"@Mr. Juice meunang lagu kuring. Ieu nyandak hiji demon undead dijieun tapi akhirnya, aya anu paham yén ‘MacArthur Park’ mangrupakeun lagu cinta. A lagu cinta panjang kalayan loba akord jeung string. Jeung cake, jelas. " - Jimmy Webb

Beberapa momen musik dina film tetep permanén ditangtukeun dina kenangan urang. Aya “Eye of the Tiger” dina Rocky, “Bohemian Rhapsody” di Wayne’s World, “Tubular Bells” di The Exorcist, jeung, ya, “Day-O” dina aslina Beetlejuice. Well, urang bisa nambahkeun séjén ka daftar ieu: Richard Harris' 1968 versi tina Jimmy Webb hit “MacArthur Park” dina sekuel anyar dirilis tina 1988 Michael Keaton film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, diarahkeun ku Tim Burton jeung di biara ayeuna.

“Meet the New ‘Day-O,’” nyebutkeun The New York Times dina artikel judulna, "What Is That Song in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?" Urang terus "... Richard Harris 1968 psychedelic pop hit 'MacArthur Park', nu Donna Summer remade salaku himen disco."

[SPOILER ALERT] “MacArthur Park,” ditulis dina Dina taun 1967, ku Jimmy Webb, penyanyi/songwriter Grammy-pemenang, diwanohkeun dina momen panganyarna panganyarna dina film horor-komédi. Beetlejuice (Keaton) nyandak karakter utama Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) ka altar. Anjeunna nyandak nyanggakeun ka maranehna pikeun nyimpen nyaahkeun putri, Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega) nyaah. A kue badag ditutup ku es hijau slimy dipeunteun tur lajeng ... cue “MacArthur Park!” “MacArthur's Park téh nyimpen dina gelap / All the sweet, green icing flowing down,” nyanyi Harrings salaku funcal nawarkeun jeung tamu nikah nu dipake di sakuliah ku kue jeung icing oozing, ngabalukarkeun lip-syn

Since its debut, “MacArthur Park” has captivated and confounded listeners as they attempt to appreciate its classical roots and decode the lyrics, the latter continues to be quoted, interpreted, and argued about in the media. The hit song has been recorded by nearly 200 artists, including Waylon Jennings (who recorded and released three versions of the song; the original won Jennings his first GRAMMY Award in 1970), Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, the Four Tops, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, and Wu-Tang Clan. Webb won the 1969 GRAMMY Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for the Harris version. One of the most well-known versions of the song is by Donna Summer who hit No. 1 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart with her disco version. Summer’s version bookends the film, appear during the opening titles and the closing credits.

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, jeung gila pasti... jeung Webb ngarasakeun eta! "Mr. Juice meunang lagu kuring. Ieu nyandak hiji demon undead dijieun tapi ahirna, aya anu paham yén ‘MacArthur Park’ mangrupakeun lagu cinta. lagu cinta panjang kalayan loba akord jeung string. jeung cake, jelas," anjeunna nyebutkeun.

The “MacArthur Park” adegan geus meunang ulikan rave. "Naha sadaya tarian dina adegan bonkers ditempatkeun ka 'MacArthur Park.'" (USA Today) "Ieu jinis nu nu rupa nu nonsens nu boga alesan pikeun aya ngan sabab éta lucu jeung sabab éta bisa." (NPR's WBUR Boston) "Jaduh diperingatkeun yén anjeun mungkin teu pernah sadia lagu 'MacArthur Park' dina cara anu saméméh lagi." (The Seattle Times)

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack pikeun Beetlejuice Beetlejuice <pfseg id="0">nu ayeuna kaluar ti Watertower Music sarta sadia pikeun stream di mana wae anjeun ngarasakeun musik Anjeun. Saméméhna, Webb ayeuna di jalan. An Evening jeung Jimmy Webb geus kapanggih ulikan rave. "A malam jeung Jimmy di kunci nu teu beda jeung nelepon George Gershwin atawa Cole Porter hirup. Éta sukar dipercaya hiji guy bisa ditulis sakabeh lagu-lagu amazing ieu ... lamun anjeun meunang hiji kasempetan pikeun ningali anjeunna hirup, nyokot eta. American Songwriter.

The Kansas City Star writes, "Jimmy Webb nyadiakeun sababaraha komposisi panganyarna-Na, jeung versi-Na nyadiakeun ciri-ciri na merit-Na, panache lyrical na musik, arsitektur jeung sophistications. Tapi sajarah-Na nyadiakeun panganyarna kana rupa-rupa konteks, sababaraha lucu, sababaraha sajarah, sababaraha novel jeung trivial. Jimmy Webb geus kapanggih konvergénsi puisi jeung musik sarta meunang reputasi jeung kasuksésan anu merlukeun pikeun nyadiakeun sababaraha musik panganyarna ti waktos maranéhanana."

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
Oktober 7 - Kent Stage - Kent, OH
Oktober 9 - Memorial Hall - Cincinnati, OH
Nopember 19 - The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
Nopember 22 - BPAC - Pinehurst, NC
Nopember 1 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX
Nopember 4 - The State Theatre - Austin, TX
Désémber 7 & 8 - Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Désémber 20 - My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY
* All shows are "An Evening with Jimmy Webb" except where noted.