My FIRST Time Hearing Janis Joplin! ANALYSIS of "Ball & Chain" as a Patron Choice Winner!

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My FIRST Time Hearing Janis Joplin! ANALYSIS of "Ball & Chain" as a Patron Choice Winner!

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I have never heard Janis Joplin before, but have heard a LOT about her from all of you. And as intrigue set in, our Patrons voted this performance of "Ball & Chain" to the top of my list. And WOW. What a performance! I was not expecting any of this. . .
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Janis Joplin for the first time, performing "Ball & Chain” Live.
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Performed by Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company
Words and Music by Willie Mae Thornton a.k.a. Big Mama Thorton
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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@missstorrm Жыл бұрын

There are great singers, there are emotional singers, there are emotive singers, there are perfect-pitch singers, there are powerful singers... And then, somewhere above all them, there's Janis.

@Merzui-kg8ds Жыл бұрын

We call them...charismatic voices.

@eRRoRoiD Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better, one of my favorite singers of all time.

@Sleuth_Squad Жыл бұрын

Rest in power Janis ❤

@quinn-tessential3232 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, well...if nails on a blackboard works for you...

@ghomerhust Жыл бұрын

@@quinn-tessential3232 obviously that isnt the deal here because she was world famous. you dont get to her level by being nails on a blackboard. you are the outlier.

@lawrenceschabell5740 Жыл бұрын

Janis autographed my draft card drew a heart and wrote Don't go! I was blown away. 😊

@islgrl292 11 ай бұрын

That is something special, a signature of our time, from a leader of the movement! ❤

@hollyboardman1820 11 ай бұрын

Did you go?

@KneeAches 11 ай бұрын

Great video capturing why she was who she was and how we all enjoyed her so much.

@KneeAches 11 ай бұрын

The woman in the audience is Mama Cass.

@nagoranerides3150 11 ай бұрын

Now, that is a thing. Fabulous.

@markthomsen51 6 ай бұрын

The "wow" lady at the end is none other than the great Mama Cass, and like you, experiencing Janice for the first time.

@joneses1962 4 ай бұрын

Aw, you beat me to it! LOL! I've always loved the glimpses of Mama Cass at Monterey.

@joeyahoo3902 3 ай бұрын

yup 18:17...wow indeed.

@daveismoseley 2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure this was everybody’s first time

@buch434 2 ай бұрын

The fact she brought you to the edge of tears at the end makes me happy! Janis does that.

@kevin6667 Жыл бұрын

Just in case it hasn't already been shared.. the 'ahhh' face moment in the audience was Mama Cass Elliot.. another amazing vocal talent who tragically left this place way too early at 32 .. heart attack. :-( Thank you for giving Janis a listen. Such a unique gift and talent.

@ShortOrderCook Жыл бұрын

I thought it was her - one great singer admiring another - priceless shot!

@danatowne5498 Жыл бұрын

I was going to leave this comment, thank you. :)

@juliemanarin4127 Жыл бұрын

Yep! It is!

@ericminch Жыл бұрын

And Mama Cass, BTW, was also one of the organizers of that year's Monterey Pops Festival.

@jamessummerlin9516 Жыл бұрын

I saw an interview with Mama Cass where she talked about how awestruck she was at that moment. Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was there as well and talked of being totally amazed.

@michaelmilne9914 Жыл бұрын

I was a stagehand for several of her performances and travelled as with her as such. She was a very nice person as well. I saw first hand how hard it was for her, since learning her background, it is a miracle she gave us the music she did. Everytime since she died when I hear any of her songs, I cry. And I was a nobody who met her and spoke only a few sentences to her, "good morning, have a good show!" It was like you were in a different dimension around her.

@stevendavid5370 Жыл бұрын

You obviously appreciate what only a very few had a chance to experience. No matter how brief, there are people who have the ability to connect with someone in a very special way. For me Robin Williams was your Janis experience, except I was guest at a graduation and a few moments with Robin before he went out on stage to do his thing. But in just a few minutes I was so touched to my soul in such a loving way that I will never forget his kindness. My moment and your moment with Janis are true treasures of a lifetime.

@michaelmilne9914 Жыл бұрын

@@stevendavid5370 Not to lessen your experience. Janis was probably like how you describe Williams right up to when it was her turn to perform, that is why I said a nice person. I was not unfamiliar with being on stage with a lot of "star" bands - stagehands, security, record execs etc just do their thing, and do right up to when Janis took the mic. Everyone simply stopped and stood there watching. When she put the mic down she was just Janis again but all the hands, security and execs simply didn't move or were able to be normal around her again. I think this is why she drank so much, how can you be such an ordinary person but see in everyone around you an anxiety to want you to be recognized by her. Because of my belief in God I was less affected. There were times when I was the only one not immobilized, that is not to say she did not affect me as well. She was a talent so far above any we will not if ever see that talent again.

@CICORIA977 Жыл бұрын

What a great experience did you have. What a unic moment to be able to read this 50 years later tanks to web connection. You must have been very young at that time.

@michaelmilne9914 Жыл бұрын

@@CICORIA977 I was just turned 20, we celebrated Janis' 27th birthday even though it was past (weird but muscians always were doing weird things, or maybe her official birthday was different - I don't know the story), her last, with the Grateful Dead in Calgary.

@taknothing4896 Жыл бұрын

You were still lucky to work with Janis, even at a distance like that. I never met her, even tho I was living in the Haight Ashbury at the same time she was.

@RaeTheYeti 4 ай бұрын

When she said "The guitar is giving me tingles" and I'm just thinking......wait till you hear her voice! You're going to be bliwn away!

@BobbyKewley 4 ай бұрын

I felt so excited for you in this one Elizabeth - could not wait for Janis to fully unleash onto you 😊 I hope this inspired you to explore her back catalogue. She was always 100% expression, soul and emotion. Just when you think she's run out of gas, she goes above and beyond! Such a huge loss when she passed. A bona fide legend. She'll never be forgotten ❤

@carlos-fv1rc 9 ай бұрын

As an opera singer, I think Elizabeth would be particularly fascinated by Joplin's version of Summertime (from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess). It's a vocal masterpiece, and I dare say the most memorable and expressive version there is.

@Sirianta 7 ай бұрын

I love it!

@Pwnage9191 7 ай бұрын

100% she neeeds to watch that!

@BrianMacMusicVideos 7 ай бұрын

Yes.... agreed...

@fredfarkle-bp9en 7 ай бұрын

Agree good call on Summertime

@bobdamico1099 7 ай бұрын

Agree

@skip92025 11 ай бұрын

Janice was, in a word, primal. She went to the roots of a song, and dragged it kicking and screaming to places unimaginable. Powerful, emotional, nowhere near on any pitch known to man, she did things vocally that few, if any, ever could or did.

@T-bone1950 8 ай бұрын

Very well said. ❤👍😊

@janibeg3247 8 ай бұрын

Big Brother and the holding company was her best band - raw and primal

@killermiller1980 8 ай бұрын

This lady opened me up to so many different genres of music. There will never be another janis❤

@MeLoNHeAd00 7 ай бұрын

Shannon Hoon

@paulwooton4390 7 ай бұрын

@@janibeg3247 cheap thrills, best of the 60's west coast. Wish she'd stayed with big brother. Dave Getz is the only one still with us.

@macleadg 8 ай бұрын

I’ve listened to this 1000 times, but just got goosebumps… again.

@mayflowerlash11 8 ай бұрын

If you watch a longer clip of this performance, up to when Janis leaves the stage, you will see that she almost skips of the stage with a smile. Despite emoting all though the song, she is pleased with the audience reaction (they just went nuts). She was brilliant.

@michaelmcknight8419 4 ай бұрын

You are right! She clicks her heels

@T-bone1950 27 күн бұрын

Yes, and she did that because she knew that she had just given one of the most noteworthy performances of her young life and career.

@mayflowerlash11 27 күн бұрын

@@T-bone1950 Totally agree.

@kimhubbard826 Жыл бұрын

When Mama Cass, (another great legend, from the legendary band, The Mama's and the Papa's) is blown away, and says "WOW!," you know you have watched and heard, one of the best/greatest singers ever!

@davidboivin7996 Жыл бұрын

Yup. Nuff said!!

@craigvincent8344 6 ай бұрын

I love that moment of Mama Cass in this video so, so much

@jocelynclemens2036 5 ай бұрын

And both left us WAAAAAY too soon 😢

@clarkpd1 Жыл бұрын

The voice of a whiskey soaked angel. RIP Janis

@MsThebeMoon Жыл бұрын

My mom would refer to her as " the one that cries when she sings". Me: "Huh?" But then I figured out who she was talking about.

@andydavis8437 Жыл бұрын

Southern Comfort was her poison

@fakelandtommy4471 Жыл бұрын

Yay, I added yore 100th upvote

@sandrastone5847 5 ай бұрын

Southern Comfort

@laurabarr2464 Ай бұрын

@@sandrastone5847 Yep....... I have only had it once and that shit is nasty. It was a very very long time ago and all I remember was that it tasted like cinnamon. No wonder I hate Fireball.......

@JonFirstenfeld 7 ай бұрын

My dad, Mort Feld (Firstenfeld) with McCune Audio mixed the shows and provided the live sound and feeds to overflow. He also recorded the shows. That is what your hearing now. I was only 15 but I was there. Part of the stage crew but usually running video camera in the pit next to the sound stack. Janice was a wake up call to so many of us. She broke the dusky ceiling that white girls couldn't bring the soul.

@jocelynclemens2036 5 ай бұрын

Oh man, super jelly ❤

@emanuel81111 5 ай бұрын

totally unhinged, insane out of her mind, absolutely magical, she took me out earth and i landed in mars with this song.

@n0madtv Жыл бұрын

'Wild' is probably the best word that describes Janis. She was off the chain wild in every way possible.

@reedhaley15 Жыл бұрын

A female Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

@raidrfrk Жыл бұрын

Wasn't he from Texas to?

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

She was. 100% she lived out loud.

@jeremyfagner6808 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of Janis Joplin. She gave 120% in every song she sang. There will never be another “Pearl”

@tattoodude8946 Жыл бұрын

“Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?” - Janis Joplin

@nobodyinterviews 6 ай бұрын

Elizabeth, you should give a listen to more of Janis's tracks, in particular, "Bobby McGee" and "Piece of my Heart." She was truly a one-of-a-kind singer.

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

I love both of those songs and Summertime ❤

@IIIIDCIIII 6 ай бұрын

She never cared to strain her voice when singing and I think in a way she knew her life was going to be short and she just went for it. She sang like this in every single performance. She was fearless with her voice.

@Cadinho93 Жыл бұрын

A most brilliant cover of Big Mama Thorton's song. She didn't even have her version out yet when Janis Joplin performed this and she absolutely CRUSHED it here. Also, my favorite part is when the camera is panning to Mama Cass, who is transfixed and in awe of what she is hearing. Also, Mama Cass is no slouch as a vocalist herself. RIP to the both of them.

@youbertu Жыл бұрын

And Mama Cass was just one of thousands having that reaction! Monterey Pop Festival was never the same afterward...

@pauldhoff Жыл бұрын

I was just going to write about Mama.

@PSA78 Жыл бұрын

Yes, this was the second day, they had no idea who she was an didn't film her. So they asked her to do it again to get it on film. 🙌

@pizmeyre5055 Жыл бұрын

@@PSA78 They were going to film them the first night but the bands manager decided that they couldn't unless the filmmakers paid the band. The festival promoters were so blown away that they asked them to play again the next day. Interestingly, the shot of Mama Cass in the audience was filmed surreptitiously during the original performance. The camera people had been order by the band's manager to turn the cameras off but they just sneakily filmed the audience during it and ended up cutting it into the next day's performance. The ban later got a different manager, lol.

@stevenmeyer9674 Жыл бұрын

@@youbertu Not exactly . Mama Cass was the promoter of this event.

@Steve_V1066 Жыл бұрын

When my mom listened to Janis, it was the only time i saw her happy and joyful, she danced and sang along. The rest of her life was sadness. Janis had great impact on people.

@ericamcdaniel4318 9 ай бұрын

Janis is my mom’s favorite too ❤️

@metalmamasue3680 9 ай бұрын

My mom's favorite was Elvis. When he passed, it was Iike a death in the family. I still love Elvis to this day. As little kids we would be dancing around to Hound Dog and his other hits. 😅

@richardpare3538 6 ай бұрын

The woman with the "Wow" at the end is Mama Cass, of The Mamas and Papas", and one of the great vocalists of that era.

@kirielbranson4843 4 ай бұрын

I keep coming back and rewatching this. It is wonderful how you analyze voices. Janis Joplin was a little before my time since I was born in 62 but these concerts were legend and the older kids in the neighborhood were listening to them.

@AeroDude73 Жыл бұрын

The lady they showed in the crowd a couple times with the sunglasses on, if someone hasn’t mentioned it already, that was Cass Elliott, the lead singer of the mamas and papas, the heavyset girl. Her voice is truly amazing as well. You should obviously check out some of her songs with them.

@gilliancourtney4701 Жыл бұрын

Beat me to that comment lol

@7of9RebelHarborth Жыл бұрын

She was in awe which was such a compliment to Janis. I agree 💯 about Mama Cass.

@christopherwinkler4451 Жыл бұрын

I had little doubt someone would point this out. And I don't think Elizabeth has covered Cass or The Mama's and the Papa's yet.

@Mountain_Mutt Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see Elizabeth check out Mama Cass with John Denver singing Leaving on a Jet Plane if she hasn’t already. Beautiful performance that was.

@RMForbes505 Жыл бұрын

The Mamas and the Papas were the primary organizers of this music festival in 1967 which launched the careers of several of the acts that were there, Janis was one of them.

@michaelwiley3221 Жыл бұрын

Knowing the very real pain that she endured in her life, I can't listen to her without the tears flowing. Janis makes you feel her pain. I miss her.

@dalmac5978 Жыл бұрын

Same

@Mark13091961 Жыл бұрын

This

@roozshah Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@kathelenecriswell749 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I cry for her pain everytime I listen to her.. i love her & she is a goddess. So unappreciated by the people that knew her at home. Tortured soul.

@d.l.607 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand how this lady "The Charismatic Voice" can sit there and laugh the whole way thru the song while Janis is spilling her heart out in pain

@birrextio6544 4 ай бұрын

I had this record when it was released and when playing it my old mother (only 45 but old to me :) came in to my room and just sat there listening. Then she said "I love her", nothing more.

@nicola4877 4 ай бұрын

She is the definition of blues

@Murdo2112 Жыл бұрын

The thing that always strikes me, when listening to Janis, is how many modern singers build their style on feigned emotion. They learn the techniques for making it sound like you mean it. The know how to make you feel like they're feeling a particular way. Janis is one of those singers who doesn't feign anything. She opens her mouth and lets the emotion spill out in its most raw and real form. She's the reality that many singers learn to pretend to be.

@BBQDad463 Жыл бұрын

No one did anything like this before Janis. She was unique, and is still unequalled, fifty-five years later. I still have my "Cheap Thrills" LP.

@catboxvideo Жыл бұрын

i also have Cheap Thrills and Pearl lps. I think next weekends JamJam day with my little one (pajamas, dad plays records and talks music and she and i do arts or crafts) will be a Janis and Jimi

@johnhutton2500 Жыл бұрын

Great album. Stood the test of time, still just ríps me up. Better today then way back then.

@TheNerdshire Жыл бұрын

The woman in the audience was Mama Cass..if you aren't familiar; look her up. She had vocal power and control.

@andrewthecelt3794 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic album, even the cover art captured the zeitgeist of the age

@brucemcdonald4060 Жыл бұрын

Me too. LP, reel to reel tape and CD.

@patricial641 3 ай бұрын

When she said “where’s that going to go” and we know….into the stratosphere.

@thomasdempsey721 3 ай бұрын

Even before she started, I knew..."she ain't ready for this!!" LOL!

@maryhelton-ek4mt 4 ай бұрын

Janis is an intoxication. Never had opportunity to see her live. Wow!

@PoubelleKansas Жыл бұрын

Fifty-six years after the fact, this performance still knocks me off my feet. I shake, weep, and sit slack-jawed.

@warrenhughes911 Жыл бұрын

Well put

@jimw.4161 Жыл бұрын

Me too! 👍

@frankolivito9242 Жыл бұрын

Me too !!!what a performance,speechless still weeping 10 minutes later !!!she's something!!!!!!

@timothyofgaul6817 Жыл бұрын

I love this performance so much, MOSTLY for the look of “Oh, this woman isn’t my competition, this woman is a goddess.” on Mama Cass’ face. I remember hearing that, up to this exact moment, Cass Elliott and Michelle Phillips were under the assumption that Janis did exactly what they did and was a direct threat to their popularity, and I think Mama and Papas had played earlier so the girls sat in on Janis for the first time and, at that performance, realized she wasn’t a counteract but instead was doing something totally different and that something was wholly unbelievably amazing.

@DrivingSA-ot8ds 8 ай бұрын

Apparently Janis and BB&THC played on the Friday with no TV cameras and were asked to perform again on the Saturday. One reason I prefer her Frankfurt version is that the cameras were in front, not behind her as in the Monterey concert

@karenboyette2897 8 ай бұрын

One of the greats.

@killermiller1980 8 ай бұрын

There's this awesome doc of big brother and the dead touring across Canada... The festival express

@aheineman9138 7 ай бұрын

Awww…that was Mama Cass. I thought she looked familiar. ❤

@lricciuti13 7 ай бұрын

She’s like, Hello Goddess.

@robertsmathers7959 7 ай бұрын

You love her from a technical POV. Those of us who were there through her too short life loved her from a purely emotional POV. The gift of sight was not required to SEE her beauty. All we needed was ears and a heart.

@user-ej9mq7it8o 6 ай бұрын

You need to hear Janis sing "Me and Bobby Mcgee", very cool!

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

I freaking love that song and I'm 100% a metal head. 😅

@zentradei Жыл бұрын

Janis, she's pure emotion on stage, and that's sorely needed today, this is one of her best phrases." On stage I make love to 25,000 different people. Then I go home alone".

@johnfriedrich1343 Жыл бұрын

Only person close to Janis for pure emotion is Beth Hart.

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I think that captures it perfectly. I love her passion in her singing. I love Summertime and Bobby McGee.

@Tessmage_Tessera Жыл бұрын

As I'm sure others have mentioned, this was actually the SECOND performance of "Ball & Chain" that Janis delivered that day. Originally, the film crew who were documenting the Monterey festival had no intention of filming Janis. She was considered to be one of the minor acts at the show, so they didn't bother to get set up for her performance. And of course, that was a big mistake, because Janis blew everybody away. So the film crew went to the organizers of the show and asked them if they could convince Janis to come back and perform it again, which she politely agreed to do. Not easy to convince someone to sing the same song twice, but she did. And the word is that she did it even better the second time, which is what we're seeing here. This is considered by many to be an iconic performance, by an artist who, at the time, was still relatively unknown to most people. So this is kinda Janis' debut... and she totally nailed it.

@johncollier9280 Жыл бұрын

Don't blame the film crew for this. Her manager refused to let their performance be filmed. Janis was so upset, realizin' this was the opportunity o' a lifetime. She did finally convince her manager to let their performance be filmed and the group was allowed to perform again, this time with the cameras rollin'. The rest is history...

@novaculus Жыл бұрын

IIRC, Big Brother's set on Saturday was not planned to be recorded. Joplin's performance was so remarkable they were scheduled for a second performance on Sunday which was recorded as seen here.

@rccola5167 Жыл бұрын

@@johncollier9280that would be a fired manager for me.

@Tessmage_Tessera Жыл бұрын

@@cassmcmlix You're probably right. I read that article years ago... but at least I got the gist of it.

@DaveH4507 Жыл бұрын

Seems a bit like the singing equivalent of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar, emotive, creative, wildly free and expressive. Janis was sadly part of the “27 Club”, celebrities who died at age 27. Another one to consider for a listen is Jim Morrison, another unique free spirit.

@janicekelly6667 5 ай бұрын

You REALLY need to check summertime by her🎉❤

@maudessen573 6 ай бұрын

Everyone in the east coast music scene had heard of this magnificent singer from the west coast. This was the performance that introduced them to Janis Joplin for the first time. So it was a very significant breakthrough performance for Janis and the band. They put everything into it.

@Best2never Жыл бұрын

When you were so entertained by the opening guitar riff I was thinking, "when you hear Janis sing, you'll get it". Janis Joplin was one of a kind. So tragic that we lost a voice like that, a beautiful human being like that, so early.

@andrewsackville-west1609 Жыл бұрын

Yes! The guitarist is echoing Janis' tone, so well, here.

@Boudreaux641 Жыл бұрын

James Gurley was an under appreciated guitarist that's for sure! @@andrewsackville-west1609

@wayneandrews1022 10 ай бұрын

I think that guitar was on drugs. Not necessarily the guitarist (though probably), but the instrument itself. And so it is perfect for the time.

@Iowagrown123 10 ай бұрын

@@wayneandrews1022probably be easier to listen to, if one is on drugs... 😬

@peterriley5466 Жыл бұрын

Janis gave her entire heart and soul in her performance. Not a thing was left on the table. She was a national treasure

@MsThebeMoon Жыл бұрын

And at that time, shunned by her hometown.

@RainingRebecca Жыл бұрын

This is when you take what's going on inside and belt it out to the world. Hard thing to do. ❤

@taknothing4896 Жыл бұрын

@@MsThebeMoon And vice versa. Janis wasn't too thrilled by Port Arthur (I think actually she hated the place), so I'm really thankful she came to SF.

@macronencer 8 ай бұрын

This performance makes me want to cry. The thing that amazes me about that final cadenza, as you aptly described it, is the sheer beauty and control of it, the softness... after everything she'd just done with her voice, that seems impossible to me, just magical.

@rossprairietraveler974 7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! So many people who didn't get Janis just thought she was just screaming with no control and you explained her. It always seemed to me that she just had so much inside and she had to keep it from coming out all at once. I don't actually know much about music or singing but I know when I'm hearing someone's heart coming out there mouth. And I love this video with Cass in the audience with her mouth just open like she can't believe what she's hearing.

@muzikizfun Жыл бұрын

Those of us who grew up listening to her are so glad you have rediscovered the great Janis! Her soul was in pain, and that is what she shared with her listeners

@Rascal77s Жыл бұрын

Check out Beth Hart too 🍻

@greggary7217 Жыл бұрын

This was her coming out, and she wasn’t going to wow them with technical virtuosity so she punched them in face instead. It was brilliant, shocking & classic. I was an instant fan, but she really did have some proper chops too. Cry Baby & Summertime (studio not live) are my personal favourites for showing off her vocal talent. She was and remains the one and only, never to be duplicated or forgotten. ❤

@1pixman Жыл бұрын

Yes Cry Baby... and Her version of Summertime.but plenty more.

@bkooo5363 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always been a fan of Turtle Blues too.

@jackstrawful Жыл бұрын

Also Little Girl Blue and Kozmic Blues

@jennifersilves4195 Жыл бұрын

It's still too soon.

@MrAugustoLobo 4 ай бұрын

Mama Cas' reaction - who was watching Janis' performance... is the best summary of what Janis Joplin's live performance represents as a true artist. 😜🤷😉✌️🎶💃💃💃

@dogpatch8266 5 ай бұрын

still gives me the chills.

@siliconcowboy2010 Жыл бұрын

I don't think there has ever been anyone more expressively authentic than Janis. She poured her soul into every song. Like she was saying, "Do you feel this? Have you ever felt this? This is how I feel about it" with every drop of honesty in her being.

@metalmamasue3680 9 ай бұрын

Cry Baby is one of them. I will always love me some Janis Joplin. Me & Bobby McGee is a personal fave and Summer Time..

@TheDeadlyDan Жыл бұрын

Every time I've ever heard her do this one, I cannot help but cry. Not out of sadness, but from feeling the way she can emote the injustice of life. She has a way of pulling you into whatever she's singing. You see how she insists you not only hear it but you feel it. I'm surprised you weren't aware of her, but it's very interesting watching someone discover her and enjoying it for the first time.

@shilohauraable Жыл бұрын

There's only 1 first time hearing Janis! I'm so glad to be here for this reaction! 💖

@benwashburn8553 Жыл бұрын

I do too. Even during this one with the breaks and everything.

@ronaran8420 24 күн бұрын

Shivers and goose bumps on and on! So much heart and soul and gut-wrenching electricity sent to us by that genius performer!!!

@louisbonilla6780 6 ай бұрын

I was 14 when my Dad took me to NYC to see "Monterey Pop" where this clip comes from and was amazed how many new groups performed at the Festival - Janis especially took me by surprise - her performance seared my heart and brought me to tears and it still happens - that voice was the sound of a broken heart - so glad you were impressed by her vocal range and don't forget Big Brother released their first LP in 1966 WAY BEFORE Led Zeppelin and Judas Priest - she died shooting what they call "Chinese Rocks" which is pure un-cut and fatal heroin in her hotel room during the time she was recording her final LP "PEARL" (1971) with the Full-Tilt Boogie Band - there are many video documentaries and they are all worth watching!❤

@JanKirb 11 ай бұрын

I saw her perform in person and to this day it was unforgetable and unmatchable. I get goose pimples. It was so intense that I was worried for her. Thanks

@LindsayWilson-vj1wc 10 ай бұрын

I am not generally jealous but I will make an exception for you. 53 years of miserying

@svenlima 9 ай бұрын

+JanKirb Wow, you must be 100 years old! ;-)

@JanKirb 9 ай бұрын

@@svenlima not quite but getting there , I was a young lad then

@kathiereilly1 8 ай бұрын

I did too in 69 at Atlanta pop.

@CindySylvester 8 ай бұрын

Lol my family tells me I'm 69 but I'm staying 29 forever! I loved Janis's voice. My favorite Mercedes Benz with no music accompaniment.

@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT Жыл бұрын

Janis was all about raw, authentic, emotional expression. It is rough, it is raw, but it is extraordinarily beautiful in its own way. One of Janis's blues heroes was Big Mama Thornton, one of whose records was titled, "STRONGER THAN DIRT!"

@lost2845 5 ай бұрын

this is one of my favorite songs and i love that your reacting to it

@TheAgeOfAnalog 4 ай бұрын

Perhaps the greatest live vocal on KZfaq. Mama Cass’ reaction is everything.

@4406bbldb Жыл бұрын

I’m 76 so I was a teenager back then and I’ve been on stage with Janis and I have tears in my eyes. I remember the crowd of those days, we were so energized. 🎉.

@ChimeraActual Жыл бұрын

I'm also 76. You are so fortunate. tears here, too.

@ms2am 11 ай бұрын

I wish I had been a teen then…music seemed a lot more real,no lip syncing,music was always live and people seemed a lot more loving

@mlasch1478 11 ай бұрын

59 years old here. I went from Baltimore to visit a friend in LA back around 2000. We went to the Whiskey A Go Go for the first time, where I saw hundreds of signatures on the walls, doors, etc and the one signature that stood out was Janis'

@leah9084 11 ай бұрын

I seen Janice in 1968, inn San Jose CA. There will never be another Janice. See was great!

@mlasch1478 11 ай бұрын

@@leah9084 I was a wee 4 year old in 1968. You were so lucky.

@maryvallas772 Жыл бұрын

Her studio version of Summertime is sublime. Just a beautiful song! While I can cover a few of her songs, I can't sing that one! I wish to God I had that range!

@drumzRfun1 Жыл бұрын

Then the band Sublime did a version of Summertime 🙂

@colleenmcclurg2010 11 ай бұрын

@@drumzRfun1 maybe so, not taking anything away from them, they're a great band, but Janis's version is pure beauty.

@jefferson9335 4 ай бұрын

Janis is Greatest woman singer of all time !!❤️❤️❤️ Im from Ukraine and i listened her since i was 8!!!

@melanieshelby476 4 ай бұрын

I like the line " it feels sooo personal" gosh doesn't it though... truly soooo Epic! I'm loving this reaction!!!!!!!

@ceciangel1997 Жыл бұрын

I was 7 yrs old when I was introduced to Janis music by my eldest brother. I was so devastated by her passing . I was so young but the impact of her expressing herself was “Awww” to me. She’s was One of a kind!!! Ohh the woman with the sun glasses at the end who says “WOW” that’s Mama Cass Elliott. She’s was a classic also❤ RIP to the Both of em’❤

@ladylisaromance8129 Жыл бұрын

She died before I was born but I started listening to her at 16 when my friends were into Backstreet Boys 😂 etc. I was grooving to Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Deep Purple, Etta James, The Carpenter's, etc. Janis is my all-time favorite female singer. ❤❤❤❤ I am still in awe of her, too after 30 plus years of listening to her.

@cynergy4 Жыл бұрын

Boy I could write a book on this performance! One of my faves by anyone EVER! She drips with passion. Janis didn't have a very happy childhood and never felt accepted by those around her. She was filled with loneliness and pain, and every bit of it comes out in her singing. Her voice shows it, her face shows it, her whole damn body shows it! My favorite part is watching her feet and legs, and they way she almost seems to levitate at times. I've watched this at least 100 times and could watch it 100 more. By the way, that was Cass Elliot of The Mama's And The Papas being wowed in the audience. Janis wasn't really well known outside of the bay area and most of the people in the audience had never seen her before! The same is true with Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding who performed at the same concert and were also mostly unknown. I could go on and on but I'll stop now. You will read much of the same in other comments. Thanks for reacting to this song! Love ya forever Janis!

@BokFrak Жыл бұрын

She was a broken soul, to say the least. And she left Texas where she grew up and was rejected by her peers and headed to Frisco to find her way. And when she made it and was a true rockstar she gathered her strength and headed back down to her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, to attend her high school reunion. She went to show them all that she got the last laugh at her tormentors, but it kinda backfired on her and she left even more miserable than when she arrived. The way she was flamboyantly dressed didn't go well with her Texan peers and she couldn't take the rejection, yet again, from those that she had desperately yearned for acceptance, approval and even admiration. She escaped back to Frisco and very soon after she was found in L.A. dead of an overdose. She was instinctual and like Stevie Ray Vaughan with the guitar had that 'groove' flow that so little possess. You might wanna take a listen to Ray LaMontagne. His performance in England was unbelievable. His "Shelter" performance was a highlight and "Empty", as well.

@pault1964 Жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same,a lot of legendary acts,

@kenbaker9738 Жыл бұрын

Great info, thanks.

@FNMCaffeine 4 ай бұрын

If I can go back in time, this concert would be on the top of my list. To see Jimi and Janis would have blown my mind.

@88Heckenlively Ай бұрын

There is something soooo deep and archetypal about her it almost scares me - witch-like. Definitely an old, old soul. Emotionally sincere, heartfelt and raw. RIP

@jeffconley6698 11 ай бұрын

If a person wasn’t a young adult during the era, including the darkness, drugs, confusion, the war, friends & family dying or being blown to pieces… politics, etc, etc, etc… It’s hard to understand the frustration, pain and emotion Janis poured out… she literally put her complete soul into her singing performances ❤Rest In PEACE.

@cr-nd8qh 10 ай бұрын

We need to get back to the roots and dismantle this hierarchy

@AloisiaSedai 9 ай бұрын

Amen

@thespanner5046 9 ай бұрын

No war, darkness or drugs these days….🤨

@jeffconley6698 9 ай бұрын

@@thespanner5046 hahaha - nope, everything in this lovely world is just hunkey-dorey

@jefflowry4896 8 ай бұрын

Janis was great. The guitaristnwas probably under the influence of of some hallucinogenic.

@Toobeegort Жыл бұрын

Janis didn't just sing with her voice, but with her whole soul and body, there will never be another like Janis.

@jmazoso Жыл бұрын

Except maybe Joe Crocker

@fredbays Жыл бұрын

@@jmazoso no where near

@firehawk2324 Жыл бұрын

Courtney Hadwin is Janis Joplin reincarnated. That girl embodies her spirit and soul perfectly. She was on American Idol and I got goosebumps when I watched her perform for the first time.

@fredbays Жыл бұрын

@@firehawk2324 ya i have seen her. She is good butno where near Janis. The girl is auto tuned so bad it is not funny. She cant do the slide to sharp b/c of this. If she can it is auto tuned out,

@firehawk2324 Жыл бұрын

@@fredbays she wasn't autotuned on her original performance. Also, she's a kid. She was 13 (I believe) on her first performance. Give her a decade to practice and I think she'll be just as powerful as Janis.

@Moctipotili1 19 күн бұрын

That was amazing! First the me seeing Janis Joplin and actually listening to her brilliance. Your hair looks like dragonfire, and the color is hypnotic 😊

@GaryNoone-jz3mq 7 ай бұрын

It was the '60s. We were pushing all the boundaries.

@BryanAlaspa Жыл бұрын

Janis took all of the years of hurt and pain she had growing up, and then erupted like a volcano with it when she performed. The emotion so strong it knocks you over even on film and this many years later.

@sharonrosen2730 9 ай бұрын

I saw Janis in concert several months before she passed. I sat on the floor right next to the stage. It was almost too close. Her pain was so raw and so intense. It was overwhelming for a 17-year-old college student with not much experience in the world. To this day, the picture of her standing right above me is clear as a photograph. I can't have been any sadder when she, Jimi, and Jim passed so close together, all at 27 years of age. It was such a wipe out. Those years were exciting, historic, and cruel.

@elconijo 2 ай бұрын

Your second paragraph is so well put. Cruel. That just feels so spot on.

@gwcstudio Ай бұрын

Die before you can F- up?

@nomchompsky2883 24 күн бұрын

thank you for always mentioning for us to take care of our mental health... i really appreciate you.

@lavenderbee3611 Ай бұрын

Janis had soul and knew pain, she left it all on that stage. She was the real deal!

@muskratflats Жыл бұрын

I've seen this performance before. What gets me every time is how blown away Mama Cass is as she bears witness to this amazing performance.

@AnthonyAmorteguy Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you mentioned Mama Cass. It wasn't mentioned during the video as to who that was saying "wow" at the end. It adds a lot more impact to that little cut-away because Mama Cass was such a phenomenal singer in her own right, and she was blown away by Janis.

@rickoshay2589 Жыл бұрын

Janis had enough passion to overcome perfection.

@okfalcon6444 Жыл бұрын

That’s well put.

@Merzui-kg8ds Жыл бұрын

brilliantly put

@patthewoodboy Жыл бұрын

agree.

@Dan_moon_sun Жыл бұрын

Hell fire, yes! Unbelievable passion. This is much more than a song.

@danchristopher7957 Жыл бұрын

Wow....great choice of words.

@joelkeeton434 4 ай бұрын

"Unleashed." Summed her up on one word. Perfect.

@joneses1962 4 ай бұрын

As an old guitarist I'm forever indebted to my older brothers and sisters for exposing me to Janis. I believe that if a person wants to know more about Janis they should watch the Dick Cavett interviews. Janis was a truly beautiful person. When I think of the way she died, alone overdosing, I get a lump in my throat.

@user-hv4lb1qw4x 2 ай бұрын

❤❤

@ericnorteman5341 Жыл бұрын

The pearl. Her singing was always coloring outside of the lines. You feel her voice, the pain, happiness, the anger. Its all there. True she doesn’t hit clean notes but she is full energy

@kirstenhemmer988 11 ай бұрын

It is not her aim to hit clean notes which she surely could if she w anted to.

@MummyBrown Жыл бұрын

18:20 this whole performance is FANTASTIC, but something about the late, great Mama Cass being shook by it makes it all the more mindblowing.

@MattDavey68 10 ай бұрын

I read she was tr*pping at that concert! lol

@themetalhippieplays7993 10 ай бұрын

The Mama approves, and so do we! 😍

@davidwade9209 9 ай бұрын

Yes, Momma Cass reacting is so cool

@Judith-wq2jp 9 ай бұрын

Your comment about singers sometimes making ugly faces brought to mind the lead singer of the Alabama Shakes. She's really a belter and puts everything she's got into her songs

@johnjohn37371 8 ай бұрын

@@Judith-wq2jpBrittany Howard is fantastic...her solo stuff is good, too.

@user-tn4ej7xy9x 6 ай бұрын

This perfomants is absolutly perfekt, i do not care if she is of pitch, she perform with so many emotions this emotions come so naturly , Elisabeth i love your canal, you always give a full analysis and you do it so well, i can see your expresion and feelings in your face, your analysis is always deep, i can see if you like the like the song or not, keep on going girl❤

@krismijares9782 4 ай бұрын

"Edge of distortion..." such an excellent description!

@jesse-blueforrest2953 9 ай бұрын

This was her first live concert, no one there new who she was… she blew everybody’s mind. Her stardom shot off on that day!

@matthewgoodA1206 Жыл бұрын

It’s always pretty special when someone hears Janis unleash her wildly raspy voice for the first time. I don’t think anyone ever has any idea it’s gonna come out like that. Then she goes all-out and goes so intensely into it, but always in her own signature way. I think she had that much creative, vocal and performance ability all bottled up inside. Then she got onstage, or into a studio, and she could awesomely cut loose.

@chriskelly6574 5 ай бұрын

Damn...I always get something in my eye when I listen to her release the horses.

@marahraks Ай бұрын

I LOVE Janis!! Thank you for this amazing analysis ❤❤

@cliffirddelbridge2810 Жыл бұрын

She is the heart of what the '60s were. Lots of pain and anger. She was in the first generation to let that realness out.

@zivanajadresic8604 Жыл бұрын

You put your finger on it!

@peterjohnson9291 Жыл бұрын

No she wasn't. Jesus.

@douglassnyder214 Жыл бұрын

There is no other singer who affects me like Janis. When she sings the blues, it sounds so authentic, like it's from a wounded place deep in her soul. I always find myself wishing I could have given her a hug and told her it would be alright.

@flutetubamorg 6 ай бұрын

Her interpretation of different songs is absolutely incredible. As others have mentioned, Summertime and I would also add Little Girl Blue are both worth deep dives especially comparing with original performances.

@SleepingTiger-vlog 7 ай бұрын

Great reaction video! 2 random things I've noticed related to Janis Joplin: When I was a bartender everytime her Bobby McGee song came on, all the women would start singing along loudly like they were the best singer ever themselves. Go to a pub or dive bar and play it on the jukebox and see what happens. Also, my husband likes to try to sing like her and I think he sounds just like the metal band Cinderella's song "Long Cold Winter." (He hadn't heard them before.) Makes me wonder if Tom Keifer was trying to sound like Janis too.

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love Bobby McGee and yes I would start belting it out at the bar. 😂 Other songs that get everyone singing, Paradise By The Dashboard Lights, Fat Bottomed Girls and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, We are the Champions, We Will Rock You, and more. I used to go to the local Legion and hang out with friends. I would take a collection and play everyone's favorite songs. We had a stack of fun. One night the bartender Joanie loved Elvis so I played a whole bunch of Elvis songs I grew up with, my mother loved Elvis. It was amazing, we had half the bar dancing to the juke box 😅 Everyone referred to it as Elvis night at the legion. Those were fun times. It's been a minute since I went out and had fun like that. But when they started watching bars & arresting people, most of them around here closed. 🤷‍♀️ I don't condone Drunk Driving, but no one wants to risk getting arrested for having a few drinks.

@misspowers Жыл бұрын

Janis is one of the only artists who can make me sob. Truly. I don’t know why or what it is. She hits me in such a guttural way. Talk about being moved lol how lucky the world was to have her! 🖤

@swesttttt Жыл бұрын

If you’re like me, it’s because you know she absolutely wasn’t “performing” in the way of an entertainer… she was feeling every bit of that agony and putting it on naked display.

@nicolehand Жыл бұрын

Decades of listening to her music but she still gives me full-body chills & brings me to chills. I’m so excited for you to take this Janis journey!! I wish more younger people were aware of her immense talent.

@danielsan3681 2 ай бұрын

I so appreciate you mentioning mental health issues. I've actually tried to kill myself several times especially in 2014 and about 3 months ago. Horrible PTSD and severe depression throughout my life since I was a child. I've been through the worst things imaginable! My dad real fucked me up in the head and I'll never get over it. I'm 60 years old now and still fucked in the head. No child or anyone should ever have to experienced that! Thank you so much for what you do! I've been watching your videos and listening to you for a few years and I admire you so much! And you also have such an incrediblevoice! I've also saw several videos of you singing and that blew my mind on how talented you are! 🥰

@daryljackson3430 25 күн бұрын

Bless you!

@mishulya49 3 ай бұрын

The woman who said "Wow"28:25" her name is "Mama Cass" (Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 - July 29, 1974)from the group "the Mamas & the Papas" Elliot received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance for "Monday, Monday" (1967). In 1998

@samiam74 Жыл бұрын

I have listened to Janis since I understood what music was and I am close to being half a century old. I never tire of witnessing someone experience her music for the first time. She was a force of nature.

@hiredgun05 Жыл бұрын

I'm almost 61, and I agree completely. It's often a special experience when we get to witness someone new getting their first experience with our music.

@marenehanson5526 Жыл бұрын

71 here. Saw her once. 2 hours late and nobody cared❤❤

@samiam74 Жыл бұрын

@@marenehanson5526 sounds about right. I was 4 years too late to see her live, but I can still appreciate a power talent like her. I always thought it seemed like she was almost posessed by the spirit of an old blues singer. Her intense passion showed and could be felt by those who value good music.

@dmoore0079 Жыл бұрын

She absolutely killed that performance. This was from the Monterey Pop Festival (June 1967), which was well before my time, but I saw the film on VH1 in 1997 (30th anniversary of the festival) and Janis' performance gave me chills. Never seen that level of raw emotion from anyone else.

@evilfantasy69 Жыл бұрын

At 18:18 that's Mama Cass in the audience with her mouth hanging open in admiration and awe.

@Larry_Mott 18 күн бұрын

You owe it to yourself to listen to her album "Pearl". It was the first album i heard by her and it made a mark that will never go away. I cry inside when i hear the songs, knowing the (short) life she lived. I appreciate your videos! All the best!

@rolandosarabia810 4 ай бұрын

I am enjoying this so much because the way you reacted to it. Yeah 👍🏼

@jlaufangyt Жыл бұрын

If you get a chance listen to her rendition of "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess. I truly believe, had she survived, she'd be the greatest blues singer of all time!!

@7of9RebelHarborth Жыл бұрын

❤Janis was amazing. She put her whole self into her performances as you can well see here. She had no idea how much people loved her. Gone way too early! Thanks for reacting to this.

@paulavitoria1798 7 ай бұрын

I've got to say this: love, love, love your reaction to Janis' singing! And I also loved all the explaining you did - I generally love hearing experts talking about things I don't know, especially art, be it cinema, music, theater, painting or architecture. Thank you very, very much!