Calling Card
"Me and Bobby McGee" is Janis Joplin's most successful and recognizable song. Because she changed Bobby's gender from Kris Kristofferson's original version, she hints that she's singing from her ow...
Songwriting
When the beginnings of this song were forming in Kris Kristofferson's head, they were sitting right next to some lingering thoughts about a movie he had recently watched, called La Strada. In...
Speaker
As we said in our Songwriting section, Kris Kristofferson first began thinking of this song when he'd been ruminating on a film called La Strada. But though elements of the story are pull...