Me and none other than Bobby McGee

I remember the first time I heard a Joplin tune on the radio, it was ‘Piece of my heart’ At first I didn’t know who it was so I thought it was Joan Jett, but man did I ever think it was an amazing tune. As days passed from the first time I heard the tune, all I kept thinking was playing that song again, only problem it wasn’t Joan Jett who was singing the song. I was surely out of my luck till I remembered a friend who only listens to old rock, so I gave her a call. She laughed when I tried to sing the song, I guess I wasn’t good enough of a singer, it was good ol’ Janis Joplin. I heard about her once or twice in passing but never really got to listen to any of her music, till that day I went to HMV and got her greatest hits cd. There it was track #1 ‘ Piece of my heart’. I replayed the song till I got home (20 minutes of a drive). Next day same thing played track one over and over again. It wasn’t until day 3 that I listen to the rest of the tracks and I was absolutely blown away by how she had one style but sang soo many different tunes. I kept listening track after track and couldn’t believe the way she would transform herself. I was hooked on Joplin.
I went through a breakup at the time and ‘Piece of my heart’ was a perfect melody to sing. I loved it because the song was telling me that enough is enough and I should stop playing the broken heart girl. I was a strong person all around and sometimes you need that one tune that understands what you are going through to help you along the way of the fight. Took one or two days and I got over the breakup. Then I began to YouTube her stuff and I couldn’t believe how amazing she was live! I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her how entertaining she was on stage. She was in her own happy world, where love, peace and happiness existed. It was the melody of Janis.