MacArthur Park

It was the late s and I was doing music for an anti-war pageant with some Hollywood stars, including Mia Farrow and Edgar G Robinson. A few weeks later, I received a telegram: I got a flight and stayed with Richard in Belgravia. Over the course of two days, we tore through 30 or 40 of my songs.

I was playing the piano and singing. He was standing there in his kaftan, waving his arms and expressing excitement at some songs, not so crazy about others. MacArthur Park was at the bottom of my pile. By the time I played it, we had moved on to straight brandy, but Richard slapped the piano.

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I'll make a hit out of that, I will. I recorded the basic track back in Hollywood, with myself on harpsichord accompanied by session musicians the Wrecking Crew. We rehearsed it a few times, then played it right through, using the first take and adding the orchestra painstakingly later.

When Richard did the vocals at a London studio, he had a pitcher of Pimm's by the microphone. We knew the session was over when the Pimm's was gone. I never could get him to sing the title correctly. At one point, he said: We need more orchestra. The damn orchestra's too loud! At first, we felt like the guys who'd created the A-bomb: I didn't know I could write something like that.

We had doubts about releasing it as a single, but when radio stations began playing it from the album in its entirety, I was asked to do a shorter version as a single. In the park was celebrated for having the highest reduction of crime statistics per resident in the United States. In , Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park opened, offering over 50 free concerts each summer and attracting families from around the city.

In the same year, the paddle boats returned. Eventually, the paddle boats were removed. The boathouse was torn down in The MacArthur Park bandshell was painted by local artists and graffiti artists under the direction of Otis Parsons. Some of the artists involved were: MacArthur Park has been used as a filming location for many films.

A scene from The Amazing Spider-Man was also filmed here. MacArthur Park is featured in the critically acclaimed film Drive. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the song, see MacArthur Park song. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Greater Los Angeles portal. Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

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