"I Wonder Where My Easy Riders Gone" Mae West

[WondersNassiri]

I'm studying Mae West for a music film class; part of this was cut because it was too sexual for the time. I wonder what they'd say if they saw today's movies 0__o

[xyzllii]

cool survival...

[ColdChicago]

w.c. fields had it right" "Mae West? Why shes a plumbers idea of Cleopatra."

[differemcesamongus23]

the guy shes talking to in the last scene.... he sounds very familiar.... is that cary grant?

[xyzllii]

@differemcesamongus23 Yes



[DorothyZbornak1922]

I absoulty love Mae West.I mean next to Bea Arthur she's true original.And I'm related to her,it's alittle known fact that she had a child early on in her stage career and that child was my Great-Grandfather.True story.

[Rollich]

She's no Bessie Smith, but she's still wonderful.

[Nlangdon]

Actually, the title of the song was a behind the scenes joke inserted by West through her songwriter friend Shelton Brooks. The Hays Office expressly forbid Paramount from stating that Lady Lou was a hooker. On the East Coast the term "Easy Rider" in that era meant "Pimp". The West Coast censors thought it was just a song about a girl who lost her jockey..... :)

[wkunzelman1]

This seems to be a mix of "I wonder where my Easy Rider's Gone" and "Yellow Dog Rag".

[12Zwolf]

Dedicated to Dennis Hopper. Rest In Peace.

Cheers!

[superdavid002]

I sing about West and others in The Celebrity Song.

[issyvoo2]

Gee, I just have no idea what she means by an "easy rider" and coming into the "home stretch." Whatever can she be singing about?

And, yes, that's a very young Cary Grant she invites up to her room.

[LyleYoung]

* It's just titled "Yellow Dog Blues"

[LyleYoung]

Good! She does much justice to the original version by Bessie Smith.

[Axgoodofdunemaul]

She's fabulous, and so is her chorus. Keep in mind that this is a reconstruction of a pre-electronic era (c. 1890s) music hall show. That would have been fifty years before this movie was made, NOT a depiction of Mae's actual lifetime. What she did was preserve and older way of doing things.

[RDLARGENT]

She was so ahead of her time. There are some CD out there. They are still hot. She even has one song that borders of a sort of rap.

[HerselfTube]

Haught, hawt, HOT!!!!!!!!!!

[GreenBeardsRevenge]

Wow! Her chorus girls are adorable! Love their riding outfits! :)

It's obvious she drew much from the influences of African American blues.

[ASOBEtrainer]

Its true.. In all of her movies she employed minorities and they were always treated as equals and friends.... Off and On the screen. We can still learn a lot from her even today

[kimpunkrock]

@ASOBEtrainer Very True!

[Mambisa50]

She was so funny and so talented. Lover her one-liners!

[jimfoury9]

Mae West is quite a gal and i am saddened that i never got meet her, she was my 3rd cousin. All i have is stories of how charming she was, and how much she loved acting and singing. I wish i could have meet her.

[JoniStudent25]

what a luck man ..to be related..she was a true goddess of the silver screen

[mstea36]

great movie watched a couple of days ago along with her other movies big fan (love her).

no one can compare to her. SHE WAS THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE SEX GODDESS even well into her 70's. such an amazing women beauty, class and sex appeal. did she have more diamonds or men?

[LittleHotaru]

She always looks so comfortable and happy, no matter what she's doing. This woman is truly my hero!

[MasonOnTheFly]

Mae West was waaaay ahead of her time. Awesome woman.

[janeydotcom]

Thank you so much for posting this...I love Mae and this is my favorite song of hers!

[villajac]

how i love this woman!

[2oldN2ys]

Thanks so much for posting this! This is my favorite video of Mae. She was wonderful. I think she would have been someone truly interesting to hang out with!!

[carrotville]

A friend of mine worked for Mae as a desk clerk in the Ravenswood Apartments. She said Miss West had a heart of gold and treated everyone with kindness and respect.

[janeydotcom]

I am so glad to hear that about Mae West and I believe it from watching her movies. Her characters hung out with their black maids just like friends, (which was probably more common in the pre-Code days than later) and the movies emphasized her friendships with women too not just lusting after men. She seemed like a really cool lady as well as a brilliant entertainer.

[dipsydoodle2009]

wow, friendships with women and not just lusting after men? sounds great, wonder how many people nowasays put this into practice. You?

[RealityCalling]

thanks for posting this.

[224clb22]

In real life Mae West was a clean living gal. No coke up that nose. This is my favorite song of hers and Cary Grant....yummy! Mae and I share a birthday and she was into astrology. In most of her movies there is a calendar with Aug. 17 circled. That's our birthday. Quite a gal!

[saxondog2001]

She found and developed her own unique, one-of-a-kind style. I just love her. She had confidence and style.

[sameegrl]

Now SHE was sexy and did it with CLASS!!

[Vincentdeep]

Mae "The Best" West! plain & simple.

[bchfront]

There is only one word to describe her great success -- then and now -- "Showmanship"! Lowell Sherman, who was a very talented actor and director, guided her thru this, very possibly her all-time best. R.J.

[Mikado69]

At long last, this one's coming out on DVD. It's supposed to be out sometime this April.