The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Glen Campbell and written by Jimmy Webb

Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell's finest album brings together again the singing/writing team of Campbell and Jimmy Webb that produced four Top 40 hits in 1967-69—"By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" and "Where's the Playground Susie." In this inspired reunion, Campbell sings eight recent Webb songs, plus Lowell George's "Roll Me Easy" and Susan Webb's lovely "About the Ocean." Against Webb's excellent arrangements of his own material—beautiful string charts billow behind intricate pianism—Campbell delivers the strongest vocals of his career. While his version of Webb's great "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" can't match Joe Cocker's for raw expressiveness, he addresses the song with a compassion that is almost as persuasive. The album also offers what I think is the first recorded version of "Adoration," one of the most musically sophisticated and psychologically complex songs in the Webb canon. Campbell masters the difficult musical phrasing and gives an affecting realization of the lyric, which portrays a lover's vanity. In the liner notes, Campbell writes of Webb: "He marries a lyric with a melody and a melody with a chord progression better than any writer today." Campbell is not far off the mark.

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[Rewbe]

Nice video mix, very cool.

[animanatural]

nice video... really nice song, but I prefer the original song by Joe Cocker... I have the album "I can stand a little rain" and this song is one of my favourites

[xAshleemarie]

this is beautiful i have the dvd x man i love glen

[justinlwerner]

One of my favorite Jimmy Webb songs. This is a good cover, but I've kind of imprinted on the first version of it I heard: Judy Collins, from her album 'Judith'

[DAToDATonian]

Glen Campbell said this song is his favorite Jimmy Webb song : as stated on the back of his "Greatest Hits" album. I was surprised to read this after all the better known songs he had recorded by Jimmy Webb, as well as because this song was also MY favorite Jimmy Webb song.

[freeinallthings]

Robert Heinlein would have been proud they STOLE the title of his book. Mail a copy to the Monkees for Door into Summer as well.

[Gvieto]

excellent song just like Highwayman.

[anaklai2]

This is a very beautiful song. I've always loved this song ever since I first heard it years ago. I once has the Glen Campbell Jimmy Webb Reunion album but have since lost it in a big flood. Thanks for sharing.

[kemplerbrave]

Love this song. Thanks for posting it.

[peace4theplanet]

Stunningly beautiful! Glen has the voice to do this song justice! Thanks so much for sharing!