We’re all familiar with the soul-wrenching, slap-your-mother Joplin version of Me and Bobby McGee but how many of you have seen the Dead take a crack at it? It’s Danceoff Day at Hippie Sounds, tell me which you like more: the smooth Joplin or the funkalicious Grateful Dead?
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2 opinions for Danceoff! Me and Bobby McGee - Joplin vs. Grateful Dead
Suz
Feb 20, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Oh, man. I WANTED to love the Dead version, but Janis rules the song. Hands down. Sweet Danceoff, though.
plaidearthworm
Feb 23, 2008 at 1:29 am
Yeah, I love the Dead, but Janis just owns that song, up, down and sideways.
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