Jimmy Webb's “MacArthur Park” Gives Beetlejuice Beetlejuice a Epic Musical Moment

"Mr. Juice gets my song. It took a made-up undead demon but finally, someone understands that ‘MacArthur Park’ is a love song. A long love song with lots of chords and strings. And a cake, of course.” - Jimmy Webb

Beberapa momen musik ing film tetep ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing ing. Rocky, “Bohemian Rhapsody” ing Wayne’s World, “Tubular Bells” ing The Exorcist, lan, ya, “Day-O” ing aslina Beetlejuice. Well, we can add another to that list: Richard Harris’ 1968 version of the Jimmy Webb hit “MacArthur Park” in the newly released sequel of the 1988 Michael Keaton film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, diarahake déning Tim Burton lan ing teater saiki.

“Meet the New ‘Day-O,’” ngandika The New York Times Ing artikel sing judul, "What Is That Song in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?" Mereka terus "...Richard Harris's 1968 psychedelic pop hit 'MacArthur Park', sing Donna Summer remade minangka himen disco."

[SPOILER ALERT] “MacArthur Park,” ditulis ing Ing film komedi horor taun 1967, sing diwenehi Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jimmy Webb, ditemokake ing momen panggonan pernikahan ing film horor-komedi. Beetlejuice (Keaton) nampa karakter utama Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) menyang altar. Dheweke nyenengake kanggo nikah karo dheweke kanggo nyimpen urip putri, Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega). Cake gedhe mbukak karo es hijau nyenengake lan banjur ... cue “MacArthur Park!” “MacArthur’s Park wis melu ing kegel / All the sweet, green icing flowing down,” ngandika Harrings sing mania funcal nyusul karo tamu pernikahan sing ditemokake nyenengake karo cake karo es oozing, njupuk lip-

Saka debutan, “MacArthur Park” wis ditemokake lan ngeculake ndhuwur nalika padha nyoba kanggo njaluk akar klasik lan decode lirik, sisih iki terus ditemokake, diinterpretasi, lan dibahas ing media. Lagu hit wis disimpen dening sawetara 200 artis, kalebu Waylon Jennings (yang disimpen lan dirilis tiga versi lagu; asli menang Jennings Grammy Award ing taun 1970), Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, The Four Tops, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, lan Wu-Tang Clan. Webb menang 1969 Grammy Award kanggo Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist kanggo Harris versi. Salah saka versi sing paling dikenal saka lagu iku dening Donna Summer sing hit No. 1 ing Billboard Hot 100 disko chart karo versi Summer.

Tetapi iku kabeh versi Harris sing Burton ngarepake kanggo adegan khusus iki.

“We all wanted a musical number,” scriptwriter Alfred Gough ngandika 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, weird, and insane indeed... lan Webb iku suka! “Mr. Juice gets my song. It took a made-up undead demon but finally, someone understands that ‘MacArthur Park’ is a love song. A long love song with lots of chords and strings. And a cake, of course,” he says.

Sena “MacArthur Park” wis njaluk ulasan rave. "Setiap wong muter ing adegan bonkers ing 'MacArthur Park.'" (USA Today) “It’s the kind of wonderful nonsense set piece that has no reason to exist except because it’s funny and because it could.” (NPR’s WBUR Boston) “Be warned that you may never hear the song ‘MacArthur Park’ in quite the same way ever again.” (The Seattle Times)

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack kanggo Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is out now from Watertower Music and available to stream wherever you enjoy your music. Meanwhile, Webb is currently on the road. An Evening with Jimmy Webb has received rave reviews. “A night with Jimmy at the keys is not unlike getting to hear George Gershwin or Cole Porter live. It’s hard to believe one guy could have written all these amazing songs…if you get a chance to see him live, grab it. People ask why nobody writes songs like they used to. Fortunately for us all, Jimmy Webb still does,” writes American Songwriter.

The Kansas City Star writes, “Jimmy Webb delivered some of his best-known compositions, and his versions conveyed their traits and merits, their lyrical and musical panache, craftwork and sophistications. But his stories put most of them into a variety of contexts, some humorous, some historical, some novel and trivial. Jimmy Webb has mastered the convergence of poetry and music and got the fame and fortune they deserved for delivering some of the most timeless music of their time.”

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
Oktober 1 - City Winery St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
Oktober 3 - Knuckleheads - Kansas City, MO
Oktober 10 - The Canyon - Agoura Hills - Agoura Hills, CA
Oktober 13 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
Oktober 16 - Yoshi's - Oakland, CA
Oktober 30 - The Vogel - Red Bank, NJ
November 7 - Kent Stage - Kent, OH
November 9 - Memorial Hall - Cincinnati, OH
November 19 - The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
November 22 - BPAC - Pinehurst, NC
Desember 1 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX
Desember 4 - The State Theatre - Austin, TX
Desember 7 & 8 - Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Desember 20 - My Father’s Place - Roslyn, NY
* Sadurunge acara "An Evening with Jimmy Webb" miturut ngendi ditemokake.