Easy Rider - Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want to Be a Bird

[sternumagnum]

They were always in character, all the way, even in these shots. This was one very professionally done movie, something I originally missed. In my youth, I was taking in this movie more as a documentary !..

[reddnec]

Legendary film.

[mickeymousebiker1]

Thank you, Ben Hardy (RIP) for building these bikes.

[remywood81]

Nicholson is the coolest motherfucker ever.

[sbriki]

psychopath Jack's smile, yes i love it!!!!

and also from 1:13 .

he is the best!

[mickeymousebiker1]

A great tribute to these guys, when they all pass away, could be set to Green Day's Time of Your Life. These guys looked like they were having the time of their lives -- all the way! The Floyd Cramer-esque Country/Western-style piano is nice in this tune. If I were doing this scene, I would have used Mr. Spaceman by The Byrds.

[upthepole]

One of the most classic films ever, the BBC should show this primetime viewing,

sure as hell would make jamjar drivers convert to biking. Freedom of the open road,

[ha thats a laugh in the uk] fresh air [when they aint spreading shit] and having a blast.

They couldnt have chosen any better actors than these three. And they songs just rocks my head. Glad to be a biker

[GoodTimesChopShop]

@upthepole Man I was just thinking that too, I ride old American Iron, back when things were made right. They are spraying the crap out of us aren't they? We get it bad over here.

[GoodTimesChopShop]

@upthepole Check out the movie "Hells Angels on Wheels" Jack Nickelson was in that one too. Very good flick, cool bikes, just a entertaining movie, no cgi imposed crap. 

[mickeymousebiker1]

@GoodTimesChopShop Yeah, I saw that one at a local drive-in when it first debuted. Great bikes. Nicholson fit right in.

[Individual1991]

I love this scene, always puts a smile on my face :)

[leddidi]

great song,great actors,great movie

[angryhandjob]

....At least two of them are wearing helmets!

[angryhandjob]

Well, that's just outrageous behaviour!

[rlxrlps]

animal collective rips these guys off.. .in a good way

[stevepartlow]

i like the song but he sounds like barney fife from the andy grifith show

[Ryannnn29]

i love this song but i can tell so many people that listen to today's music wouldn't be able to stand this song haha. gotta love it

[lambertroberts]

far out man,,,DENNIS

[steppenwoelfi]

in this time I was ALIVE

[hicknan219]

Got to love Jack!

[homeworldmusic]

this was one of my favs from the soundtrack (and the soundtrack LP was the 2nd album I ever owned), thanks for posting this, great singalong. sound is better on the original recording, but Dylan at the dentist is an ok description too! and yeah, "wings you haven't used yet" is the lyric, but you can imagine it as a reefer high or a natural high, either interpretation works!

[Smokeyrust1]

I like pork chop's

[Einsteinwanabe]

Isn't Jack holding a pork chop?

[spooky6747]

@Einsteinwanabe 

[spooky6747]

Respond to this video... Yes , i once read that he just happened to find it on the ground at a gas stop and held on to it for the next shot .

[Smadlad]

9 people dont want to be birds

[josephjoint]

this is actually Chuck Norris's penis singing

[MrBlodsven]

Listen to Ray Price "You done me wrong", and you will find out where this song comes from.Great film and great tune anyway....

[thanksforthemessdick]

If you get high don't waste it in your livingroom or in a basement,get out somewhere where the sun shines and the horizon is wider than you've ever seen.or If you live in a rural area and are sick of these scenes go into the city and hang with some swingers who want to go where you are all the time.make it interesting .lord knows these guys did.just don't flip the bird to any redknecks with a gunrack weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[nightfrog65]

I've wached Easy Rider several times, but always thought that the lyrics to this song were

"Why be shackled to your feet

When you've got weed (wings)

You haven't used yet."

[GtoThaillDog]

@nightfrog65 im pretty sure he does say weed rather than wings..

[Flatziepoo]

I can't believe 9 bell-ends disliked this song...

[JP00XX]

Don't forget y'r spirit...Folks!

[jokeraces22]

good movie end of america'

[354Entertainment]

EPIC!!! THE FILM AND THE MUSIC IS UNTOUCHABLE!!

[jokeraces22]

theres only one answer to this here it isss'

[leoretrosi]

fun just fun and if cant dig it just leave it , go kick your dog

[friendlyisle]

The best movie Hopper ever did. The rest sucked!

[electriceric100]

@friendlyisle No!

[0live0wire0]

i just bought a record with the songs from the movie. One of the best soundtracks ever and this song is pretty cool.

[northkato]

when you search this song, the second option is "bird poops in mouth". seems fitting

[susantyrellfans]

Holy Modal Rounders cds and music are available everywhere.

[handymandan100]

Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets sent me here. This is weird, like them. I love it (and them)

[jeffsdolphin]

when they lost jack.....everything changed

[Morvanheart]

Why can't we find music from that band??

[DavidBukra]

The best Roadmovie

[tenorlord]

Hey, this is Ray Price's "You Done Me Wrong" with new lyrics!

[tenorlord]

Hey, this is Ray Price's "You Done Me Wrong" with new lyrics!

[luke228899]

I'm from Poland, it's great but I always wanted to live in USA, you guys should know how amazing and beatifull country you have. I love Easy Rider...

[brian8793]

@luke228899 Right on man, you're awesome. We would love for you to move here! There are too many crybabies here who don't appreciate this amazing nation and all of our freedoms.

Peace : )

[BudTarken]

Hehe sometimes just fun as heck to goof around with some buddies. Awesome and Legalize Freedom no more prohibitiion on Marijuana.

[oriskany]

This movie scared the hell out of me, so I went

West from Pensacola in a '62 Beetle. Me, a long-haired freak stopped in Grant, NM, with a loaded .38 revolver in my glove compartment. I eventually escaped that potentially bad ending,......the rest is for some other time. Peace.

[lambertroberts]

far out man !!!!!!

[handymandan100]

Meat Puppets at Amoeba sent me here.... Awesome!!

[mike41183]

whats up with the porkchop?

[ALB3FI]

GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE!!!!

[dehypnotist]

There's also a cool version of the tune on Steve Weber: Holy Modal Rounders B.C. (Frederick Productions).

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

Why hasn't this song been used in one of those 'while I play unfitting music' videos yet? Explain, internet, explain!

[ugslamma]

Who was George waving at i'm thinking the camerman.

[LBurris597]

When Easy Rider first came out I saw it 3 times in row. 

[PaulMrSubaru]

My Bro and I lived so much of this whole movie when we were younger... someday again... history repeats itself.

[nubtuberable]

i like the parts when they get killed

[zonkov88]

god i love this movie so much, cant put it into words... but i dont think there is ever gonna be another movie i will like as much

[samnjamr]

Just remember : When ya come down land on yer feet. Wiser words were never spoken.

[colinbrentwalton]

That has been my life and I am not stopping.....

[Arsher]

The best songs are the craziest ones.

[cro508]

this song's hilarious xD

[bloozlvr]

R.I.P. Dennis

[JIMMIESURFS]

Jack so like a fish out of water...and then becomes free. That's cool. Peace

[MatthewWells1]

My school plays this song in there bathrooms LOL

[TheOnkruidt]

@MatthewWells1 your school has music in the bathroomsO_o that's decadent..

[electricpie389]

this song sounds like bob dylan at the dentist

[badattitude77769]

@electricpie389 gross.

[ElCervantes]

Love it! Who else actually understood:

[...] "When you've got WEED

You haven't used yet" [...] ???

[yourass117]

@ElCervantes yeah I thought too

[sidDkid87]

RIP, Man . . .

[tomblack2112]

I thought this was Terrence McKenna singing. Sure sounds like something he'd talk about.

[YerkesDodsonCurve]

When you come down, land on your feet!!

[lovebuzz149]

Love

[tomblack2112]

Jefferson maybe, but that prick Franklin wouldn't sign without points off the front. All that early to bed, early to wise crap, my @ss, he's just looking for a payday, and this film is INDIE!!.... man I hate that dude and his agent!

[xukuthdrow]

i love you luis

[sadcracker]

this could have starred Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin

[sadcracker]

wow...this could have stared Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin

[0live0wire0]

great free as a bird

[astronorm111]

Thanks for posting..

[titostacos]

This is taken from an old country and western song. They melody I mean. I think it was called "You Done Me Wrong."

[DartmouthAlum96]

Timeless. Life goes by way too fast.

[goof47]

if you wanna be a birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......­............................

[Canaboy12]

this is so syrene..

[Beerlejuice]

I know it's not him but did anybody else think that maybe Jack Nicholson was singing this song? I don't know maybe it's just me but for some reason it sounds like what I think Jack Nicholson would sound like if he were a singer.

[nancylp1111]

@Beerlejuice This is the Holy Modle Rounders, my boss was married to one of them for about 20 yrs.

[captmunson]

I bet ya thought that Indian Larry created the crucifix stunt? RIP Dennis

[chrhadden]

My personal favorite. By the way, Peter Fonda was the one who remarked to John Lennon, "I know what it's like to be dead."

[chrhadden]

My personal favorite.

[essertpitay]

Hopper, He went searching for Amerika...

[EDFORNES]

MR HOPPER, YOU WILL BE MISSED TREMENDOUSLY

[kraman777]

RIP DENNIS .........WE BLEW IT!

[kajira101]

good night Mr.Hopper. thank you for the best films ever xxx <3

[ijusteve]

Thanks

That was areal treat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jt.

[dannyofthededd]

here's raising a toast to mister Hopper..he's flying 

[sekhmetraptah]

dennis has just glided there through the clear air making figure eights through the pearly gates where the soul and the universe meet

[postersandstuff]

Billy (1936-2010)......Dennis Hopper is gone :(

[HerrxGottzack]

R.I.P. Dennis :(

[25provo]

oh man... i love this song!

[ladyfuzz1966]

beautiful

[zaiuswasright]

Jack is so funny!

[wolf2jon]

dennis hopper rocks...

[SyvetheShairks]

Not like any of these three clowns are actually BIKERS.... Just stoned hippies with their heads up and locked.

[gteemallday]

This is a little gay

[Dabeweegthiere]

If you want to be a bird

Why don't you try a little flying

There's no denying

It gets you high

Why be shackled to your feet

When you've got wings

You haven't used yet

Don't wait for heaven

Get out and fly

[zaiuswasright]

Jack is just so funny to watch here! Especially the opening scene where he just looks so tickled to be on 2 wheels!!!

[lino860]

ricordo eterno - grande Dennis !

[wildcatrus]

Fly high in the sky!!!

[Rivergull]

and where oh where is Steve Weber of the Modals???

[popcornrabbit07]

@Rivergull ,.weber is still alive and KICKING as is Peter Stampfel...Peter just recorded a CD this past week in Portland, OR with Baby Gramps

[reichmarshall]

I love how Jack waves right at the camera!

[mightymuzrub]

I was a bird once- but I got better!

[minibikemafia]

i was a bird once, but i got worse!!! i wanna be a bird again!!!!!

[stephengilstrap]

I like Dennis Hoppers bike better than Peters. i love this film. Jack Nicholson was great too! Lol

[MrJohnrb3]

I opened my eye once in Coconut Grove and listened to the Rounders singing Yonder Stands Blue Mountain. And again

in Taos, aftermath of D.Hoppers ascendancy. Where the hell

is Peter Fleischman?

[slummly123]

Hilarious scene!

[azcitizenbrain]

"Oh... I've got me a helmet. I've got me a beauty!"

Love this film, and this song. George Hanson's defenetly my favorite character in the film, because for me, he's the most relatable.

Notice the rubber pork chop that Nicholson's holding at 0:40. Supposedly, they had found that lying on the road while pumping gas at a gas station, so they used it in the film!

Too bad filmmaking's not like that anymore...

[dickhedtracy]

that s me on the bike

[MattHatter]

The Holy Modal Rounders. One of the most out there folk-jug duos EVER! These guys were doing this crazy shit long before the guys in They Might Be Giants were even a sperm and egg finding each other!

[larksiteglass]

foreshadowing

[GrigoriPechenka]

me and my friend decided if the paths we set out on didn't work out we would buy choppers and become easy riders

[noodleincident2]

word dude, me and my brother-from-another-mother just decided that too!

[goldndonkey]

you've gotta hold it in your lungs longer, george.

[stephengilstrap]

sounds like a plan to me. Id love to ride cross country if I had the money and time

[primadonnaworld]

It's not a backup plan. you'll never do it if that's the case.

You wanna be an easy rider then quit your job and fuck off into the wilderness on your bike.NOW.

[Foolhollow]

@GrigoriPechenka

Are you going to sell cocaine to get them? haha!

[qsergyuko]

@GrigoriPechenka awsome plan man,can i come?ill bring the grass.

[xma53dda0o966]

@GrigoriPechenka

[xma53dda0o966]

I tried a little flying, then wet out on my bike an landed on my head... ouuuccchhhh...!!!

[SnakeFists]

@GrigoriPechenka I'd do it to but I wasn't born to follow.

[mrhydenotdrjekyll]

@SnakeFists Pussy

[SnakeFists]

@mrhydenotdrjekyll Is that the best you can do? Jeez I can't believe that out of millions of sperm you was the quickest. Wasted journey.

[Cielamouroux]

@GrigoriPechenka If the paths you set out on don't work out, you and your friend probably won't have the money to buy choppers, although medicare will cover the choppers you'll need after the meth.

[OL55CADDY]

@GrigoriPechenka

Make sure you get a kidney belt!

[popcornrabbit07]

oh yeah...that is the holy modal rounders and peter stampfel singing that song...still alive and KICKING>>>check them out...

[popcornrabbit07]

oldie shmoldie...it is what life is all about...be a bird for chrissake. ...buddhasake.....it gets ya high...put out your wings and fly...before ya meet the pearly gates...oooohhhaaaayaaa...clea­r air...universe...be a bird...yeah..

[traphikk]

so much motorcycle riding, they must have horrible assne

[Mariekesone]

Hell Yeah...Hahaha i did not know this tune or film...Thanks for posting..

Maybe i should go and see it, eventhough its an oldie..:-)

[russscience]

Who wants to start another revolution? we need to stop the Iraq war and afghan war we need to do something who's with me?

[dispatchmom44]

All I need is a flame thrower. I'm ready!

[hippieinmississippi]

viva revolution man... hell yea im with you...

[SoFoS1993]

if you post a verry agressive comment on Barak Obama's facebook profile i think will help....

VIVA LA REVOLUTION ON YOUTUBE !!!

[johnnytrash13]

Revolution- Impossible!

Commune(AKA Eco-community): POSSIBLE!!!  Who's with ME?

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

dennis hopper talks about communes in the commentary a little, "they were for the most part pretty ugly places, very limited food and 2-3 guys with total control over this group of women and children"

[Reese1492]

Great fucking token tune!

[maskedwalnut]

great ridin' tune also

[plane15]

Jack Nicholson cracks me up in this scene, great film.

[nevaseenamancry]

This song isn't annoying! I LOVE it. So free and at one with everything. Oh I am trying to chase that let me tell you! Want it badly.

[franzchick66]

I somehow like this song, don't know why it gives me shivers. I love this movie.

[dopegoddess]

love this movie and this song =D

[oriskany]

FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM.

Take a close look.

This is the last time you'll get the chance.

The Taliban want to kill ALL of this.

Beards.  Anygry eyes. Female subjugation. State sponsored rape.

But first, you must kill America.

[IronHawkParkour]

the taliban have beards

[BuzzoManX]

HOPE IT APENS ASPAZ

[NaturalSelector68]

Beautiful scene....freedom from the tyrants.

[nevaseenamancry]

Beautiful.

[ndnsoul6]

Favorite movie of all time love it for some reason! i dont know why but its my favorite!

[Iamfukenripped]

same here man it has something to do with the weed smoking and the rawness and the actors and the fact that there is nothing else like this film lol.

[MartinGuitarLover1]

It's coming out on Blu-ray October 20th :) cant wait for that

[jdupnrth]

So Beautiful! SUCH an incredible movie.

[WHYNOTTTTTTyeah]

definately my favorite part of the whole movie

[holecz0522]

super,heppy!!

[ladyLaBrie]

<3 Oh my lovely Jack *_______*

[PunkSkaOi]

Yippies > Hippies.

[378904]

starting at about:25 to :45 it sounds like ernest t bass singing. from the andy griffith show!! anyone agree??

[olderwiserdrunker]

Hippies beat poodles, malpood? )

[malignantpoodle]

Fonda's bike, the 69 easy rider looks great, but man I'd be scared to ride it... only a rear drum brake and nothing else to stop it lol.

[mase15]

Great song.

[PhilAEG]

Jack was so scared on the bouncing motorcycle that he squeezed his legs and broke one of Peter Fonda's ribs!!!

[spartaeus]

Dang...Peter Fonda hides pain well...weren't they all so handsome back then!

[Zao125]

fucking sailors in chinatown

[rtms1988]

Love this movie and this music is great, this soundtrack is very nice.

[firstvegantreats]

I want to be a bird! Actually, I had quite a conversation with a cute bird yesterday.

[domjal]

Love the song,movie & bikes!

i love such scenery, and empty roads, something which never happens in Europe