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does anyone else like this song??? Does anyone else like MacArthur Park I love it myself for a number of reasons. 1 of which is how incredibly strange it is as a pop song. The lyrics are bloddy weird talking about melting cakes (and thats the chorus) its 8 minutes long and is unbelievably complicated with thosands of chord changes and transitions. It was written by songwriter Jimmy Webb and sung by an actor adding to the strangeness Richard Harris. If youve never heard it check it out below and let me know what you think. If you have heard it let me know what you think about it I cant be the only person who likes it>>>
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the Donna Summer version is AMAZING! One of the most inspired remakes of all time. | |
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OMFG its a Classic amongst classics i love this version | |
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Love it by The Four Tops! Never trust anything spoken in the presence of an erection.
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I like this song as well. I found this out about it's meaning, from a music webiste...
Jimmy Webb (from Q magazine): "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." "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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shorttrini said: Jimmy Webb (from Q magazine): "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."
 I've read that quote before, and I love how in two sentences he goes from "it's clearly" to "a bit incomprehensible."
Everybody and their mama has remade this one. It's a classic and Jimmy Webb is a brilliant songwriter. | |
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SoulAlive said: the Donna Summer version is AMAZING! One of the most inspired remakes of all time. Hell yeah. That's because she's a bad girl. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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yup. The Supremes covered it also. only just surfaced recently and it's great.  | |
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vainandy said: Hell yeah. That's because she's a bad girl. Love her voice,and this song 2! | |
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SoulAlive said: the Donna Summer version is AMAZING! One of the most inspired remakes of all time.
I just bought the gh so i will listen with patience Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: SoulAlive said: the Donna Summer version is AMAZING! One of the most inspired remakes of all time.
I just bought the gh so i will listen with patience You need to hear the whole MacArthur Park Suite to appreciate it to its fullest. 17+ minutes of  | |
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