Macarthur Park - Classic or Superstar?

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greatest song ever*. no question.

harris version, obviously.

― guanoman (mister the guanoman), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:41 (seventeen years ago) link

"I will have the things that I desire and never let you catch me looking at the sun."
early anti-Murdoch tirade obviously

-- Marcello Carlin

Back in the acid daze, there was an unsubstantiated rumour/scare tactic (spread by some anti-drug MD or scientist or something) that a bunch of hippies had dropped some Yellow Sunshine and stared at the sun for hours, eventually blinding themselves! Maybe that was what Webb was referring to?

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:48 (seventeen years ago) link

The Harris version, the Donna Summer version and Webb's own version (on Ten Easy Pieces) are all great in their own ways.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I just listened to the Richard Harris one for the first time in over a year, 5 times in a row - hence the revive. That's my favorite part.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 07:51 (seventeen years ago) link

what are some other songs that mention specific parks by name? "palisades park" is one (we'll allow amusement parks). "itchykoo park"... what else?

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Gorky Park is mentioned in "The Winds of Change" by the Scorpions.

Elvis Costello's an obvious place to go for some London parks: Regent's Park ("London's Brilliant Parade" and Holland Park ("Hoover Factory") come to mind, though the latter is really talking about the tube station.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 09:47 (seventeen years ago) link

People's Park in "Student Demonstration Time", that core favourite of Beach Boys afficionados worldwide.

The song "In Gunnersbury Park" by the band The Hit Parade.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 10:02 (seventeen years ago) link

tim hopkins, much wuv.

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link

JBR, likewise!

I wonder if there is a famous park in New York City, mentioned in any popular songs, ever.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark.
All the dinosaurs are running wild.
Someone shut the fence off in the rain
I'm afraid those things'll harm me
Cause they sure don't act like Barney
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend
Oh, noooo!!

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Check out the Ska-tastic version on "Hybrid Kids" folks!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link

"Lakeside Park", immortalized by Rush, is decidedly real.

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

duh, "paisley park"

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link

"Grace Cathedral Park", Red House Painters

― LC (Damian), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

"Rock Creek Park", the Blackbyrds

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link

three years pass...

how can i get my grubby paws on the World of Twists version of this??

― George Mink, Monday, 16 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link

three months pass...

just heard the donna summer version for the first time (as i was getting my hair cut)

wau awesome

― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

Donna Summers rules and i just made a bar of rednecks listen to it

― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 23:49 (five years ago) link

three years pass...

Did they actually show this, all 7 and half minutes, on Top of the Pops?!?? July 18th, 1968, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPOs8gRsBr4

― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Friday, 2 September 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link

This song is pure acid

― J. Sam, Friday, 2 September 2022 22:54 (one year ago) link

He really got into kaftans for a while, didn’t he

― Josefa, Friday, 2 September 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8JlQNIvIfI

― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 3 September 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link

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