Life is a series of failures, isn't it?

I hope we can make progress little by little by using our failures as fuel and moving on to the next step...

This song comes to mind when the rainy season comes around.

It was the theme song for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

I've never seen the movie, but I wonder why I knew the song.

Maybe it was because it was used on TV.

Paul Newman and Robert Redford are young.

The composer, Burt Bacharach, is one of the most representative pop composers of the 20th century, but I only heard his name about 18 years ago.

When I rented CDs at TUTAYA, I found his CDs lined up in the movie music section. When I looked at the songs, I saw that there were many songs I knew.

I was shocked to see that all of them were his songs!

There are many other good songs, so let me introduce some of them.

Christopher Cross's high-pitched voice is very impressive. I used to listen to it on the radio, record it on cassette, and love it.

It was the theme song for the movie "Mister Arthur."

This song by the Carpenters is also a Bacharach song.

I learned about it through Miki Imai's cover.

The Carpenters' song was also used in the drama,

and I listened to the best album over and over.

Karen's stable alto voice is soothing.

This is a live video of Burt Bacharach himself.

I first heard this song through the Dionne Warwick version.

I didn't know the lyrics at the time,

but they are really good lyrics. I can see why so many people have covered them.

Flounder is in a good mood, sitting on a lotus flower.

Taking a break at a candy store.

I'm sure this is a houseboat made by the president.

You can see the Skytree.

Thank you for coming to read today.