Comments on: Richard Harris Sings! http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:20:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: neil m. strauss http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-2413 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:55:49 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-2413 Although Richard Harris is the singer on 'A Tramp Shining', the real artist is composer Jimmy Webb Although Richard Harris is the singer on ‘A Tramp Shining’, the real artist is composer Jimmy Webb

]]> by: Patrick http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1730 Thu, 22 May 2008 19:53:49 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1730 Does anybody know where the footage of Harris onstage with the accompanying orchestra for "MacArthur Park" comes from? Does anybody know where the footage of Harris onstage with the accompanying orchestra for “MacArthur Park” comes from?

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1131 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:57:28 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1131 Mike - 25 versions? That's amazing! I've only heard the disco version by Donna Summer, but I like the original best. Jesse - Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for Harris! I hope you do write about about his albums since I would enjoy reading your thoughts on the topic. Mike - 25 versions? That’s amazing! I’ve only heard the disco version by Donna Summer, but I like the original best.

Jesse - Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for Harris! I hope you do write about about his albums since I would enjoy reading your thoughts on the topic.

]]> by: Jesse http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1125 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:51:59 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1125 Oh Kimberly, you have chosen a topic close to my heart... I am obsessed with the music of Richard Harris and I always have been - 'MacArthur Park' was merely the gateway drug to the musical madness of Harris' over-the-top concept albums (I have them all)... 'A Tramp Shining' and 'The Yard Went on Forever' are easy enough to find - but keep your eyes peeled for 'My Boy' (Presley covered the title track) and 'Slides' (not written by Webb, but by Tony Romeo of the Brooklyn Bridge)... I may have to write about this topic myself. Oh Kimberly, you have chosen a topic close to my heart… I am obsessed with the music of Richard Harris and I always have been - ‘MacArthur Park’ was merely the gateway drug to the musical madness of Harris’ over-the-top concept albums (I have them all)…

‘A Tramp Shining’ and ‘The Yard Went on Forever’ are easy enough to find - but keep your eyes peeled for ‘My Boy’ (Presley covered the title track) and ‘Slides’ (not written by Webb, but by Tony Romeo of the Brooklyn Bridge)…

I may have to write about this topic myself.

]]> by: Mike White http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1098 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:17:47 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1098 My life's work... putting together a compilation of as many versions of "MacArthur Park" as I can. I think I'm up to about 25 or so. My life’s work… putting together a compilation of as many versions of “MacArthur Park” as I can. I think I’m up to about 25 or so.

]]> by: marcie http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1088 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:36:03 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1088 Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Oliver Reed, Albert Finney and Peter O’Toole...love them all! Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Oliver Reed, Albert Finney and Peter O’Toole…love them all!

]]> by: robertmonell http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1087 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:20:23 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1087 I remember watching Harris perform this on TV, I can't remember which show. He really got into it. It had an element of camp at first, you wanted to laugh. Finally, it was just jaw dropping, the amount of serious passion he put into it. I had all his gestures down and used to imitate them. We weren't a very good group but we had fun. I had the Nehru jacket until the 80s and a photo of our group but they're both long gone. I wish I had saved them now. I remember watching Harris perform this on TV, I can’t remember which show. He really got into it. It had an element of camp at first, you wanted to laugh. Finally, it was just jaw dropping, the amount of serious passion he put into it. I had all his gestures down and used to imitate them. We weren’t a very good group but we had fun. I had the Nehru jacket until the 80s and a photo of our group but they’re both long gone. I wish I had saved them now.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1086 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:06:30 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1086 Robert - I hope you do blog about Nehru jackets! I would love to read anything you post about them. I think Nehru jackets are amazing looking and call me crazy, but I think Richard Harris looks incredibly sexy in his Nehru jackets. I was really surprised to recently discover he designed many of his own jackets himself. Harris was a real Renaissance man! How cool are you to have been in a Nehru jacket wearing band in the sixties? You've managed to impress me even more Robert! Robert - I hope you do blog about Nehru jackets! I would love to read anything you post about them. I think Nehru jackets are amazing looking and call me crazy, but I think Richard Harris looks incredibly sexy in his Nehru jackets. I was really surprised to recently discover he designed many of his own jackets himself. Harris was a real Renaissance man! How cool are you to have been in a Nehru jacket wearing band in the sixties? You’ve managed to impress me even more Robert!

]]> by: robertmonell http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1085 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:55:11 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1085 I was actually going to do a blog on Nehru jackedts but you beat me to it, Kimberly. We're definitely on the same wavelength. I was 16 in 1968 when MacArthur Park came out and we used to play it over and over trying to figure out what the lyrics meant! Then we started a garage band where we all wore Nehru jackets, bell bottom pants and suede leather boots. We used to actually parody MacArthur Park. But I think I'll still do a blog on Nehru jackets in movies. Thanks again for the memories! I was actually going to do a blog on Nehru jackedts but you beat me to it, Kimberly. We’re definitely on the same wavelength. I was 16 in 1968 when MacArthur Park came out and we used to play it over and over trying to figure out what the lyrics meant! Then we started a garage band where we all wore Nehru jackets, bell bottom pants and suede leather boots. We used to actually parody MacArthur Park.
But I think I’ll still do a blog on Nehru jackets in movies. Thanks again for the memories!

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1083 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:25:29 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1083 Bob - Thanks for posting that! It made me laugh. It seems that MacArthur Park has been parodied a lot. Vanwell - I haven't seen The Molly Maguires in ages so many thanks for mentioning it! I'd like to see it again. I grew up in the 70s and early 80s so I missed the popularity of Richard Harris' songs in the sixties, but it's amazing that a 7min. long psychedelic song like MacArthur Park was such a big hit. It would never get airplay today, but I really like it! Bob - Thanks for posting that! It made me laugh. It seems that MacArthur Park has been parodied a lot.

Vanwell - I haven’t seen The Molly Maguires in ages so many thanks for mentioning it! I’d like to see it again. I grew up in the 70s and early 80s so I missed the popularity of Richard Harris’ songs in the sixties, but it’s amazing that a 7min. long psychedelic song like MacArthur Park was such a big hit. It would never get airplay today, but I really like it!

]]> by: Vanwall http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1082 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:14:22 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1082 I always watch Richard Harris movies, along with the other pub crawling rowdies from that era, too. "The Molly Maguires" is a fave - Connery and Finlay are in it, too; how could you go wrong there? This was a neat post, as much of his singing is virtually unknown today, but if you grew up in the sixties, you'll remember he got a fair amount of air time on the radio, and "A Tramp Shining" had a few tracks that played on pop stations that wouldn't play Macarthur Park - it was too psychedelic for some, I guess, but they couldn't pass that brogue of his completely. I always watch Richard Harris movies, along with the other pub crawling rowdies from that era, too. “The Molly Maguires” is a fave - Connery and Finlay are in it, too; how could you go wrong there? This was a neat post, as much of his singing is virtually unknown today, but if you grew up in the sixties, you’ll remember he got a fair amount of air time on the radio, and “A Tramp Shining” had a few tracks that played on pop stations that wouldn’t play Macarthur Park - it was too psychedelic for some, I guess, but they couldn’t pass that brogue of his completely.

]]> by: Bob Turnbull http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1075 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:08:16 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1075 There may not be any online video of Harris singing MacArthur Park, but how about Dave Thomas as Richard Harris during SCTV's "Mel's Rock Pile"? http://youtube.com/watch?v=qv2UcxJwS3A This skit actually made me search out the real song years ago when I first saw it on SCTV. He was terrific in "Juggernaut", though I remember not liking the 'comedy' portions of the movie...Just didn't fit with everything else. There may not be any online video of Harris singing MacArthur Park, but how about Dave Thomas as Richard Harris during SCTV’s “Mel’s Rock Pile”?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qv2UcxJwS3A

This skit actually made me search out the real song years ago when I first saw it on SCTV.

He was terrific in “Juggernaut”, though I remember not liking the ‘comedy’ portions of the movie…Just didn’t fit with everything else.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1072 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:05:33 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1072 I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who likes Richard Harris and his music. If it already hasn't happened yet (I'm usually clueless about trends) it seems like the records Harris recorded are due to be rediscovered. I'm sure that all the new Scott Walker fans for instance would probably enjoy Harris' albums. Jonathan - I hope you do write about Juggernaut soon. That film came up in a recent discussion over at Girish' blog about British cinema and I'd like to see it again too. I saw it amny years ago on late night TV, but I'm sure it was cut up and I'd really like to see it again. Jeremy - Thanks for all the info abut Jimmy Webb! I don't know a lot about the guy myself and I'm not very familiar with his music. Keith - I'm sure you would enjoy A Tramp Shining if you don't own it yet. There's a lounge quality to some of the songs that you'd probably get a kick out of. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who likes Richard Harris and his music. If it already hasn’t happened yet (I’m usually clueless about trends) it seems like the records Harris recorded are due to be rediscovered. I’m sure that all the new Scott Walker fans for instance would probably enjoy Harris’ albums.

Jonathan - I hope you do write about Juggernaut soon. That film came up in a recent discussion over at Girish’ blog about British cinema and I’d like to see it again too. I saw it amny years ago on late night TV, but I’m sure it was cut up and I’d really like to see it again.

Jeremy - Thanks for all the info abut Jimmy Webb! I don’t know a lot about the guy myself and I’m not very familiar with his music.

Keith - I’m sure you would enjoy A Tramp Shining if you don’t own it yet. There’s a lounge quality to some of the songs that you’d probably get a kick out of.

]]> by: Keith http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1071 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:57:55 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1071 What a great blog, Kimberly. I've always been a big fan of actors from the British Isles. I love everything from their acting to their attitude about life. Richard Harris is one of the best. He's played such great roles from King Arthur to Dumbledore. I've also always enjoyed his music. He's had some good songs. I remember hearing some of his music as a kid. What a great blog, Kimberly. I’ve always been a big fan of actors from the British Isles. I love everything from their acting to their attitude about life. Richard Harris is one of the best. He’s played such great roles from King Arthur to Dumbledore. I’ve also always enjoyed his music. He’s had some good songs. I remember hearing some of his music as a kid.

]]> by: Jeremy http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1069 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:18:50 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1069 The Yard Went on Forever is one of my favorite albums of the sixties. I wrote about it quite a while ago at Moon In The Gutter, and I think it is one of the most startling and inventive albums of the period... A Tramp Shing is equally rewarding, and Macarthur Park is one of the definitive songs of the period. Two more Harris albums to check out that were recorded without Jimmy Webb are Slides and My Boy. Both are really intense...My Boy is a concept album about divorce and it was one of Elvis Presley's favorites...Elvis would have a small hit with the title track in the mid seventies... Richard Harris is an actor I admire very much but I must admit that those Jimmy Webb albums are what I love him most for...great post Kimberly!!! The Yard Went on Forever is one of my favorite albums of the sixties. I wrote about it quite a while ago at Moon In The Gutter, and I think it is one of the most startling and inventive albums of the period…
A Tramp Shing is equally rewarding, and Macarthur Park is one of the definitive songs of the period.
Two more Harris albums to check out that were recorded without Jimmy Webb are Slides and My Boy. Both are really intense…My Boy is a concept album about divorce and it was one of Elvis Presley’s favorites…Elvis would have a small hit with the title track in the mid seventies…

Richard Harris is an actor I admire very much but I must admit that those Jimmy Webb albums are what I love him most for…great post Kimberly!!!

]]> by: Jonathan Lapper http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1068 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:14:15 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/05/richard-harris-sings/#comment-1068 I love Richard Harris! He has always been a favorite of mine. From <b>This Sporting Life</b> to <b>Camelot</b> to <b>A Man Called Horse</b> to <b>Unforgiven</b> to Dumbledore, I've never watched him and not been impressed, and that includes <b>Orca</b>. And <b>The Field</b> - wow, what a performance! And you know what else I love - <b>Juggernaut</b>! I've got to see that again soon and write it up. And MacArthur Park - I'm with you. He does a great job! (I don't think I've ever used this many exclamation points in a comment - Harris will do that to you). Thanks! I love Richard Harris! He has always been a favorite of mine. From This Sporting Life to Camelot to A Man Called Horse to Unforgiven to Dumbledore, I’ve never watched him and not been impressed, and that includes Orca. And The Field - wow, what a performance! And you know what else I love - Juggernaut! I’ve got to see that again soon and write it up. And MacArthur Park - I’m with you. He does a great job! (I don’t think I’ve ever used this many exclamation points in a comment - Harris will do that to you). Thanks!

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