Clint Eastwood-I Talk To The Trees

[lastEvergreen]

Gonna paint your wagon! Gonna paint it swell! Gonna use oil based paint cause the wood is pine!

[slye1991]

and yet somehow he's manages to be a badass while singing this song

[jradetzky]

he was feeling lucky that day

[Wellch]

Justin Beeber can't sing as well as Clint Eastwood.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@Wellch smothers brothers do this better than clint eastwood...

[dawn43uk]

reminds me of a old family freind tony waneless rip for ever

[Trashcansam123]

He sings too? Jesus you'd think for a good actor he'd have a terrible voice like Pierce Brosnan 

[4everbornfree]

@Trashcansam123 he cant sing u idiot ...listen 2 how low he is attempting it but guess what its bril coz 4 me its d song d melody that count & he puts it across well....oh I must go out & u guessed it .......now let me c where is nearest tree ah they'v all ben cut down ...I talk 2 d insects but they ..............................­..

[Trashcansam123]

@4everbornfree ??



[efihealing]

the volume has gone... nearly...

[CaptainVonFurry]

This made me smile.



[Treblaine]

Somehow still manlier than I could ever hope to be

[jeffrey19621]

Though painful to watch at times I do like this film .Nothing like it is made today , we seem to enjoy films about comic book characters.

[aoinatafanboy84]

@jeffrey19621 I have a respect for the classic action heroes like Bronson, Eastwood, and the others. This just scares me...

[asdasd439]

Gonna paint a wagon,

Gonna paint it good,

We ain't braggin',

We're gonna coat that wood!

[minnomouse1]

I love him soo much.

[SherrieRoussel]

capie how can you say clint was only a film star, he got his start in Rawhine, back in late 50's to mid 60's

[medicpaulsen]

hey..brings back wonderful childhood memories! Mom and I used to listen to the soundtrack! Thank-you! I miss her!

[capie44]

I see so many flames at Clint. This was/is his bane. He wanted to be an actor and was always trying to break out of his onsreen image (I will never forgive him for allowing such a historical icon of manhood to crawl across a bar room floor!)

Anyway, he wanted (and tried, and tried, and tried) to be a drama, comedy, musical actor, but just can't seem to do it. He is an American Icon moreso than an actor.

And your flames just reflect that 50 year old sentiment.

[leesteuk1]

dunno why people always have to sware on the comments

[TheXBlazex]

A legend in every respect. Loved every thing he`s done. Yes, probably miscast but I wouldn`t have missed it for the world.

Wizard

[JiS01]

I have an amazing urge to walk in the great forest too, in the sunny summer that like that...

[cpm06ok]

worst movie Clint made.ye would want to be watching high plains drifter

[amadeusamwater]

Not a great song, but Clint's a decent singer.

[Boethus]

Paint Your Wagon is painful to watch. Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood were born to play tough guys. Watching them sing is horrible. The songs are sappy, and their voices aren't the singing type. This movie was a disaster of miscasting.

[dangervich]

@Boethus the whole point is that they were ordinary men with ordinary voices. I think it's a great musical.

[shilelea]

@Boethus the people that dislike this movie generally dislike musicals i think

[claydopeproductions]

At some parts he seems to resemble cliff richard to me anyway

[incanecow]

ive been meaning to watch this for a while, its not as bad as i was expecting it to be

[loner1520]

why arebt they killing each other? the guns are right there

[farranspointon]

What a guy. I Love his voice.

[blickluke]

What movie is this?

[marykunz]

I wish people could express their enthusiasm without using the F word.

[TheFlyinSquirrel]

I have a huge mancrush on him. i wish i was half as talented as this man

[jeremyneilkelley]

5 People don't like trees ???

[Zeutify]

Clint is suprisingly good at singing, I'm even more suprised after this he didn't release an album hahaha

[oldhornyman]

Holy shit, Clint Eastwood can sing!

[MrAnfield183]

thanks for posting, clint eastwood one of the best actors ever in my opinion.not sure about the singing though.but i really love the film.

[PaulRietvoorn]

never thought dirty harry could actually sing

[asulkan]

damn i thought clint was too hard as fuck to sing. this is CRAZY!

[mafed451]

@asulkan you think thats bad, he shared a woman with lee marvin in this movie.this movie almost ruined my image of clint for good when it came out.

[tanguman2]

Who know dirty harry could sing, at least before his smoking got the better of his singing voice.

[shipwreckedagain1]

Clint Eastwood had never sung before this movie. They coached him to sing this. Needless to say, this was the only song Clint Eastwood ever sang in a movie.

[mertentr]

he sang the ending credits song to grand turino as well.

[mafed451]

@shipwreckedagain1 what about honkytonk man. couldnt stand that one either.

[swansong200]

where lee van cleef when you need him?

[angelalbest]

This is one of the best musicals. I have loved this movie from childhood. The fact the that the singing is not what todays standerds are means nothing if you listen to the singers of this time you will find that not many of then would have made it past an audition on Americal Idle let alone won.

[Bootstataboots]

Is this movie any good? What is it mostly about?

[Wellch]

@Bootstataboots -- it is one of the movies that you would either love or hate. Basically it takes place in a town during the Gold Rush. A silly subplot is about a Mormon wife with two husbands.

[SopranoOfTheNight]

Aside from the diction he's actually quite good.

[rafgharrierman]

so he's not a trained singer so what both him and lee were brilliant in this and nobody does the sangs from this like they did

[tet43]

Musicals have a very important reason for needing actors w/ trained singing voices.....They're musicals!!! All of the ruined, waste of time movie musicals on film because they thought they would make money w/ these stars of the moment. ALL of these musicals in the late 60's-early 70's bombed because people aren't stupid and can hear themselves sing in the shower,... for free! How timeless and enjoyable these musicals would've been w/ actual trained musical theater actor/singers.

[solariis888]

@tet43 Lee Marvin's "Wandering Star" is legend fool.

[tet43]

@solariis888 Uh huh,Right,,,Well, like they say ,"Perception is everything"

[solariis888]

@tet43 lol... I am a philosopher and I say "Truth" is beyond perception fool, and I speak the truth... Can I get a witness!!!!!!!!!!!???

[ghancox]

I've never understood the amount of sh*t that gets thrown at Clint and Lee for this film, their singing in particular. I actually think both of them are actually very good in it, and more importantly their singing fits their characters in the film perfectly. It helps that the songs are brilliant too of course, but this film is one of the few musicals i can actually say i really love.

[bdsnsc]

Any moron that cannot tell that IS Clint's voice need their hearing checked and then CHECKED AGAIN.

[videojoe2753]

OK, you can take this to the bank-I knew Alan Jay Lerner, and my best friend was THERE at Mr. Lerner's house on Centre Island, NY when Clint was rehearsing this in Mr. Lerner's music room. This is ACTUALLY Clint Eastwood singing, he did ALL his own singing in this movie.

[Wellch]

He should have done this as Dirty Harry in a bar.

[BANZITOMMY]

Surprisingly good voice!

[4everbornfree]

@BANZITOMMY gd voice ! d way 2 conceal a poor voice is 2 sing n a low key ...he darent raise it coz ....eeeekkkk yeah twud sound like that

[MrMoonlizard]

I stand corrected. Clint did his own singing, which is well done.

[MrMoonlizard]

Okay, who in here thinks that's his voice? Seriously.

[glenntadams]

Can someone dubstep this please?

[anodeforcruelty1]

@glenntadams Oh god, someone please do this

[MadameChristie]

Wow...Clint Eastwood singing is one thing...but actually being good...wow...it's usually very hit or miss getting non-singing actors to do musicals. This is definitely one of the hits...

[Eiind]

Haha can you imagine him singing it in 2010 with that evil grin on his face :D

[JeniDiver]

Oh. My. Gosh!!! I cannot believe that the song which runs through my mind so often was sung by Clint Eastwood. I had no idea. Mind trip!!! 

[79agp]

hes adorable in this

[yomamakunt]

Clint Eastwood used to sing this awful song to Sondra Locke right before he would cum on her tits.

[SenorTucan0594]

yo dis singing be off da hook yeah nigga

[TheCatgirl6]

A gutsy decision, to do his own singing, but then Clint's better than you'd expect. (He holds that last note very nicely) Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire weren't singers either, but their movies would have been much poorer if their voices had been dubbed by "real" vocalists... good show.

[NightmareofThought]

Great movie.

[BettySteelman]

Clint was very young, and his voice was appropriate for his age. Sounds like a young man in love.

[cano21]

That's one brave MF taking this role! LOL!! I love him!

[micmoable]

Love the old movies--clint played in some good ones--

[scaryspidersalert]

love this guy,,

[LonesomeCraig]

Not bad for a guy who can't sing!

[nancyfloressantos]

A lovely song from the 1969 movie Paint Your Wagon starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg..............

[Picknikly]

he is much better than a lot of singers tod

ay, who only know to make headshots and scream in the microphone

[2braindamage]

thats a great song

[brickbradford]

He's a very respectable musician. All he had to do here was carry the tune. He did it well and has an agreeable voice.

[miniroll32]

Was this recorded in CinemaScope?

[Hunternet7]

IRON WOLF

[thch86]

I'd like to see this character finish that last note and run into Harry Callahan or The Man With No Name and turn beet red. At least Lee Marvin still sings tough but this...eesh.

[LLH151]

Feel Lucky, Punk. Go head, "MAKE MY DAY!

He really had a great voice. So young. Wow! I remember him in it. Also I remember Harrison Ford in a cowboy flick, and he didn't even speak. And Jack Nicholson in a scary movie featuring Boris Karloff. Wow, that is really going back there. Nicholson had a Full head of hair.

I love them all, especially Clint.

[TankMurdock]

goddamit clint! shoot the trees! or at least throw grenades at them!

[posiview]

@TankMurdock Damn funny..

[gilesensor]

@TankMurdock Hahahahahaha

Love this film but a fucking funny comment

[Thordalf]

@TankMurdock Them trees were feeling lucky...



[VoiceofCthulhu]

@TankMurdock Fucking the trees is also an option with him. Even at 78. This is somehow a compliment.

[IthacaMomz]

This is so gay.

[Iori400]

@IthacaMomz

You tell that to Clint.. then come back home with bandages and a 44 bullet up your ass..

[54nomore]

I remember singing this song back in 1967 at a catholic boys school in Sparkill NY Saint Agnes School for boys. Those were the wonderful days of innocence and jubilation. And when the movie came out in 1971 those wonderful memories came with them. Great post!

[networkse7en]

swoon clint eastwood singing lol

[Boots59100]

Not his Best film! But very funny!

[creosotegirl]

XOXOXO

[Mjfan161]

clint eastwood is my hero,, Always ;) xxxx

[MrMZaccone]

I wonder how many takes they needed to get Clint on key for the whole song.

[villereal]

haha, did he succeed in doing that?

[Picknikly]

cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiint you are such a great man.

[cottonblacky]

I talk to the trees too.

[janbolee2001]

Clint is a legend. Fucking love him. Hopefully everyone remembers these classics. They were very important in my opinion!

[denidowi]

@janbolee2001 Isn't he a genius?!

[redredreds100]

@janbolee2001 Moron

[Jevandtieriel]

@janbolee2001 I agree with your sentiments... But not your foul mouth! there is no need for that language.

[oresstes2]

but  he sings this song not very well

[RD19902010]

@oresstes2 its awful, especially compared to his performance in "Gran torino"

[delgor315]

Memories of a lost love - thank you

[MrKorton]

wait, clint could sing :O

[welshman40sw]

i know he cant sang the best but someof his songs that he done a folk legend now GO CLINT avid fan for 30 years

[newalm]

Rotten Luck Willy has the best singing voice in this movie.

[newalm]

"That is what a I came to tell you Ben, I have real deep feelings for Elizabeth."

[newalm]

The critics panned this movie when it came out. Too bad. They don't know squat when a good movie comes out! Even when it is aired on the Satellite stations, they only give it one star rating!  Jerks!

[ATsarIsBorn]

@newalm

It's a terrible movie. The plot falls apart about halfway through. But this is a gorgeous song and Clint doesn't do it at all badly.

[teamcrumb]

@ATsarIsBorn i love this film, but you're right . . . the gold song is appalling . . . but so many bits to love, ah well, let's listen to Clint

[oldwestartifacts]

I was 8 when I first viewed this and even purchased the LP sound track for it, which I proud to say I still have.

A slice of the past Cal. Gold Rush perhaps?

Thanks to all that made this great movie,

PAINT YOUR WAGON OR BUST,

Where am I goin I don't know, when will I get there I ain't certain, all I know is I'm on my way,

Got a dream for, got a song, Paint your wagon and come along.

Merry Christmas all

A special Thanks to Mr. Eastwood, 4 signing my Picture to HorseshoeBill,

I owe you a Whiskey!

[Picknikly]

he is so gorgeous!!!!!! he has a soft voice. I wish i could see him singing... i don't know...free, for ex taking a shower...(didn't he played in a movie where he sings under the shower?) or singing to a child:)

[muttergesert]

i happen to know that is a lerner and lowe

musical from the 60

[ATsarIsBorn]

@muttergesert

Actually the show is 1953.

In the show, it is sung by a Mexican boy to a Norte Americana girl, which is why Lerner made the lyrics not rhyme, as if the boy didn't know English well enough. (Very clever.)

[anjewthemexijew]

so hilarious to see clint easwood singing

[janbolee2001]

clint eastwood is the best! love him

[newalm]

I love this movie!  Who ever produced it knew a lot about the California gold rush. The costumes, how the saloons looked, and basic life of gold rush miners. Did you know the character Horace Tabor, the nerdy gold seeker from Wooster Massachussetts was based on a real person? He came from MA to the gold fields and later opened an opera house in Sacramento.

[mrbill0626]

Is that really Clint singing that song from "Paint Your Wagon"? Or is it someone else doing a "voice-over"? I never knew he could sing.

Bill

[MalubaySyecado]

Yes, he also sang in Any Which Way You Can ("Beers To You"), Honkytonk Man ("When I Sing About You", "No Sweeter Cheater Than You") and Bronco Billy ("Barroom Buddies"). He also composes music and plays the piano in almost all his movies including the title songs for Gran Torino, Flags of Our Fathers and Mystic River. The list would be too long for this space.

[LBrobie]

Yep, it's really Clint singing. You should rent the movie, it's really good! :)

[ZkinandBonez]

WOW! Clint Eastwood was the last person on earth I thought I'd ever hear singing.

[TankMurdock]

Stop singing Clint, shoot those damn trees!

[Wellch]

My sister, who is gifted in singing, heard this and said 'He is not bad, he is actually pretty good better than some singers today

[milliondollarredhead]

My sweetheart, Clint...he can do almost anything but sing...a stunning pianist, yes...a singer, no. I happen to know he hated doing the singing parts in this movie. He's not bad, but he's not good...if that makes sense! Thanks for the share, Ramey...I DO love my Clint! xxoo Red

[joekiddlouischama]

Your "not bad, not good" comment does make sense. However, I think that Eastwood fares better in this film with the song "Gold Fever," where he's able to tap into a brooding, bittersweet, bluesy vein.

[joekiddlouischama]

Eastwood also fares better as a singer in "Honkytonk Man" (1982) which features some of his best work as both an actor and a director. Indeed, "Honktyonk Man" may be one of the most underrated films of the 1980s (the famous writer Norman Mailer loved it).

[milliondollarredhead]

I believe you're correct...and "Honkytonk Man" was a great film; one I haven't seen in many years...think I'll rent it! What's funny about listening to Clint sing is he can carry a tune...and even sounds pretty good...there's just a few places where you can hear he's a tad off-key. I think, if he'd been interested, he could easily have overcome that little problem. I haven't seen "Paint Your Wagon" in ages, either. I'll have to see that one again, too! Thanks! Red

[joekiddlouischama]

You're welcome. I'd say that Eastwood tends to strain and go a bit off-key when he moves into an upper register, but as you said, he probably could have rectified that sort of problem with more work.

By the way, Turner Classic Movies airs "Paint Your Wagon" from time to time (in wide-screen). And certainly, "Honkytonk Man" is a wonderful film, one that I wish more people were aware of.

[zaaritha]

Since I saw him as Rowdy Yates in "Rawhide"

SO long ago--I have liked everything he has done!

Sorry for my english!

[sparrowcrazy]

What movie?=) Thanks for posting^^

[ReadTheBible101]

Paint Your Wagon

[sparrowcrazy]

Thanx^^

[Ragnarokr]

Oh no! give my image of badass Clint back!

[HellsMaverick]

Clint is ALWAYS badass.

[JoeyEhm]

Does anyone have the clip from the movie where they're singing, "There's A Coach Comin' In"? If so, can you please post? It's my favorite song in the movie and I can't find it on here! GRRR! Thanks.

[yanndick]

+ 1 ;-)

[forestfire596]

thats what am looking for pay ,,someone shuv it on xxx

[jesper1208]

the movie is - Paint your Wagon

[JoeyEhm]

I know the name of the movie. I want someone to post the song, "There's A Coach Comin' In", from the movie. That's when they hijack the prostitutes and bring them back to "No Name City".

[Cruinness]

Clint can sing??!!

[Chimbo65]

Oh yes,and pretty good too

[Onuund]

no.

[notanonbeliever]

I have a version of John Coltrane playing this with a tuba player called Draper. Beautiful beautiful tuba haronies and Coltrane does the biz.

[daffyphack]

i am a very sensitive person. I am sensitive to every flower and blade of grass that grows.

But I don't talk to em.

[JoeyEhm]

LOL

[ITT56RLC]

Clint never classed himself as a singer ,so taking on this part took some courage .Well done Mr Eastwood.

[Team1019]

@ITT56RLC actually in the 60s he put together an album called "Cowboy Favorites"

So...You are actually totally wrong....he even owns a record label called Malpaso.

[ITT56RLC]

@Team1019 Sorry ,love to hear this Album .Thanks for the information :=)

[Destffxi]

I've been wanting to see this movie again for the longest time. :D time to go to Blockbuster!

[DavidLyons7]

I love this film..watched it 100000 times!!....take a listen to my Eurovision 2009 entry for Ireland its on my site...leave a comment if you like it or not!!!!

[Stev50]

Love Paint your Wagon pure escapism.

[stratohog]

Who would have figured that a singing treehugger would evolve into Dirty Harry.I guess he spent too much time in the woods.They had some pretty good acid back in those days.Talk about one extreme to the other!!Eastwood's one of the best ever,but he's not supposed to sing.There's just something about it that's a little unnerving.He's supposed to kick ass,not prance through the woods singing show tunes.Regardless,he's still one of the best actors of all time!!

[MAREKGERHARDT]

It's OK. Some of us are OK with our sexuality. Agreed, the song is pitchy dawg and not too good but it's a hell of a novelty item!!

[joekiddlouischama]

Well, Dirty Harry does wear his hair on the long side. In the original 1971 film, his superior patronizingly inquires, "When the hell are you going to get a hair cut?"

[joekiddlouischama]

Also keep in mind that in the movie before "Dirty Harry," Eastwood starred in and directed "Play Misty for Me" (1971)where he plays a bohemian jazz disc jockey who reads poetry on the air.

[Kavescmac]

I'm with you, Rainhado. It IS time to see this again!

[RainhadoCanto8]

Oh! I just got through seeing this gem on The O'Reilly Factor!! How very neat!! It's time to see this movie again!!

Thanks for posting!!

[kyuubei]

wow... Clint Eastwood has a pretty good singing voice

But this is downright unsettling.

[comicguitar]

haha, yeah. only watching this destroyed my vision of eastwood as an ultra-masculine man who doesnt blink before he shoots down a badguy.

[TankMurdock]

jesus christ....

[Scorpiuszeroone]

It's a big disconcerting watching this because I can't separate the song from Clint's trademark "crazy ass look" in his eyes LOL. But the movie is classic.

[InkoIning]

I don't know when this movie was made but I saw this in the 90's on cable. Very very funny movie and nice musical too. Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and that lady whom they brought from the Mormon settlers. I don't know the title, I surely like to watch this movie again.

[Wellch]

The name of the movie is "Paint Your Wagon"--it was made in 1969.

[joekiddlouischama]

Just to be technical, the filmmaking took place in 1968, with the theatrical release occurring in October 1969. "Paint Your Wagon" then played in theaters for the rest of 1969 and for much of 1970.

[Dyynamo]

Excellent stuff.

I also like The Famous Eccles version that he sings in Napoleons Piano that goes like this.

I talk to the trees.

Thats why they put me away.