Dall'intervista a Steve Binder
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Mi ricordo di avergli chiesto “Se ti dessi il “Mc Arthur Park” da incidere, lo faresti?”
E lui “Assolutamente sì”.
D. Hai nominato “MacArthur Park”. Mi sembra che Elvis abbia cantato uno o due righe di questa canzone?
SB: Sì. Credo che sia stato un fatto inconscio. Penso che, mentre facevamo lo show, nei momenti in cui era particolarmente era nervoso, gli tornassero alla mente quelle conversazioni preliminari che avevamo fatto e che da subito gli erano rimaste impresse. Credo abbia cantato “MacArthur Park” durante la parte improvvisata.
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Incuriosita da questo passaggio, sono andata a cercare la canzone ed eccola qui
Richard Harris
Donna Summer
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
CHORUS
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
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.
Chicago or even "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams>
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!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh NO!!
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E' una gran bella canzone
.................... anche se non ricordo se fu un successo anche in Italia
La mia domanda è:
Secondo voi, come l'avrebbe fatta Elvis? Sarebbe stata più vicina alla versione di Richard Harris o a quella di Donna Summer?
C'è una canzone di Elvis che potrebbe dare l'idea del ritmo che avrebbe scelto?