Janis Joplin cytaty
Janis Joplin
Data urodzenia: 19. Styczeń 1943
Data zgonu: 4. Październik 1970
Natępne imiona: Janis Joplinová
Janis Lyn Joplin – amerykańska piosenkarka rockowa, soulowa i bluesowa, autorka tekstów, najczęściej wiązana z szeroko pojętym stylem psychodelicznego rocka i blues rocka.
Zdobyła popularność w drugiej połowie lat sześćdziesiątych XX wieku jako wokalistka zespołu Big Brother and the Holding Company. Choć kariera artystyczna piosenkarki trwała zaledwie kilka lat, przeszła ona do legendy gatunku i ciągle uznawana jest za jedną z najbardziej wpływowych postaci współczesnej kultury masowej. Joplin karierę rozpoczęła w 1962 występami w klubach. W 2004 magazyn Rolling Stone umieścił Joplin na 46. miejscu w rankingu 100 Największych Artystów Wszech Czasów. Wikipedia
Cytaty Janis Joplin
"Me and Bobby McGee" another of her greatest hits, the song was actually written by Kris Kristofferson, and first released as sung by Roger Miller
Misattributed
Kontekst: Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free...
And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues.
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
"Piece of My Heart" (1968) Though this song became well known as one of her greatest hits, it was actually written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns
Live performance in Germany (1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uG2gYE5KOs
Misattributed
„You know you got it if it makes you feel good.“
"Piece of My Heart" (1968) written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns
Misattributed
„Fourteen heart attacks and he had to die in my week. In MY week.“
On being shunted off the front page of Newsweek magazine by the late ex-President Dwight D. Eisenhower following his death; New Musical Express interview, (12 April 1969); cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
"Work me, Lord", live at Woodstock (1969)
"Work Me, Lord", from her album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) was written by her bandmate Nick Gravenites, whom she credits at the start of her famous performance of the song at the Woodstock Music Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDFbwMCTKY, as well as others, such as a live performance in Stockholm (1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-irXmqIzGA
Misattributed
"Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
"Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
"Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
"Kozmic Blues", co-written with Gabriel Mekler
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
"Me and Bobby McGee" another of her greatest hits, the song was actually written by Kris Kristofferson, and first released as sung by Roger Miller
Misattributed