It's MacArthur Park time again!

[Mr. Scorpio]

The Three Degrees - 'MacArthur Park' [Live] - Europe 1974

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Don't touch that third rail. I may be the only one, but I like the original, from 1968.

I'll get to this after I've got some work done.

Thanks, and good morning.

[Mr. Scorpio]

2. So many different interpretations

All of them beautiful

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. For some reason, which I do not at all get, there are people out there who hate that song.

What's their problem? I've liked the original since I first heard it, all seven or eight minutes of it.

[Gruenemann]

6. It's the silly lyrics.

"Wichita Lineman" makes up for that, though.

[tanyev]

8. Yes. And the melodramatic delivery of said lyrics.

Someone one left the cake out in the rain,
And I don’t think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe againnnnn
Oh, NOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I mean, I’ll sing along with it, but I don’t need to hear it more than once every few years.

[hlthe2b]

4. Ditto. (though I can abide the late great Donna Summer's disco version occasionally...LOL)

Richard Harris is the King of this (lyrically silly) but (for many) melodically pleasing song.

[Goddessartist]

5. Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you! They are fantastic! Each one, so beautiful, and so talented.

[NBachers]

7. I turned the opening notes of the Richard Harris original into my ringtone. Then, when the song comes on my car system,

I think I'm getting a phone call.

I bet I'm the only person on Planet Earth that has a McArthur Park ring tone.

[beaglelover]

9. Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite is still the best version of the song, IMO. I still listen to it frequently.