As a teen in the 60s, the first time I heard this song I knew it was a masterpiece. If young people today do not understand my affection for this piece I can understand. This song completely embodied the sixties, and to get it you had to be there. It was a song about lost love, but conveyed with a nonsense lyric that only made sense if you had dropped acid. And when you did, suddenly everything was crystal clear! 😊 Years later, Webb insisted he was playing it straight, that every image in the song, from the old men playing checkers near the trees to the rest of it, all were actually there in the afternoon when this song came to him. I accept that, but also understand this piece conveys so much more. I think this is so because it was written by a guy who saw life from the perspective of a child - in his ability to take in everything around him with great sensitivity and without precondition, and child-like in his inability to process love’s loss because every child expects to be loved without condition. That is the way to listen to this piece, as a child. Let its melody and lyric wash over you. Do not try to make sense of them, but instead let yourself be carried along until you realize that your loss of love has sharpened your senses to the point that for the first time you feel fully alive. This song about loss is also an anthem for those who are aware of life’s intoxicating beauty, and that being alive, in bad times and good, is its own reward. Ask for nothing more, because there is nothing more.
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (Audio versión original, video editado) 0933am 19.9.24 i wouldnt have thought this was a song to drop acid to. but you never know.... weirder skits have been dismissed in favour of a MOR gem like this as the skank deals with the come down. a come down song... p.s i reckon that he should have been starring in the film duck you, sucker but was waylaid as Coburn took on the job....
Now .. 52 years later, this song still holds the ability to carry me back to a small apartment in rural Missouri. I can still smell the sage floating through the open windows and the sound of the trucks on the Interstate... this song has created one of the most intense memories I own. Thank you for sharing this. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
I was in 8th grade and this played the same time every morning on the way to school. Our bus driver had her radio on and everytime I hear this I am heading up Gordons corner rd in Englishtown, Nj
I still love this song! I was a teen when it first hit the radio, and I remember it was pretty much the only thing discussed on the radio and the news, concerned about what it really meant! It was just a song, but one big hit that means a lot to all of us who loved it.
You really nailed it Deb! As a former deejay and lifetime trained singer God blessed those two pals = Webb and Harris in the summer of 68; it is my pick of the top 40 litter of al time eliciting a variety of emotions because Jimmy wrote it after a heart wrenching breakup. Many men's souls run very deep which is why the vast majority of romantic music has bee written by the male gender contrary to what the media leads us to believe OR simply ignores. David.
Fifty years later it’s still so beautiful. His accent comes through the song. So many people when they sing seem to lose the beauty of their accent, he doesn’t. I listen to it and I’m 17 again with the radio on listening to this and doing my homework. God bless all who grew up with this music.😌
God did bless us, and we are blessed again to have this recording. I saw Sir Richard three times in Camelot, Live, the man was amazing, mesmerizing, and what ah voice. Talk about passion, what actor can compare today. He sang, he acted, he Loved, and he Lived.
I always thought this was a great song with its many levels, altho the lyrics are crazy. I was 16 when it came out and it does take you back to all those young memories. Love the violins around 4:06.
Me. Since the 70's. As an adopted children, the analogy of the cake leaved on a benchpark on the rain always make me cry everytime. But the whole song is a masterpiece.
The emotion and passion Harris gives this song is staggering. A masterful songwriter and a wonderful actor with a voice which is simply sublime. If there is a perfect song performed by a perfect singer then this it.
Genius. They just don't make them like that anymore but happily my children and their friends are rediscovering that generation again, probably out of paucity of talent today......roll on Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Finch, Oliver Reed etc.....
Ben I concur with your sentiment. This song was played by my Parents. They would scoop us up and twirl around in total rapture. This song was my Mummies funeral song, both my Parents survived Auschwitz. My Heartfelt gratitude as my Brother and I now are seated together as our Daddy prepares to leave this mortal coil. Australia 3.52am
He stated that since he wasn't musically trained, he used his theatrical voice to give the words the punch. He got a Gold Record for this song. Frank Sanatra and Dean Martin were both singers and actors. And they all WORKED to their end. Amazing generation of men and women who gave us so much!
Sang with a sad passion by Richard Harris and all the better for it. This was the B side of another Jimmy Webb song by Richard Harris called DIDN'T WE GIRL and sang in the same vein as this song. Great stuff from talented men that knew what they were doing and did it brilliantly.
I'm LISTENING !!! I was 12 years old in 1968 when I first heard and fell Madly in Love with this Song !!! It inspired me to become a Concert Pianist !!! BRAVO Sir Richard Harris !!!
No,No!! Yes primarily he is a brilliant actor but his voice is perfect far better than some "so called" singers. For instance David Bowie for one is called a "singer" but what put him over was his showmanship. This rendition of MacArthur Park is the very very best of all made by others.
They have dubbed over the performance with the studio version. That is not him singing live. It is a recording from the studio that they played over the footage. Very misleading.
Loved this song in the 60's when I was 10 and love it even more today. My mother loved this song too and hearing it again makes feel as though she is listening along with me.
Richard Harris lived in the Savoy Hotel in London. Having become very ill with his final illness and being taken to hospital on a stretcher the great man had the presence of mind to raise himself up as he was carried through the lobby of the hotel and exclaim to shocked guests "It Was The Food! . It Was The Food! " A magnificently wicked sense of humour to the last
A fascinating song. Richard did the best version. But Glen did a country version, Donna did a disco version and Maynard Ferguson did a jazz version (big band). But the original will always be the best. Timeless, emotional, unforgettable.
Incredible how a piece of music like this can transport us back in time to a specific place and to the specific emotions we felt then in our glorious, painful youth when were were beautiful and full of love. It is the sounds of our lives.
Dickie Harris was my dad's old rugby and tennis partner from their Limerick days. Also was my aunt's tennis doubles partner but she sacked him because he was never on time and spent most of the time larking about ! What a fine actor.
This song was truly profound for me. The sonic territory it covers sends shivers down my spine, even to this day. The power of a huge orchestra creating the music.. The lyrics sound like a prototype for something John Lennon might have written. Jimmy Webb did write some truly amazing songs. This is an extremely hard song to pull off also. He does it here.
Yes and Jimmy is the son of a minister writing many tunes for Glenn Campbell Mark BUT, MacArthur Park is easily his masterpiece like 3 songs in one. It is my favourite top 40 song ever graced by God to Jimmy no doubt. The mood swings are incredible. I believe it portrays making true love to a lady he loved maybe too much thus lost. Many women can be too selfish and therefore vein. Been there done that. Peace.
@@daveycrockett6781: Great way to explain the song. Putting too much of oneself into another and being let down. There aren't many ways to express that.
Isn't it so perfect yet perhaps overly emotional? I was 15 when it reached #1 everywhere summer of 1968. Today I've 12,000 records and MCPark is my favourite as a trained singer and former drummer. It comprises 3 songs in one. It was written by Webb after a heart breaking Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. Jimmy is 74 BTW very much with us and Son Of A Preacher Man. Thee only other song that comes close to MCPark is Nights In White Satin by my favourite group, The Moody Blues plus Gordon Ligftfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
One of my favorite songs of all time.. Over the years I heard people comment that it was a stupid song about green icing and melting cake. Idiots didn’t get the symbolism of the lyrics. Those of us who understand the true meaning of the song appreciate what a phenomenon it was, is and always will be! It still brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it! ...RIP Richard...
I've heard that also, Debra(that's my daughter's name, Debi for casual). Anyway, I think it would be cool to hear how The Association handled it, right? But Richard Harris does it magnificently! 💖☺
Omg. Debra, I just listened to The Association, "You don't know how many times I wished that I had told you, you don't know how many times I wished that I could hold you, you don't know how many times I wished that I could mold you into someone that would Cherish Me as much as I cherish you. And I do, cherish you💖!
“After all the loves of my life, you’ll still be the one.” Is there a more bittersweet, poignant line in any song? Age, love, loss … all rolled into 12 words.
Sure we can, it’s just that there’s a bigger market for rap and other swill. The record companies only desire to turn profits so they put their money and efforts into what the majority are buying. Anyone today willing to find talent the likes of Richard Harris and Jimmy Webb can certainly put up their money and time to record, market and promote them for others to enjoy are certainly free to do so.
@@davidfiler5414 I hardly call what she said bigoted or infantile. It's a well documented fact that record producers and managers pander to the flavor of the week. The bottom line is profits over quality and artistic creativity. So why don't you just climb down off your high horse and show some class and tact.
@@jeansenn2831Pop music has only ever catered for the young. Trends and fashions change and culture is ephemeral. Pop, like any other entertainment is a profit-making industry, favourite musicians come and come, but whilst they're in favour they will milk it for all its worth and good on 'em, their career is short and the public's loyalty shorter. To ignorantly state that ALL music produced today is utter crap, simply because it does not fit into your narrow teenage and time limited view is indeed bigotted and infantile. Now you can get off your high horse.
Me too Shane. After losing my darling wife Carol, none before or to come could ever match her. She took her uniqueness with her, I'm just so privileged that she saw fit to let me be part of it for 25 years.
One of the most poignant lines ever written. It always reminds me of a certain lady called Fiona... I can tell you more if you want johnsurrey1955 @ gmail . com
I had no idea that he sang this song originally. Interesting everyone is running to Donna Summer after Beetlejuice but I think they actually used this version in the movie.
But don't ya love it? This Irishman overcame tuberculosis in his teen years to become one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century. He also got a Gold Record for this crazy song!
Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one step ahead As we followed in the dance Between the parted pages and were pressed In love's hot, fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no! I recall the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave On the ground around your knees The birds, like tender babies in your hands And the old men playing checkers by the trees MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no! There will be another song for me For I will sing it There will be another dream for me Someone will bring it I will drink the wine while it is warm And never let you catch me looking at the sun And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life You'll still be the one I will take my life into my hands and I will use it I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it I will have the things that I desire And my passion flow like rivers through the sky And after all the loves of my life Oh, after all the loves of my life I'll be thinking of you And wondering why MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no! Oh no No Oh no!
This is the way Harris sang it, but the real lyrics is MacArthur Park, not MacArthur's Park. The story is they tried to get Harris to stop saying it with the S but he refused.
One of the great spoofs in music, just look at the lyrics that make no sense at all, then the music that uses every cliche known to man. After all the loves in my life il be thinking of you and wondering why?? I will drink the wine while it is warm and never let you catch me looking at the sun. Benny Hill couldn't have done better.
Abso-bloody-lutely spectacular. This song is very special, written about an ex girlfriend of the writer / composer, Jimmy Webb. Brilliantly done by Richard Harris.
Had a chance to see him in Camelot on Broadway!!! Loved the emotions, voice and charisma that he exudes. Didn't realize how much I miss not seeing musicals until I watched this! Great memories of Camelot!
This song came to my mind today. Remembering a really special lady I worked with, she was a bit old but had a vibrant personality. We shared an office. I remember I would sometimes play an oldies am station and interestingly she would say something like oh Richard Harris just give it up. I left left that job and only a couple years after I learned cancer she had beat for over a decade had come back and she died. It leaves me with mix of smiles because she was so honest and said what she felt with a sense of humor, but also bittersweet, kinda fitting to the song hearing it.
@@tamistone2632 I asked the original poster, Ruben Gomez, if he had the video with the original audio for the performance and he, very quickly and very kindly, provided a link.
5:09 is one of history's very musically intense moments - a crowning climax to the buildup preceding it. Yet the song is still not done! There's still more important work to do before the song leaves! To pull off 7 minutes of continuously compelling material, without one wasted bar - and especially in the 3 minute song era - this is a true masterpiece.
Brilliant song. I never quite understood why people didn't get the cake analogy. It's obviously a love song where he laments that the long relationship ended and isn't sure if he can be so in love again. PS: best sound quality I could find of this song btw, thanks :)
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song going to work at age 19, and I was caught… It was so unusual, during the hippie evolution, the music we had been listening to… Wow… There was nothing like it and I couldn’t remember it played on the radio every day. We were all trying to wrap our heads aroundit’s meaning, what it was about, but mystery eventually got solved. I was more surprised that Richard Harris was singing like that because he was a film actor and some really intense movies so that was unexpected. Anyway, I’m glad that I found this clip… Great job.
@@carlcrasmussen He was a terrible singer and refused to follow instructions, not even saying the words correctly. However, a perfect great voice isn't always what is essential to a particular piece. Yes, I agree, he was the perfect person to sing this particular song.
The drummer on the original recording was Hal Blaine. Google search his name. I was in the studio with Hal before. Look on UA-cam for music by The Rock Island Boys (Remember The Beach). Hal played drums for me on Walk Along The Beach Tonight and God Bless California.
Compare this to the standard for singers today. How he feels the words when he sings. Not the superficial act of merely singing to sing. How he expresses himself. Not performs for others. His enthusiasm and joy. Not just standing there as if a cardboard box
Hearing this has brought back all that is special between two people when the love is real..I had forgotten this beautiful man and his beautiful song..thanks for reminding me..im going to find a cd..listen to it at least once a day..
@@abigailgodfrey4778 Someone left a cake out in the rain, I heard him,explain and he thinks that you can take it, ,because it took so long to make it ,so just hang in there, even if you have to fake it, because you may never have that recipe for LIFE , again,and it's not green icing, and ham in the rain.😷🙏🌌
The composer of this song was Jim Webb and he wrote so many hits that set countless artists over into the top 10. And he never received the credit he deserved .
Have you not seen the movie, “Camelot”? Sir Richard plays King Arthur; Vanessa Redgrave was Guinevere. Oh, it will be a treat for you to hear his voice in all the great songs!
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. That scene is pure gold. Amazing performance!!
Amazing song !
Just saw the film an hour ago. ;-)
Agreed. Finnaly some pure insanity. I know how good it feels 🤫
🤣🤣🤣Just watched BB and first place I came to🤣🤣🤣
I had to say beetlejuice 3 times to get here, even then I nearly went to jurassic Park
As a teen in the 60s, the first time I heard this song I knew it was a masterpiece. If young people today do not understand my affection for this piece I can understand. This song completely embodied the sixties, and to get it you had to be there. It was a song about lost love, but conveyed with a nonsense lyric that only made sense if you had dropped acid. And when you did, suddenly everything was crystal clear! 😊
Years later, Webb insisted he was playing it straight, that every image in the song, from the old men playing checkers near the trees to the rest of it, all were actually there in the afternoon when this song came to him. I accept that, but also understand this piece conveys so much more. I think this is so because it was written by a guy who saw life from the perspective of a child - in his ability to take in everything around him with great sensitivity and without precondition, and child-like in his inability to process love’s loss because every child expects to be loved without condition.
That is the way to listen to this piece, as a child. Let its melody and lyric wash over you. Do not try to make sense of them, but instead let yourself be carried along until you realize that your loss of love has sharpened your senses to the point that for the first time you feel fully alive. This song about loss is also an anthem for those who are aware of life’s intoxicating beauty, and that being alive, in bad times and good, is its own reward. Ask for nothing more, because there is nothing more.
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (Audio versión original, video editado) 0933am 19.9.24 i wouldnt have thought this was a song to drop acid to. but you never know.... weirder skits have been dismissed in favour of a MOR gem like this as the skank deals with the come down. a come down song... p.s i reckon that he should have been starring in the film duck you, sucker but was waylaid as Coburn took on the job....
Now .. 52 years later, this song still holds the ability to carry me back to a small apartment in rural Missouri. I can still smell the sage floating through the open windows and the sound of the trucks on the Interstate... this song has created one of the most intense memories I own. Thank you for sharing this.
Soundtrack of my youth
🎼🖤
I was in 8th grade and this played the same time every morning on the way to school. Our bus driver had her radio on and everytime I hear this I am heading up Gordons corner rd in Englishtown, Nj
Geez SOOZUU Born at St. Luke's, lived in KC near Loose Park as a KID. I'm forever a fly over baby.
I still love this song! I was a teen when it first hit the radio, and I remember it was pretty much the only thing discussed on the radio and the news, concerned about what it really meant! It was just a song, but one big hit that means a lot to all of us who loved it.
I was 18yrs old when this song was released it sounds as good today as then, listening friday February 5th 2021...... 23-15 🌜
Just bought this on vinyl, 27 y.o, from Middle of England, warwickshire.
RIP Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002), aged 72
You will be remembered as a legend.
Richard Harris has always been one of my favorites..I see he and I have the same birthday day Oct. 1st....love this video and song
If he was born in 1930..he was 92..i was born in 1940 and i am 82...just a sad loss no matter how old he was...
@@barbarahorter8051 He passed away in 2002.
@@joseph3469 yes you are correct..lol...thanks..id still like him at 92..
I’d love him at. 92 ❤
This is an all time masterpiece.
You really nailed it Deb! As a former deejay and lifetime trained singer God blessed those two pals = Webb and Harris in the summer of 68; it is my pick of the top 40 litter of al time eliciting a variety of emotions because Jimmy wrote it after a heart wrenching breakup. Many men's souls run very deep which is why the vast majority of romantic music has bee written by the male gender contrary to what the media leads us to believe OR simply ignores. David.
Indeed! My number one song ever !
Been looking for this for ages….Richard Harris is a master of storytelling with his voice…goosebumps
Yes it is!
Fifty years later it’s still so beautiful. His accent comes through the song. So many people when they sing seem to lose the beauty of their accent, he doesn’t. I listen to it and I’m 17 again with the radio on listening to this and doing my homework. God bless all who grew up with this music.😌
God did bless us, and we are blessed again to have this recording. I saw Sir Richard three times in Camelot, Live, the man was amazing, mesmerizing, and what ah voice. Talk about passion, what actor can compare today. He sang, he acted, he Loved, and he Lived.
I always thought this was a great song with its many levels, altho the lyrics are crazy. I was 16 when it came out and it does take you back to all those young memories. Love the violins around 4:06.
So did I.... I grew up listening and ejoying this kind of music while doing my Homework.
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Wow. What a lovely comment.
Great song by Jimmy Webb - great rendition by Richard Harris. Timeless.
these songs et al are the new popular standards
Who's listening in 2022? Wonderful song 😍 Forever💙🎵🎶 in My Heart!
Me. Since the 70's. As an adopted children, the analogy of the cake leaved on a benchpark on the rain always make me cry everytime. But the whole song is a masterpiece.
yes on both
interesting looking into the origin of the words and story of the composer - makes the song much more meaningful!
@@peterpowis4145 Ok...congratulations ! 👏
@@richarddouglas6838 Me to!
I am listening in 2024. Yes, wonderful song, yes, forever.
tres juste merci Béba💞
Me too
Same
Same brilliant performance ❤
Check out An Evening with Glen Campbell (1977) A fantastic version if it (ny favourite)
A glass raised for all the "Recipes" we've lost, all the moments fondly remembered, and a land to which we cannot go again...
The emotion and passion Harris gives this song is staggering. A masterful songwriter and a wonderful actor with a voice which is simply sublime. If there is a perfect song performed by a perfect singer then this it.
agree 100%
Yeah agree but it was written by Jimmy Webb
No one could sing it better than he can. Agree? Thumbs up!
Donna Summer sang it pretty good too but Mr. Harris is the best in my humble opinion.
I AGREE,DONNA DID IT WELL.....
@@Simorris7723 Donna Disco Wrecked It!
Genius. They just don't make them like that anymore but happily my children and their friends are rediscovering that generation again, probably out of paucity of talent today......roll on Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Finch, Oliver Reed etc.....
Yes but... Donna Summer ;)
Richard Harris had a lovely voice, no one can cover this as good as him!!! ❤️👌♥️🌼
Look at UA-cam
" Mac Arthur Park
Will Lee on Letterman"
Donna Summer, equally as good
Sorry...that orchestra is covering up much.
King Arthur
How about Donna Summers?
I love how Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has revived this song for so many, including me!!! :)
Yeah I was like 'Wow Michael Keaton, Wiona Ryder, and Jenna Ortega has such a great singing voice.'
Got chills hearing it for the first time in 1968, and it hasn't lost one bit of its impact. Absolute, utter perfection.
I agree! It was fantastic then, and it's fantastic now!
Yes!
merci Béba
Same here
... maravilhoso !!!!!
I'm so proud that this was my music when I was a teenager.
For Sure 100%
Ben I concur with your sentiment. This song was played by my Parents. They would scoop us up and twirl around in total rapture.
This song was my Mummies funeral song,
both my Parents survived Auschwitz.
My Heartfelt gratitude
as my Brother and I now are seated together as our Daddy prepares to leave this mortal coil.
Australia 3.52am
Yes a great song!!
Such a brilliant actor and sadly missed ,he had to sing this song as it's so dramatic, love you my lovely Irish man xx
Me too.. great singer..
They don't make actors like this anymore.
He was so talented in many ways. Acting, and an incredible voice.
Loved Camelot.
I miss you Richard 🌹
He stated that since he wasn't musically trained, he used his theatrical voice to give the words the punch. He got a Gold Record for this song. Frank Sanatra and Dean Martin were both singers and actors. And they all WORKED to their end. Amazing generation of men and women who gave us so much!
Movies, A man named Horse. Then return of a man named Horse.
Camelot was an absolute masterpiece. The closing with the young Earl of Warwick was fantastic.
And could drink & tell a story!!
yes agreed
Sang with a sad passion by Richard Harris and all the better for it.
This was the B side of another Jimmy Webb song by Richard Harris called DIDN'T WE GIRL and sang in the same vein as this song.
Great stuff from talented men that knew what they were doing and did it brilliantly.
I have the LP and I had no idea it was the B-side. Jimmy is very much alive BTW. MP is like 3 songs in one thus, a total masterpiece!
That full orchestra crescendo makes me cry every time...... Sheer Perfection from a genius.....
Yes!!
Jimmy Webb, wrote so many greats at a very young age, this version is great ❤️!!!!!
@@elizanne6660 And mr.
@@35chatham The Wrecking Crew.....
Who would knew that the original Professor Dumbledore could sing
I'm LISTENING !!! I was 12 years old in 1968 when I first heard and fell Madly in Love with this Song !!!
It inspired me to become a Concert Pianist !!! BRAVO Sir Richard Harris !!!
I will have the things that I desire! Reach for the beauty always!😊
How about the alcoholism and violence? Did he inspire that too?
That's amazing and wonderful. ❤
I was 12 too
@@carolinemuncey5353 Wow! -- I wasn't even an idea in the minds of my horny teenage parents back then 🤣😂🤣
For those that don’t know… this is original Dumbledore 😊
For a guy who can't sing, he delivers this song very well.
No,No!! Yes primarily he is a brilliant actor but his voice is perfect far better than some "so called" singers. For instance David Bowie for one is called a "singer" but what put him over was his showmanship.
This rendition of MacArthur Park is the very very best of all made by others.
He also sang as King Arthur in Camelot. He had a really good voice.
I loved how it was just him singing. No half nude dancers, no light show or fireworks. Just a man with talent, a mike, a song, and a voice
And a FULL ORCHESTRA!
They have dubbed over the performance with the studio version. That is not him singing live. It is a recording from the studio that they played over the footage. Very misleading.
..and some idiot who left a cake out in the rain.
@@MrMiddenfacemcnulty yes , and besides he's just talking I can notice his effort for goodness
Your point being?
Timeless song by a legendary actor. R.I.P Richard.
💞🥰Béba MNG
No one, but NO ONE, can sing this classic like Richard Harris!!! Bravo!!!
I don't even want you listen to others
Stripped pants
So so right!
The grittiness of his voice represents the regular man showing so much emotion.
Yes it brings out tears for lost loves !
I agree.. This piece of ART is Divine
I agree, but I love it when sung by Donna Summer too!
The 60s was the best decade in music history from the Beatles to Motown to a masterpiece such as this.
Lenny, you nailed it!
lenny, I been around 7 decades
and couldnt agree more.
Amen to that!
i like very much the old there alot of memories
Loved this song in the 60's when I was 10 and love it even more today. My mother loved this song too and hearing it again makes feel as though she is listening along with me.
Richard Harris lived in the Savoy Hotel in London. Having become very ill with his final illness and being taken to hospital on a stretcher the great man had the presence of mind to raise himself up as he was carried through the lobby of the hotel and exclaim to shocked guests "It Was The Food! . It Was The Food! " A magnificently wicked sense of humour to the last
Magical.
Thanks for sharing This. He was an original.
That is wonderful.😂😂👍
That is very funny!!
Being a regular guest at the Savoy myself, i am smiling at this wicked display of humor. Wonderful.
A fascinating song. Richard did the best version. But Glen did a country version, Donna did a disco version and Maynard Ferguson did a jazz version (big band). But the original will always be the best. Timeless, emotional, unforgettable.
If Richard Harris was only known for this alone he would be legend. He is legend.
You'll aways be the one ! No one else comes close to the Richard Harris version. Fantastic voice..missed greatly.
Incredible how a piece of music like this can transport us back in time to a specific place and to the specific emotions we felt then in our glorious, painful youth when were were beautiful and full of love. It is the sounds of our lives.
Dickie Harris was my dad's old rugby and tennis partner from their Limerick days. Also was my aunt's tennis doubles partner but she sacked him because he was never on time and spent most of the time larking about ! What a fine actor.
Stunning. A lost love that overcomes space time and lasts for ever. No One else could have sung this sad marvelous song
Richard Harris did a great album called “slides” check it out if you can find it. Only onLP I think. ( I had the 8-track)
@@likearailroad I will. Thanks for telling me!
Donna Summers version is arguably better!
Music of our youth that we still like hearing even in our old age .
I was 24 years old. So many memories❤
The BEST version of this song.....PERIOD.
BEST ET ETERNELLE Béba❤💜💙🥞🍼👗👶💔
sadly glen did it, so sorry .. with the composer, playing guitar, being vocally much more flexible and diverse
Mr. Harris, I`m sure you must be singing this song for the angels... RIP!!
The emotion that Harris emits is amazing. This is by far the best rendition of this song. Beautiful 💗
I Agree...The Best...
It is pretty wonderful! 🥰
Please.... lets not get crazy...
Unbelievably beautiful. How did he do that?
Absolutely correct
I think that Richard Harris' performance of this song was seriously underrated. GREAT.
Ouço esta linda canção todos os dias, só mudo o cantor ou cantora , ela me faz viajar pelo tempo e recordar da minha juventude quê foi uma maravilha.
Belíssima interpretação do Dombledore para essa maravilhosa obra . Uma das mais belas do século passado .
This song was truly profound for me. The sonic territory it covers sends shivers down my spine, even to this day. The power of a huge orchestra creating the music.. The lyrics sound like a prototype for something John Lennon might have written. Jimmy Webb did write some truly amazing songs. This is an extremely hard song to pull off also. He does it here.
Yes and Jimmy is the son of a minister writing many tunes for Glenn Campbell Mark BUT, MacArthur Park is easily his masterpiece like 3 songs in one. It is my favourite top 40 song ever graced by God to Jimmy no doubt. The mood swings are incredible. I believe it portrays making true love to a lady he loved maybe too much thus lost. Many women can be too selfish and therefore vein. Been there done that. Peace.
Agreed!!!!
@@daveycrockett6781: Great way to explain the song. Putting too much of oneself into another and being let down. There aren't many ways to express that.
Richard puts so much love, sensuality and emotion into that song it makes me want to cry. Just Beautiful 💕
Isn't it so perfect yet perhaps overly emotional? I was 15 when it reached #1 everywhere summer of 1968. Today I've 12,000 records and MCPark is my favourite as a trained singer and former drummer. It comprises 3 songs in one. It was written by Webb after a heart breaking Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. Jimmy is 74 BTW very much with us and Son Of A Preacher Man. Thee only other song that comes close to MCPark is Nights In White Satin by my favourite group, The Moody Blues plus Gordon Ligftfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
You are right
A beautiful sad song by a great actor.
Yes kids, that is Dumbledore actor Richard Harris singing one of the most iconic ballads of the late 1960s, MacArthur Park.
Masterful interpretation. Every time I listen to this musical gem I get very excited. They don't make songs like this anymore.
OH i agree, i was hoping John Lloyd Young would do it, he could do it well. But Richard Harris's version is my fave, loved him!
I had no idea that Richard Harris did this song Wow I've saw him in mostly Christian movies just shows how talented he was RIP
One of my favorite songs of all time.. Over the years I heard people comment that it was a stupid song about green icing and melting cake. Idiots didn’t get the symbolism of the lyrics. Those of us who understand the true meaning of the song appreciate what a phenomenon it was, is and always will be! It still brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it! ...RIP Richard...
So happy to come across this version. I was surprised to find out that this song was originally written for the Association.
phil coulter was involved in this tour and he said the stories regarding harris were unprintable
wow never knew that
Thanks for your text, l saw a man called horse years ago, but would certainly watch again if ever get the chance.
I've heard that also, Debra(that's my daughter's name, Debi for casual). Anyway, I think it would be cool to hear how The Association handled it, right? But Richard Harris does it magnificently! 💖☺
Omg. Debra, I just listened to The Association, "You don't know how many times I wished that I had told you, you don't know how many times I wished that I could hold you, you don't know how many times I wished that I could mold you into someone that would Cherish Me as much as I cherish you. And I do, cherish you💖!
One of the most beautiful pop songs ever made!
“After all the loves of my life, you’ll still be the one.” Is there a more bittersweet, poignant line in any song? Age, love, loss … all rolled into 12 words.
Frankly, I think this song is a timeless classic.
In which case you are correct.
A perfect hit by Richard Harris
Definitely agree. Never understood the mocking of it by many over the years. He was a very good singer and the song was perfect for his voice.
Poetry from the best of times...
Correct
UwU
I sit here in 2020 saddened by the thought that we as a people can't do this anymore
Sure we can, it’s just that there’s a bigger market for rap and other swill. The record companies only desire to turn profits so they put their money and efforts into what the majority are buying. Anyone today willing to find talent the likes of Richard Harris and Jimmy Webb can certainly put up their money and time to record, market and promote them for others to enjoy are certainly free to do so.
@@tamistone2632 O God! Please save me from the ignorant, biased, unimaginative and small minded bigots. Pathetic and infantile.
@@davidfiler5414 I hardly call what she said bigoted or infantile. It's a well documented fact that record producers and managers pander to the flavor of the week. The bottom line is profits over quality and artistic creativity. So why don't you just climb down off your high horse and show some class and tact.
BLACK RAP CRAP UNFORTUNATELY RULES I WILL NEVER LISTEN TO IT!
@@jeansenn2831Pop music has only ever catered for the young. Trends and fashions change and culture is ephemeral.
Pop, like any other entertainment is a profit-making industry, favourite musicians come and come, but whilst they're in favour they will milk it for all its worth and good on 'em, their career is short and the public's loyalty shorter.
To ignorantly state that ALL music produced today is utter crap, simply because it does not fit into your narrow teenage and time limited view is indeed bigotted and infantile.
Now you can get off your high horse.
Such raw passion...love his voice!
DEPUIS PLUS DE 50 ANS CETTE MERVEILLE ME HANTE MERCI RICHARD 💕Béba
A great Actor, A legendary Drinker, And still a fine vocalist here - well done RH!
This was a Masterpiece. Jimmy Webb wrote this, a magnificent piece.
Thanks for hearing this song again.I love this since my younger days.
Dumb song but musically beautiful
@@paleo704 Its a love song
masterpiece indeed... one of many from Jimmy Webb and Richard Harris... absolutely fantastic 👍🇬🇧
The melody is up there with the best but I don't know ...leaving a cake out in the rain... doesn't seem to have affected the song's success
I was in high school when this song came out and have always loved it. Jimmy Webb is one of the great songwriters.
Jimmy Webb have another no.1 song with the fifth dimension before writing some songs with Andrew Lloyd Weber for Jesus superstar
FUCK 'JIMMY WEBB'. ITS RICHARD HARRIS WHO SUNG IT. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP. lol
After all the loves of my life. You would still be the one. Brings tears.
Me too Shane. After losing my darling wife Carol, none before or to come could ever match her. She took her uniqueness with her, I'm just so privileged that she saw fit to let me be part of it for 25 years.
Yea if you caught a dose, id probably cry too.
I hear that.
One of the most poignant lines ever written. It always reminds me of a certain lady called Fiona... I can tell you more if you want johnsurrey1955 @ gmail . com
"I will win the worship in your eyes, and I will lose it." Brings tears.
I'm in love 💕 with this original song. Didn't have any idea that was Harris. Unbelievably good
I had no idea that he sang this song originally. Interesting everyone is running to Donna Summer after Beetlejuice but I think they actually used this version in the movie.
Donna Summer's version played over the end credits.
Richard Harris is as eccentric as the lyrics.
Jimmy Webb wrote the song. Music and lyrics.
But don't ya love it? This Irishman overcame tuberculosis in his teen years to become one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century. He also got a Gold Record for this crazy song!
STILL one of my favorite songs of all time. What a huge talent, and Spirit. Thank you, God Bless you and RIP dear Richard!
Belíssima canção. Eu AMOooo!!!!
Beautifull, bealtifulll, mil x bealtifulll!!!!
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no!
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no!
There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
Oh, after all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no!
Oh no
No
Oh no!
This made tears roll down my cheeks for very personal reasons
This is the way Harris sang it, but the real lyrics is MacArthur Park, not MacArthur's Park. The story is they tried to get Harris to stop saying it with the S but he refused.
One of the great spoofs in music, just look at the lyrics that make no sense at all, then the music that uses every cliche known to man. After all the loves in my life il be thinking of you and wondering why?? I will drink the wine while it is warm and never let you catch me looking at the sun. Benny Hill couldn't have done better.
@@slottibarfast5402 what a moron.
Sweet CREAM icing, surely…?
Harris, one of the finest actors ever...Best King Arthur.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice anyone?
Beetlejuice!
0ne of a handful of 1960's songs that will last forever.
Abso-bloody-lutely spectacular.
This song is very special, written about an ex girlfriend of the writer / composer, Jimmy Webb.
Brilliantly done by Richard Harris.
Precursor to channeling emotional trauma of nation from Robert F Kennedy’s assassination two months after it was released
The girl was a cousin of Linda Ronstadt. I believe her name was Suzy Horten Ronstadt.
Oh, this version has been with me most of my life. It brings wonderful memories each time I hear it.
Great song .. and sang by the most gorgeous man ❤
cant take my eyes off of him ..... goosebums :)
after watching BeetleJuice.. I feel this song might get a new group of followers.. Me being one.. this is a great song and great part of the movie
The definitive version of this song....and the original. Someone left the cake out in the rain....what a line.
I know right? It took so long for him to bake it.
Had a chance to see him in Camelot on Broadway!!! Loved the emotions, voice and charisma that he exudes. Didn't realize how much I miss not seeing musicals until I watched this! Great memories of Camelot!
Rugby player excellent artist y singer,it mark my generation ,his legend stay forever!!
Magnífico, Magnífico!!! Richard Harris ( foi um dos meus atores preferidos) e essa naravilha de musica!!!❤❤❤❤
This song came to my mind today. Remembering a really special lady I worked with, she was a bit old but had a vibrant personality. We shared an office. I remember I would sometimes play an oldies am station and interestingly she would say something like oh Richard Harris just give it up. I left left that job and only a couple years after I learned cancer she had beat for over a decade had come back and she died. It leaves me with mix of smiles because she was so honest and said what she felt with a sense of humor, but also bittersweet, kinda fitting to the song hearing it.
OK, in tears now - just the magnificence of this production.
I too love this version. Richard charmed many for sure with his talent and his melancholic voice
Listening to this rendition of Richard Harris sing this is the bareing of his sole always brings me to tears.
Have you listened to the lyrics?
@@katandglen1 yes
Me too - sole! 🙄
Funny, I didn't see his bare feet
Me too. Then and now. I was 16 when this came out.
A gem from 1968
I was 11
My mom had this 45
He was at the top of his game here!
Simply put, a Poetic and Majestic musical MASTERPIECE!! Like a great wine, this song will never grow old!! ❤ 💫 💞
A rare view of Richard Harris singing MacArthur Park. It will last forever and create memories for all who it touches.
You are right! I never tought I would see it ever!
Too bad they couldn’t include the audio that went with this film instead of having to overdub the original soundtrack onto it.
@@tamistone2632 I asked the original poster, Ruben Gomez, if he had the video with the original audio for the performance and he, very quickly and very kindly, provided a link.
A bit like Covid!
Greetings & Salutations! I Loved the whole album! I'm 68yrs and "Those Were The Days!" Thank you for this! Much Love and Many Blessings! ☆♡♡♤☆
5:09 is one of history's very musically intense moments - a crowning climax to the buildup preceding it.
Yet the song is still not done! There's still more important work to do before the song leaves!
To pull off 7 minutes of continuously compelling material, without one wasted bar - and especially in the 3 minute song era - this is a true masterpiece.
billy - u dont WRITE LIKE ALFRED E NEWMANSTEINSTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant song. I never quite understood why people didn't get the cake analogy. It's obviously a love song where he laments that the long relationship ended and isn't sure if he can be so in love again.
PS: best sound quality I could find of this song btw, thanks :)
Yes, the sound quality is the best among many versions in UA-cam!
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song going to work at age 19, and I was caught… It was so unusual, during the hippie evolution, the music we had been listening to… Wow… There was nothing like it and I couldn’t remember it played on the radio every day. We were all trying to wrap our heads aroundit’s meaning, what it was about, but mystery eventually got solved. I was more surprised that Richard Harris was singing like that because he was a film actor and some really intense movies so that was unexpected. Anyway, I’m glad that I found this clip… Great job.
Richard Harris was a real genius with this classical masterpiece. He was amazing!
Classical?????
@@BillSmith-rx9rmthe genius was the guy who wrote arranged and produced it Jimmy Webb but Harris performed the hell out of it
@@carlcrasmussen He was a terrible singer and refused to follow instructions, not even saying the words correctly. However, a perfect great voice isn't always what is essential to a particular piece. Yes, I agree, he was the perfect person to sing this particular song.
Of all the versions I've listened to, Richard's is by far the best. RIP Richard.
And the drummer deserves a medal for his performance :)
The drummer on the original recording was Hal Blaine. Google search his name. I was in the studio with Hal before. Look on UA-cam for music by The Rock Island Boys (Remember The Beach). Hal played drums for me on Walk Along The Beach Tonight and God Bless California.
@@dr.richmann4477The Wrecking Crew
@@RetroMusicMan369 Hal Blaine on drums.
@@dr.richmann4477 And was the instrumental part of The Wrecking Crew
Compare this to the standard for singers today. How he feels the words when he sings. Not the superficial act of merely singing to sing. How he expresses himself. Not performs for others. His enthusiasm and joy. Not just standing there as if a cardboard box
He's Irish! We can be a pretty passionate people.
passion for everything!
Indeed. It is the words that matter.
his battle cry wasn't "Show Me The Money", nowdays, it's all about the coin, not the CLASS.(there is very little of that these days)
The beautiful 60's. Real heartfelt music.
This is the version I grew up with. Closest to my heart, but Glen Campbell and Donna Summer do it for me too.
Just Brilliant . 52 years later , still Fantastic !!
This Guy Can Do It All...Sing.. Story Telling...Acting!!!
Hearing this has brought back all that is special between two people when the love is real..I had forgotten this beautiful man and his beautiful song..thanks for reminding me..im going to find a cd..listen to it at least once a day..
Very touching and an amazing usage of instruments and harmonies
Brings back so many memories!
"Window Worship". A beautiful cup of lyrics.
Happy Birthday Richard ould have been 90 today Oct 2 2020 This song about a broken heart
Is that you Kevin!?.
@@eduardoyap4740 Is that Kevin??
So many sad losses what's the point in life?
@@abigailgodfrey4778
Someone left a cake
out in the rain,
I heard him,explain
and he thinks that you
can take it,
,because it took so long
to make it
,so just hang in there,
even if you have to fake it,
because you may never
have that recipe for LIFE ,
again,and it's
not green icing,
and ham
in the rain.😷🙏🌌
The composer of this song was Jim Webb and he wrote so many hits that set countless artists over into the top 10. And he never received the credit he deserved .
very true the bloke was a genius
The most pretentious song ever written.
This guy was a wonderful actor with a marvelous voice,I adored him❤
What?!?! That was a Richard Harris song?! I didn’t even know he could sing! I need to reevaluate my life now
Have you not seen the movie, “Camelot”? Sir Richard plays King Arthur; Vanessa Redgrave was Guinevere. Oh, it will be a treat for you to hear his voice in all the great songs!
Harris will be with us forever through this masterpiece. He was the real deal.