Paul Newman Music Video

Paul Newman died on September 26, 2008. You're probably wondering why I'm blogging about Paul Newman, this being a music blog. I was going to put just Paul. But putting just Paul doesn't seem right. He's Paul Newman. Anyway, the reason is
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. And if that still doesn't mean anything to you musically, you should watch it again or for the very first time. Check out the part where Paul Newman rides a bike while the song Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head plays on. It's a very good scene with a terrific pay off.

Paul does riding tricks on the bike. Stunts like riding while standing on the bike seat and riding while facing backwards. Supposedly, the director, George Roy Hill, wanted a stunt man to do the tricks but they couldn't find one to do them as good as Paul. So he did the stunts on the bike himself. Except for maybe one. The one where he falls down. You don't want that happening to him.


Katherine Ross, who looks terrific, joins Paul as they ride the bike together while the song plays on. It's actually like a music video and maybe even better than a lot of real music videos. The scene is as romantic as a hayride. Suddenly Robert Redford shows up at the front door. Checks out the scene. Katherine is his girl. Paul and Katherine look nervous. Robert plays Sundance Kid in the movie, the fastest gun in the West. Or something like that. Redford could take them both out in the blink of an eye. Robert takes one more look at them waves his hand and says "Take her." Paul Newman comes back with, "Romantic bastard, aren't you."

It's such a great movie and was one of my favorite movies for a very long time. It is one of the best buddy movies ever. Check out Amazon's list of Best Buddy Movies ever. And actually, whoever made the list ought to have his head examined. It's number eleven and should be higher. The song is great too and BJ Thomas does a terrific job. I wonder if he's still known as BJ Thomas. It might not work too well for him right now. Or maybe never.


Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head would make an excellent podcast. I Just have to figure out who to interview. BJ Thomas would be good, as well as Burt Bacharach, who is the guy who wrote it. Burt has so many good songs to pick from. I will look into doing one.

A lot was said about Paul Newman when he died. We talked about how great he was while camping in Yosemite. I'm sure he would've liked that. May he rest in peace.