The Hells Angels: Hunter Thompson Interview (1967)

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The Hells Angels: Hunter Thompson Interview (1967)
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@jdavidrhea 10 ай бұрын

It’s weird seeing Hunter do a long-form, serious, coherent interview.

@herboffour8594 9 ай бұрын

Same. But in spite of the toll that his lifestyle took on him he was always obviously intelligent and, even at his worst, there was always the presence of a keen sense of humor that made him fun and still sharp in his own way. I never really saw him utterly embarrass himself when he spoke. The fundamental makeup of his mind, his perception, his intellectual curiosity and ability to see through bullshit were always relatively on point, IMO. So many of the things he spoke and wrote about are more pertinent and relevant now, maybe more than ever. You read some of the shit he was writing about even as late as 2001 and he was still nailing most of it. Only real time I thought he was coming off the rails was the interview he did that went into 9/11 conspiracy theories. It was PBS or the BBC I think. He had found a meaningful thread to pull on there of sorts but it was attached to the wrong sweater.

@sebatianalvarado7171 9 ай бұрын

@@herboffour8594 whats a conspiracy theory about 9/11 .... NOT BELIEVING THE MOCKINGBIRD NARRATIVE ?? .. just curious ...

@herboffour8594 9 ай бұрын

"Who stands to benefit? etc" He seemed to be hinting at something like an inside job, which I don't buy. "He was spot on about the deflection to the Iraq invasion and completely ignoring the Saudis but I got the impression he was strongly implying that Bush?Cheney were in on it and helped plan it. That never held water for me@@sebatianalvarado7171

@keithsargent6963 9 ай бұрын

Obviously, before his chemical habit burned away most of his reasoning.

@darkestjuggalo420 28 күн бұрын

That's because this is the genuine Hunter the one the public never truly knew.

@marekohampton8477 9 ай бұрын

I can't count the number of times I've bought, lost, lent out, re-bought and read that book over the last 30 years.

@donnyowens4347 6 ай бұрын

Reading it now

@Thelavendel Ай бұрын

maybe try to read another book?

@MrKcrypto 21 күн бұрын

@@Thelavendel maybe try to contribute to a civil conversation without being a douchebag?

@billofbton4502 9 ай бұрын

It's funny to hear someone from 1967 describe society as "automated and technological."

@coreyhall1150 9 ай бұрын

Because ppl like him KNEW where it was all going to lead. Television, etc..... Believe it or not some ppl are GREAT at calculating where the world is headed when u take certain things in account.

@billofbton4502 9 ай бұрын

@@coreyhall1150 I agree with you--he was a visionary. It's just that with the benefit of hindsight we know how primitive it was then. In 1967 very few people had a credit card. A luxury item called the microwave oven was just being introduced. It would be another several years until people could buy their own handheld calculator. And so on ..

@obadiahsmith2345 8 ай бұрын

Do you think perceptions change at any singular point in time ?

@Wanderlustus Ай бұрын

Read Vonnegut's "Player Piano."

@Thelavendel 4 ай бұрын

"they get together and frighten people who can ordinarily frighten them"

@PowerSynopsis Ай бұрын

That's a good way to describe cowards.

@knowbody9679 8 күн бұрын

@@PowerSynopsis That is most bullies Ive ever met. They are masking their own fear. I’ve seen it many times.

@justmeeagainn 8 ай бұрын

Best line of the interview, "It's either self-evident or it doesn't matter." This might become my philosophy of life.

@p0ssesst 3 ай бұрын

13:21

@w8m4n 9 ай бұрын

Could've made a great ventriloquist.

@raymondchollet3199 2 ай бұрын

This segment is a valued addition to the comprehemtion of this very well versed writer.

@kenny8351 2 жыл бұрын

The book is where Hunter found himself, and his career took off.

@geoffwidmier3714 8 ай бұрын

This was definitely the point of his transformation from semi-normal person into the man who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I remember reading one of the Gonzo diaries and being shocked by how different his early writing was from what he put out in the 70s.

@aVerveQuest 10 күн бұрын

It's amazing to see Thompson at a time when he still had a career as a straight journalist, and the Hell's Angels at the time before they were a mafia or corporation

@orsoncart9441 4 күн бұрын

Nearly 60 years on and if people are interested in the Hells Angels they always end up with Hunter S Thompson.

@klgamit Жыл бұрын

The most painful thing in my mind is that a great number of those misfits are very frequently characters with great potential... they just fail to fit in the society because society is a straitjacket for anyone really creative... what such people don't seem to realize very often, and it's hard to realize, is that taking the opposite side of being an outlaw, only strengthens the society itself... because whenever there are two opposite things, the one creates and strengthens the other.... it's a very frustrating situation until a person realizes this

@user-zr6pl6nb6z Жыл бұрын

I've never fit into society, but I've never considered joining a biker gang.

@carindreams5066 11 ай бұрын

Holy shit, this is great writing, almost goes into Buddhist dualism at the end.

@user-zr6pl6nb6z 11 ай бұрын

@@carindreams5066 Slowly put the bong down.

@carindreams5066 11 ай бұрын

@@user-zr6pl6nb6z Haha

@blackspring3207 11 ай бұрын

@@carindreams5066 OC doesn't suggest that it's likely or necessary that one would join a biker gang as a result of not fitting into society, only that it is one possible path and that among the Hell's Angels it is frequently represented.

@browngreen933 Жыл бұрын

Very revealing. Notice how he said they emulated Brando in 1954 and not Marvin, although Marvin was the more accurate rendition.

@benjaminduval6054 10 ай бұрын

2020 answered the question of what happens when too many people get pushed out of the job market.

@Ruiner10000000001 9 ай бұрын

Hunter giving a thoughtful interview about his amazing book. Sadly he took on his "persona" way too much later on.

@dolltall 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@sweetness1586 2 жыл бұрын

this person is very intelligent !!!

@dusandragovic09srb 2 жыл бұрын

Cigarette tells a different story

@3up3down. 10 ай бұрын

And he’s likely high as fuck.

@sebatianalvarado7171 9 ай бұрын

@@dusandragovic09srb think use of ciggys was still thought of as safe back then .. the companys side effects info still hadnt been released .. just a point .. but HST basically used all drugs so dont think ciggys negative effects ever crossed his mind .. most highly intelligent people have unhealthy vices or addictive personalities ..

@ianbermingham9047 9 ай бұрын

Gobshite

@joecummings1260 20 күн бұрын

I've only known one HA in my life so I can't speak of them, But up here where I live there are a lot of 1% guys and a few who are absolutely brilliant. Very highly skilled in the trades, and that includes knowing the math and the theory. I had one late night conversation with one about the different translations of Dante's Divine Comedy, and he had actually read it in Italian and 2 english translations Longfellow and Ciardi

@lcchristensen9322 9 ай бұрын

I read his Hell's Angels book about 20 years ago.....it was great read.

@aleksandrored13 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!! MOBFAX I have a doubt about the video "The California Mafia - The Dark Side of Paradise": I went to research and from what I understand it was broadcast on a radio station, is that right? I was confused because at first I thought you didn't get the video and that's why you posted only the audio.

@MOBFAX 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s a radio program. If it’s on video, I can’t find it.

@aleksandrored13 2 жыл бұрын

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@JasonJohnson-kq2eq 10 ай бұрын

Love his books, read everything he wrote in book form and many of his articles, but it was fiction. He imagined all his stories but the stories were great. I truly miss your writing Mr. Thompson, you will be missed greatly.

@Artguitars 9 ай бұрын

And you know it all to be fiction how?

@JohnSmith-xy7jc 10 ай бұрын

If you thought the automated technilogical society was bad back THEN..

@knowbody9679 8 күн бұрын

The loudest guy in the room is usually the biggest coward at heart. No coping skill and fractured ego.

@nagone11 2 жыл бұрын

What wasn't really said was how he almost got beaten to death getting the story on The Hell's Angels...that was including the beer of course. Sonny Barger their leader, certainly gave credit to Hunter for that.

@thevelointhevale1132 Жыл бұрын

Give it a rest ... he wasn't nearly beaten to death at all - he got roughed up and caught a black eye.

@nagone11 Жыл бұрын

@@thevelointhevale1132 it in Hunter's book...you can read it yourself..and Sonny Barger said it as well...just too much out there to deny if bro.

@IdontKnow-gm7eu Жыл бұрын

@@thevelointhevale1132 I'd take the word of HST over the Hell's Angels.

@brian3174 Жыл бұрын

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@brandonkindt1205 16 күн бұрын

He was certainly prophetic: Underqualified, self-proclaimed rebels with bad tattoos, drug addictions and McJobs are the norm now.

@donnydonnybrook8131 2 жыл бұрын

Raul Duke 🚀

@PureNRG2 11 ай бұрын

I always thought that Thompson was sort of a jerk. But, after listening to several interviews, he seems a very bright, serious, reflective and decent sort of a fellow. And, given his departure, probably troubled throughout much of his life.

@OldManRiv3r 10 ай бұрын

Both of his former wives have said he would have moments of profound violence followed by outstanding gestures of love. He was definitely erratic, for sure. I do always think of his interview in 75', where he says that one of the biggest issues in his life was people not realizing he was cruelly joking with them. Honestly I think he was a man who was very keen on giving the people what they expect, and he grew resentful in people expecting Duke and not Thompson. So gradually his joking around with people grew more cruel.

@CuttySobz 9 ай бұрын

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

@mertistnbl Ай бұрын

very nice info 8:55

@bigboyblue7181 2 жыл бұрын

It's not like that anymore.

@Wayzor_ 10 ай бұрын

Fucking around with bikers is never a good idea. But can be very profitable.

@4ourty5ive 3 ай бұрын

I mean he traveled with them for a year or so for this story, this book. Not like he wasn't welcomed, to an extent

@joeyxc4 3 ай бұрын

He was very distinguished looking

@darylcumming7119 9 ай бұрын

A time capsule.

@gespachosoup 2 жыл бұрын

Doctor* Hunter Thompson

@gespachosoup 2 жыл бұрын

He had a doctorate in divinity purchased by mail for $25.00. he's a doctor 🤣

@tyomies6168 15 күн бұрын

This is a very good interview. In the conclusion Thompson was basically describing the average Trump-fans and the people who stormed Capitol Hill.

@Old_Fafnir 14 күн бұрын

Get help asshole. TDS is infecting your tiny brain.

@mdgm9 6 ай бұрын

You have to read Sonny’s book if you want the real truth.

@CLuvTravels 4 ай бұрын

1967 was considered a technological society lol

@rugger104 2 жыл бұрын

He owes them beer- he welshed haha

@bobberguy1 2 жыл бұрын

Too late to collect.

@bentonja668 2 жыл бұрын

They kicked his ass before he could make good

@rugger104 2 жыл бұрын

@@bentonja668 and it appears that he deserved every bit of it lol

@VAcreeper Жыл бұрын

He shoulda NEVER jumped in between Junkie George and his ol lady… and the dog..

@Saturnia2014 Жыл бұрын

@@VAcreeper Maybe junkie shouldn't have been beating a woman and a dog, perhaps? Hunter had the balls to step in and take on a man 1on1, at least

@ronhomolka1796 9 ай бұрын

He wasn’t on a lot of drugs here

@kayeb222 2 жыл бұрын

Hunters lips barely move when he talks. He'd make a great ventriloquist!

@PLAYERSLAYER_22 Жыл бұрын

lsd jaw

@w8m4n 9 ай бұрын

Damn it, I checked the comments before posting almost the exact same thing, alas, I continued to scroll post posting

@kayeb222 9 ай бұрын

@@w8m4n Lol. He certainly has one hell of a way of speaking (especially as he got older). The way he sort of mumbles/slurs at top speed whilst barely moving his lips is totally unique!! RIP Hunter.

@kayeb222 9 ай бұрын

@@w8m4n To be fair I posted my comment over a year ago so you can't be blamed for not spotting it 👍

@robbielittle8575 6 ай бұрын

Did he ever give the 2 kegs of beer he owed? Lol

@andrewrogers-lk3sn 8 ай бұрын

I do like h s t. But calling people loser's whilst you chain smoke is a bit much. He went on to consume industrial quantities of chems then shot himself. To be found by his son.

@woodstock6792 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the typical was a war vet at that time?

@bentonja668 2 жыл бұрын

He covers all of that in the book

@user-jz6to8md3c 9 ай бұрын

They beat him up too.

@DavidGS66 13 күн бұрын

As for HA intelligence, frankly, I wouldn't go to their club & talk about my little lobby, Quantum Physics. It's prison talk, ho, ho, ho.

@collinmc90 10 ай бұрын

You ever realize all your heroes either went insane or killed themselves? huh.

@carolecksit2947 9 ай бұрын

Can’t discriminate around here

@sebatianalvarado7171 9 ай бұрын

or made snuff movies eh hunter

@CuttySobz 9 ай бұрын

@sebatianalvarado7171 9 ай бұрын

funny had abt 4 thumbs up on above comment but none show ..

@Thelavendel 4 ай бұрын

300 Hells Angels can drink 100's of dollars of beer within a few days. Holy shit that's a lot of beer!

@brandonmiller3465 3 ай бұрын

100 back then could get you a lot of beer so that’s thousands + beer

@Thelavendel 3 ай бұрын

@@brandonmiller3465 yeah but you can't really get drunk of beer. It's a pussy drink

@Thelavendel Ай бұрын

@@brandonmiller3465 talking about that inflation are you

@brandonmiller3465 Ай бұрын

Yeah. that was a shit load of beer back then so if you think about it like that then holy shit lol talking about thousands of beers

@donnydonnybrook8131 2 жыл бұрын

I'll work 8 days a week if need be - H.S.T.

@seymourbutts4654 9 ай бұрын

So after this interview is when the Hell's Angels beat the hell out of him ?

@JimLovell-np4pv 9 ай бұрын

don't think so. he got beaten before the book was published. this interview is soon after publishing. his face seems to have returned to normal.

@billjones8503 6 ай бұрын

I'm getting Hell's Angels from the library. That reporter starts out as a dope.

@aureliantudordumitrescu5828 9 ай бұрын

His muttering-way of speaking is so unpleasant.

@boyznthewoodz770 11 ай бұрын

From everything my friends ex HA dad tells me.. that bit about them scaring people and then killing them with kindness is 100% accurate. HAs love messing with civilians lmao

@collinmc90 10 ай бұрын

my dads friend and his brother were involved with the angels in Northern California in the late 60s, early 70s. The brother "Eric the Red" was a tattoo artist for them and the other brother Ro, well apparently he was "too nice" to be let in but they let him hang around haha. Just a bunch of awesome dudes. But you wanna hear some WILD stories man I tell ya they got em.

@gregorywilliams1775 9 ай бұрын

I think he was way off on who HA's are. More are looking for the bond with brother's. Lots are vets. Vets looking for the same bond he found with men they went into battle with. That's super hRd to find.... Just my opinion, but who am I Semper fi

@Hellbender21 2 ай бұрын

Truth. You have a lot of brothers, in addition to Marines. You are not alone.

@geoffferreros6401 9 ай бұрын

Whipping trees with chains😂

@CuttySobz 9 ай бұрын

It wasn't trees he was whipping.. the demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

@tomwilson8607 9 ай бұрын

depp copied this weird way of talking in stuttering spasms for the film fear and loathing,,

@srb_keepthechange 11 ай бұрын

"These people are breeding all over the country" :D

@adamhicks8754 Жыл бұрын

Without the motorcycle, they're just another punk - so true, and hilarious

@Fausto_4841 9 ай бұрын

remember, this is a man who shot himself while an 8 year old child was in the same house. what a scumbag.

@CuttySobz 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU. Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

@JimLovell-np4pv 9 ай бұрын

no this is the young man who was long gone by the time the old man did that cruel thing you mention

@toucheturtle3840 9 ай бұрын

What a clown… The Hells Angels were set up after WW2, by Men who had experienced awful atrocities…

@someonewhoisnotretarded3708 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen a number of interviews by this chap, and I cannot shake off the impression that he's making up stuff as he goes along. Perhaps, I am not on par with gonzo journalism after all.

@3rd-eye-neenja563 2 жыл бұрын

of course he is,, he's a drug addict

@darrenb2020 2 жыл бұрын

Everything is a true story if you really believe it happened.

@klgamit Жыл бұрын

He has a slightly detached style in general lol. Probably a combination of his personality and excessive drug use... but it doesn't reflect on his integrity.... you can do the research to conclude that....

@chestermarcol3831 10 ай бұрын

A Bukowski wanna be.

@user-bg7pe3hl7w 8 ай бұрын

He is making it up as he goes along

@markbrodie2784 Жыл бұрын

his book was the definitive study of the original Hells Angels in the 1960"s. Though Thompson is a bit of a phony, his writing skills are legendary.

@TheTentailsnaruto Жыл бұрын

Phony how?

@CuttySobz 9 ай бұрын

@benwinter2420 9 ай бұрын

How he ended up on talk shows , blown out alcho a sorry mess , hard to get a word out . . is what it is tempting fate by calling the angels kettle black , read most his books . . heard he was involved hearsay in snuff movies , my take on that is that he being original US military correspondent & in the system so to speak , with Christians In Action links obvious . . is he was't involved in snuff scene . . but was too close to bone other things in shadows & drank to excess knowing how close to waterfall he sailed

@jamesgonsalves694 9 ай бұрын

Talk about doing drugs...this guy, we all know especially after this interview realized..WOW I LIKE COCAINE...maybe my writing will get better as I scare the hell out of my family firing guns in my house, like elvis when I'm Tripping on windowpane windowpane windowpane

@hollywoodhiggins1576 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like they were all alcoholics an addicts. They should of looked for people never arrested lol if u got caught 13 times you were considered the man????? That life makes no sense to me! With that being said I would of joined 100% lmao

@lldjwhyteell Жыл бұрын

😂

@nomecognome8737 10 ай бұрын

you and me both