"@Mr. Juice yana da wuya a cikin wuya. Yana da wani maimakon maimakon maimakon maimakon maimakon, amma a nan, wani mutum ya sani cewa ‘MacArthur Park’ shi ne wani wuya. A tsawon wuya tare da yawa akord da sha'awar. Kuma wani cake, dõmin. " - Jimmy Webb

A wasu music moments a film yana daidaituwa a cikin mu'amala. Yana da “Eye of the Tiger” a Rocky, “Bohemian Rhapsody” a Wayne’s World, “Tubular Bells” a The Exorcist, kuma, da, “Day-O” a cikin asali Beetlejuice. Yanzu, za mu iya ƙara wani a wannan list: Richard Harris' 1968 version na Jimmy Webb hit “MacArthur Park” a cikin sabon-shekara ƙaddamarwa na 1988 Michael Keaton film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, da Tim Burton kuma a cinikayya yanzu.

“Meet the New ‘Day-O,’” ya rubuta The New York Times a cikin labarin da aka rubuta, "What Is That Song in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?" Suna tafi "... Richard Harris ta 1968 psychedelic pop hit 'MacArthur Park', wanda Donna Summer remade a matsayin disco hymn."

[SPOILER ALERT] “MacArthur Park,”, ya rubuta a <pfseg id="0">1967 by GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Jimmy Webb, yana da alama a cikin tsari-tsari tsari a cikin horror-comedy film. Beetlejuice (Keaton) yana da al'umma Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) zuwa albarkatun. Yana da sha'awar da za su rãya da shi don haifar da mata, Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega) na rayuwa. A manyan cake da aka karfafa da slimy green ice is rolled out and then ... cue "MacArthur Park!" "MacArthur's Park is mirting in the dark / All the sweet, green icing flowing down," Harrings saduwa a matsayin mania funcal tsari tare da abokin cin abokin cin abokin cin ab

<pfseg id="0">Dangane da na farko, "MacArthur Park" ya rage da kuma sha'awar dubawa kamar yadda za su yi ci gaba da duba da hankali asali da decode lyrics, da yaushe da aka tsayawa, fassara, da kuma kwarewa game da a cikin masana'antu. The hit song da aka rubuta da fiye da 200 masana'antu, ciki har da Waylon Jennings (ki ya rubuta da kuma gabatar da uku version na song; da asali ya samu Jennings ta farko GRAMMY Award a 1970), Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, The Four Tops, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, da Wu-Tang Clan. Webb samu 1969 GRAMMY Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for Harris version. A cikin

But it was always the Harris version that Burton wanted for this special scene.

“We all wanted a musical number,” screenwriter Alfred Gough tells Entertainment Weekly. “We just didn't know what it was. It all felt like the movie was wrapping up too neatly. And then Tim called us. Burton has a jukebox in his home, and one of its tracks is ‘MacArthur Park,’ not the Donna Summers rendition that became more popular over the years, but the original 1968 version first recorded by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. We went and listened to it, and then we just wrote out a musical number based on that. And then we kept evolving it. We were like, 'Yes! That's the crazy, weird, insane thing you need at the end of this movie.”

Crazy, ban sha'awa, kuma ban sha'awar ... kuma Webb yana so shi! "Mr. Juice yana da wuya da wuya. Yana da aka yi-gaba da Undead demon amma a karshe, wani mutum ya sani cewa ‘MacArthur Park’ ne wani wuya. A tsawon wuya tare da yawa akord da sha'awar. Kuma wani cake, duba, ya ce.

The “MacArthur Park” yanayin yana samun rave reviews. "Kwankin mutum ya danza a cikin bonkers yanayin da aka kafa a 'MacArthur Park.'" (USA Today) " Yana da irin kyau nonsense set piece cewa ba da wani mahimmanci ba tare da cewa shi ne m kuma saboda shi za a iya." (NPR ta WBUR Boston) "Baya alama cewa za ka iya ko da yaushe da wuri 'MacArthur Park' a cikin sama daidai." (The Seattle Times)

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ne yanzu daga Watertower Music da aka samuwa don sauke a dukan abin da ka ji music. A lokacin da haka, Webb yana yanzu a kan tafiya. An Evening with Jimmy Webb ya samu rave reviews. "A night with Jimmy at the keys shi ne ba shi ne kamar yadda za a duba George Gershwin ko Cole Porter live. Yana da matsala cewa wani mutum zai iya rubuta duk wadannan ban mamaki songs ... idan ka samu damar ganin shi live, samun shi. Ma'aikata ba su tambaya abin da kuka ba ya rubuta songs kamar yadda suka wuce. Har ila yau, Jimmy Webb ya yi," ya rubuta American Songwriter.

The Kansas City Star shiri, "Jimmy Webb ya gabatar da wasu daga cikin mafi sanannun shirye-shirye, kuma shirye-shirye ya gabatar da hankali da hankali, lyrical da music panache, craftswork da ra'ayoyi. Amma al'amuransa ya gabatar da yawa daga su a cikin daban-daban yanayi, wasu m, wasu tarihi, wasu romanci da ban mamaki. Jimmy Webb ya ƙirƙirƙirar tsari da jima'i da music da kuma za su samu fiye da haske da suka yiwuwa don samar da wasu na mafi m music na lokaci."

Jimmy Webb tour dates:

September 22 - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater - Peekskill, NY (Jimmy Webb: The Glen Campbell Years)
September 27 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL
September 29 - The Parkway Theater - Minneapolis, MN
October 1 - City Winery St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
October 3 - Knuckleheads - Kansas City, MO
October 10 - The Canyon - Agoura Hills - Agoura Hills, CA
October 13 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
Oktoba 16 - Yoshi's - Oakland, CA
Oktoba 30 - The Vogel - Red Bank, NJ
Oktoba 7 - Kent Stage - Kent, OH
Oktoba 9 - Memorial Hall - Cincinnati, OH
November 19 - The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
November 22 - BPAC - Pinehurst, NC
December 1 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX
December 4 - The State Theatre - Austin, TX
Augusta 7 & 8 - Musical Instruments Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Augusta 20 - My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY
* All shows are "An Evening with Jimmy Webb" except where noted.