![]() Tkay Maidza – “U-Huh” – THUNDA FROM DOWN UNDA. ILoveMakonnen – “Club Goin Up On A Tuesday” – 2014: The year leftfield rap went mainstream.ġ3. Shamir – “If It Wasn’t True” – This was my favorite track from my favorite EP of the year.ġ5. The Derevolutions – “Now You Know My Name” – This was the feelgood/car dancing jam of 2014.ġ7. Hidden Fees – “So What” – Vintage Jagger swagger meets !!!-style dance rock.ġ8. Action Bronson – “Easy Rider” – Aside from being a jam, this track produced the best music video of 2014.ġ9. I got this album near the end of the year and I’ve been totally hooked ever since.Ģ1. David Woodcock – “Splinters” – Smart lyrics and a catchy melody. I get a +10 energy boost every time I hear it.Ģ2. Oliver – “Light Years Away” – If I had one of those alarm clocks that you could program to wake you up to a specific song, this would be the song I’d wake up to. Sounds like late 70’s solo MJ with a modern production touch.Ģ3. Old people, young people, everyone gets down to this track. Dedication – “I Ain’t Gonna Tell You” (DJ Kaos Highland Park Power Mix) – This was one of my staples whenever I DJed out and it never failed me. I can’t decide which one I like better, so it’s a tie.Ģ4. Ghost Culture – “Giudecca” / “Arms” (tie) – Two tracks from the early frontrunner for 2015’s album of the year. This would work best as an introduction for newcomers to the movie and to the important changes Hollywood undertook in 1969.Editor’s Note: Work your way down Travis’ Top 25 singles of the year to find out his #1 pick and then discover a bunch of bonus tracks at the bottom!Ģ5. Everyone knows the trouble Hopper, Fonda and the rest of the crew faced while making this film, and Lee does come through in pointing out the disasterous qualities of the film right along with the wonderful ones. Everything he writes is interesting, and some of his points run deep into the roots of the film's production, but this almost seems like an excerot out of a much more dtailed story. This would w For a film this heavy and revolutionary, Lee's analysis on it feels just a little too light. Referring to little known archival material, Hill questions some of the legends that surround Easy Rider.moreįor a film this heavy and revolutionary, Lee's analysis on it feels just a little too light. Hill persuasively argues that the role of illustrious screenwriter Terry Southern in Easy Rider has been neglected as the exact circumstances of production, filming, and editing have become lost in mythmaking. In his meticulously researched book, Lee Hill analyzes both the circumstances surrounding the making of Easy Rider and the social and cultural forces that found expression in it. Few films since have been able to catch its particular blend of innocence and cynicism, hope and despair. It was a seminal road movie and a massive financial success that spawned endless imitations. Easy Rider was one of the crucial films of the late 60s, a film that enshrined the ideals of the counterculture but also foresaw the demise of these ideals in the despair and paranoia of a nation rocked by Watergate and the Vietnam War. Easy Rider was one of the crucial films of the late 60s, a film that enshrined the ideals of the counterculture but also foresaw the demise of these ideals in the des Released in 1969, Easy Rider broke the mold of Hollywood studio production, making stars of Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson and launching a new wave of radical and experimental American cinema. Released in 1969, Easy Rider broke the mold of Hollywood studio production, making stars of Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson and launching a new wave of radical and experimental American cinema.
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