"@Mr. Juice njaluk lagu iki. Dheweke njaluk setan undead, nanging sisih, wong ngerti yen ‘MacArthur Park’ iku lagu cinta. Lagu cinta panjang karo akeh akord lan string. lan cake, tentu. " - Jimmy Webb

Beberapa momen musikale ing film mbukak ing ing ing ing ing ing ing kenangan kita. Ana “Eye of the Tiger” ing Rocky, “Bohemian Rhapsody” ing Wayne’s World, “Tubular Bells” ing The Exorcist, lan, ya, “Day-O” ing orisinal Beetlejuice. Well, kita bisa nambah liyane ing senarai iki: Richard Harris' 1968 versi saka Jimmy Webb hit “MacArthur Park” ing sekuel anyar diterbitake saka film 1988 Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, diarahake Tim Burton lan ing teater saiki.

“Meet the New ‘Day-O,’” tulis The New York Times Ing artikel sing berjudul, "What Is That Song in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?" Mereka terus "... Richard Harris's 1968 psychedelic pop hit 'MacArthur Park,' kang 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.

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, aneh, lan gila banget... lan Webb suka iku! "Mr. Juice njaluk laguku. Iku nggunakake setan undead, nanging ing pungkasan, wong ngerti yen ‘MacArthur Park’ iku lagu cinta. Lagu cinta panjang karo akeh akord lan string. lan kuci, sadurunge," ngandika.

The “MacArthur Park” adegan wis njaluk review rave. "Tiap-tiyang menari ing adegan bonkers ditempatake kanggo 'MacArthur Park.'" (USA Today) "Itu jinis nonsense gedhe nonsense gedhe sing ora duwe alasan kanggo wujud mung amarga sing lucu lan amarga bisa." (NPR's WBUR Boston) "Tingke peringatan supaya sampeyan ora bisa ndeleng lagu 'MacArthur Park' kanthi cara sing padha lagi." (The Seattle Times)

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack kanggo Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is ora out saka Watertower Music lan kasedhiya kanggo streaming ing ngendi sampeyan nyenengake musik. Sawise, Webb saiki ana ing jalan. An Evening with Jimmy Webb wis nampa review rave. "A night with Jimmy at the keys is not like getting to hear George Gershwin or Cole Porter live. It is 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 as they used to. Lucky for us all, Jimmy Webb still does," tulis American Songwriter.

The Kansas City Star writes, "Jimmy Webb nyedhiyakake sawetara komposisi sing paling dikenal, lan versi-nya nyedhiyakake ciri-ciri lan merit, panache liris lan musik, kerajinan lan kerajinan. Nanging cerita-ceritanya nyedhiyakake akeh ing konteks, sawetara humoris, sawetara historis, sawetara novel lan trivial. Jimmy Webb wis nyimpen konvergensi saka puisi lan musik lan njaluk reputasi lan kekayaan sing diwenehi kanggo nyedhiyakake sawetara musik paling abadi ing wektu."

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
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
Oktober 19 - The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
Oktober 22 - BPAC - Pinehurst, NC
Oktober 1 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX
Oktober 4 - The State Theatre - Austin, TX
Desember 7 & 8 - Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Desember 20 - My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY
* All shows are "An Evening with Jimmy Webb" except where noted.