And I'll never have that recipe again

[In_The_Wind]

[Oneironaut]

1. I really hate that song for some reason.

[In_The_Wind]

2. I won't hold a grudge against you.

Earlier today, I was lamenting the loss of a bottle of white wine I had put aside. [img][/img] Someone, who shall remain nameless, opened that bottle and consumed it with an old friend. Imagine my disappointment when I reached into the back of the fridge and the bottle was missing.

[Aristus]

5. Ugh! That's the worst!

You're counting on some 'spirit'-ual companionship, and someone takes it away from you...

[In_The_Wind]

9. It wasn't pricey just a mild flavor bottled in California 2011.

and a long drive home He promised I'll never do it again. That makes a thousand things he'll never do again.

[Oneironaut]

14. Touch my wine and I'll maul you like a hibernating mama bear poked with a stick!

Especially my cabernets. Nobody touches my cabernets...

[malthaussen]

21. Then how do they get the dishes out of the cabinets? n/t

[malthaussen]

20. Queue William Carlos Williams:

"This is Just to Say"

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

-- Mal

[panader0]

24. Have you tried hiding the bottles in the crisper, under the lettuce?

P.S. I really don't like that song.--it's right there with "I Think I Love You"

[progressoid]

3. For me,

I hate it for numerous reasons.

[Grantuspeace]

18. Me too

And the reason should be obvious.

[NobodyHere]

4. By law someone has to post this

[yellowcanine]

13. I can match that......Amish Paradise.

[Oneironaut]

15. Was so going to post this...

The only time I've seen a parody make a song more tolerable.

[MrScorpio]

6. Thanks for this

It's been too long since I reposted it myself.

[In_The_Wind]

7. It is my current earworm.

[MrScorpio]

8. One of the greatest ear worms there is. nt

[In_The_Wind]

10. Jimmy Webb discusses famous lyrics in 'MacArthur Park'

Many tales have evolved, in the media and online to explain the genesis of the song. Here are but a few:

* They're a metaphor for the end of his relationship with a relative of Linda Ronstadt's who later got married in that Los Angeles park on a rainy day.

* Webb was annoyed by British record executives, so he extended the song past seven minutes, something unheard of on AM radio.

* He bet Richard Harris a Rolls-Royce that he could write a No. 1 song for him.

* And not long ago, Simon Cowell supposedly said Webb had told a friend of his the song is about sex and drugs.


So which ideas are apocryphal, and are any true? We asked not only Webb but also his wife of a decade, Laura Savini.

"Well, it's all true," Webb says, laughing. "There are little bits and pieces of the true story there, but what I've resorted to, because it's really turned into a kind of lifetime of talking about 'MacArthur Park,' whether I want to or not. My fallback position after all these years is I will tell you that I've told deliberately false stories to people.

"I've also tried to tell the truth, which is that it's just a song about a girlfriend of mine, Susie Horton, and this place on Wilshire Boulevard where we used to have lunch, which is called MacArthur Park. And the truth is that everything in the song was visible. There's nothing in it that's fabricated. The old men playing checkers by the trees, the cake that was left out in the rain, all of the things that are talked about in the song are things I actually saw. And so it's a kind of musical collage of this whole love affair that kind of went down in MacArthur Park.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/jimmy-webb-discusses-famous-lyrics-in-macarthur-park-1.9477080

[Oneironaut]

16. I have to admit, that's pretty cool.

Still... Yuck!

[yellowcanine]

11. That is just baaaaad.

[So Far From Heaven]

12. An absolute classic ... thanks (nt)

[steve2470]

17. I really like this version myself

[UTUSN]

19. I *really* thought this was a cooking segment (and was *READY* for it)

My Reply was going to be about Mexican/Oaxaca-pozole and whether it was mutton or pork, never mind.

[hopemountain]

22. brought back memories of

lying in bed at night with my transistor radio on the pillow pressed to my ear.

late at night the local university student radio played the long versions of everything including "macarthur park". my favorites included anything with steve winwood from traffic to blind faith; fleetwood mac's "then play on"; all of traffic's "john barleycorn" album; grand funk railroad; everything by the doors; led zeppelin... and all of the other great acid rock compositions of the day.

this is when i realized i did not need hallucinogens because i could go 'there' with music.

[Tom Kitten]

23. I remember seeing this parodied on the "Mel's Rockpile" show

on the old SCTV network...great dance moves!

[MrMickeysMom]

26. Good ole SCTV!

They made SO many great skits!

Those Canadians performed a good one on THAT song!

[MrMickeysMom]

25. Oh.... NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!