Talk:MacArthur Park (song)
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I heard that this songs lyrics were meant to be weird? Jimmy Webb made some kind of bet, that songs lyrics aren't so important.
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[edit] Chart Peak Inconsistencies
The description at the beginning of this page says that the song peaked in the U.S. at number 2, and in the U.K. at the very top. The description in the object on the right with album art, however, says that it topped the U.S. chart, and only made 5th in the U.K.. Do we have conflicting references or what? Do I not understand how these music chart things work? Mr Elmo 22:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Come to that, where it says "One of the best known covers of the song is Donna Summer's 1978 disco hit" I suspect that is a tad subjective. Certainly I've never heard it, and I have heard most of the earlier ones" Brunnian (talk) 19:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- I was going to say - it should be changed to 'the most well known version is by Donna Summer'. Her version was a top 10 throughout the world and sold somewhere in the region of 10 million copies ( I have no citation for that, so I won't put it on the page) - but probably sold quadruple the amount of any other version.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 21:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] movie
Was this song ever featured in amovie?
[edit] Has a hook in it
The odd paradox about this song is that in spite of being such a lousy song of its own merit, it's been covered so many times. I have the original sheet music to this because I'm working on a remake of my own, and the way Jimmy Webb wrote it on the page, it sucks! It drones on forever and is devoid of energy and life, lacking anything resembling syncopation. I think that's the reason it's been done so many times: everyone who hears it knows they can improve on it (that or it's just out of plain sympathy). There's enough about the song that's good that it can be re-appropriated into just about any genre or style. Every performer hears their own ideas on the song.
It reminds me of Charlie Brown's scrawny little Christmas tree, where other people come along and manage to add enough stuff to it to make it a regular Christmas tree. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nightvoice (talk • contribs) 03:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC).
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BetacommandBot 04:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Covers?
It's not really a cover, the song is Webb's, not Harris's. The later versions are simply that, different versions.
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MacArthur Park (Holland).jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:13, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Meaning?
I see that nobody has tried to explain what it means -- SteveCrook (talk) 16:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
