View Full Version : The MacArthur Park debate


opus
03-09-2026, 01:05 AM
Richard Harris or Donna Summer?

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https://youtu.be/tRwYQgk05DY?si=v32AkeWK54R9i36m

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opus
03-09-2026, 01:09 AM
Bonus choice. Weird Al.

:music: Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain :music:

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https://youtu.be/rD_C_7a4SfY?si=41p_PA9AUGXWbiPN

Bonniegirl
03-09-2026, 02:16 AM
Bonus choice. Weird Al.

:music: Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain :music:

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https://youtu.be/rD_C_7a4SfY?si=41p_PA9AUGXWbiPN

:lol::D:lol::D::lol::D

That is great. Weird Al is hilarious . And he really has a nice voice. I think he could have had regular hit songs, but glad he stuck to parodies. He's so funny. :lol:

Bonniegirl
03-09-2026, 02:17 AM
Richard Harris or Donna Summer?

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https://youtu.be/tRwYQgk05DY?si=v32AkeWK54R9i36m

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Richard Harris

TJ
03-09-2026, 01:00 PM
No love for Will Lee's version?

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb, Will Lee and the CBS Orchestra blow the roof off with a performance of "MacArthur Park."

(From "Late Show," air date: 7/21/14)

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb And Will Lee Perform "MacArthur Park" | Letterman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPSilcJFrQ)

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Bonniegirl
03-09-2026, 01:07 PM
No love for Will Lee's version?

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb, Will Lee and the CBS Orchestra blow the roof off with a performance of "MacArthur Park."

(From "Late Show," air date: 7/21/14)

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb And Will Lee Perform "MacArthur Park" | Letterman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPSilcJFrQ)



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Very nice !

stevea
03-09-2026, 01:29 PM
All I know is, someone left the cake out in the rain. It took so long to bake it, I don't think that I can take it.

I'd never heard Weird Al's take--it's great.like all his stuff is. The first thing I heard by him years ago, was his take on Like a Virgin. Like a Surgeon, cutting for the very first time.

opus
03-09-2026, 01:35 PM
No love for Will Lee's version?

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb, Will Lee and the CBS Orchestra blow the roof off with a performance of "MacArthur Park."

(From "Late Show," air date: 7/21/14)

Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Webb And Will Lee Perform "MacArthur Park" | Letterman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPSilcJFrQ)

RUPSilcJFrQ

I didn’t remember it, but having rewatched it, I definitely now remember seeing it first run. Apologies to Will.


I’m throwing in the SCTV sketch on the song (I’ve been in a bit of an SCTV rabbit hole the last day or two). The woman reading the book is still one of the best things ever.

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Bonniegirl
03-09-2026, 06:26 PM
All I know is, someone left the cake out in the rain. It took so long to bake it, I don't think that I can take it.

I'd never heard Weird Al's take--it's great.like all his stuff is. The first thing I heard by him years ago, was his take on Like a Virgin. Like a Surgeon, cutting for the very first time.

I liked " I lost on Jeopardy. And " Eat it" ! :lol:

stevea
03-09-2026, 06:37 PM
I do remember Eat It, but I'll have to check out I Lost on Jeopardy.

opus
03-09-2026, 06:57 PM
Alysa Liu won the gold medal for the U.S. skating to the Donna Summer version at the Olympics. That’s what inspired this thread. It just took me a few weeks to get around to creating it.


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Mitty
03-09-2026, 07:14 PM
Richard Harris, of course - on Mel's Rock Pile.

TVfan101
03-09-2026, 08:29 PM
Bonus choice. Weird Al.

:music: Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain :music:

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https://youtu.be/rD_C_7a4SfY?si=41p_PA9AUGXWbiPN

Did you know there's a version of the song in Japanese?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKW428WVf98

opus
03-10-2026, 12:47 PM
Did you know there's a version of the song in Japanese?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKW428WVf98

I did not know that. Domo arigato for the link.

Zoneboy
03-10-2026, 01:15 PM
Here's Glen Campbell's version

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Foggy
03-10-2026, 03:52 PM
I do remember Eat It, but I'll have to check out I Lost on Jeopardy.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy (3:28 long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7Ql6tyjyU

stevea
03-10-2026, 03:57 PM
"Weird Al" Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy (3:28 long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7Ql6tyjyU

Yeah, I watched it. The video looked a lot like the original NBC daytime Jeopardy.

Bonniegirl
03-10-2026, 10:30 PM
Here's Glen Campbell's version

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Nice. I love Glen Campbell .:)

Bonniegirl
03-10-2026, 10:37 PM
I did not know that. Domo arigato for the link.

:lol::D:lol::D

I love it. That's hilarious. But it's really actually pretty.:)