I hated that song as much as I hated “McArthur Park” (”..somebody left the cake out in the rain, it took so long to bake it, and I’ll never have that recipe again...”) I still can’t get that crappy music out of my head 47 years later. There were a lot of bad events in 1968, and honey, I don’t miss you!
The only thing that made that song truly putrid...other than the lyrics...was Richard Harris 'singing' it. It's like listening to William Shatner 'singing' "Rocketman".
Waylon did that atrocity best I think
... yeah or muskrat love. there are a bunch of awful songs that somehow got air play.
Mac Arthur Park is either a song you love or a song you hate. I love it. There must have been quite a few of us that loved it because it was the #2 song for the year and the album was nominated for a Grammy. When Richard Harris passed away it was as though a member of my family had died. Love him or hate him he had a heck of a career.