@Guppychild17 Not at all. I don't know where you heard Janis hated Joan but that's unture. As far as I know they were friends in real life even though their musical styles were different. A lot of the singers of that era were. Joan did a song called "In the Quiet Morning" about Janis and her death, and in parenthesis said the song was for her. I don't think she would write, record, and dedicate a song to someone she didn't like.
If Janis wouldnt have gone to god already, she might have sang the song herself and threw all the orchestra outta the place... BUT .. as a matter of fact,
who is left from the festival, that knew Janis, shared an aim of peace, freedom and love and could represent it better than Joan!?!
I could make a bet that, Joan hated the orchestra and it wasnt her choice. They will 've casted her and she had to make the best outta it.. I'm pretty sure.
Fantastically pure voice. Been one of my favorite singers since the 60's. Boston Pops added nothing to a beautiful song and a beautiful singer. The intro is abominable.
Two different artists, both utterly committed to the songs they sang. Love them both and if Janis had been able to find a way to survive, I can see them on the same stage. Janis started out as a folkie and had a sweet voice before she shredded it singing rock. Would have been wonderful to hear Janis sing Farewell Angelina.
I can't believe that U criticize this negatively! Joanie is a pure gift. Don't be crabby-u know nothing. Humbly appreciat her beauty in voice and in person. Yes, janis was a wonder-a wonder who drank herself to death at 27. Joanie and Bobby survive!.
Um, is there a way to criticize positively? Her voice is absolutely beautiful though, something I never appreciated as a child growing up in the late 60's early 70's, forced to listen to "hippy" music (admittedly mostly Bob Dylan, who can't sing worth a shit - great lyrics but that is lost on a 10 yr old!) on a Friday afternoon in school (thanks Mr Donahue, you idiot.)
@aliboojones butchered by the establishment...... gotta hear kris or janis .... this is really crapped up, politically correct as usual Baez, i like joan , she's just a little to straight to put the soul into this one.
@deracinated1 Politically correct?? JB?? One of the original protest singers of the 60s up there with Dylan. I don't think so, this lady has a mind of her own, and a good one at that.
Whether 1985 or right now in 2010 Joan Baez is miraculous. Just was listening to her latest cd so am tooling around utube. There are so many comments about her "music" but I guess after an hour or enjoying her performances I can provide a trite comment. the way she wore those scarves back 25 years ago only looks even better in 2010. May she perform for us for many years to come.
Get a hold of Day After Tomorrow.. the magic is still alive.
This is disappointing. She's too far from West 4th Street. That first floor apartment across the street from the record store where she and Bob Zimmerman used to hang out. Now then, then she was great.
there is no 'error' in musical renditions, there is only like or dislike--i prefer the original folk format for this song but the fact that it's being done in this kind of venue is also pleasurable because it shows the recognition the song deserves in the larger American culture
Yes, she has a beautiful voice, but when someone like Janice sings a classic, why does anyone try to sing it? Their never going to top it, so let it be and find your own classic. Knowone is ever going to be able to out do Janises version!!
The Boston Pops just doesn't get it. Sounds like something from "Paint Your Wagon." Actually, I can't imagine Joan Baez singing any song with the Boston Pops.
Great song, great singer. But I agree with others about this arrangement. Arrangement is inappropriate for the song and even lacks internal unity. *sigh*.
Wow. I love this song and Joan Baez, but this is a SAD song and somehow the whole orchestra thing DOESN'T cut it. sounds so cheery... very strange for this song..
She sure liked her Bobbies. I hated this video almost as much as the crowd hated seeing Dylan play his electric guitar for the first time. The reason being that Joan Baez is a one girl band and the song would have been much better without any of them being in the room. 5 stars for Joan all the same, I'm just glad it wasn't sweet sir gallahad that they ruined.
Joan is great and this piece with the orchestra is also very good. I particularly enjoy her reaction midway through when the steel guitar cuts in. Watch the look in her eyes and her smile.
i personally perfer Janis Joplin's version better...but in Joan Baez's defense i would say she did a pretty good interpertation of the song.the only thing i dont like about this particular version is the orchestra backing Baez's voice am
Baez is great BAEZ! I think, the orchestra is no needs in this show (Russians says: "This place needs in it, like a dog needs the 5-th leg"). P.S.: Sorry for my bad english language.
She has so great voice; here it's almost like Me and Bobby is meant to be Her and Bobby Dylan (she called him Bobby some times, later she called him by his real name; Robert. Thanks for posting, love her work, Dylan's too. This is Janis', I must agree to that.
Janis and Joan, two different distinct voices, so yes there's a marked difference.Janis' performance will always be the #1 performance of the song.Her Earthy, husky voice was a perfect match to the song.More often than not the Pops does a good job supporting the feature performer, this was one of those not times
lol! try as they will but an Orchestra does not Rock or Folk or Country...Joan sounds like ridiculous with them as the band. like a commercial for cereal or something.
Well, usually I am open to all kinds of music, but I think this missed the mark. I love Joan, but the opening sounds like 7 Brides for 7 Brothers or something...Not my favorite. And of course, my favorite version is Janis'. By far.
Actually I don't think this song works with the orchestra OR Joan's beautiful voice. This song needs a more down & dirty, rough bluesy voice like Mr Kristofferson or Ms Joplin. This version sounds like department store music. I mean it's nice but it's just not right.
Well, that was certainly... *interesting*, but I think this song would have sounded better with just Joan's beautiful voice and the guitar. That's all she needs, really.
the most bizarre thing i have ever heard. bobby mcgee with orchestra sounding like some ... oh man i love orchestral and i love this song, but this is wrong.OMG
The orchestral arrangement reminds be of the music from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". Joan is the best when accompaning herself on the accoustic guitar.
I can't handle this song with the orchastra it's just too much of a good thing, like listening to two different songs on two different radios at the same time.
Is it just me, or does it seem, at 0.03, that Joan extends her hand to shake hands with one of the musicians, but he apparently wouldn't shake her hand? Pretty rude, if that was the case.
joan baez (one of the best singer/songwriters ever), Me and Bobby McGee (one of the best songs ever written), and a symphony/orchestra...sounds like a possible train wreck waiting to happen, right (even WITH joan baez)?
but, nope...it is fabulous - thank you for sharing this clip. not only does it show the versatility of baez, but the versatility of the classic 'me and bobby mcgee.'
It is supposed to sound like a train moving slow and persistent, carrying you away from your lover. Wrong tempo and tempo not accentuated, voice still the best!
i think the tempo is actually pretty good for this particular 'take' on the song...yes, janis' was slower, but the symphony/orchestra had a tempo going that made me feel like i was on a train, moving down the track - almost to the point where i could hear each railroad car going over the breaks in the tracks...
I like that Joan made this version her own, but I like Janis's version better. Joan should stick to her soprano voice, and if she is able to do it, then she shouldn't cover up with low notes.
taddy1, obviously you don't know shit about music. Janis became famous because she sang life, douche. And Joan didn't sing this song first. I read all Janis Joplin books, and Kris Kristofferson(you know, the guy who wrote the song) said that this was written for Janis.
Kris wrote it for himself. He had a year long affair with Baez and a one night stand with Janis(they're both alcoholics). He wrote Help Me Make it for Baez but she was so busy with poitics to open her mail with the tape(KK wrote her "if you'd open your mail once in a while you could have a hit"
This Turkey in the Straw arrangemnet sucks,but Baez does it much better in concert.
Baez often very effectively and effortlessly goes back forth between her chest and head voice. Baez and Judy Collins (who Janis was paranoid about) performed this live at least a year before Janis recorded it. I don't think Janis ever performed it live. I was there and saw them all many times, you read your false books JR. Ps Janis was usually awful in person
Janis performed it live at least once, as there was a live acoustic version in her boxed set, sounded like it was sometime before she recorded it for her PEARL album (late '69 or early 1970-ish?). I agree that Judy and Joan do great versions of it too.
VieneDummy,did you write your own "Janis Books",fool. Read wiki: Me and Bobby. Roger Miller had a country hit with it in 68 or 69.
Judy Collins did it with a Someday Soon type arrangement) when I saw her that same yr. Gordon Lightfoot claims her recorded it first. Just cuz Kris got drunk and boffed Joplin once doen't mean he wrote it for her. If she hadn't died, it never would have been a hit. She barely had one hit off the 1st Little Bro album and no hits off her 2nd lp.
Amen. I saw Judy Collins do it with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and it was a mess too. Judy has done it for years(long before Janis)with her band and it's great.
I LOVE Joan Baez, but this was like watching the Singing Minstrels. I don't know the history behind this arrangment, but Joan Baez's voice is so pure.
Actually, I like the performance. The orchestra gives the song a lighter tone, which is probably appropriate considering the time the events the narrator tells us take place (and the time in which the song was much performed): "Looking for the Home I hope he found" Not as good as the performance by Janis Joplin and Johnny Cash aforementioned, though.
The person who arranged this really missed the mark. I've heard her do it with just guitar and it's great. In the same concert she did stunning versions of "Oh Freedom" "Diamonds and Rust" and "Recently".
Normally I love Joan Baez, but this is the worst version of this song that I have ever heard.Sounds like it was arranged by the born again Christians and the person who does the Coca Cola adverts !!!
Hi claudius4321, the arrangement couldn't have included born-again-Christians, I think your crowd hung them much too early for that. As for the Coca Cola adverts, they'll have to speak for themselves.
Joan's vocal is fine. She sang it before janis by the way who was generally horrible live. But you are right, that Turkey in the Straw meets Annie get your gun arrangement sucks. Joan dated Kristofferson for a year and could've had more first options onhis songs "if you'd open you godamm mail more often" per Kris.
Chris wrote it for Janis, about Janis. She sang it before Baez. You are right, it is not a song for Baez, her voice is for the lovely old folk songs like "Go away from my window". And Janis wasn't horrible live unless she was totally stoned.
WRONG ! where do you guys come from? It's one thing to be wrong in an original statement, but to be correcting/disputing the TRUTH that someone else has posted, without checking your facts, is idiotic. Kris didn't know Janis when he wrote it. Janis released it until she was almost dead. Many people were already perfroming it BEFORE Janis including Kristofferon's lover at the time, Joan Baez.
Best or second best non classical voice ever. Joan Baez and Eva Cassidy
veryfussy 2 weeks ago
Joan Baez is a piece of crap, compared to Janis Joplin!
pelle9911 5 months ago
This orchestra is damn awful.......can't listen
0805Anj 5 months ago
bobby mi tien le mani quando sono giù... niente io gli chiederò di più......
millukemau 8 months ago
amazing! very beautiful voice.
skogspinglan 8 months ago
Janis Joplin could sing like that too but she hated the way Joan Baez sang. Why would Joan do that? Did she hate Janis Joplin?
Guppychild17 8 months ago
@Guppychild17 Not at all. I don't know where you heard Janis hated Joan but that's unture. As far as I know they were friends in real life even though their musical styles were different. A lot of the singers of that era were. Joan did a song called "In the Quiet Morning" about Janis and her death, and in parenthesis said the song was for her. I don't think she would write, record, and dedicate a song to someone she didn't like.
FlowerChild65 6 months ago
This is a beautiful version. And I've converted it to mp3 if anyone wants it for their ipod drop me a note.
zamusicza 9 months ago
If Janis wouldnt have gone to god already, she might have sang the song herself and threw all the orchestra outta the place... BUT .. as a matter of fact,
who is left from the festival, that knew Janis, shared an aim of peace, freedom and love and could represent it better than Joan!?!
I could make a bet that, Joan hated the orchestra and it wasnt her choice. They will 've casted her and she had to make the best outta it.. I'm pretty sure.
/watch?v=wWEewVY3fbI
jenniferdobelstein 9 months ago
I can see Janis rolling over in her grave. It's not so much that Joan butchered the song, but the orchestration is obscene. (IMO, of course)
skaybaltimore 10 months ago 3
How to kill a beautifull song! Its not the singer but the orchestra arrangement.
hermangeerling 11 months ago 3
@hermangeerling yyou're right, orchestra not at all needed for such a voice
guggemuus 6 months ago
@hermangeerling yes right, orchestra superflue überflüssig
guggemuus 6 months ago
If it was me I'd put my gitbox down and sing the hell out of it with a band like that behind me.
Deanoodle 1 year ago
Well...at least you can understand what she's saying. I have a hard time understanding Janis' version.
Rustina61 1 year ago
She sounds great on the song, but TOO MUCH orchestration. This is a simple song...should have kept it that way.
kathowell08 1 year ago
@kathowell08 When you're performing with an orchestra what do you do? Tell them to shut up and let me play?
pirateofthecarabiner 10 months ago
It's beautiful, it's different with the orchestra, but since when does every song, every redition have to be the same???
GrannySkippy 1 year ago
:) She is . . . SHE IS . . .
Simply "the best"
TovarisMB 1 year ago 2
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FirasAlkarradi 1 year ago
Really good but Kris Kristofferson does the song best....as he does with all his own songs.
oldstuff 1 year ago
Fantastically pure voice. Been one of my favorite singers since the 60's. Boston Pops added nothing to a beautiful song and a beautiful singer. The intro is abominable.
jumpbackharley 1 year ago 2
Joan as usual is great pity about the orchestra.
ianwalkerdownland 1 year ago
@thewanksta36 or Pink's.
FredC1968 1 year ago
She does have a beautiful voice. The orchestra is a little weird a first. However, it grows on you.
FredC1968 1 year ago
I like it! It is different to the other versions!
shubbaz 1 year ago
This is Janis' song - and nobody else's. The orchestra destroys it.
malenkov 1 year ago
Love J.B., but nothing compares to Janis.
ricmgrande 1 year ago
very good but i think the orchestra is an error
hwanj 1 year ago
A really beautiful woman with a beautiful smile
MrStablelad 1 year ago
Janis Joplin is the one and only with this song
Pujardoff1 1 year ago
Baez is fine, but I'm not sure the orchestra arrangement works for such a "bluesy" bluesy song.
Dunkleosteus9 1 year ago
Two different artists, both utterly committed to the songs they sang. Love them both and if Janis had been able to find a way to survive, I can see them on the same stage. Janis started out as a folkie and had a sweet voice before she shredded it singing rock. Would have been wonderful to hear Janis sing Farewell Angelina.
8chevalier8 1 year ago
I can't believe that U criticize this negatively! Joanie is a pure gift. Don't be crabby-u know nothing. Humbly appreciat her beauty in voice and in person. Yes, janis was a wonder-a wonder who drank herself to death at 27. Joanie and Bobby survive!.
grandmotherbeastie 1 year ago
@grandmotherbeastie
Um, is there a way to criticize positively? Her voice is absolutely beautiful though, something I never appreciated as a child growing up in the late 60's early 70's, forced to listen to "hippy" music (admittedly mostly Bob Dylan, who can't sing worth a shit - great lyrics but that is lost on a 10 yr old!) on a Friday afternoon in school (thanks Mr Donahue, you idiot.)
margaritamadman 1 year ago
john williams and joan baez together unbelievable
nick1137 1 year ago
What a voice that Joan, eh?
Usia55 1 year ago 2
@Usia55 Yes, absolutely!
hedonistic2008 1 year ago
Really do love and appreciate Joan, but there is only one word to say here...Janis.
1gaia 1 year ago
lovly
kop1892 1 year ago
no soul politically correct Baez
deracinated1 1 year ago
NICE
aliboojones 1 year ago
@aliboojones butchered by the establishment...... gotta hear kris or janis .... this is really crapped up, politically correct as usual Baez, i like joan , she's just a little to straight to put the soul into this one.
deracinated1 1 year ago
@deracinated1 Politically correct?? JB?? One of the original protest singers of the 60s up there with Dylan. I don't think so, this lady has a mind of her own, and a good one at that.
peto0101 1 year ago
Whether 1985 or right now in 2010 Joan Baez is miraculous. Just was listening to her latest cd so am tooling around utube. There are so many comments about her "music" but I guess after an hour or enjoying her performances I can provide a trite comment. the way she wore those scarves back 25 years ago only looks even better in 2010. May she perform for us for many years to come.
Get a hold of Day After Tomorrow.. the magic is still alive.
vsibirsky 1 year ago 2
The orchestra doesn't really seem fitting! Would have liked the version better soley with Joan's voice and her guitar.
magmalin 1 year ago
This is disappointing. She's too far from West 4th Street. That first floor apartment across the street from the record store where she and Bob Zimmerman used to hang out. Now then, then she was great.
MrJohnMayer 1 year ago
Weird arrangement-- Kristofferson meets Copland. The pedal steel player is good, though.
ccarterkk 1 year ago
She is NOT a phony. She "lives" her beliefs!!!
jon1904 1 year ago 2
the important thing,,even if its good.....there ''no'' feeling in her voice,,,,she doesnt make you feell anything.......
paspar68 2 years ago
She's phony. Be honest, honey.
Yates33333 2 years ago
Joan Baez is great. Me and Bobby McGee is great. This version and venue is not.
allendale18 2 years ago 3
I have heard many versions of Me and Bobby mc gee, but this was just GREAT, absolutly one of the best versions EVER
norduffe 2 years ago 6
bravissima bellissima - ciao da francesco venezia italy -
bepitoninane 2 years ago 2
One may like Joplin's better but musically this is better by a factor of 10.
Lindy
lindirig 2 years ago
Leider zuviel Orchester, da geht die Charakteristik des Songs verloren.
SilviaDewitt 2 years ago
Jesus, mainstream bullshit.
gillan5 2 years ago
Kristoffersen version teh best....
frednuff 2 years ago
Nicely sung, another legend, the more I see her t
golo5000 2 years ago
Reminds me of a line.... "like a pair of brown shoes with a tuxedo". Just don't work.
(No offense Joan-brown shoes are great with jeans!)
OctoberOhio 2 years ago
This is aweful. This song shouldn't be sung with an orchestra. (In my opinion)
aaronjansen603 2 years ago
Janis had this one down long ago - it is def. hers. Kris wrote if for her! Thanks for the share.
tangogirl100 2 years ago
Commie
tenorismo 2 years ago
He made many, but Joan was Dylan's biggest.
CKYZZIE 2 years ago 4
i stay with janis joplin.
elforceloco 2 years ago 2
Bagus sekali !
reinmarchal 2 years ago
Look what they've done to a good 'ol s***kickin' tune!
ron69b 2 years ago
she is a national treasure! We love you Joan! Thank you for all the beautiful music...
mdqxxx 2 years ago 44
@mdqxxx
1RunningDoe1 1 year ago
@mdqxxx ....she is an international treasure...we love her too...;)
frostbitten100 8 months ago
Love Joan, but not the musical backing. Brave arrangement, but no cigar!
jenni9046 2 years ago
She's not gotten old yet. She's more beautiful inside and out every year. Dang her! Haha.
kenetha65 2 years ago 15
The video was from 1985. she has gotten old since than. 24 years older
denron45 2 years ago
She still looks great. If ever I should become lesbian, it would be because of her.:-)
Jeannine8811 2 years ago 3
So confident and proud, a true maverick
wisesatyr72 2 years ago 2
such a beautifull voice. You can count on your fingers how many women can sing like that. never mind the arrangement !!
godinlowden 2 years ago 3
Not my favourite but Joan still has a great voice (Why hasn't she got old like the rest of us Folkies she's still hot
phil31047 2 years ago 2
This has to be one of the most ridiculous arrangements I have ever heard in my life. Totally Absurd.
strumblehead 2 years ago 4
AMEN. I stopped it at 1:37 and ran for some aspirin. Way to eff up a great song (and a great singer).
Jamie10014 2 years ago
That how the song was wrote...Janis Joplin had here own way of doing it
denron45 2 years ago
you guyz are so ......i can t say...are we any kind of music legends??please be quiet cous if joan hears us....i don t know...
lonastor 2 years ago 2
I ♥ Joan Baez :)
0629141 2 years ago 5
LOL for an arrangement. In the first few seconds it sounds like he screws up the ouverture to Carmen.
Not my taste, but I am happy somebody did the experiment.
This is BTW not the great Joan Baez. Some completely uninspired and unspiring spirit has stole her body for this performance.
sormu16 2 years ago 3
there is no 'error' in musical renditions, there is only like or dislike--i prefer the original folk format for this song but the fact that it's being done in this kind of venue is also pleasurable because it shows the recognition the song deserves in the larger American culture
belfastbus 2 years ago 4
Bad judgment on Joan's part. Sounds like elevator music--totally inappropriate musical setting.
The best version of this song--except for its writer Kris Kristofferson--was done by Gordon Lightfoot.
Janis was good but hammed it up way too much.
This performance is just a disappointing error. Young Joan Baez would have laughed in disgust at the suggestion of it.
talfactor 2 years ago
diese Stimme ist einmalig!
anmaba3 2 years ago 4
Waaaaaay too upbeat. Thumbs down.
WarriorPoetARMA 2 years ago
Boston silver tails singing a song about someone down on their luck
surgicalgown 2 years ago
Yes, she has a beautiful voice, but when someone like Janice sings a classic, why does anyone try to sing it? Their never going to top it, so let it be and find your own classic. Knowone is ever going to be able to out do Janises version!!
SYRUPnSPRITE 2 years ago
No one could ever top Janis Joplins version, but Joans voice is absolutely beautiful, i want to cry, shes amazing!! I love you Joan!
xojbabyxo 2 years ago 4
The Boston Pops just doesn't get it. Sounds like something from "Paint Your Wagon." Actually, I can't imagine Joan Baez singing any song with the Boston Pops.
bruceok 2 years ago 3
Janis version is the Best, absolutely!!!
Folkies54 2 years ago
Great song, great singer. But I agree with others about this arrangement. Arrangement is inappropriate for the song and even lacks internal unity. *sigh*.
saintwcf 2 years ago 2
Wow. I love this song and Joan Baez, but this is a SAD song and somehow the whole orchestra thing DOESN'T cut it. sounds so cheery... very strange for this song..
char4him99 2 years ago 2
what a wacky idea - the orchestra I mean
crocrock1 2 years ago
That orchestra sounds so damn cheerful. I mean, hey, this song is sad.
bonsaibeast 2 years ago
That orchestra is so damn CHEERFUL! Isn`t this supposed to be a sad song?
bonsaibeast 2 years ago
She sure liked her Bobbies. I hated this video almost as much as the crowd hated seeing Dylan play his electric guitar for the first time. The reason being that Joan Baez is a one girl band and the song would have been much better without any of them being in the room. 5 stars for Joan all the same, I'm just glad it wasn't sweet sir gallahad that they ruined.
cjwaywell 3 years ago
She ages really fast
Good cover though
allenshepard 3 years ago
Sometimes less is more.
kshep1983 3 years ago
i don't like very much the orchestra, i think a guitar is enough for beautiful songs like this
vespistage 3 years ago
Joan is great and this piece with the orchestra is also very good. I particularly enjoy her reaction midway through when the steel guitar cuts in. Watch the look in her eyes and her smile.
applet93 3 years ago
God bless this woman!!!
BushInJail 3 years ago 3
i personally perfer Janis Joplin's version better...but in Joan Baez's defense i would say she did a pretty good interpertation of the song.the only thing i dont like about this particular version is the orchestra backing Baez's voice am
nd acoustic guitar.
LedZepGunsNSabbath94 3 years ago 2
You should listen to Pink's version. She rocks.
mabguitarschool 3 years ago
Baez is great BAEZ! I think, the orchestra is no needs in this show (Russians says: "This place needs in it, like a dog needs the 5-th leg"). P.S.: Sorry for my bad english language.
VM1961vm 3 years ago 6
Well, I happen to like this version quite a lot. It adds a different thing to it and Joan sounds awesome.
missboulay 3 years ago
Must have been a fund raising concert for the orchestra.
Generous....to a Fault.
What a Bl**dy cacophony!!
Freesoul UK
davidyjohn 3 years ago
shoot the damn orchestra and let joan sing herself!
jonmorr777 3 years ago 2
I just love her. But I just want her by herself, I find the orchestra a distaction, I just want pure Joan!
bs5750 3 years ago 3
what a pure voice!!!! legend indeed.
cantfind 3 years ago 3
This is live, and she still sounds perfect!
plsniper 3 years ago
Baez was one of the great anti-war sounds. This vid is one of my greatest!!
emilyann1 3 years ago 3
janis will be spining in her grave
plutosunshine 3 years ago
i'm a big joan baez fan but she abselutly MURDERED this song. i think the dead did it the best justice. this is horrible ha ha
phishfan1991 3 years ago
She has so great voice; here it's almost like Me and Bobby is meant to be Her and Bobby Dylan (she called him Bobby some times, later she called him by his real name; Robert. Thanks for posting, love her work, Dylan's too. This is Janis', I must agree to that.
ca3neolsen 3 years ago
Janis and Joan, two different distinct voices, so yes there's a marked difference.Janis' performance will always be the #1 performance of the song.Her Earthy, husky voice was a perfect match to the song.More often than not the Pops does a good job supporting the feature performer, this was one of those not times
westkan 3 years ago
lol! try as they will but an Orchestra does not Rock or Folk or Country...Joan sounds like ridiculous with them as the band. like a commercial for cereal or something.
MilesMuhldoon 3 years ago
you are sad example of an expert..jim
gmac6629 3 years ago
I like Joan Baez, but to me, this one is nothing compared to Janis's version.
PerryLovingPoet 3 years ago
janice did it better
shiningkingghidora 3 years ago
i think also-but shi is good!!
ruedi60 3 years ago
I like the opening...every artist is different. Joan is great in her own way. Excellent voice and talent.
Lsbud 3 years ago 2
Well, usually I am open to all kinds of music, but I think this missed the mark. I love Joan, but the opening sounds like 7 Brides for 7 Brothers or something...Not my favorite. And of course, my favorite version is Janis'. By far.
KosmicJanis 3 years ago
This does not need the orchestra.
Let Joan sing it with her Guitar,like a blues
song should be sung...vallo3838
vallo3838 3 years ago
Ugh....love orchestra...and love Baez...but NO...not at all. For gods sake!!! lol -painful-
LadyMiranda1 3 years ago
Ugh...I love orchestra, and I love Baez...but ugh...no way!
LadyMiranda1 3 years ago
Ugh...I love orchestra and I love Baez...but puh lease! ugh
LadyMiranda1 3 years ago
yeah this isn't good..
it's supposed to be blues. and the orchestra makes it sound comical.
pendana111 3 years ago
Actually I don't think this song works with the orchestra OR Joan's beautiful voice. This song needs a more down & dirty, rough bluesy voice like Mr Kristofferson or Ms Joplin. This version sounds like department store music. I mean it's nice but it's just not right.
cderrah 3 years ago
Well, that was certainly... *interesting*, but I think this song would have sounded better with just Joan's beautiful voice and the guitar. That's all she needs, really.
silentalarmactivated 3 years ago
Absolutely. Always was one of my favorite songs, but it needs space behind her guitar, not a lot of smooth muzak.
rcmphoto 3 years ago
the most bizarre thing i have ever heard. bobby mcgee with orchestra sounding like some ... oh man i love orchestral and i love this song, but this is wrong.OMG
funkandgroovin 3 years ago
The orchestral arrangement reminds be of the music from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". Joan is the best when accompaning herself on the accoustic guitar.
rrobby 3 years ago
My dear friends, is only ONE Joan Baez !And she was made for hole world. Enjoy her , and bless her to the one Creator !Don` t forget to cry !
bogdanradulescu1970 3 years ago
Joan sings very good this song...but she has not soul.
thinboy448 3 years ago
well, that's what's artists are paid for ;)
zibot1 3 years ago
I can't handle this song with the orchastra it's just too much of a good thing, like listening to two different songs on two different radios at the same time.
adepated 3 years ago 3
Is it just me, or does it seem, at 0.03, that Joan extends her hand to shake hands with one of the musicians, but he apparently wouldn't shake her hand? Pretty rude, if that was the case.
mthivier 3 years ago
maybe but she seemed more to signal a quick hi.
longjoy 3 years ago
yes.I agree
niligafni2u 3 years ago
Yes.I agree.niligafni2u
niligafni2u 3 years ago
Yeah I think you are right. The guy seems to shake his head as well.
MaximusMission 3 years ago
What do you expect moet clasical musicians have a better than you atitude.
shiningkingghidora 3 years ago
joan baez (one of the best singer/songwriters ever), Me and Bobby McGee (one of the best songs ever written), and a symphony/orchestra...sounds like a possible train wreck waiting to happen, right (even WITH joan baez)?
but, nope...it is fabulous - thank you for sharing this clip. not only does it show the versatility of baez, but the versatility of the classic 'me and bobby mcgee.'
I love it!
bcatku 3 years ago
when did people forget how to sing ???
when did people forget about songs ???
When did people forget about melody???
How could they forget about Joan Baez, and Bobby McGee???
missdeebates 3 years ago 2
missdeebates-
no kidding...i'd love to see a 'current' star cover this song without killing its integrity...
do you think there is any one out there who could do it?
bcatku 3 years ago
Freedom is just another word nothing left to lose...
I love this song.
Pearldeb 4 years ago 4
Simply marvellous. I love this lady's voice. Amen. Bless you for posting this song.
Hacobos 4 years ago 2
why does this song need an orchestra?? kind of takes away from the simplicity of it. oh well. she still has an incredible voice
megawhoosits 4 years ago 3
half of the singing nation done the song whats the big deal
historicbloke 4 years ago
It is supposed to sound like a train moving slow and persistent, carrying you away from your lover. Wrong tempo and tempo not accentuated, voice still the best!
sequoiaorchids 4 years ago
i think the tempo is actually pretty good for this particular 'take' on the song...yes, janis' was slower, but the symphony/orchestra had a tempo going that made me feel like i was on a train, moving down the track - almost to the point where i could hear each railroad car going over the breaks in the tracks...
bcatku 3 years ago
arghhh... what a horrible adaption. I love Joan Baez, but this is just terrible.
Grischnakh 4 years ago
I like that Joan made this version her own, but I like Janis's version better. Joan should stick to her soprano voice, and if she is able to do it, then she shouldn't cover up with low notes.
taddy1, obviously you don't know shit about music. Janis became famous because she sang life, douche. And Joan didn't sing this song first. I read all Janis Joplin books, and Kris Kristofferson(you know, the guy who wrote the song) said that this was written for Janis.
Go read some books.
vieniebebe 4 years ago
Kris wrote it for himself. He had a year long affair with Baez and a one night stand with Janis(they're both alcoholics). He wrote Help Me Make it for Baez but she was so busy with poitics to open her mail with the tape(KK wrote her "if you'd open your mail once in a while you could have a hit"
taddyd1 4 years ago
I'd also heard that Kristofferson wrote "For the Good Times" about the ending of his affair with Joan.
mthivier 3 years ago
This Turkey in the Straw arrangemnet sucks,but Baez does it much better in concert.
Baez often very effectively and effortlessly goes back forth between her chest and head voice. Baez and Judy Collins (who Janis was paranoid about) performed this live at least a year before Janis recorded it. I don't think Janis ever performed it live. I was there and saw them all many times, you read your false books JR. Ps Janis was usually awful in person
taddyd1 4 years ago
Janis performed it live at least once, as there was a live acoustic version in her boxed set, sounded like it was sometime before she recorded it for her PEARL album (late '69 or early 1970-ish?). I agree that Judy and Joan do great versions of it too.
mthivier 3 years ago
VieneDummy,did you write your own "Janis Books",fool. Read wiki: Me and Bobby. Roger Miller had a country hit with it in 68 or 69.
Judy Collins did it with a Someday Soon type arrangement) when I saw her that same yr. Gordon Lightfoot claims her recorded it first. Just cuz Kris got drunk and boffed Joplin once doen't mean he wrote it for her. If she hadn't died, it never would have been a hit. She barely had one hit off the 1st Little Bro album and no hits off her 2nd lp.
taddyd1 4 years ago
Sorry Joan, but this song is not for you! You have a lovely voice and I am a fan, but please stay away from this type of song.
grannyzeebee 4 years ago
Tell that to Kris who has peformed it with her many times. It's a country song, which Baez is well know for. It's this arrangement not her vocal.
taddyd1 4 years ago
oh the orchestra is ridiculous! what were thinking? baez with just a guitar is so much more superior!
queer3779 4 years ago
Amen. I saw Judy Collins do it with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and it was a mess too. Judy has done it for years(long before Janis)with her band and it's great.
taddyd1 4 years ago
good but as good as joplin
anthony1814 4 years ago
I LOVE Joan Baez, but this was like watching the Singing Minstrels. I don't know the history behind this arrangment, but Joan Baez's voice is so pure.
Ludovicarey 4 years ago
agreed, her vocal is to trapped by the Schmarmy arrangement.
taddyd1 4 years ago
Shame Joan - you didnt need this
As an old man said - never find yourself next to sommeone you're not prepared to die with
CCBBW 4 years ago
Actually, I like the performance. The orchestra gives the song a lighter tone, which is probably appropriate considering the time the events the narrator tells us take place (and the time in which the song was much performed): "Looking for the Home I hope he found" Not as good as the performance by Janis Joplin and Johnny Cash aforementioned, though.
Montecruz 4 years ago
joan and janis give the best versions of this song :)
funkymustard 4 years ago
The person who arranged this really missed the mark. I've heard her do it with just guitar and it's great. In the same concert she did stunning versions of "Oh Freedom" "Diamonds and Rust" and "Recently".
wthight123 4 years ago
right on... her vocal on this is fine. it's a lot faster than JJs but better. the pops suck-not Joan.
taddyd1 4 years ago 3
a pretty weak performance. both johnny cash and pink did a way better job with this song .The "la la la " part is just plain horrible .
joenomic 4 years ago
Normally I love Joan Baez, but this is the worst version of this song that I have ever heard.Sounds like it was arranged by the born again Christians and the person who does the Coca Cola adverts !!!
claudius4321 4 years ago
I'd have to agree - Joan is my hero in many ways, but this wasn't one of her finer moments..
dwklord 4 years ago
Hi claudius4321, the arrangement couldn't have included born-again-Christians, I think your crowd hung them much too early for that. As for the Coca Cola adverts, they'll have to speak for themselves.
We'll both be praying for you.
ntrimm 4 years ago
Joan's vocal is fine. She sang it before janis by the way who was generally horrible live. But you are right, that Turkey in the Straw meets Annie get your gun arrangement sucks. Joan dated Kristofferson for a year and could've had more first options onhis songs "if you'd open you godamm mail more often" per Kris.
taddyd1 4 years ago
Chris wrote it for Janis, about Janis. She sang it before Baez. You are right, it is not a song for Baez, her voice is for the lovely old folk songs like "Go away from my window". And Janis wasn't horrible live unless she was totally stoned.
ceb2633 4 years ago
WRONG ! where do you guys come from? It's one thing to be wrong in an original statement, but to be correcting/disputing the TRUTH that someone else has posted, without checking your facts, is idiotic. Kris didn't know Janis when he wrote it. Janis released it until she was almost dead. Many people were already perfroming it BEFORE Janis including Kristofferon's lover at the time, Joan Baez.
taddyd1 4 years ago