Here we are in April 2024- goosebumps & tears. RIP sweet Janis-

Cass Elliot’s reaction was the icing on the cake. Love how happy Janis looked. She knew she killed it. What a loss that those women aren’t still with us 😔

I'm 73 years old and I am still addicted to her music. Yes, I'm opinionated, I still think the late 1960s and early 70s was the greatest time for music...and I got to live it.

That day, Janis and Jimmy Hendrix became legends. The emotion that she puts into this song is palatable. Janis, is completely giving her entire self in this song! It's extraordinary how it gives you goosebumps because you can feel everything she's feeling. Nothing like it compares.

I’m 71 years old and was a teenager when Janis was on the scene. Her vocals still blow my mind and reminds me of what we lost and it still feels so damn painful.

Those shots of Mama Cass' reaction are still among my favorite moments in really anything ever.

Her pain and her voice. This performance is the highest form of music. So moving.

Cass Elliot at 3:29 always gets me. She's clearly in awe, and she was so amazing herself. What it would have been like to see Janis live. A 90s kid like me had no chance but goddamn what I wouldn't have given to see her perform.

Janis was great,...but Big Brother and the Holding Company deserves some appreciation too! They laid down an incredible blues sound!

Janis was a comet. A once in a lifetime event and burned across the sky leaving us all in awe. Big respect to Big Brother and the Holding Company for wrapping her voice in a dynamic musical blanket. 💖

That's a real artist, no one today even comes close. The people that got to witness that performance are so incredibly blessed.

Their will never be another Janis, look how she brings her songs. With heart and soul. I could cry when I listen. 🙏♥️

Sensational. No faking of that performance. She poured everything out.

I love that Cass Elliot is blown away. No jealousy, just respect.

Best female vocalist of all time. We were robbed of decades of incredible music. RIP Janis

One of the most beautiful pieces of film and audio ever recorded.

Seeing Mama Cass in the audience just mesmerized by Janis. Two great singing artists. WOW. What a performance by Janis.👏👏

One of the best live performances ever,

If you Janis lovers haven't read her road manager's book, it gives you an idea of the pressure she was always under. I found out she was a great person over and above a talented preformer. John Bryne Cook did a fantastic job detailing her life. On the Road with Janis Joplin.

Hasn't been anything like that since. Sorry Rhianna, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, etc. etc, you all aren't even close...

The older I get, the more I love and appreciate Janis.

Must be one of the best live performances ever recorded much less of all time

53 years ago today the late great singer Janis passed away October 4th 1970 but she will forever live on through everyone who continues to listen to her music!!

A point where Rock,Country Jazz & Blues, all meet on this stage this day, -and a new Superstar is born.

Janis could knock down a brick wall with that voice.

at the end she smiles like a little girl... so happy

Ummmm…anyone else watching at least several times in a row…and teary eyed? No one lays down the heartfelt soul like Janis

I have no idea how many times I've watched this video, but it never fails to impress me how emotional was Janice's entanglement w/ her songs. She put everything she had into her singing!

Mama Cass expression when the camera found her was of almost shocked awareness...she actually looked stunned listening to Janis. It's probably the best complement considering the talent Cass had. The thing is it was so real for Janis. No well ill pose or dance or sing a certain way, and that'll get them to buy my song etc. Just uninhabited raw unique TALENT.

Mama Cass reaction is priceless😍😍😍😍😍😍

Just love her little happy skip at the end, knowing she had killed it. Revisited this performance several times on KZfaq, that became my favorite part. See you soon, Janis. 💜

im 75 this makes me happy i was born when i i was.

She literally pulls my soul up out of my body. She makes me feel real life.

Love to see Mama Cass Elliot in awe at 03:28 and 05:25. She got it. She understood this gifted artist of song.

This tiny little woman with this !massive ability and voice that captivated such a huge audience!

That's Cass Elliot one of the greatest female singers of that era,mesmerized watching Janis sing!

These folks in the audience had no idea how lucky they were to see her singing live.

Seeing her skip after singing her heart out, makes my heart smile. They shunned her for her looks but she was the most beautiful ✨💛

Coming back to this video on what would have been Joplin’s 80th anniversary. I’ve been coming back for this performance for numberless times over the decades now. One of my absolute favorite live performances ever. Respect.

Listening to the last 20 seconds of the song, Janis has total control of the audience, absolute silence. Everyone is tuned in hanging on every note, every word. Remarkable.

This gives me chills every time I watch it. Exceptional.

I can't get enough of that - no matter how many times i watch it. Janis was amazing!

Nobody will take her place.🌹❤️😇2023 It seems like yesterday her music was streaming everywhere.Missed and will always remain in her fans hearts.

there will NEVER be another Janis. how beautiful is it that we still get to see her?

Without doubt... one of the greatest performances in rock history. Talk about a 'debut' introduction to the world. Janis knocked it out of the park - as always! 100% heart and soul. There will NEVER be another Janis Jopin - the voice of a generation. She still resonates today when we need to hear her more than ever. Rock on, Janis. You were simply the best. RIP

One of the best performances of all time.

I’m sad at 26 this is my first time seeing this performance. Janis is the pure embodiment …of “unapologetically myself”

I love when soul singers shake their body and kick their legs like they need get everything out. It comes from the depths of their souls ❤️

This performance is still astonishing. After stunning the audience and making the earth tremble, she skipped off stage like a child. Just... wow!

This was the moment when people realized what a powerhouse she was. People who were there said she blew everyone away with her massive talent, and they realized she was a force to be reckoned with, and would be a huge star.

Best perfomance of all time hands down she fucking killed that

I love how mama cass has her jaw on the floor she can’t believe what she is seeing

your not human if you dont even understand how powerful this is...

One of the top 5 performances in rock history.

All the others singers are good but this lady is on a whole other level. Completely free and perfect at the same time.

@4:39 that mood ring she sporting became the fashion "too die for" I was a nine year old and remembering all the girls trying to buy them and the clothing and fashion stores weren't able to keep enough in stock fast enough, they were selling out immediately. Also the polyester knit bell bottomed pant suits with the matching side split tops and the slip on pump heels. She was an icon...RIP JANIS JOPLIN.

Janis didn't just sing the blues; she lived them. THAT'S what made her so damn good. It wasn't her singing; it was her soul!!!

This version is the one that just absolutely blows me away!!!!! Before my time but I’m grateful someone had the presence of mind to record it keeping it timeless as it speaks to me from the soul she sang the help out of this it was real a true feeling

I taught a class on 60's music to a group that included many people who hadn't heard of Janis, as they were in their 20's and 30'...it was a joy to see them react to her performance here. Cass, and most of the LA musicians, had no idea who Big Brother was and this was their introduction to her.

Mama Cass couldn't believe her eyes and ears, me neither after all these years ! No words for Janis, just a mind blowing. I'll never stop hearing this incredible girl.

Exposed raw emotion ,no autotune..this is as real as it gets...we still are mesmerized all these 50 years later..❤😎✌🎵💫

Its like on stage Janis sings her blues away self therapy. What an amazing voice, what a lovely woman she was. Rest in peace Janis, hope you found your innerpeace in the heaven, thank you to bring us such amazing music, no one compares to you. You are the one, the best☮️🌺🙏🎶☺️✌️✨✨🌟💯♥️🤘🦋

I listen to this 5-10 times a week. The greatest live performance besides Led Zeppelin’s 1969 performance in Denmark

This is to me Janis's best performance. Love her. She poured her heart and soul into all of her music.

Janis Joplin is STILL unmatched in raw emotion and talent. In high school she was an outcast. A few years later she was a superstar. Once she gained fame many people flocked to her, not to help her, but to help themselves. Janis suffered immensely from the way she was treated. I have always wished that I could’ve helped her make sense of this crazy world.

WWWWWOOOOOOOWWWW Janis Janis, you always give me goosebumps every times i watching your videos and hear your voice and songs.. I guess i can feel your itensity - its uncompareable and this since more then 45 years when i hear your voice for the first time - im now 64 years old and i will go soon and dont know what comes. You were a pretty diamond in my life -

Mama Cass' reaction always makes me cry from deepest parts of my soul

2:04 that high note gives me absolute chills

This performance gives me chills. She was and always will be one of the the greatest singers to ever walk this earth.

However often I watch this it never gets old!! By the way Lizzie I am currently over 70 years young so I full well remember that era!!!

I’m 40 and this song still makes me tear up.

the sheer VOLUME of this woman’s voice!!! you can hear her screaming even when the microphone is fully away from her face. i love janis so much

Janis Joplin Rocks! She left her heart & soul out on that stage, not just after that song but after each and everyone I ever saw. She is beautiful!!!

I come back and watch this video every few years, and I still have not seen anything else like it. Truly, one of the greatest performances of all time.

In memory of her death 50 years ago, today at October 4th, 2020

drinking wine and listen to Janis Joplin is the best moment of my life

The 1968 "Cheap Thrills" album was the first vinyl 33 RPM record I ever bought. Years later I got it on cassette tape then, still later, on CD. One of these days I should download it to my smart phone but I still listen to the CD. Janis Joplin was amazing. This version of "Ball and Chain," at Monterey Pop 1967, is better than the 1968 album version.

I didn't see them at Monterey or Woodstock, but I did see Janis and Big Brother live at Cleveland Auditorium. Must have been late '68. Gawd, she was so good.

We went from a Janis Joplin to a Taylor Swift. Its like from fine wine to the city water of Flint MI.

wow, what strength and temperament, nobody sang blues like Janis, tremendous artist, you are already eternal Janis RIP 🌹

I had the privilege of seeing Joplin, circa Kozmic Blues, '69, I think. It was every bit as amazing as you would hope! It was so tragic to lose her so soon! I sure miss her! She was my idol.

My gosh they made music commming from the depths of there soul, back then I was little growing up in the 70s, with I was old enough to go to the concerts. 😊

Dream...this woman still impress me even though I have listened her so many times..What a significant singer, vocalist, performer ❤️❤️❤️

This song hypnotizes me, it is spectacular how she works with her voice. In those years if you didn't sing you simply couldn't be an artist like Janis, she is an icon

This performance is a vocal tour de force. The first 100 times I listened I was just blown away by the glorious, raw emotion she shares with us. Sometime after that I noticed how seamlessly she shifts back and forth between clear, sweet vocals and the unbelievable raunchy dirty crescendos. Chris Cornell could do the same live - back and forth between clean and virtually screaming - but even he, wonderful as he was, never bested this incredible display of talent and raw emotion. (Have you ever tried to go back to clean after really belting it out raunchy? It ain’t easy even if you can.)

No matter how many times I view this it just blows me away

When people talk about time machine music moments, this should be in everyones top 5, easy. Doesn't matter the genre you like, we're lucky to just have THIS version of it.

One good thing about being 66, was I got to see Janice, and many other authentic artists. RIP Ms. Joplin, we remember you !

Legend in awe of a legend. Wish Janis and Cass were still with us making music.

to have Janis and Otis Redding on the same stage is too perfect,imo,they are both more known for how they sing,the emotion they put into it

One of my favorites of Janis performances. Just so full of passion. Great song.

You just have to hear a bit of Janis when in lockdown.

She is truly the only singer that put 15 emotions in one single song she sung. A trance like state that defies description.....

This is what a performance looks like, an artists putting all of the physical and emotion attributes into her art live on stage!!! No auto tune adjustment or pitch correction for a “perfect” performance. Just emotion and talent

So beautiful to see the expressions on her face while singing, it's like watching an huge actor in his best performance, a true partition of different emotions, energies and moments, except it's not an character, it's a song, and she's living it, such a beauty to witness. We ARE living the moment with her, all long. Thank you so much Janis for your miraculous voice, personnality, generosity and intensity of life. THIS is living ! True artists make you really feel life, the chills of living. Janis for ever in my heart

The expression on Cass Elliott's face, priceless.

Mama Cas and Janis were the most misunderstood and tortured women in rock and roll. It’s sad their history ended so soon 😪 I love this video

My goodness!!!! I was at this concert but I was only 12 years old, I don’t remember the artists that were there, I still have a poster and a newspaper magazine I saved as you can imagine the magazine is crumbling by now, , I was sitting by the Hells Angels, My oldest Sister Grace took me to this concert, she went to Fremont High School in Oakland California with Sonny Barger so I guess that’s why we were sitting by the Hells Angels , it’s funny because I did run into a classmate my age at that concert, everyone was smoking weed around me and in those days I remember people saying they were smoking banana peel so I assumed that’s what they were smoking 😂👍🏽Ah! The days of my innocence youth 😊❤

Assembling defining music of my life for a music video life tribute, once I die some day. Janis' performance on this video is one of the song's at the heart of my teen years for the video. Loved this song on Cheap Thrills when I bought in about 1968. Even on the live recording from the Filmore auditorium there is not a sound in the auditorium when she whispers her pain. And then someone whistles and the crowd erupts. Now I have the visual of her performance at that level. Such a perfect balance with her skipping off stage with a big smile and Mama Cass Elliot in total awe of her performance, after gut-wrenching, real pain from Janice in the performance. My absolute favorite song Janis sang on any recording. I was 14 at the time of the Monterey Pop Festival so missed it the year before I got the album. Saw this video for the first time a year ago, but watch it from time to time, to get a surge of the beauty of the '60s and one of the greatest performances of all time!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I watch this, I weep. Truly a voice like no other. Very few can take you on such a ride to such highs and incredible emotional soulful lows in mere seconds. Like so many other of that "27 club", the world lost so much of what could have been yet to come. Janis, thank you for the gifts you gave us while here. Thank you Criterion for restoring this wonderful moment in music history where all the stars aligned perfectly to give us a glimpse of true euphoric joy.