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Roger McGuinn composed this song with assistance from Bob Dylan for the 1969 film Easy Rider. It first appeared in August 1969 on the movie's soundtrack as a solo McGuinn recording, then was re-released in a different arrangement as a Byrds single on October 1, 1969. Rolling Stone's David Fricke praised it for encapsulating the cultural atmosphere of late 1969 and expressing the disillusionment and exhaustion stemming from a decade of social upheaval.
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The song expresses the weary blues and dashed expectations resulting from a decade's worth of social insurrection.
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