It amazes me how critical of themselves young women are, you were and still are quite lovely.

@helenl3193

3 ай бұрын

It's not in isolation - we're constantly surrounded by media and people telling us what is/isn't attractive, and what we need to change and ourselves to fit in/get a guy, etc, etc. Far too many of us are told or made to feel (both explicitly and implicitly) that we're ugly, when in reality - like Janis - most of us aren't.

I'm so glad Janis met Tommy Emmanuel! She is gold and he is a diamond. The sparkle together.

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Well said!

I'm crying because I'm drinking and you can still do it at our age.

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Put that drink down, Richard. Just listen to music instead.

Thanks Janis...you saved me in my teen years...

OMG I had tears in my eyes within 10 seconds of Janis starting the verse ... I can't even see to type Tommy is awesome ... I saw him many times around the traps in Melbourne in the 70s & 80s But Janis has not lost her touch AT ALL ... I was 20 when this song was a hit and it touched me then ... I'm 68 now and it still touches me, it is still 100% relevant!!! LOVE YOU BOTH!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

The best of both!!❤❤

Very few can maintain their voices for half a century. She and Judy Collins are among only a handful.

@martigirl6259

Ай бұрын

absolutely true!!!!

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

A true icon ❤

It's lovely to see Janis Ian fully comfortable with herself, her instrument, and her guitar. She looks happy!. Really delightful!

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

I'm 62. I waited a while for Janis to catch up to me. She's awesome! Before and now!

today I'm 60, but one day I was 17

@danielvanness6936

2 ай бұрын

I’ll be 61 in two days, an older man, and she is amazing to me still.

@securitycameras341

Ай бұрын

Happy birthday, your amongst your family of great listeners.

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Happy Birthday 🎉

At Seventeen ... I love this song! I teach this in my English 9 class as a poem at first and my students love it! Then I play the song and they love it even more1

@LambentLark

3 жыл бұрын

Please, teach them what I have learned between then and now. Teach them it is those that judge on the superficial are the ones that are truely ugly.

@flinthillsdad

3 жыл бұрын

How long does this unit take to teach?

@LambentLark

3 жыл бұрын

@@flinthillsdad me, it took a couple decades buuuuuut I'm a little thick when it comes to human nature.

@manofiske3318

3 жыл бұрын

@@LambentLark "... _truly_ ..."

@LambentLark

3 жыл бұрын

@@manofiske3318 About being thick or superficial fools? 🙃

This song gets me every time. Takes me back to days I could relate. I just saw Janis on her Final Tour performance. I was grateful to see her again and was not disappointed. I saw her once before in 1975 and have followed her since. Just finished her autobiography and love her even more. You can't get anymore real. Thank you Janis for sharing yourself and your beautiful music❤

@jeffreyspatzspatz3863

2 жыл бұрын

It seemed time stands still when you hear her sing it AT 17 ♥️

@lorenzos1666

Жыл бұрын

I saw her in concert in Ottawa when she was promoting her "Between The Lines" album, in 1975 IIRC.

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

I'm 62 and missed all her concerts. I was too busy working. Thank God for KZread!! Thank God for Janis!❤

I watched her 1976 version and then this one. Both are just beautiful - her voice is so sweet when she was younger, but this version is sung by a woman who is not only sure of herself but sings with a wisdom, a smile, and a twinkle in her eye as she recalls her 17 year old self. Loving it :)

Two of the BEST guitar teams I've heard! Both Janis & Tommy play the guitar SO clean! Their playing danced together. ♥️🎶🎶🎶 I'm SO happy I ran into this by pure accident this morning. I have forgotten what real beautiful guitar music sounds like together. But then again, as for musicians, Janis is the Best of the Best, and I've just found another guitarist who sits right up there with her. Thank you for starting off my Monday beautifully. ♥️

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Janis is pure GENIUS! Tommy makes a beautiful accomplishment for her. Wish they'd go on the road and come to Canada. Maybe to *39 Days in July in DUNCAN BC.* LONG JOHN COULD HOST. I'D MAKE DINNER FOR EVERYONE!!

I recall Janis playing this in 76, she is as beautiful now as she was then. this was my younger sister's fav song as she said she could relate to it so well. she asked me to learn to play it for her. I cried so much cause to me, my sister was never ugly and it hurt to know she felt that way about herself.

@juliedeyoung6158

2 жыл бұрын

I was pregnant at the age of 17….in 1971. This song is so beautiful…still. Bought the album…the tape…the CD….& still on my favorite playlist! 💓

@pbritten1

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliedeyoung6158 ❤️

@mikedubs9940

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how you don’t cry every time..man…

@pbritten1

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikedubs9940 ❤️🙏

@beautifullred1

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that brings me to tears 😥

I played this song last Friday night alone in my childhood bedroom looking at old posters of70 s bands and faded photographs

Tommy is simply the best of the best. Wish he was only 40 so we'd have him around for a LOT more years to come.

A perfect song and and master musician ….and a beautiful performance…..this made my day. Thank you 🙏

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Well said. A master!

That's so freaking gorgeous. They have so much respect for each other and so gracious...love them.

Janis, the years have gone so fast and yet you had no idea I took you everywhere with me. You still have the magic voice.

AT17私の大好きな曲です😘中学の頃に日本のTV dramaでバックで使われていました。どうしてもこの曲が知りたくてTV局に手紙を書いてましたが、誰の曲かも分からず十数年たった時に偶然radioから流れて涙が出ました。聞いていた当時の自分が蘇り、ポロポロと泣いてました。メロディーといい、声といい、ギターの音色といい、大好きです❤️

@booneusa2303

21 күн бұрын

やっと出逢えた時の、貴方の嬉しさ懐かしさ✨を想像して私もホロっときました💕良かったですね。

45 year this year this song that voice still stops me dead in my tracks . Janis Ian is the reality of grace , and genus . She more magician than musician . Truly a national treasure .

Just fabulous, Tommy's playing added beautifully to the song. Been a Janis fan for 40 years and still listen to her music

Exquisite...... Singing my life.... at 15 16 17 18 Thank you Janis Ian ..... Thank you

She sounds the same! This song always made me cry. WHY do kids have to be so mean? I taught my sons the golden rule and they always acted like gentlemen.

They have brought back memories I thought were buried long ago. Wow! Talk about pulling heart strings. Love this!❤❤❤

I'm so grateful to those who post special appearances such as this on KZread. I've followed Janis Ian's career since Society's Child, in the 60's. Her "Between the Lines" album in the early 70's was/is one of my favorite vinyl albums. What a treasure. Thanks!

Where are all the cheerleaders now....? Janis you are now an immortal LOVE

What a performance - Janis Ian her most beautifully understated as always and Tommy a lesson in sympathetic accompaniment. He graces the performance as if with angels' wings.

@james-pierre7634

11 ай бұрын

What a great performance by both.

Janis and I are exactly the same age; I remember how much I love "Society's Child" as a high school student, and nearly a decade later I fell in love with her magnificent LP "Between the Lines," which contains a collection of beautiful songs of which every one is a winner. Thank you for this.

@Placeseveryone

5 жыл бұрын

I agree Peter - every stinkin' song on the Between The Lines album was a pearl in the ocean...a collection of little masterpieces. Still in my Top 10 favorite albums of all time. Have seen her live twice. I don't know why I bothered to put on eyeliner -...I wept thru it all. She just kills me.

I must have heard this song a thousand times and still I get a feeling of such mixed emotions.

Tommy - another amazing Australian ... But what an amazing song - and Janis ... Thank you

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Thank God for Janis, Tommy & KZread!

Wow! This song hits hard. I remember feeling like this in high school. It was heartbreaking. What a beautiful, relatable song. Glad I found it... them. Theyre wonderful.

A classic tune and meaningful message...pure talent from Janis and Tommy!!!

Thank you for your longtime service in Music ,You are so beautiful, we need to get Trump out

I love this version. It is warm and content ( if you get my drift) almost upbeat. The other older live versions are a sad lament for a lonely girl. Very melancholy. This version reflects a life well lived. That 17 year old is but a thread in the tapestry of her existence. The pain was there but it was only a small part in a lifetime of experience. The singer now looks back with affection to her 17 year old self, not pity. 'Inventing lovers on the phone' silly girl! You will have lovers , ones that will raise you and break you and give you more pain from their absence than their nonexistence. And being that outcast gave strength and reason. Those home coming queens that married young and then retired... To a life of manufactured servitude, the role has to be filled. The "bliss" of marriage that consumerism paints with advertisements of Xmas mornings , picket fences and perfect sponge cake. That lonely girl goes on to realise that the popular girls have a predetermined destiny, and now she smiles at that 17 year olds naivety. At that vague envy she harboured for the well monied. That's how I feel about this version anyway, it makes me smile.

@josefinafogarty5532

Жыл бұрын

Well said 😊 thank you very much

@daphne4143

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Well said. I was 12 when this song came out. I was writing lots of poetry, learning archery & riding motorcycles in B.C. When I wasn't sitting atop my garage roof looking up at the star filled sky - out there in the middle of nowhere. Wondering if UFO abductions were real & if so how an alien abduction might not be such a bad idea. T uning into my transistor radio, broadcasting music as far away as down East (Ontario). Loneliness was real and missing my old friends was heart-breaking. They lived 425 miles away - in my old hometown. Too far to walk. My Mom had remarriedba very strange man. I found the new place lacked warmth. The kids were mean, cold, and generally lacking in too many ways to count. The kids were all using and selling drugs. I'd never seen a drug. Rural BC is no place for an Alberta prairie girl. I was the outcast, bullied by small town kids. One even kicked my crutches out from under me when I. I had broken was hopping around the new town wondering why on Earth my Mom married this guy. Heartbroken 💔 missing my old life in Calgary and wondering if a 12 year old on crutches could safely hitchhike away. Gladys Howard ( the Wasa Lake bully challenged me to a fight) and then pushed me right into a snow bank. My crutches went flying, I snapped at her & warned her if she ever laid a hand on me again, I'd kill her. She stayed the hell away from me. Thankfully, the school buses went on strike and parents in our area had to take turns driving each other's kids 15 miles into town (Kimberley). I met my new best friend Kimberley because of the school bus strike. My stepdad knew her folks. Her Mom drove me & my brother to town. Her Mom looked like a gorgeous movie star & my brother being an adolescent (@ 14) could hardly breathe around her. You could literally see his heart pounding out of his chest when he was in her company 😅! I thought it hilariious. Everybody noticed the strange phenomenon including her when she once posed with him for a picture under a Tamarack tree in our back yard. My Mom was snapping photos of all us kids & somehow he got a hug from Sharon. She could feel his pour little heart pounding & pointed it out, much to his disconcernation. He got pretty red faced ❤ then she did also! We all got a pretty good laugh. She had two sons that hadn't hit puberty yet & she hadn't had such a reaction from a boy of fourteen in a long time. She was about 35, married with 3 kids. We all lived on our acreages in the little hamlet of TaTa Creek, approximately five miles away from each other. A lot of the time was isolated, like COVID, but without COVID. I was still suffering the loneliness of missing my Calgary friends and singing lots of Kristofferson sons. Especially, Me & Bobby Magee. Janis Joplin & Kris on an 8-track in the car. I wondered if truckers were nice & I could actually stick out my thumb and run away. Not until my leg healed, I reasoned. Maybe then. Soon enough I settled in, the school bus strike ended. I got on the bus & sat with Kim. She like me was from Alberta - another foreign outcast stuck in a strange neighborhood. She'd been there longer than me, though, and had Wasa Lake friends. She & her family skiied Kimberley's North Star Mountain. Me, I was out cross country skiing in my back yard of 7 acres & using the adjacent Crown land (2000 square miles of it) for kid's adventures. Skidoos & skis in winter. Motorcycles in summer. Me and my brother worked for our Step-Dad in his escvation business. My Mother insisted he pay "man's wages" for a man's job, so I was making $4.25 an hour at age 13. Paid for motorcycles ( I had 2 dirt;bikes ) & parts, skis, archery equipment & occasional flights back to Calgary to visit my Grandmother & my friends. This place was going to be okay after all. Kim and I got closer sharing our Alberta past and our love of schooling - reading (literacy), drawing art (charcoals) short story writing, poetry. We were both considered eggheads by most of the kids there. They were three years behind Alberta in their schooling. The Kootenays - the place that time forgot, they called it "God's country" and education wasn't much of a priority. Resources Industries, pulp mills, farming, mining, small businesses. Good paying Union wage jobs that Grade 10 was good enough to secure. Higher academia was frowned on there. The school system pushed out blue collar type kids and the school curriculum was for the learning- challenged only. Boredom was the greatest challenge to Alberta kids who new what academic matriculation meant. I wanted to become a Doctor like my Grandmother in Hungary ( my real Dad's Mom -she worked until age 82 and lived into her 90's - a fascinating woman who spoke 14 languages). At 13, I fretted how far behind I was falling in my academic studies & commiserated to myself that my career dreams were slipping away. I heard about University entrance exams at University of Calgary. I would never pass now. I had been dumbed down just like the kids here. The cool kids here. Me & Kim, the "not so cool kids"... struggling. I sang Joni Mitchell songs like " River " when I skated on the too-short TaTa Creek. I heard she skated the Rideau Canal. My river (the Colombia and Kootenay) were in Banff National Park two hours east of here. Truckers drove through daily. Maybe I could hitch a ride there, go skating on a real river, hitchhike back before nightfall. Nobody would know. Except the lonely trucker belting out BOBBY MAGEE (about a place called Baton Rouge) with me! Or if there was a lady trucker who picked me up - weeping over that "River" song. I'd never once seen a lady trucker - I wondered why not. Or a lady mechanic, either! There were no careers for women in a rural community. Kim grew up to make minimum wage at Bunsmaster Bakery. I scoffed at that idea and I left home at 15 - returned to Calgary, got a job, paid room & board, went to summer school, day school, night school. Crammed my Grade 12 in and graduated early. At 17, I was finally sick of school. But I managed to graduate high school. With an academic award, just no $. I owed $. The school board found out my Mom didn't pay taxes in Alberta since 1974 & hit her with a $425 per month bill for my Grade 10-12 years. I'd won an academic award, graduated early, (couldn't afford to even go to my graduation ceremony - which would cost $50 I didn't have), and now my Mom suddenly owed $1000's. Well, I thought, I'll just go get a job then. But "Houston we have a problem"! The oil patch wouldn't hire anybody under 18. I was 3 months shy of my 18th birthday. Crap! I had to move to Red Deer in 1979 and wait. My sister had left my brother-in-law with a 2 year old girl -:(she had run off with a trucker )& he was working at Swan Hills camp. Flying there, somewhere. 3 weeks in & 1 week out. He needed a free babysitter - I needed a place to live until February 20, 1980. Deal! I had one box of record albums,some books, some clothes & 1 dresser. He picked me up in Calgary that day. He left for camp the next day. Me & my niece settled in for a 3 week visit. She didn't really know me, she was pissed off at her Mom, and Dad. I didn't even know my sister was unhappy with Gary. Or that they were having marital problems. That she planned to leave & did?! My niece cast a wary eye at me every single day and went about her childhood. Playing with toys - generally making a mess Changing her clothes 15 times a day and leaving clothes anywhere & everywhere. Just being a kid. Me doing her laundry, cleaning the house and trying desperately to organize her room, separating out her clothes from her toys. Cooking her favourite soups and baked goods. Killing time. She took afternoon naps in her Dad's big bed. In fact, she sneaked in there at night times too! Going through his things. It led to a very scary incident one day. I thought she was napping in her own room. But she was missing Daddy & was in his room. I was watching TV way down the hall & got a weird gut feeling. Went to check on her. She wasn't in her room. His door was closed. I opened the door to find the curtains on fire, leaping up the wall to the ceiling! With Renee frozen standing on the bed leaning against the wall- looking at the fire in horror. But frozen. I just leaped in & grabbed her. Threw her out into the hall away from the 🔥🚒. Ran to the kitchen for a pot of water. There was no fire extinguisher and no smoke detectors in the basement suite. It was winter, roads bad, 6 feet of snow. Calling 9-11 wasn't even an option. The house would be gone before 🚒 could arrive. I just ran up and down the hall from the kitchen to the bedroom - back and forth pot after pot of water. Renee went to the living room by the front door.I knew about back draft enough not to open the door and fan the flames. I just kept the bedroom door closed. The curtains & carpet were both on fire. The carpet literally melted into the cement floor. I ran back & forth like I was on Canada's Olympic sprint team, determined to put out that damn fire. Finally it was out, I kept the door closed and thought where the hell did she find matches in there?! She was in shock and shuddering at what she had witnessed. She was two years old. I checked the gutted room while she calmed down. I found the culprit offending tool lying there. Gary's gas lighter. She had found it in his jeans pocket & mistakenly put the curtains! We could have both been curtains! Jesus, Gary was going to be pissed off tomorrow when he got home to see his bedroom, or what was left of it! I had no phone number to reach him - to give him a heads up. Who knew where my sister was. Probably Ontario or in the states by now! I wasn't going to call my Mom in Kimberley either! She'd just give me shit!

@lindamast2766

11 ай бұрын

This is the beginning of a book, such a special writer

"Some people play a fine guitar I could listen to them play all day"

Thank you, Janis Ian, for sharing this with the world. Love you!

Utter bliss. Janis has carried the song through her life, taken care of it for the gem that it is and still pulls at memories. And Mr Emmanuel is out on his own. Superb.

she breaks my heart, every time.

AMO ESTA CANCIÓN,,,, ME HA ACOMPAÑADO DESDE MI ADOLESCENCIA,,, 17 AÑOS AHORA TENGO 67 AÑOS Y LA SIGO ADORANDO,,,, MI CANCIÓN FAVORITA,,,,, ❤😢❤

A wonderful artist!!!!!!!!!!

Luv u then & i luv u still Janis❗❗😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️

A gorgeous, vulnerable, heartfelt moment in time. Yep, you made my mom cry. Love you, Janis.

I want to see and hear this forever.what a collaboration! Am in tears, so fab.!

how do you miss these gems

2 great guitarists and a fantastic song by Janis and what a vocal she's never lost her voice - good chemistry here between the two of them.

Tommy can make his guitar speak as clearly as the human voice . . which he demonstrates so well in this video.

@olliebear9256

2 жыл бұрын

No musician has more control and mastery of his instrument than Tommy Emmanuel. Always a pleasure to hear him demonstrate that. Ian is his equal in her own right. A great combination here.

@arthurblackhistoric

2 жыл бұрын

@@olliebear9256 . . No one is Tommy Emmanuel's equal. Janis is good for sure, but Tommy is from another planet!

Janis.....you stole this ugly girls heart way back 1980.... And I still listen to your gorgeous song and I'm 55 already. I have but the utmost respect for Janis the unique artist and the very sensitive soul our fckdup world , learn later to know, such raw talent ❣️❣️❣️✨✨✨✨

"At Seventeen" is just great - I didn't think you could ever improve on it, but Tommy Emmanuel's solo bits are ace.

This is delightful! I met Janis year at Caffe Lena, such a treat.

*Just come across this video clip in April 2024 - both Tommy and Janis executing their parts with so much class and finesse - pure joy to my ears!!*

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

I came across this about a year ago. Listening is a daily ritual. Then I sit down & write my songs. Janis is an inspiration.

This is the good side of KZread

@daphne4143

Ай бұрын

Yes it is!!🎉❤

He probably sees you as a hero too. You two are like brother and sister.

This woman is my hero.

I don't know exactly which part of this great video I love most: the beauty of the music (At Seventeen has been a favorite of mine since I was a little guy not getting picked for basketball), the interplay between you and Tommy when you're calling out the song structure while he's soloing, or the absolute joy the two of you obviously had while playing! Thank you so much for posting!! The beauty of this brought a tear to my eye. Thanks, Janis! Thanks, Tommy!

@bluequark5274

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. I struggled trying to focus on the totality of this performance as I was drawn into Janis’s beautiful voice and personal grace while returning to the magic of Tommy’s accompanying skill. If only we could all age like these two.

Wonderful , words are so moving.

Loved the 70's esp because of great music like this. Times now are soooo complicated with all the crap in life, but listengin to Janis makes it much , much more enjoyable. Thanks for this..

@mikemcgee1891

4 жыл бұрын

Goodbye to love the carpenters

@cooperization

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah---back to much more innocent and simpler times.

@taniamariadossantos5844

3 жыл бұрын

Ifell the same about our life nowaday

Beautiful song, a match made in heaven 🎵🎵❤️

At 17: Tommy shines, no doubt. But not without Janis and her song. And I believe he knows and respects that.

Tommy's accompaniment is amazing.

Oh my this is pure gold

@eddio33

5 ай бұрын

That’s such a timeless incredible song .. & she sounds so great . I’m excited to have found this. holy smokes and of course Tommy .. master , could listen to all day .

I love her song at seventeen during my heyday as a disc jockey

I didn't think that song could be made more beautiful - Tommy Emmanuel proved me wrong!

My all-time favorite song! I was seventeen when I first heard this song.

At 17.. a fabulous, complex and meaningful song! Thank you.

Beautiful and sad song, Janis. Loved tis from when I first heard it. Paul.

I never knew all the lyrics of At 17--Amazing and very moving.

Saw Tommy the previous night. A true freak of nature. Amazing what he can do on a simple 6 string acoustic guitar!!

Yes, her voice is still so wonderful to hear.

Two beautiful virtuosos…two absolute musical treasures…

I still think SHE has always been a beauty queen

Just saw her last night, she told many charming stories, it was fantastic.

It was long ago and far away but when you listen to this tune it’s like yesterday and it still hurts

Janice looks utterly amazing amd her voice is still perfect. This song and many others of hers held me up during many dark years. Now they bring a smile to my face knowing that I survived a lot in my life. I loved Tommy's playing.

Over the Rainbow always kills me. Harold Arlen’s family escaped deadly pogroms in Russia. I can imagine how he’d see America as Over the Rainbow. ❤

Wow!! Look at that crowd 🤩 and, sounds so beautiful

Beautiful...

AMAZING! The two super guitars. Special kudos tp Tommy Emmanuel. What an artist... and what a gentleman!

Oh no.. Janis Ian is old... wait a minute-so am I!

Awesome in the true meaning of the word.

I first heard her in 1967 and I feel in love with Janis, I was 13. So many good memories and the best music for sure.Peace to all.

Tommy took the song to a whole new level ( even when it was seemingly impossible to even do this ).

It seems that nothing has changed, after all these years. Brilliant songwriter grows up and keeps doing what she's good at. We didn't change the world...but maybe we made a good start.

Late to the party. Both of these artists are beautiful people and enormously talented. What a pleasure to hear two beautiful songs by these folks. Outstanding!

You touch my hearts innermost

Still fabulous! I love this song. I have every album you spoke to me as a young woman.

Oh where is my youth.

i love janis so much..! ..my favorit singer..."grüße aus chemnitz" your fan..MerlinsToned@Home

So sweet the way he sarenades her with his guitar. Love it and love this song.❤

Thank you, Ms. Ian

That's a musical marriage made in heaven

This is nuts! So wonderful.

Beautiful Janis, Listening to that takes me back 40 years. Your still freakin cool.

Making beautiful, and haunting, song, "At Seventeen" even more beautiful. I love seeing great artists perform together.

Janis you touch my hart

Thanks for sharing this beautiful and special moment!

What a voice!❤❤❤

still own the album

Glorious 🎉

Holding back the tears. Lucky to see her twice. Tower Theater, Academy of music.

Her smile has gotten brighter and infectious.