Don McLean

The legacy of Don McLean's Starry Starry Night, and American Pie, songs which underlined the rebellion against the System of Corporate America and the political corruption which took America to war. If you sit and listen to the lyrics played against a fascinating rhythmic accompaniment which have held fans of McLean in thrall.
If you are of my age they signal many historical moments in ones own life as we tried to understand the Vietnam war and the later period of Reaganism with his encouragement of raw corporate power and its effect on America.
Sitting in a darkened room, a glass of vintage cognac close to hand, the hypnotism and the soulfulness of "Starry Starry Night" as it plots the sad genius of Vincent Van Gogh's life, has a heart warming humanity to it.  It strikes a note in all of us as he describes so well, the torment of a person who's talent has been acknowledged by all subsequent generations but who suffered the mental malaise of depression and paranoia. 

I think, as the music washes over us we warm to the sensitivity expressed towards this great artist. Its a moment of musical expression which hits one with an ocean of sentimental reflection about, not least, ones own life and ones own dreams which have been unrequited.