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McArthurs Park - Richard Harris (Original Post) Figarosmom Nov 2024 OP
This always makes me think of the weird Al Jurassic Park spoof. yourout Nov 2024 #1
I took the opening notes of McArthur's Park and made it into my ringtone. I'm the only person with a McArthur's Park NBachers Nov 2024 #2
Yeah i know there are a lot of people Figarosmom Nov 2024 #4
MacArthur Park was written for the The Association. tirebiter Nov 2024 #3
Yeah i had heard the first part Figarosmom Nov 2024 #5
This song always reminds me... Different Drummer Nov 2024 #6
I remember this, funny Figarosmom Nov 2024 #7

NBachers

(18,322 posts)
2. I took the opening notes of McArthur's Park and made it into my ringtone. I'm the only person with a McArthur's Park
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:26 AM
Nov 2024

ringtone. I have this song on rotation in my Apple Music, so when it comes on, I think my phone's ringing.

Surprisingly, there are people who sincerely hate this song. I guess you had to be there to experience it at the time.

Figarosmom

(4,607 posts)
4. Yeah i know there are a lot of people
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:30 AM
Nov 2024

That hate it. Too existential they think it dosent make any sense. But then again I liked him in Camelot too. Maybe it's not just the song I like.

tirebiter

(2,617 posts)
3. MacArthur Park was written for the The Association.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:38 AM
Nov 2024

-The Association did not record "MacArthur Park" because their producer, Bones Howe, considered the song's ambitious arrangement and unconventional lyrics to be unsuitable for their style, ultimately rejecting it when songwriter Jimmy Webb presented it to the group; they deemed it too long and complex for their typical pop sound.-

-Jimmy Webb clears up Association/"MacArthur Park" story-

His response was that there never was a suite-- " I wish I could pull something like that out of my bag." He said that "Mac Arthur Park" was all that he brought to the Assocoation, who were well into the Birthday album at the time. They would have had to pull two or three of their tunes off to make way for a seven-minute song and weren't willing to do so. Webb said he was sporry that the story always made the Association look bad, and that he had no hard feelings at the time. But he did confirm that as far as he knows, Bones Howe walked out on the Association afterward because of this.

Figarosmom

(4,607 posts)
5. Yeah i had heard the first part
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:47 AM
Nov 2024

And webbs clarification makes sense. Most groups didn't want to do anything over 3 minutes or so because it was too hard to get radio play then.

Different Drummer

(8,997 posts)
6. This song always reminds me...
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 11:38 AM
Nov 2024

of a spoof SCTV did of it with Dave Thomas playing Richard Harris.

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