Kristofferson told Jerry Lee his version of Bobby McGee is his favorite. Still reeling from the huge loss of Jerry Lee. Am here in Louisiana and just a couple of hrs from Ferriday wch brings it even closer to home. So very sad. Thank God for You Tube so we can listen again & again to all his life's work.
Jerry can't be touched. Yea Janis had a raspy sexy voice from who know what she did but the only one who has anything on Jerry lee is Elvis and that's a fact
I spent an hour or so listening to and watching every version of this song I could find. For pure excitement, musical enjoyment and fantastic singing, no one comes close to Jerry Lee. And that's not even mentioning the awesome piano!!! This man is the performer of the century!
The likes of Jerry Lee Lewis we'll never see again in a million years - not ever, period. JLL is The Undefeated R 'n R Warrior of All Times whoever the challenger may be, he is second to no one. Navaho
Nice tribute to an absolute ICON! I play(try) piano.......gotta give this guy G for guts to even approach such an Iconic song👏👏As i am sure this Gentleman will agree.....only ever be ONE Jerry lee Lewis!😂😂We in Europe all miss him😢Well done buddy🇬🇧🇺🇲👍
Woah there, woah. England LOVES Jerry Lee. I am an Englishman and I am not alone in stating that he was, is and always will be the KING. Rock n roll will always own him a huge debt of gratitude. MAGNIFICENT talent of a loner who rocks on the wild side. I am privileged to have heard his music and I thank him, and the USA for that. Out
Yes John, a class of his own is a check because I have him rated as the number #1 greatest PIANO PLAYER EVER and the Country Music Hall Of Fame should close their doors if they don't let the only surviving member of the "Million Dollar Quartet" in their HALL ! Jerry Lee had it ALL including his KICK ASS VOCALS !
The best for sure ! And the best version as well !! Finally, i think Jerry Lee Lewis created the Classical Music Rock'N'Roll style ! His left hand is pure Rock'n'roll while his right hand plays like Mozart !!! Unique.
@@billleyland128 Think about it. Around that same time Loretta Lynn had gotten married at the same age as Myra. Except she stayed within the regional area, Jerry lee was National. In Jerry’s area of the country MANY had married young, he just wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand
@@andyecheandia8375 Well, as Myra says in the film, ''One girl got married at 9.'' I don't remember all this fuss when 14-year-old Priscilla went to live with Elvis.
Jerry Lee Lewis OWNED every piece of music he ever touched....I remember his first TV debut... Better as he got older even... amazing...thanks for sharing this rendition.
Oh my god I have just heard the news that His Majesty Jerry Lee has died. RIP. And THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING There will never be another. Im so sad, feels like I have lost a close friend. Oh my..... As long as I have been alive, this man has entertained me.
I absolutely agree.Jerry Lee should be an inspiration for all of us.Its not just the music,its his passion...His passion made his music what it is.You see man up the stage literally giving it all for it!He deserves to be recognised!
Actually his aunt taught The Killer how to play. She also taught his first cousins Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. All three play with very similar styles if you listen to them you will hear it.
Wooow what the hell was that?? I never could have been able to imagine that something like this is possible! I love this song and i like this version very much!
Art Golfer, I could listen to that song all day long. Janis Joplin's version stands out of course and touches me most, and Willy Nelson has a great rendition. Pink's version isn't half bad either. While I love the guy as an actor, Kris Kristofferson's Versions always put me to sleep. But Jerry Lee's electric performance wakes me up again and has become my favorite performance.
But then, Janis Joplins version was clipped together after her death, she never sang that song like that, it was just bits and pieces (of her heart) from demos and rehersals cut together. Sad but true. The other song unfinished when she died, Buried alive in the blues, went on the record as an instrumental.
@@rudolphbondefangerer5513 , I didn't know that! Interesting fact about one of the greatest songs ever. I know that there is a filmed live performance. I have seen it somewhere on a youtube channel many years ago. But the quality is poor, and I am not a fan of Janis Joplin's excesses. I always liked "Me And Bobby McGee" because it's one of her more subtle renditions, and it't all the better for it.
God my Daddy drove me nuts growing up listening to this. and then my friends and I were lost in Texas and ended up at Billy Bob's one night and guess who the hell was playing!! And it was SUCH a rocking good time - called my Dad collect from the show lol
Left handers signals go right to the right, creative side of the brain. When we're doing our creative things, our brains lose all track PF time, an hour can go by in 5 min, and we've been in a natural high. A book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" explains it better than I can.
I realize this comment is 12 YEARS late. I’m a natural lefty. But as a guitar player I always figured my left hand was carrying the weight of forming complex chords. My right was working with finger picking and actual PICKing. But not as hard as my left. While I’m NO piano/keyboard player. (Only songwriting) It seems to be the OPPOSITE. The right hand is by far carrying the heavy work.🤷♂️ It ain’t easy being a natural lefty.🤣🤣🤣👍🥃🎸 Best wishes to everyone.👍
I love how each artist puts their own spin on this song, however this is my favorite version....there is so much going on with the melody. The song keeps getting better and better. I also like his rendition of Frankie and Johnny.
Son are you out of your mind ? Demons be damned he was and still is the best going,,,,Why do you think he was the first entertainer taken into the House of Rock in Roll Fame....Simple he was and still is the greatest..........Ev _jr
There will never be another man like Jerry Lee Lewis, I remember hearing Jerry Lee so many years ago maybe the late 50's and I still get the adrenalin surge when I fondly listen to the best there's ever been that I know of................ that can sing and pump the piano like good old Lerry Lee Lewis in his prior 50 plus years of singing and a'playing the piano.
He is great. The Last Man Standing. I did get to see him and Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins in person but not Elvis. Memphis was a cradle for talent in the mid 1950s.
If Tom Jones one of the Greatest Singers calls Jerry Lee Lewis his Mentor and Elvis his second...Then YEA! JERRY LEE LEWIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ORIGINAL ICONIC SINGER/ENTERTAINER AND TO THIS DAY NO ONE SOUNDS OR HAS A STYLE EVEN SIMILAR TO HIS....HE'LL ALWAYS BE REMEBERED...ESPECIALLY BY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND TOM JONES...PROFESSIONAL SINGER/MUSICIANS/PERFORMERS. So take that to the Bank.....!
Best cover version of Janis Joplins best song (written by Kris Kristofferson). R.I.P. and have fun with Rock`´Roll Music in heaven... we`ll miss you here on planet earth...for sure!
Kristofferson told Jerry Lee his version of Bobby McGee is his favorite. Still reeling from the huge loss of Jerry Lee. Am here in Louisiana and just a couple of hrs from Ferriday wch brings it even closer to home. So very sad. Thank God for You Tube so we can listen again & again to all his life's work.
the best Rockn roll boogie King jerry lee lewis
What a great cover. RIP Jerry Lee and Kris Kristofferson.
Turn it up Killer and make it roll ! 👍🏼
This is simply the best version of Me and Bobby McGee and it's not even close. Jerry owns this song
well Janis Joplin's version isnt bad...and many think is the best.
Amen
Hate to disagree..Janis Joplin did the classic....Very close second..
Jerry can't be touched. Yea Janis had a raspy sexy voice from who know what she did but the only one who has anything on Jerry lee is Elvis and that's a fact
Don’t you love how he turns it into such a personal song
Such talent and he could not read music..... makes it more incredible......
Like no other!
I spent an hour or so listening to and watching every version of this song I could find. For pure excitement, musical enjoyment and fantastic singing, no one comes close to Jerry Lee. And that's not even mentioning the awesome piano!!! This man is the performer of the century!
I second that emotion
Art Golfer sooo right. THE MAN
You're right! A fantastic version in his style
I did the same thing, and ended up here. Janis and Willie was the worst by far.
Art Golfer He is The Killer, what you expect?
In all seriousness, has anyone else EVER been this good?
Never!!!!
Not even close
And NEVER will
Because Jerry Lee doing Bobby Mcgee is what everybody needs in 2020!
Thunder in his hands!
And lightning ⚡ in the Killer's fingers !!!
🎹⚡🎹❤️🌹
OK Jerry now that you are in heaven you have. left your foot prints in our hearts RIP 💔💔
Ilove this Jerry Lee Lewis version of Me and my bobby mcgee
No one, I mean no one, can play piano like Jerry Lee!
No one has ever been nor will be as good as JerryLee❤
The likes of Jerry Lee Lewis we'll never see again in a million years - not ever, period. JLL is The Undefeated R 'n R Warrior of All Times whoever the challenger may be, he is second to no one.
Navaho
How right you are. Pure genius
I've said it and I'll say it again. Jerry Lee Lewis is the King of Rock n Roll period.
Yes, Jerry Lee Lewis,
He came Second to None
@@martinwyatt6390 Ошибаетесь, он номер 1 и только потом идут Чак Берри, Литтл Ричард, а Элвис вообще, где-то во второй десятке.
The man is brilliant.
Nice tribute to an absolute ICON! I play(try) piano.......gotta give this guy G for guts to even approach such an Iconic song👏👏As i am sure this Gentleman will agree.....only ever be ONE Jerry lee Lewis!😂😂We in Europe all miss him😢Well done buddy🇬🇧🇺🇲👍
Don’t get better than this
Woah there, woah. England LOVES Jerry Lee. I am an Englishman and I am not alone in stating that he was, is and always will be the KING. Rock n roll will always own him a huge debt of gratitude. MAGNIFICENT talent of a loner who rocks on the wild side. I am privileged to have heard his music and I thank him, and the USA for that.
Out
Jerry Lee is in a class alone. I've seen him in concert years ago and I will never forget how great he was. Rock on Jerry Lee .
Yes John, a class of his own is a check because I have him rated as the number #1 greatest PIANO PLAYER EVER and the Country Music Hall Of Fame should close their doors if they don't let the only surviving member of the "Million Dollar Quartet" in their HALL ! Jerry Lee had it ALL including his KICK ASS VOCALS !
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The best for sure ! And the best version as well !! Finally, i think Jerry Lee Lewis created the Classical Music Rock'N'Roll style ! His left hand is pure Rock'n'roll while his right hand plays like Mozart !!! Unique.
Jerry Lee Lewis you have left a massive void in Rock & Roll and it's going to be hard if not impossible to fill.. Rest in Peace.
This could perhaps be his BEST overall concert performance.
R.I. P. LEGEND
Jerry Lee Lewis at his very best! Unique piano stylist. Fantastic!!
no one is as brilliant as this . no one even comes close
This man is so frigging talented it blows my mind. I could listen to him all day, every day.
Like others, I have not seen a better pianist in any genre than this man and this one song is the pinnacle of his career.
Brilliantly brilliant the best ever ❤❤❤❤❤❤
A musical genius, my idol since 1957, is now gone forever but never forgotten.
Musical genius is an UNDERSTATEMENT.
If not for London 1958, who knows how BIG he COULD have been.
@@andyecheandia8375 I agree, I genuinely believe that Jerry could not understand why he was causing all this fuss when he visited England.
@@billleyland128 Think about it. Around that same time Loretta Lynn had gotten married at the same age as Myra. Except she stayed within the regional area, Jerry lee was National. In Jerry’s area of the country MANY had married young, he just wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand
@@andyecheandia8375 Well, as Myra says in the film, ''One girl got married at 9.'' I don't remember all this fuss when 14-year-old Priscilla went to live with Elvis.
@@billleyland128 only difference with Elvis was it wasn’t publicized
This is definitely the hardest workin' version of this song. The talented Jerry Lee always incorporating his own sound in every single song.
RIP Jerry Lee. There will never be another one like you. 🎹 💔
This is my favorite rendition. This is the best.
Man, I never even envisioned "Me and Bobby McGee" as a boogie woogie piano tune, but of course The Killer does it! Dad gum that man rocks.
Jerry Lee Lewis OWNED every piece of music he ever touched....I remember his first TV debut... Better as he got older even... amazing...thanks for sharing this rendition.
Oh my god I have just heard the news that His Majesty Jerry Lee has died.
RIP. And THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
There will never be another. Im so sad, feels like I have lost a close friend. Oh my..... As long as I have been alive, this man has entertained me.
He still lives in me👍
And who left us today was Kris Kristofferson, who wrote Me and Bobby McGee.
That just passed the "hair on the back of the neck" test. Wow! He's bloody good - *and* he knows it!
I absolutely agree.Jerry Lee should be an inspiration for all of us.Its not just the music,its his passion...His passion made his music what it is.You see man up the stage literally giving it all for it!He deserves to be recognised!
❤ Magnifique, extraordinaire. Je l adore. ❤❤❤
This is a masterpiece!
Did you know that this guy didn't even have lessons? He learned EVERY song ON HIS OWN... incredible : )
+Gracie Minor Who on earth could have taught him to do that anyway?
+Robert Stehli i have no idea 😂
Actually his aunt taught The Killer how to play. She also taught his first cousins Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. All three play with very similar styles if you listen to them you will hear it.
I love him he raises my spirits.
@@USA24541 SWAGGART,?????? NO COMPARISON WHAT SO EVER.!!!!!!!
A musical genius in is own right,
When, oh when will that '83 concert be re-mastered and put out on Blu-Ray? Jerry in absolute top form, that I would pay for in a heartbeat.
The hands down best version of this song! The definition of rock n roll!
Complete ownership. Ludicrously brilliant. Incomprehensible talent. Astounding!
that is who the piano was made for, the one and only Jerry Lee.
u said it
Yeah man
cpa441 Agree
Is that not the greatest piano playing ever? What a man. What a talent.
got to see it to believe it. lol fantastic. brilliant . please keep this post alive. thanks.
Wooow what the hell was that?? I never could have been able to imagine that something like this is possible! I love this song and i like this version very much!
I think Jerry did this song the best of all.
Jerry Lee Is the best ever
Good job Andreu...BRAVOOOOOOO Mr Lewis...
i think that there are no words to describe this performance!!
Has this guy got talent or not!!! Only one Jerry Lee.
Jerry Lee Lewis is the " Beethoven" of rock n roll!
Never thought of it that way, but yes.
More like the LIZST of Rock and Roll!
Best version EVER Killer !!!
Well said 🎶🎶🎶
Very well put! Long live the Killer!
ONE OF A KIND- NOBODY HAS COME CLOSE TO THIS GREAT TALENT!
THIS INCREDIBLE, ONE-OF-A KIND TALENT WILL NEVER COME AGAIN.
Art Golfer, I could listen to that song all day long. Janis Joplin's version stands out of course and touches me most, and Willy Nelson has a great rendition. Pink's version isn't half bad either. While I love the guy as an actor, Kris Kristofferson's Versions always put me to sleep. But Jerry Lee's electric performance wakes me up again and has become my favorite performance.
But then, Janis Joplins version was clipped together after her death, she never sang that song like that, it was just bits and pieces (of her heart) from demos and rehersals cut together. Sad but true. The other song unfinished when she died, Buried alive in the blues, went on the record as an instrumental.
@@rudolphbondefangerer5513 , I didn't know that! Interesting fact about one of the greatest songs ever. I know that there is a filmed live performance. I have seen it somewhere on a youtube channel many years ago. But the quality is poor, and I am not a fan of Janis Joplin's excesses. I always liked "Me And Bobby McGee" because it's one of her more subtle renditions, and it't all the better for it.
God my Daddy drove me nuts growing up listening to this. and then my friends and I were lost in Texas and ended up at Billy Bob's one night and guess who the hell was playing!! And it was SUCH a rocking good time - called my Dad collect from the show lol
Great story, that was fine, you called your dad!
You're Dad was so happy for you.that night. God bless
Hang on, kiddies - this is what's Rock and Roll. Jerry Lee will always be The Killer.
He's left handed... one of the few pianists who is, it gives his playing that "I don't know what"........ but god the Man can play
Left handers signals go right to the right, creative side of the brain. When we're doing our creative things, our brains lose all track PF time, an hour can go by in 5 min, and we've been in a natural high. A book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" explains it better than I can.
He's not left handed at all. He's right handed. Check out other videos where he is signing autographs or playing guitar.
I realize this comment is 12 YEARS late.
I’m a natural lefty.
But as a guitar player I always figured my left hand was carrying the weight of forming complex chords.
My right was working with finger picking and actual PICKing.
But not as hard as my left.
While I’m NO piano/keyboard player.
(Only songwriting)
It seems to be the OPPOSITE.
The right hand is by far carrying the heavy work.🤷♂️
It ain’t easy being a natural lefty.🤣🤣🤣👍🥃🎸
Best wishes to everyone.👍
@@BillMcGirr Tell me about it. My parents couldn't afford a left handed guitar so they got my a regular one. 42 years later I still play right handed.
@@Erulin68
Good stuff.
Guitar playing is the ONLY thing I do “right” handed.
But like I said… it always felt natural to me.🤷♂️👍🥃😊
Aloha All,,,
Da, Killer, what a talent,,,
thanks for posting this,,,
Big
I love how each artist puts their own spin on this song, however this is my favorite version....there is so much going on with the melody. The song keeps getting better and better. I also like his rendition of Frankie and Johnny.
As Vladimir Horowitz said after he had first heard Art Tatum play: "I came. I listened. I still cannot believe what I heard." This is transcendental.
Best rendition of this song.
GENIUS!!! And I am an hardcore Janis Joplin fan! BRILLIANT!!!
I saw him live at the Granada Tooting London in I think 1956. He was as brilliant then as he is today. Long live Jerry Lee.
Unreal ability. Amazing.
best key change ever,,,forever
Son are you out of your mind ? Demons be damned he was and still is the best going,,,,Why do you think he was the first entertainer taken into the House of Rock in Roll Fame....Simple he was and still is the greatest..........Ev _jr
There will never be another man like Jerry Lee Lewis, I remember hearing Jerry Lee so many years ago maybe the late 50's and I still get the adrenalin surge when I fondly listen to the best there's ever been that I know of................ that can sing and pump the piano like good old Lerry Lee Lewis in his prior 50 plus years of singing and a'playing the piano.
I love you Jerry Lee....
Whose the greatest? Jerry Lee Lewis!
ONLY 1,000,000 TIMES BETTER.
CAN'T YOU APPRECIATE A GENIUS LIKE JERRY LEE
I am a fellow pianoman, and the Jerry Lee is my mentor!! rock on Killer!!!!
Marvellous!
terrific
NO ONE plays like this. He brings it every time.
The Killer claims another one! Ain't no goin' slow when you're Jerry Lee!
LEGEND!!!
Gracias x todos los temas felicitaciones🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 73yo Aussie fan.
He is great. The Last Man Standing. I did get to see him and Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins in person but not Elvis. Memphis was a cradle for talent in the mid 1950s.
Holy molly....that was soooooo awesome!
Thanks for that.
The undisputed king of Rock 'n'Roll
Go Jerry go!
Living Legend,God bless you Jerry Lee.Scotland
JLL is the greatest piano player who ever lived. It is nice to see a fellow left hander doing so well.
I love how he puts his name in his songs, it cracks me up.
No holds barred.
R.I.P. Killer - you were the greatest and gave so much to us!
No one like Jerry Lee.
If Tom Jones one of the Greatest Singers calls Jerry Lee Lewis his Mentor and Elvis his second...Then YEA! JERRY LEE LEWIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ORIGINAL ICONIC SINGER/ENTERTAINER AND TO THIS DAY NO ONE SOUNDS OR HAS A STYLE EVEN SIMILAR TO HIS....HE'LL ALWAYS BE REMEBERED...ESPECIALLY BY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND TOM JONES...PROFESSIONAL SINGER/MUSICIANS/PERFORMERS. So take that to the Bank.....!
I love this man’s music. He was so talented
Best cover version of Janis Joplins best song (written by Kris Kristofferson). R.I.P. and have fun with Rock`´Roll Music in heaven... we`ll miss you here on planet earth...for sure!
Janis (and her "HIPpie" peers) only wished they coulda rocked this hard!!! Long Live REAL Rock N Roll and the guys who made it!!!!
This guy can pick up any song and make it rock.
I've never seen this cover before - Well! That was DIFFERENT!
ROCK-ON!!
Rock on Jerry, Rock on. Just great thanks for sharing this is great.
Go jerry.....