roger mcguinn - it's alright ma (easy rider ost.) 

While Dylans song is an absolute lyrical masterpiece this version really has the edge that really creates the magic.

Mcguinn's best interpretation of a Dylan song, imo.

The best song from one of the best films ever made. The film that accurately predicted in 1968 that the counter-culture of the 60s would die because of an over-fixation on drugs. "We blew it".

Out of the blue I heard the lyrics in my head tonight and for the last 30 minutes I have listened to it over and over and over...it IS that damn good. I've remembered this song after all these years and it's like listening to it for the first time...brilliant!

First saw Easy Rider in 1972 in the cinema .... and now again and again on Blu-ray Disc ... that was a great time man.

Easy Rider and Vanishing Point two epic movies from back then

Dylan told Dennis Hopper to get McGUINN to do this version for the movie. Harmonica played by Byrds drummer/multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons. Note the 12 string acoustic guitar work by McGUINN.

Having just traveled across the country on a Honda cb900f from Philadelphia to Arizona this makes my 5th time on two wheels Coast to Coast. But this song reverberate across the miles. Only those who make that trip across the country on two wheels can fully appreciate this song

This is the best version,....love the harp !!!

This was my teenage years I loved Easy Rider I love Bob still would watch this film tonight for all of the music

This song is the soundtrack of my life. Just this one song.

LYRICS "Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child's balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying As pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn Plays wasted words, proves to warn That he not busy being born is busy dying Temptation's page flies out the door You follow, find yourself at war Watch waterfalls of pity roar You feel to moan but unlike before You discover that you'd just be one more Person crying So don't fear WHEN you hear A foreign sound to your ear It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing A question in your nerves is lit Yet you know there is no answer fit To satisfy, insure you not to quit To keep it in your mind and not forget That it is not he or she or them or it That you belong to Although the masters make the rules For the wise men and the fools I got nothing, Ma, to live up to For them that must bow down to authority That they do not respect in any degree Who despise their jobs, their destinies Speak jealously of them that are free Cultivate their flowers to be Nothing more than something they invest in

I'ed have to say, this is the BEST movie soundtrack I've ever heard in my life! Every song is fuckin' great man. Damn! I smoked alot of pot watching this movie!! "That he not buzy being born is buzy dyin!"

Great song! Awesome movie, although way before my time, my dad showed this to me for the first time about 10 yrs ago and I thank him for turning me on to all the treasures of this era!

Such a powerful song , lyrics by Bob Dylan , but Roger McQuinn does a awesome job with this song . The harmonica rules

Saw it first time last night. Came out 9 years before I existed. It's multi-generational too.

definitely, his voice gives real life to the lyrics (which are, to Dylan's credit, amazing), plus the harmonica really adds that something special :)

"He not busy bein' born / Is busy dyin'"

There is only one man that can talk instead of sing and still abuse other singers. Legend!!

"Oh the wise men make the rules....." This song is absolutely hypnotic

i think this is the best version, because it is faster and the atmosphere is more intense than dylan's original.

McGuinn does it justice..

to my opinion ,and I am a Dylan fan , this acoustic version is the best I've heard , good peace of music to test a twelve string guitar

marvelous version, gonna see this man live in a few weeks here in small belgium!

McGuinn playing Dylan. Doesn't get any better. Alas, having seen the movie many times, I will forever associate this song with the horrific ending. It's one of those movie moments when the soundtrack is indelibly linked to what happens on the screen, e.g., the shower scene in "Psycho" with Bernard Hermann's haunting score.

Being on a bike roaming the country is American Freedom. I did it on a Kawasaki 750 in 1973 when it was the fastest quarter mile production bike made. I thank God I survived it.

I wonder why in the hell this version ain't on spotify?!? I pay legal tender, cash money every month and I keep having to come to RU-vid for a lot of the older songs that I grew up with. I guess there's one of me born every minute!

Thank you for including the soundtrack from the film after the song ends. Hearing Captain America's bike blow up was an incredibly emotional exclamation point on the song I'll never forget from when I saw the film when it first came out.

Mcguinn is great , they could have called the movie it's alright ma, Dylan wrote it but Roger owns it , love it thank Roger for the music.

Hi from antinazy Russia. Just listened to this song. Feel better!

the film was made 27 years before i was born. but it's still the best film ever made

Who ever is out there that can dig this,I salute you! I challenge anyone of any age. write some lyrics that will even come close . Dylan, was sent to guide us. Thanks Bob✌💜& understanding!

almost can hear my dad singing it right next to me. Best Bob Dylan song ever.

I still remember when I used to listen to it in my teens (14-15) and I did not speak English yet, though I was sure the words made up for a "protest song". Still I am only sighing

Adore this song, watched Easy Rider with my father as a kid, all the soundtrack is amazing, but this stuck with me. I did a remix of it eventually, for the dance music lovers, but what an amazing record.

I look for this version when I feel the need.

La canción no puede estar mejor situada en la peli. Estupenda versión.

ce l'ho in mente da giorni, solo ora riesco a fermarmi e ascoltarla con calma su youtube it's life and life only...

Director Dennis Hopper asked Peter to talk to the statue as if he were talking to his mother, who died via suicide when Peter was 10 years old. Peter didn't want to do it, as he had never confronted his feelings about his mother. But Hopper insisted, which is why you hear Peter call the statue "Mother", and he states that he both loves her and hates her, which expresses his conflicted emotions. This scene persuaded Bob Dylan to allow the use of his song "It's Alright Ma" in one of the final scenes, which contains lyrics referencing suicide. Peter told Dylan, "I need to hear those words", and he agreed to its use.

Great version.

Totally awesome, I love the lyrics. This goes father than the amount of the song shown on Easy Rider. Good stuff!

Best version for suuure! ...and missing on Spotify as far as I can tell.

I prefer Bob’s live renditions of this but I like this one a lot! Thanks!

Ifins I is correctly recollectin, this song may have been the musical fork in the road that lead me right back to here,

My captain America anthem for my road trip journey peace everyone .

Thanks, Great Pick.

I love it! It's alright Ma

Brilliant movie!

GREAT TRACK !!!

Now THIS is good Rap Music right there!

on of my favriote movies

true in 69 true in 2016 , meet the new boss same as the old boss , thank you Roger for the great folk music.

"What's wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about"

Timely words these days- "the Masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools". And I might add some Dylan- "The times, they are a' changin' ".

wisdom and a gift....keep it in your mind and never fergit that it is not he, she, them, or it you belong too!

excellent track

Nailed it!

I loved the movie when I 1st seen it at the movie theater, back then

Timeless !!!

How true.

My now deceased father had a sportster 1200 designed just like Captain America that he sold. Now that he's gone it gets more relatable to this song.

Great music

God, what a song :D

Sad end, beautiful movie...

ahhhh...Ive never known what this was called....I reckon I'll be listening to this a few times now Ive found it!

Wow such lyrics, unequaled.

Ned Beatty in "Deliverance" Shotgun dude's name is David C. Billodeau. To this day he has a bounty on his head for what he did in"Easy Rider"& it was just a movie. SYLB

excelente!

Groovy!!!!!!

and i love this movie two ofma best actors ever jack and denis...rip

That's Roger McGuinn, of The Byrds. In the 1960s they hung out with Dylan.

i think the harmonica adds this feeling of freedom to the song. or i just have watched the movie too often ;)

Great cover of

i really like this cover

Bad ass song

best music

My old mans a real outlaw biker I know what this lifestyle is all about my friends.

Yes the best version

One of Bobs Best!

I love this version but it left out some of of the best verses: "If my thought-pictures, could be seen, they'd prob'ly put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma-- etc." too bad.

I'm hip about time.

cool movie

yea true ,saw an interview Fonda did and he said it was great finding this local w/ a growth on the side of his neck to play the part.

Mine forældres fester i 70'erne

A real tour de force!

You know what? We blew it billy.

2012 my eldest boy has and still does ride a Triump Daytona 675 triple in Aussie, good for 255kmphr plus and yes he has tested it

EASY RIDER.......

i think that dylans version is alot more tense and prophetic, i like dylan's better but the chorus sounds better in this version

Commendable. Well done Roger (not Robert).

This was awesome. Absolutely as good when he went electric with it; i.e. Budokan.

Bad ass!

because the original version is from dylan. maybe you heared that first and watched the movie later. i dont know xD

I wondered where The Violent Femmes got their sound.

It would be a devastating shock to our antiquated systems...

its alright ma im only dyin

sounds real GOOD ta me

Exaltation

The best song of the best film made. The film that accurately predicted that the counter-culture would die because of an over-fixation on drugs. "We blew it".

TRINITY Nurses Love me, Neal Fry DOB 6-14-1952.