"Bobby McGee" has always been one of my favorite songs. I see the interview is online, but behind a paywall I have no interest in crossing…. Specifically IIRC he was dissatisfied with her phrasing which didn't follow the rhythms he'd written very closely, especially around the line "windshield wipers slappin' time" Judging from the way he concludes this version, it almost sounds as though it were still in process of composition.įor some reason an old interview with Kristofferson got stuck in my mind….Īnyhoo, what I remembered was that he seemed a little critical of Joplin's interpretation, while probably not feeling comfortable openly criticizing an official Legend and a recording that presumably made a lot of money for him (it had been a billboard #1). " Kris Kristofferson 'Me & Bobby McGee' 1970 (Reelin' In The Years Archive)" Here's a very early version by Kris Kristofferson. Foster, he is listed as one of the writers of the song, but I never heard him perform it. September 12, 7:42 you or someone else provide a link to KK's original performance? I know that, together with F. Joplin's version is a pretty straight cover. Kris Kristofferson wrote the song,and the nonsense syllable verse was part of his original composition and performance. Filed by Victor Mair under Language and music, Language and psychology.
" Morphophonetic aesthetics" (4/8/11) - discusses lexical earworm infections.
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