Roger McGuinn - Ballad Of Easy Rider (Live At The XM Studios 05/27/2004)
“And another one gone…”
I don’t know why, but sitting in this horrifyingly corporate hotel in the beautiful, yet touristically conquered Prague, I feel real sad for Dennis Hopper. Something about the American and Western imperialism which has taken it’s toll on this beautiful city makes me long for his rebelliousness.
He took part in four movies which have changed the way I look at cinema and film making, and may, in a way, made me the film connoisseur that I am. Those movies are “Rebel Without a Cause”, “Easy Rider”, “Apocalypse Now” and “Rumble Fish” (“Rusty James”).
I can still recall the exact place and moment in time when I saw each of them.
This song from the movie “Easy Rider” seams like the right way to say farewell.
