History YMMV / JanisJoplin

* TheWoobie: Janis had to deal with years of bullying over her looks[[note]]her first year at the University of Texas at Austin, she was voted Ugliest Man On Campus[[/note]] and a fiance who cheated on her with her friend after their wake, facts that led to her overdosing not once, but several times before it became fatal.

* FaceOfTheBand: There's a reason this page ain't called "Big Brother and the Holding Company".

** When she heard about the death of Music/JimiHendrix, Joplin said "He beat me to it." Two weeks later she was dead.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Her final recording was "Mercedes Benz" on October 1st, 1970, three days before she died, which means the last words she ever said on record were "That's it!"
* HarsherInHindsight: When she heard about the death of Music/JimiHendrix, Joplin said "He beat me to it." Two weeks later she was dead.
** In turn, she was on the receiving end of this with a (possibly apocryphal) quote from Music/JimMorrison. In reference to Hendrix and Joplin's deaths at age 27, Morrison reportedly told friends, "You're drinking with number three." He would also die at age 27.

* TheWoobie: Janis had to deal with years of bullying over her looks and a fiance who cheated on her with her friend after their wake, facts that led to her overdosing not once, but several times before it became fatal.

* CoveredUp: Three of her biggest hits, "Piece of My Heart" (originally by Erma Franklin[[note]]Music/ArethaFranklin's sister[[/note]]), "Cry Baby" (Garnet Mimms), and "Me and Bobby [=McGee=]" (Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by Roger Miller), were covers. (As was her more modest hit, "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton).)

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8hOw31wCQ Little Girl Blue.]] Even more so when you know her story. You can really hear the hurt in her voice, especially when she peforms the song as a guest on Tom Jones' tv show.

* {{The Woobie}}: Janis had to deal with years of bullying over her looks and a fiance who cheated on her with her friend after their wake, facts that led to her overdosing not once, but several times before it became fatal.

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8hOw31wCQ Little Girl Blue.]] Even more so when you know her story. You can really hear the hurt in her voice, especially when she peforms the song as a guest on the Tom Jones' tv show.

* CoveredUp: Three of her biggest hits, "Piece of My Heart" (originally by Erma Franklin[[note]]Music/ArethaFranklin's sister[[/note]]), "Cry Baby" (Garnet Mimms), and "Me and Bobby [=McGee=]" (Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by Roger Miller), were covers. (As was her more modest hit, "Ball and Chain" [Big Mama Thornton].)

* {{Tearjerker}}: "The drinks are on Pearl"

* HarsherInHindsight: When she heard about the death of JimiHendrix, Joplin said "He beat me to it." Two weeks later she was dead.

* CoveredUp: Three of her biggest hits, "Piece of My Heart" (originally by Erma Franklin[[note]]ArethaFranklin's sister[[/note]]), "Cry Baby" (Garnet Mimms), and "Me and Bobby [=McGee=]" (Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by Roger Miller), were covers. (As was her more modest hit, "Ball and Chain" [Big Mama Thornton].)

* CoveredUp: Three of her biggest hits, "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", and "Me and Bobby Mcgee", were covers. (As was her more modest hit, "Ball and Chain".)

* CoveredUp: Two of her biggest hits, "Cry Baby" and "Me and Bobby Mcgee" were covers

* [=TearJerker=]: "The drinks are on Pearl"

* TearJerker: "The drinks are on Pearl"