(1978).Richard Harris’ – whose main profession was acting – version came out in April of 1968 via Dunhill Records. "MacArthur Park" is a song written and composed by Jimmy Webb. But it is pretty obvious that by and large it is a love song.

sort form. MacArthur Park song meanings Add your thoughts 38 Comments. ... Back then, I was kind of like an emotional machine, like whatever was going on inside me would bubble out of the piano and onto paper.Webb and Horton remained friends, even after her marriage to another man. The breakup was also the primary influence for "The idea to write and compose a classically structured song with several movements that could be played on the radio came from a challenge by music producer The track was recorded on December 21, 1967, at Armin Steiner's Sound Recorders in Moroder readily identified "MacArthur Park" as (quote) "a great song for Donna – with all those high notes, it was perfect [for her]Summer's recording of "MacArthur Park", included as part of the "MacArthur Park Suite" on her double album A cover version of "MacArthur Park" was recorded by Artwork for US single release, also used for German releaseArtwork for the Spain single release, also used for the German release under different printing But it is pretty obvious that by and large it is a love song. He married & has 2 grown up children & I have a husband, Recently I’ve found my musician again playing online each week because of the pandemic.
And it was featured on his debut album, “A Tramp Shining”.Some of the instruments on the track were played by Richard Harris’ “MacArthur Park” has been panned by critics and some of the listening audience alike, in fact being considered by many as Moreover it took home a Grammy Award in 1969 in the category of Oh contraire, to the “nay sayers”…….I believe that McArthur Park is one of the “best songs of all time” and it’s creator, Jimmy Webb, wrote it and many other wonderful songs for Richard Harris’s dubut album, A TRAMP SHINING.I agree with James Byrne, and Richard Harris sings the song with real feeling that I don’t find in other versions.I’ve just played it to my 34 year old daughter and she thinks it’s hysterical.
artists to record it.Other famous musicians who dropped their own Webb. There's nothing in it that's fabricated.

No one did!I am in bits about this song at the moment. Jimmy Webb, who wrote the song, explained in 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. Webb initially brought the entire cantata to The Association, but the group rejected it. Last week he played Macarthur Park……what on earth am I to think?…..Song Meanings and Facts © 2020. However, he is still convinced that the addressee is the love of his life, and as such he will never forget her.Thus “the cake out in the rain” which is famously reference in this song reads as if it is a metaphor for their relationship. And so it's a kind of musical collage of this whole love affair that kind of went down in MacArthur Park. But he isn’t crying about it as much as accepting the reality of the situation. renditions throughout the years include The Four Tops (1971) and Donna Summer Or more specifically, the singer has lost the woman he is very much in love with. The meaning of the song MacArthur Park. He knows I am listening because we have exchanged some brief messages online. And in 1968 Richard Harris (1930-2002) became the first of quite a few It having ‘taken so long to bake’ apparently alludes to the time and energy he put into building the romance up. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1969 Grammy-winning version by country music singer Waylon Jennings and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco arrangement by Donna Summer in 1978. Everything in the song was visible. I’ve never got over him – he had to move to the USA for his career & I knew I couldn’t so I moved home & didn’t let him know where I was – it seemed the kindest thing for both of us. I always wondered what was going on in the song, “MacArthur Park.” When I was very young I remember Donna Summer singing it, and I used to think, “Just make another cake. By Alvin Alexander.