Who Is BOBBY MCGEE | Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee | Reaction

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[@davidtullis2810]

Writen by Kris Kristofferson. Sad story was they were exlovers and Janis recorded this and mailed Kris a copy but she died of a heroin overdose before he received it. She was from Texas

[@MagravatorMag]

Yes and Bobbie is actually a woman, the way Kristopherson wrote the song. She was a secretary for someone he dealt with. Bobbie is a nickname for Barbara. Useless fact but it's part of the story too.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

The rasp, breaks and cracks in her voice is what makes it amazing and nobody did it like Janis!!!!

[@bryanCJC2105]

"Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose" as I get older the real meaning of this becomes more and more clear to me. "I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday" same thing for this one.

[@janparish8055]

Kris Kristopherson at his best!

[@kimberlyosborne1977]

I think that's the best line of any song ever. I'd trade all my tomorrow for one single yesterday!!!

[@webbtrekker534]

I'm 77. I can relate!

[@jcIIXVIIIVII]

If it's a car commercial, it's most likely her "Mercedes Benz" song. They used that song in the 1990s for Mercedes Benz commercials. Which is ironic because that song is anti-consumerism and anti-materialism. "Mercedes Benz" is the final song she recorded before her death just 3 days afterwards. And it wasn't meant to be on the album, as she was just playing around in the studio. That's why it's an acapella. And oh no lol Janis had phenomenal voice control. She can sound raspy as hell or as soft as an angel, and everything in between. She had the natural control that simply can't be trained or taught

[@rosesilveira344]

Janis was born in Port Arthur in Eastern Texas. This song was written by a fellow Texan, Kris Kristofferson from Brownsville. Bobby was a secretary whom the producer had a crush on. Lyrics are about a stormy night while Kris was working & his vehicle broke down.By the way, Janis was not bi or gay. That is a recent rumor. She lived a hippie communal life in the 60s. Men & women lived together as a family. No one can sing with more rasp,grit,cracks, & pain like Miss Janis. In the song this was a wandering couple. Bobby was looking for that home= stability. He left her for stability. She didn't want to settle down. Hope this helps understanding her. Kudos from Texas.

[@petermott2411]

She HAS the voice control, probably the best ever. When her voice "cracks", like she is "losing her voice", that was by design. She could turn it on an off at will. If she wanted to, she would sing the note clean, undistorted. About the lyrics. Bobby: he wanted security, and was tired of the road -- "He wanted a home, and I hope he finds it." So he got tired of hitchhiking around, and broke up with her. "I let him slip away" is her regret for insisting that she continue to on the road; so he dumped her.

[@flutesong5527]

Oh my, she incorporated everything about her voice into a technique. This stuff wasn't random, she knew what her voice would do all of the time, this is why she was a genius. She knew how to make her voice communicate sublimely.

[@alanadair2367]

Great comment 👍

[@jeanmc4213]

I think she had great voice control; everything in her style was intentional. She always goes smoothly back into the melody with perfect clarity.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

About 4 minutes and 49 seconds in and that twang you are talking about is, she is from Texas, just like me!

[@crmlcd]

Chris Kristofferson is brilliant, Rhodes Scholar that he is and Janis did this song justice.

[@patrician7445]

Someone said, "The thing with Janis is that, when she sings, I believe her."

[@frankphillips5660]

A lot of singers can sing and do it nearly perfectly and you hear them sing but with Janice you "feel" her sing!!!

[@26shedan]

freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Can it get any more poetic?

[@rachelsullivan2926]

Honey, if youve never heard Country Rock (or Southern Rock), you have a lot of great reactions in store for you! The first one that comes to mind is "Copperhead Road". ... btw, what you said about women from the south is much appreciated!

[@doloresburns3301]

Bette Midler played her in The Rose and the song by Bette is magnificent! She absolutely had Janis down cold.! Would love to see your reaction.

[@barbaramarkland7441]

I ECHO THAT... WE LOVED JANIS 💥 BIT PLEASE WATCH BETTE MIDLER ( THE ROSE) YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED💫

[@stevedahlberg8680]

14:20 Wow, I'm blown away by your curiosity and drive to explore this stuff, and the funny thing is, you're talking about country-rock now with a sense of amazement that it's even a genre. It was in the late 60s into the 70s and there are a lot of bands that were involved and so many, but just to make it easy, I would say the band you might be most familiar with would be The eagles. They were in the later era of country rock in the 70s and they epitomized it. I cannot remember if you have reacted to The Eagles before, but either way, you might check it out, if nothing else just pull up a greatest hits playlist and I guarantee you everything on there will be fascinating and informative about country rock. Especially their earlier stuff. But it's cool because early in the reaction, you were saying folk rock, but you're emphasizing that it had a country feel to it. So you are exactly describing the genre without even knowing that that's what it was. Right on, man.

[@plaidpaisley5918]

This is my favorite JJ songs.

[@sharonvincent4238]

I think this song was written by Kris Kristofferson who also wrote many songs for other artists. Sunday Morning Coming Down, you have to listen to. Help Me Made It Through The Night is great. He wrote Why Me Lord for Elvis. Kristofferson also became a recording artist and starred in a few movies too.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

Yeah, he wrote some lyrics that make you sit back and think "where the f... did he pull that from?" A brilliant writer.

[@shirleybuffington6420]

I love Janice’s voice it was one of a kind and love this song but my all time favorite of hers is called Cry Baby

[@donnabost4445]

One of my favorites, mainly because of Kris Kristofferson he wrote this and performed it (had a crush on him), Janis rocked it

[@arnoldcox9128]

Her rawness and imperfections are what made her a icon

[@ljubopejakovic1248]

Best song of all time👌✌❣.peace brother🌻🌼⚘🌷🌹

[@argaven]

That crackin' voice is coming from pure emotion, man. That's why you appreciate it so much.

[@candicehughes8259]

Hello from TN....I love your video's ...I am hearing songs I haven't heard since I was young ...too young to appreicate them. I am hearing them with new ears...you bring out a lot of the details .....Thank you

[@trudywolfe2795]

My favorite Janis song. Her voice is incredible. Thanks for the reaction.

[@foxchasejrt1]

I love this song from her. She really shows the versatility of her voice.

[@barbaradawdy6317]

Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it!

[@ericab.3192]

She didn’t write it. But, she said ‘feeling good was good enough for me, good enough for me and Bobby McGee.’ My interpretation was it was great, but not meant to be forever and they both recognized that. Also, the org by CC was possibly about a woman. “Looking for that home and I hope he finds it”. Sounds more like a fling until they move on to something serious. Now her sound, This woman as a teenager in the 50’s was sneaking out at night and driving into LA to the blues bars. Her life was tragic but I’m so happy to see her being appreciated and recognized now.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again.. Janis.. Queen of the Blues.. P s Do Bob Dylan..

[@kathleenfarraher9894]

It was probably "Mercedes Benz" which you should listen to cause its acapella and awesome

[@stevedahlberg8680]

15:30 Naw, regardless of any dalliances By Janis, in this version it's definitely a male character because she uses the pronoun "he" and this was decades before any question of how to use pronouns. And generally what they're saying is that a guy wrote it, Kris Kristofferson, and then the first guy to do it was Rodger Miller, and did it with Bobby being a woman, but it just worked out that it was convenient to switch genders and so female artists have covered this and turned it into a guy. There is a whole history of when you cover a song, If it's so good that you just have to do it and it's about something involving gender and a relationship, then there is an entire art of how to be subtle but effective in slightly rewriting the lyrics to make it work from a different gender viewpoint. It has been going on forever over the decades and really over the centuries if you think about it. I've even done this myself in my own work. It's fascinating.

[@frankphillips5660]

Folk Rock is Simon and Garfunkle, Country Rock is Lynard Skynard or Alabama, Blues Rock is Janice, Rock opera is Meatloaf or Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@slm_766]

The commercial used the song "Mercedes Benz" ("Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz/ My friends all drive Porches, I must make amends....")

[@ncjoker420]

Her perfection was in her imperfection.

[@lorikisiel9367]

Janis sings from her soul, and that deep emotion comes out in her voice. The cracking is part of that emotion. I think that it's still more socially acceptable for women to express all that raw emotion than for men to. I noticed that when you were talking about artists who you admire for their voice control you only named male artists. That might be why we don't mind it when Janis's voice cracks.

[@lindanoel1853]

Wonder if you've heard Stevie Ray Vaughn -- such soul and feeling in both his guitar AND his 'Honey-over-Gravel' voice.

[@lorikisiel9367]

@@lindanoel1853 Yes. I am familiar with SVR and totally agree with you.

[@CSharp-hk9oc]

Bobby wanted to settle down and start build a home. She wasn't ready for that so she let him slip away.

[@juliell2139]

Please do some Joe Cocker "Can't Find My Way Home" "Leave Your Hat On". Voice cracks and whatever comes out abounds. lol. Great

[@rmlusa9827]

Try Janis Joplin Turtle BLUES Different genres Different styles of singing f

[@themancalledx1342]

This song was written by the LEGEND Kris Kristofferson

[@elithejwalker]

I always wonder who’s getting the money from songs used on TV commercials. I hope it’s the musician’s family, but I have a suspicion it’s not.

[@robsambosky6444]

I heard Kris Kristopherson describe his shock when he first heard her cover. He said it is her song now.

[@avatteo]

She is more than amazing

[@cdronk]

The voice cracks add texture, expressiveness, soul, and humanity.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

8:43 you're talking about her voice cracking and yet you still like it and comparing her with Elvis and others, but you have to understand, she had amazing voice control like you wouldn't believe. She just has a whole bunch of soul and had no training, and she just lets it all out there and that's what we all love about her. And I know I've mentioned this before I think on your previous Janis Joplin reaction, but man please please please check out the studio cut back with Big Brother and the Holding Company, her earlier really intense band, whereas this one is done later in her career with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, which I also love because they just freaking know how to swing and all that, but check out her cover of the classic George Gershwin song Summertime from the early 1900's, and you will hear the most incredible voice control, it's insane. And pay very close attention to the very end of the song, when she hits this note and then slides down a minor 3rd to resolve it, and she gets so many damn harmonics out of her voice and singer's formant on that somehow, and I have no idea if this was a one take thing or it took a lot of takes I have a feeling it was like you're saying, I think it was just the way she was, but she has all these harmonics in her voice and as she's sliding down to resolve at the end of the song, she's got these beautiful harmonics that are like an octave + a third above, which would normally be called in terms of harmony singing, a descant part. It's a really high part that harmonizes and these harmonics in her voice are harmonic with her fundamental pitch and it's just amazing, it just blows me away every time I hear it. It's kind of her version of throat singing, if you've ever heard of that, developed a millennium or so ago like in Turkey and Mongolia and Tuva and so forth. Where they learn to in those cases it's men, so they learn to be singing these really low pitches but they contort their vocal tract and it's a lot of effort and they get these other harmonics in it and they learn to control them so that they're essentially harmonizing with their own voices and it is always a goosebump inducing experience, laugh. Check it out man. Not to mention that her treatment of Summertime all the way through is just fantastic, and it's a slow song so you really get to hear her without a lot of hyperactivity and so forth. I just know you would love it brother.

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

To hear perfect voice control, you need to go to the other end of the scale and listen to Karen Carpenter. Literally the only way you can tell if it’s studio or live is to tape it and then look at the waves. Perfect pitch, perfect timing actually perfect voice! But the total opposite of Janis!

[@maximesteinebrunner9941]

Im telling yo8u something. Janis has one of the best voice controls ive ever heard in music. These "cracks" in her voice are intentionally. There are songs where she sings completely different: listen to Little Girl Blue (Studio version) or Maybe (Studio version). Youre gonna see that shes also capable of singing without her voice cracking practically once.

[@MrRizzo1961]

Another great song written by Kris Kristofferson ✌️❤️

[@theQman54]

Her song in the commercial I think is called Mercedes-Benz like the car

[@michellebuchanan730]

Sadly another member of the 27 club.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

10:30 You are asking what happened along the way to Bobby McGee? And who knows exactly, this a Kris Kristofferson song who by the way had a relationship with Barbra Streisand and he and Janis were good friends and he was a really awesome singer-songwriter back then and just one of those cool dudes. He was actually a Vietnam war vet but he also didn't put up with the excessive jingoism that sometimes went with that. Years later, he notoriously dressed down Toby Keith during an awards show where Chris was exiting the stage and Toby Keith was coming on and Chris told him to freaking grow up and maybe go actually fight sometime before you just sit there and act so seemingly patriotic while making a ton of cash off of it. It was during the invasion of Iraq and it was highly controversial after 9/11, and they called it the Shock And Awe strategy, which basically meant bombing the fuck out of Iraq, unlike W's daddy, who was smart enough not to do in the first experience over there, and in the end it killed lots of civilians and it erased a whole lot of ancient history and it was just pretty bad. But Toby Keith was making shitloads of cash off of the highly posturing braggadocio song called Shockin' Y'all, like just being really cavalier and light-hearted about something that was involving lots of gruesome death and suffering. It was easy to do post-911 because everybody was so angry, and the GW administration or at least certain bad players deeply nested within it, including the vice president, fabricated a case against Iraq, when it was really the Taliban out of Afghanistan. But on the other hand I actually like a lot of Toby Keith's stuff so, don't crucify me, laugh. Songs about beer and horses for example, lol. But anyway, Janis Joplin and a lot of people in the late sixties in her music scene, lived fairly nomadic lives and I always just got the impression that they were close and she just kind of lost track of Bobby along the way. He went in one direction because he felt pulled that way, and she had to go in the other to follow her dream, and now she's reminiscing back and expressing all her love and passion for him and really misses the fact that he didn't stay in her life. But please please please, check out that studio cut of Summertime if you get a chance and it would actually be a great reaction, I know it would be.

[@Bellaigi]

Two of my favorite performances are Cry Baby kzbin.info/www/bejne/roPLeZd8h6t1d9U and Work Me Lord kzbin.info/www/bejne/e17Mo4ujpq6tfaM

[@kimberlyosborne1977]

This is my all time favorite song!!! I love Janice

[@elithejwalker]

Grit is good in a rock voice. I love gritty singers!

[@Kim-J312]

Sadly she joined the 27 club , just like Hendrix , Winehouse and so many others 💔

[@sourgir-wh6xd]

🤘🏻😎 Fun fact.. Janis Joplin was Clive Davis' very first signed act of his career❤

[@Lusie828]

You should really do Maybe from the Ed Sullivan show, its really beautiful. Also you would really enjoy Cry Baby live in Toronto, I really think you would enjoy both :)

[@dbrinson1691]

THAT IS HER VOICE CONTROL...but, whatever

[@gaylecole9777]

The reason Bobby left was because he wanted to settle down and Janice didn’t. Originally when the song was written by Kris Kristofferson, a guy, Bobby McGee was a woman.

[@kniderjr5556]

As another one of your listeners said the song was written by Kris Kristofferson. You may have listened to or reacted to The Highwaymen !? If not, you have Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash. Worth a listen. Great job by the way!

[@lindanoel1853]

Chris Christopherson wrote Bobby McGee. I maybe heard him sing it a couple of times but Janis made it hers ! I google everything I want to know --- and find great answers --- seems like maybe many Reactors don't do that, for info. .. . . I'm old, so maybe that's why hah hah h haa

[@kensroswell]

Anyone that can't see the beauty in her voice needs to be tested for having no soul 😔 The fact she really has complete control over her "technical imperfections" is what makes her special.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

Thank you, MMB. The song is great, AND it's the way she sang/spoke it.

[@charlenelesher1198]

I think this is a crossover song. It was beloved in the country genre as well as rock and folk music. I saw a documentary with Chris Kristofferson where he explained all about the song. Actually Chris misunderstood the name when he was commissioned to write the song. I forgot what it was supposed to be, but for whatever reason, the name "Bobby McGee" what immortalized by Janis.

[@patjay2427]

Kris Kristofferson starred with Barbara Streisand in the movie called “A Star was Born”.

[@michellebuchanan730]

She is Pearl.

[@marielaveau5321]

Janis's voice wasn't "pretty" but it was beautiful in it's rawness. Love from the 'Sipp. 😊✌️

[@MMBxMOB]

Completely agree Marie!

[@dgrjazz]

Voice control is over rated or at the least not required. You’re right she was totally out of control. Tom Waits sounds out of control but he is always completely in control.

[@Brandi6666]

You’ll never hear anyone say anything negative of her voice and style🤘❤️

[@webbtrekker534]

Janis was a Blues Singer. She sang the Blues. She sang what she felt.

[@margiwatson1760]

One of my mums favourites. I'm 53 I was raised with Janis.

[@juliell2139]

Lot's of free loving happening in those days. My mom told me when she was dating my dad and they were hippies - she told him that unless she told him different - he was Just Wednesday night to her. no commitments

[@NondescriptMammal]

The song is about the music, man, it's not about dissecting the lyric like it was a dead frog in a high school biology classroom

[@markgulbranson7518]

Her draw was her raw authenticity.

[@jimbro5223]

This was the last song she recorded before she overdosed. It wasn't going to be the published version but of course once she passed there was no way to record a more "finished" version.

[@michellebuchanan730]

And Kris wrote a lot of songs.

[@mystreba]

Her and Bobby were just on the road, being free. The hippie life - no ties, no responsibilities, just living life and enjoying the freedom of each moment. It seems Bobby wanted more. It's interesting watching this today, as I just watched "La Strada" last week (The Road). I'd bet that Zampanò would trade all his tomorrows for one single yesterday with Gelsomina.

[@davidmazon7516]

You like the way her voice cracks, I like the crack in her voice. Lol

[@SpunkyJ77]

I'll take the passion over control any day

[@wallyllama2926]

That’s what I call a “whisky soaked” voice lol

[@warrenhughes911]

Yeah yeah..I seen that commercial..lol

[@marksanders8028]

In the song she said ( I let HIM slip away ).

[@janetphillips2152]

I feel what you feel. May she rip

[@doriwiljt]

I suggest you watch Janis and Tom Jones doing “Raise your hand” on the Tom Jones Show.

[@billshine401]

This might be my fav. of hers. Good review as always.

[@trishriley9681]

❤️

[@teresamcclendon9029]

Love it!! Its true Soul to me!!!

[@fishouttawtr]

EVERYBODY LOVES IT!!!

[@jakebolsen8239]

PLEASE listen to Work Me Lord at Stockholm 1969. One of her greatest performances

[@byron916mauck]

you are such a good reactor

[@kimberlyjohnson8932]

R.I.P. Janis

[@juliemanarin4127]

She was amazing!

[@billiejohns]

Billie. Janis sounded the way she did because she was a smoker and had a very great love of Southern Comfort (alcohol) to the point of concert goers bringing fifths of to concerts and sharing with her while she was on stage. Also was the days of the original "purple haze". Everybody smoking pot at concerts. Great times, high times.

[@MagravatorMag]

I just asked you to do this song about 3 hours ago. That's worth a sub. Thanks man!

[@junebug_tx2305]

Sorry. 'THE ROSE'

[@juliell2139]

My mom traveled with her entourage across Canada by train in the late 60's on a concert/festival tour. . They made a documentary movie about it called Freedom Express. My mom died before it came out. It kills me she didn't live to see the movie from all the stories she told me.

[@danajohnson1189]

Have you watched the live performance of her and tom jones Raise you hand? Outstanding

[@surfersilver6610]

Country rock? Southern rock has entered the chat. Lynyrd Skynyrd has entered the chat. The chat started jamming.

[@brheinfeldt]

Janis was definitely a southern girl from Port Arthur, TX. This song is a cover song, originally by Kris Kristofferson that became a #1 hit song for her posthumously in 1971. It's said that she had a powerful mezzo-soprano voice with electric stage presence. Janis put her heart and soul into her songs and her performances. 💓 🎉 Kris Kristofferson also sang with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and others, as well as being an actor.

[@marymarin7797]

My Favorite Of Hers! 💥❤️

[@karlkingsbury5088]

I'm Going Io Sound OLD To You, Yes There Is Folk Rock That I Became Famileir With From Woodstock Music. I Learned About Country Rock and Thought, Well That's Better Than ( A TEAR IN A BEER ) Country, Don't Know The Singer Witch Sucks !!! , From A Old Rock & Roll Coumtry Boy. Oh U Should Check Out TRACY CHAPMAN & ERIC CLAPTON -- On The Letterman Show & Chapman & BB King/ 1999 & 11/7/?

[@donnaewe3692]

Well, Howdy! From TN 😉 Enjoyed ur reaction 👍❤️‍🔥

[@MMBxMOB]

Hey hey Donna from Tennessee! ❤️ Peace & Love

[@donnaewe3692]

@@MMBxMOB Peace & Love, my brother!