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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson's Mk2 Trons

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-07-30

David Jacques wrote:

 

Anyone who covers MacArthur Park is OK in my book. It takes realchutzpah to do that song!


Aside from the weird lyrics, it's a great piece of music.


Story has it when Jimmy Webb wrote MacArthur Park no one wouldrecord it (The Association turned it down). So they found RichardHarris (a non-singing actor) to record it. The rest is history...


RH cannot remember a thing about recording it. Hardly a surprise.

Mike