Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee"

Strong Bad
Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
edited April 2009 in Music & Movies
I heard the original on the radio while driving home and decided to look it up on Youtube since it's one of my all time favorite songs. I came across various artists trying to cover it, but all sucked balls. I clicked on the one by Pink and was sure it would be a disaster as well...but oh my...of all singers to friggin nail it...it was Pink. I never thought in a million years she could sing like this.

Link to Pink performing "Me and Bobby McGee"
No excuses!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited April 2009
    Bob Weir did it justice with the Dead.
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  • Solumnus
    Solumnus Posts: 48
    edited April 2009
    I believe Leanne Rimes does an pretty good version of it too.

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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited April 2009
    You will find it on JJ Pearl LP.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited April 2009
    Friend of mine can do this song perfectly, via karaoke or live band cover. Didn't know Pink would "settle down" long enough to sing the song.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2009
    Pink...who would've thunk it? Not bad!

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  • tcrossma
    tcrossma Posts: 1,301
    edited April 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Bob Weir did it justice with the Dead.

    I've always liked the Dead version as well.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2009
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    I heard the original on the radio while driving home ]
    Actually Roger Miller did it first so his is the original. Janis did it better.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2009
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Actually Roger Miller did it first so his is the original. Janis did it better.

    Yep...Janis didn't write this song, but covered it. Janis did it better though.

    The Dead did it even better though IMO.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited April 2009
    uh... Kris Kristofferson wrote the song.
    Kris was (is) jes' a good ol' Rhoades Scholar.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited April 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    uh... Kris Kristofferson wrote the song.
    Kris was (is) jes' a good ol' Rhoades Scholar.

    Pretty good version of the song also. Kris was smart and talented as a songwriter. But, his performances were just so, so. I can't remember too many songs by Kris. Another that I can recall from that era was "Why Me Lord?"
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited April 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    Pretty good version of the song also. Kris was smart and talented as a songwriter. But, his performances were just so, so. I can't remember too many songs by Kris. Another that I can recall from that era was "Why Me Lord?"
    howzabout Sunday Morning Coming Down? The Man in Black made sure that one was pretty well known.
    so was Help Me Make it Through the Night; covered by lots of folks...

    EDIT: oh, his own performances? Yeah, he was sort of an idiosyncratic singer. And a Rhoades Scholar/Oxford graduate. And a US military officer. And (apparently) an instructor at West Point.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited April 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    howzabout Sunday Morning Coming Down? The Man in Black made sure that one was pretty well known.
    so was Help Me Make it Through the Night; covered by lots of folks...

    EDIT: oh, his own performances? Yeah, he was sort of an idiosyncratic singer. And a Rhoades Scholar/Oxford graduate. And a US military officer. And (apparently) an instructor at West Point.

    Ah!!! Help me make it through the night! Great song! Nice memory Mark!
    Carl

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