JANIS JOPLIN Me and Bobby McGee (1969)

[zuglaMAN]

Love it! Apparently, Kristofferson only found out and otherwise heard that Janis recorded his song after she died. They had a short and somewhat wild affair prior to her death and he still says that she holds a special place in his heart.

[ZEITGEISTism]

I flew across the world to be with a guy I was madly in love with (In fact I lost my virginity too him ) His name was Bob and he was born and raised in Port Arthur Texas So I spent 6 weeks in that town (he was a capricorn like Janis ..the irony ! ) I loved Bob with my heart and soul & would have married him But like Janis, I couldnt imagine living in that town ( not in the long term I couldnt ) because the mentality was very racist & ignorant so much so it made me literally want to vomit I

[elchicano65]

You guys have no idea how crazy it was back in the 60's..I was discharged from the USAF back in the early part of 1969 when all of this was ripe..so innocent and full of hope we were..kinda like now..but now not a game..it's different now because the boomer generation, most of who went on to build lives and families always imagined that thing would fix everything..we grew up and we are now grey but the heart is still like joplin..forever young..

[trentholt]

poor Janis was voted ugliest man on campus @ UT Austin.

[dagsy1940]

I love the way she whips the band into a frenzy and lets them loose at the end.

[dagsy1940]

Oh to return to the days where musicians decided where music went, and it wasn't dictated by recording studios who's only concern is profit and what sells- not musical content. I'm glad I'm 72 and lived in the days when.

[IxScoreI]

@dagsy1940 Well spoken. I wish I was born in the 40s or 50s :)

[dagsy1940]

@IxScoreI

LOL, Can't say growing up as a kid in the 40's and being bombed by the German Luftwaffe was a great deal of fun, but our generation sure made up for it oue teens - the fifties. Rock & Roll, the pill [ah yes the pill] mini skirts and for a few - smoking the whacky backy etc. I'm biased of course but I homestly music hasn't been as good as it was in the fifties in any decade since. Thanks for the reply.

[greeneyestn72]

<3 it such a love song and a heartbreak intertwine!! But it left a lifetime impression on me..

[lbarny69]

Thanks for putting this one up. I LOVE this version of this song and unfortunately (or fortunately) I judge all others who sing this song against Janis and none can compete! I love how she throws herself into her songs.

[elchicano65]

Ya'll have no idea how strong her stage presence was.. I saw her at the Monterey Pop Festival on leave from the US Air Force..didn't agree with her politics but what a talent..like me she would now be a senior citizen..funny..don't feel like a senior citizen..oh well, youthful spirit never ever dies..

[0718muzicman]

@elchicano65 its nice to see my generation (im 25) can enjoy real music i am still extremely jealous of you guys and your times!!! Thanks for your service and your generations music!!

[jezztoffy]

LOVE YOU GIRL !!!FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

KRIS ROLLING FRED ..THANKS ...69 WAS THE BEST TIME...

[TheVanderploeg]

I soooo love Janis! My youngest daughter & I sing this song along with her! Love it!

[wets0ck]

WOW!  EXCELLENT sound quality!!!! I listened to so many others trying to get this quality! Wonderful job! THANK YOU!

[dawgbyte99]

when she got sick and it changed her voice, it changed her life and ours.

[lopezmuza]

Moja mlodosc...Janis i teraz Amy.........

[wess500x3]

I don't care if was doing drugs, she could sing so so good. I respect her music. I was a teen in the sixties and she was what I liked then.

[MrKubbo]

Who cares? she was the one that performed this classic...

[MrJg52]

..mogu otputovati na kraj svijeta, ali tebi ću se uvijek vratiti..samo tebi! Jer sam tvoj jer bez tebe niti ne želim nikud!

[crimsomdreams]

I read somewhere that Janis Joplin died pretty much the same day she wrote this song. :( To bad, mahn. Why wasn't I born to be part of this era?

[BarbarasUrates]

@crimsomdreams she didnt write this song...

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@crimsomdreams as long as you like Janis, Jim and Jimi, and can share their spirit - you are always in the same era with them..

[karrie2820]

@crimsomdreams Kris Kristofferson wrote the song, it's been covered by many but Janis Joplin's version is probably the most well known and best. Pink just did a version in honor of Janis and she sounds amazingly like her. This is when music was about music not money, or fame. Janis and many others are icons to the many that loved them for simply the music.

[fuzzymuff6969]

Janis you will always live on....always been a part of my life and will be

[pianissimo5]

oh god.... i was so born in the wrong generation.

[DarkPrincessCrow]

@pianissimo5 i feel the same way

[lilackine]

@pianissimo5 You were SO born in this generation, but Im glad you enjoy the oldies

[gileee3]

@pianissimo5 watch Midnight in Paris and say if soo

[mobyboy]

@pianissimo5 totally !!

[HalooftheMuse]

The Ultimate performance... Janis lives on*****

[jasonsinanan]

great you are awesome...dont worry there is a supestar to replace you...haley reinhart is just doing that

[jasonsinanan]

waw janice you are  awesome...good news your music will allways remain thanks to peple like haley reinhart

[Jameson10314]

Like Cass Elliot she died before her time/

[sevadaj]

@Jameson10314 So true!

[MeAndLinux]

She was great! :'(

[SuperAnnette1965]

great song thanks janice

[mrcathy21]

superbe voix .......