Jimmy Webb ta “MacArthur Park” Gives Beetlejuice Beetlejuice a Epic Musical Moment
"Mr. Juice yana da wuya a cikin wuya. Yana da wani maimakon maimakon maimakon maimakon maimakon, amma a nan, mutum ya sani cewa ‘MacArthur Park’ yana da wuya a cikin wuya. A tsawon wuya tare da yawa wuya da wuya. Kuma wani wuya, dõmin. " - Jimmy Webb
Baƙin music moments a film yana daidaita a cikin kwarewa. 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. Har ila yau, za mu iya ƙara wani a wannan list: Richard Harris ta 1968 version na Jimmy Webb hit “MacArthur Park” a cikin da aka bugawa da ƙaddamar da 1988 Michael Keaton film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, ta hanyar Tim Burton da kuma a cinikayya yanzu.
“Meet the New ‘Day-O,’” ya rubuta The New York Times a cikin rubutu, "What Is That Song in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice? "Saka da "...Richard Harris ta 1968 psychedelic pop hit 'MacArthur Park', wanda Donna Summer remade a matsayin disco hymn."
[SPOILER ALERT] “MacArthur Park,” written in 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 main character Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) a kan albarkatun. Yana da shawarar da yaushe da ya riga da shi don sauke da mata, Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega) na rayuwa. A manyan cake da aka rarraba tare da slimy green ice is rolled out da kuma sa'an nan ... cue "MacArthur Park!" "MacArthur's Park ne fuskanci a cikin karkashin / All the sweet, green icing flowing down," Harris sunan a matsayin mancal funcals tare da abokin cin abokin cin abinci dancing around the cake
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Lalle ne da yawa Harris version da Burton ya so don wannan musamman yanki.
“We all wanted a musical number,” manyanwa Alfred Gough ya ce Entertainment Weekly. "Mai kawai ba mu san abin da shi ne. Duk da haka, shi ya san kamar yadda filimu ya shiryawa tare da kyau. Kuma sa'an nan Tim ya kira mu. Burton yana da jukebox a cikin gida, kuma daya daga cikin tsari ne 'MacArthur Park', ba tare da Donna Summers da aka zama mafi girma da shekaru da suka wuce, amma asali 1968 version na farko da na Irish actress da singer Richard Harris. Mun tafi da shi, kuma sauke shi, kuma sa'an nan za mu rubuta wani music number a kan shi. Kuma sa'an nan muna ci gaba da shi. Mun kasance kamar, 'Yes! Wannan shi ne mai ban mamaki, mai ban mamaki, mai ban mamaki abin da ka bukatar a gaban wannan film. "
Crazy, m, da kuma m daidai... kuma Webb yana so! "Mr. Juice yana da wuya a cikin wuya. Yana da wani maimakon maimakon maimakon amma a nan, wani mutum ya sani cewa ‘MacArthur Park’ yana da wuya. A tsawon wuya tare da yawa wuya da wuya. Kuma wani wuya, dõmin, ya ce.
The “MacArthur Park” yanki yana samun rave reviews. "Dance a cikin bonkers yanki da aka kafa a 'MacArthur Park.'" (USA Today) "A shi ne da irin kyau nonsense set piece cewa ba da wani mahimmanci don zama, amma saboda shi ne m da kuma saboda shi za a iya." (NPR na WBUR Boston) "Yanayin cewa za ka iya ko da yaushe song 'MacArthur Park' a sama da wannan hanyar da wani lokaci." (The Seattle Times)
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ga Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Yanzu, Webb yana yanzu a kan tafiya. An Evening with Jimmy Webb ya samu rave reviews. "A night with Jimmy at the keys ne ba shi ne ba tare da yaushe George Gershwin ko Cole Porter live. Yana da matsala cewa wani mutum zai iya rubuta duk wadannan ban mamaki ... idan ka samu wani damar ganin shi live, samun shi. Ma'aikata ba su tambaya cewa ba da mutum ya rubuta songs kamar yadda suka yi. A matsala ga mu dukan, Jimmy Webb yanzu ya yi," ya rubuta. American Songwriter.
The Kansas City Star shiri, "Jimmy Webb ya gabatar da wasu daga cikin mafi sanannun shirye-shirye, da kuma shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye da shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye da shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye, shirye-shirye na shirye-shirye,
Jimmy Webb tafiya 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
Oktoba 1 - City Winery St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
Oktoba 3 - Knuckleheads - Kansas City, MO
September 10 - The Canyon - Agoura Hills - Agoura Hills, CA
September 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
Augusta 19 - The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
Oktoba 22 - BPAC - Pinehurst, NC
Augusta 1 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX
Augusta 4 - The State Theatre - Austin, TX
Oktoba 7 & 8 - Musical Instruments Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Oktoba 20 - My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY
* Duk wani show ne "An Evening with Jimmy Webb" fiye da cewa.
Multiple GRAMMY-winned cross-genre songwriter Jimmy Webb na mafi kyau songs ne touchstones don wani jini amma zama m: "MacArthur Park", "Wichita Lineman", "Didn We", "Galveston", "Worst That Could Happen", da "The Highwayman" ga mataimakin. A lokacin da ta live shows - wanda suna daban-daban a kowace rana saboda ta ban mamaki improvisational piano play da kaya na hadari - Webb yana samar da wani musamman girmama tare da masu zaman kansu: Kamar wani tsawon kafar a birnin don ra'ayi tare da hadari daga cikin jirgin, nuna hadari a kan hutu, ta farko songwriting aiki a Motown, ta hanyar wani tafiya da tafiya da aka tafi daga wani teenage preacher's son a birni Tunesmith: The Art of Songwriting and memoir The Cake and the Rain Demonstrate ta ban mamaki kwarewa da kuma music.
Webb ya ƙunshi charts daga pop zuwa country, blues, jazz, disco zuwa rapu da kuma EDM tare da hotuna daga wasu na mafi girma na masana'antu ciki har da Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer, Josh Groban, Glen Campbell, The Highwaymen, Barbra Streisand, The Fifth Dimension, Guns n' Roses, da kuma James Taylor. The Webb coverings ne tsaye: da aka saita don Pride Month 2024 shi ne wani hot sabon dance version na “MacArthur Park” da Micah McLaurin da Amber Riley.
Kamar yadda Webb's GRAMMY shigar a 1968 da “Up, Up and Away” da “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” duk da aka gabatar da Song of the Year ( “Up” ya samu), zuwa amfani da “Do What You Gotta Do” a kan Kanye West's "Famous", mutum da aka karfafafi a matsayin "America's Songwriter" ya zama wani sayar da ikon a cikin music - da kuma ci gaba da kwarewa ta kwarewa tare da ayyukan kamar wani classic nighturne.
Jimmy ne a North Shore na Long Island, New York, tare da ruwansa, wani PBS TV shirye-shirye da kuma masana'antu, Laura Savini. Ya yana da saduwa da babbar babbar, fiye da 'yan 'yan, da 'yan 'yan.
