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

10 ай бұрын

We call them...charismatic voices.

@eRRoRoiD

10 ай бұрын

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

@Sleuth_Squad

10 ай бұрын

Rest in power Janis ❤

@quinn-tessential3232

10 ай бұрын

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

@ghomerhust

10 ай 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.

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

@islgrl292

8 ай бұрын

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

@hollyboardman1820

8 ай бұрын

Did you go?

@KneeAches

8 ай бұрын

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

@KneeAches

8 ай бұрын

The woman in the audience is Mama Cass.

@nagoranerides3150

8 ай бұрын

Now, that is a thing. Fabulous.

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

@joneses1962

Ай бұрын

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

@joeyahoo3902

3 күн бұрын

yup 18:17...wow indeed.

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

4 ай бұрын

I love it!

@Pwnage9191

4 ай бұрын

100% she neeeds to watch that!

@BrianMacMusicVideos

4 ай бұрын

Yes.... agreed...

@fredfarkle-bp9en

4 ай бұрын

Agree good call on Summertime

@bobdamico1099

4 ай бұрын

Agree

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@danatowne5498

10 ай бұрын

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

@juliemanarin4127

10 ай бұрын

Yep! It is!

@ericminch

10 ай бұрын

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

@jamessummerlin9516

10 ай 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.

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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

9 ай 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.

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

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.

Janis had enough passion to overcome perfection.

@okfalcon6444

10 ай бұрын

That’s well put.

@Merzui-kg8ds

10 ай бұрын

brilliantly put

@patthewoodboy

10 ай бұрын

agree.

@Dan_moon_sun

10 ай бұрын

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

@danchristopher7957

10 ай бұрын

Wow....great choice of words.

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

10 ай бұрын

Yup. Nuff said!!

@craigvincent8344

3 ай бұрын

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

@jocelynclemens2036

2 ай бұрын

And both left us WAAAAAY too soon 😢

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!

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.

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

@tattoodude8946

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

Beat me to that comment lol

@7of9RebelHarborth

10 ай бұрын

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

@christopherwinkler4451

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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.

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

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 ❤

The voice of a whiskey soaked angel. RIP Janis

@MsThebeMoon

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

Southern Comfort was her poison

@fakelandtommy4471

10 ай бұрын

Yay, I added yore 100th upvote

@sandrastone5847

2 ай бұрын

Southern Comfort

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

5 ай бұрын

Very well said. ❤👍😊

@janibeg3247

5 ай бұрын

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

@killermiller1980

5 ай бұрын

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

@MeLoNHeAd00

4 ай бұрын

Shannon Hoon

@paulwooton4390

4 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.

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

Ай бұрын

You are right! She clicks her heels

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

2 ай бұрын

Oh man, super jelly ❤

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@pauldhoff

10 ай бұрын

I was just going to write about Mama.

@PSA78

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

​@@johncollier9280that would be a fired manager for me.

@Tessmage_Tessera

10 ай бұрын

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

@DaveH4507

10 ай 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.

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

20 күн бұрын

I love both of those songs and Summertime ❤

You REALLY need to check summertime by her🎉❤

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

@reedhaley15

10 ай бұрын

A female Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

@raidrfrk

10 ай бұрын

Wasn't he from Texas to?

@metalmamasue3680

20 күн бұрын

She was. 100% she lived out loud.

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@metalmamasue3680

20 күн бұрын

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

She is the definition of blues

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!

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

10 ай бұрын

Same

@Mark13091961

10 ай бұрын

This

@roozshah

10 ай бұрын

Yes.

@kathelenecriswell749

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

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.

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

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! 🥰

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

7 ай бұрын

Janis is my mom’s favorite too ❤️

@metalmamasue3680

6 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. 😅

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

@jmazoso

10 ай бұрын

Except maybe Joe Crocker

@fredbays

10 ай бұрын

@@jmazoso no where near

@firehawk2324

10 ай 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

10 ай 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

10 ай 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.

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.

She did with her voice, what Jimi Hendrix did with his guitar. She invites us to feel what she feels and it is hard to resist. What she has cannot be learned or taught. It is instinctive in a primal way. I was nine years old when she passed away, the older that I get, the more I love her.

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@bkooo5363

10 ай бұрын

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

@jackstrawful

10 ай бұрын

Also Little Girl Blue and Kozmic Blues

@jennifersilves4195

10 ай бұрын

It's still too soon.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@Boudreaux641

9 ай бұрын

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

@wayneandrews1022

7 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.

@keithsargent6963

7 ай бұрын

Heroine @@wayneandrews1022

@Iowagrown123

7 ай бұрын

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

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

This is a truly marvelous analysis. The comments are fascinating, but the REACTIONS to hearing Janis Joplin for the first time are priceless!!!!!!. I am not sure that the analyst will read this, but THANK YOU! Also thank you for the time you took on the guitar intro. Janis Joplin is one of my heroes, one of a select group of 20 or so, and it was a thrill for me to experience her through someone else's eyes. I can't wait to watch more of your videos. The other I viewed, the one on Grace Slick and "White Rabbit" is likewise excellent.

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

7 ай бұрын

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

@AloisiaSedai

6 ай бұрын

Amen

@thespanner5046

6 ай бұрын

No war, darkness or drugs these days….🤨

@jeffconley6698

6 ай бұрын

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

@jefflowry4896

5 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@TheNerdshire

10 ай бұрын

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

@andrewthecelt3794

10 ай бұрын

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

@brucemcdonald4060

10 ай бұрын

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

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.

I played guitar for a woman I watched in awe, completely take over the minds of an entire crowd. She too was a Janis fan and a beautiful songwriter. But Janis just like her will grab you by the throat and you walk away being changed.

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

7 ай бұрын

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

@themetalhippieplays7993

7 ай бұрын

The Mama approves, and so do we! 😍

@davidwade9209

6 ай бұрын

Yes, Momma Cass reacting is so cool

@Judith-wq2jp

6 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

5 ай бұрын

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

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

@MsThebeMoon

10 ай бұрын

And at that time, shunned by her hometown.

@RainingRebecca

10 ай бұрын

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

@taknothing4896

9 ай 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.

i freaking love that you're so encapsulated by the beginning guitar riff! it's so expressive and conveys a whole range of feelings without stating them in lyrics, it's an incredible thing to hear cuz you don't hear that very often. not to mention Janis' incredible vocals that somehow drive this performance to the very max. truly a once in a lifetime performance from all of them!

@paulwooton4390

4 ай бұрын

James Gurley. Wish the camera had paid attention to him. Elizabeth needs a copy of Cheap Thrills. Combination of the Two, another gem.

@2015DMJG

9 күн 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.

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

@warrenhughes911

10 ай бұрын

Well put

@jimw.4161

10 ай бұрын

Me too! 👍

@frankolivito9242

10 ай бұрын

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

YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATEST PERFORMANCES?!? Janis Joplin & Big Brother playing "Ball & Chain" at Monterey is among my favorite moments in all of music... SOOOO glad this is your intro to Janis!!!! 😁🥰😍🤩😁🥰😍🤩 Love you & your passion for the music, Elizabeth ❤ Keep up the great work! Can't wait for your reaction/analysis... Janis & Big Brother's album "Cheap Thrills" is a classic, which I HIGHLY recommend 🙏

@Jimmy1982Playlists

10 ай бұрын

PS. You were absolutely right about the guitar intro... _SCALDING!_ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 My recommendation for your next artist is *Tom Waits.* If you've never heard him, he's essential! In keeping with the rock genre, I'd recommend "Goin' Out West", but he has all different kinds of moods and voices. Greatest songwriter & lyricist of the 20th/21st Century. You wanna talk about GNARLY versus clean vocals?!? _TOM!_

@briangriffin5524

10 ай бұрын

Cheap Thrills has one of the best album covers ever, with artwork by R.Crumb.

@Jimmy1982Playlists

10 ай бұрын

​@@briangriffin5524Totally agree!

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

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!❤

Janis doesn't sing. She emotes. She's got something to say and, man, she's saying it! She was a fabulous "interpreter" of songs, internalizing the gestalt of a song, often straying from the original lyrics and melody with unbridled abandon. She wasn't just an entertainer. She was Janis. A one-of-a-kind phenomenon.

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@ms2am

8 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

8 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

8 ай бұрын

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

@mlasch1478

8 ай бұрын

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

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

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.

Janis was not only an incredibly talented performer, but she is one of the very rare polyphonics out there. If you listen to her song Cry Baby, its very pronounced in the opening of that one.

@QueuePea

10 ай бұрын

Yes. It's amazing to hear the overtones and undertones in her singing. It sounds like she's using her chest voice and head voice simultaneously.

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

6 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..

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.

The beautiful mama cass and janis together on the same film footage.. both undoubtably oblivious to their imminent early demise..so grateful for the music they left behind.. 🕊NZ

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!"

The Wow lady is Cass Elliot of Mama's and Papas fame. Another amazing voice

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.

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

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

5 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

5 ай бұрын

One of the greats.

@killermiller1980

5 ай бұрын

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

@aheineman9138

5 ай бұрын

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

@lricciuti13

4 ай бұрын

She’s like, Hello Goddess.

Remember, at that time there was nobody like her, so when the crowd saw this performance they were literally blown away.

@raidrfrk

10 ай бұрын

Etta James was before her

@deantait8326

10 ай бұрын

Especially Mama Cass if this is the performance I’m thinking of. But I believe that was afternoon and this looks like night

@deantait8326

10 ай бұрын

@@raidrfrk yes but I was 18 in Los Angeles when Janis ‘hit’ and Janis was just different. It actually took a while for me to appreciate her.

@leftcoaster67

10 ай бұрын

Still isn't anyone like her. She was like a supernova. Burst to blinding brightness, then slips away.

@that-avr-drummer

10 ай бұрын

You have to put it into perspective! Yes Etta is amazing but she's the controlled version of Janis, not as unhinged and bombastic, but more importantly, back then the vast majority of people only new of Etta from the radio sometimes playing the studio version of "At Last". There was no internet to see her live and she primarily played in black clubs in black neighborhoods of a handful of cities. So when Janis came out and played ifo festival crowds like this people were blown away.

This is my favorite reaction to this song!

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

It always surprises me how none of these musical performance reaction channels ever recognize the "WOW" woman, Mama Cass Elliot of The Mamas And Papas, who was considered to have one of the best voices of her generation before, like Janis, she died way to early.

@kamaliancirranoush1916

2 ай бұрын

Right?! They were a vocal group first and foremost. I always thought they were widely known to “real musicians”….

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

10 ай бұрын

Check out Beth Hart too 🍻

Janis sang her heart, soul and pain out every time. Just not on stage but even in the studio! Her voice cuts like a razor right trough me! A rusty dull razor that makes you feel her pain! I'm gonna love and listen to her till the day I die! ❤💔

Music in the 60's really pushed the envelope with its sound. Janice was one of the best on stage. May she rest in peace!

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.

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!!

still gives me the chills.

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.

The miraculous thing about this woman is: once she approaches a microphone and performs, no human can be indifferent. You may love it… you may hate it… but you cannot deny it. Janis was confrontational. You had to deal. She was dangerous… and unsafe…and undeniable. Stop and consider what other artists in the last 70 years you could say the same thing about. A dangerous artist. God love her.

@stevenmeyer9674

10 ай бұрын

And she was also very insecure and jealous of other performers who had the misfortune of grabbing the spotlight from her if they performed on the same bill. Like how she had Linda Tillery barred from performing on any bill that Janis was the headliner.

@iambecomepaul

10 ай бұрын

@@stevenmeyer9674 yes. She was a troubled person in many ways.

@JamesHall-hr4zl

10 ай бұрын

​@@iambecomepaulnormal people rarely make great art.

@michaelbeelby1995

10 ай бұрын

'Dangerous' is perfect. I wanted to say 'feral' but that sounds a bit disrespectful (even if I mean it with nothing but respect).

@jeffmalloy8200

10 ай бұрын

​@@michaelbeelby1995actually I think feral is another good descriptive for Janis.

“… she’s wild…” Ha ha. Janis was a force of nature. And this performance was legendary.

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

@metalmamasue3680

20 күн бұрын

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

I've always loved seeing Mama Cass being mesmerized in the audience. Janis was not well known until this performance. That was Mama Cass at the end mouthing "Wow!"

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

9 ай бұрын

Then the band Sublime did a version of Summertime 🙂

@colleenmcclurg2010

8 ай бұрын

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

I never get tired of watching this clip of Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival. And that bass player is just trippin' balls. 🤩

When you give a performance that's jaw-dropping to Cass Elliott, you know you're next level.

"Sometimes you just have somebody who lives and breathes music" ❤

Monterey Pop Festival was organized by Momma Cass and was the introduction of, not only Janis, but also Jimi Hendrix. There was A LOT of acid going down. This was Janis' second performance of the song. The video crew didn't record it the first time because she was thought to be a minor performer and she was asked to do it again.

@dianegatchell4315

6 ай бұрын

Love that the video panned to Cass and her amazed expression 😊

@dacramac3487

4 ай бұрын

It was her manager that told them not to film it. She was so upset that they let her perform the next day.

Janis was amazing. This performance got her national attention, but her singing evolved as she went. I would suggest “Cry Baby”, or especially “Work Me Lord” as indications of where she could have gone. ✌️

@Paul_xs420

10 ай бұрын

"Summertime" Elizabeth would freak out on that one also.

@sirsancti5504

10 ай бұрын

Man.. "Summertime".. Aaaawww (exhales in awe)

@philwaugh9095

10 ай бұрын

@@Paul_xs420 yesssss. Summertime is the first one I would've had Elizabeth listen to. I really really REALLY hope she does at some point :)

@TheDivayenta

10 ай бұрын

Her Summertime is phenomenal

@kathelenecriswell749

10 ай бұрын

@charismatic voice The lady that had the awed face in the audience was the great Mama Cass. Please listen to Summertime, my favorite. I love everything about Janis & still cry for her painful life. I love her.

She left us after 27 yrs. God love her!

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

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.

I can't wait for this. Janis Joplin's voice is unique and her energy is incredible. She didn't care what she looked like while she sang, as long as she got the sounds out.

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.

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

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!

@srv318

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@kenbaker9738

10 ай бұрын

Great info, thanks.

This performance was recorded at the 1967 Monterey pop festival. It’s their second performance, because the band refused to allow the first performance to be filmed, but after some convincing, they performed a second time, This was really the coming out of Janice Joplin. I enjoy watching young people listen to the music that I grew up with for the first time. The Monterey pop festival was put on by the Mamas and the Papas, that’s why the close-up of mama Cass, in association with Lou Atler who was their record producer. I do believe you can find the entire Monterey pop festival on KZread somewhere.

Years ago the Grammy museum in LA had Janice exhibit. The most memorable items displayed I think were handwritten letters she wrote to her mother while on tour. instead of sounding like tortured soul reaching out , as I’d expect - they were more like an innocent kid’s wholesome letters from camp.

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

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

10 ай бұрын

You put your finger on it!

@peterjohnson9291

9 ай бұрын

No she wasn't. Jesus.

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

10 ай 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.

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❤

I've been a huge fan since the beginning. When I visited the R & R Hall of Fame, it saddened me to see one of her outfits displayed, to realize what a tiny little girl she was. So much talent & pain in that little body. 😢There was also a letter there (I think it was to her parents), which struck me as so...normal. Shocked me a bit.