tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post8421123693483401597..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: WKRLEM: When Janis Joplin met Raquel Welch on the Dick Cavett Show (1970)Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88355494625473241662018-05-05T20:54:50.096-04:002018-05-05T20:54:50.096-04:00I can't argue any of those points. There was a...I can't argue any of those points. There was a reason she started using heroin, but never once, in the history of humans, has anyone said "My life was not going too well, but then I started shooting smack and everything fell into place - it really turned my life around".The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34027875057658029142018-05-05T17:43:37.791-04:002018-05-05T17:43:37.791-04:00Janis never thought of herself as attractive. So s...Janis never thought of herself as attractive. So she was driven to excess to prove her attractiveness to herself.<br /><br />As much as I hate feminism she needed a little of that. It might have insulated her a little. Given her a chance.<br /><br />She was a talent.<br /><br />Raw unadulterated soul and pain. It's there in her voice.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-13571624853695818382018-05-05T17:42:00.577-04:002018-05-05T17:42:00.577-04:00She was a sweet kid more sinned against than sinni...She was a sweet kid more sinned against than sinning. Naive and exploited. <br /><br />If you watch some of these old Cavett interviews you get a sense of her.<br /><br />You know who she reminds me of? Kelly Clarkson.<br /><br />The same Texas girl. Kelly just made better choices.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-65659597688256640892018-05-05T11:26:54.860-04:002018-05-05T11:26:54.860-04:00"Everybody wants to be liked."
Not me. ..."Everybody wants to be liked."<br /><br />Not me. I want to be LOVED dammit!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58735276263081021232018-05-05T05:14:00.019-04:002018-05-05T05:14:00.019-04:00I am not sure that deciding to become a heroin add...I am not sure that deciding to become a heroin addict is a tragedy, but the end is fairly predictable.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-4715328763470456002018-05-04T21:39:30.247-04:002018-05-04T21:39:30.247-04:00Janis was really a genuine person. It is a shame ...Janis was really a genuine person. It is a shame she left us so soon. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.com