Instead of these tracks, it might've been more interesting and relevant to have included tracks that Dennis Hopper considered but didn't make the cut. As far as I can tell by the liner notes (by Bud Scoppa), there's really no rhyme of reason for these specific tracks (from 1967-1969) except for the fact that they were played on the radio at the time. The original soundtrack is on the 1st disc and the songs listed in the post above are on the 2nd disc. to New Orleans in search of freedom and spiritual truth, encountering small-town bigotry and experimental counterculture groups along the way. I just picked up a used copy of this on the cheap this afternoon. Easy Rider (6,071) 7.3 1 h X-Ray R Two motorcycle-riding drifters set off on a cross-country trek from L.A. Cassette: EASY RIDER RARE 1969 UK CLASSIC FILM SOUNDTRACK CASSETTE TAPE PAPER LABELS No ratings. 1 The album was named after the song 'Ballad of Easy Rider', which had been written by the Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn (with help from Bob Dylan ), as the theme song for the 1969 film, Easy Rider. bit very honestly, anybody who rides in a limo can't comprehend my movie, so I'm gonna have to say no to this, and if you guys try to get in the studio again, I may have to cause you some bodily harm.'". Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records. I told Steve Stills, 'look, you guys are really good musicians. Also, according to Hopper: "They (CSN) picked me up in a limo at Columbia, and drove me over, played their music. But during the year that he spent editing the film, Hopper fell in love with the way this temp material interacted with the narrative". The first song heard is The Pusher a bluesy, explicitly drug-minded song by Steppenwolf which accompanies a montage of Billy (Hopper) and Wyatt (Fonda) hiding drug money inside their. Instead of these tracks, it might've been more interesting and relevant to have included tracks that Dennis Hopper considered but didn't make the cut.Īccording to Scoppa."the tracks that wound up in the movie had been dropped in originally by (Dennis) Hopper as temporary cues, with the assumption that they would eventuallly be replaced by music from the newly-formed supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, who had just completed their self-titled debut album. Click to expand.I just picked up a used copy of this on the cheap this afternoon.
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