One of my earliest memories of going to the movies other than Star Wars and Empire is seeing "The Hunter" with my parents at a drive in. Would have been 9 at the time and I assume I was bored out of my mind. Pretty sure it was late in the movie's run because I seem to remember my parents saying he had already died at the time.

Have watched a few McQueen movies over the years, and some hold up great - Great Escape and Bullitt, naturally.. (The Hunter didn't, in my opinion.)

I like weird little bands nobody ever seems to have heard of. This is The Javelins. They later changed their name to The Faintest Ideas. A Swedish band that wrote and sang in English, sold a modest amount of records and broke up 12+ years ago. But their debut 7" was called "Steve McQueen" and I dig it.

You're always drunk on the dance floor / You think that you are / Steve McQueen

Yeah we look pretty much the same / But you're a bit more lame
And I look a bit more groovy and mean / Yeah, you know, like Steve McQueen.