There are certain song for which I tend to prefer the studio versions.
Mary K. Blige attempts to make it less of an exercise in erotic existentialism, which is kind of a shame—but—oh! The girl can move!—:
And here’s Janis, whom I must toast like society does all those upon whom it nails to the Tree of Art:
I think the first time I heard this I was twelve or something, and my first thought was something like, doesn’t she have a good library nearby?”
Within ten years I understood it just a bit better.
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I like the Janis studio version best too, by far. Awesome, actually.