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  • Halloween duels Valentine.

  • I like how the other women in the audience think he's singing to them.

  • The True Ballad of Micheal & Debra Angelique.

    "Say you want me I'll come running without taking time to think."

  • I seem to think this was filmed at Buddy Killins The Stock Yards in Nashville and oh yea I think Kieth was doing another movie called the Long Riders at that time with his brothers David and Robert?

  • Nice song!

  • one of my favorite songs, and favorite movie scenes ~

  • ....masterpiece...

  • Lily Tomlin's expression. 10 out of 10. Full stop. One of the best movie scenes _ever_.

  • 1:46-2:28 Perfect!

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  • This song was written about musical theater actress Shelley Plimpton, who was in the original cast of "Hair". Carradine had a crush on her when he wrote this, and they later had a child together, the actress Martha Plimpton.

  • @HollywoodHillsCookie thanks for that bit of fascinating info! No wonder, then, that Keith sings this song so heartfelt.

  • I loved the Oscars that year...after a series of Best Song nominees that were produced within an inch of their lives, Keith Carradine came out with a stool and a guitar and sang this nominee...and went home with the Oscar.

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  • Semplicemente geniale questo video tratto da Nashiville di Altman, le attrici sono di una bravura incredibile, la canzone e' di quelle che non tramonteranno mai, grande Keith Carradine....

  • Questo video tratto dal film Nashville di Altman e' semplicemente geniale, tutte le attrici sono di una bravura incredibile, la canzone e' di quelle che non tramonteranno mai, grande Keith Carradine.

  • Keith Sang for My Momma Says Obama too!

  • shelley duvall is a toothpick. damn. she's so cute though.

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  • My mom likes this song.a lot.

  • This is one of my all time favorite songs. This particular song takes me back to the reckless days when I played the game and sometimes lost and some times won. There was a girl from Oregon, I lived in California at the time, that wanted something more permanent. I was not into getting married at the time. I hope she finally found what she was looking for..

  • I have loved this song since day 1. Haven't played it for many years but it is always in my memory as the events of the time.

  • LOVE HIS VOICE AND THE SONG. THANK YOU FOR POSTING.

  • And i thought that he was just an actor...How wrong i was.

  • THE BEST EVER!

  • Thanks for posting it :)

  • Esta música é linda... porém triste!

    Parabéns pela escolha de tudo...

    Obrigada Cel por compartilhar comigo...

    bjs da Sissa

  • GREAT SONG AND SINGER

  • This scene almost makes me forget how big a douche Keith Carradine was in that movie....almost.

  • @blakiecakes419 He's only a douche because he can't have who he really wants - Lily Tomlin. She's the only one he cares about, and she won't reciprocate.

  • @queenlvr46 - He didn't seem to even genuinely cared about the Lily Tomlin character. In the film she invites him over to spend time with her and her kids and he seemed only to want to meet her for a one night stand.

  • @thx291 Disagree. She invites him over on the phone because she wants to make their conversation sound more legitimate to her husband so he's not suspicious. She's not really inviting him. SHE'S the one who leaves HIM abruptly, just when he's opening up, asking her how to sign "I love you", etc. Which is why he gets hurt & immediately calls another woman, in order to hurt her back. But she doesn't react, which hurts him even more. So he hangs up on the other woman the second she's gone.

  • @queenlvr46 Regardless, she still invited him to her home to meet her children and he was completely uninterested. If he truly cared about her he would've wanted to meet her family. And then he says to the Scott Glenn character, "did you kill anyone this week?" The guy was a complete jerk. Even Robert Altman said in an interview that the Keith Carradine character was a womanizer and a sick guy.

  • @thx291 I'm having difficulty replying to your latest comment so I'm replying again to this. The reason she "invites" him is to say "Oh, you wanna see me? Fine. But we're not doing what we did before" - it's sort of implied they've already slept together or something like that. She's trying to push him away without saying so outright - she's playing dumb, like she doesn't know what he's driving at. It's not an actual invite. And why would he go anyway? (cont'd)

  • @thx291 (cont'd) He's the guy who wants to sleep with her. Why *would* he try meet her family? And just because he's a "womanizer and a sick guy" doesn't make him a douche. He's a deeply flawed character. And the fact is, this woman adores her children and would never leave them, but she is drawn to Tom. She smiles happily, even coyly, when he calls even as she's playing dumb by inviting him over when she KNOWS why he wants to see her. I think you're misinterpreting the whole thing.

  • @queenlvr46 - I thought you said he cared about her. Now you seem to be saying he only wants to sleep with her (which is what my point was.) Whether she was genuine in her invitation is not the point. The point is if a man really cares for a woman he won't show complete disinterest in meeting her children like he did. And yes I'd say being a womanizer and vindictive sick guy does make one a bit of a douche.

  • @thx291 i think its interesting that the level of interest on the part of her husband was minimal. He seems like he can barely understand his children, and shows little interest and/or patience while his child talks about passing the swimming test. So a man does not have to be a womanizer to be bad to women or toward their children...a man might treat a woman "right" by marrying her, but that leaves him wide open to mistreat her in other ways, such as having 2 kids but having her raise them

  • @thx291 i think its interesting that the level of interest on the part of her husband was minimal. He seems like he can barely understand his children, and shows little interest and/or patience while his child talks about passing the swimming test. So a man does not have to be a womanizer to be bad to women or toward their children...a man might treat a woman "right" by marrying her, but that leaves him wide open to mistreat her in other ways, such as having 2 kids but having her raise them:)

  • @thx291 I think you're too busy trying to reduce this to black and white to see the nuance. Yes, he's calling her so they can get together in a hotel room. But he clearly can't express what he really feels outside of the song he sings for her, and when they're actually together in bed. He doesn't know how to be, or how to really treat a woman. He's a spoiled, petulant child. Not the same as a vindictive, sick guy. That's a little harsh.

  • @queenlvr46 I see your point now. He's such a womanizing jerk that he isn't capable of expressing his feelings for a woman he cares for in a mature effective manner.

  • This song was written for Martha Plimpton's mother, the actress Shelley Plimpton. Carradine appeared in the Broadway production of the musical "Hair" with her, and composed the song to woo her.

  • wooow .... great

  • It's the best scene in any movie I've ever seen. Every woman in the room thinks he's singing it to her, and then the gradual focus on Lily and her heartbreaking expression. Pure genius, and a gorgeous song to boot.

  • @pfabric For this one scene alone, Lily Tomlin deserves an honorary Academy Award.

  • The best scene in the movie.

  • An extraordinary song and, I agree, Lily Tomlin steals the scene with her sang froid.

  • Lovely.

  • I agree, Lily Tomlin works glacial magic as she reacts to the song. That magnifies it's magic!

  • Barely remember this son, I think it was recorded in the wrong decade (could've done better in the 60's).

  • song sux

  • @zachedwards92 Not enough hippidy hope....DUDE?!

  • It is one of the great movie scenes.

    With one of the best, if not the best song written directly for a film.

    The kind of mature, character driven moments we don't see in film anymore.

    It's moving because the moment is about regular people experiencing emotions

    we all encounter at some point in our lives.

    Yeah, Lily Tomlin is the weight of this scene,

    with her frozen stare, and shutting her eyes toward the end.

  • There's Lily Tomlin, Shelley Duvall, and Geraldine Chaplin.

    Who is the 4th woman, the young brunette sitting near Geraldine?

  • @wheelinthesky300 The brunette is Christina Raines.

  • @wheelinthesky300 I don't know, but she is hot.

  • @wheelinthesky300 Cristina Raines.

  • smitten.

  • One of the greatest scenes in film....I've watched it dozens of times and still am stunned by how moving and powerful it is despite the simplicity of the environment and the subtle comedy. The song itself is merely a catalyst; Tomlin's face is the punch for the viewer.

  • SO GOOD.

  • Even though this song has been done by others - Lionel Ritchie for example - I think this is by far the best version. Simple, direct and with heart.

  • @caffdweeb I don't think Lionel Ritchie did a cover of "I'm Easy"

    -Lionel sang a song called "Easy (as Sunday Morning_

    -another fine Lionel song.

    Maybe Lionel SHOULD do an R&B cover of "I'm Easy".

  • Lilly Tomlin is so great in theis scene! She's stunned!

  • damn! I'm in love!

  • Teresa Carpio, a Hong Kong female singer, sang I'm easy,  in 1976, much bettter than the original. Pls search Teresa Carpio I'm easy in youtube, you will found it.

  • Keith Carradine,also Dexter's Lundy...

  • It's Frank Lundy!

  • this song rules!!

  • I was so easy for her.

  • Very nice song

  • love this sonnnggggg

  • Whenever I hear this song, I always imagine Lily Tomlin in the back getting hot and bothered.

  • Yeah, Grant's nomination is fine, but the win was too much.

  • Did you see anything great in Lee Grant's performance? She was good, maybe nom worthy, but a win over Ronee and Lily?!

  • Lily is magnificent, I know! It's the little moments and the big ones (this scene) that come together to form a fully realized performance.

    My pick is Ronee Blakley's fascinating performance, but you better believe Lily is right behind her! A tie should be in order!

    What'd you think of Ronee?

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  • Great song~! Remember being stoned and feeling really good when I first saw this film in college, projected against a wall in the dorms. Great memories of this film and that entire evening!

  • Lily Tomlin steals this scene by simply holding back and letting her face do the work. It's magical.

  • @TheOscarFiles

    You got that very right!!!

  • Did you like Ronee Blakley's performance?

  • Honestly, her performance was OK to me, yet I believe she deserved better songs which she never had. Not as breathtaking as Carradine`s "easy" and Tomlin`s holding back.

  • @TheOscarFiles thank you! i always thought it was just me. this has got to be one of the sexiest scenes ever. so subtle and understated and yet you an see shes breathless watching him sing to her. (hated the rest of the movie btw, saw it when it 1st came out, but this scene always stayed with me)

  • @TheOscarFiles Well said. It's an amazing scene. I have goosebumps from it. It's a beautiful song.

  • I can still recall when I first heard it. It was nice but it was not easy.

  • One of the most beautiful songs ever. Carradine owns this song.

  • A great song and a great film.

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  • its not my way to be Keith, nor David, ahhhh Nate,, my son

  • very pretty boys can't sing worth a dam.

    everybody knows this os nowhere, lalalalalala.

  • Keith made The Duellist, my favorite movie of all times, the first official Ridley Scott's movie.

    Excellent!!!!!

  • the best part of the movie, the director had a lot of sensitivity,really excellent... *___*

  • Carradine's one of our finest artists. Outside of the small amount of love he receives from fans and some media, I hope he gets the chance to prove himself as a movie star lead. Wish he'd sing on screen again.

  • Well, there is Ingmar Bergman's The Serpents Egg and the Hal Ashby film Bound for Glory.

  • GREAT !!!

  • RIP Frank Lundy

  • And they all notice that he's not looking at them. He's looking at the lady in the back, and they're surprised. He's singing it to Lily Tomlin. Such a brilliant, beautiful, poignant scene.

  • HaHaHa He fucked all four of them and each thinks he is singing to her.

  • but it's great that Lily Tomlin kind of uses him as well, and then walks out on him kinda obliviously, and he's shocked.

  • lostlyrarose, yes, I agree, Lily gets to him.

  • what what what.. i love this song i hear it 50 times a day!!

  • oh my god.......wow...

  • I can't remember the whole story but got the biggest crush on Keith, this song won best song in 1975 Oscar.

    Oh, and that scrawny butt , first time I saw nudity, I was so scandalized.

  • He is still a fine looking man. He was in a documentary "Hair. Let the Sunshine In" talking about his experiences. I saw him as "Woof" on Broadway in Hair in 1969.

  • Wow

  • can anyone tell me where I can get the movie Nashville that this song is from?

  • It's on DVD.

  • amazing song

  • Wow! He scored with 4 of the women and wrote the song for just one. Can you imagine being one of the three who were dissed big time!!!???

  • Shelley Duvall!

  • nice

  • This is my favorite scene from the movie. It's a great song, and you can practically see the waves of pain and longing coming off Lily Tomlin's character when he's singing. Such an excellent scene!

  • Exactly as I feel..Tears well up my ears when I watch this- Tomlin says so much here merely by her expression..Duvall, Chaplin and all involved in this masterpiece are all brillant. A film like this will never come again..Hollywood majesty!!

  • I fell in love with Keith Carradine the very first time I saw him and his two brothers David and Robert in the movie, The Long Riders. He is, by far, one of the most wonderful singers of all time. Such heart and soul in his voice ... a gift from heaven. May he and his family get through this most difficult time of healing over the loss of David Carradine. My heart truly hurts for them all...

  • I have been looking for this song for years, I love it!

  • A song way ahead of it's time, should've have recorded in the 1980's.

  • @goldenseal75

    I'm Easy" has stood the test of time

    -as good now as it was then.

  • he looks like Luke Skywalker

  • i like how this nashville crowd is almost half made up of models. real country folk do not look that good. Some do of course, but they tend to draw on a larger swathe of real american people. not cute comedians and escapees from victorias secret

  • His brother David has been found dead today (Thursday)

  • Goodbye Keith :(

  • what? why the goodbye?

  • because i'm the stupidest stoner ever, dude.

    Goodbye David :P

  • I thought he was gonna sing 'I'm easy, I'm easy like a sunday moring'

  • Keith Carradine is such a bastard in this movie.

  • @Baldenlong77 In other words, Keith's character is like many human beings.

    That's what makes this film so special

    -it explores human truths

    -without robots, explosions, superheroes, or screaming teenagers.

  • I still like Carradine's character in The Duellists a lot more! Plus, Christina Raines is in that movie too(they were dating at the time) and he's a lot nicer to her in that movie!

  • Great song, hadn't listened to it for ages... will have to watch the movie!

  • One of my fave scenes from "Nashville".

  • What name this song? Please

  • I'm easy. it says in the title, Keith Carradine says its called I'm Easy, and he sings I'm easy half a dozen times. :-s

  • such a beautiful song. i was only 5 years old when the movie came out and i never saw it,just read about it. so who do you think was that song really for,looking at all those women in the bar? i also heard that during the oscars,when keith sang this song,he received a standing ovation.if true,he deserved it.

  • He's singing for Lily Tomlin, in the back. He calls her on the phone the entire movie trying to meet up with her. See it, it's a beautiful film!

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  • Can you even imagine this guy writing this song for you, Oh Man!

  • I wrote in a movie review that this is the most darkly humorous, romantic, and sad scenes in cinema history. Keith Carradine's character was the ultimate womanizer, yet in trying to woo Lily Tomlin he delivered an amazingly beautiful ballad that makes viewers forget for a few minutes the true man that he is. And each of the women's reactions is priceless; I especially like Chaplin's doe-eyed innocence and Tomlin's subdued rapture.

  • A beautiful man,a beautiful song!Where is this today?

  • A beautiful man,a beautiful song!Where can we find this today?

  • I know this is a serious scene, and don't get me wrong, I live for Shelley Duvall, but whenever she's in the frame with those buck teeth and perm, I CRACK UP!!

  • Always gives me goosebumps...

  • Me too. The charactors are so lost and desperate. i love them all and relate too much.

  • Yeah, Lily Tomlin is the star of the scene, not the singer. But the song is great and well performed. Anyone could have sung it, but few could have pulled off what Lily Tomlin did. I agree with others, maybe the most memorable part of that great movie.

  • keith carradine is very good in guitar

  • I'm easy...

    belliSSima canzone,me la portavo nel cuore...senza sapere bene il perchè!

    Strana la vita...

    bella la vita,

    con le sue sorprese continue...

    La dedico a tutti gli amici e vi ricordo che

    Io sono semplice...facile

  • This was my favorite moment in this wonderful film. It made me choke up!

  • I HURT for all the women in he audience and for me too..This is so painful to watch.

  • this movie it's a little be too beautiful

  • I think Lily Tomlin should have won the Oscar she was nominated for. I love this scene because all those girls in there that are smirking so think ti's about them and the one that it's about is in the back just spellbound.

  • thank you for posting.

  • What are the names of the 4 women? I recognise Lily Tomlin and Shelley Duvall. Who is the one at 2:06--2:13?

  • Cristina Raines and Geraldine Chaplin

  • Is Geraldine Chaplin the british girl with the hat on? And Cristina Raines is the one with the long dark hair who is in the band with him and husband right?

  • yess

  • One of the most incredibly subtle scenes in any movie; it does so much with so little.

  • As one critic said "Damndest picture I ever saw" This is one of my all time favorites, along with Neil Diamond and Shirley Bassey singing Play Me. Check that video out. It shows a very young Bassey, and the emotional rapport between these two is astonishingly tender, almost loving. Bravo !

  • bella

  • E come se emozioni e ricordi si fossero sedimentati sul disco al vinile che suona i am easy...

  • ¡Una preciosa y muy sentida canción de Keith Carradine! ¡Qué artista tan desperdiciado! ¡Espléndido actor! Me encanta lo bien que interpreta su rol en este filme clásico de Altman.¡Qué filme1 ¡Qué pléyade de actores! ¡Todo un clásico! Si no han visto "Los duelistas" de Ridley Scott, véanlo allí.

    Aquí, en 1975, estaba en su gran momento, fielmente aquilatado en todo su valor y belleza!

    Mil gracias por compartirlo con nosotros los "youtubianos"

    Saludos muy cordiales desde México!!!

  • Robert Altman's best film.

  • a lily tomlin

  • I love this scene,all the girls think he is talking with one of em but he is really aingin this to ....

  • ciao claudia, a chi pensi che stia dedicando la canzone?

    una curiosità: guarda i duellanti di ridley scott se non l'hai già visto. il protagonista è keith carradine. bellissimo film.

  • it's a very good song,i have ever hesrted before,finally i found it here,it's great!

    but i am intresting the movie now!who can give me the download adress,or sent me this movie in other style,please!

  • LILY TOMLIN in this!!!!