VA - Easy Rider OST (1992)
Tracklist:
[*] 01 - Steppenwolf - The Pusher
[*] 02 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
[*] 03 - Smith - The Weight (*)
[*] 04 - Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow
[*] 05 - Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
[*] 06 - Fraternity of Man - Don't Bogart Me
[*] 07 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - If Six Was Nine
[*] 08 - Electric Prunes - Kyrie Eleison Mardi Gras
[*] 09 - Roger McGuinn - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
[*] 10 - Roger McGuinn - Ballad Of Easy Rider
sleeve notes
About the 3rd track "The Weight" (*) This song was performed in the motion picture by The Band and is not avaliable on this album.
We have taken the liberty of including the song as performed by Smith.
This is not the remastered version, it was released in 1992 by MCA. Brazillian pressing.
Amazon costumer reviews
Easy Rider is arguably the greatest road-movie ever created, in a spaced-out sixties era which is perfectly complemented by the songs featured in the film and on this album.
While the most famous song is undoubtedly Steppenwolf's 'Born to be Wild',(cue the beginning of the film: Hopper and Fonda's journey, with the whole of America before them)every track has its place. My favourites are 'I Wasn't Born To Follow' courtesy of The Byrds, and Hendrix's acid-drenched 'If 6 Was 9' from his 1968 Axis:Bold As Love album.
For me, this is one of the only film/soundtrack combos that works on nearly all levels - both the film and the music are neatly intertwined,(so much so that Dennis Hopper's character was based directly on David Crosby)so it almost feels that one isn't complete without the other.
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Great soundtrack, apparently costing nothing to Hopper as all songs appeared curtosy of the artists. My fav. must be the Byrds wasn't born to follow, however, this will possibly be best know for Steppenwolf hard hitting intro tune! My only dissapointment with respect to other great soundtracks is the lack of any dialog from the movie. This would have really made it more than just a compilation of good alternative sixties songs. I do recommend it, however, only to Easy Rider fans, there are better sixties albums.
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Despite the biker theme of the film, the soundtrack contains a varied mix of songs, from the unforgettable heavy metal 'Born to be Wild', to the country & western lilt of 'Don't bogart me'. Steppenwolf's often overlooked 'The Pusher' is the best on the soundtrack. They could so easily have gone into overproduction on this song, but to their credit, simplicity is retained. The few tarnishes to the soundtrack are 'Kyrie Eleison Mardi Gras', an interesting if unlikely rennaisence and pop combination, and the childish 'If you want to be a bird',which fails to catch the essence of the film.
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