easy rider - Page 2

No Worries · 08-18-2009, 01:51 PM

I saw Easy Rider a week before I shipped off to Vietnam, and bought the soundtrack on cassette tape. I listened to it at least once a day during my tour. Hendrix, Steppenwolf, and songs written by Bob Dylan and the Band. Wow.

Haven't seen the movie since, but what an impression. Motorcycles (and women) is all we talked about in Nam. Easy Rider came out a year after the biggest and deadliest race riots in the country. The movie is all about bigotry, and that's what gets them in the end. My library has the DVD and I just put a hold on it. Thanks for reminding me of it.

Avatard · 08-18-2009, 01:54 PM

I guess you have to be old enough to remember what it was to be hated just for the length of your hair, in order to appreciate Easy Rider.

Particle Man · 08-18-2009, 03:49 PM

I liked it

Avatard · 08-18-2009, 03:50 PM

Fucking Hippie.

Particle Man · 08-18-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

Fucking Hippie.

damn, ya caught me.

was92v · 08-18-2009, 08:00 PM

The movie was not a great movie, but it was a meaningful movie at the time. I guess ya had to be there. Things were not really safe and pleasant so much back then. If your hair was half way over your ears, you were a fucking hippie, period. At least to everyone but your mother. It was not that uncommon to be walking down the street and someone pull up to the curb, get out and beat the living shit out of you for no other reason than they didn't like the way you look. Some goth looking person with tats and piercings, caught by themselves, would be killed. The cops would stop you, drag you out of the car and kick the crap out of you because they didn't like the way you looked and nobody gave a shit, except your mother, who would gently tell you that you asked for it by looking that way and please conform, for her, because she didn't want you to die. Or the same cops would arrest you for disorderly and the Judge would give you a choice, jail or Nam and most figured Charlie was a safer bet. In 1969 at my High school, your hair could not touch your collar or the top of your ears and Army ROTC was a mandatory class (actually the only A I think I made in 12 years). Which reminds me, I wonder when the last time I saw a fully loaded gun rack in the back window of a pickup truck was? So yeah, I guess ya just had to be there.
Peace

defector · 08-18-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

I liked it

Same here. When I really need some sleep I pop it in. I also think the Captain America bike is fucking retarded.

On a side note, I read Hopper signed on for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Hell Rider's.

Dave · 08-18-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by was92v

The movie was not a great movie, but it was a meaningful movie at the time. I guess ya had to be there. Things were not really safe and pleasant so much back then. If your hair was half way over your ears, you were a fucking hippie, period. At least to everyone but your mother. It was not that uncommon to be walking down the street and someone pull up to the curb, get out and beat the living shit out of you for no other reason than they didn't like the way you look. Some goth looking person with tats and piercings, caught by themselves, would be killed. The cops would stop you, drag you out of the car and kick the crap out of you because they didn't like the way you looked and nobody gave a shit, except your mother, who would gently tell you that you asked for it by looking that way and please conform, for her, because she didn't want you to die. Or the same cops would arrest you for disorderly and the Judge would give you a choice, jail or Nam and most figured Charlie was a safer bet. In 1969 at my High school, your hair could not touch your collar or the top of your ears and Army ROTC was a mandatory class (actually the only A I think I made in 12 years). Which reminds me, I wonder when the last time I saw a fully loaded gun rack in the back window of a pickup truck was? So yeah, I guess ya just had to be there.
Peace

sounds awesome

Apoc · 08-18-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by defector

Same here. When I really need some sleep I pop it in. I also think the Captain America bike is fucking retarded.

On a side note, I read Hopper signed on for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Hell Rider's.

ummm.... Its Hell Ride, and its been out 12 months or so. And yes, Hopper is in it, as Eddie Zero. Awesome flick. I recorded it on dvr a year ago, and havent deleted it since. Watched it 3 or 4 times.

Homeslice · 08-19-2009, 12:22 AM

I'm gonna hafta say it's better than half the shit you guys watch these days. Who the fuck watches Twilight, seriously?

08-18-2009, 01:54 PM	#12
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	I guess you have to be old enough to remember what it was to be hated just for the length of your hair, in order to appreciate Easy Rider. __________________ Insert free thought here.

08-18-2009, 03:49 PM	#13
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	I liked it __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

08-18-2009, 03:50 PM	#14
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Fucking Hippie. __________________ Insert free thought here.

08-18-2009, 01:51 PM	#11
No Worries Keyboard Racer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mile High City Moto: Old Superbikes Posts: 1,016	I saw Easy Rider a week before I shipped off to Vietnam, and bought the soundtrack on cassette tape. I listened to it at least once a day during my tour. Hendrix, Steppenwolf, and songs written by Bob Dylan and the Band. Wow. Haven't seen the movie since, but what an impression. Motorcycles (and women) is all we talked about in Nam. Easy Rider came out a year after the biggest and deadliest race riots in the country. The movie is all about bigotry, and that's what gets them in the end. My library has the DVD and I just put a hold on it. Thanks for reminding me of it.

08-18-2009, 08:00 PM	#16
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	The movie was not a great movie, but it was a meaningful movie at the time. I guess ya had to be there. Things were not really safe and pleasant so much back then. If your hair was half way over your ears, you were a fucking hippie, period. At least to everyone but your mother. It was not that uncommon to be walking down the street and someone pull up to the curb, get out and beat the living shit out of you for no other reason than they didn't like the way you look. Some goth looking person with tats and piercings, caught by themselves, would be killed. The cops would stop you, drag you out of the car and kick the crap out of you because they didn't like the way you looked and nobody gave a shit, except your mother, who would gently tell you that you asked for it by looking that way and please conform, for her, because she didn't want you to die. Or the same cops would arrest you for disorderly and the Judge would give you a choice, jail or Nam and most figured Charlie was a safer bet. In 1969 at my High school, your hair could not touch your collar or the top of your ears and Army ROTC was a mandatory class (actually the only A I think I made in 12 years). Which reminds me, I wonder when the last time I saw a fully loaded gun rack in the back window of a pickup truck was? So yeah, I guess ya just had to be there. Peace

08-19-2009, 12:22 AM	#20
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I'm gonna hafta say it's better than half the shit you guys watch these days. Who the fuck watches Twilight, seriously?