@@MoMoMyPup10 Yep. The movie opened with Fonda and Hopper doing a drug buy and then riding their cycles for the entirety of the song. I was about 15 years old and the rating for the movie was such that I had to sneak in to the theater to see it...Also, mom and dad would not have been happy with me for doing that
The video is from the 1969 movie, Easy Rider. Great film. Peter Fonda is driving one bike, Dennis Hopper the other. That's Jack Nicholson behind Fonda in one of Jack's earliest movies before he became a gigantic movie star. Hopper was a great actor too. Peter Fonda is the brother of Jane Fonda and son of the legendary actor, Henry Fonda.
The Easy Rider movie came out at a time of major generational upheaval in America. Vietnam, assassinations, long hair, short hair, drugs, movies, music and us against them. What a time to come of age and know you have to grow up and find your way
SO, it's late 69' 0r 70' , late at night, sitting at a lonely red light in Euless Texas, windows down on my '67 Firebird and this song is blasting out on the 8 track tape player. I hadn't noticed, but a car has pulled up next me, also windows down on a hot summer night. Inside the car are a bunch of nuns in full nun outfits, all with their mouths hanging open at the song! I just waved and laughed and peeled out down the road.
Drug use encouraged in the 60s?!?! Let me count the ways..... The Pusher differentiates between a dealer and a pusher and makes the good point between grass and pills vs. heroin.
Many great tunes... Magic Carpet Ride; Sookie, Sookie; Hey Lawdy Mama; Snowblind Friend; just to name a few. Born to be Wild gets credited for first use of "Heavy Metal".
I remember seeing that movie, Easy Rider back in 1970. I was like 22. When it was done and we all walked out of the theater, I remember there wasn’t a sound. We were stunned. Uneasy times. Never thought we’d end up back in uneasy times during my lifetime.
@@L33Reacts ok. Sometimes very true. Spineless men. I get what you’re saying. But Keep in mind, throughout history, “Strong Men”. Have led to conquest and misery. I would change that saying to “Dishonorable men create hard times” it’s not enough to be physically and mentally strong. We need men of character and integrity. Use their strength to raise children of good character and protect their families.
Watching someone look at that and NOT know it's "Easy Rider" and Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda on the bikes, was surreal. lol Don't mean that in a bad way, as you're just younger than I am and haven't seen it, but it was still very weird. lol Definitely check it out, man, it's a classic.
This is from Easy Rider the movie..it was the sound track..Peter Fonda Jack Nickelson and Dennis Hopper were the actors you saw..This was Peter Fonda's creation.. 1969
Pusher Man is from 1972. Easy Rider was huge and started a youth trend in movies that never ended. Fonda, Hopper, and Nicholson were quite a trio of stars. "Born" is used in so many movies, often ironically in comedies. Their other song to hear is Magic Carpet Ride, their second big hit.
The front man was born in Germany; his family moved to Canada when he was hitting his teens. Started a band, and like numerous others they headed to the San Francisco Music Mecca in the late 60s.
Growing up at this time - I put Steppenwolf in my top 5 of bands that the parents absolutely hated. (J. Airplane, Doors, Stones and I guess Black Sabbath was pre 70's).
Yep, I remember the wind blowing through my hair while pedaling really fast on my Schwinn. Easy Rider was the movie. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, and an unknown Toni Basil. "The Pusher" was praised by President Nixon.
I went to see Steppenwolf at Beggars Banquet in Toronto, Canada, in 1971. Also included were bands Bread, Blood Rock, Beach Boys, Alice Cooper, Lighthouse, and Chilliwack. The entire concert was a fabulous experience. BTW...price of admission was 4 bucks!...yes!...4 bucks!!! Multiple band concerts at those prices were quite common in those days.
Lee this is the movie easy rider directed by dennis hopper. Peter fonda is captain America helmet. Jack Nicholson is on the back of bike. Great movie from 1969.. the soundtrack you should check out
Suggest listening to “Snowblind Friend”, “Monster” (especially these days) and “Rock Me”. Always have been a fan of Steppenwolf. Easy Rider is worth the time to watch, good for understanding the 60’s.
No the guys on the motorcycle is the actors in Easy Rider, Peter Fonda, with the helmet with stars and stripes. His passenger is Jack Nicholson, he had a small role, but that is the one that really got him noticed, the other one is Dennis Hopper who already had been in some big movie's he was in "The Giant", with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. The movie is from 1969, I went to it with a date, I was living in New York City at the time.
Born to be Wild is the first mention of Heavy Metal in a song, and the adoption. It was also the first music video, and first movie with a soundtrack like this.
"Born To Be Wild" and "The Pusher" originate from Steppenwolf's debut album, but both songs were featured in the iconic 1969 counter culture movie "Easy Rider", as well as on it's great soundtrack. The video you saw for "Born To Be Wild" was a series of clips from this movie. You should also check out the following, also on the Easy Rider soundtrack: "Don't Bogart Me" by The Fraternity of Man, and "If 6 was 9" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
@lesschoenberger3070 I saw Jimi Hendrix back in '68 and when people started yelling for him to play "Purple Haze" he shouted back, "Yeah, I'll get to that Mickey Mouse stuff"...you got lots of free drama for the price of a ticket in those days...
Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson Dennis Hopper from the movie easy Rider Jack Nicholson is behind Peter Fonda with the football helmet on Dennis Hopper was a Director of the movie
should check out a song called Steppenwolf Hawkwind - Steppenwolf ruclips.net/video/TlRKOF_iZzA/видео.html not to be mistaken for the band Steppenwolf song is about a wolfman/ man wolf
Classic! One of favourite bands from 1968 to 1972. Born To Be Wild was a huge #1 Song here in Canada 🇨🇦 and spent 3 weeks at #2 in the USA. Bought their first album with Born To Be Wild on it when l was 12 years old in 1968.
You mentioned song writer Hoyt Axton. He also composed a minor Ringo hit: "The No No No Song" another antidrug and anti booze song It was on Goodnight Vienna which came after the 1973 "Ringo" Album which had the track "You're Sixteen" that you played once.
Easy Rider is an iconic film from that era, but none of the band members were in the film; this song WAS in the film soundtrack though. I saw John Kaye's Steppenwolf (what he called it later when he took that music on the road with a different band) in the 1980's at Summerfest in Milwaukee. He was outstanding!
Cuz these sorts of self-referential institutions are purely political, NOT artistic... Just look at all the alltime best films that never got any AcademyAward noms!
Concert somewhere between the late 90's to early 2000's. One of my old bands was on the same bill around that time. John was the only original member left, but they still put on a hell of a concert.
I saw Steppenwolf in Decatur Illinois in 1981. Muddy Waters opened the show. Steppenwolf of course sounded great, but he singer John Kay was getting SO pissed off because the spotlight operator kept taking the spotlight of him and shining it on the lead player when John Kay was singing. THEN when lead player started playing a lead, the spotlight operator would take the off of the lead player and shine it on John Kay when he was standing there playing Rhythm. This went on and on, and with each song he got more pissed off. I think we got a shortened because of it. But they were great.
This was the first "heavy" album I bought when I was 14 back in 1968. I also saw Easy Rider. I think you would like the movie. It gives you a feel of the times.
Steppenwolf what a cool band, Born to be wild is one of the most iconic songs of the 60s, but my favourite steppenwolf song is probably Dont step on the grass sam!!
I saw them back in the summer of 1990 in Toronto and they were extremely loud and great and on tour in support of their album Rise and Shine,good times!
Hoyt Axton famously starred in a classic 80s movie as the inventor dad who discovers "Mogwi" in a Chinese market. The movie was GREMLINS. He wrote the Pusher,
P.S. I think I was wrong about the timing of Easy Rider, 1969 was the first year I moved from Ct. to NYC, but I think it was later I so the movie, I remember iwas in the fall Oct. Nov. so 1970 1971.
"The Pusher" here was from a show called "Live on air" from 1989 and I believe it was in Texas. There is a version of "Magic carpet ride" on RUclips from this same show.
In the video are the 3 actors in the movie. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson. Couldn't have a better group of guys. All wild and into the counter culture movement of the late 60's.
Looking at John Kay the lead singer from Steppenwolf looks somewhat older here so perhaps late seventies. I saw an interview with him from the late sixties or early seventies. The Pusher is the opening song to Easy Rider.
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Find the early 70s movie "Easy Rider." It's a classic with Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Dennis Hopper.
Definitely depicts the culture clash dramatically.
Good movie. Fabulous soundtrack! I hope you choose to watch "Easy Rider"
Came out in 69 cult classic seen it more times than I can count. ✌️
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Easy Rider is a late sixties movie not a seventies movie. I hate incorrect information.
The actors on the motorcycles are Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.
From the movie....?
Always liked hoppers bike better .
@@MoMoMyPup10 Yep. The movie opened with Fonda and Hopper doing a drug buy and then riding their cycles for the entirety of the song. I was about 15 years old and the rating for the movie was such that I had to sneak in to the theater to see it...Also, mom and dad would not have been happy with me for doing that
"The Pusher" another great song written by Hoyt Axton
The video is from the 1969 movie, Easy Rider. Great film. Peter Fonda is driving one bike, Dennis Hopper the other. That's Jack Nicholson behind Fonda in one of Jack's earliest movies before he became a gigantic movie star. Hopper was a great actor too. Peter Fonda is the brother of Jane Fonda and son of the legendary actor, Henry Fonda.
Jack was in another motorcycle movie in 66-67 ( at least one ) called HELL'S ANGELS ON WHEELS, Peter was in a couple MC movies also, same time period.
@@dennisgschmidt6167 Jack appeared in a few lesser movies before Easy Rider. I enjoyed his bit part in the original Little Shop of Horrors.
"heavy metal thunder!" Now you know where that comes from.
The Easy Rider movie came out at a time of major generational upheaval in America. Vietnam, assassinations, long hair, short hair, drugs, movies, music and us against them. What a time to come of age and know you have to grow up and find your way
Here are tunes that define the time!
SO, it's late 69' 0r 70' , late at night, sitting at a lonely red light in Euless Texas, windows down on my '67 Firebird and this song is blasting out on the 8 track tape player. I hadn't noticed, but a car has pulled up next me, also windows down on a hot summer night.
Inside the car are a bunch of nuns in full nun outfits, all with their mouths hanging open at the song!
I just waved and laughed and peeled out down the road.
Born To Be Wild is an iconic tune ... Nice to see Steppenwolf live.
This was big when I was in Vietnam. Early 1970s
Thank you for your service. I appreciate your sacrifices. Blessings.
Why no one in the comments have mentioned Steppinwolf's biggest hit is beyond me. And we all know it was "Magic Carpet Ride" don't we ?
Drug use encouraged in the 60s?!?! Let me count the ways..... The Pusher differentiates between a dealer and a pusher and makes the good point between grass and pills vs. heroin.
Many great tunes... Magic Carpet Ride; Sookie, Sookie; Hey Lawdy Mama; Snowblind Friend; just to name a few. Born to be Wild gets credited for first use of "Heavy Metal".
Don't forget "Rock Me Baby" and "Monster."
Video is from the 1970 movie “Easy Rider”.
With Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson
1969 directed by Dennis hopper
I remember seeing that movie, Easy Rider back in 1970. I was like 22. When it was done and we all walked out of the theater, I remember there wasn’t a sound. We were stunned. Uneasy times.
Never thought we’d end up back in uneasy times during my lifetime.
Weak men create hard times
@@L33Reacts ok. Sometimes very true. Spineless men. I get what you’re saying. But Keep in mind, throughout history, “Strong Men”. Have led to conquest and misery.
I would change that saying to “Dishonorable men create hard times” it’s not enough to be physically and mentally strong. We need men of character and integrity. Use their strength to raise children of good character and protect their families.
That's about the time I started encountering Draft Dodgers in Canada.
@@michaeldowson6988 that’s about right. Like I said……very uneasy times.
I saw a Steppenwolf in 1974 in Cleveland. Excellent concert.
It's not an anti-drug song. It's a anti-hard drugs song. They explain the difference from the dealer and the pusher.
I know. I’m a former heroin addict. I get it.
@@L33Reacts Sorry, Lee. It's an old habit.
Great Pick Joel!! Steppenwolf is great and what an iconic pick I can't believe it wasn't requested sooner!! 😎💪🎶🔥💯
That bike with the American flag painted on it may be the most famous chopper in the world, or at least once was.
Watching someone look at that and NOT know it's "Easy Rider" and Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda on the bikes, was surreal. lol Don't mean that in a bad way, as you're just younger than I am and haven't seen it, but it was still very weird. lol Definitely check it out, man, it's a classic.
Hoyt Axton's Mom Wrote"Heartbreak Hotel!"for Elvis! Hoyt also wrote "Joy to the World!"for Three Dog Night!
Hoyt did the best version of 'Lay Lady Lay'.
DaMM ! That Pusher Man !!!
I like smoking lightning
heavy metal thunder
racing with the wind
and the feeling that I'm under❤
Steppenwolf should be in the R&R hall of fame.
Should have been in a long time ago.
No doubt
This is from Easy Rider the movie..it was the sound track..Peter Fonda Jack Nickelson and Dennis Hopper were the actors you saw..This was Peter Fonda's creation.. 1969
Pusher Man is from 1972. Easy Rider was huge and started a youth trend in movies that never ended. Fonda, Hopper, and Nicholson were quite a trio of stars. "Born" is used in so many movies, often ironically in comedies. Their other song to hear is Magic Carpet Ride, their second big hit.
The front man was born in Germany; his family moved to Canada when he was hitting his teens. Started a band, and like numerous others they headed to the San Francisco Music Mecca in the late 60s.
Just a perfect song
I laughed out loud when you asked whether these were the guys from steppenwolf. You have a great movie watching experience in store.
The guy in the football helmet is Jack Nicholson. He was great in the movie.
Growing up at this time - I put Steppenwolf in my top 5 of bands that the parents absolutely hated. (J. Airplane, Doors, Stones and I guess Black Sabbath was pre 70's).
You should add the Who to that list…
@@jongrass2841. Haha. It was the Who or Ozzy.
Yep, I remember the wind blowing through my hair while pedaling really fast on my Schwinn. Easy Rider was the movie. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, and an unknown Toni Basil. "The Pusher" was praised by President Nixon.
This video is a clip from the Easy Rider movie. The song was featured in the movie .
Great songs.
What a way to feel really old…”are these members of the band” oh my goodness lol
Peter Fonda is Captain America riding the Captain America motorcycle. Supposedly that chopper was extremely dangerous to ride.
Omg I'm feeling old now.....saw Steppenwolf live - Toronto Pop Festival 1969.......where just breathing the air could get you high.
The first concert I ever saw was Steppenwolf in 71 with Alice Cooper as the opener. Great reaction!
I saw Steppenwolf in 1974 in Cleveland. Great concert.
Those two songs came out in 1968.
I went to see Steppenwolf at Beggars Banquet in Toronto, Canada, in 1971. Also included were bands Bread, Blood Rock, Beach Boys, Alice Cooper, Lighthouse, and Chilliwack. The entire concert was a fabulous experience. BTW...price of admission was 4 bucks!...yes!...4 bucks!!! Multiple band concerts at those prices were quite common in those days.
Lee this is the movie easy rider directed by dennis hopper. Peter fonda is captain America helmet. Jack Nicholson is on the back of bike. Great movie from 1969.. the soundtrack you should check out
Suggest listening to “Snowblind Friend”, “Monster” (especially these days) and “Rock Me”. Always have been a fan of Steppenwolf. Easy Rider is worth the time to watch, good for understanding the 60’s.
No the guys on the motorcycle is the actors in Easy Rider, Peter Fonda, with the helmet with stars and stripes. His passenger is Jack Nicholson, he had a small role, but that is the one that really got him noticed, the other one is Dennis Hopper who already had been in some big movie's he was in "The Giant", with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. The movie is from 1969, I went to it with a date, I was living in New York City at the time.
I was in 7th grade when this movie came out. Such a great time to be a kid ( 60s and 70s )
The pusher looks likes and sounds early 80s . The effects on the guitar are much later than the 60s
Band broke up in 73. So It's around there.
Broke up Valentine's day 1972, regrouped in 1974.
Born to be Wild is the first mention of Heavy Metal in a song, and the adoption. It was also the first music video, and first movie with a soundtrack like this.
"Born To Be Wild" and "The Pusher" originate from Steppenwolf's debut album, but both songs were featured in the iconic 1969 counter culture movie "Easy Rider", as well as on it's great soundtrack. The video you saw for "Born To Be Wild" was a series of clips from this movie.
You should also check out the following, also on the Easy Rider soundtrack: "Don't Bogart Me" by The Fraternity of Man, and "If 6 was 9" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Another fantastic cover they did of songwriter Hoyt Axton’s is Snowblind Friend.
Saw Steppenwolf back in the '70s...people kept yelling for "The Pusher" and John Kay was pissed off because he wanted to play newer songs...
Yeah that happened quite a bit back then.
@lesschoenberger3070 I saw Jimi Hendrix back in '68 and when people started yelling for him to play "Purple Haze" he shouted back, "Yeah, I'll get to that Mickey Mouse stuff"...you got lots of free drama for the price of a ticket in those days...
Stephen wolf was my first concert in the early 70s. They gave Bob Seger the chance to open for them.
Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson Dennis Hopper from the movie easy Rider Jack Nicholson is behind Peter Fonda with the football helmet on Dennis Hopper was a Director of the movie
should check out a song called Steppenwolf Hawkwind - Steppenwolf ruclips.net/video/TlRKOF_iZzA/видео.html not to be mistaken for the band Steppenwolf song is about a wolfman/ man wolf
Classic! One of favourite bands from 1968 to 1972. Born To Be Wild was a huge #1 Song here in Canada 🇨🇦 and spent 3 weeks at #2 in the USA. Bought their first album with Born To Be Wild on it when l was 12 years old in 1968.
You mentioned song writer Hoyt Axton. He also composed a minor Ringo hit: "The No No No Song" another antidrug and anti booze song It was on Goodnight Vienna which came after the 1973 "Ringo" Album which had the track "You're Sixteen" that you played once.
THE BEST SINGLE BY STEPPENWOLF WAS "Magic Carpet Ride"
Easy Rider is an iconic film from that era, but none of the band members were in the film; this song WAS in the film soundtrack though.
I saw John Kaye's Steppenwolf (what he called it later when he took that music on the road with a different band) in the 1980's at Summerfest in Milwaukee. He was outstanding!
A real classic there.
The Pusher is live from Nashville - 1988.
Probably the greatest film especially from us 60s kids. Have watched this over and over and never tire of it !!!!!
Can’t understand why Steppenwolf isn’t in the R&R Hall of Fame.
Cuz these sorts of self-referential institutions are purely political, NOT artistic... Just look at all the alltime best films that never got any AcademyAward noms!
Cause they’re putting in people like Dolly Parton and Snoop Dog now.
Concert somewhere between the late 90's to early 2000's. One of my old bands was on the same bill around that time. John was the only original member left, but they still put on a hell of a concert.
I saw Steppenwolf in Decatur Illinois in 1981. Muddy Waters opened the show. Steppenwolf of course sounded great, but he singer John Kay was getting SO pissed off because the spotlight operator kept taking the spotlight of him and shining it on the lead player when John Kay was singing. THEN when lead player started playing a lead, the spotlight operator would take the off of the lead player and shine it on John Kay when he was standing there playing Rhythm. This went on and on, and with each song he got more pissed off. I think we got a shortened because of it. But they were great.
This was the first "heavy" album I bought when I was 14 back in 1968. I also saw Easy Rider. I think you would like the movie. It gives you a feel of the times.
Cool tracks, I played the vinyl 45 of "Born To Be Wild" in a "Rock with a Message" set. The film "Easy Rider." is an epic journey.
A bit of trivia… Dennis Hopper was channeling some David Cosby with his character in this movie
Steppenwolf what a cool band, Born to be wild is one of the most iconic songs of the 60s, but my favourite steppenwolf song is probably Dont step on the grass sam!!
Traded my Lady Madonna 45 for the Born to Be Wild 45 with the little red head girl across the street
I saw them back in the summer of 1990 in Toronto and they were extremely loud and great and on tour in support of their album Rise and Shine,good times!
Magic Carpet Ride
That's so sad you dont know Easy Rider , stars, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson.....
Late 80's concert... My guess is 1988... Definitely prior to their 1990 album release Rise & Shine.
Before they were Steppenwolf, they were The Sparrow. Saw The Sparrow in '67. POWERFUL!
“Screaming Night Hog”!
Hoyt Axton famously starred in a classic 80s movie as the inventor dad who discovers "Mogwi" in a Chinese market. The movie was GREMLINS. He wrote the Pusher,
The Pusher is from around 1971-72 era. That clip is from the early 90s, at a reunion concert.
@@mikefetterman6782 the song is from 1968
Pretty sure that concert was in Nashville in 1988 at The Cannery.
To get the full effect of "The Pusher", you NEED to listen to the original studio version. Hella difference...just sayin'.
Did it 5 months ago
Drummer reacts to "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf
ruclips.net/video/9qHXBg4WbgM/видео.html
@@L33Reacts Oh well...sorry
"The Pusher"; Single by Steppenwolf; from the album Steppenwolf; B-side Released, January 1968 (album) March 1970 (single).
P.S. I think I was wrong about the timing of Easy Rider, 1969 was the first year I moved from Ct. to NYC, but I think it was later I so the movie, I remember iwas in the fall Oct. Nov. so 1970 1971.
"The Pusher" here was from a show called "Live on air" from 1989 and I believe it was in Texas. There is a version of "Magic carpet ride" on RUclips from this same show.
60s dude
In the video are the 3 actors in the movie. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson. Couldn't have a better group of guys. All wild and into the counter culture movement of the late 60's.
From the movie Easy Rider,, not Steppenwolf musicians.
You should do a reaction to Steppenwolf - "Screaming Night Hog" 1970. It was filmed in American recording studio and kicks ass!
The tv station broadcasting the video was in business from 2005 to 2014, but could have originally been filmed earlier.
If there is a theme song of the 60s it’s Born to Be Wild!
This is Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson from the era Indie hit EASY RIDER!!
The video depicts Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson from the iconic movie Easy Rider.
I hate changes in something as good as this song was. This lost the whole feel of the recorded version. Except for hisv oice ...... my hang up sorry.
This is from the movie "Easy Rider." That's Jack Nicolson on the back.
If you want your ears blasted, listen to Slade's version of Born To Be Wild from their 1971 album Slade Alive.
The best live version of The Pusher is SteppenWolf Live with a wild wolf on the cover. 1970
You might like Magic Carpet Ride. By SW....
DRUGS WERE NOT ENCOURAGED.... young adults were encouraged to tune in, turn on and to drop out...
Looking at John Kay the lead singer from Steppenwolf looks somewhat older here so perhaps late seventies. I saw an interview with him from the late sixties or early seventies. The Pusher is the opening song to Easy Rider.
Both songs were popular when I was in high-school, and I graduated in 1972.
I love your comments during this epic song and clips from the movie Easy Rider.. 😂😅
Are these guys Steppenwolf. I laughed so hard. 😂😂😂
Easy Rider, probably the most famous cult classic movie to ever exist.
You haven't seen Easy Rider yet; lucky you! Enjoy my friend!
SAW THESE GUYS IN A BAR, IN CALGARY 1986, UP CLOSE N PERSONAL.
ROCK ON 👊🖖