Easy rider: movie introduction. You know I've smoked a lot of grass O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills But I never touched nothin' That my spirit could kill
I am a child of the 60s. I remember the moon landing when I was 4 years old. I am glad I lived through those times, and had the opportunity to enjoy the freedom, free education, a great sense of beauty in the world without constraints as a child, no Internet or mobile phone. Just friendships forged at school, lighting fires in the woods, football the park, not a care in the world growing up. I am so pleased that I had a wonderful childhood. You only get that once.
Grew up in the 60s and 70s and this is the first song on a 45 that I bought in my now extensive music collection. And it also compelled me to owning motorcycles and I've been riding for over 40 years. Greatest biker song and greatest biker movie of all time. Thank you Steppenwolf, thank you Easy Rider and RIP Peter and Dennis. 🇺🇸
@T S You have “Steppenwolf Live”? I got it when it first came out on vinyl, later on 8-track, then cassette, CD, and MP3. Their early lineup was the best that John Kay ever put together.
I watched Easy Rider for the first time a few years ago, and sent a clip to my son who is named Wyatt. He thought it was funny, but doesn't remember it. He is now 24 and has decided to get a motorcycle! Such a strange thing! Of course I don't want him to do it, but his name is Wyatt!
I can imagine the rush of adrenaline of the kids listening this hardcore rock song at the theater. This movie was released in 1969, in the hippie era, during Vietnam War, right after Hendrix released Electric Ladyland, after the “Summer of love”, and the same year of Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin I and II, Woodstock, the moonlanding, and the Manson murders. Those years other jewels such as The Heat of the Night, 2001 A Space Oddissey, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Night of the Living Dead were released. All those movies were gamechangers.
@@timothyhatridge9709 Which would be just as stupid because there is no lonelier feeling in the world than when your bike breaks down on the highway; the phone becomes your best friend at that time. The best solution would be just to turn the phone off and save the battery for when you really need it.
Fonda and Hopper, two of the coolest dudes to ever hit the big screen. This is one flick I can watch over and over again. It never gets old. And also can't forget about Jack, another cool dude. Sometimes when I'm feeling down in the dumps about life, I just pop in this flick and it always makes me feel better. Thanks guys for making this classic. RIP. Another bad ass flick with Fonda was Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Another classic. Saw that one at a Drive In. Dam I miss them days. Getting old really sucks man. I guess that's life though, you can't stop it. OK later on man.
60s ??? I’m still fascinated and dearly missing my 80s. I could only wonder how it was back in 60s. Pure gold life. Things began to suck as we jumped over the 2000s. I literally hate this era. The kids are so plastic today.
This film means as much to me today as it did when I first saw it as a spotty teenager. Still one of my all time favourite movies. I never tire of watching it, turn up the surround sound and blast out the tunes while watching motorcycle porn. Oooooh yeeeeeah man
@Rob Fiss That he did... I found the old church where the service was held, & found out later that Hopper's family wouldn't let Peter Fonda in! Who woulda thought...
Saw this in '69 when I was 16, it was also the first time I heard 'Born to be Wild'. Those opening chords nearly blew me outta my seat.There is a place in the Space - Time Continuum where it is forever 1969.
Had to come back to this clip after hearing of Peter Fonda's death. That bike, the helmet and jacket with the American flag...wind blowing through his hair, the coolest sunglasses and him smiling and so happy. This is an iconic image of freedom. God speed Peter. RIP!
tedGEGI I understand. Just spend 10 days on the road riding to see RUSH. Back to reality and a job. As soon as child support is done in 2 years I am totally out. Good luck my brother.
I am a true Motorycle enthusiast..... But the movieposter that says that they went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere's totallywrong They found it outin that desert where theerancher loaned them tools to fix wyatts flattire and Invited them to eat with the whole family......Think about it.......
I don't think anyone has ever looked cooler in a movie than Peter Fonda at 1:58 when the first chords of Born To Be Wild are struck. Thanks for the memorable films Mr. Fonda!
RIP Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 - May 29, 2010), aged 74 And RIP Peter Fonda (February 23, 1940 - August 16, 2019), aged 79 You both will always be remembered as legends.
Saw "Easy Rider" when it first came out at a local movie theater. Got infected with the motorcycle virus. Still riding at 66. Live in Louisiana and have been to several areas where the movie was filmed, including where the café scene was filmed.
Rode for 15 years - greatest experience ever on the open road. Would love to be back at it, but life got in the way. Saw that movie in college (with an illegal smile) - one of the best ever, even after all these years.
Forever immortalized on film. Never growing old. Always young. The sole reason i got into riding motorcycles. Watched this movie when i was in my 20s and been riding ever since. RIP. Capt America and Billy the Kid...When you hear a lot of thunder its not a storm coming, It's these two riding thru the sky...💪
JJ Groves did you know him personally? .i met him at a biker event about twenty years ago seemed like a all right guy to me . we talked and joked about women and bikes. all was light and fun..
I was 13 back in 1969 when this movie came out. One week later, I bought a Captain America helmet to wear while riding my Taco Mini Bike. The cinematography in this film by Lazlo Kovacs was outstanding, and this opening scene blew us all away when we saw it for the first time in the theater!
Excellent film. Among other things, one aspect I really enjoyed when I first saw 'Easy Rider' in the mid 1990s when I was 25 y.o. were the shots of the old 1950s and '60s era gas stations, diners and motels. They're pieces of Americana that one doesn't see much of anymore. Watching the movie now in 2020 makes for a mesmerizing nostalgia trip.
Just think, we've heard "Born To Be Wild" so many times throughout the decades; in films, classic rock radio, etc. But this was the first time it had ever been used in a movie, a movie that represented the counterculture. It must've been so awesome to hear that start playing when you went to see this in the theaters. Just like "Yeah! This is OUR music!"
I saw this movie when it first showed in my local theater in 1969. I was 13 years old and my friend and I were able to get in to see R-rated movies at the theater whenever a particular old lady was selling tickets out front as she didn't seem to care, although anyone else stopped us. As luck would have it, she was working the ticket booth that Saturday afternoon and we went right in and got our seats in the middle of the theater. There was an obvious group of bikers sitting a couple of rows in front of us, all wearing MC vests with patches, and they all had sunglasses setting on top of their long hair. When this scene came on and "Born To Be Wild" started playing, all the bikers started cheering and hollering at once, it was great. It was at that moment that I realized I would eventually be riding a Harley too and 50 years later I still am. Incidentally, July 14, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of this movie and it will be shown in 400 theaters nationwide....so you can have the chance to experience what I did if you missed it the first time around.
And they used this and all the other music in the film because they didn’t have the $$$$ in the budget for a “traditional” music score. The only song written especially for the film was the title song at the end
I was 19 when this movie was first released. Just a kid. Now I'm pushing 71 and both Billy and Capt. America are gone and I am the old man. Time moves on like a river and nothing stops it.
I love you man i really wish i could spend some of my life time with you and learn from you how to live. Peace nd love . I wish you all the best you're a great man you lived a beautiful and a wonderful life
Last time I watched this film was when I was 17..I'm 50 now and planning to watch it this Bank Holiday with my 17 year old son. 😁Its raining this weekend in the UK but it'll cheer us up. Cheers to you all. Xx
Chokes me up to see how many people came to THIS video after hearing of Peter Fonda’s passing. I mean you think of Peter Fonda and this is the first thing that probably comes to mind. Rest In Peace.
When I think of Peter Fonda I'm reminded of his tweet ”Rip Barron Trump from his Mother's Arms and Put him in a Cage with Pedophiles". Not a word of condemnation from the sewage that is Pedo Hollywood. Fuck him.
Went to see it inLondon when first released. Been in love with this marvellous piece of art ever since. Must be the best musical soundtrack in history.
I was in the Marines in 1969, about 12 guys with bikes in my squadron rode into Savannah to see this on a Sunday matinee. We were the only ones in the theater.
Remember seeing this at the drive-in back around 1973 along with Two Lane Blacktop. Best drive-in experience I ever had, and still love those movies. Everybody came out of the drive-in smoking tires, lol.
The importance of this film can not be discounted. It's the first road trip movie that went from West to East. That is NEVER done. Horace Greeley said "Go West, Young man."
He's riding motorcycles in hell, where he belongs. He even turned against his tin-god Obama, he was a nasty and uncouth man - your typical liberal democrat.
You'll ALWAYS Be Captain America, Now and Forever!!!!!!!!! Everytime I'm driving from US 89/US 160 Jct. Towards Monument Vallley, AZ/ UT, YOUR MEMORY LIVES ON FOREVER!(R. I. P. PETER FONDA!!!!!!!!!!!)
Get your motor runnin’ Head out on the highway Lookin’ for adventure And whatever comes our way Yeah Darlin’ go make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder Racin’ with the wind And the feelin’ that I’m under Yeah Darlin’ go make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space Like a true nature’s child We were born, born to be wild We can climb so high I never wanna die Born to be wild Born to be wild
My favorite credit: "Starring (in alphabetical order)." This is the filmmakers' subtle way of informing you that they're not too stoned that they can't put some names in alphabetical order.
I think I went to the Odeon and watched Easy Rider three times. The music blew me away, especially the Byrd's "I Wasn't Born To Follow" . The movie was shot on a nothing budget, and they had to beg unknown actors, such as Jack Nicholson to appear in it for little pay. The movie was such a success that it made Peter Fonda and a few others multimillionaires. Well deserved, too. I read that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper hated riding those choppers. They found them exceedingly dangerous
I finally got my first Harley-Davidson today. I have been waiting for 41 years. (Life happens). She is an Electric Glide Classic. I call her Western Wind from the horse in the song, “Sign of the Gypsy Queen”, from April Wine.
@@fmagalhaes1521 Thanks for that. But I was actually referring to your saying 'Electric Glide' rather than 'Electra Glide'. I guess though that a true Electric Glide must be just around the corner.
I was fortunate enough to meet Peter Fonda some years ago at the Goodwood festival of speed. We exchanged a few words and he signed my copy of his film dirty Mary crazy Larry. His words to me were I had a blast making that. Still have it along with the pen he used to sign and the photo of us together. Great memories. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
R.I.P. Mr Peter Fonda. Ever since I watched "Easy Rider"at the age of 9, Easy Rider has been the best movie and Peter has been a favorite actor. It was a movie that decided my life, Set out on heaven with Dennis and another motorcycle!
Yes! It was a movie that marked me too, the person I was to become. My dad took me to see t when I was 14 and I was never the same again. There was a kindness to Peter Fonda, a gentleness about him, that is so rare.
This always makes me think of Dennis in his later years on TV talk shows complaining that he was still waiting for those LSD flashbacks they promised in the 60s.
R.I.P. Master Peter... You were the inspiration of many of us... EASYRIDERS forever. Thank you, very thank you. Greetings from Caracas, Venezuela, South America.
Riding bikes started off with my great-grandfather all the way to my son. I have a 76 bicentennial sportster with the original red, white and blue key and love watching this movie. RIP Peter Fonda and now you can ride with Dennis Hopper again!!!!
Saw this at local cinema - I was 16 - Found a copy of Fonda's jacket in a bike mag - bought it - I was peter Fonda, I was the 'Easy Rider' on my BSA Bantam 175cc - Hell Yeah!
Ha Ha I remember the Bantam ,I started In 58 on a 48 350cc Matchless ( I was 17 ) damn that matchless was so heavy if I dropped it at 8.5 stone soaking wet I could not pick it up .Great days.
I watched that movie, when I was (just) a kid. A kid in High School. I've never worn a watch, since. 😁 It also motivated me into building my first, chopper, later on. But, I didn't use a Harley panhead motor/trans. (It was too expensive.) I used a Kawasaki 1000 motor/trans. I threw it all into a rigid, frame with a 18" overstock, front end. A springer front end. The ride was BONE JARRING, to say the least. But, fun! 😂 "Ride to Live. Live to Ride." Thanks for the memories, Krzysztof Zajkowski. 😁 Take care.
R.I.P. Captain America, you and Billy are together forever now I loved this movie, Fonda’s memoirs were a great read and he was such a cool guy, I wish I could’ve met him
In meiner Jugend sah ich den Film 14 mal. Mittlerweile dürfte die Zahl dreistellig sein (ich bin jetzt 65). Aber dieser Titel wurde zum Motto - und ist es bis heute geblieben!
Peter Fonda was such a cowboy in this film, his presence on screen is so warm and beautiful actually, how a man should live. RIP to both these cats, the vision of this story is so iconic and symbolic really.
Easy Rider was basically a modern day Western, only with Motorcycles instead of Horses. Peter was following in his Pop's footsteps, but on his terms. It's one of the Greatest movies ever made. The campfire scenes with Wyatt, Billy and George were classic cinema.
It illustrated what was true and good about being an American, that we were free to go out into the country and just live the way we think we should. There is something so warm about that but it also shows how people Want us to conform to their own beliefs
Thanks Peter and Dennis. Rip. This film was new and part of my world as l was leaving school. We thought we could change everything in that world, for the better. A fantastic time. Thank you for making it.
Thank you Mr Fonda for what true Americana 60’s style is. Hippies on bikes will forever be a inspiration for me. I’ll show my kids this film when their older
Sure, but his true name is Joachim Fritz Krauledat, in Germanized version, but Kraulėdaitis in original Lithuanian, and he was born in Lithuanian-Prussian border town Tilžė, in 12 April 1944, renamed to Sovietsk, after Soviet occupation of Lithuania, and Lithuania Minor.
I re-watched the film a month ago, having first seen it in 1984, then three nights ago I downloaded the soundtrack and listened to it. The next day I saw that Peter Fonda had died. The film was as great as it was the first time I watched it and the soundtrack is amazing. May he continue to travel free, xx