No one remembers any of the kids she went to school with, but the world remembers and loves JANIS!!!!

@brendaniebel1355

Жыл бұрын

Who cares, they hated her! She's the one that came out,on top! Successful, til her life was ruined, by drugs.

@treyrader

9 ай бұрын

i went to school with janis. this isn't true. those kids have families and pedigrees

@Freeyourself206

9 ай бұрын

@@treyrader and still no one knows them or cares. Saying, buy my mommy loves me is just sad.

@rodolfoerdogan4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@brendaniebel1355seriously, you're just trolling aren't you? Don't try to troll a troll

@samuelschwartz2124

6 ай бұрын

Well, except for Jimmy Johnson.

The pain so apparent, makes me want to cry. Love you Janis

@jerryjuliematthews7111

6 жыл бұрын

Alicia Veal, I agree. I was only 5 years old in 1970. However I grew up and listened to her music. She had a lot of pain. Do much hurt. She was amazing!

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 жыл бұрын

@@jerryjuliematthews7111 We're the same age and Janis and my mom were born the same year. She introduced me to her music.👍

@Realbillball

4 жыл бұрын

@Mama Veal35 You stole my words :)

@patbest7057

3 жыл бұрын

Love Janis Joplin bullying and emotional abuse she went through still happening seemed like lovely lady regards from australia

Janis was rejected and made fun in school by bigoted jerks and she was a genius. Janis was the real deal! No one will ever take her place. Shine on, baby!

@jacobkimball1432

3 жыл бұрын

my grandfather went to school with her and he said she was an outcast

@alvarosantiago4285

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkimball1432 Seu avô era um lixo!.

@davidhenschel1990

3 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Kimball Did your grandfather possibly mention that Janis didn’t look down on blacks?

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkimball1432 Outcast? If you don't look a certain way or go with the flow then I guess you're an outcast..Doesn't mean you should be the target for bullying..

@sm31156

Жыл бұрын

I blame the people who made her a laughing stock. Her classmates gave her a tire at her reunion, how dare they do that to Janrt. I sincerely hope karma got everyone who ever treated her like a lesserr than human. Janis was a true soul. I admired her. She was a great singer and is very misses. All she wanted was to be loved. If her boyfriend had come back from Africa and god knows where he was at. She wouldnt have been lonely and shot up. Do we know where he was on that fateful day. I think Dick Cavett had a thing for Janet. R.I.P. Janet 🌹 you are so misses. I bet you would have been a great Mom and a Groovy Grandmother.

It's a nice idea in theory to come back to a high school reunion as a rock star to let the haters see you successful. Problem is reunions are supposed to be all about going down "memory lane" and that's going to be painful if your experiences weren't good, whether you're a star or not.

@penelopelopez8296

2 жыл бұрын

It was a bad idea. She didn’t accomplish what she wanted to accomplish by returning for her reunion. The reporters were talking to her but nobody else was.

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

@@penelopelopez8296 Sadly bullying has been around and still around today..People live out their lives with the damage done by non acceptance and bullying..I felt it in Janis's interview the pain was still with her 10 years after her class reunion..

@islgrl292

2 жыл бұрын

Just might teach the haters a needed lesson.

@rachaelstanley7986

2 жыл бұрын

@@penelopelopez8296 That in itself is a victory. Miss High School Prom Queen got overshadowed.

She said she was hated in high school because she read books, painted and didn't hate black people. The people she grew up around were truly vile.

@richardlee1972

3 жыл бұрын

That is correct. Unfortunately. She was as real as it gets, and her music was great too.

@DariaRock1

3 жыл бұрын

@Moon Cat true

@7beers

3 жыл бұрын

That's her version. The truth is rarely as completely one-sided as that.

@LibertyFascism

3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that she was treated so horribly in a "Christian" town. Most people who call themselves Christians are lying, even to themselves. I have met real Christians, and they are great people. They are rare.

@penelopelopez8296

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think she was hated. More like she didn’t fit in with the “in” crowd at that time. I doubt they actually hated her, although she probably felt that way because nobody paid her any attention. She was a painter who wanted to be recognized and adored and her painting wasn’t satisfying that need. That’s where the singing came in. She never actually sang. She screamed out all her lyrics as she was screaming for the attention she wanted. I think she was pretty happy with her life and not many of us get to leave this earth happy.

poor Janis all she wanted was to be loved. I love you Janis!!!!!

@DariaRock1

3 жыл бұрын

so true...

The people of Port Arthur Texas were mean to Janis. You can feel her pain. She was so sweet and lovely, I would just hug her if I could.

even though she is trying to laugh it off you can see the hurt and pain in your face and hear it in her voice when she talks about her time in school.

She won though....The cameras were there for her.

@rachaelstanley7986

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It doesn't tarnish her victory that there is pain there.

@alexcarranza8029

2 жыл бұрын

YES BIG JIMMMMBOOOOO. WHO FROM WHERRE YOU WERE AT THAT MOMENT. BECAUSE TIME IS NEVER OR WILL BE THE SAME MOMENR IN LIFE. JOPLIN. THIS IS WHARMT FWNMINISM SHOUL LOOK LIKE BITXHES. SHE WAS BULLIED ALL HER LIFE BY ALL YOU FUCKEN COCAROACHES. SHE WAS BACK AT HOME, BROUGHT THE CAMERAS LIVE BITCH. AND AFTER SHE LEFT, HOLLYWOOD L3FT FROM THAT SCUUMMMY, PLACE. WHY DONT YOU ASK THEM. LOLOOLOLOLLIOOOLOOOLOOLO I CANY WRTITE RIGHT.

@tbewin1z143

7 ай бұрын

she should have never gone back, she didn't need to

@joedimaggio3687

4 ай бұрын

​@tbewin1z143 agreed. She should have just moved on.

@joedimaggio3687

4 ай бұрын

She didn't win. Just a few weeks after this reunion, Joplin overdosed on heroin in a motel room.

2:17... beginning of a full-blown anxiety attack. Surprised she could keep it together as well as she did here. Poor woman. God Bless, Janis.

@meflove

3 жыл бұрын

2:17

@themoreyouknowfools4974

3 жыл бұрын

I think it started at 3:08

@michellelekas211

2 жыл бұрын

Huge fan her whole career. Outlier opinion, but I regret that she ever went to this BS event. I wish she never would have even mentioned PA and blocked it out with therapeutic help.

@StefanFerdinand

10 ай бұрын

@@michellelekas211 I agree. I wish someone would've talked her out of it. At least her legacy continues to live on and be remembered. Can't say the same for everyone else at this event.

@michellelekas211

10 ай бұрын

True@@StefanFerdinand

"How were you different from your school-mates?" "I don't know, why don't you ask them?" Her face was so sad when she that, it kinda breaks my heart...

@ApplePie..

2 ай бұрын

She should have never gone back. The pain was still evident.

You can see her mood completely change as soon as they bring up her past. You never get over bullying - not even once the whole world falls in love with you

Yeah this broke my heart into a million pieces especially when her voice started to break. The emotional scars from being singled out take an incredibly long time to heal, if they ever heal at all. She was always too good for all of them and I wish she could have seen that.

"got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues"...ringo starr. she sure paid hers

@nyterpfan

6 жыл бұрын

She LIVED the blues---day after day. I guess that's ultimately what made her so incredibly great but boy what a price to pay!!

She was so intelligent. I like her comparison about painting and singing. If only she could live and singing now...

All she wanted was to be excepted by her hometown all she wanted was to be loved and she was still deeply hurt from their cruelty. You can see sometimes in the interview she will almost be overtaken with sadness or a realization then almost startled back to reality when someone else asks a question. It all just makes me want to cry. She thought maybe they will FINALLY except me but they never did

Janis Joplin seemed to be such a fun-loving, free-spirited kind of person. I wish I would have been fortunate enough to have seen Janis Joplin live in concert... WOW!

This girl was in pain, the kind of emotional pain that longs for escape. Money and Fame do not buy happiness. I am so sorry that Janis felt she needed to drug herself to feel nothing.....What a great loss her death was.

High school sucked for me too Janis. RIP.

This interview is very telling. this was waaay before my time. But, I am intrigued by her genius. But, here she is so transparent and honest. And you really see and feel the pain. It makes me so sad for her. I really wish someone back then could have been a friend or got her the mental help she needed. You can see the damage those bullies did to her. Sure she over came and was successful, an icon. All inspiring. BUt, you can also feel she wanted to be loved and liked by those she knew before the fame. If I was the reporter,I would have told her how great she was and let her know that I am proud of you.

It’s pretty clear that she thought she’d return a star and finally show them all, but it only drummed up old feelings and sadly we watched her melt down as the camera rolled. Wherever you go, however you present yourself, you’re still you at the end of the day. It’s a tough lesson.

@MickeyFlipper

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It doesn’t matter how big a success one becomes. They’ll still think what they want regardless. That look that one woman gives her after Janis says what she thinks young people are looking for. That was the look of disdain. They would never accept her

Horrible that they treated her that way! Instead of being proud of her like the rest of the planet was, they alienated her her whole life!

@lindseycarribean5113

4 жыл бұрын

They did not deserve her.

@gaskellr44

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindseycarribean5113 But if she had fitted in, maybe she would not have been the artist she was. Short-lived life but probably created more good than any of those cretins would do in the rest of their lives put together.

@lindseycarribean5113

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaskellr44 yeah I get that, but we can be also creative without all this chaos in our life. All this pain killed her at the end.

@gaskellr44

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindseycarribean5113 true as well but looks like she went back for solutions but didn't really know the questions. She was probably in a mentally tangled mess already. shame as she clearly had a beautiful soul but in the end succummed to the harsheties of life.

@lindseycarribean5113

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaskellr44 And one of her solutions was the drugs. She needed therapy beside music to express her pain, someone in her team to check on her regularly and even spiritual guidance. But I don’t think anyone in her record company cared about her mental health. She was sick, poor janis.

I'm from SE Texas originally. I had to work in Port Arthur for about 5 years. Learned how to weld there. The town as a whole always felt depressing and oppressive to me. But it was always cool to know that Janis made it outta there. Immortal rock goddess. 🔥

This interview made me literally cry, you can literally hear the pain in her voice even when she laughs. 😢 No wonder she had so much soul in her singing. I hope she found peace. ❤

I love her laugh and sense of humor. It's breaks my heart that she was so lonely and sad that she had to take drugs and drink so much. Plus she was bullied in school, like my son was.

That interviewer knew what he was doing, tapping into her pain. He was probably a classmate as well.

Been through bullying.. I know how she felt too. I can see her anguish through answering those questions. And I want to be a music artist, too :) She lived too shortly. But I'll always look up to her as one of the biggest artists ever lived. I hope to be inspired by her. She's so great!

@rachaelstanley7986

2 жыл бұрын

May be another 10 years and she would've sailed those questions. I speak from experience.

The students bullied her in high school, but she didn't want to mention that when the question came up. She took the high road. That's class. Shunned, outcast, and bullied throughout high school, she attends her 10-year reunion a Rock Superstar. Wow. That's the stuff of Legends.

@tbewin1z143

7 ай бұрын

yeah but the whole experience was a negative as it reduced her to what you see here; she died shortly after partly from a broken heart

My love.. So sweet, so real. Rest in Peace Janis, you will always stay alive in our hearts.

3:07 Poor Janis, her answer to that question was everything.

After this question was asked at 3:20 she wanted to cry but held it in. She wanted like anyone wants was to be accepted in school and she wasnt and it hurt her. Poor thing. RIP

And I been suffering ever since... so prophetic that quote was

Feel her pain?She feels like I do.People are just vicious.I love that girl.

IMHO, the finest blues singer of the 20th century. It's obvious the pain she still felt about how she was treated by the community of Port Arthur. Guess that's why she sang the blues so well..... she lived it.

@jakevendrotti1496

Жыл бұрын

The finest person in many ways, but the finest blues singers might just be the ones who invented it. The ones who inspired her and whom she admired enough to make sure they had a tombstone.(Bessie Smith might just be teaching Janis in heaven, and that might be heaven for them)

Omg this is just breaking my heart, what a tragic world, people are terrible. Like life and people had broken her in a million pieces that couldn't be healed. You can just see her being so sceptical towards those questions.

Jesus this is so heartbreaking to watch. She seem so very sad when asked about her HS years. Many people are like that I guess tho. The Human Race can be so evil...

@BiLatKnee

4 жыл бұрын

Kids are brutal for sure. #lordoftheflies But it's sad that a supposedly love-driven hippy couldn't transcend her bitterness and thirst for revenge. The scenario maps to Original Sin, imo.

@dampergoldenrod4156

4 жыл бұрын

Once you remove the dreadful and tragic background music that was used in documentaries using this video this event is not as bad as the media made it seem. People were out to shame her. She needed a support system not to go out and confront people when she was so weak inside .

@NuisanceMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@BiLatKnee What thirst for revenge are you talking about?

@servicecorp8056

3 жыл бұрын

@@NuisanceMan I understand what Doug was referring to,What he meant is that Janis wanted to go back there and quote "Flaunt"her success in front of those who hounded and dogged her out but it horridly backfired

@noahmack8593

3 жыл бұрын

@@servicecorp8056 a tragedy.

Janis Hometown Really Put Her Though Hell And Her High School Was Hell Thoses Of Us Who Went Though What She Went Though In High School Know Hope She's Found Peace Now Love Ya Janis ❤💔💔

SHE HAD ENOUGH BALLS to go to that reunion and face their classmates and throw them on their faces her success :),I think she was misunderstood by those people but when she tested pot and singing she got liberated,still misunderstood but liberated of the sad chains that those people made her carry for a few years in her past,also she seems to be a funny person to drink a bear and laugh :)

@ministerbarrythomas6603

5 жыл бұрын

Drink a bear ??? 🐼 LoL!!! That's cute...

@austinstevens7736

4 жыл бұрын

she tested a lot more than pot

@Hanzey1966

4 жыл бұрын

@@austinstevens7736 Didnt like Pot ...It made her ,,think,, too much... Sayd by her personal assistance in an interview after Janis died....

@tbewin1z143

7 ай бұрын

going to this reunion was her biggest mistake

when i finally get to go home, I've got a hug for Janis that I've been waiting a long time to give her. She had a lot of beauty within her, and I wish that's the way people would think of her.

@OR0R0

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Sorenson we all have hugs and love for Janis. in the next life, i would like to be a true best friend.

I had a very similar high school experience she’s so strong and gives me strength for the future

I LOVE YOU JANIS !

Janis got put down from every direction and look how sweet she was. She was a huge star and her kind of talent was so rare. We love you Janis. ❤️🎆

She's an absolute legend. Love this interview. You just don't get people like her anymore

@circesoul2218

9 жыл бұрын

The ironic part is she would never make it in today's music scene

she was a very special individual loved by everyone,it's shameful that she was rejected by her heritage. RIP Janis Joplin

I definitely would have asked her to the prom. Aint nothing wrong with being different.

@mr.memories9621

7 жыл бұрын

Different time, different era. In the late 50's, if you were "different," you were an outcast. Times have changed and so has society. I would bet to wager that you probably wouldn't have asked her to the prom due to the way society was then and the peer pressure you would have experienced from the others.

@TurtleFrack

5 жыл бұрын

Take her to the prom? Hell yeah, why not? But bringing her home to meet Grandma. Well, that would be …. interesting!

@lindseycarribean5113

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr.memories9621 bullying is still very present !

@servicecorp8056

2 жыл бұрын

That to me is such a crock, Proms were not a big deal when I was in High School, and they're still not I didn't go to mine and I could care less.

@armandodatuin2164

Жыл бұрын

​@@servicecorp8056 then you are a total loser LoL... I managed mine back then eventhough it's hard LoL... ive got my inferiority complex too in highschool but i learned to accept my past weird life after i met Jesus... everything was great in college days...God gave me a bestfriend who was one of the popular kids that day, that made me one too LoL

She was 27 and she said"I remember when i was young". The biggest loss in rock n roll history, she will never be forgotten.

Janis was kick ass....she took it, the hurt and threw it back in their face. Their names we will never know but her's....well....💜🤘

Somewhere janis joplin is still laughing like hell...she did indeed have the last laugh....rock on janis baby queen of blues rock to this day...RIP...😻🌻❣❣🌷🌷🌹🌹💋💋💜🖤💜🖤💙💙❣❣

@servicecorp8056

3 жыл бұрын

And as the old addage goes, He or She who laughs last, Laughs Best.

Ultimate dream of every artistic outcast from high school: To come back as an internationally famous star. The only drawback: the people you went to school with still sniggering about you in the background. Janis's facade of the ballsy rock chick crumbles here and she comes across, at points, like a too-vulverable hurt little girl. Moving but disturbing considering how soon after she died.

amazing woman, such vulnerability.

You can tell from the look on her face that some of the questions bring back painful memories to Janis. I believe a lot of young people from that era had similar feelings, and even today teenagers and young adults have the same feelings. They feel different, but the fact is we're all different, but the same. Over fifty years later and we really haven't advanced, have we? FYI, June 4th, 1970, I saw Janis sing at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. She gave everything she had in that performance and it was something everyone there would never forget. She wore her emotions "on her sleeves", as the saying goes. There will never be another like her.

They all should've came up to her and apologized to her and congratulate her on her success at their high school reunion but instead they continued to be the jerks they always were. Now i hope that they regret behaving like a bunch of prejudice jerks. Rest peacefully Janis. YOU ARE LOVED!

@liz3424

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewandDiane I'm so sorry you had to endure such. You are a great person to forgive.

@LuizaHar54

7 ай бұрын

этим придуркам было стыдно перед Дженис. Я думаю, кто смеялся над ней ничего не добились в жизни.❤❤❤

@joedimaggio3687

4 ай бұрын

She should have never gone to this reunion.

janis, baby.......i hated high school......my class mates were assholes..... i had a lazy eye..... so i was labeled as a syclops or moron...etc...... so i left that area......moved to maine..... i was treated like an equal and i found my soul mate....so happy.... i just wish you were here...... drugs suck girl....!!!! i miss you...!!!! i kinda feel connected to you.

So sad, what a great loss

It seems like most of us here are just chasing after those lost pearls that spilled down the streets of San Francisco so long ago. There's defiantly a community that still exists around the songs and the time period that Janis shaped. She's one of those people that, even though she's gone, the impression of her still shouts. She feels close enough to touch, but impossible to reach. I wonder if those who knew her felt the same way.

She seems so sweet

She goes in so happy and positive then she's just shot down by them. They were jealous of her and narrow minded. She's so vulnerable here.

I love her laughter. It's communicative !

@Lighthousepreserve

2 жыл бұрын

Contagious

alot of small towns are like this.... i really feel for her

Like she said on the Dick Caveat Show, "They kicked me out of school, town, and the state." YOU ought to be ashamed of yourself Port Arthur, Texas..PEARL WAS ONE GIFTED SINGER, DANCER, AND SHE SEEMED TO LOVE THE WORKING CLASS AND WAS DOWN TO EARTH..ONE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING..WOW...WOW...🤔🤔🤔😐😑😐😑😎

High School... it's enough to make you wanna sing the blues.

She had such a self-depreciating sense of humour. And Janis was lying when she said her parents were at a wedding when this was filmed. They were so embarrassed by all the media attention her visit was bringing, on top of her wild reputation that preceded her, that they purposely stayed out of town until she left. They also turned off the lights and pretended they weren't home. I remember watching it on one of those biographies floating around here on KZread. When Janis answers the reporter's question about what her parents think of her now, she looks at her younger sister, who says something to the effect of "they always talk about how exceptional you were, and that they agree, you should be here ", Janis says "Yeah, Mother? Really? She never told me that". They were always disapproving of her.

Just love her raw deep raspy sultry voice. She seemed so real and down to earth despite her fame! RIP Janis

Young people, especially girls, should learn from her and her entire, sad story. More importantly, WE should learn from this story. These kids need LOVED. They need honesty, respect... you know... human things. Social media has only damaged this effort.

It is so painfully for her to talk about her younger times at PT. Arthur. Shame on all of you who put her thru this time.

I am a big Janis Joplin fan. I am friends with one of her lovers from San Francisco on her first visit. I've lived decades since she passed and as one matures your perspective opens up. Janis was a young girl who went through physical changes in high school as well as cultural. She was not attacked by everyone in the school. She was not looked at with disdain and discouraging actions by everyone in town. What teenager doesn't feel different or an outcast at some point. Just as Janis was an enlightened and free spirited young person in Port Arthur there were others as well. Once Janis had the platform of fame.. She openly attacked the city and it's inhabitants at every chance she had. This did not sit well with the people of Port Arthur. This did not sit well with her own parents and siblings. She also promoted openly , drug use.. which eventually killed her. She made a lot of youthful mistakes with her fame in her judgment. She paid the ultimate price for these mistakes. There may have been a small group that tormented her back in high school but it wasn't the whole town or the whole school. For people years later to still talk about them as one entity and put them down doesn't show much growth on the observer's part. I think had Janis lived and made the changes she needed to to survive... She would have found peace with her hometown just like her siblings have. IMHO

@EllaJay

9 ай бұрын

How do you know all this for sure? I'm old and I read books yrs back which claimed she was ostracised in school, and in Port Arthur. Did Janis personally tell you the opposite or what? If not, then nobody can be sure. ✌️

@bluzmansb5683

9 ай бұрын

@@EllaJay To answer your question... I am very good friends with her former lover Jae Whittaker . I also have had conversations with her sister Laura. Laura and her brother Michael have publicly stated that Janis went through a turbulent stage in her high school years. Janis herself, invited much of the negative attention due to her actions. There was a small group of primarily boys that taunted her as they did many who were considered outcasts. Both of her siblings have stated that she also had a small and solid group of friends.

so sad, those that tormented her will answer,she achieved more life and love in her short 27 years than any of those squares she went to school with,janis its 2022 and your still loved for being yourself nobody remembers the Jerks you went to school with but the whole world remembers you darling

@tbewin1z143

7 ай бұрын

jimmy johnson actually accomplished something in his life too, but at least he lost 62-7 in his last game, maybe an FU from Janis

@christiansoto1367

5 ай бұрын

@@tbewin1z143nobody cares about the cowboys because they’re mediocre

@zjkrone I feel the same. I was not around when Janis was alive but discovered her when I was in High school and pretty much felt what she did. Every damn day of my life I was picked on,and even now I have zero confidence in myself. I'm 29 now but it still hurts. I have actually chose to work with animals rather then deal with the public,I still often feel like people are making fun of me,while dogs don't judge you. Back on topic-this is very heart breaking and people never learn

@rmhd7550

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@jamest681

2 жыл бұрын

Try to remember it says more about them than anything. Try not to take what people have said in the past or in the future personally. They have their own issues. All they were trying to accomplish was to make you feel bad. It didn't really matter what they said or did then. If hitting a soccer ball on their head would have made you feel bad then that's what they would have done. If all else fails, try to pray for them. It is hard to stay angry at someone if you are praying for them.

@balto4

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamest681 well said I agree with that now

Who the fuck is this interviewer? He's trying to make her say negative things about either herself or her former classmates, who are listening to her right there. And he's asking her why and how she's different? What kind of question is that? How does somebody answer that without sounding either conceited or (the other extreme) having low self-esteem. Janis pulled through, though. God. I love her so much. She's so beautiful, in every possible way.

You could tell that reporter just wanted her to act like she loved to make the town look better.

50 years ago... sweet Janis. I love you Little girl blue R.I.P (10/04/2020)

Janis faced her demons from the past just a shame she couldn't leave them behind - Thank u Janis for sharing your talent with the world you will always be in our hearts 💕

Obviously her past in Port Arthur haunted her...and made her rebel.

@almightye9458

4 жыл бұрын

Dion St. Michael fuck you

Always be kind to the different ones. She had no idea how truly incredible she was, and would inevitably remain... forever.

So much pain is conveyed in her responses

Pay back time from Janis, and much deserved. Rip baby.

God, she was beautiful.

I agree!! watching her be interogated by that prick of a reporter is heartbreaking!!! She just looked so hurt and vulnerable, beneath the surface laughter. I love this beautiful, exceptional woman who sings with such raw, honest emotion.

This is such a painful video :( .

This is the worst interview ever. She is so bubbly and confident in other interviews. The questions they ask her she cannot even relate she doesn't like sports. They know or at least have an idea how bullied she was. Yet they ask her questions that make her uncomfortable. They are practically mocking her. Why go back to a town that murdered her self esteem. These people are prude and rude. They are jealous of her success so now they want to bring her down for doing better. Before it was cuz in their judgemental "normal" eyes she wasn't good enough. I am disgusted. This brought me to tears especially when her answer was "no comment." I love you Janis. You are beautiful but I don't need to tell you that because you already know that.

@jod6cindy

5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant post, Callie.

should have never gone back. If you can only be yourself, you have to let go of acceptance. She lived a real, extraordinary life. She was raw and she was real. She was an individual. And she was different. That comes with some pain, especially in her time. There was something beautiful in her, and damn did she turn some heads.

2:10 - 2:20 Intense.

#2021 HERE! Babygirl, Janis 💗💗 much love to you!! You are dearly missed and remembered for EVERYTHING. You’re creativity

Jim Morrison was in love with Janis Joplin.....

@rmhd7550

4 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't?

@Anthonybchannel

6 ай бұрын

Yeah he also attempted to SA her too which Janis rightfully rejected him

I can't but love this fantastic woman...The way in which she laughs is simply amazing XD

What do you love most about Port Arthur? She should have said, “LEAVING.”

She seems to really be trying to not say anything negative against the haters.

Good footage, close-ups, Thanks 🙏

As my 2020 reunion is coming quick this lets me know nope not going as I told our class prez Im not sweet nice like n highschool I will cut somebody so I wont be going ever ...my class mates are like janis(small southern town as well) she should have just planned a performance at a night club the same night and left ;)

@sirenthomas4595

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewandDiane Yup and even better I TOLD my class why (on fb) they got mad and well..ill explain it like this ...im from the south so when i was in school the black kids didnt hang with the white kids ..i was different i was nice to everyone and well i was mocked and bullied for it...now at age 39 when i told my class id rather eat glass this is their response ....the white bullies(at least it was equal opportunity bullying i guess)blamed the black bullies and the black bullies all "suddenly" found GOD....youre right and you confirmed my own thoughts IDGAF is im in my senior yrs ill avoid the class reunion besides i think covid and fb has made this event a thing of the past :).

she was in such pain and had such low self esteem and she only wanted to be loved and accepted. Port Arthur turned their back on her but the whole world accepted and loved her. may she RIP. Janis was the best female singer I ever heard and only wished Joe cocker and her would have teamed up for a duo!!!

oh Christ,poor girl! R.ip Janis Joplin(1943-1970)

Don't try to correct the past. It is what it was and cannot be changed. Tragic memories are meant to fade for a reason. Live for the future and make it the best as can be, because it too will soon become the past which can never be changed. Treat others with the respect that you wish you could receive and it soon will come back to you in return. Amen, brother.

She is a legend. Who are they? This was so sad to see. RIP, Janis.

I imagine she was extremely nervous aboout attending the reunion, behind the bravado and humour, i think she was anxious about seeing people in her past who had been horrible to her. You could tell she was sad when asked certain questions

The blues comes from pain, and you can see her laughing through the pain. It's heartbreaking.

A was a remarkable beautiful soul ❤️

Why fit in when you can stand out!

I think if Janis had not gone to that Stupid Class Reunion she would still be alive,It only pulled the Scab off of an old wound and it bled out and the sore got infected again.

@nyterpfan

6 жыл бұрын

GREAT post---I agree with you 100%. It's like all that pain and suffering just came flooding back all at once!!

@jerryjuliematthews7111

6 жыл бұрын

Airsoftcleaner, I totally agree!

@ccgrey8731

6 жыл бұрын

Someone should have told her it was a bad idea to go to the reunion but she was probably determined at the time. It's likely true that she wanted to flaunt her success in their faces but sadly it seems she also really wanted their acceptance. As it turned out, she ended up more emotionally hurt from the experience. In hindsight though she was setting herself up for that bad experience. Showing up in her stage gear with the feathers in her hair was never going to win those former classmates over. She should have skipped the reunion.

@kacygagnard88

6 жыл бұрын

Airsoftcleaner seriously tho that was my thought, them fuckers were playa haters ,,Bitches I'd of never gone back ,,RIP JANIS I LOVE U

@randymuir3810

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting take. This makes me very sad. People suck.

3:14 on...very sad. She goes from being a brassy lady to a little lost girl, for real. Never go back.

Aww..deeply touching...such a sweet, wonderful fragile soul she was.. ♥