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.
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.....
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.
I'm 74, I could never figure out all the fuss about the words, over the years. I've loved macarther park since I was a teenager, richard harris was the best choice. To me it was about a moment in time, thank you Mr webb ❤❤
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.
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 !!!
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The drummer on the original recording was Hal Blaine. Google search his name. I was in the studio with Hal before. Look on TH-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.
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..
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 :)
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.
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.
Richard Harris is a Genius . A Great Artist ( Singer , Actor and all around Performer ) Elvis Presley sang a song that Richard Sang Called "My Boy". Richard sang this so well, But it didn't get much Air Time from the radio DJ's . Elvis sang it in 1975 - pretty big hit for him and Elvis fans love this song. Elvis always gave credit to Richard Harris when he introduced this song from the stage, while in concert. Richard Harris was a Great Artist and McArthur Park is such a Classic Song . Thanks for getting out to us The Fans - Great Job
Well Hard to argue that point. But Richard Harris had many Talents . Look at the way he performs this song. He sits down in the middle of it , No one does that and yet it looked great doing so.@@-Luka-Brazi
@@MOGGS1942 - This “genius” moniker is now everywhere…along with “hero” and “Woke” (whatever that means)…particularly on social media. He didn’t say “Everyone” but EVERYONE is doing 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.
With a cheap, sweaty acrylic shirt from British Home Stores and still intoxicated from the night before, here we have Harris at his very best. God bless him!
@@glenfordburrell1076 - I’m rather intolerant of alcoholics and found your comment a little too comforting. I had thought you felt as I do! I do not like alcoholics (in general) but there is something about a proud drunk that I find intolerable. The kind of drunk who wakes up on their front lawn having never quite made it to their front door after driving home. Harris once famously boarded a train solely to take advantage if its bar and ended up in Leeds at 3:00 in the morning. So, of course, when he stumbled onto a house, he did the only sensible thing: He threw a brick through the front window. The startled owner came out with a baseball bat ready to kill the offender. However, once recognizing Harris…invited him in. Harris made himself at home for 4 days having been drunk the entire time. When this man’s wife finally called Harris’s wife, she announced that she HAD her husband here at her house. Mrs. Harris responded “Good! You can have him!” This all explains the obvious. We tolerate this alcoholic because he’s famous. Had he been anyone else, do you think he’d be invited to stay for 4 days? Both you and this couple and nearly everyone in this room make the same mistake: They become enablers of a fantastically ugly man who got away with his stupidity ONLY because he was Richard Harris, the celebrity. Much like Donald Trump…you think you know him because you saw him on tv or on a movie screen! Neither of these men ever cared about anybody but themselves!
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.
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 .
Formerly, I was mostly indifferent to this song. Age and wisdom moved me to have some fondness for it, and this video helped me to appreciate it much more. The instrumentation is remarkable, Harris performed, well, both vocally and visually, conveying what he wanted us to take from this. Watching Harris move about during this recording it is evident a lot of time and thought went into both preparation and execution. He captured the emotional component brilliantly. For it's era, I guess one could say it's become a bit of an anthem, it could well have been Harris's masterpiece and it's aged reasonably well given the amount of play it gets on Sirius XM Radio. I like this.
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
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 really love his version how he expressed the True emotion and feelings of the song as it was written and compose accordingly. I love Richard Harris😍 Its immortally classic 😘😍😘
Hey, Greg... I went into senior year of high-school in '68 and yep, this song was popular. It became part of the "regular play-lists" on local radio. So when I had my first date...and first kiss...on graduation night, Friday 06/06/69, this is the song that takes me back to that night...and that moment... Stay safe and be well.
This "IS" ah song for the aegis, unblemished by time, ah masterpiece, I knew it the very first time I heard it, and I'm still listening 52yrs later. I saw Sir Richard Live three times in Camelot, the man and his music, always amazing. Thank-You Richard for all your love.
To think that this was sung by one of Ireland’s finest film actors and it was originally released as the B Side of the single his band released. The A side hit the US charts, then a DJ decided to play this beautiful song and it skyrocketed to number 1. No wonder Richard was able to pick an choose what film projects he wanted to work on! It’s wonderful to see this live version.
People ridiculed Jimmy Webb's lyrics to this song with the "cake" stuff, but I understand it. It is beautiful and makes sense. Richard Harris certainly managed to pull off the emotional painful loss that the song writer felt in these moving lyrics. Well done Mr. Harris and Mr. Webb.
🇧🇷 EM 1968 EU VINDO DA PEQUENA CIDADE DE TAMBAÚ PARA SÃO PAULO CAPITAL, E A PRIMEIRA CANÇÃO QUE OUVI FOI ESSA!!!! UMA MISTURA DE SENTIMENTOS MEDO, SAUDADES ESPERANÇAS...... MEU CORAÇÃO DISPAROU COM ESSA LINDA CANÇÃO!!!!!! NOSSA .....PASSOU UM FILME NA MINHA CABEÇA DAQUELE DIA🙆♀️ EU ESTAVA COM 12 ANOS.
I am listening in 2024. Yes, wonderful song, yes, forever.
tres juste merci Béba💞
Me too
Same
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!
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 ;)
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
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 ❤
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?
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 74, I could never figure out all the fuss about the words, over the years. I've loved macarther park since I was a teenager, richard harris was the best choice. To me it was about a moment in time, thank you Mr webb ❤❤
I'm 73, soon to be 74 and i LOVE Richard Harris's version, the best ever. Many sang it, i loved them all, but Richard....the best.
Great song by Jimmy Webb - great rendition by Richard Harris. Timeless.
these songs et al are the new popular standards
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!
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
Timeless song by a legendary actor. R.I.P Richard.
No one, but NO ONE, can sing this classic like Richard Harris!!! Bravo!!!
I don't even want you listen to others
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
Richard Harris had a lovely voice, no one can cover this as good as him!!! ❤️👌♥️🌼
Look at TH-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'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
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.
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..
Simply put, a Poetic and Majestic musical MASTERPIECE!! Like a great wine, this song will never grow old!! ❤ 💫 💞
Richard Harris was a real genius with this classical masterpiece. He was amazing!
Classical?????
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.
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
I think that Richard Harris' performance of this song was seriously underrated. GREAT.
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
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.
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.
Music of our youth that we still like hearing even in our old age .
I was 24 years old. So many memories❤
One of th best songs ever written - period.
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.
Such raw passion...love his voice!
Harris, one of the finest actors ever...Best King Arthur.
A great Actor, A legendary Drinker, And still a fine vocalist here - well done RH!
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!
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
DEPUIS PLUS DE 50 ANS CETTE MERVEILLE ME HANTE MERCI RICHARD 💕Béba
The best version . Fantastic. RIP Richard Harris
OK, in tears now - just the magnificence of this production.
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.
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!!!!
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!
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
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.
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.
Goosebumps and chills listening to this magnificent song by the
genius Richard Harris - over and over again.
Oh, this version has been with me most of my life. It brings wonderful memories each time I hear it.
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.
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 TH-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
The best rendition ever !
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.
A beautiful sad song by a great actor.
A perfect blend of voice and song.
Love this song, love Richard Harris. Just beautiful.
I too love this version. Richard charmed many for sure with his talent and his melancholic voice
Just Brilliant . 52 years later , still Fantastic !!
Bravo, bravo. Richard Harris absolutely fantastic.
A este artista lo conocia como actor pero nunca (hasta ahora) habia sabido que era un cantante y de lo mejor. Que voz, y esta cancion es magnifica!.
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.
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
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..
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 TH-cam!
Beautiful storytelling, lovely voice and that orchestra, memories, thank you all.❤
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 my goodness! What a star and what a song. Never bettered. I was so young, when this released, but lyrics stay in my heart.
Timeless! I would say that Richard Harris is best remembered by this song rather than having worked as an actor.
This guy was a wonderful actor with a marvelous voice,I adored him❤
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.
Richard Harris is a Genius . A Great Artist ( Singer , Actor and all around Performer ) Elvis Presley sang a song that Richard Sang Called "My Boy". Richard sang this so well, But it didn't get much Air Time from the radio DJ's . Elvis sang it in 1975 - pretty big hit for him and Elvis fans love this song. Elvis always gave credit to Richard Harris when he introduced this song from the stage, while in concert. Richard Harris was a Great Artist and McArthur Park is such a Classic Song . Thanks for getting out to us The Fans - Great Job
Curious how EVERYONE these days is a “genius”. And if everyone is a genius then …NO ONE is a genius!
Well Hard to argue that point. But Richard Harris had many Talents . Look at the way he performs this song. He sits down in the middle of it , No one does that and yet it looked great doing so.@@-Luka-Brazi
@@-Luka-Brazi He didn't say everyone was a genius.
@@MOGGS1942 - This “genius” moniker is now everywhere…along with “hero” and “Woke” (whatever that means)…particularly on social media. He didn’t say “Everyone” but EVERYONE is doing it!
One of the most beautiful pop songs ever made!
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!
Classically done popular music.
Great music, great voice!
With a cheap, sweaty acrylic shirt from British Home Stores and still intoxicated from the night before, here we have Harris at his very best. God bless him!
Still drunk from the night before…in a cheap, sweaty acrylic shirt? This is Harris at his “best”?
@@-Luka-Brazi Just a bit of sarcasm, that's all. I love the dude!
@@glenfordburrell1076 - I’m rather intolerant of alcoholics and found your comment a little too comforting. I had thought you felt as I do! I do not like alcoholics (in general) but there is something about a proud drunk that I find intolerable. The kind of drunk who wakes up on their front lawn having never quite made it to their front door after driving home.
Harris once famously boarded a train solely to take advantage if its bar and ended up in Leeds at 3:00 in the morning. So, of course, when he stumbled onto a house, he did the only sensible thing: He threw a brick through the front window. The startled owner came out with a baseball bat ready to kill the offender. However, once recognizing Harris…invited him in. Harris made himself at home for 4 days having been drunk the entire time. When this man’s wife finally called Harris’s wife, she announced that she HAD her husband here at her house. Mrs. Harris responded “Good! You can have him!”
This all explains the obvious. We tolerate this alcoholic because he’s famous. Had he been anyone else, do you think he’d be invited to stay for 4 days?
Both you and this couple and nearly everyone in this room make the same mistake: They become enablers of a fantastically ugly man who got away with his stupidity ONLY because he was Richard Harris, the celebrity.
Much like Donald Trump…you think you know him because you saw him on tv or on a movie screen!
Neither of these men ever cared about anybody but themselves!
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.
What an emotional song of love lost, but never forgotten. Many of us can relate.
And the depth of an orchestra no less.
Those strings are Awesome Gosh❤️
a complete masterpiece
Genius a real Irish man rip Richard
@@davecooke6626 you got that right :)
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.
Formerly, I was mostly indifferent to this song. Age and wisdom moved me to have some fondness for it, and this video helped me to appreciate it much more. The instrumentation is remarkable, Harris performed, well, both vocally and visually, conveying what he wanted us to take from this. Watching Harris move about during this recording it is evident a lot of time and thought went into both preparation and execution. He captured the emotional component brilliantly. For it's era, I guess one could say it's become a bit of an anthem, it could well have been Harris's masterpiece and it's aged reasonably well given the amount of play it gets on Sirius XM Radio. I like this.
The Legend that is Richard Harris. He sings this with such emotion and depth. Just beautiful 💖💖💖
Don't come any better than this. Fantastic record.
I loved this song and I loved Richard Harris. I used to play it on repeat on my old Dansette record player!
Happy teenage years and dreams.
A legendary actor & singer, we will always cherishes all his beautiful works. RIP hero
Belíssima interpretação do Dombledore para essa maravilhosa obra . Uma das mais belas do século passado .
what a voice, what a man...extraordinary !!!
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!
This is probably the best example of how different music used to be. Nobody is doing pop that is this sophisticated and interesting.
Absolutely right! Interesting isn’t “allowed” these days. Group think prevails.
Agreed. If electronics and digital engineering can't be used they are stuffed. No talent by comparison.
Timeless. Best ever
Quando ele canta "...and wondering why....."! Uau! Quanta emoção ele colocou nessa frase. Grande ator e grande intérprete! R.I.P. Richard Harris.
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)
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 love this version & I was fortunate to have met the legend ,God bless you Richard Harris .
i really love his version how he expressed the True emotion and feelings of the song as it was written and compose accordingly. I love Richard Harris😍 Its immortally classic 😘😍😘
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
"Masterpiece" seems an inadequate description. Such a gift.
What a beautiful performance and after all these years still stands like a diamond rock
I'm in love 💕 with this original song. Didn't have any idea that was Harris. Unbelievably good
october 27,2020..i still cry watching him sing this! i heard this the first time 1968
Great version
Hey, Greg...
I went into senior year of high-school in '68 and yep, this song was popular. It became part of the "regular play-lists" on local radio. So when I had my first date...and first kiss...on graduation night, Friday 06/06/69, this is the song that takes me back to that night...and that moment...
Stay safe and be well.
This "IS" ah song for the aegis, unblemished by time, ah masterpiece, I knew it the very first time I heard it, and I'm still listening 52yrs later.
I saw Sir Richard Live three times in Camelot, the man and his music, always amazing. Thank-You Richard for all your love.
To think that this was sung by one of Ireland’s finest film actors and it was originally released as the B Side of the single his band released. The A side hit the US charts, then a DJ decided to play this beautiful song and it skyrocketed to number 1. No wonder Richard was able to pick an choose what film projects he wanted to work on! It’s wonderful to see this live version.
One of the world's greatest actors you mean! 🙂
No body sings it as well as he does! Absolutely the best ❤️👍
Concordo!
Totally agree
Stela Menezes I've been listening to this song since 1967 it still brings tears to my eyes!
Mr. Harris, I`m sure you must be singing this song for the angels... RIP!!
for me it's one of those songs i can't get enuff of since the first time i heard it in 1968.
People ridiculed Jimmy Webb's lyrics to this song with the "cake" stuff, but I understand it. It is beautiful and makes sense. Richard Harris certainly managed to pull off the emotional painful loss that the song writer felt in these moving lyrics. Well done Mr. Harris and Mr. Webb.
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EM 1968 EU VINDO DA PEQUENA CIDADE DE TAMBAÚ PARA SÃO PAULO CAPITAL, E A PRIMEIRA CANÇÃO QUE OUVI FOI ESSA!!!!
UMA MISTURA DE SENTIMENTOS MEDO, SAUDADES ESPERANÇAS......
MEU CORAÇÃO DISPAROU COM ESSA LINDA CANÇÃO!!!!!! NOSSA .....PASSOU UM FILME NA MINHA CABEÇA DAQUELE DIA🙆♀️ EU ESTAVA COM 12 ANOS.