He was also an Army Ranger. He left the Army because he wanted to go to Vietnam , but the Army wanted him to teach at West Point. The rest is history. Janis's version is THE BEST !

Brian Jones was also 27 when he died, that being said the hardest line in that song to listen to in but I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday to be holding Bobby's body next to mine. i lost my Wife who was the love of my life 13 years ago and every time i hear that line it chokes me up and the way she sings that line it make's me feel like she knows just what I'm feeling.

@Caperhere

Жыл бұрын

Condolences. I hope your grief begins to ease up before too long.🤗

@karenstanley964

11 ай бұрын

My condolences to you . I lost my husband in April 2009😢

I heard Kris say in an interview he doesn’t really like Me and Bobby McGee because of his hearing her singing it after she died. It destroyed him the first time he heard her sing it, and every time he’s heard it, it brings back that sad emotional reaction he had. I think the interview was with Joe at The Musician’s Hall of Fame and Museum. I have loved that song since it came out when I was a kid. Lately, I’ve realized he referenced books in his songs, and I wonder if “ Salinas” is a reference to Steinbeck. It wasn’t until I read The Grapes of Wrath that I realized Here Comes That Rainbow Again is a recreation of the diner scene. And in Loving Her Was Easier, he mentions “ As I Lay Dying”, a Faulkner novel. PS. I thought it was “ heading for a train”. Kris was also offered the position of teaching English literature, and turned it down. I was a nice surprise to see him at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday in May, 2023, at the age of 84.

@martydavies7198

Жыл бұрын

I saw the same interview with Kris. What a nice guy he is a good human being.

@carlsaganlives5112

Жыл бұрын

A true Renaissance man, fer sure...also parachuted or flew a helicopter to Johnny Cashs' place to show him some of his stuff, how cool is that?

Thank you, for all the information about Janis. Kris Kristofferson is my favorite . No better wordsmith than Kris,and know one does “ Me and Bobble McGee “better than Janis.

Terrific recount of a beautiful creative soul. Thank you.

Yeah Kristofferson is a poet like Dylan.

Wonderful tribute and retrospective of a wonderful and unique talent. Her life is such a sad tale. I loved Janis since her Big Brother days when I was a child. It seemed as soon as I got hooked on her, she was soon gone. A tough pill to swallow and understand as a sixth grader. I love your segments. Really dug your piece on Warren Zevon too.

@behindthesongpodcast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@RCullis47

Жыл бұрын

@@behindthesongpodcast I just discovered your channel recently. I am now hooked. Great stuff, nice research, great storytelling. Love it.

@joannewhitworth872

11 ай бұрын

I didn't discover Janis Joplin until she had passed. Thank you . Your podcast was great!

Great podcast. Great song. Joplin's great voice. Unlike the handsome jocks in high school who mocked her, former high school jock Kristofferson was a sometime lover and good friend.

@behindthesongpodcast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for listening.

@johnmoreno7664

Жыл бұрын

Didn't Kris Kristofferson pen that song, made famous by Janis Joplin ?

@Caperhere

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmoreno7664 Yes, he did, and recorded it. I’d like to know how many times it’s been sung around campfires and kitchens. He didn’t know Janis had recorded it until after she overdosed, so it’s always been sad for him.

Jim Dickinson recorded it for Sam The Sam and released it about a month before Janis’s came out. After that, nobody wanted to hear theirs! 😹😹

@carlsaganlives5112

Жыл бұрын

Interesting footnote, never heard that before! Sam was from the same area of Texas, too, like Janis. Not sure about Kris, but maybe.

Her friend, Pig Pen of The Grateful Dead, died at 27 too.

Praise YESHUA

Great video ❤❤

I still have that album.....

It was a great song! It was Janis’s song. Nobody sang it better than Janis NOBODY!

you're brilliant

Janis Joplin and Grace Slick were the first women to get on stage equal to the men. No girl group, no ten pounds of makeup, they made it on their talent. Not gonna rant, but much as I love Rock and Roll, it was not welcoming to women as performers.

GENIALNIE ODDAJE CZYTANIEM BO CZUJE CZYTA PRZEKAZUJAC PRZEZYCIEn nRZADKO SPOTYKANY TALENT,,,,!

Joplin sang the blues. It was chronicled in American Pue by Don McClean.

Hey, that was great!

@behindthesongpodcast

7 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Janis’s song oh lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz is reminiscent of her home town dialing for dollars was a segment on our local news at noon time daily program where the news caster would call a person’s house and give away money.

"Don't Mean Nothin"" a VIET Nam soldier's anthem !!!

When Kristofferson and Neuwirth arrived from New York for the Great Tequila Boogie, a lot of people were hanging out at Janis's house, sleeping in all the bedrooms and on the floor. Janis had her own suite on the top floor with all her books and her bed with silk sheets on it. Neuwirth and Kristofferson slept on the floor at first, but bets were being taken among the people hanging out at the house as to how long it would be before Kristofferson got invited upstairs to the third floor. It was less than a week. She thought he was a real honey.

Janis was a different soul. She was not by any means a ugly woman. Artistic people are born different than normal people. It makes life miserable for them. Because they can't find a good life with other people. They just don't fit in... But God made them to be great for a reason.

GOATS

You and Bobby McGoo! 😅😅😅

Roger Miller had the first hit with Bobby McGee.

Jerry Lee Lewis also recorded the song.

READERS DIGEST by LARRY NORMAN, this song should be played on the air, a great song

And we did get to hear one note...😢

COOL VIDEO ! THURSDAY 10/19/23 OCTOBER 19, 2023

La strada does not mean ‘the street’. Street in Spanish is Estrada. Strada means more like glut or eat [Voraciously]

@billmcgee7742

Жыл бұрын

Fellini was an Italian filmmaker and his movie "La Strada" means the street or road in Italian

@kenday7942

Жыл бұрын

@@billmcgee7742 my mistake. Thanks for clarifying.

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained It rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no And, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues You know, feelin' good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it But, I'd trade all of my tomorrows, for a single yesterday To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin', that's all that Bobby left me, yeah But, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues Hey, feelin' good was good enough for me, mm-hmm Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee La da da La da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da Bobby McGee, yeah La da da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da da Bobby McGee, yeah La da La la da da la da da la da da La da da da da da da da da Hey, my Bobby Oh, my Bobby McGee, yeah La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Hey, my Bobby Oh, my Bobby McGee, yeah Well, I call him my lover, call him my man I said, I call him my lover did the best I can, c'mon Hey now, Bobby now Hey now, Bobby McGee, yeah Woo La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la la Hey, hey, hey Bobby McGee, yeah La da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la da, la Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, yeah

@behindthesongpodcast

3 жыл бұрын

Marc Topel Every woo accounted for!

You will like the band APOLOGETIX,they are the number 1 parody band in the world

I think, Janis Joplin had a very very hard childhood and youth, because divorced parent, the bad Akne and always bullyjing. Always a special sensitive charakter and never found the harmony, what she always looking for. She wasted her life by sex, drugs and alcohol. A poor lonely girl, so sad. Her life and death makes me cry. RIP lonely girl

Fellinis wife guilietta massina was the actress i. ,a strands

Who was Brian Jones?

Great Job.😊

@behindthesongpodcast

7 күн бұрын

Thanks! 😊

I’m sure I’ll irritate a lot of folks when I say I was never impressed with Janis. But That’s how it is, deal with it

@novallasuter5265

Жыл бұрын

I can appreciate and respect your opinion. But your attitude sucks.

@bobhsohi704

Жыл бұрын

Me either !

@joejones9520

7 ай бұрын

it's because you dont get singing and that the way she sang is almost impossible to emulate.

Janis Joplin was good, she was weird

@behindthesongpodcast

3 жыл бұрын

Gerry Meyer She was good-weird.

@Caperhere

Жыл бұрын

Socially awkward. If people hadn’t othered her so badly, she may not have felt that insecurity. Kris didn’t think her weird. He spent a month with her as her lover.

@scallopohare9431

Жыл бұрын

She was unique, and you clearly do not understand the upheaval going on at that time.

@joanleece6751

Жыл бұрын

Hippie days were awesome for me but not for my parents

@brendalarge3514

Жыл бұрын

I was so sad you didn't play me and Bobby McGee after all the talking.....how could you not play it ?