SHOWING OFF HER FULL RANGE OF TALENT! First Time Hearing Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee Reaction!

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Hey everyone! Prepare to be blown away as we dive into our first-time reaction to Janis Joplin's iconic performance of "Me & Bobby McGee." Known for her powerful voice and emotional depth, Janis Joplin delivers a song that's both heartfelt and energetically soul-stirring. Join us as we explore her incredible talent and the timeless appeal of this classic track.
⭐️ WHAT WE EXPLORE IN THIS VIDEO:
Our immediate reactions to Janis Joplin's raw and captivating vocal performance.
Discussing the lyrical storytelling and its reflection of freedom and loss.
Analyzing the musical arrangement and how it complements Joplin’s unique style.
Sharing our thoughts on Janis Joplin's influence in the music world and the legacy of this particular song.
🎵 ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN & "ME & BOBBY MCGEE":
Janis Joplin, one of the most powerful singers of the 1960s rock scene, left a lasting legacy with her passionate singing style. "Me & Bobby McGee," written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, was famously covered by Joplin and became her posthumous number-one hit in 1971. The song showcases her ability to blend rock, soul, and blues into a deeply emotional performance that has touched millions.
👫 WHO WE ARE:
We're a couple who loves exploring the richness of music history, sharing our genuine reactions to classic songs and the artists who made them famous. Our channel features a variety of music reactions, each filled with enthusiasm and a deep appreciation for the art.
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What does "Me & Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin mean to you?
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@dagmar.6954 3 месяца назад

"Me & Bobby McGee" is my favorite song by Janis Joplin & she recorded it a few days before her death. It was written by Kris Kristofferson. Janis was a one of a kind singer with a unique voice. Sadly we lost her too soon. She was only 27 when she died. She had a lot of great songs such as "Summertime", "Down On Me", "Maybe", "Little Girl Blue", "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)", "Get It While You Can", "Bye, Bye Baby", "Move Over", "Mercedes Benz" etc.

@mikemaricle9941 3 месяца назад

I have a playlist of over 20 renditions of this song.

@davidpugh5982 3 месяца назад

Don't forget Piece of My Heart and my favorite Ball and Chain

@dagmar.6954 3 месяца назад

@@davidpugh5982 They have already done both of those songs.

@dolfin98 3 месяца назад

Not forgetting her classic piece of my heart!

@chrisalldis3375 3 месяца назад

Don't forget Cry Baby

@frankknodel350 3 месяца назад

Ran her light show with "Big Brother and the Holding Company" in Salt Lake City 1967, sat in a booth with her and drank a beer with her.

@ruserious9577 3 месяца назад

"Light show"...in 67? I had no idea that concerts had lighting back then. I did 20 years of touring, 5 of them doing lights for See Factor, and Showco.

@Whateva67 3 месяца назад

Cool. I was born in 67😊

@rickparman7040 3 месяца назад

@@ruserious9577 Busted! 😂

@norma814 3 месяца назад

Envy u!! ❤

@norma814 3 месяца назад

@@ruserious9577 2:29

@suzanneprock7286 3 месяца назад

"Piece of My Heart" is another one of her best.

@barsandbarbells2022 2 месяца назад

Yep, that was our first Janis exposure!

@chicotime69 3 месяца назад

Goose bump's everytime I listen to THE AMAZING Janis!!!!!!!!!

@mikewe3001 3 месяца назад

"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" - great statement

@ericbeggs746 3 месяца назад

Great statement? Sorry, don't get it? What's does it really mean? To me it makes no sense at all? Puzzled for sure.

@mikewe3001 3 месяца назад

@@ericbeggs746 when you have nothing left to lose (no car, no house, no obligations) - than you are free ... as simple as that 🙂

@rogerdaly6326 2 месяца назад

You can thank the song's writer - Kris Kristofferson - for that line.

@sirsuse 3 месяца назад

Janis is amazing! She is truly missed. ❤

@ConwayCreator 3 месяца назад

🎶Mercedes Benz 🎶 Janis Joplin also 🎶Me & Bobby McGee🎶 Kris Kristofferson

@hackermusic3355 3 месяца назад

Like Charlie Daniels said in his song Reflections. "The world heard a knock, it was Janis at the door They let her in And when it seemed this whole world was falling apart The house lights would fall and the music would start She'd be giving us all a piece of her heart Once again"

@JaquelineGoodspeed 3 месяца назад

She deserved a better life here while with us. Her music stays for now. We keep the music going.

@cassmcmlix 2 месяца назад

I don't know, she had a pretty good life and she had lots of recognition and opportunity. Remember, Janis Joplin is not a tragic figure. People just think she is tragic because she sang the blues. But she said, just b/c I sing the way I do, does not mean it defines me. She was a gambler and was careless. As her manager John Cooke and Sam Andrew from Big Brother said, she got "cocky" with heroin use b/c she had kicked in 69 & thought she could occasionally use it. Well her and 9 other people died in the LA area the same weekend from unknowingly shooting pure heroin.

@JaquelineGoodspeed 2 месяца назад

@cassmcmlix Yes but if you really listen to her, she was relentlessly bullied as a child and she went back to a reunion , now famous, but still home gave her no credit, hence one reason for using heroin, picking the wrong guys to love her, plus all the sick crap that goes with being famous. Bottom line, the love she sought, she again looked in the wrong place, her home town.

@SG-js2qn 3 месяца назад

Phil, I could be wrong, but I think what the lyrics are about is giving up everything, every possession, every relationship. You can't be truly free so long as you have anything. You need to give everything away. Which is part of the song's ache, because she'd give up the rest of her time in life to go back and be with Bobby. The song was written by Kris Kristofferson, who also plays supporting roles in the movies "A Star is Born," with Barbra Streisand, and "Blade," the first successful Marvel movie (1998).

@user-gt2uf8cq9y 3 месяца назад

The song was inspired by Frederico Fellini's film "La Strada"... where at the end the man leaves the woman while she sleeps because he believes the woman deserves better than he can give him and better than him period.

@scottromer8584 3 месяца назад

This song and Piece of my Heart are my favorite from Janis Joplin. Amazing talent gone way too soon.

@EGSimon-ds1vf 3 месяца назад

What a talent she was! For fun, check out "Mercedes Benz" from the same album if you haven't already. Not song really but a 2 minute spoken ditty that is classic Janis.

@hectorsmommy1717 3 месяца назад

One of the best uses of the Hammond B3 organ. It really emphasizes the feel of the song. Kristofferson sang it for her shortly before her death but he did not know she had recorded it until after she died.

@dougbarton4668 3 месяца назад

That B3, teamed up with the fabulous Leslie speaker, just incredible.

@hectorsmommy1717 3 месяца назад

@@dougbarton4668 A couple more songs that use it to great effect are CCR's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" and Rod Stewart's "Reason to Believe".

@slucas60 3 месяца назад

Kris Kristofferson said he had to sing the song 100 times before he could get through it without choking up. They were lovers for a short time before she passed

@LBinsocal 3 месяца назад

This song grows on you. You will find yourself wondering why you have sudden cravings to hear it. The more you hear it, the more you like it.

@sarahdixon1943 3 месяца назад

This is true. I've grown up hearing this song. I'm 49. I never used to look for it or want to hear it. Now?? Now I find it in my Playlist and listen to it as loud as I can and I attempt to sing as well!!! 😊😊 .. I must be great!! My neighbors threw a brick through my window so they could hear me better!!! 😉 ... 😆 🤣 😂

@LBinsocal 3 месяца назад

@@sarahdixon1943 🤣

@cassmcmlix 2 месяца назад

So you like Kris Kristofferson?

@LBinsocal 10 дней назад

@@cassmcmlix definitely! As did Janice

@CharCanuck14 2 месяца назад

I had the wonderful privilege to be about 20 feet away from Janis when she sang her heart out in Toronto 1970. She absolutely blew the crowd & myself away. Sadly, she would pass away 4 months later.

@bella-xp7qd 3 месяца назад

Me and Bobby McGee,” though usually associated with Janis Joplin (who recorded it shortly before her death in 1970), was written by Kristofferson and first recorded by Roger Miller in 1969. It was later recorded by Kenny Rogers (1969) and Gordon Lightfoot (1970) as well as others. Kristofferson briefly dated Janis Joplin before her death in October 1970.

@Mare_bear738 3 месяца назад

Yes! Me & Bobby McGee is my favorite Janis Joplin song, too. 👍

@rmacdougallaliasdogviticus 3 месяца назад

“The first time I heard Janis Joplin’s version was right after she died. Paul Rothchild, her producer, asked me to stop by his office and listen to this thing she had cut. Afterwards, I walked all over L.A., just in tears. I couldn’t listen to the song without really breaking up. So when I came back to Nashville, I went into the Combine [Publishing] building late at night, and I played it over and over again, so I could get used to it without breaking up.” - Kris Kristofferson (2015)

@battistaleone8388 3 месяца назад

I heard this Kristofferson interview. So touchin'!!!

@757optim 3 месяца назад

Kris Kristofferson was a great songwriter. Janis made this one her own. While not on the list of Kris's "greatest songs", I personally like "To Beat The Devil". It is mostly spoken, but a great example of Kris's writing. Kris performing "Why Me" live on a set full of country greats may be his best performance.

@mikerichards67 3 месяца назад

Kris is a great songwriter still, was inferred that he was gone, just saying.

@dennisshaper4744 3 месяца назад

I prefer Kris and Roger Miller's version myself. The sex change of the character doesn't work as well. Roger Miller actually had the first hit with this tune.

@danhelphrey6260 3 месяца назад

My personal favorite Kristofferson song is almost unknown outside of hardcore fans (which my mother was) - "Josie" from the Border Lord album.

@757optim 3 месяца назад

@@mikerichards67 The past tense was because I'm not aware of any recent writing.

@wildbill7081 3 месяца назад

@@danhelphrey6260 Very true I am a hardcore Kristofferson fan and I am 73 and listened to all his music and I have the old record albums of him til this day

@markmurphy558 3 месяца назад

Summertime has been covered by almost every singer since it was written in 1935 for the Broadway Musical Porgy & Bess.

@suecook1326 3 месяца назад

Summertime is my all-time favorite Janis song!! I prefer it live in Germany in 1969! Great suggestion!

@yambo59 2 месяца назад

I love the line "I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday" - wow

@jaybo2023 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the great reaction. A great live performance by Janis to check out is "Ball and Chain" , from the Monterey Pop Festival

@sixslinger9951 3 месяца назад

Janis was definitely something special!

@timwhitnell7145 3 месяца назад

Great melody and the always awesome Hammond organ. What a voice. What a talent. What a tragedy.

@bobbyball77 3 месяца назад

Janis Joplin's voice was absolutely wonderful and perfect for the time. She had so much emotion in her singing. Great reaction!

@nightcap6555 20 часов назад

A polished and fitting encore to a once in a lifetime Star and Soul.

@hartspot009 3 месяца назад

You two and Janis ! Doesnt get much better ❤

@barsandbarbells2022 2 месяца назад

🙌 Glad you joined us Hart!

@quietwoodworking 3 месяца назад

Glad you guys reacted to this classic by Janis!

@elizabethfranco1284 3 месяца назад

Kris Kristopherson wrote this!

@greghicks83 2 месяца назад

Did not know that but yeah, it computes.

@dellafenton2417 2 месяца назад

@@greghicks83I believe Janis and Kris had a bit of a fling if my memory serves me correctly.

@frankscarborough1428 3 месяца назад

Janis was very special

@sharonannrees2824 3 месяца назад

This song brings back good memories.

@oldmanghost219 3 месяца назад

Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee !!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was released after her death. It was written by actor, writer, singer, musician, and who Janis had a fling with during the year before her death. .....Kris Kristofferson. "Me & Bobby McGee". "Piece of My Heart"., And Janis's live version of "Ball and Chain" are at the top of my all time favorites.

@Bekka_Noyb 3 месяца назад

there's a killer acoustic demo version of this too! dbl ♥

@kimzwolinski9919 3 месяца назад

My favorite ❤️

@MaryEllen10862 3 месяца назад

Janice Joplin was a big part of my life growing up because my older brother loved her music and I was just 10 when I heard her voice and songs and fell in love with it. Her voice was unique and so was her life. This is also my favorite song of hers and piece of my heart. When she sang them she did it with her heart and soul. She kind of reminds me of how Joe Cocker sang his songs they both sang with their hearts and souls and the music went through every fiber of their being you could tell that by the way they performed. I sure do miss singers that can sing like this and give it every thing they have. What’s better is all these years later and a lot of people are listening to her and Joes music. I loved your reactions.

@ShadowRyu 2 месяца назад

"Freedom is just another word for 'nothing else to lose'"

@georgeb6079 2 месяца назад

Summertime my fav

@jxchamb 3 месяца назад

Goddamn do I love this song. Absolutely terrific when Kris Kristoffer sings it as well. Both versions are perfection.

@gretamckenzie4245 2 месяца назад

big favorite for many so much talent in one person... ..

@rittherugger160 3 месяца назад

Written by Kris Kristofferson for Janice. Others sung by him 'Help Me Make it Through the Night', "Sunday Morning Coming Down'. Oh, Janice, check out "Mercedes Benz'.

@rogerdaly6326 2 месяца назад

Spelled Janis not Janice

@ORagnar 3 месяца назад

I'm digging the graphics someone did for this brilliant song. o

@Herve1955 3 месяца назад

My favorite song and the one that for me best reflects all her talent

@RockinMamaT 3 месяца назад

My favorite Janice Joplin song ❤Love love Janice. RIP to the girl who sings the blues ❤ Peace out guys ✌️☮️

@mrfester42 3 месяца назад

Wow! You two are so full of yourselves!

@Russ_Keith 2 месяца назад

When the 'Pearl' album dropped I felt it brought a greater maturity to her musical choices, helped by the Full Tilt Boogie band's accompaniment and I couldn't wait to hear where she went from there (I heard the album before I heard about her death). Sadly I was never to hear it.

@ripmod1 3 месяца назад

Fabulous!

@bobdelp2023 3 месяца назад

HEY NOWWWWW!!! 😊CLASSICCCC PHIL AND SAM! 💯👍RIP JANIS

@mikeplott4817 3 месяца назад

Great Reaction 👍🙏😎

@elceenomoun8115 3 месяца назад

I've always pictured her in the studio dancing around during the instrumental portion. What a legend!

@wildbill7081 3 месяца назад

Oh Yes your so right I can picture her doing that

@suecook1326 3 месяца назад

Some of her more fun performances were on TV shows, for example a duet with Tom Jones and her performance on I think it was Dick Cavett's show. He adored Janis and had her on often. ru-vid.com?search_query=janis+joplin+on+dick+cavett%27s+show

@wildbill7081 3 месяца назад

@@suecook1326 Yes thats true I seen both she was always fun to watch so sad she died early like that....

@angelado3 3 месяца назад

One of my favorites by Janis !

@donaldromesburg1902 2 месяца назад

Couple of my favorite from her ,Mercedes-Benz. Piece of my heart

@sp1582 2 месяца назад

I LOVE YOU JANIS !

@darinaria 3 месяца назад

Her best live performance is 'Work Me Lord' in Stockholm. You should check it out. Enjoyed that one.

@mightyV444 3 месяца назад

Yes, her best, I agree! 😊👍

@franktraina4147 2 месяца назад

Classic song. 😎

@Eowyn187 3 месяца назад

Bette Midler starred in "The Rose"... which was roughly based on Janis' life. And she killed it! The entire performance. Her vocals are so much more amazing than most realize. And her acting chops for dramatic roles are over the top. You guys should watch the movie. But first, do a song from the soundtrack for here. Then watch it. ☺️

@bassanderson5610 3 месяца назад

Little Girl Blue really shows what she can do I suggest watching her performance on the Tom Jones Show 💯

@jeanniedebartolo5965 3 месяца назад

My favorite JJ song 💜. Pearl you were gone for way too soon ❤

@destination22ful 3 месяца назад

Janis Joplin’s backup band for this album’s was Fuull Tilt Boogie in stead of Big Brother and the Holding Company. Great Kris Kristofferson song. RIP Janis.

@ToddSauve 3 месяца назад

A much tighter and better band!

@tenjed4224 3 месяца назад

One of Janis' most famous, and infamous tours was by train, with other greats of the genre across Canada. Festival Express is a movie you both have to check out.

@SBel65 3 месяца назад

Especially when they hit Moosejaw 🤣! My favourite on the train was Rick Danko (from the Band)…RIP to both 😢

@rubroken 3 месяца назад

The album, Pearl, that this song is on, in my opinion is her best produced album. Her earlier albums were more raw, where this album was more refined(?)

@Eyes-of-Horus 2 месяца назад

I recall hearing her doing this a lot rawer.

@Eowyn187 3 месяца назад

Kris Kristofferson that wrote this, wrote many other great songs for major artists. And he was awesome in his own right. He was a big part of Outlaw Country... raw, badass country music. With the likes of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and a few others. I don't listen to country very often. But when I do, it's usually this. He also starred alongside Barbra Streisand in the 70s remake of A Star is Born. Which had several remakes. But theirs is the only one I wanna see. And hear.

@jbear3562 27 дней назад

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose." I know of no truer statement.

@Murdo2112 3 месяца назад

This song epitomises what I love about the way music was recorded back then. No one's sitting in a booth, with headphones on, playing over the track that was recorded by others in the band a month beforehand. The band is just set up, playing live, reacting to and playing off of one another, with shouts and whoops in the background during the solos. So much more life and energy.

@cassmcmlix 2 месяца назад

I don't think that's true. They recorded the song is sunset studios. And she definitely was in a booth when she sang it.

@anthonwest9541 3 месяца назад

This has always been my favorite song of hers. Really shows her vocal talent. Great song choice!

@anway1953 3 месяца назад

My favorite song by Janis,it's extremely sad not knowing what amazing music she would have made after this.

@user-ev8vi6fr9l 21 день назад

Janis is a PN-G girl. She was born and raised in Port Neches-Groves, Texas which is just down from Beaumont and right up against Port Arthur.

@LadyAnnieoftheDesert 21 день назад

I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates and Mercedes Benz both by Janis, off the charts awesome!

@repsolgoose939 3 месяца назад

Pinks cover of this is incredible must see !!!!

@patticampana9458 3 месяца назад

My favorite song was Piece of My Heart. Also, Down in Me. Still diggin' your videos.

@Laniefj 3 месяца назад

This is my favorite song by her!! So good.

@johnkendall6558 3 месяца назад

one of the best written songs of all time, by one of the greatest song writers of all time, and sang by the perfect artist to express the true feel of the lyrics = perfection

@user-nu2hp2jn4u 3 месяца назад

Love Janice

@elizabethfranco1284 3 месяца назад

I believe was released posthumously.

@mikeconway9849 3 месяца назад

Great reaction, Sam and Phil! Yep, this is my favorite by her also.

@stevedahlberg8680 3 месяца назад

This was a great automatic sing-along, even between strangers, for so long. And still is I'm sure. I think some of the earlier stuff I saw your act to is with big brother and the holding company, and I love that kind of garage band era as well. They were so intense. And they were at woodstock. But she did go with a couple other bands she was with one called the kozmic blues band for a bit, but I believe this one was the latest and last one which was the Full Tilt Boogie band. And so yeah, you're right, it is a bit more polished but dang, it's also good. This one just absolutely cooks though.

@jessicaleblanc-nh1yl 3 месяца назад

Janis was one of a kind. Thank you for sharing this. =)

@pres96ton 2 месяца назад

This was written by Kris Kristoferson a Rhoses Scholar and intellectual...listen to his SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN, LOVING HER WAS EASIER, MAKE BELIEVE YOU LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME...he was Teaching Literature at the US MILITARY academy and quit and went to nashville

@thomastutwiler7270 2 месяца назад

One of the best covers of this song I have ever heard is by Pink. It reminds me of Janis. They have a similar vocal sound.

@douglasstrayer-ng5ql 3 месяца назад

Pink does a great acoustique version of this song !

@neilmartin99 3 месяца назад

Then somewhere near Salinas I let him slip away Lookin for that home and I hope he finds it. 😃😊

@alexanderwalter4595 3 месяца назад

Joplin's backing band on this song was named Full Tilt Boogie. Never has a band been more aptly named.

@celestepingtella5938 3 месяца назад

Probably her most recognized song, which was written by actor/singer/songwriter Kris Kristophersen. There is an excellent acoustic version sung by P!nk and guitar by Linda Perry.

@T-ShirtMagic 3 месяца назад

Always takes me back to 70s (feeling free and safe) Hitch-Hiking in Canada.

@codyhenrichs9699 3 месяца назад

In 1975 near the end of our Senior year of HS I fell in love at first sight with a guy named Bobby. We dated all summer but since I was reporting for duty in the Navy and he was going to college we let each other go. Every time I heard this song I thought of him. I even had it on a cassette tape. Happily in 2010 we found each other again both of us were single and have been together since.

@southernbella6535 3 месяца назад

Great song, one of my favorites for sure. Check out "Mercedes benz" . Its so plain and no music but it shows off her raw talent and will give you a giggle as well. "Piece of my heart" and "Cry baby" are my other picks . Great reaction you guys are so nice to watch :)

@cydrych 2 месяца назад

“I’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday” hits hard when you think that she recorded this shortly before she passed.

@edvaldodominguessantos6109 Месяц назад

Goose bump's beautful line

@sarahdixon1943 3 месяца назад

One of her best songs 🎵 ❤❤

@lilamuzik3385 2 месяца назад

Janis is a gem. Gone too soon.

@user-ln1dr1cu1u 3 месяца назад

Seems that some people have so much talent and genius they just can't be held down to earth...they rise to the heavens.

@MrMakemyday3 3 месяца назад

this was an anthem of the sixties!!!

@jeffmorse645 3 месяца назад

"One day up near Salinas I let him slip away" I used to lived in Salinas, California for years and every time I hear the song I always listen for that verse. This is one of the more accessible of Janis's songs - probably why it was her biggest hit. My parents (Country fans) liked it back then as well as us kids.

@StoptheInsanityofRegressivism Месяц назад

Written by the great songwriter Kris Kristofferson. He also wrote the great songs "Sunday Morning Coming Down", "Help Me Make it Through the Night," and "Why Me." Many people record his songs and he is a great storyteller. His recordings of the songs I mentioned are worth listening to, especially from him, because he emotes his lyrics just as he intends them to be as the writer. That's why his versions are often more emotional and relatable than others who do it. This is probably the exception. Janis rocked this! Kris tells the story about this song, Janis, and how much he loved what she did with it. It's a video here on RU-vid you might find interesting.

@johnraygun9868 3 месяца назад

i probably misunderstood it as i do most things but i thought when you are with someone you say you dont have freedom but when you are broken up you have your freedom but now you have nothing left to lose. I guess thats why i like music so much, it all about what it means to you ❤

@patticampana9458 3 месяца назад

Written by Kris Kristofferson. Loved Janis. One of a kind. A member of the 27, 28 club.

@earlymorningtwilight9119 2 месяца назад

Little Girl Blue live is my favorite Janis song.

@Rob-eo5ql 3 месяца назад

“the girl who sang the blues…”from Don Mclean’s American Pie is Janis Joplin

@leannmiller7153 3 месяца назад

Don McLean said in a 2015 interview that Janis is not the girl who sang the blues. He also said Dylan isn’t the Jester, and Jesus is the King, not Elvis. Sure blew me away, as I had always believed them to be true.

@harlanginsberg7269 3 месяца назад

This is a song that the Grateful Dead also do.They started doing it as a tribute to Janis Joplin. The song is actually written as Bobby being a girl.It was written by Kris Kristofferson a country/folk singer.