it on guitar. I have watched hundreds of versions over the years. Girls your version is the most beautiful version I have ever heard. I couldn’t stop my tears as you sang and played with your heart and soul. I wish you all the success you deserve and thank you for your wonderful music

[@Hazzie2722]

The same goes to me.. First listening to this song in 1975 when I was 14 and still listening till now.. ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶😢😢😢

[@sgsound12]

Same history here. I'm 66 and live in Chile and since I heard this song my first time in the 70s i catched the chords in my acoustic guitar and enjoying playing and singing...Wonderful cover girls!!

[@alkitzman9179]

That was magnificent Mona and Lisa . You are a very bright light in a murky world. Thank You from Wisconsin USA

[@steveasharp2141]

It is a beautiful, poignant song. You have made it even more beautiful, ladies. That pared-down version and your stunning vocals, well, I am tearing up in admiration...

[@neilgrammer9605]

Move over Ann and Nancy. This might be the best sister duo in music right now!

[@snapfinger1]

They say the accordion is a dying art. Maybe not. Solemn. Wistful. 5 Star.

[@christopherwhite1648]

This song is beautiful as performed by you. It always makes me cry as it reminds me of my dear friend Michele who suffered from bipolar disorder for her adult life and on Oct. 28, 2016 she came to my house while I was at work and she took her life. I am so sorry that I did not know or understand how to help her overcome her Dementors. Rest in peace Michele.

[@GreenJeans1966]

Thank you both for sharing your talent that we can see, hear and enjoy. Love the starry night blouse, great detail as always. Beautiful musicianship and vocales. Well done ladies! 👏

[@KatMarriott-eq5ru]

Still my favorite version of this song so tender the harmony so tender the Twins...So tender a song...❤️💚💜

[@chrisannear9579]

A superb rendition of this classic song. I never cease to marvel at the wonder of KZbin - bringing such talented musicians as the MonaLisa Twins into my home.

[@dennisgrover3008]

Absolutely wonderful - a great rendition of a great song! Mona made the accordion blend in so perfectly with the voices and the guitar. You really got into this song - you can read the emotion in your faces as you sing. Lisa's lead and Mona's harmony were beautiful. This song brought tears to my eyes the first time I heard it. It is one of my favorite Twins' songs.

[@jungroe94]

Your version of this song is absolutely sublime. Your singing expresses so much feeling and emotions, and by the time it gets to the part "Vincent..this world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you..." the way you sing this I can't help but feel tears about to swell up. The beautiful power of your vocals and harmonies is incredible. Kudos to your truly moving performance! Love it.

[@christopheroliver9854]

Jung, I agree with you 100%. Mona taking the time to learn a new instrument and doing it so flawlessly, and the emotion of Lisa makes "Vincent" one of best Duo Sessions that they have recorded. Your entry perfectly describes MLTs tribute to Don McLean!

[@minstrelofMir]

@@christopheroliver9854 this could of been played with the melody at the same time,,like i can do

[@christopheroliver2465]

@@minstrelofMir Sure Stu, sure. Don't embarass yourself by comparing yourself to the MonaLisa Twins.

[@billhattersley2321]

The accordion is a stroke of genius. The best cover of the song I’ve ever heard.

[@rickbullock4331]

Wow! Two very gifted young ladies. Beautiful vocals and instrumental backing.👍🇨🇦👍

[@sltomsik]

I like the arrangement. Its balanced, minimalist, clear, straight forward.

[@barsquared8432]

I look forward to your appearance on KZbin as it's always a high point of my day. Your rendition of this song brought tears to my eyes for the sadness of the lyrics but joy toyy heart for your beautiful voices. Thank you

[@timtv2826]

For me it doesn't get much better than this. If you can't feel this then you are not alive.

[@alfonsodurier3231]

Not only Don McLean would be delighted by your performance Mona Lisa Twins, but Vincent himself too. Lo❤ve and a lot of applause from Colombia

[@nancyisenberg2725]

Simply put? Lovely version of this brilliant master piece from Don McClean. The heartfelt voices in harmony, the wonderful guitar picking and riffs, the accordion, makes this song fresh and new. Mona and Lisa have the ability to take songs and cover them with respect to the original and make it their own. Wow these ladies are so talented it is refreshing. Thank you Mona and Lisa for sharing with us your god given talents. we all love you!

[@nancyisenberg2725]

LOL...I am on my wife's computer but this is Bill Isenberg

[@piggly-wiggly]

Rudi Wagner: "This would be great if only we had someone who could play accordion." Mona: "Hold my drumsticks."

[@jamesdolan4042]

Mona is playing the accordian, isn't she. She is playing it subtlety. If she were to play it at full blast, it would utterly destroy the song imo.

[@piggly-wiggly]

@@jamesdolan4042 Yes, plus she just learned a bit for the song. I don't think she'd ever played it before they did this.

[@piggly-wiggly]

@@jamesdolan4042 I agree. Apparently she only learned enough to play in this song, so definitely keeping it subtle.

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

I just hate it when I'm asked to play accordion while I'm eating chicken.

[@rickross8917]

I've heard this beautiful song many times, and your version is the best of all the versions. MONAS Pietro is the perfect touch. Your version is so spell binding that it's hard to watch because of all the tears. Ladies, I've said it before, but the MonaLisa Twins magic is something very, very special and not to be overlooked. Thank you for your very special gift to music and to your world of fans. 🥰🥺 Rick

[@phila2361]

I can (and do) find fault with EVERYTHING; but this was simply beautiful!

[@louburnett6782]

When he was alive, my dad used to sing this around the house 😢, beautiful song and a wonderful cover ♥️

[@jefferyohlwine8892]

Thank you SO MUCH for releasing this to KZbin! So unique and demonstrative of your amazing artistry and incredible diversity of talent! My favorite and most emotion-provoking duo session of all! PERFECTION!

[@clovisfigueiredo6310]

Oi amores!

[@lavonnehensley9993]

My youngest brother died, self-inflicted , this is a song that was sung at his funeral. My brother-in-law and I were stunned by that being 💔💔a choice. You two do it beautifully. Love your music and choosing to be on youtube.

[@KennBurch]

Oh my god. I cannot imagine the depths of what you are feeling. This world has driven so many people to make this choice. May healing someday find you.

[@heinrichreichartz5365]

In den 70igern habe ich mit meinem besten Freund Musik gemacht. Zwei Gitarren, zwei Stimmen. Vincent haben wir oft gesungen, aber eure Version ist etwas ganz besonderes, Wonderful

[@jackmackie986]

Maybe I'm biased but here we hear the finest arrangement, clearest & brightest vocals, & most imaginatively instrumented cover of this oft covered song. Thank you. Absolutely brilliant (& I almost forgot! Best dressed for this occasion!!!). xo

[@davekochanski8756]

Probably the most stunningly beautiful song ever written. And so brilliantly done by the girls 😊

[@auramac]

Ever? No.

[@davekochanski8756]

@@auramac well maybe not ever , but to me it's right up there with the best . 😊

[@Abmotsad]

The sheer musicality on display here (and many other MLT videos) is simply breathtaking.

[@elliotgoldberg5657]

The attention to musical detail is deceptively difficult and seriously beautiful. Really inspiring ✨️

[@MemphiStig]

I first heard this song in my first semester at college, at the age of 18. It was life-changing. And today, nearly 40 years later, hearing it from you, it is like hearing it again for the very first time, but with the added warmth of familiarity. And once again it moves me deeply, like it did the very first time. So wonderful. I love what you two do, and every time I hear you cover a song, it rivals the original in its wonder and beauty. Bless you both.

[@the.just.able.biker67]

The only other time this song brought a tear to my eye was when I first heard the original version many moons ago. Thank you for bringing that back to me. 🥹👍

[@robertdesjardins468]

Wow! What a great cover! Such an emotional song! You've just melt my heart!

[@robertcavalier6133]

Wow! Even Don McLean loves these ladies. Bravo indeed! * Cav on his 67th birthday. P.S. I even visited Amsterdam; Netherlands in the summer of 1978. Peace & Love! *

[@juanbc7363]

Thank you very much MonaLisa Twins, while I have listened to you this song, the world has seemed much better to me.

[@richardsteinbergmakingknives]

My goodness, really well done ladies! This is a surprisingly hard song to cover well and y'all pulled it off. Great job!

[@dealzright]

I repeat what I have been saying all along (because I believe that it can never be said enough). These two are incomparable. Each and every time they knock it out of the park. I cannot understand for the life of me how they are not much, much bigger than they are.

[@tombeals8980]

Beautifully done. I also like the way the video is done. Excellent work. I have bought some of your work. I fell in love with your "I bought myself a politician". As an old guy (81) I really appreciate the cover songs. Thank you.

[@cunever]

No need to get excited, it’s just another MonaLisa song in their usual high quality… hold on… THIS IS BLOODY OUTSTANDING‼️!‼️!‼️ These two women get me every time! Once I think I heard it all, out they come with yet another twist of an idea, told in yet another astounding way. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that they wrote this song, it sounds that original…

[@PapaCuse]

As always the MonaLisa Twins take a great song and MAKE IT BETTER….and of course the multi-instrumentalist MONA does a fabulous job with the accordion…and LISA has the perfect balladeer voice…..really really something special….and Papa Rudi a fine job on restoring this accordion….well done everyone❤️🧡

[@11jazzygd11]

This sparse acoustic method shows the two of you at your very best. Your harmonies are excellent and the gentle straight forward style suits the two of you so well. This is my favorite of the songs you have performed.

[@piggly-wiggly]

I thought if I went away for awhile, when I came back this performance would've lost some of its grip on me. Nope, still as powerful and beautiful as ever. KZbin is full of pretenders--The MonaLisa Twins are the real deal.

[@LadyLegz]

I have been a Van Gogh fan since I can remember. He is my favorite painter/artist. I play this song by McLean every single night. I do it to relax and now to relax my granddaughters and baby kittens that I am raising/weaning. THIS rendition, however, seems to settle and calm the same way. I not only love it because you 2 have beautiful voices and make beautiful music, but you are also Gemini's AND twins! I am all for fellow Gemini's! Thank you for this.

[@Fredthefat]

What others have said, this is an amazing version, and stands completely on it's own merit. You can't consider it just another cover. A very moving performance, brought a tear (or two) to my eye.

[@stanburman9978]

Once again I have enjoyed your touching rendition of this song about a sad but incredible man. Thank you.

[@dianefeinstein8951]

I just love Mona’s Starry Night outfit. Beautiful interpretation that makes me sit still and think for a while in silence after the last chords end. Much love from Canada. -Diane, Vancouver, Canada. TuAU02/22. 12:47 am

[@keithwigley1256]

Excellent cover of a beautiful song ..my two cats Elvis, Grumpy where purring along with it..

[@BBHouseRodent]

Among the most beautiful of beautiful things these ladies have produced. It's been a while since I'd heard this when it was released to the MLT Club. I'd forgotten how beautifully done this was.

[@mikenf1185]

Went to a van Gogh exhibition in York UK last weekend and came away with a new perspective on his talent and how much he must have suffered mentally. This version of a classic perfectly reflects that. Thank you.

[@mattrobinson]

Always loved the original and never thought I’d like a cover of it but man this is just brilliant. Perfect harmonies too

[@axiomist4488]

More than the original, you brought tears to my eyes . Thank you .

[@nickcunningham8793]

How can you not just fall in love with such angels

[@davechapman7735]

that's the sweetest sung song I have ever heard. I love that song as our son was named Vincent after that song. well done ladies.

[@jaimelaceraacosta]

So beautiful, this cover of Vincent is simply perfect and beautiful, thank you Mona Lisa Twins.

[@jimepley1210]

Best cover ever! Don McClean should be proud that a song he wrote could be performed this beautifully!

[@stephencoster9532]

Hiya Mona & Lisa, This is the most beautiful cover of this song I've ever heard, the nearest to the soul moving original. I met Don back in the mid 80s when I did lighting for him at the Cambridge folk festival, a dream of mine come true from loving his music to painting it with colour on stage. Thank you both for this video, no actualy thank all four of you. Perfect. Stay safe, Steve...

[@scottpetrie6179]

Absolutely beautiful - such feeling and emotion conveyed by your beautiful voices and lovely playing - it has always been one of my favorite songs yet you have just made it so much more special, and I can't stop crying as I listen to you both.

[@piggly-wiggly]

I like how Lisa's accent sneaks out a bit here and there, just enough to add a bit of charm to the singing.

[@philrowley7918]

I remember the original being released. It seemed like nobody could cover it well. You have done an incredibly good job with this. As beautiful as the original, simply wonderful.

[@tjvanpopta]

I grew up with this music. Another example how great music of the past was. Impossible not to be moved by this performance. Well done girls !

[@bobvisser8689]

Kudos ladies one of my and my daughter's favorites

[@genebrenner855]

The clear clean pristine diction of these two just knocks me out.

[@johnhealy8513]

This was a favourite of my late mother's and her colleague Liz Cox in the 1970s when they worked at Chesham Prep School. Such a beautiful song and a lovely performance by these two girls.

[@randalpierce8406]

The music, the singing, the artists and, yes, even the clothes: ALL BEAUTIFUL!!

[@jacobbouser4190]

Hands down, the most beautiful cover of that song I've ever heard. Brought me to tears.

[@drahcir3641]

I think this made a whole bunch of people weep like babies, beautiful and never stop!

[@pestersmemb4463]

Once again, you nailed it, one of my favourite songs, executed and arranged perfectly. Best line in any song ever. "But I could've told you Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."

[@piggly-wiggly]

Precise and understated. Perhaps that's why the emotion is so powerful. It isn't forced or faked. This is a beautiful exhibition of musical artistry.

[@arcturusartamo6806]

Thank you very much . Вы не только Мона , но и Нуна . Лиза . 👏👏👏🌹❤️

[@markmgrdichian6730]

The true brilliance in doing a cover well is to make it sound brand new. Thank you for letting me hear this for the first time, again. xox

[@jeffspooner1246]

Wow, I searched for Don McLean's Vincent & was treated with this beautiful remake :)

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

An absolutely beautiful rendition! You both brought me to my eyes. This is my dad’s favorite song and I can’t wait for him to listen to it.

[@Per-OlofEliasson]

You drown in the sea of beauty from their fantastic voices!🎶🎶

[@patriciaroberts3363]

beautiful ladies. easily equals the original. which was a favorite in my youth. thank you.

[@mauroribeiro52]

My God ... what is this ? a haven presentaion of angels?

[@jackgrape]

Incredibly moving. One of the very best covers they have done. The hamonies and tone are exquisite.