Richard Harris - Macarthur Park

From 50 Greatest One Hit Wonders (Channel 4 programme)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• uk
• tv
• someone
• left
• the
• cake
• out
• in
• rain
• song
• music
• jimmy
• webb
• 60s
• pop

[mardigrasize]

this is a wounderful song about something cherished and forever lost, about the vacume tha can never be filled



[5050zulu1]

remarkable record !! are you mad ? I have eaten alphabet spaghetti and shit better lyrics

[tommieparch]

@5050zulu1 your first comment was rather vulgar, I like to talk music , not put downs...

[5050zulu1]

@tommieparch your first comment was about music then ?. I dont like the song its pathetic. not a big fan of Glen. I"m bored now so good bye

[tommieparch]

@AmishWebmaster Thats damn close, you kinda nailed it..

[tommieparch]

@5050zulu1 You said you could shit better lyrics, I suppose you dont like all the songs that jimmy wrote for Glen either?..Whats the point of cutting down my hometown? next time i talk to you, make sure its about music...

[5050zulu1]

@tommieparch well you would know about eating shit coming from chicago

[tommieparch]

@5050zulu1 you eat your shit...thats why your brain dead..

[AmishWebmaster]

@5050zulu1 (Part 2) Also, the instrumental interlude is often misunderstood:

Guitar and piano rapid-paced: reflecting on incidences together with "her."

Trumpet: musical representation of shock.

Violin: representing sorrow building into tears, gradually increasing the pitch higher.

Drum: representing heartbeat under panic.

High-pitched voices at the end: angels who are comforting him- hence the apparent emotionless, high-pitched voices. I could go on and on.

[AmishWebmaster]

@5050zulu1 ROCK MUSIC SYMBOLISM for MacArthur Park:

MacArthur Park; The place of reflecting on his "lost love."

Cake: The symbol of this lost love. "sweet green icing"

Cake "left out in the rain:" The "cake" as seen in MacArthur Park through his tears. The "sweet green icing flowing down."

"Recipe" for the "cake" that he "baked:" Relationship that he thought would work out.

[5050zulu1]

@TulseLuper It just makes me cringe every time I have the misfortune to hear it .I almost feel embarassed for him when he sings that ridiculous line about the soggy cake .and as for greatest actor mmm" not in my top ten. but I agree there is a lot of rubbish music about but i have never heared anything as bad as that particular line .

[TulseLuper]

@5050zulu1 Remarkable doesn't mean masterpiece. It's remarkable because it's worth remarking upon. It's an insane mess of a song sung by one of the greatest actors of the 20th century and therefore infused with more passion than it deserves. It's unlike anything I've ever heard. A hell of a lot better than the pop music of today.