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Auburn Annie · 12-21-2006, 05:51 PM

I prefer Gord's version of Phil Ochs' "Changes" and Shel Silverstein's "On Susan's Floor" - can't imagine another version. But, sorry, I've always liked "her" version of "Me and Bobby McGee", probably because I heard it first. Janis is definitely an acquired taste but I'm a contemporary (almost) and I grew up listening to everything from boogie woogie to Strauss waltzes, from Bobby Vee to early Harry Belafonte (Ma-til-da, she take me money and run Venezuela...) Hadn't heard a voice like that again until Susan Tedeschi recorded "Rock Me Right" on the "Just Won't Burn" album.

12-21-2006, 05:51 PM	#4
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	I prefer Gord's version of Phil Ochs' "Changes" and Shel Silverstein's "On Susan's Floor" - can't imagine another version. But, sorry, I've always liked "her" version of "Me and Bobby McGee", probably because I heard it first. Janis is definitely an acquired taste but I'm a contemporary (almost) and I grew up listening to everything from boogie woogie to Strauss waltzes, from Bobby Vee to early Harry Belafonte (Ma-til-da, she take me money and run Venezuela...) Hadn't heard a voice like that again until Susan Tedeschi recorded "Rock Me Right" on the "Just Won't Burn" album.