Reid, I lived close to MacArthur Park for a while myself. Always wondered about the words to this song and have looked it up before and just gotten a "who knows?" explanation. So now I am much better informed. Sorry I missed this the first time.
And the Summer rendition is astonishing...better than the Richard Harris version.
Thanks for distracting us all. Good thing for a Sunday.
Thank you for sharing this! I loved Donna Summer - what a beautiful, powerful voice she had! This brought back sweet memories of my youth. Although I must say that MacArthur Park by Richard Harris was without equal in my mind. His imperfect voice had a plaintive, haunting quality about it which infused the song with the heartache that the writer wanted to convey. Everything about that song…the arrangement with violins etc. It was a masterpiece.
Richard Harris was an actor - not a singer, and he was a magnificent actor. What he did with this song was to vocally act it out and bring the heartbreak to his listeners ears.
Reid, I lived close to MacArthur Park for a while myself. Always wondered about the words to this song and have looked it up before and just gotten a "who knows?" explanation. So now I am much better informed. Sorry I missed this the first time.
And the Summer rendition is astonishing...better than the Richard Harris version.
Thanks for distracting us all. Good thing for a Sunday.
Thanks, Dr. She really did get better with age.
Thanks for sharing! Always liked the song but never knew the story behind all the words!
She is one of my favorites.
Hubbs and I are in our late 60's and a few times a week we find an oldie and dance, haha
hilarious fun.
Thank you for sharing this memorable music and the story behind it.
Glad to hear the backstory on the wedding cake hiding in garden shed rain etc as I thought it was one of those nonsense lyrics.
Yes. Every word in that song makes perfect sense. Beautiful song.
Thank you for sharing this! I loved Donna Summer - what a beautiful, powerful voice she had! This brought back sweet memories of my youth. Although I must say that MacArthur Park by Richard Harris was without equal in my mind. His imperfect voice had a plaintive, haunting quality about it which infused the song with the heartache that the writer wanted to convey. Everything about that song…the arrangement with violins etc. It was a masterpiece.
Richard Harris was an actor - not a singer, and he was a magnificent actor. What he did with this song was to vocally act it out and bring the heartbreak to his listeners ears.
I like this rendition better than any when she was young. I haven't heard RH's. I'll check it out.
She was the ultimate in class, writing Giorgio Moroder just before she died thanking him for the role he played in her life.