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dchill

(38,320 posts)
1. I remember. I thought then and still think...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:19 AM
Feb 2020

... it's a bad idea to bleed inside each other's wounds.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
8. I always took that line to mean
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 10:30 AM
Nov 2020

that people shared each other's pain over the protest issues. But I guess it could have been literal, since so many protesters were beaten by cops and herded into paddy wagons and jail cells.

Whichever it is , I have always liked this song as a symbol of the protest years.

dchill

(38,320 posts)
9. Maybe the clue is in the next line...
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 01:20 PM
Nov 2020

"We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace..."

It's a great song.

MyOwnPeace

(16,887 posts)
3. What I remember about that song
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:58 AM
Feb 2020

is the number of TERRIBLE recordings by others doing that song!

Frank Sinatra!
Andy Williams!
Jerry Vale!!
The Supremes!?
The Lettermen?
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!!!

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/pmtpimp1969/macarthur_park_and_those_who_ran_with_it/

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
4. Yeah, but as strange as the song was, I always found it incredible that actor Richard Harris's
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:01 AM
Feb 2020

version was so memorable and actually the best... although Donna Summers' version was good as well, if you liked disco.

MyOwnPeace

(16,887 posts)
5. I DO agree
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:06 AM
Feb 2020

regarding Richard Harris - best of all of the recordings.
The bad memory that followed was the he was encouraged and actually did make recordings of OTHER songs - THAT WAS JUST NOT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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