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Old July 24th, 2003, 04:45 PM
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I got this idea from the prior post. I think the disco song with the most creative lyrics is, "Take That to the Bank," by Shalamar. I love the song BECAUSE of its lyrics. When that song came out, I was in my third year of college as an accounting/finance major and this song really appealed to me because my head was into all that stuff in my studies all day long.

I first heard it on AM disco 99 (WZZD-Wizzard 100) in Philadelphia. (Formerly WIBG). I was in my car, and I thought it was great to hear what I was studying in a disco song.

Second best, "I Will Survive." This is not one of my favorite disco songs, I like her version of, "Never Can Say Goodbye," better. Anyway, "I Will Survive," was touted as a breakthrough into a new era of disco. A disco song with emotion and a story to tell. It was said, a disco song that was the first to add another dimension to disco music. It is my second choice, because there was much talk about the song starting a new era of disco. Little did I know that a year later, disco would no longer be a major musical style, to my dismay.
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To this day, I still dont understand the lyrics to "MacArthur's Park". What is this with the cake ? Why would anybody leave a cake in the rain ? Isn't that bad enough that they're pressed on love's hot fevered iron between the morning pages? Just like a striped pair of pants ? I mean come on.
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To this day, I still dont understand the lyrics to "MacArthur's Park". What is this with the cake ?
It's probably the most ridiculous analogy ever used to describe a failed relationship.

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Why would anybody leave a cake in the rain ? Isn't that bad enough that they're pressed on love's hot fevered iron between the morning pages? Just like a striped pair of pants ? I mean come on.
Why did Jimmy L Webb, who is otherwise a very respected songwriter, think he could get away with this sort of arty crap? OTOH, you never forget this song...
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Let us remember that MacArther Park was a hit record in 1968 by actor Richard Harris. Jimmy Webb did write it.

This version usually scores in the top three in polls for Most Hated Song. That is along with Honey-Bobby Goldsboro and Feelings by Morris Albert.

MP has always been highly controversial in that listeners either love it or hate it with a passion.


Donna Summer: I don't think that the song is complete without the other parts in the "Suite."

Lyrics are secondary to me, especially in disco. Donna did a good job with the song making it into a disco hit.
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Well, I'd have to say that maybe early Rap records had the most cleverly constructed lyrics, if only because they sounded more poetic to my ears and awkward rhymes and words were easier to get across and get away with, as a rap.

As for McArthur Park, the record's lyrics are pretentious crap whether recorded by a Thespian type or Disco Diva. What were Donna and her mentors on when the idea to record that, tumbled from one of their mouths? Was it an attempt to sell out or revive flagging mainstream interest? I'd rather have a doner kebab than that, any day. :lol:
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"MacArthur Park" was Donna's gift to FQs (Fan Queens) everwhere.
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Some thoughts about MacArthur Park:

- While I think everyone agrees that the lyrics are completely inane, the music itself is not. In terms of chord progression and melody, it is excellent IMO. I can forgive bad lyrics if the music is good.

- In terms of structure, there was nothing else like it at the time. Seven minutes long and like three songs in one. The Summer/Moroder/Bellotte transformation into a suite takes an already over-the-top number and pushes it waaayy over the top.

- Donna's version was the only version of any Jimmy Webb-authored song to go to #1 on the charts. And Jimmy Webb hated disco.

- Donna's version completely blows the original away.
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Debbie Jacob's hit "Don't You Want My Love" may not be super creative but I like the line "Don't you want my love from me". Like Debbie, WHO ELSE could give this guy your love? Disco didn't have a grasp on possessives I guess.
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Disco lyrics?

Hmmmm, lemme remember some DISCO songs...

AA AA UU AA EE, by ZACK FERGUSON :lol:
AUTOMATIC LOVER, by DEE DEE JACKSON :lol: :lol:
LET'S ALL CHANT, by MICHAEL ZAGER :lol: :lol: :lol:
ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME, by LA BIONDA :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, I don't think DISCO lyricists are poets, you know, but WHO cares? Let's have some fun :D

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