Easy Rider, 1969 Written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern Produced by Fonda. Directed by Hopper. Song by The Byrds Wasn't Born to Follow (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
I lived those times too. We reminisce because we were young. Our joints didn't hurt. Our whole world was in front of us. We didn't think about sky high inflation, the assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK. The riots. Vietnam. Because we were young. Today's young people are going to remember their days in the same way. Because their joints don't hurt now. They don't have the responsibilities we have. They haven't lost most of their families to death or disability. And so on. But it's okay for us in the same generation to look back and smile at the great music and the good times we had.
Me too I saw that movie when it first came out with my biker friends and screamed at the movie screen when captain America and Billy were shot gunned down. I jumped up screaming and shook my fist in anger at the screen. Never had that gut wrenching reaction before or since to a movie. I was on the trip with those dudes they had me along with them , then they were gunned down. Wrenching. Loved the music , the drugs , the girls and the bikes. The guys were great. Great trip across America!
God do i miss you more days and i'm going to be 66 i love them days i grew up and then they say are my my love i love this old days i love the Grateful Dead too
Quatsch, setzt dich auf das Moped und fahr. Habe mir einen einen neuen Helm gekauft, en wie Peter Fonda den hatte. Ach so, bin auch 70, und immer noch Born to be wild
I was 19. I loved this film. I thought it was a masterpiece then and I still think it is. I bought my ‘55 FLH Panhead, chopped it, and rode. Those were special times, never to be lived again. We had so much.
Well, yes and no. if you were a teenage American male in the very early 1970s, you were crapping your pants when they had those drawings to see whose birthdays were at the top of the draft list. Mine was No.246.
I saw this movie in 1969, when I was thirteen, I saw it with my elementary school friends. My best friend was all into politics at this young age. I remember going to political rally’s with him. We saw Humphrey and Wallace (before he was in a wheelchair). I remember Vietnam, and despised L.B. Johnson getting us into that war, and hated Nixon for keeping us in it. As kids we hang out at “Poo Bah” records and ‘Head shops’ in Pasadena. Riding our ‘Sting Ray’ bikes all around town. My friend became a Political Science professor at UCLA, I eventually did graphic design after various jobs before that. I sure miss the fun times of my youth. Today politics seem way worse than back than. We had “love and peace”, back in the 60’s. Today it’s just ‘vindictiveness and hatred’. Political times are bad with no end in sight. 😢
Lindon B Johnson foi sócio de uma fazenda de Café no Paraguai, valioso Irmão. Mas foi tudo abandonado depois da geada de 1975 que queimou os cafezais ate o chão. Havia uma irrigação preparada para molhar os cafezais antes do nascer do sol, impedindo o estrago que a geada faria. Mas, na falta de profissionais preparados, demoraram para ligar a irrigação e a água congelou nos canos, impedindo sua utilização. Assisti esse filme aos 14 anos, tenho 70 hoje. A música, as paisagens e as motos eram lindas naquela época. Continuam lindas até hoje.
We are another generation. The people today have no interest in motorcycles. Even worse, they do not understand the freedom it brings. I have no answer, it's just sad on so many levels'
Well said! How many billions of dollars are being spent trying to get us back to the moon and Mars. We already have a planet..Use the money to fix the earth.
Well they were more hopeful times even though the United States had some serious problems. Vietnam of course and many others. But by the 1980s we took a deep dive into greed, consumerism, materialism led by the baby boomers. P.S Don't blame Reagan.
This scene was filmed outside Flagstaff, AZ on the road to Sunset Crater. Used to sit up there and look out at the painted desert. Beautiful place...before it was discovered
A little later in the film Peter Fonda's character tells Hopper's- " We Blew It Man, We Blew it". Today that line could easily reference our entire country. Just a masterpiece of independent filmmaking.
I really liked Easy Rider. It makes me think of how our lives are over so quickly. We should not give in to fear and resentment. It's a brave thing to be kind and look after one another.
I saw this at the old Strand theater in Wadsworth Ohio in 1969. Brought a Harley Davidson as soon as I could and been riding ever since and I still have my 1972 FLH.
Went to see this brilliant film in 1969, I was 15, what great songs! Ever since, wanted to fly over the pond and bike across the states, still on my bucket list - I think lol. Perhaps in the next life 😂. RIP Dennis and Peter you left your mark fellas 👍
Hope you get to ride, I did; back of Honda Goldwing 1500 Portland, OR to south central USA. Pure bliss and freedom, no better feeling! Best part was the Beartooth Hwy in MT~WY, elevation to 11,000ft “BIGSKY’S” & mountain tops all around in every direction. Caught hail on the summit in July & decent was slick roads & butt stuck to seat~scariness but so darn worth it! Do it people if you’re not too chicken, that is! 😘
@@jimharper5978 I did the same ride in 2013, from the Monterey Bay area of CA, only I also rode in the 13 states I had never previously been in before......ALL of them east of the MS River. It wasn't preplanned, but llionois just happened to be my 50th state....the state where my father was born. Guess I had made that statement to my wife once too often and she told me, "Quit talking about it and go do it!"...so I did. So, I can now say I've been in all 50 states. (although AK and HI not via motorcycle) Because, as a lifetime amatuer astronomer, I've chased total solar eclipses all around the world, have now visited six continents and have now viewed ten. Once had chance to fly to Antarctica from Melbourne, AU, for $60, but for reasons too long to go into here, passed and have now kicked myself ever since for not doing so. BHE
просто купи любой дешёвый мотоцикл и отправься в дорогу, чтобы начать путешествие тебе не нужно ничего кроме мотоцикла и шлема, всё что действительно понадобится в дороге найдёшь в дороге.
Words of Wisdom Jack. They Fear what you Represent. Freedom. This Stands True Today. Just look around. You See it. You Hear it and Feel it. All about Control.
At the age of 76 this reminds me of my youth I think this film started me on my love of journeys we travel all over Spain and the scenery looks likes it does in the film. God bless America my dream to return ( was there in 1969 ) before I die.
Indeed. I am 73. This clip takes me back to the start of my 20s. We thought us young people could conquer the world back then, albeit in a peaceful way. Alas...
Simon, same thing started on a sporty 20yrs ago now a 2020 114 Heritage, this film had a lot to do with it, I started late but it was a bucket list item to own a HD.
Haven't seen this film in years. Going to have to dig out the DVD and watch it now! It's not just the music, it's the attitude and the zeitgeist. Magical!
This movie was made on a budget that would be considered pennies compared to production costs today. Just great actors portraying great characters. When movies were great. Movies today suck.
In the fall of 1969 I was stationed at an Army fort in South Carolina finishing up infantry training and saw this at a theater in the nearby town of Columbia. I had to sneak off post at night to see it but that was no problem. After seeing the movie, I spent some time at an anti-war G.I. coffee house called the UFO. It was designated as a subversive organization and was specified as off limits to military personnel. My feeling was that the Army wasn't going to do anything worse to me than what it already had planned for us anyway. The movie captured the mood of the times quite well, as drug use and morale problems were rampant throughout the Army during that time.
@@danmcgrath7129 Yes, a major Army training center with a Reception Station, two basic combat training brigades, an advanced infantry training brigade and a combat support training brigade. I have no idea as to how it's organized today.
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Still seemed that way in the 70's. Not anymore. One gets the feeling the walls are closing in, the psychopaths have taken over, and we're on a sinking ship.
Always think of my dear brother when I see this movie. We saw it back in '69 when we were teenagers. He ended up riding from FL to San Francisco on his bike with a buddy.
Incredible footage Jack Nicholson was at the top of his game of talent and authenticity! His words about freedom should be written into law and put in every college required reading before Thier first semester even begins! Awesome riding footage and the song was pretty dang great too! Classic timeless excellence bravo!
In 1969 I watched this movie with my biker friends. I jumped up and shook my my fist and screamed at the screen at the end. I was very angry. A real gut punch.
@@susanborkenhagen58 Dennis and Peter did all their own stunts they only had a few thousand dollars to make the freaking picture. Dennis and Peter RODE those bikes no GREEN screen. Peter’s bike a bitch to ride.
Met and had a chat with Peter Fonda some years back and he was a real nice guy.Gave me his autograph on a bookof a later film he had made.The Real deal.Rog.Pacific Sunset Records.
Brilliant scene from a truly transformational film. Directed by Dennis Hopper. I first saw this film in Baltimore in 1969 when I was attending M.I. school at Fort Holabird. It was quite a morale booster, believe me. In those days I couldn't envision that you could actually own the film and watch it at your leisure. Incredible! I should also mention for you youngins that the soundtrack was also revolutionary. I strongly identified with Billy (Dennis Hopper) - well, the U.S. Army Vietnam Era white-sidewalls version anyway... Needless to say, the hippie girls of Baltimore were less than impressed with us short haired Army freaks. It was a tough time in my life, and this movie really lifted my rock bottom spirits - along with a million other G.I.s. It will always remain a very SPECIAL (!!) movie for me. 👍
@@KittyGrizGriz Kitty. Thank you for the kind words - they are very much appreciated and mean more to me than I'm sure you realize. I am now definitely in my twilight years (79), but every time I hear a song from that great soundtrack I flash back to the year, during the war, that I spent in Baltimore and saw this movie. It reminds me of the Army friends I made and, at the same, the profound loneliness that I experienced. It was an unpopular war and we were treated accordingly by people of our generation who weren't in the service. As I said, this movie was a great morale booster for those of us destined to spend a year in Vietnam fighting a fruitless war - without the support of the home folks. To this day I know several veterans who are still unable to shed their bitterness over events that happened more than 50 years ago. They didn't die in the war, but it killed them (in spirit) just the same. Your kind words of appreciation are a healing balm to a wounded soul. Wish you well and hope that you enjoyed a beautiful life with loved ones. Thank You! ✌
All the fantastic landscapes and the happenings in the name of peace - and the absolute opposite -intolerance - the world lost its innocence - if it ever had one. I was born in 1952 and a teen in the sixties - and God, would I love the hippie culture to show itself in our selfish, materialistic world, but I guess it would only lead to more bloodshed. Bless all of you who try to give the world some love every day - and good luck! Greetings from The Kitbonn
I can never listen to this song just once. I always play it about 6 times. It's too dam short and too dam great. Coupled with this really fun scene. What a joy. Thank you.
Actually, at the age of 16, I took off across the country on a Harley about a decade prior to this movie, and....I took my 15 year old brother with me.
Going through school and college right now, ive had to sit through numerous talks about injustice, intolerance and coexistance usually with a movie to follow up with it as an example of these things in our society. It always amazes me that they never choose this one, as I cant think of a better one to show unfair persicution and intolerance. One of the greatest movies of all time, easily best soundtrack. Ride on Captain America, Ride on
Saw this -Tasmania when i was 16 😁 now 72 ! Byrds ahave allways been my favourite yankee band -but this song is just so damn beautiful and brilliant-my favourite Byrds song forever ( the writers version - Carol King -yep )is pretty special as well -sorta bluegrass 😊👍🎶🙏
I never tire of seeing this movie!!! Each time I watch it, I get a different perspective on life!!! Great music, great storyline, great music.........damn good road trip!!!!
Many of those who don't ride (or never did) probably might be a little hard to identify with, but those of us who have ridden a lifetime can fully comprehend the epic overview of it. I once read somewhere about riding.......It's often too hot, too cold, too windy, too much traffic, too snarky or any of a dozen other things, but when it's just right....aaaaaah!
Love this song. Love the way the guitar tones soar. Lucky enough to see Clarence White in The Byrds at a concert at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. Resplendent in a white suit with a white cape. Fantastic guitar work. Thank you Clarence for such great memories.
Harleys. I put 140K on four of them over a period of 14 years including riding 100 miles/day to work for three years. Then, in 1970 my BIL rode up my driveway on a brand new Honda 750. Took it for a short ride....goodbye Harley and I've never looked back. Currently ride a Honda ST 1100, but, at age 82, seriously toying with quitting while I'm ahead....
I graduated high school in a small conservative town in central Ca. not far from S.F.. in 1966. We used to drive over to look at the hippies. Never though about hurting anyone. We were all pretty free and I long for those days. Some were just more free than others. I have been riding for 62 years now and have seen most states. On my motorcycle is where I feel most free. I meet a lot of riders touring from other countries. They are amazed and thrilled with the size and scope of the great western U.S. I encourage any rider who can comer over and ride to do so.
Loved your story; have ridden cross country also. Coolest thing I saw was a motorcyclist with his goggle wearing dog riding in his sidecar; he said his dog was a “lady magnet”.😂
Done a couple of cross country rides before I lost my leg in bike accident when I was sixty-two. Don’t ride any more, but I’ll always have the memories. “Where ya been is good and gone; all ya keep’s the gettin’ there.” Towne Van Zandt, To Live’s to Fly
There was crazy shit going on in the late 60s, like the assassinations of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, the Sharon Tate murders, My Lai, Ronald Reagan siccing the National Guard on UC Berkeley students, the capture of the Pueblo, the sinking of the Scorpion, the George Wallace candidacy, the election of Tricky Dick, race riots in Detroit and elsewhere...
The part at the beginning where Peter takes off his watch and tosses it on the ground. What that symbolizes is my biggest goal in life that I will one day reach.
I saw this movie in 1969 in Santiago Chile with my mother,i was a big fan of the bird's. I came to the US in19f 70 and as soon as I got a car (Peugeot 304 ) left from Chicago across to the Grand canyon and jump in the water all the way finding the back roads to California and back. It was like that feeling expressed in the movie and that we all seek and few find.
I remember I saw this film for the first time at the "Cine Coventry", in Montevideo. And I kept watching it a few times a year ever since. RIP Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda
D.H. LAWRENCE : 1885 - 1930 David Herbert Lawrence was an English writer, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct.
@@marclayne9261 yep, that too. And pot. Then hit the snack bar for chocolate bars, popcorn, licorice, crackerjack, it all tasted excellent. Lol good times....
@@rogerboucher1913 BS Roger! Haley Davidson had nothing ta do with it homie! It was a couple of black dudes at a local chop shop who came put the chop together after Peter's own requests.
Loved the song and the movie. Reminds me of days gone by. Health issues made me give up my bike, but the memories I have will be with me forever. I started riding when I was 14, and had to quit when I was 70. My last bike was custom built in 2002 and I have no clue how many miles I put on it because I had to change out the speedometer/odometer 3 times. The last one had 87,000 on it when I sold it in 2020.
