"I'm easy", performed by Keith Carradine

[@TheNeworleanswoman]

This movie, Nashville, was a trip. But the part I remember the most is when sexy Keith Carradine sang this song. I love how when he says this is for someone special, and like five different women in the audience think he singing just to them. This was Keith’s best moment as far as I’m concerned!

[@annfayette9805]

This scene is so amazing. Lily deserved the Oscar just for this scene alone! Incredible!

[@kdohertygizbur]

Toss up with her and Ronne Blakely.but both are Perfect

[@BlackJack-sx1jw]

There is no way there should have been that kind of chemistry between those 2 people. That’s one of the most sensual scenes I’ve ever seen at the movies. Great movie, great acting and Robert Altman was a genius. I read that he got all the actors to write their own solos.

[@teresataylor2916]

No woman, and few men, could resist this guy.

[@MellissaBoomeroftheNight]

do tell

[@Zeppolino100]

I completely agree. Thought so in 1976, think so now. And I am 100% heterosexual man. Clean cut a few years later he was VERY resistable, however!

[@youngyeller]

like the song, thats all.

[@superhetoric]

​@@youngyelleru gay

[@youngyeller]

no. born in a sane time in history.

[@jimw.4161]

The actors in this scene can say more with their eyes than most actors can deliver with 12 pages of dialogue.

[@toastiepostie3761]

Exactly! Truly an awesome scene. The song! OMG! 😍

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

Ah, the old "compare this to something diametrically opposite" cliche. You are aware that Robert Altman's films are notoriously dialogue-ridden, correct? In particular, this film presented two hours of mostly dialogue-heavy scenes before turning the corner towards the finale with this scene.

[@juniorjames7076]

@@MisterBeauJanGels Oh shut up, you pretentious edge lord. When will you asses realize you do not sound smart.

[@skyscraper7474]

Flavour of a world that doesn t exist anymore.

[@christianmarler2253]

The 1970's was one of the greatest decades for movies, and Nashville is one of the best films of the 70's.

[@rahulvinalnarayan9743]

This is my favorite Oscar winning song of all time

[@michaelmiller7160]

Keith wrote it too. He was good in Dexter and should have written a song for that.

[@pricla777]

Keith Carradine was so adorable, still is.

[@jennymacallan9071]

Hot as hell at 75

[@paulabotch8877]

Every woman in that room wants that song to be about her. I know that I still do too!! It's one of my absolutely favorite killer love songs that hits smack in the heart every time.

[@jarituomi1859]

❤

[@jackiemusgrove6956]

50 years since i first heard this, and it still stirs my heart...

[@psalmreader8049]

I had the single worn out

[@thibsteven]

One of the greatest songs ever written. Keith wrote the song..it won the Academy Award for the song of the year..and his voice nailed it!!!

[@kelseymariel2127]

He did nail it.

[@REALSALES]

Amazing scene in one of the most underrated films ever made. The chemistry between Carradine and Tomlin is off the charts. When she realizes its her he is dedicating the song to. Keith Carradine is an amazing actor who is an outstanding singer wrote the song. Incredible!

[@michaelbruns449]

Nice comments...

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Underrated? Nashville?? you must be joking.

[@michaelbaker4291]

Agreed 💯

[@TheNeworleanswoman]

It was a great movie, multi layered and intense, but Keith singing this song is the moment I remember the best! Loved Lily Tomlin too!

[@trishdundas2643]

This has been my number one film of the Seventies for a very long time. You’re right the chemistry is astounding, but the last scene with Barbara Harris kills me every single time!

[@lesliecunnian6848]

As far as I'm concerned, this was the best song in the movie. Keith wrote it too.

[@donaldkoelper5807]

He also won a well-deserved Academy Award in 1975 for Best Original Song.

[@GiacomoJimmi]

I think all the actors in this movie wrote their own songs.

[@teedawg11]

Okay I'm stumped , what's the movie (please) ?

[@GiacomoJimmi]

@@teedawg11 “Nashville” kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJyVZnt4bq-egtk

[@carseye1219]

Honestly, I didn't care for the movie. It has not held up well, getting very little play over the years, but if Lily's reaction to the song didn't at least give you a lump in your throat, you have no heart

[@renekackline2377]

Love his voice! Has a "hint" of Jim Croce. Very distinct, calming and beautiful. Nice looking man, too.🤗

[@Placeseveryone]

Good comparison - I had not thought of Croce - but you are spot on. I love it too....even after all of these years. Both of their voices.

[@patriciafabricant4314]

Not hard on the eyes! This is my all time favorite movie scene.

[@raymarpeligrino8799]

First, i really thought it was jim so i searched for it. Haha

[@kelseymariel2127]

I had such a crush on him and that song. Still love it.

[@Officefreak22]

Mmm yeah, a little Cat Stevens too? So soothing

[@karenjoslyn4051]

This whole film was a panoramic view of American life 50 years ago! A true gem!

[@doreekaplan2589]

This song just came to mind... .it's not my way.Heard it 40 years ago....stuff comes to mind at 4 in the morning

[@sonnyrivera3693]

I'm the one hit by this song.... because I'm easy. I love this song so much.

[@rooseveltnut]

Of all the things that Lilli's done......this scene is the one that stays with me. This tugs at my heart like no other. Brava girl! You and Keith both!

[@jrm8899]

There's never been a better Oscar winning song that fit into the actual movie and scene like this one

[@rooseveltnut]

Totally wacko movie. So freakin funny!!! Then there's this WONDERFUL, emotional awesome song. Go figure. Love everything about this movie but especially this song....this scene. No wonder the song got an Oscar.

[@jimw.4161]

One of the greatest 'movie' songs ever. Robert Altman was a genius. A great scene - one of the best in movie history. The expressions say it all. This, my friends, is movie-making at its best.

[@mickeyriley918]

This song gave me chills the first time I heard it in the 1975 movie Nashville. I heard it again today on XM app and I felt the same way. It makes me feel hopeful, love, desire, and everything beautiful. Thank you Keith Carradine!

[@justmenettie2126]

Lily Tomlin should have won an Oscar for this scene. And Nashville is completely underappreciated for the masterpiece it is because it's so far ahead of it's time filmmaking and content wise.

[@PatrickMealeyVO]

So I saw an interview with Keith Carradine and he was talking about playing this character. He said throughout the shoot he just couldn’t get any feelings of sympathy for him and told director Robert Altman about this who kept telling him, “oh you’re fine don’t worry.” And then when he finally watched it, he realized, he was playing a character who is very self loathing, which is exactly what Robert wanted.

[@marielfranco1504]

What a song, and what a scene....The way they play their looks....wow!! Lily Tomlin was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G !!!! How much intensity...how much sensuality....... I was almost 10 when that movie. I want go back to the seventies....but with my fifty three.

[@leerothman7570]

The 70's were to me the very best time to be a singer/songwriter (I am and was one at that time). A different world and mindset to be sure.

[@alancharles202]

It seems to me that what makes this song and his performance is a rare combination of simple straight-forward lyric which avoids attempting to beguile the listener with "cleverness" , a pleasant melody which confirms the lyric, and the singer-composer who believes in the message.

[@MrCgon3188]

I love this song. I dedicated this song to my college girlfriend. I wonder where she is now?

[@josepha.sojajr.2725]

Keith Carradine"s best song. Written when he was 18 yrs old.

[@VTMCompany]

Lily Tomlin's painful reaction to her lover's song should have won her the Oscar, though she was thankfully nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Of course, "I'm Easy" did win Best Song.

[@seventiesmemories5116]

Lily was at the height of her glory in the 70's - Laugh-In, TV specials.. and she went on to new heights in the 80's. And she's still on top with Frankie and Grace!

[@Bobainthome]

I am trying to figure out where she went in her head to get that emotion: You see the whole fact that she knows she is going to do something she doesnt want to do..

[@MadredeAgua9]

I remember everyone in the movie theatre awestruck by Tomlin's nonverbal reaction to Carradine's song. You could feel the emotional pause in the air after his performance and there were even some tears in some eyes. One of Altman's best directorial sequences and Tomlin's highly inspired moments.

[@BrownEyedGirl331]

Spoke volumes without saying a word, agree.

[@marielfranco1504]

"Lily Tomlin's painful reaction to her lover's song should have won her the Oscar" You're absolutely right

[@Gioveolympus]

Lily Tomlin's look is worth an Oscar.

[@peacelily560]

I was still in grade school when it became a hit. I still love it now. ❤

[@robertoalsina3949]

Sin duda una canción bellísima y conmovedora..Desde que vi la pelicula por primera vez, nunca olvidé esta canción. Al margen que emociana todo.La interpretación, la música, la letra..es una canción redonda por donde se la analice.👍👏👏👏🙋🏾‍♂️🇦🇷

[@paulamiles9559]

Keith Carradine was 19 when he wrote this song. He said a lot of people thought he was selfish or a narcissist because of this character. But if you watch him getting his Oscar- he is clearly proud of and pleased with his accomplishments and he is so happy and grateful to acknowledge his father.

[@MarkingTime34]

i think they have 3 generations, maybe even 4, of Carradine performers now... real talent is at least a little genetic... and gains momentum over generations... His father John was already very powerful and mystical, the 3 sons/ brothers that we know of, all great

[@paulamiles9559]

@MarkingTime34 John Carradine...I adore him.A fabulous actor...I first saw him as Mr Gateman on the Munsters. It was a new show...I was in the 5th grade. My brother and I are horror movie and TV aficionados. When my brother was six, he discovered the movie Wizard of Mars which I would have never even known about except that my little brother watched schlock TV day and night. It must have been very gratifying to Mr Carridine to see the brilliant work his children did.

[@vassod9430]

It's not my way to love you just when no one's looking It's not my way to take your hand if I'm not sure It's not my way to let you see what's going on inside of me When it's a love you won't be needing, you're not free Please stop pulling at my sleeve if you're just playing If you won't take the things you make me want to give I never cared too much for games and this one's driving me insane You're not half as free to wander as you claim But I'm easy I'm easy Give the word and I'll play your game As though that's how it ought to be Because I'm easy Don't lead me on if there's nowhere for you to take me If loving you would have to be a sometime thing I can't put bars on my insides My love is something I can't hide It still hurts when I recall the times I've cried I'm easy I'm easy Take my hand and pull me down I won't put up any fight Because I'm easy Don't do me favors, let me watch you from a distance 'Cause when you're near, I find it hard to keep my head And when your eyes throw light at mine It's enough to change my mind Make me leave my cautious words and ways behind That's why I'm easy Ya, I'm easy Say you want me, I'll come running Without taking time to think Because I'm easy Ya, I'm easy Take my hand and pull me down I won't put up any fight Because I'm easy Ya, I'm easy Give the word, I'll play your game As though that's how it ought to be Because I'm easy

[@Marcel_Audubon]

What a great scene! with 3 of the 4 women who thought they were being serenaded coming to the realization that it was another he was singing to and thinking of. Beautifully directed, acted (and, of course, sung!)

[@drk9011]

Definitely one of my favorite scenes from this classic.

[@stuarthanna2417]

Several women he knows believe he's singing directly to them. He's actually singing to Lilly Tomlin a neglected housewife whose never had this type of attention. Her reaction is priceless . Gradually the other women begin to notice. From the movie Nashville. Keith Carradine wrote & sang the song. He won the academy award for it.

[@beausoleil2356]

Such a simple, "easy," and yet powerful, song. Carradine blew it out of the park. Tomlin's devastation upon hearing the words was also epic.

[@chambeet]

Yep, best scene in the movie. Her acting is absolutely perfect here. Perfect.

[@BlackJack-sx1jw]

@@chambeet I bought that movie because of that scene.

[@jimalancook3157]

Oscar winning song !

[@renekackline2377]

......" when your eyes throw light at mine"..... BEAUTIFUL ❤️

[@kenperkins7921]

If you like Keith, watch the Movie, Southern Comfort !! With the LATE POWERS BOOTH. GREAT MOVIE!

[@OhWel]

​@@kenperkins7921 Did he die?

[@beaumontwoolrich8791]

@@OhWel Keith Carradine is still alive. I saw him recently in a multi episode story arc on "Law and Order: Organized Crime"

[@aeliusromanus9338]

When God gives everything to someone. Talent, nice figure and beautiful voice. He played a stupendous role in The Duelists.

[@alexanderromo9911]

Happy birthday Keith

[@-Pearls]

Dexter brought me here. Agent Lundy (Carradine) just got shot, and I needed some comfort. Great song written and performed by Keith!! And Lily's expressions were just astounding!

[@bintsyboy]

Love this song really takes me back, just beautiful ❤

[@michaelbruns449]

Wow, one of the most beautiful songs ever made, haunting sublime and so underrated!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Underrated? It was a No. 1 song _and_ won an Academy Award ... on what planet is that "underrated"

[@mcqueenfanman]

Of all places I heard this song on the radio Saturday morning. First time in forever.

[@franklyterrence4860]

Incredibly Beautiful Song

[@jimw.4161]

What a great song! Written and performed by Keith Carradine. Great Robert Altman film with an all-star ensemble cast. A great director at the peak of his career. Don't miss this movie - Keith's song is just the cherry on the top of delicious movie. Robert Altman was also the director of M*A*S*H. Movie making at it's most brilliant. Thanks for all the wonderful memories, Bob & Keith.

[@christianmarler2253]

Altman films are excellent. No other director that I can think of presents dialogue the way that he did. M*A*S*H and Nashville are good examples of it, also Short Cuts. He often has several characters speaking at once, yet you can still hear and understand what each person is saying. The result always sounds very realistic because people talk over each other all the time in real life. It's hard to do it in a movie, however, without missing some of what is being said or the dialogue turning into a bunch of mushy gibberish.

[@jimw.4161]

@@christianmarler2253 You're right! Altman was a great filmmaker. M.A.S.H. will always be one of my favorite films.

[@lynnmiller3937]

Best scene ever.

[@stevek6518]

One of the best scenes in movies history

[@tanyalong2606]

When I saw Shelly Duvall I instantly got the feels since Keith and her played one of my favorite doomed movie couples in the bank robbing movie Thieves Like Us.

[@jedibill111]

The best song, pound for pound, I have ever heard. The Yin and Yang are strong with this one.

[@paulwalker4826]

When he looks across the room ,to the woman he's in love with,I got chills, it's absolutely beautiful,what a lovely velvet voice 👍

[@dabreu]

He was not in love with her. He was not in love to any of them! He was only interested in sex, nothing else, with all of them.

[@paulamiles9559]

@dabreu Keith Carradine said he was so uncomfortable playing a character that was so morally unlike him, and for years people assumed he wasn't acting, and that he was selfish and narcissistic like his character. But he was proud of is song.

[@KevinManess]

This takes me back to film class in college, watching Altman's Nashville and singing along with Carradine. Good times and good friends. 🥲

[@eamonndoconnor]

One of those special songs and performances, immortalised forever in this unforgettable scene, in a film that can only be described as a masterpiece. Thank God for the Arts.

[@cherylphillips6249]

Most people know him as an actor. One of my all time favorite songs since I was a teenager. Long ago. Thank you Keith. Beautifully done

[@heidibean2510]

The best looking, most talented Carradine, for sure. What a looker! One of the most perfectly written songs of all time. A poignant moment in film.

[@ambidextra_ambidextra]

God yeah , wasn't he beautiful

[@heidibean2510]

@@ambidextra_ambidextra He still is! :) You can see him playing the President on the TV show "Madame Secretary," starring Tea Leoni.

[@ambidextra_ambidextra]

@@heidibean2510 Ooh thanks , I'll have to check that out

[@renekackline2377]

Damn, he is BEAUTIFUL!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BlackJack-sx1jw]

@@ambidextra_ambidextra He still is! It’s just not fair.

[@paulwalker4826]

Gave me chills ,so beautiful I have the album of Keith carridine singing this ,it's something I could listen to over and over again.

[@kenperk9854]

That's the Nashville I loved. It's disappearing before our very eyes, soon to become Memphis. Rest in peace, Nashville.

[@mnpd3]

Born and raised Nashville, pushing 70. Nashville has evolved, and is evolving, but not into Memphis. Once a city with a cultural and regional distinction, is has fast become a Third World shit-hole. The place is indistinguishable from an international dump.

[@kenperk9854]

@@mnpd3 when you look at the crime stats, you will notice Nashville is hot on the heels of Memphis in their race to the bottom.

[@wendelloreilly6476]

If you look, you can find the real Nashville. Not the gaudy Vegas without gambling that Broadway has become. The creative impulse is still very much alive and kicking in Music City.

[@JustinEdwords]

At least you can still afford the rent in Memphis. I wouldn’t pay the ridiculous amount of money to live in Nashville when you’re still stuck in TN

[@wendelloreilly6476]

@@JustinEdwords what is the difference in cost in Germantown or Collierville and Gallatin and Hendersonville? Yeah, cheap, cheap rent on Crump Boulevard. Also the possibility of a pistol in your face.

[@larrywolfson6898]

Just a spectacular moment in a great movie. Keith remains special.

[@trysometenderness7466]

Always loved that song. Too bad we never heard much else from him over the years.

[@storykeeper8684]

LOL

[@mcqueenfanman]

@Randy White As a singer they meant.

[@BlackJack-sx1jw]

@randywhite3947 Don’t forget the Big Bang Theory.

[@SimonettaDenegri]

Una delle più belle interpretazioni musicali...eseguita da uno degli attori più sexy, intensi e interessanti che siano mai esistiti. E d'avanguardia ancora oggi, proprio come 50 anni fa, quando "esplose" letteralmente in quel film straordinario che fu Nashville. Peccato che non abbia avuto di più, sia come artista che come performer!

[@cynsmi]

This is just one of those memorable performances and songs. Love it.

[@joanbrown1432]

This song was a recent wsj crossword answer had to hear it again. Makes me feel young again.

[@marinabergamini1346]

Appena uscito il film Nashville sono andata al cinema solo per sentire questa canzone ! Long long time ago!

[@DneprRoman]

Фантастична пісня. Обожнюю її

[@Nicovertime]

My favorite Best Song winner

[@christianreynolds7856]

I don’t think there’s been a single time I’ve listened to this heartbreaking song without crying buckets

[@ShrekonDVD745]

whats wrong with you?

[@renekackline2377]

I am a huge fan of Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, etc.....but I was just 9 years old when this came out. I knew nothing about the Carradines. I somehow came across this song and video and it was like ELECTRICITY! His good looks, that voice and that stare at the ONE particular woman. I even felt it! Yes, I cried when listening to this song and watching Lily Tomlin look at him. Very powerful! You put a guitar and a beautiful voice with a sexy man like Keith Carradine.......I would be FRONT ROW! Well, done Keith! ♥️

[@socasack]

Keith has had so many great parts! Loved him Dexter. And Criminal minds - what a friggin psycho!

[@ponethone]

@@socasack I love his character from Dexter. And the parts where he and Debra together are also sweet.

[@dabreu]

What a dangerous man...Singing like that, playing like that...being so sexy...If I was there I would be just like all women in the movie: totally lost for him.

[@pricla777]

Me too. He's so gorgeous and so talented! Love him.

[@jlaz5234]

Few scenes will make you feel such desire. The lesson here is in its restraint

[@sebastianmelmoth9100]

Sounds like a Jim Croce song, which is a high compliment. I really wish I knew whether these two shots were filmed at the same time from different cameras.

[@jonathanyambao7402]

Timeless. great song with great artist

[@paulabotch8877]

I LOVE this song -- always have, always will. Those lyrics are killer amazing. And I love watching this clip because it looks like every woman in the place thought it was about her.

[@lauragiani7416]

💞I love this Song I love Keith Carradine 💞💞💞💞💞

[@MetFan37]

One of my all-time favorites.

[@618B]

Thos were the years ❤❤❤

[@carolinerensman5804]

Love thisong. Wish they would rerelease it

[@Kevlexicon]

literally perfect. mindblowing genius

[@jamesdrynan]

I love the way Altman lingered on Tomlin's face at song's end. She deserved her Oscar nomination for that look alone. The irony was that Carradine's character, Tom Frank, was a heartless womanizer and not the tender soul of the song's lyric. Won Oscar for best original song of 1975.

[@mattneillninasmom]

Yes, but in the scene in the bedroom that follows this, Tomlin's character shows us - with exquisite patience, as she prepares to leave, that she understands her lover's youthful posturing and brattiness, and forgives him. She is the mother of young (and deaf) children, after all. This excerpt and Carradine's music are an encapsulated gem, one of those film moments that will forever remain sheer magic...

[@zeevbiryukov8742]

There is no actors like Keith anymore

[@mzenzerovickaraman]

I'm in love

[@renekackline2377]

I can see why. KCarradine is so good looking! A good looking man with a beautiful voice..... he's the whole package ❤️

[@jlaz5234]

You’re not half as free to wander as you claim. Great lyric I’d be damned to say I haven’t known a few who’ve made that true

[@BGinRS]

I want someone to look at me the way Keith looks at Lily...sigh...

[@alexgramm5170]

I could easily do that ...your not sore on the eyes..and I do sing and play the guitar...blue eyes no less..write a song every now and then...I remember this song when young...but alas it is a troubled world with troubled souls ...that's why the songs exist..beware the troubadour .

[@Marcel_Audubon]

@@alexgramm5170 calm thyself

[@alexgramm5170]

@@Marcel_Audubon :) 1 st day back at work after 10 day break . Good words for the day. I will do just that and a guitar is a good friend.

[@nkhart5520]

WOW that made me cry bc l had a guy like that...WFW & NKW💖

[@margherita955]

the best song in the movie love

[@dvmartini]

First time I'm listening to this movie rendition. Love it! I've always loved this song, and I love this version!

[@Gattofoghin]

Beautiful memories..

[@keithwalker4405]

This was a powerful scene.

[@vassod9430]

From the 1975 movie, "Nashville." Won Oscar for Best Original Song

[@kenperkins7921]

He was great in Southern comfort!

[@atilmont]

I ff been looking for this film scene for ages. Al I found was teh commodores... Nice too, but this is sooo stirring

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH KEITH YOU ARE THE BEST AND A GOOD ACTOR TOO

[@andrewip3332]

Best song when I was a teenage Still the best when now I'm 58

[@renatoferrari5307]

Ragazzi che roba, storia del cinema!! Sublime!!!

[@MariaS-by9fh]

Wow! Such talent, love his voice 💕

[@martanika7554]

I just enjoy this song and a lot of movie stars in this film .

[@A.FoxGuitarman]

I loved this scene at the time. Someone just gave me the boxed set of Dexter and it took a while before I realised who Lundy was. Man, the guy just exudes charisma.

[@zenithibarita8254]

one of my favorite folk songs💓💓💓

[@MaineiacleWis]

Hard to believe this is the same man that played Wild Bill Hickock in DEADWOOD.

[@deeanna3335]

He was Penny's dad on the Big Bang Theory too.