Sep 052012
Today’s Last Man Standing is posted for selfish reasons. You know how important the movie Easy Rider was to my development. The references to that movie in the middle of this video for Dead Milkmen‘s “Smokin’ Banana Peels,” presented here through the eyes of Beavis and Butthead, was a great thrill. Other examples of musical/rock video references to the movie are not springing to mind. I’m not sure if this LMS has any legs beyond this initial entry. If there are other references of this sort I would like to know about them and have them handy for future reference. Thank you.
In Red Dragon Tattoo by Fountains Of Wayne the tattooee has “a photo of easy rider” to help him if he gets queasy.
Jimi Hendrix – Ezy Rider
Of course!
Sloan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qffy6uHkcTU
Julian Cope “Easy Easy Rider”
How ’bout “Ballad of Easy Rider” by The Byrds?
That’s on the soundtrack, no? I don’t think that can count.
Yeah, I guess it is, but listed as McGuinn. It’s on a Ballad of Easy Rider album by The Byrds. Same version?
Charlie Daniels, “Uneasy Rider,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVL1Zs6WTw
Bar band Tongue n’ Groove have a tune called “Dennis Hopper”.
This Just In!:
http://pitchfork.com/tv/youtube/21-deschutes-river-recordings/410-eric-d-johnson/