I physically feel his pain too. I was born with double scoliosis. Will be 35 in feb too which was the superbowl before he killed himself. T_T i just turned 19 before he killed himself.
A one of a kind authentic man! As our actions define who we truly are, Hunter was truly the unique person he presented through his writings and interviews. He lived the stories he reported
what's amazing about this man is how dead on accurate he always was in real time, without the luxury of hindsight hunter s. thompson was dead on with his political assessments, charlie rose seems perturbed with him, even thru his meandering his words ring with deafening clarity and truth. how many people have had their ass kicked by the hells angels and been arrested by the secret service for threatening a vice president with words? this man is a legend.
hunter is so kind to rose, even though hes trying to get something out and hes...well sort of interjecting...makes me glad to see all you folks speaking the good truth about this man. as for others, speak with love, so others dont get pissed off hahaha. but hes so kind to listen to roses intellectual babbling, even when hes the character on the show and he could pour useful and intriguing information for hours. even with hunter and all his stardom...there will never be enough footage to last me a lifetime...but his words will guide me bravely through this life...i feel a slight hint of rose trying to prove hes smarter then hunter, which erks me slightly, but hunter handles any situation well, no man can make this legend look dull. pft...just to think of it is a laugh... i understand this is a talk show...but rose is alwayyssss cutting hunter off, let the beautiful man speak
Rose and Thompson were friends , and liked and respected each other and like many in the business gave each other some shit. Rose is a decent Journalist in his own right , one of the few left.
I wish Hunter was still here. It's sad. we need his voice more than ever.People are slowly starting to wake up. Sure it's not complete and there are still a lot of blinded people out there. But he could of set us in focus better.At least if people were willing to listen.Unfortunately he came at a time when younger people weren't as involved. Now younger people are asking more questions.The internet is allowing them to see beyond mainstream media. Unfortunately we let him down while he was here.
His voice was already going. You can hear him starting to slow down. HST knew what he was doing when he pulled the trigger. There will be other visionaries, although perhaps none quite like him.
Just listen to the last minute of this video when charlie is reading an excerpt out of the book. You all can get a real sense of what Hunter was about and how he was genius. Charlie laughs it off but every damn word of it is true. It"s intelligent to question as opposed to following everyone into the wreck.
@dkshotwell if someone can effect the way 1 person thinks to the day that person dies, I wouldn't call that a wasted life. If he can open someone's eyes to not take things on face value, that's not a waste. Hunter didn't just do that for 1 person, he did it for a generation. Drugs and alcohol may well have been the reason that Hunter thought like he did, and wrote like he did. He accomplished more in his life, and reached more people than we can ever expect to.
@Pfsif you just have to listen harder. and the great thing thing is he communicates so effectively, even when he is really hard to understand and as you say you can only understand every other word. it's probably best that way.
Charlie Rose, bless his heart, has to interject & rush this 'tortured genius' - to cram as many coherant messages as he can between thenecesary commercials paying for the show. Too damned bad he couldn't snag a one on one special (HBO?) with HST to give him due (and more time). NO, he wasn't referring to the economy as 'so we can feed our kids and pay our mortgages'. SHEESH I mean, I understand why the hurry - but HST doesn't rush, he flows.
@dkshotwell - Hunter had so many brilliant observations ( i.e. deep thinking ) that one would have to be wasted to miss them. My favorite was his "wave" speech as he called it which came from "F&L in Vegas" ( i'd expect you were at the high water mark breaking that wave). I've never heard anybody sum up the 1960's so perfectly and i was there so I'm talking from experience. The amount of great art and music turned out by people that liked their buzz is stunning. You are too narrow-minded.
What do you mean? Hunter and him we're actually close friends, they also shared a lot of the same political views. I think you just dislike Charlie Rose, and watched the video with shades on.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SPEND JUST ONE WEEK LIVIN LIFE WITH THIS MAN, TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH, and He Speaks IT!!!!! Hunter, Your candle burned out long b4 the LEGEND ever DID!
I read the other day in the new york times that 1 in 5 american are living on the poverty line. For one of the richest countries in the world, that's quite fucked up!.
I've always thought Rose to be a great interviewer, but I'm wondering if he was friends with Ol' Hunter, he seems to really toss proverbial jabs at him with little fear of the Good Doctor's wrath (who btw seems exceptionally patient with Rose) anybody have any insight on this?
I see your point but no, that’s an unlikely reason. Both are talking like journalists to each other and both are lovers of books and language and in-depth analysis of topical issues. It’s more like they are in deep discussion in a bar, sitting tucked away in the corner.
Not necessarily my friend. He hated Clinton ("an evil disaster") and didn't affilliate himself with any particular party. I'm almost certain he would've supported Ron Paul despite him being a Republican. But who really knows...? Like the fella says below we probably need him more now than any any other time. A true American Original.
1997 Brian rapp Paul rapp rogercorman wild angels of hollyweed surf and fish mahimahi and golf The konasurf hotel on alibi road where Hunter s Thomson wrot the curse of lono surf Lymans reef with manta rays I named my son James Hunter Rapp in my hero's honer canyonlocalfilmscom save a he coco palms hotel
@menotsane75 I have read everything he has published. The Great Shark Hunt was crap except for The Great Shark Hunt and Kentuck Derby. Better than sex was crappy...he had lost it long before that. His last gig was a sports writer. Hell, even HE came to see the truth.
I love HST's books. But to say that he has no party affiliations is just wrong. He was a dyed in the wool democrat w/o question. He wouldve been the first to say so.
i love HST as much as anyone, but you guys leaving comments gotta stop trying to talk like hunter...... it's lame..... STOP TRYING TO SOUND LIKE HIM, if everyone sounded like hunter.... would he sound so awesome? think about it.
Around 2:30.... "The government should take care of it's people" Hunter, if only you and John Lennon, Bob Marley and Maynard James Keenan got together and ran the world! Along with Dr MLK and Bono and BRUUUUUUUCCCCCEEEEE!!!
@@lastofthebest5102it's that savior complex. Ppl that don't have the balls to take responsibility for their life. They want someone else to tell them what to do. We currently have an epidemic of stupid ppl with little to no imagination. Personally, I'd love to see ppl start to find the means of disentangling from the system and setting up off grid societies. The government clearly doesn't give a f about us (just look at what happened in Hawaii) so relying on them is the height of stupidity.
+itscork I was thinking the other day how interesting it would be to see his take on the current Democrat/ Republican nominations.. Trump?! Also, I'm interested to know why you think Obama is a clown? I'm not spoiling for an argument, I'm just genuinely interested in your take.
+SethHesio I'm just dumbfounded that our political leadership choices have disintegrated into a self imposed death spiral. I was not a George W. Bush fan. I thought his spending was out of control and relied too heavily on progressive government expansion. Then President Obama came along and just stepped on the gas even more. We are drowning in debt with no chance of climbing out of the hole we've dug for our kids (I have 2 young ones) and it's simply immoral. What the heck is next? A lying bombastic reality television star? Hillary, the political criminal? The only honest one seems to be the socialist, and we obviously can't afford HIS programs. Free college, free insurance, free ice cream & puppydogs. I honestly think we're doomed. If you ever read "the 5000 year leap"? The founders of our country were brilliant and they put in place a political philosophy that has generated the most successful and prosperous country this planet have ever seen. Then we destroyed it
+Chuck Dellano how do you know these disturbing facts? Did you steal the NWO secret diary/blueprint for Armageddon from Bigfoot? He is by far the most prolific Freemason alive as well as being a Rothschild and head of the illuminati...
@@itscorkand ppl still think Obama was a good President. That man did more to screw this country than ppl realize and a lot of that has come to bear in the years since he left office. My favorite was when they tried to blame the kids in cages at the border on Trump ...when it was actually from the Obama administration. Or the fact he did more drone strikes than Bush Jr. Oh, that Obama loved him some drone strikes. He even killed an American citizen during one of those strikes. But he gets a pass since he was the "first black President". And he didn't do dick for the black community. Completely ignored them.
Classic alcoholic, speaks in stacatto bursts. Not a hero, not a deep thinker. Was he a tallented writer, yep, but his life boiled down to being just another in an endless line of drunks. A wasted life.
@ZiggyShiv HST could barely get a coherent thought out of his fucking mouth. He was overrated and I read all his shit many times. Laughed my ass off to alot of it, but he was not a GREAT writer, just a one hit wonder.
Everything about Hunter S. Thompson kinda just screams genius at me.
what people don't realize is that Hunter was in constant physical pain towards the end of his life
I physically feel his pain too. I was born with double scoliosis. Will be 35 in feb too which was the superbowl before he killed himself. T_T i just turned 19 before he killed himself.
His Gift (and his curse) was being able to see the Truth.
Thank God he wrote it down.
A one of a kind authentic man!
As our actions define who we truly are, Hunter was truly the unique person he presented through his writings and interviews.
He lived the stories he reported
tell it like it is!!! pure gonzo journalism!!
Holy crap, how many times does this guy stick his tongue out!? A lizard for sure.
what's amazing about this man is how dead on accurate he always was in real time, without the luxury of hindsight hunter s. thompson was dead on with his political assessments, charlie rose seems perturbed with him, even thru his meandering his words ring with deafening clarity and truth.
how many people have had their ass kicked by the hells angels and been arrested by the secret service for threatening a vice president with words?
this man is a legend.
I’m guessing lots of people had their asses kicked by the HA.
A man who hungers for the truth ,should expect no mecy and therefore give none. HST
hunter is so kind to rose, even though hes trying to get something out and hes...well sort of interjecting...makes me glad to see all you folks speaking the good truth about this man. as for others, speak with love, so others dont get pissed off hahaha. but hes so kind to listen to roses intellectual babbling, even when hes the character on the show and he could pour useful and intriguing information for hours. even with hunter and all his stardom...there will never be enough footage to last me a lifetime...but his words will guide me bravely through this life...i feel a slight hint of rose trying to prove hes smarter then hunter, which erks me slightly, but hunter handles any situation well, no man can make this legend look dull. pft...just to think of it is a laugh... i understand this is a talk show...but rose is alwayyssss cutting hunter off, let the beautiful man speak
Rose and Thompson were friends , and liked and respected each other and like many in the business gave each other some shit.
Rose is a decent Journalist in his own right , one of the few left.
the boy king fits bush well
And the 2nd boy king!
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty [n]or security." -Benjamin Franklin
I wish Hunter was still here. It's sad. we need his voice more than ever.People are slowly starting to wake up. Sure it's not complete and there are still a lot of blinded people out there. But he could of set us in focus better.At least if people were willing to listen.Unfortunately he came at a time when younger people weren't as involved. Now younger people are asking more questions.The internet is allowing them to see beyond mainstream media. Unfortunately we let him down while he was here.
no problem. it is a deep tenement that i hold deep for myself.
He would have some interesting things to say about today's presidential candidates
he was 100% correct on bush. and 18 years later its even more true.
You've lost what little bit of mind you may have had!
Did the interviewer actually say what I think he said at 2.05? Sounds like the architect from the Matrix...
His voice was already going.
You can hear him starting to slow down. HST knew what he was doing when he pulled the trigger. There will be other visionaries, although perhaps none quite like him.
When was this?
Just listen to the last minute of this video when charlie is reading an excerpt out of the book. You all can get a real sense of what Hunter was about and how he was genius. Charlie laughs it off but every damn word of it is true. It"s intelligent to question as opposed to following everyone into the wreck.
Well considering that Hunter was an avid gun-buff, he probably wouldn't take to kindly to some of his stances!
XYZ
Great insight, well spoken!
@dkshotwell if someone can effect the way 1 person thinks to the day that person dies, I wouldn't call that a wasted life. If he can open someone's eyes to not take things on face value, that's not a waste. Hunter didn't just do that for 1 person, he did it for a generation. Drugs and alcohol may well have been the reason that Hunter thought like he did, and wrote like he did. He accomplished more in his life, and reached more people than we can ever expect to.
00:54
Now we know what he was smirking about.
hunter spoke only truth. he had no party affiliations, he couldn't be persuaded by money, he said what he saw. that is the essence of gonzo.
I love how Hunter could give a fuck less about Pete's "accomplishments". It screams, "You dont get it."
ok just because you said so i suppose i will never do drugs ever again.
Good!
@Pfsif you just have to listen harder. and the great thing thing is he communicates so effectively, even when he is really hard to understand and as you say you can only understand every other word. it's probably best that way.
charlie rose dude. where have you been the past twenty years?
Hunter is jesus wish he was here today amazing insight
what year is this
2022
Charlie Rose, bless his heart, has to interject & rush this 'tortured genius' - to cram as many coherant messages as he can between thenecesary commercials paying for the show.
Too damned bad he couldn't snag a one on one special (HBO?) with HST to give him due (and more time).
NO, he wasn't referring to the economy as 'so we can feed our kids and pay our mortgages'.
SHEESH
I mean, I understand why the hurry - but HST doesn't rush, he flows.
@dkshotwell - Hunter had so many brilliant observations ( i.e. deep thinking ) that one would have to be wasted to miss them. My favorite was his "wave" speech as he called it which came from "F&L in Vegas" ( i'd expect you were at the high water mark breaking that wave).
I've never heard anybody sum up the 1960's so perfectly and i was there so I'm talking from experience.
The amount of great art and music turned out by people that liked their buzz is stunning. You are too narrow-minded.
What do you mean? Hunter and him we're actually close friends, they also shared a lot of the same political views. I think you just dislike Charlie Rose, and watched the video with shades on.
"You can't operate a country or an economy without people at work."
Hunter Thompson and Charlie Rose are old friends.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SPEND JUST ONE WEEK LIVIN LIFE WITH THIS MAN, TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH, and He Speaks IT!!!!! Hunter, Your candle burned out long b4 the LEGEND ever DID!
I read the other day in the new york times that 1 in 5 american are living on the poverty line. For one of the richest countries in the world, that's quite fucked up!.
I can only understand every 3 word from HT? Just don't get the love?
I love this guy but i have no idea what hes talking about here.
Fumbling, but light years better than Nixon or Dubya.
r.i.p hunter ,what a fucking waste.i miss really miss your way of colouring this grey road of life.
I've always thought Rose to be a great interviewer, but I'm wondering if he was friends with Ol' Hunter, he seems to really toss proverbial jabs at him with little fear of the Good Doctor's wrath (who btw seems exceptionally patient with Rose) anybody have any insight on this?
I see your point but no, that’s an unlikely reason. Both are talking like journalists to each other and both are lovers of books and language and in-depth analysis of topical issues. It’s more like they are in deep discussion in a bar, sitting tucked away in the corner.
so what if charlie disagreed and laughed a bit in what he read? the point got out there. enjoy the cog, doc. see you on the flip side...
@MrBasilGanglia "Che was a cowardly murderer" You mean, like Ronald Reagan?
Please don't do drugs and please try to keep the body healthy. No matter how screwed up you mind can get you can at least not poison it with drugs.
lol
Why is Hunter dead?
Google : Hunter Thompson Franklin Coverup
Not necessarily my friend. He hated Clinton ("an evil disaster") and didn't affilliate himself with any particular party. I'm almost certain he would've supported Ron Paul despite him being a Republican. But who really knows...? Like the fella says below we probably need him more now than any any other time. A true American Original.
Wonder what he’d have to say about Biden…
Who says booze and cocaine are bad
1997 Brian rapp Paul rapp rogercorman wild angels of hollyweed surf and fish mahimahi and golf The konasurf hotel on alibi road where Hunter s Thomson wrot the curse of lono surf Lymans reef with manta rays I named my son James Hunter Rapp in my hero's honer canyonlocalfilmscom save a he coco palms hotel
@menotsane75 I have read everything he has published. The Great Shark Hunt was crap except for The Great Shark Hunt and Kentuck Derby. Better than sex was crappy...he had lost it long before that. His last gig was a sports writer. Hell, even HE came to see the truth.
rich kid? he was smarter than his peers....look it up
Not really
@dangoettel100 Gonzo broadcasting. He is making himself the story.
I don't know but have a personal feeling he may have killed him self over a broken heart from the decline of America.
Why negative rep this guy. He keept on cutting hunter off!
Lol. Looks like this is where all the teenagers on youtube hang out. You guys need to eat some cereal and watch a Stallone movie.
I love HST's books. But to say that he has no party affiliations is just wrong. He was a dyed in the wool democrat w/o question. He wouldve been the first to say so.
i love HST as much as anyone, but you guys leaving comments gotta stop trying to talk like hunter...... it's lame..... STOP TRYING TO SOUND LIKE HIM, if everyone sounded like hunter.... would he sound so awesome? think about it.
@tom6612 A wasted life is wanting to get wasted every day, a well spent life is serving Jesus.
Around 2:30.... "The government should take care of it's people" Hunter, if only you and John Lennon, Bob Marley and Maynard James Keenan got together and ran the world! Along with Dr MLK and Bono and BRUUUUUUUCCCCCEEEEE!!!
Why do the peasants always demand that someone else govern their own affairs?
@@lastofthebest5102it's that savior complex. Ppl that don't have the balls to take responsibility for their life. They want someone else to tell them what to do. We currently have an epidemic of stupid ppl with little to no imagination. Personally, I'd love to see ppl start to find the means of disentangling from the system and setting up off grid societies. The government clearly doesn't give a f about us (just look at what happened in Hawaii) so relying on them is the height of stupidity.
I would love to see what he would say about the clown in office today.
+itscork I was thinking the other day how interesting it would be to see his take on the current Democrat/ Republican nominations.. Trump?! Also, I'm interested to know why you think Obama is a clown? I'm not spoiling for an argument, I'm just genuinely interested in your take.
+SethHesio
I'm just dumbfounded that our political leadership choices have disintegrated into a self imposed death spiral.
I was not a George W. Bush fan. I thought his spending was out of control and relied too heavily on progressive government expansion.
Then President Obama came along and just stepped on the gas even more.
We are drowning in debt with no chance of climbing out of the hole we've dug for our kids (I have 2 young ones) and it's simply immoral.
What the heck is next? A lying bombastic reality television star? Hillary, the political criminal?
The only honest one seems to be the socialist, and we obviously can't afford HIS programs. Free college, free insurance, free ice cream & puppydogs.
I honestly think we're doomed. If you ever read "the 5000 year leap"? The founders of our country were brilliant and they put in place a political philosophy that has generated the most successful and prosperous country this planet have ever seen.
Then we destroyed it
+Chuck Dellano how do you know these disturbing facts? Did you steal the NWO secret diary/blueprint for Armageddon from Bigfoot? He is by far the most prolific Freemason alive as well as being a Rothschild and head of the illuminati...
@@itscorkand ppl still think Obama was a good President. That man did more to screw this country than ppl realize and a lot of that has come to bear in the years since he left office. My favorite was when they tried to blame the kids in cages at the border on Trump ...when it was actually from the Obama administration. Or the fact he did more drone strikes than Bush Jr. Oh, that Obama loved him some drone strikes. He even killed an American citizen during one of those strikes. But he gets a pass since he was the "first black President". And he didn't do dick for the black community. Completely ignored them.
Classic alcoholic, speaks in stacatto bursts. Not a hero, not a deep thinker. Was he a tallented writer, yep, but his life boiled down to being just another in an endless line of drunks. A wasted life.
What an idiotic take.
Open that book, America. Gay or straight, trans, or anything else, at least cover your nation's bases.
@ZiggyShiv HST could barely get a coherent thought out of his fucking mouth. He was overrated and I read all his shit many times. Laughed my ass off to alot of it, but he was not a GREAT writer, just a one hit wonder.