I wish men had treated Janis better.

[Ptah]

[Walleye]

1. They kept taking another little piece of her heart

[Archae]

2. True. She had a great voice, and it sounds like she was treated like crap.

There is one possibly apocryphal story, where Janis Joplin made some blatant sexual advances on Joe Namath.

Namath at that time was also known for being a hound dog.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Ron McKernan and Janis seemed to connect....they did great music together in the late 60's....

Sadly, Ron liked his whiskey a lot and he died in 1973, 3 years after Janis.

[Tomconroy]

4. I just shake my head at the heroin. What a waste.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

5. She was the epitome of the 60s.

[DBoon]

6. yes

[IcyPeas]

7. "How come the guys in the band always go home with these girls and I go home alone?"

A quote by one of the narrators in this documentary.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

This PBS documentary "Little Girl Blue" is very good. So sad at 1:12:05. She was so alive being in front of the audience or when she was partying.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Oh, THAT Janis. I first thought of THIS Janis

Janis Ian, who is doing just fine

[DFW]

9. So did I

I actually ran into her once in New York. That must have been over 40 years ago. A scary thought!