MacArthur Park

Richard Harris | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album A Tramp Shining

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 2, 1993
• Release Date: March 2, 1993
• Label: Geffen
• Copyright: (C) 1968 MCA Records Inc.
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• Duration: 7:30 minutes
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001NSC6UK
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,505 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)
  • #4 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > Opera & Vocal > Operas
  • #8 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > Classical

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Down memory lane, June 1, 2009

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crazyquiltmom (Lithia, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: MacArthur Park (MP3 Download)

I waited a very long time for this song to become available through Amazon as a digital download. I was thrilled when finally it was.

My oldest daughter dismissed this song because of the improbable metaphor. However, for me, a child of the 60's, it was heaven.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Trenscendental Moment, June 23, 2009

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Waffles P. Natusch - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MacArthur Park (MP3 Download)

I fell off my chair, threw my headphones on the studio floor and stared up at my wife, 11 years my junior, who believed Donna Summer sang this song. I knew she had, but it mattered not as I washed my face and collapsed in drunken reverie at everything and everybody that caused me to sign in blood to the hippie ethos after hearing this stunning, immortal recording. Timeless, priceless, meaningless and peerless.

Love it, own it, revelation and vindication, we were right on target!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weird Al did this song, therefore it is highly relevant and valuable, May 13, 2010

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htsbob "htsbob" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MacArthur Park (MP3 Download)

There were no drugs involved in my appreciation of this song when it was new. But something really important happened in 1993, when Weird Al Yankovic made his parody of this song the centerpiece of his Alapalooza album. There are many highlights in Al's "Jurassic Park" version, perhaps the best the image of a T. Rex eating a lawyer. "Someone left the cake out in the rain" becomes "Someone shut the fence off in the rain".

You can't enjoy Al's version nearly as much unless you are familiar with the original. Buy / download it today!!