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He was free when he left the girl, but it destroyed him. It was like a double-edge sword of freedom. He goes out on the beach and ends up howling at the stars.
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Later in the movie you see Anthony Quinn out there in this tavern, getting into fights. And she said, “There was this little girl who came into the village, and nobody knew where she came from, and she died.” This woman, who’s hanging out the wash and singing this melody this girl used to play on her trombone. Later in the film he hears this song she used to play. She’s kind of half-witted, and he’s getting tired of taking care of her so he leaves her there. He’s traveling around and (Italian actress) Giuletta Masina, is the feeble-minded girl playing the trombone.
He thought of the movie La Strada with Anthony Quinn. Kris was thinking of it as two people traveling around. But after talking it over Kris found inspiration for his lyrics from a film. Fred told Kris "Bobby McGee" is a she! Kris thought he had start over. So they stayed up all night making the demo of it. He was the only guy who was still there when Kris got back. Kris returned to Nashville and found Billy Swan back at Columbine Music. I was driving to the airport in New Orleans, and the windshield wipers were going into the line about “the windshield wipers slapping time and Bobbie clapping hands…” And it finished the song for me. And I can remember when the last line came to me. But then Kristofferson said the idea just started growing in my head. Kris thought he said “McGee.” And he told Kris to go write the song. And Boudleaux’s secretary was named Bobbie McKee. Fred owned Monument Records and Columbine, which Kris was writing for at the time. He called up one time when Kris was about to go back down to the gulf for another week of flying and he said, “I got a song tile for you: “Me and Bobby McGee.” Songwriter, Boudleaux Bryant, had an office in Fred’s building. But it was an idea that Fred Foster had given to Kris. That is probably why Baton Rouge and New Orleans were in it. At the time he was flying a helicopter around Baton Rouge. Kris Kristofferson wrote the song while working down in the Gulf of Mexico. If you listen to the many cover versions of the song it's easy to see how Janis Joplin made the song her own but for pure excitement, and a fantastic arrangement, no one comes close to the Jerry Lee Lewis cover. I spent time listening to and watching every version of this song I could find.
It remains one of the most powerful intersections of a miracle song with a powerful performance by Joplin. Because, as Kris says, she made it her own. Though it’s been recorded hundreds of times, and by great artists, my favorite being the Jerry Lee Lewis version, it remains Janis’ version which matters most. It could tell a completely different story depending on who is singing it. Due to the gender-neutral name of "Bobby" male and female artists were eager to cover the song. Janis Joplin, who was a close friend of Kristofferson, liked the song, changed Bobby McGee into a man, and added her own special ending. In the original version, Bobby McGee is a woman. Miller's recording led to a huge influx of interest from other singers of all different genres. Roger Miller was the original recording artist for “Me and Bobby McGee,” and he had a hit with it in 1969 when it went to #12 on the U.S. When he pitched the title to Kristofferson, he misheard the name as "Me and Bobby McGee," and the name stuck. It's a song about love on the road and love lost “up near Salinas.” Written by singer, songwriter, musician, and actor Kris Kristofferson and songwriter/record producer Fred Foster, this iconic song was first conceived with just a title - inspired by a real person.įoster had a bit of a crush on Barbara "Bobbie" McKee who was a secretary on Nashville's music row. "Me and Bobby McGee" has become a rock classic over the years. But the Jerry Lee Lewis version of the song takes on a whole new meaning for "Best Cover Songs." In short, Lewis is an artist whose music should be in every music lover's collection. For those of us who would appreciate a single day back in the "Good Old Days" the line in the "Bobby McGee" song "I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday" seems appropriate. The proof of Kristofferson's talent as a songwriter lies in the fact that songs like this one, along with "Help Me Make It Through The Night," "For The Good Times" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down" have been covered thousands of times by artists from many different genres. When I first listened to the Jerry Lee Lewis cover of "Me and Bobby McGee" coupled with his "set your piano on fire" arrangement, I instantly claimed this cover version as my favorite.
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