We remember Jimmy Webb's songs and Richard Harris' vocals!
Many years ago, Richard Harris, the late British actor, and Jimmy Webb got together on "A tramp shining", a great album.
It included songs like "Didn't we", "Lovers such as I" and the incomparable "MacArthur Park".
The album was a top 10 bestseller and nominated for a Grammy.
The album was a top 10 bestseller and nominated for a Grammy.
"MacArthur Park" was a top 10 single as well.
After the album, Harris went back to acting and Webb kept on writing, such as "Galveston" for Glen Campbell.
I think that the Harris/Webb union produced one of the best, most creative and beautiful albums of the pop era.
Here are the videos:
"Bless the song that no one sings,
Bless the bell that no one rings,
Bless the birds that have no wings,
old broken toys,
sad little boys who don't know why,
And Lovers, Lovers such as I
Bless the place that no one goes,
Bless the words that no one knows,
Bless the rose that never grows,
lights that are dim,
trees without limbs, babies that cry,
And lovers, Lovers such as I,
Wheels that don't turn,
Fires that don't burn,
Things that must die,
And lovers,
Lovers. . .who let their chances go by,
Such as you, Such As I"
"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
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!"
I think that the Harris/Webb union produced one of the best, most creative and beautiful albums of the pop era.
Here are the videos:
"Bless the song that no one sings,
Bless the bell that no one rings,
Bless the birds that have no wings,
old broken toys,
sad little boys who don't know why,
And Lovers, Lovers such as I
Bless the place that no one goes,
Bless the words that no one knows,
Bless the rose that never grows,
lights that are dim,
trees without limbs, babies that cry,
And lovers, Lovers such as I,
Wheels that don't turn,
Fires that don't burn,
Things that must die,
And lovers,
Lovers. . .who let their chances go by,
Such as you, Such As I"
"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
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!"
