There is an index to these in alphabetical order on the home page, and an index to the songs in the order they were written in the Chronology Pages.Ģ: The Chronology. We try to avoid publishing reviews and comments that are rude or just criticisms of what is written elsewhere – but if you have a positive take on this song or any other Dylan song, and would like it considered for publication, please do email else is on the siteġ: Almost 500 reviews of Dylan songs. You are of course always welcome to write a comment below, but if you’d like to go further, you could write an alternative review – we’ve already published quite a few of these. Think there’s something missing or wrong with this review? Here are the two recordings of the Ballad of Easy Rider, perhaps with Bob’s input, perhaps not… It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes
#Roger mcguinn ballad of easy rider full
I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paree Much later the river became another metaphor for the journey life, as with the old man’s reflection on the matter many years later Now with “Watching” he had done just that – at least to some extent.īut when he did get to that topic the river was something to be watched, contemplated and maybe remembered. So can we untangle anything from these tales? Some 18 months or so later Bob came up with Watching the River Flow and I think the point here is that Dylan had experienced what Easy Rider was about but hadn’t yet written the song to go with the disillusion he now felt. Some have Bob saying words to the effect, “I just gave you a line that’s all.” The river flows, it flows to the sea/Wherever that river goes, that’s where I want to be/ Flow, river, flowĪnd then McGuinn turned that into “The Ballad of Easy Rider.” The tale finishes with the suggestion that when Bob was shown the film prior to release he saw the credit of himself at the end but asked for it to be removed. It is then reported that Bob was asked to write a new song, but given that he didn’t like the film (or at least the ending) he declined and instead picked up a table napkin and wrote on it
#Roger mcguinn ballad of easy rider movie
The background story is that the movie makers wanted to use “It’s Alright Ma” over the closing credits but Bob refused to allow this and the story is that Bob didn’t like the end of the film – although others have said that he felt his name was just being used for exploitative purposes. Rolling Stone magazine said at the time the song expressed the complete feeling that existed at the end of the 1960s: “the weary blues and dashed expectations of a decade’s worth of social insurrection.” I remember it well (the weary blues and dashed expectations that is). There is a movie version of the song by Roger McGuinn and a second version by the Byrds – which as far as I know was for some odd reason never issued in the UK. The best summary of the ownership of the song that I have seen describes this as a song written by Roger McGuinn “with input from Bob Dylan”. I doubt that I can add much (or better put, “anything”) to the story told so often, but every other morning at the moment I write a review of a Dylan song not yet included on the Untold Dylan site, and as this song might have a bit of Dylan in it, here is the tale for completeness, along with a couple of links to recordings of the song.
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