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.
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.
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!
@@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.
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
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.
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...💪
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.
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!
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.......
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.
@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...
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!
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.
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
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!!!!!!!!!!!)
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."
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.
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.
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..
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.
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
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
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 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.
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.
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. 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!!
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.
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
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
This is still a great movie, what show to me why is good to born to be wild. R.I.P. Peter Fonda. And Dennis Hopper, who also direct this classic picture.
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.
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.
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!
My Mother ,yes my Mother took me to see this in a small theathre in Iselin, NJ when I was 12, I'm 61 now and still I remember how cool my mom was.
I was 15 and I took my mom to see it at a drive-in...she was scandalized and appalled. :)
I was in the trunk of the car at the drive in and missed the first five minutes.
nice from joe austraila
Hi ya, fellow Joe
Iselin NJ! its a different place these days
Back when America was America
Damn right.
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.
I was there also and enjoyed it all......great and memorable times they were!
which moon landing do you mean
@@coxhoe789 The first ! 🙄
there hasn,t been a first
@@coxhoe789 Prove it.....
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!
@@freddiegrace3770 You DO know WHY Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper’s characters in the movie are named “Billy” & “Wyatt”, don’t You??🤔😳😎
@@CYBERVISIONSdotCom Cowboys? I have no idea.
@@freddiegrace3770 😂😂 Close: Peter Fonda -
“Wyatt” (Wyatt Earp)
Dennis Hopper -
“Billy” - (Billy the Kid)
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.
Holy FUCK!
history, rock, drugs, bikes, long rides priceless, girls hanging on each handlebar...yes those were the days
Eventually people will view that time as a renaissance
Jesus Christ is your answer. Been there done that shit
And Iggy and black sabbath
take it from an old-timer: that opening guitar riff is one of the most iconic of the 60's. Good times, man . . .
The birth of Heavy Metal
EASY RIDER...WHAT A CLASSIC TIME AN MOVIE...MERCY??? Daddy 💘
@@RUSure-jm9rp Heavy metal thunder!!
@@furbabydaddy5604 Without a doubt.
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.
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.
If you find the portal to 1969, let the rest of us know, mate.
RIP Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.
Thank you for a great film.
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!
Yep…had the poster in my room growing up as a teen…then it was replaced by Raquel Welch. Lol
I love how he threw away his watch. Says time for me no longer exists. One of the most badass things I've ever seen!
Need to remake where some one throws away thier cell phone
He threw it away because he doesn`t know how to fuckin tell time!
If you think that is badass, you haven't seen much.
It's probably broken
@@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.
on 2000 times now 2001 in morning too
❤❤❤
Maybe Heaven has bikes for ya? Get there! Maybe all those cool Dennis, Peter & Mary are there?! That would be GREAT! Just Believe! 🙏✨
Probably one of the most cult iconic intros in cinema history 🤘✌🔥
For certain.
I rode for over 40 year this is when all started
RIP Peter Fonda, thank you for leaving this EPIC film behind for future generations.
💔💔💔
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
jwka2001 Fuq trump and all his brainwashed Volksturm fascists supporters! GD white supremacy!! Free people are Born to be MF wild!!!
Pat Bateman They will be looking back on it as a historic piece of media
@@shawnandseanshow192 an historic piece of media shit
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.
Dad took me to see “Easy Rider” at the Admiral Twin drive inn, Tulsa Oklahoma-1970. Thanks Dad.
The 60's...Best times and I was a young kid and still loved it.
I'm an old kid and loved those times so much.
Rog. Pacific sunset records.
What an opening to a movie! Once seen, never forgotten. Best movie ever.
Truly an awesome intro to a classic film. Didn't know Toni Basil was in this. I'll have to watch it again, to see if I can pick her out.
If you didn’t turn the volume up, shame on you!
Throwing the watch away .Cool
@@John-ob7dh He was gonna come back to the watch if that redneck didn’t shoot him.
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...💪
@Nobby Barnes nobhead
I was in my teens and seen all the motorcycle movies that hit the big screen, way too many to list here. BUT, it you are a big fan, I do not have to.
🤣🤣🤣
Yes
1pa 2nyc
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.
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!
RIP man. Thank you for giving us an iconic image of cool.
Couple of dead beats.
I think he more cool than Arnold the Terminator. The most cool. He also did living a real life.
"So help me, if you try another stunt like that again, I'm gonna braid your tits." Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry 1974
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.......
A motorcycle and the open road---sheer freedom at its finest. I miss doing that sooo much.
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.
Craig Manning In enjoy the time on the road when you are free from the rat race and having to be there for others.
+tedGEGI
Why miss it? Biking is about the cheapest way to live there is. Just go for it TED.
Great
I'm 60 and still enjoying the open road, 104 cube and full throttle.
I found Dennis Hopper's grave in Rancho De Taos, NM. Wasn't hard to find with all the momentos piled up on it!
@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...
Good place for a drug dealing addict!!!
Breaking Bad is a documentary of New Mexico!
The film and the music never get old.
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!
So true!!
Agreed along with, for me, Sean Connery saying Bond, James Bond, as he's lighting up a cigarette in Dr No!
Peter Fonda was the epitome of cool
Until Jack Nicholson comes into the movie.
Well... Another cinematic super badass scene is in terminator 2 when Arnold rides the stolen bike on the notes of 'bad to the bone'
The boys are now cruising heaven together. RIP Peter.
Including Terry Southern. Jack Nicholson, however, is still with us.
I didn’t know he died ; hmmm - somehow I missed that 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 RIP peter -
Billy still causing trouble up there 😂
No reason to think they're in heaven.
This is 🍕 🍕 🥤 👥 🥤 🍕 🌜 that's 💞
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.
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 watched it for the first time. 25 years old. The more things change the more they stay the same I guess.
I guess@@mdnucklehead1540
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
@@CaneFu Awesome story dude
@@jennifersman7990 They didn't have to pay exorbitant fees for using songs back then, if they wanted to use a song, they just used it.
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!!!!!!!!!!!)
@@MrJones-em7ub 50 Years Later, And This MOVIE Remains A TRUE CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@MrJones-em7ub when an opportune knocks, and the weather cools down, Check out the Four Corners Region!
Absolutely iconic, man.
Ist the best film in my young years..1972 was a Special Time..
RIP Peter. Thank you for the dream, the vision. May you and Dennis ride forever in our dreams and among the stars. Rest easy, Easy Rider LIVES!
when I'm down, this movie ALWAYS makes me feel better and helps me keep going in this difficult world, Thank You Dennis and Peter.
Likewise
I was and will say the same !
ThankYou Peter and Dennis for making this Classic!👍🇨🇦
Me too! I was 15 y.o. and it changed my life. It tought me to be free
Makes me depressed. What a world. Wyatt and Billy forever.
Music from my generation the best that ever happened. Long live live music.
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.
イージー☆ライダー 1970年1月24日 (日本)
15歳、中学3年の時だった。思春期真っ只中に公開されたこの映画は自分には衝撃だった。
「ニューウエイヴ」正に新しい波の中に引き込んでくれたピーターフォンダが憧れだった。
心よりご冥福をお祈り申し上げます。
He's not dead, he's riding off into the stars.
Amen !!
@JJ Groves Then WTF are you doing here, asshole?
Christopher Adams Yep, he's riding into space - he never wanna die.
@JJ Groves You're just a fuckin' born loser
Yes , with Dennis Hopper.
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."
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.
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.
1940-2019 Peter you made it to the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and Easy Rider. Born to be Wild!
I just imagine Peter coming back to 1969 to live there forever
I will always enjoy watching this movie again and again.never gets old.
RIP Peter and Dennis. You will live forever through this masterpiece movie.
Rest in Peace Peter Fonda, and thank you for this legendary film. Say hi to Dennis Hopper.
"Hey, man; you made it."
.....in hell.
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..
Amen 1969 50 years later
Amen 🙏
RIP, thanks for showing us the road.
are you still a family with heston blumenthal?
I don't have any idea of how many times I've watched this , and the ending always get me
My sister had this album and we played it all the time. RIP
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.
jmarcguy Because this is how we’ll always remember him
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.
This is the best movie ever made this changes history these two guys iconic rip to the greats you will be missed
Craig TheSchmeg fuck white supremacy
Just about to get my 21 year old wide glide out for a ride .Seems a poignant moment.
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
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
Wise words Bill, it sure does and sometimes you just don't know how good you had it at that time.
It waits for nobody
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
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
Rest in peace Peter.....the film that spawned a generation of wild riders
Best intro to any movie by far RIP Peter Fonda And Dennis Hopper!
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.
Now this is the typical movie intro but back in the days it was revolutionary
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.
RIP Peter Fonda. Easy Rider was my favorite movie as a 15 year old kid. I watched it so many times Captain America!
"Easy Rider" and, for some reason, "The Longest Day" - the two films I've seen the most times.
I met Mr. Fonda on bike at a small gas bar in Newell S.D. Had a short chat. RIP sir.
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. Peter and Thank you for this great movie. One of my favorites.....
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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
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.
NEVER A FILM.LIKE THIS ONE.REST IN PEACE PETER FONDA AND ALL AMERICA.
I can see them riding off into the sunset together now RIP Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper 😥
RIP Peter you were a symbol of freedom to all of us and now you and Dennis Hopper are riding together in the next journey of life
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.
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.
Hmm, for last 50 years I thought it was Electra Glide.
@@ZigSputnik Harley changed the model name in the 1990’s. The FLHTC is the Electra Glice Classic. The FLHTCU is the Electra Glide Ultra Classic.
@@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.
@@ZigSputnik Copy that.
Rest in peace Peter Fonda.🙏🏽 You and Dennis Hopper riding together once again.
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Sarassie Little Doubt it, Hopper didn’t have much use for Fonda.
@@1sttvbn what is that about, then?
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.
Ride on in heaven.
R.I.P. Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper
Love this video, it changed my life as a young lad.
Still riding my Chopper with rigid frame, from the seventies, love it still!!!
Dennis Hopper - wore the same Buckskin jacket and hat in the movie My Science Project at the end of the movie! Great song, movie, and scenes here!
R.I.P Peter - now your back by Dennis and you can Ride in Heaven together - we will never forget both of you :-(. Thanks for your great Work.
One of the best rock singers ever; John Kay belts it out with some Soul
This is a cult classic they'll never ever die
Those beautiful choppers changed a lot of lives.
Easy Rider Forever...and what a ride you took us on. RIP Peter Fonda
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!!!!
Esse som marcou muito. Até hoje é pra sempre
I agree with what he said
Was BAD ASS then, still BAD ASS now!
"We blew it. Good night, man."
RIP Pete Fonda, coolest dude ever.
John Kay of Stepphewolf is an extraordinary friendly and humble person. His music rocked the day. RIP Peter.
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.
@@geraroda2868 Yes, his heritage has never been a secret or anything.
FYI: Don't know if people are implying that John Kay wrote this one, but he didn't.
Timeless. God knows how many times I watched this video.
I still have this on DVD love it, 3 days from now at 60 plus I am taking a 3000 mile ride , Love the FREEDOM 🙏🇺🇸
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
Thank you. 😺
Yeah we can google the lyrics ourselves.
RIP, Peter
May your ride always be easy...
Un clásico inolvidable 😍
Best regards from the Gaspé Coast Québec Canada.Thanks for the Ride!
He's with Dennis Hopper now. RIP.
Keep riding, gentlemen...
We love you Peter Fonda. Keep riding in the sky!
When he throws the watch on the ground.
It's like all them past and present events in his life.
Are left behind
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
This is still a great movie, what show to me why is good to born to be wild. R.I.P. Peter Fonda. And Dennis Hopper, who also direct this classic picture.
Times have changed, some people are free and some are just born to be.
Rest In Peace Peter Fonda.
Great comment. Rog.
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.
Makes me feel just like it’s 1969 again every time I watch these scenes and hear the great Steppenwolf song!
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.
RIP. man. Born to be wild. Gone to be free.
I was finally allowed to buy my first Steppenwolf album after my parents saw this movie and I was 12!!!♥️♥️😊
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!