Richard Harris - Macarthur Park - [STEREO]

Voted Worst & Best Song Of All Time (depending on which survey you pay attention to)...."Macarthur Park" Is A Classic In Many Ways. Clocking In At @ 7min. 20 seconds, It Was A Major Technical Achievement In 1968 Considering Most Songs Were Only 2 to 3 Minutes Long Back Then. To Truly Appreciate This Masterpiece, You Have To Spend Time Really Listening And Pondering All The Cool "Lost Love" Metaphors You'll Hear As Penned By Classic Song Writer Jimmy Webb. Grab A Beer Or Wine, Sit Back And Experience Richard Harris As He Shares His Memories Of California's Macarthur Park.

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Music

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• Macarthur
• Park
• Jimmy
• Webb
• Cake
• Out
• In
• The
• Rain
• Anthem
• 1968
• Oldies

[77colombo77]

I'd like to give it a thumbs up but you have this encoded to prevent viewing on iPhone.

Why? Just an oversight?

[MusicMike2]

@77colombo77 --- Very interesting....I don't know why. I don't control the encoding....YouTube does. I uploaded this video in the very same format that I do for all of the others. I have an iPhone and I can't play it either!

[SlimeTron5000]

The long playing print is a reissue.

[MusicMike2]

@SlimeTron5000 --- Yes, a greatest hits package on ABC from the 1970's.

[rbheiss]

I have always loved this song but I did notice you were playing a re-issue because the original was on ABC-Dunhill records. No matter though... great memories! Thanks once again!

Rolland B. Heiss

[MusicMike2]

@rbheiss ---- Rolland, good eye. It is a reissue....actually, a "greatest hits" LP called "At The Hop" that contains classic songs from ABC-Dunhill.

[thatgirlsbathandbody]

Music is nice. A lot of metaphors.

[wb5oxq]

Jimmy Webb! I never knew he wrote this masterpiece. I do know he wrote many of Glen Campbell's hits.

[snakehunter1964]

@MusicMike2 i think i used to have a copy of this! ;) my father was General Manager for a small radio station near where we live from 1962 til about a year or so ago. when i and my brother and sister were kids in the 60's and 70's, Dad would bring home tons of vinyl the station couldn't use because it didn't fit the format. usually, alot of pop, R&B, jazz and some avant-garde stuff. this is where i heard Rare Earth for the first time, as well as The Plastic Ono Band! ha!!

[stow2]

I've always like this song, maybe the lyrics don't make much sense, but I like the melody and Richard Harris's singing.

[sdeugdad]

For me,very close to the best,and since 43 years.

[RamonaFromPomona]

Like you say, it all depends. As far as I'm concerned, it was a masterpiece.

[juliebabyjulie]

Still one of my favorite songs and the lyric "And after all the loves of my life you'll still be the one"...says it ALL.

[juliebabyjulie]

Still one of my faves...