We had like one hundred people in there, and of course Bacharach was directing and everything. That little nuance was something magic.īT: It was a little something. He said, “B.J., after you do the song precisely how I’ve written it, if you have room to do something, you can do it.” So, it didn’t really happen until the “meeeee” at the end.īH: By the way, I think that made a difference in the song. Bacharach if I could do my thing on the song. I guess I am a little bit of a writer.īH: Well, Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the song, but whoever the powers-that- be (were, they) wanted Ray Stevens to record it first.īT: They did! By the way, I didn’t mess with their script. I always felt like I was composing a little bit. I’ve always felt like I was a composer because I felt like I brought a little something to the song that the writer didn’t think of. And I wouldn’t drastically change any melodies, but I would do a little something which just came by way of emotion. Over the years, I’ve always felt I haven’t done the writing I should have done and that is something I am working very hard on now. First, thanks very much for those remarks. That was not the original plan, right?īJ Thomas: It wasn’t. I don’t believe “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” is the same song without you. This is the second time in 250 episodes that we’re interviewing the artist. We only interview the songwriters (for this series). īart Herbison: I just have to tell you B.J., you are one of my favorite artists of all time…When you hold the microphone, there’s just some magic, and I just want to thank you for all the years of music from all the fans. In a conversation with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International, Thomas talked about the creative chances he took when recording the song, how he connected to its emotion, and the famous singer-songwriter who first turned it down.
#Raindrops keep falling movie#
The singer recorded the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition for the classic 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” making movie and pop music history in one fell swoop. Thomas didn’t write “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.” He did, however, define it.
All that happens is that our mosquito is suddenly scooped up by the raindrop and finds itself hurtling toward the ground at a velocity of roughly nine meters per second, an acceleration which can’t be very comfortable, because it puts enormous pressure on the insect’s body, up to 300 gravities worth, says professor Hu.B.J. The raindrop might even break apart because of the impact, and force would transfer from the raindrop to the insect’s exoskeleton, rattling the animal to death.īut because our mosquito is oh-so-light, the raindrop moves on, unimpeded, and hardly any force is transferred. Had the raindrop slammed into a bigger, slightly heavier animal, like a dragonfly, the raindrop would “feel” the collision and lose momentum. … it doesn’t offer much resistance, and the raindrop just barrels along with the mosquito suddenly on board as a passenger. But even in the worst case, where the mosquito gets slammed right between the wings-a dead-on collision, because the mosquito is so light compared to the heavy raindrop … The raindrop can set them rolling and pitching, but they recover quickly-within a hundredth of a second. They do get hit but usually off center, on their long gangly legs, which splay out in six directions. What he found is that most of the time anopheles mosquitoes don’t play dodgeball with the raindrops. (His video, by the way, is waiting for you below, so you can see what he saw for yourself.) He published his findings in a 2012 paper that I’m going to describe here in “executive summary” form. That way he could watch them in super slow motion and figure out what they’re doing when they’re out in the rain. Well, in 2012 David Hu, a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, became interested in this problem and decided to pelt some airborne laboratory mosquitoes with water droplets while filming them with a high-speed camera-4,000 to 6,000 frames a second instead of the usual 24. Why not? Why aren’t the mosquitoes getting smooshed? How Mosquitoes Survive Raindrops
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