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Maybe greatest female blues singer ever.

If you paid $4 to see Janis, you got ten bucks back. 🎶🙏🎶

Janis was from heaven

One of a kind. No duplicate for Janis.

I was a teenager at the height of Janis Joplin's career. Her voice was unmistakable and unforgettable. I love her music.

She was amazing!!! This was towards the end. She was high as a kite and her voice is worn. Still sounds better then anyone today.

You really need to check out her live versions of "Summertime " and "Work Me Lord ". They.....are......amazing.

Many of her songs were covers but she tended to ad lib a lot during performances, making these songs her own. As to her own songs, Dick Cavett asked her about her song writing process and she answered: "I don't write songs, I just make them up. Writing songs is a totally different concept, I just make them up"

Janis Joplin has so much soul! Her vocals are amazing! She is THE GOAT! She just holy spirits your soul.❤❤

Wild assed woman with the most talent in the world expressing herself like a screaming banshee. A super genius, My God how I miss this girl. My favorite for sure!

She loved Jimi Hendrix heart and soul, but he never felt it. Unrequited love

You've done it, you've found the best video on the internet!!

She is Birdsong, she is The Pearl. Great reaction!

The one and only

It was a cover, but she did alter the lyrics in her version and inserted the mid-song rap section. It does very much reflect her perspective with what was probably the love of her life. He decided he wanted to do some traveling rather than commit at the time. He was on his way back to her when she died. The live performances vary quite a bit in quality. Because her career was so brief, every bit of concert film was released in the years following her death - the good (when the equipment was up to par and her voice rested), the bad (at the end of tours when the strain on her voice tended to show), and the ugly (when she was strung out and struggling). Her best live performances were as a guest on television shows of the day.

Summer time Janis Joplin is amazing

Pope, you are the best thing on KZfaq. I love that you are digging into the past 💜

Meravigliosamente JANIS❤

Howdy Pop I've been absent for awhile. I have a lot of catching up. The question always comes up. If you could see one artist you've never seen who would it be. Welp facts, Janis is in my top ten

i still miss her

Summertim and work me lord ❤😂

It definitely doesn't sound like her best. She's strained her voice!!>>

Love Me Some Janis 👍💯🙏😎

I fucking well up every time

Check out her live version of Summertime.

Her song 'To Love Somebody' will blow your mind. There's a great LIVE version of it from The Dick Cavat Show. Thanks. 😊

You always know what your talking about.

I'm old enough to remember her and she was great but very troubled with a very sad ending. This performance was right before drugs ended her life. So much talent but her life ended before it really started just like Amy Winehouse

The best femeale singuer haver 😂❤

Yes she went through this...for real

You got to listen to her sing Summertime live!!!

Imagine having to suffer through bad singers like Billie Eilish 🙄today and be so spoiled with greatness in the 60s with queens like Janis Joplin. Where's my DeLorean? I need to go back to see this in person.

❤

Pope, I notice a lot of commenters are asking for your reaction to Summertime. Add me to that list, please and thank you. One thing I don't see mentioned by others about her rendition of that song is what a fantastic band Big Brother and the Holding Company was. Summertime is a great example. The guitar solo is...well, you'll find out! And yes, the debate confused me, too. And yes, AI is scary. And yes, no one can replicate Janis, let alone AI!

Janis aint just been to the cookout this girl work the grill.

Wonderful performance!

You can come from all over the world to Las Vegas but you won’t see anything like that 6 nights a week.

One of the greats, for sure.

You need to do some Moody Blues.

When AI can approximate that, we are all in trouble.

Please react to fallen angel by King Crimson

Ya know Pope, I've gone back and forth with her for the better part of 50 years. I guess for me it just comes down to if I'm in the mood for Janis or not. Tonight was a 'not'. lol

Oooo, not her best performance. Poor thing had a really rough life and couldn't deal with her demons. Damn drugs and alcohol took out another brilliant artist. 😢

You should listen to Garnet Mimms's (original?) version also

Also, let's all sing with less help from technology's idea of tune.

Thank you for keeping politics out of your reactions! 🙏🙏

She was bullied really bad in school

AI got no soul. Janis wuz the real deal.

She died way too young! She burned herself out!

Your delivery and introductions are annoying because you're high. That is why they are also charming. Try to a.i. that.