Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain...

[arwalden]

Quite possibly the strangest lyrics ever written. To this day I don't have a clue what they are supposed to mean.

-- Allen


MacArthur 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!

[Zomby Woof]

1. I'll pay you two nickels!

To get that song out of my head! :o

[arwalden]

5. FIRST: You Have To STOP Humming It Out Loud

Second: You have to start singing some OTHER song to cleanse the synapses... something like:

"Trailer for sale or rent. Room to let 50-cents."

-- Allen

[hlthe2b]

11. So is it Donna Summer's or Richard Harris' version!

Or another? :evilgrin:

And, what the hell did it mean?

[arwalden]

17. My Mind Always Hears Donna Summer

although I've heard the Richard Harris version often too.

-- Allen

[ComerPerro]

2. Jurassic Park is frightening in the Dark

All the Dinosaurs are running wild!
Someone shut the fence off in the rain!!!

[arwalden]

9. Very Clever... And Quite FUNNY

thanks for the grin!

-- Allen

[Insider]

3. donna summer

if i may. heyday hottie

"oh noooooooo..."

[Liberal Veteran]

4. That was too cruel Allen...

You know that sound has the tendency to ricochet in you head all night long once someone mentions it.

Curse you!

[arwalden]

6. Oh... Just Think Of Some Other Donna Summer Song...

... and it will go away pretty quickly.

My personal favorites are "I Feel Love" and "Heaven Knows"

-- Allen

7. one word

think LSD

[arwalden]

8. But "Think LSD" is two words...

... which one did you mean?

-- Allen

P.S. I'm guessing "LSD" and I think you may be on to something. (Not 'on-something'... but on TO something.)

15. whoops

it's two words? Must have the synapses crossed.

ok, the second word of courseO8)

[trof]

10. trippereeno, baby!

YEAH, BABY!
(as we used to say way back then)

[trof]

12. Nobody likes wet cake.

nossir
ahnt-ah
nope
yucky
a mess
boo bloated baked goods

[arwalden]

13. I Like Cake Batter... Is That "Wet-Cake"?

I also like home made frosting and licking the beaters (but NOT while they are still spinning!)

-- Allen

[trof]

14. I think there are shelters for battered cakes.

And licking the beaters while they're running is a TRIP in and of itself.
I know!

[hlthe2b]

16. Meaning? I found this on a lyrics discussion site:

Who knows if true or not:
Actually, Donna Summer's version is a cover of the original sung by Richard Harris. (Yes, that Richard Harris of Professor Dumbledore fame.) From what I've read and heard about the song over the years, the lyrics don't really mean anything. The song was meant to be a private joke between Harris and Jimmy Webb. There was some sort of weird wager between the two that Jimmy could write the worst song of all time and Harris would record it. Then they woud see if it was a hit.

Back in 1969, it went to #2. Today, it has been voted as being one of the worst songs of all time.

I guess the fact that the lyrics didn't really mean anything at all is why it became so popular. Interpretation of the words is still wide open today

[agingdem]

18. Lyrics...

Even lousy song evoke a time and a feeling.

[hlthe2b]

19. true... and it had an interesting melody...

My mom loved it! (the Richard Harris version)

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. who the heck

puts green icing on a cake in the first place?? That stupid song is bouncing around in my skull MAKE IT STOP

[hlthe2b]

25. If you don't watch it....

We'll start discussing "Afternoon Delight!"

Ohhhhh, I'd rather have MacArthur's Park in my head..... eeeeewww.

[av8rdave]

22. One of the worst songs - as originally recorded. HOWEVER...

The great jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson did an incredible instrumental version of that song.

His recorded version was respectable. Live, it was unforgettable!

av8rdave

[SheilaT]

23. This certainly has the sound and feel of urban legend.

What almost nobody seems to know is that "MacArthur Park" is a song midway through an album of the same name. It's essentially a cycle of songs that tells a story, more or less, of a man's loves.

It also is very much a quintessential song of the 60's. If you weren't around then, it's not going to be very meaningful.

I was about 20 when the album came out and played it daily for a while. Sometimes just listening to old songs is like time-travelling back to another era.

[Karenina]

24. The composer told me

He wished he'd never written that line. It's decades later and it just won't go away...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. Kinda sounds like something I heard on a Lewis Black Comedy Special..

"If it weren't for my horse...I wouldn't have spent that year in college." It's the cause of anurisms, or however you spell it...
Duckie

[grannylib]

26. This is without a doubt one of the worst songs ever anywhere by anyone

[hlthe2b]

27. Yeah... but what does it mean?

:evilgrin:

[Obamarama]

28. More incomprehensible lyrics....

Okay...those of us who can think back that far, remember the 80's and Duran Duran? Remember "Union Of The Snake?" Loved that song, ALWAYS had to head to the dance floor when it played, but the lyrics really make one think WTF....

Union Of The Snake:
Telegram force and ready
I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing my senses together
And I think it's about to break
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline

Nightshades on a warning give me strenth
at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
there's a chance you could be right
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

blah, blah, blah, et. al.

[Torgo]

29. Jimmy Webb must have been listening to Bernie Taupin!

As bad as the MacArthur Park lyrics are, they are no worse than Taupin's nonsense. Remember Levon, or Benny and the Jets?

Unbelievably bad lyrics!

Yikes!

[DoYouEverWonder]

30. I found MacArthur Park in the dark

in 1972. Driving from San Francisco to Tijuana. It was late at night and it was somewhere north of LA. However, we didn't find any green icing or cakes out in the rain, until after we got to Tijuana and bought that bottle of Tequilla with the little worms floating around in it.