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[1960-1969 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1968, #98
Before Alanis Morissette sang "You Oughta Know," and Pat Benetar sang "Heartbreaker," Janis Joplin taught women how to scream their anger and heartbreak at the top of their lungs. [1960-1969 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1968, #98
Who is this crazy lady?? The opening of this song is almost frightening: "COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!!" But, Janis and her band immediately back off and she pleads earnestly "...didn't I make you feel like you were the only man?" For a moment, it's as if she can be reasoned with. The moment passes and the chorus returns in an outpouring so raw that it's almost joyful in its release.
Don't pass over the music that pulls this song together. It's pure Rock N' Roll - perfectly arranged to give the lady space when she needs to sing and wash over her when she needs to wail.
Now, if you were actually the guy stringing Janis along like that, you're a braver man than I am.
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