Mike Scott of the Waterboys – Credit: Paul Mac Manus
As promised, the Waterboys have shared the first single from their upcoming concept album about the life of actor Dennis Hopper, “Hopper’s on Top (Genius).”
Stationed near the midway point of the epic, 25-track Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, the new song captures the film icon at a pivotal moment in his career, when the actor — after a string of bit parts in classics like Cool Hand Luke and True Grit — found himself behind the camera to direct the landmark 1969 counterculture hit Easy Rider.
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Keeping with the spirit of that film classic, the video for “Hopper’s on Top (Genius)” is a psychedelic mind trip that finds frontman Mike Scott and band walking the streets of Nashville in a similar manner as Peter Fonda and company strolled around New Orleans in Easy Rider.
Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, due out April 4 via Sun Records, also features guests like Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, Steve…
