Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Get It While You Can - Janis Joplin

Forget about Aretha and forget about Billie Holiday, Janis is the greatest that ever lived.

There's something extremely poignant about a talented person, who died at 27, singing a song like this.


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  1. I have a different view of her talent and greatness, but wouldn't you consider her death a suicide? If not a conscious decision an unconscious decision to leave her troubles behind?
    orlin sellers

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    1. Right--we should ban alcohol. I mean, look at all the unnecessary deaths just so people can drink. We need Prohibition. Oh, wait, um, kind of like gun control, isn't it?

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    2. Whoa, dude, I am not suggesting or even hinting at such a thing, hell, I think drugs ought to be legal like they were before Harry Anslinger opened his big fat lying mouth to Congress. But, even a moron should know that if your life evolves around burning a candle at both ends, eventually that candle is gonna go dark.
      orlin sellers

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    3. Sarcasm, Orlin, sarcasm. Don't you know me well enough by now to realize that I want less regulation for both?

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    4. I don't consider accidental overdoses suicides, even though I get you point. Addicts often act as if they're trying to kill themselves, but that's not always the case.

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