Someone left the cake out in the rain

MacArthur Park” is a song written and composed by Jimmy Webb.  Over the top lyrics and metaphors (likening lost love to a cake left out in the rain) have been described as ‘bloated’ and ‘loopy’.  And yet, every conversation about bad pop songs takes you back to this one.

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