- rare song ? Ina pigs eye! 70's radio played this ad infinitum. It is an Iconic song of the times and won a Grammy for "Best Orchestration" in 1969. It has been covered by a throng of prominent artists (50+). Even though it has been voted the worst song in some impromptu polls, people had to have heard it and been familiar with it to make a judgement. It is not a rare song.
I remember hearing this song on the radio in 1968. I immediately ran out and bought the record, memorized the lyrics printed on the back of the picture sleeve, and allowed this 7 minute song to become a part of my soul. God bless you, Richard; and thanks!!
FUCK THIS SONG! all you people who like this don't know what it means to be truly JUGGALO! ONLY JUGGALO MUSIC FOR LIFE DIS AIN'T DAT WICKID SHYT DIS IS SOME PUSSY BIGOT BULLSHIT FUQ DIS!
I actually feel a bit sorry for people who didn't grow up with such beautiful music. It has added a wonderful dimension to my life. The lovely part of the song @ 2:50 has an 'expanded moment' quality to it. Time stands still and it feels other-worldly.
My wife was born in a different culture and she loves this song. It's been a lot of fun to introduce her to this song and Roberta Flacks cover of 'The First Time'.
Fantastic song and any body who doesn't like it well listen to something else. Down in my will to be played at my funeral (not for a long time I hope)
I was so sure I had a copy of Harris extended version on Dunhill records.Wish I could be sure. Also there was a goood version of this done by Waylon Jennings and the kimberleys. They were never in the same country or studio to make such a well put together piece of music. Heck wuth the meaning, I enjoy the voive and tune. 2 Out of 3 is not bad.
A magnificent song indeed, wonderfully orchestrated, and outstandingly performed by Richard Harris. It certainly is a matter of personal taste, but his rendition of this song is in my opinion the best compared to other well-known singers' versions. Why on earth has he not recorded more songs?
I never grow tired of this magnificent song ...so beautifully performed by R.Harris , it gets to me every time , Do we care about silly comments ? NO ......
The true meaning of the lyrics are hidden under the words. I know what they mean, I've been there.One of the greater songs ever written exploding strong and beautiful emotions. Thank you Jimmy Webb concertpianist1
Hey buddy - there called Metaphors. You might be right to be aggravated. You got that right. But worst song ever? Let the dreamers and folks with imagination enjoy this little romp through the park. And laugh a little with your kid......
Sorry I think this really is the stupidest song ever -- except for the fact that my baby dies laughing whenever he hears it cause he knows it aggravates me. You'll never find that recipe again? Ever heard of the internet, invented I believe by Mr. Babbage in the 1800's???? Or how about just giving IBM a call. This song comes close to making me want to kill myself, it is so horrible
Jimmy Webb who wrote this song said: "It's clearly about a love affair ending, and the person singing it is using the cake and the rain as a metaphor for that. OK, it may be far out there, and a bit incomprehensible, but I wrote the song at a time in the late 1960s when surrealistic lyrics were the order of the day."
Webb's original lyrics mention that the cake was laced with hashish, but this was left out due to "legalities".
I was a young sober lad and hated it - now I find it spliffing!
He was truly a man of great talent, very very underestimated , by a vast amount of people, he truly was a man called horse, a very rare talent that we will never see again.
@gotch09 I think you are right. Probably because they do not have any patience, because it they just could not take it, cuz it took so long to bake it. And sad because they will never have that recipe again. Oh no!!! lol
I was just a kid when this was hitting the airwaves, and we kids thought it was just a huge joke! We laughed and laughed, made fun of the lyrics, the singing, you name it.
Now it sounds great, and I didn't realize Richard Harris sung it!
Or....maybe he was just stoned out of his mind, and it doesn't mean anything. Seems to me one of those kind of songs that sounds really good, till you hear it sober. It's crap! lol. Not everything from this era is ground breaking. Musicaly it's great. The guy can sing. But the lyrics are some of the most ridiculous tripe I've ever heard. I mean come on. Cake in the rain? Yeah I get it, it's a metaphor, but it's a stupid one lol. Half baked nonscense, great instumentals though.
The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
For ALL the retards who dont understand the underlying message of the lyrics, please dont keep embarrasing yourself in front of the rest of the planet by showing the world what intellectual insects you actually are.
Great song, sung by a great man, rest in peace Ricky!!
after this, I noticed that pearl and dean whose adverts were a part of going to the cinema had a version of the speeded up riff at 5 . 09 which was a bit of a commercialisation i think.
King,King,King!!! The original #1 song in 1968! This is what im talking about, harris beautiful, tearjerker, full of the highest emotion, truth, a real symphony, best arrangment. i believe him! i feel it all the way to the end. This is the best of them all! so all cheap imitatator's sit your a.... down don't embarrass yourself trying to do this tasteful classic. Sir Richard Harris is the winner here!!!
The bridge of this song is as well written as anything Bach could have written. If you never hear this song you miss out on a great part of human emotion. Very well written and I am a song writer myself....Im glad I remembered my mom singing it. I stumbled acrossed. Powerful lyrics.. powerul melodoy. The hemiolia contrast is perfect.
The bridge of this song is as well written as anything Bach could have written. If you never hear this song you miss out on a great part of human emotion. Very well written and I am a song writer myself....
IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, I LIKE TO GET FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO HIT THE NOTES HE HITS. EVEN IF IT IS FALSETTO, I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE YET THAT CAN GET CLOSE.. GOOD LORD, EVERY SINGER HAS HAD A NON-SENSE SONG IN THEIR TIME. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT HE WAS A GOOD ACTOR AND CAN SING
I think you have to be hip to Jimmy Webb lyrics to understand this song, otherwise you might as well listen to southern rock or John Prine or etc. (pretty good stuff too) but this material is not for the beginner or the casual listener. Shades of Wagner!
"Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, 'cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have recipe again." Thank Goodness they don't write lyrics like that. This is the stupidest song ever, Jimmy Webb had to be on a high to write this.
This song is epic. Speaks to so many lost loves and irreparably bad moves in the pursuit of that one true one. Mr. Harris lends the absolute best voice and emotion to a beautifully scored, lush instrumental backup. A lump in the throat for any of us who've been there. I know first hand.
They make up a minority. There is a good reason why the song was a hit when first released, hit, why it's been covered by some of our greatest artists and why it's so popular on you tube. There will always be people who don't get genius.
Further to some remarks @ Richard Harris and his intentions: Harris sang the song, beautifully, but it was written by jimmy Webb. I listened to a radio interview with him in which he wryly acknowledged he was perhaps TOO indirect, for many people, in the lyrics of M. Park. He also discussed other well known hits he wrote, such as "Galveston" and "The Wichita Lineman." An unusual pop song writer in his orchestration ability, shown to full advantage in M. Park.
You are all stupid. You need to realize that Richard Harris actually made this song to prove that he could make a hit song out of nothing. The lyrics he says are exactly what he says a cake recipe in the rain there is no metaphor for lost relationships or anything. Its just Richard Harris proving a point..
Interpreting the lyrics: The man singing is mourning a relationship ending which he thinks he can never replace (I'll never have that recipe again.) Even if he lives life to the fullest, as he suggests in many verses. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark --he's likely weeping, thinking of his visit there with his lost love. All the sweet green icing running down--someone left the cake out in the rain--these are similes. THANKS very much for posting this.
Are you french? I am studying french as my fourth language. Are you perhaps in France. How come is your name Lupita also? The metaphores of Mc Arthur's Park are unique. I always think of a lost love and when I lose a love I go to Mc Arthur's Park with Richard Harris.
it shouldn't matter what others say. This is classic, and the beauty of individuality! Love the song and everyone who agrees with you will do the same, screw everyone else.
A great song, a great recording. If one did radio in the late 60s and 70s there were three "carts" one needed to have available; this one, Don McLean's American Pie, and Spanky & Our Gang's Sunday morning - the long version; all of which were superb recordings.
hello fans of this song.there are some interseting fact about it,it came out just before hey jude in 1968 and they are about the same lenght,another fact is it has never been on any cd except the richard harris cd,tramp shinning,since cds have been out I dont recall seeing it on any greatest hits compilitation,on import maybe,time life put out 5 cds from 1968 on that ffirst series with the blue covers and di not include it, this new series thats out on tv has 10 or more cds and its not there,,
Ask Tony Blackburn about the times he played it on the new Radio One . There was stunned silence when this went out on Radio One for the first time,it was so long for a start, and the lyrics went over most peoples heads! It was of its time,original,an enigma,a one off,not run of the mill yet hugely popular. A piece of art to be enjoyed by all,always. Thanks Richard.
So very long ago. My youth,my loves,my memories. Gone, like the wind that once gone cannot return. Sadness numbs but never goes away. Seems times were always better back then. Lovely memories still linger but they are forever gone. My heart longs for one little piece of this beautiful past to occupy its soul. May God grant this last favor to one who longs for the romance & happiness of days long gone.
I remember this song from the summer of 68 like it was yesterday. This is THE one and only amazing version of McArthur Park..dark and misterious as it should be!
I remember this record being so much longer than anything that was playing in May of 1968. I can't say that Richard Harris had a great singing voice but it hit the bullseye in this song. This is the best version of this song and always will be. Thanks ecidarocnarf for posting this.
My local Baker says he never heard of a metaphor cake but he says he can bake a humble pie.If the cake melts how can you tell it was a metaphor cake,by the color of the gooey puddle left behind?Metaphor sounds kinda minty.....and another thing..I think the cake was not left in the rain,it was just LEFT OUT..then it started raining..left in the rain sounds intentional.
You'd be surprised how many people take this song literally...no, there never was a cake that was left out in the rain...no chocolate bar left in the car, no beer left out in the hot sun, it's all metaphor anyway you want to put it.
What I am wondering is how come there is not a Ray Conniff version of this song on You Tube. I got the album, but lack the expertise to get it posted. Come on people, lets get that version up here!
dodgedavis: WHAT? As much as I love & appreciate & love Ray Conniff's music versions - there is only ONE version of "MacArthur Park" & it is Richard Harris'!
The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.
The cake is the love he still feels, but after it is left alone he is like a cake that is left out in the park in the rain. He wonders if he finds the recipe (for love) again and also it took so long to bake it, ie he invested much quality time and all he got was a rainy day in the park with a wet cake. So: the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy the cake is a tragedy
What an incredibly complex arrangement with lots of fanfare.
leegenix 1 month ago
love the song!
naanjudy1 2 months ago
1. What's rare about this?
2. Dumbledore should sing this song with the classes when the year begins.
Evolinag 2 months ago in playlist The epicness in music
What the hell is this song about?
kurtywurty85 2 months ago
Qulle mauvaise traduction!!! J.B.
0231689849 3 months ago
Un chanteur sublime , trop peu connu en France; Hélas il n'est plus mais sa voix et son image demeurent.
0231689849 3 months ago
Dumbledore can sing
painlessissuicide 5 months ago 4
My late brothers favorite song of all time
nforshaw 6 months ago
the 70,s were my decade and there were sum great times . but this is the GREATEST record EVER made ....BAR NONE
aftkev11 6 months ago
- rare song ? Ina pigs eye! 70's radio played this ad infinitum. It is an Iconic song of the times and won a Grammy for "Best Orchestration" in 1969. It has been covered by a throng of prominent artists (50+). Even though it has been voted the worst song in some impromptu polls, people had to have heard it and been familiar with it to make a judgement. It is not a rare song.
higgme1ster 6 months ago
youtube -> yves paquet - mcarthur park
scooby272 7 months ago
I remember hearing this song on the radio in 1968. I immediately ran out and bought the record, memorized the lyrics printed on the back of the picture sleeve, and allowed this 7 minute song to become a part of my soul. God bless you, Richard; and thanks!!
ericcarmenfan 7 months ago
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FUCK THIS SONG! all you people who like this don't know what it means to be truly JUGGALO! ONLY JUGGALO MUSIC FOR LIFE DIS AIN'T DAT WICKID SHYT DIS IS SOME PUSSY BIGOT BULLSHIT FUQ DIS!
bigbootywholes 8 months ago
@bigbootywholes Fuck You!
rjmprod 7 months ago
I actually feel a bit sorry for people who didn't grow up with such beautiful music. It has added a wonderful dimension to my life. The lovely part of the song @ 2:50 has an 'expanded moment' quality to it. Time stands still and it feels other-worldly.
My wife was born in a different culture and she loves this song. It's been a lot of fun to introduce her to this song and Roberta Flacks cover of 'The First Time'.
thetruthwillsetufree 8 months ago 2
Some people consider this song awesome. Some people consider this song terrible. I, for one, consider this song awesomely terrible.
TheRandomfanboy 8 months ago
@TheRandomfanboy Are you the Miz's fans by any chance?
Planktontwo 8 months ago
gets better & better as time goes by
Raymantico 8 months ago
Fantastic song and any body who doesn't like it well listen to something else. Down in my will to be played at my funeral (not for a long time I hope)
Ian75023 9 months ago
I was so sure I had a copy of Harris extended version on Dunhill records.Wish I could be sure. Also there was a goood version of this done by Waylon Jennings and the kimberleys. They were never in the same country or studio to make such a well put together piece of music. Heck wuth the meaning, I enjoy the voive and tune. 2 Out of 3 is not bad.
SuperFallingleaves 9 months ago
I was so sure I had a copy of Harris extended version on Dunhill records.Wish I could be sure.
SuperFallingleaves 9 months ago
A magnificent song indeed, wonderfully orchestrated, and outstandingly performed by Richard Harris. It certainly is a matter of personal taste, but his rendition of this song is in my opinion the best compared to other well-known singers' versions. Why on earth has he not recorded more songs?
StExup55
stexup55 10 months ago
I never grow tired of this magnificent song ...so beautifully performed by R.Harris , it gets to me every time , Do we care about silly comments ? NO ......
bettan47 10 months ago 12
Thanks for the upload. I appreciate it.
MrLuvdove 10 months ago
The true meaning of the lyrics are hidden under the words. I know what they mean, I've been there.One of the greater songs ever written exploding strong and beautiful emotions. Thank you Jimmy Webb concertpianist1
concertpianist1 10 months ago
Great music, great arrangement, great break (ripped off by pearl & dean) great singing - bloody dreadful lyrics.
richardsealion1 10 months ago
5:08 : Pearl and Dean theme (aka Asteroid by Pete Moore) anyone?
redsnapper1959 11 months ago
The song is a spoof. Only a turbin head would be so stupid to think this is a ligit tune.
peterboy48 11 months ago
@peterboy48 Hey, Dumb Ass, this was a real song from the 70's. I still have the album. Do you know what that is? I loved this song.
nsbrake 11 months ago
@peterboy48 Yes it was a hit for several people...Richard Harris and Donna Summer to name two.
cynderthedragoness99 9 months ago
fuk donna summers version this one rules and those of you who do not agree FU2 !!
65sinned 11 months ago
Hey buddy - there called Metaphors. You might be right to be aggravated. You got that right. But worst song ever? Let the dreamers and folks with imagination enjoy this little romp through the park. And laugh a little with your kid......
Overeezee1 11 months ago
Sorry I think this really is the stupidest song ever -- except for the fact that my baby dies laughing whenever he hears it cause he knows it aggravates me. You'll never find that recipe again? Ever heard of the internet, invented I believe by Mr. Babbage in the 1800's???? Or how about just giving IBM a call. This song comes close to making me want to kill myself, it is so horrible
g8rbroncogb2 11 months ago
I love the song, but it is certainly not rare, I have the 45 somewhere.
Krangypoo 1 year ago
love all the big production numbers from the 60's
joyceeslillad 1 year ago
Jimmy Webb who wrote this song said: "It's clearly about a love affair ending, and the person singing it is using the cake and the rain as a metaphor for that. OK, it may be far out there, and a bit incomprehensible, but I wrote the song at a time in the late 1960s when surrealistic lyrics were the order of the day."
Webb's original lyrics mention that the cake was laced with hashish, but this was left out due to "legalities".
I was a young sober lad and hated it - now I find it spliffing!
happyenjoytime 1 year ago
c'est une merveille
19471759 1 year ago
Many forgot this Wonderful gem was a smash hit in its time...... a VERY long song for those days- (not Hey Jude yet).
GREAT!!
Rodrigoteacher 1 year ago
In righteous STEREO, no less! Thank you for the quality posting of this masterpiece!
MysticSojourner 1 year ago
He was truly a man of great talent, very very underestimated , by a vast amount of people, he truly was a man called horse, a very rare talent that we will never see again.
pimple22 1 year ago
11 losers dont like this song
Planktontwo 1 year ago 7
@Planktontwo They must have left their cake out in the rain too.
gotch09 8 months ago
@gotch09 I think you are right. Probably because they do not have any patience, because it they just could not take it, cuz it took so long to bake it. And sad because they will never have that recipe again. Oh no!!! lol
Planktontwo 8 months ago
@Planktontwo 9 months later it is 17 people who are losers and cannot find their way to McArthurs' Park.
Planktontwo 4 months ago
I was just a kid when this was hitting the airwaves, and we kids thought it was just a huge joke! We laughed and laughed, made fun of the lyrics, the singing, you name it.
Now it sounds great, and I didn't realize Richard Harris sung it!
flakbunny 1 year ago
i dont know why i love this song.the words are ridulous.but somehow it is one of my favorite songs ever.
algager19 1 year ago
Best song ever ever ever ever ever! The poetry is poignant. The reason it's so good is that it's incomparable. It doesn't resemble anything else!
"I will take my life into my hands and I will use it...
I will win the worship in your eyes, and I will lose it..'
When I was 11 and discovered this song, it slew me...still does.
DavidCKendall 1 year ago
@DavidCKendall loved your comment. This song knocks me over each time I hear it. Love it.
imagine9384 1 year ago
Or....maybe he was just stoned out of his mind, and it doesn't mean anything. Seems to me one of those kind of songs that sounds really good, till you hear it sober. It's crap! lol. Not everything from this era is ground breaking. Musicaly it's great. The guy can sing. But the lyrics are some of the most ridiculous tripe I've ever heard. I mean come on. Cake in the rain? Yeah I get it, it's a metaphor, but it's a stupid one lol. Half baked nonscense, great instumentals though.
pvtcairns 1 year ago
The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
ourobourous2000 1 year ago
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The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
ourobourous2000 1 year ago
The lyrics, which include the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again", are symbolic and metaphorical. The song begins as a poem about love, then moves into a lover's lament.[4] When asked by interviewer Terry Gross what was going through his mind when he wrote the lyrics, Webb replied that the lyrics were meant to be symbolic, and they referred to the end of a love affair.
ourobourous2000 1 year ago
For ALL the retards who dont understand the underlying message of the lyrics, please dont keep embarrasing yourself in front of the rest of the planet by showing the world what intellectual insects you actually are.
Great song, sung by a great man, rest in peace Ricky!!
ourobourous2000 1 year ago
I LOVE IT WHY the man was so before his time
TheChefgina 1 year ago
Richard Harris once bragged that he could deep throat Milton Berle's cock while Rock Hudson phucked him in his fat ass.
yourdickis2limp 1 year ago
after this, I noticed that pearl and dean whose adverts were a part of going to the cinema had a version of the speeded up riff at 5 . 09 which was a bit of a commercialisation i think.
puddypuss 1 year ago
I miss my youth...
mann8942 1 year ago
Great 60's song , I remember it coming on the radio as I set off from whaley bridge and was still on when I got to buxton about 7 minutes later.
Richard one of the greats
shifteng 1 year ago
King,King,King!!! The original #1 song in 1968! This is what im talking about, harris beautiful, tearjerker, full of the highest emotion, truth, a real symphony, best arrangment. i believe him! i feel it all the way to the end. This is the best of them all! so all cheap imitatator's sit your a.... down don't embarrass yourself trying to do this tasteful classic. Sir Richard Harris is the winner here!!!
dominique777 1 year ago 3
obrigado pela esta cancao
jasonwheel 1 year ago
The bridge of this song is as well written as anything Bach could have written. If you never hear this song you miss out on a great part of human emotion. Very well written and I am a song writer myself....Im glad I remembered my mom singing it. I stumbled acrossed. Powerful lyrics.. powerul melodoy. The hemiolia contrast is perfect.
chuckprows 1 year ago
The bridge of this song is as well written as anything Bach could have written. If you never hear this song you miss out on a great part of human emotion. Very well written and I am a song writer myself....
chuckprows 1 year ago
OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO COVER THIS BUT THIS IS THE BEST
Paulreade9 1 year ago
I was born in 83, and I love this song!
cfones9 1 year ago
Great Song, you had to grow up in the time to apreciate it
jbrown9888 1 year ago
Oh this is how it goes lol. I have always thought it was a very long silly song about a ruined cake lol, oops.
EnigmaNZ1 1 year ago
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cqsallie 1 year ago
Awesome song!!!
OHelloMyNameIZ 1 year ago
best version of this song
3on3off 1 year ago
3off
ocavana 1 year ago
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3on3off amo esta musica
ocavana 1 year ago
IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, I LIKE TO GET FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO HIT THE NOTES HE HITS. EVEN IF IT IS FALSETTO, I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE YET THAT CAN GET CLOSE.. GOOD LORD, EVERY SINGER HAS HAD A NON-SENSE SONG IN THEIR TIME. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT HE WAS A GOOD ACTOR AND CAN SING
LAWDAWG147 1 year ago
@LAWDAWG147 Those are back-up singers, you douchebag.
p0ooo0p 1 year ago
Someone left my laptop out in the rain,and I dont think I can take it ,
there will be another computer for me for and I wont break it.
thewayilook2night 1 year ago
I think you have to be hip to Jimmy Webb lyrics to understand this song, otherwise you might as well listen to southern rock or John Prine or etc. (pretty good stuff too) but this material is not for the beginner or the casual listener. Shades of Wagner!
GANNAMEDE 1 year ago
Sounds like Good Vibrations, Bohemian Rhapsody, Free Bird and such as that
smiley66goodvibes67 1 year ago
dis dude was high or something lol
mrsfthomas 1 year ago
OMG THIS IS THE FAGGIEST SONG EVER !!!
cjw101864 1 year ago
@cjw101864 To a tasteless clown like you perhaps...
francovance1 1 year ago
@francovance1 You really put me in my place ! Tell your Mom I said, "thanks"
cjw101864 1 year ago
@cjw101864 AND HOW WOULD YOU BE KNOWING THAT????
LAWDAWG147 1 year ago
@LAWDAWG147 Because IT IS !
cjw101864 1 year ago
This has got to be a novelty song. It sounds like the singer is stifling a laugh.
MondoBeno 1 year ago
I may be crazy ..but this songreminds me of Michael Jackson is sad like his life ....
mygoldta 1 year ago
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Isafanhp 1 year ago
marvellous song!!!!! but is it Richard Harris the one who played Dumbledore in Harry Potter???
Isafanhp 1 year ago
Richard Harris...the Actor?
pjezierski 1 year ago
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FRLKEANE 1 year ago
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@pjezierski Yeah, Dumbledore sang!
FRLKEANE 1 year ago
@pjezierski - Yup, Richard Harris, the actor.
vegasbaby92 1 year ago
GREAT SONG! SWEET MEMORIES AS A CHILD! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS SONG!
gil72ful 1 year ago
We lived across the street from MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California back in the early 60's. Long live RH and the 60's.
polarisathena 1 year ago
BEST SONG EVERY..........LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE WORDS
meomommydamit 1 year ago
How is this song rare? Wasn't it one of the biggest songs of the year when it came out?
help4343 1 year ago
"Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, 'cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have recipe again." Thank Goodness they don't write lyrics like that. This is the stupidest song ever, Jimmy Webb had to be on a high to write this.
senorkaboom 1 year ago
@senorkaboom ---you're a moron.....
tennispro561 1 year ago 3
This song is epic. Speaks to so many lost loves and irreparably bad moves in the pursuit of that one true one. Mr. Harris lends the absolute best voice and emotion to a beautifully scored, lush instrumental backup. A lump in the throat for any of us who've been there. I know first hand.
romac53 1 year ago
the very best version.......
PICTOM 1 year ago
I recall this song from my younger days and still like it.
Richard Harris died not very long ago. He was an excellent actor
as well.
Styrna1 1 year ago
BURP
dominicrichfield 1 year ago
this song so sad
pompeyangie 1 year ago
I just did somethin on youtube to find somethin this is what i'm looking from :)
MaleBosszz 1 year ago
2122---He didn't write it genius.
Melassidy 1 year ago
They make up a minority. There is a good reason why the song was a hit when first released, hit, why it's been covered by some of our greatest artists and why it's so popular on you tube. There will always be people who don't get genius.
Adominae 1 year ago
I'm 12 and even I think this is brilliant
BiBritable 1 year ago 4
Further to some remarks @ Richard Harris and his intentions: Harris sang the song, beautifully, but it was written by jimmy Webb. I listened to a radio interview with him in which he wryly acknowledged he was perhaps TOO indirect, for many people, in the lyrics of M. Park. He also discussed other well known hits he wrote, such as "Galveston" and "The Wichita Lineman." An unusual pop song writer in his orchestration ability, shown to full advantage in M. Park.
Varavicky 1 year ago
@Varavicky
Didn't notice my partner had signed me out & signed himself in--remarks of "Varavicky actually posted by ecanuck.
ecanuck 1 year ago
this brings back memories. of a love that should've been. compelling lyrics.
BoiZero12 1 year ago
i am also called Lupita and i to am a big fan of richy harris.
planetfloors 1 year ago
an epic song! superb!
MrJonk1969 1 year ago
You are all stupid. You need to realize that Richard Harris actually made this song to prove that he could make a hit song out of nothing. The lyrics he says are exactly what he says a cake recipe in the rain there is no metaphor for lost relationships or anything. Its just Richard Harris proving a point..
2122101441 1 year ago
Interpreting the lyrics: The man singing is mourning a relationship ending which he thinks he can never replace (I'll never have that recipe again.) Even if he lives life to the fullest, as he suggests in many verses. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark --he's likely weeping, thinking of his visit there with his lost love. All the sweet green icing running down--someone left the cake out in the rain--these are similes. THANKS very much for posting this.
ecanuck 1 year ago 3
@ecanuck You nailed it.
elojorojo 1 year ago
The cake is a lie.
J4WJust4Watching 1 year ago 2
soooo weird
bonvore 1 year ago
MacArthur Park, Los Angeles' MacArthur Park?
1968RYS 1 year ago
Beautiful, emotionally charged song from a man not renown as a singer. Richard Harris. R.I.P.
uglybug48 1 year ago 15
have a hard time excepting the fact that some people are musically deaf and have the nerve to say something neg about a song as beautiful as this.
lpeterthegreat 1 year ago
Yes, I agree with you, Lupita. My name is also Lupita. I love this song and I will always.
Monique1948 2 years ago
Are you french? I am studying french as my fourth language. Are you perhaps in France. How come is your name Lupita also? The metaphores of Mc Arthur's Park are unique. I always think of a lost love and when I lose a love I go to Mc Arthur's Park with Richard Harris.
1953586 2 years ago
A wonderful poem made song and sung by a very melodious and sensitive voice.
I will allways love it, even after all the loves of my life. Lupita Mueller
1953586 2 years ago
My name is also Lupita. I love this song and always will. It is awesome and mystical.
Monique1948 2 years ago
lmfao I remember the first time my dad sang this song and I was just like WTF?? oh man so random!!
madii768 2 years ago
a great song , evelasting, one of the kind and sang by Mr.. R.Harris a multi award actor.
0929japan 2 years ago
excuse me....why "rare"?????
harris's mc arthur is a really well knowed song and is becomed a standard with a lot of covers...
pontello3 2 years ago
Because "rare"ly are songs this inane, melodramatic, and utterly stupid. Like a 3 year old sketched out the lyrics in his own poop.
Cinerary 2 years ago
i like weird al's better
evergreenmanJ 2 years ago
Great. Just great. Now I want cake!! LOL!
MultiHydralisk 2 years ago
I love the part: "...and I'll never have that recipe again.....OOOOOOHHHH NOOOOO" -he he he!!
karambasjohei 2 years ago 2
the wierd al version was better
hurricaneomega 2 years ago
Fabulous song. Indeed a classic !
And Richard's voice has a quality in it that I find irresistible. Soft and sensual.
He is inded "McArthur's Park" hero, like he was my hero King Arthur in CAMELOT, the movie.
I come to this U-TBE site just to listen to Richard sing this song. Him ...and also Rick Nelson singing AGAIN !
I have followed his tune since 1968 when it first came out.
It brings back to my heart very nostalgic memories.
VIRIATO1942 2 years ago
LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
myacegame 2 years ago
SOMEONE needs to bake a cake and take it ti the park and put it to this vid!
bleuisis 2 years ago
Love this! The music takes you up and down and swirls all round! I will always remember my neighbor , Cecelia Bach.
A beautiful red-haired woman who LOVED
this SONG!
bleuisis 2 years ago 2
I love this song the music is a swirl!
I will always remember Cece;Bach...
a beautiful red-haired lady who lived next dr to us, and she,
bleuisis 2 years ago
This is my favorite song! I don't care what others say. This tune ROCKS!
geor67 2 years ago 20
it shouldn't matter what others say. This is classic, and the beauty of individuality! Love the song and everyone who agrees with you will do the same, screw everyone else.
VisionWiz1978 2 years ago
@geor67Adoro esta musica!!!!!.
ocavana 1 year ago
RARE.......??
This was a brilliant major world hit in''68.
And to be found on a zillion compilation CD's
You probably meant "Rare good" ;]
PAULLONDEN 2 years ago
an outstanding one of a kind song. You would have to have a heart of stone not to feel its power.
thanks for sharing.
deweycat1 2 years ago 2
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I remember the first time I heard this on Monty Python.
Can someone translate it pls.
Sounds like they put something in the cake.
Oh No!
danoba6 2 years ago
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danoba6 2 years ago
A great song, a great recording. If one did radio in the late 60s and 70s there were three "carts" one needed to have available; this one, Don McLean's American Pie, and Spanky & Our Gang's Sunday morning - the long version; all of which were superb recordings.
toscanini9 2 years ago
The line 'Someone left the cake out in the rain' is always hilarious to me.
TheNEWfilmfanatic99 2 years ago 2
hello fans of this song.there are some interseting fact about it,it came out just before hey jude in 1968 and they are about the same lenght,another fact is it has never been on any cd except the richard harris cd,tramp shinning,since cds have been out I dont recall seeing it on any greatest hits compilitation,on import maybe,time life put out 5 cds from 1968 on that ffirst series with the blue covers and di not include it, this new series thats out on tv has 10 or more cds and its not there,,
daninflorida 2 years ago
This is my bestfriend Andrea's and I's song. lol We always sing it at the top of our lungs and annoy all of our friends. Ahh memories!
NeoSerenityMKRE 2 years ago
Ask Tony Blackburn about the times he played it on the new Radio One . There was stunned silence when this went out on Radio One for the first time,it was so long for a start, and the lyrics went over most peoples heads! It was of its time,original,an enigma,a one off,not run of the mill yet hugely popular. A piece of art to be enjoyed by all,always. Thanks Richard.
d101527x 2 years ago
So very long ago. My youth,my loves,my memories. Gone, like the wind that once gone cannot return. Sadness numbs but never goes away. Seems times were always better back then. Lovely memories still linger but they are forever gone. My heart longs for one little piece of this beautiful past to occupy its soul. May God grant this last favor to one who longs for the romance & happiness of days long gone.
huntingun1 2 years ago 2
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I love this song.
vegantree 2 years ago
brings back so many memories of the 60's i always cry with this
sentimental or what
still one of the best songs of my era
well done richard - i miss you
adeward 2 years ago
I remember this song from the summer of 68 like it was yesterday. This is THE one and only amazing version of McArthur Park..dark and misterious as it should be!
Thanks for posting this!
nanasil70 2 years ago
I always think of Brak when I hear this song. somebody left a cake out in the rain, oh no!
CrystalFlames 2 years ago
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. And sung so wonderfuuly by Richard Harris. So emotive and haunting.
Thanks for posting this. 5******
imagine9384 2 years ago
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This is the song of my life. I am 60 now.
mariliaembu 2 years ago
"Jimmy Webb is the most important pop music figure to emerge since Bob Dylan."
Peter Reilly of Stereo Review
Adominae 2 years ago
good memory
agreeableviews816 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL:)
Isolar 2 years ago
Absolutely the best version of this song.
PokeyGreen 2 years ago
I remember this record being so much longer than anything that was playing in May of 1968. I can't say that Richard Harris had a great singing voice but it hit the bullseye in this song. This is the best version of this song and always will be. Thanks ecidarocnarf for posting this.
newhotman1001 2 years ago 2
My local Baker says he never heard of a metaphor cake but he says he can bake a humble pie.If the cake melts how can you tell it was a metaphor cake,by the color of the gooey puddle left behind?Metaphor sounds kinda minty.....and another thing..I think the cake was not left in the rain,it was just LEFT OUT..then it started raining..left in the rain sounds intentional.
wjwolf 2 years ago
You'd be surprised how many people take this song literally...no, there never was a cake that was left out in the rain...no chocolate bar left in the car, no beer left out in the hot sun, it's all metaphor anyway you want to put it.
MichaelAvery1 2 years ago
dia33386
Way to not get a reference!
Also, you sound like and idiot!
Yay!
I'm really milking this now!
Whoo-hoo!
Okay.
I'm done.
FinisEnInfinito 2 years ago
What I am wondering is how come there is not a Ray Conniff version of this song on You Tube. I got the album, but lack the expertise to get it posted. Come on people, lets get that version up here!
dodgedavis 2 years ago
dodgedavis: WHAT? As much as I love & appreciate & love Ray Conniff's music versions - there is only ONE version of "MacArthur Park" & it is Richard Harris'!
dia33386 2 years ago
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deludedilliusions 2 years ago
I never really listened to the words it really strange yet the melody is great
quossimoto 2 years ago
Forget the cake; what about the wine ?
CrazyWorld65 2 years ago
FinisEnInfinito 2 years ago
FinisEnfinito: Hey - get over it re "the cake is a lie"!
BTW: - *way* overdone w/ that
"cake is a lie" crap!
Get REAL here folks!
"The Cake" is a freakin METAPHOR fergodssakes! Get a clue, people!
It's about taking that one special LOVE for granted - losing it b/c U didn't realize its worth! And, now your regret it
dia33386 2 years ago
schusterlehrling 2 years ago
schusterlehrling: Must U reiterate 'finisEnfinito' overuse of a
quote that takes up so much space?
Get a life - get Real! Don't be so
less-than-academic/smart!
While I appreciate ur sad attempt 2 verify
Webb's lyrics - gotta think ur trying to pull something over on us!
GET A LIFE!
dia33386 2 years ago