Janis Joplin's Pearl

I was just surfing the web and came a cross an image of Janis Joplin's album Pearl and it reminded me of all the good times I've had over the years listening to this album.


Pearl

1. Move Over 3:39
2. Cry Baby 3:56
3. A Woman Left Lonely 3:27
4. Half Moon 3:51
5. Buried Alive In The Blues 2:24
6. My Baby 3:44
7. Me And Bobby McGee 4:29
8. Mercedes Benz 1:46
9. Trust Me 3:15
10. Get It While You Can 3:23
11. Tell Mama (Live) 6:32
12. Little Girl Blue (Live) 3:55
13. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Live) 6:52
14. Cry Baby (Live) 6:29

People

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

one of my favourite Beatles' tracks - bleal view of elderly loveliness. Think of the line 'the face that she keeps in a jar by the door'

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

backwoods boy lives the American Dream (country boy - not coloured boy as originally intended)

Levi Stubbs' Tears - Billy Bragg
Oh how good is this! Homage to the 4 Tops singer. A woman left abandoned by her husband after an accident - conga and flugelhorn used!


Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan


Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

That rascal Kris Kristofferson!
Zen chorus 'Nothing ain't worth nothing if it's free'

Common People - Pulp

'You will never understand, how it feels to live your life, with no meaning or control'

I don't want to Break up .....

Is She Really Going Out with Him? - Joe Jackson

"Pretty Women out walking with gorillas down my street"
Hot women sleep with hideous guys for reasons men never fully comprehend.

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin


Caught Out There - Kelis


Bleeding All Over You - Martha Wainwright


Lola - The Kinks
Davies witnesses their manager copping off with a black transvestite - packed with innuendo and catchy hooks. The classic pay-off " I'm glad I'm a man ... and so is Lola"