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I saw Janis live at Woodstock 69. She puts her entire being in every song, She releases a RAW expression of her emotions and a piece of her soul. She is a pure Blues Singer. Hard to believe that sound is coming out of such a tiny person.
@@4thlinemaniac356 Hmm... I don't know that I would go along with that. I love that song and I'm a big fan of Brittany Howard's vocal style (and would agree in general with the claim that she does a great job of conveying raw emotion in that song), but I'm pretty sure Brittany is using a more controlled technique (i.e., less destructive to the vocal chords technique) than the one Janis uses here and used in general in her performances.
Janis knew what she was doing to herself. Her throat. She never felt like she was going to be here that long. Why leave anything behind? Except, she did .. Heart, Passion, and Emotion. Janis gifted those to us .. Thank you darlin.
That's kind of a sad sentiment really. Think of what Janis could have done all these many years, what directions she might have gone. When young, I think its easy to think, 'burn all the matches now,' but as we age we realize how much lived experience adds to our own lives and to the lives around us. My 30s and 40 were way better than my 20s in many ways. Its a shame that Janis' addictions took her away from the world before getting to experience those evolutions.
It's true. I used to worry for her when I listened.... What was she doing to her voice? She can't keep this up forever...etc Much later, I realized that she couldn't be or sing any other way, and yes... I believe that she knew somewhere inside that she needed to put it out there now cause she didn't have too long.
She is singing so emotionally that you feel like you’re reading someone’s diary. It feels almost invasive to know so much of what she feels. It sure is beautiful tho. Summertime is my personal fave.
Died before I was born, but my favorite female vocalist. I prefer raw emotion over perfection. She was a beast and a true artist. No one can sing like her or sound like her.
Janis had a short romance with Ron McKernan also known as Pigpen of the Grateful Dead. They all shared a house on the Haight in San Francisco. Bob Weir said she and Pigpen made so much noise at night he couldn't sleep! 😂
There never has been and never will be another Janis Joplin. She was unique I fell in love with her music in 1974 (after her death) and still love it even though I turned 70 the other day. Leave me on a desert island with only Janis's music and I will survive
Janis was such a legend, listening to cry baby is like her telling you off for listening to her, very very sadly missed because I think she would be preaching to people living in the 21st century
[BendsMusic] I don't mean to upset you but "she would be preaching drugs" in the 21st century!! I grew up with this music and when "acid rock" hit the airwaves it left me cold. Oh, and there is a reason they called it "acid rock". Many performers overdosed NOT on heroin or coke but on LSD and other mind altering drugs. People like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the idiot professor who pushed these kind of drugs, Timothy Leary. Got his son involved in that drug culture and then watched him commit suicide. Oh, Timothy Leary, former Harvard professor.
@@brgilbert2 Of course you’re just speculating, another word for guessing; you really have no idea. In the 70’s anything the ‘adults’ didn’t like was labeled as ‘acid rock’ because of the obvious negative connotations. FYI, Janice died from a heroin overdose, not from acid.
I have a framed plate portrait of Janis at the CNE Grandstand in Toronto from June 28, 1970, which is where this performance comes from. Her evolution in her vocal prowess here, compared to Monterey Pop 1967, is more refined, yet still heartbreaking, beautifully raw and thrillingly spontaneous. Her opening scream on Cry Baby is still one of the most underappreciated rock screams ever. Janis is equal parts divine inspiration and cautionary story...
John Sebastian told this story in an interview years ago. Janis was on tour in the NY area and lost her voice. Her management found the ENT doctor for the NY Metropolitan Opera and sent her to him. He was a little old Italian man who didn't know Janis from Adam. He took one look at her throat and said "Young lady, I don't know what you do for a living, but you need to stop screaming and drinking so much!"
I'm in tears. I did not know til you brought it up, this performance was done shortly before her death! Those last few seconds at the end where she slams down her right arm 3 times, exemplifies her agony. What an extraordinary emotional performance!
Nobody ever put more of themselves into their music than Janis. She was even more awesome in person and I saw her twice in SF before she passed along with the others from the class of 27.
Never seen this particular version of this song. It made me sad 😢 I was thinking, this seems very real to her, she seems very troubled, so it makes sense that this was one of her last performances. RIP JANIS.👍🍀
Janis was also a very bright young girl who was a very good student. People miss a lot of how dynamic of a person when was. She wasn’t only a musician of extraordinary talent.
Her first career plan was school teaching. She was a reader. I like watching her interviews with Dick Cavett because he treated her like the intelligent person she was, they would converse about the books they were reading.
I'm a 74 year old fan of the blues who has loved those two greats from their start, and I'm kicking myself for not thinking about a duet like that. Wow! What a show that would have been. Hopefully some geek will put a holographic production of them together.
When I saw what song you were going to listen to, I knew it started with that wail. Your reaction couldn't have been better. My favorite Janis song is Summertime. Imagine that, Janis Joplin singing Gershwin.
I got to see Janis with Big Brother in 1968. Such an incredible singer. She still touches me every time I hear her. I'm not sure if you've reacted to Beth Hart, but she is the closest we have to a modern Janis. Her performance of Am I the One at the Paradiso is as raw as this song .
Janis Joplin's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival was like an earthquake. That was most people's introduction to Janis. It still resonates today.🎙️☮️☮️
I was lucky enough (and old enough) to see Janis at Ravinia (north of Chicago) in the 60s. WOW! Later, (1990s early 2000s) I saw a live performance of "Love Janis" the show was running nightly, there were two vocalists singing Janis's part, alternating nightly because of the stress/effort required.
Someone who I always mention and people look at me like what. Her voice, the graspines and sound, amazing. Not a lot of people like or understand how it sounds and the emotion it transmits. Amazing pick Beth.
I love all the existential questions that arise from your analysis. Pain and joy are both universal human emotions, but when art connects through pain it has a higher level of accessibility since for so many people happiness is simply the absence of pain. True joy and happiness is a rare jewel in this world even though it has no monetary cost, or perhaps because of it.
Since I first heard Janis, I thought she wasn't going to live long because she was right on the edge of exploding with the pain and sadness of her life. She was the real deal as a blues shouter, and while I regret her early death (and hate the reason for it), I am soooo thankful that she left this and her other recordings which bring her back to me. I'm 80, and she's been part of my musical for 55 years in a way that few other singers have.
Janis was the real deal. Unabashedly authentic. As a kid, I was turned on to her a little more than a year before she left us, In the time since, I am yet to find another singer who reveals her true emotional self that you can make her feel her pain as if it was yours. A couple have gotten into the zip code but Janis has never been topped IMHO. Her imperfections and honesty was her beauty.
Oh Lord, when she walked on that stage and started to sing your whole body exploded. No one will match her singing. No one can reach her soul. You just can't find it. Another one lost way too soon.
The late 60s/late 70s were the best years of rock. I’m thankful I was there for it. There are a few other female rockers I love: Ann Wilson, Grace Slick, and the queen, Stevie Nicks. The music today with studio “effects” like auto tune ruin the voice “personality”. All singers have to do today is look the part. Sound techs can do the rest. RIP Janis. You’re up there in amazing company. Say hey to Toby.
It was so wonderful living in the '60s because of Janis and the other amazing artists of the period. Love your reaction. Will you be performing in mid-August? My family and I are visiting Scotland during that time and I would love to see you perform.
We get in the way of ourselves, and that gets in the way of our singing. So simple yet so brilliant. I saw that you are a vocal coach and figured you were going to pick Janis’s singing to pieces but then you did the exact opposite. You in a very clear way defined for us what it is about her singing that makes us love her so much.Thank you!
I gotta say Beth, I rarely have the same level of reaction that a reaction/analysis channel does, but damn am I right there with you on this. Janis was a VERY special case, and definitely one of those stars that burned so hot you knew it couldn't last. It's tragic, but she left one hell of a permanent impression. I know you've done a video on Coheed before, but given that you are a vocal coach, I'd be curious if you'd do a comparison of Claudio's earlier work vs the newer stuff. Something like A Favor House Atlantic vs Liars Club. He's done a lot of voice work because he almost destroyed his voice during a particularly intensive tour, and he started taking his voice more seriously after that.
Love your reactions and analyses. I have always thought of Janis' use or the rawness and what others might call "imperfections" like guitarists of the same era (Hendrix and others) not always sounding clean or technically perfect and using heavy distortion and feedback as PART of the instrument. Music is not always meant to be "clean" - sometimes it is just about raw expression of pain, joy, anger, whatever.
Roger Daltrey of The Who said when performing live he would at times go for a note that he knew he wasn't able to reach. It was in the moment and he knew the audience was with him emotionally. That a brutally honest art.
I remember my older sister talking about Janis’s vocal qualities back in 1968. At that time some people were wondering how long she would be able to sing until her vocal cords were damaged. She had the albums.
I wonder what used be lost if Janis’s recording of Cry Baby was put through pitch correction. I think it would change and even deaden the whole performance.
It's reviews like this that leave me wondering how much so the original performer understood the techniques they were using to achieve the precise desired effect, or how much so did they simply do what they felt and it turned out like this without fully understanding what they were doing in the moment. Thank you Beth.
men had been singing blues for decades, and then she came...and said "what the hell men know about the blues...", this is expression! She talks to me like Edit Piaf, I realy feel her...
G'day Beth, I love the style of the video including Graphics of what is happening with muscles as you explain how sounds are made, I find it really helpful
I’ve been watching your channel for a while, this is now one of my favorite reactions that you’ve made. The power, passion and raw emotions that Janis created and then could transfer to her audience was seen in your reaction to her first belt. Loved it. ❤
Janis wore her soul like a blanket trying to protect her from pain, hurt, anger, & even love! This woman was one of a kind, & sadly missed by everyone who loved & understood her music ❤ 💚 💙 She truly was a gift that was only with us for a short time, but what a glorious time it was!!! Thank you both, for such a thoughtful reaction ❤ 💚 💙
There is NO ONE that can touch Janis & there NEVER will be. It's pure, raw energy...the kind you get when you listen to a garage band (if they still even do that). I'll take my music from the 60s & 70s ANY day cos, it was REAL...not at all like the garbage they call "music" now.
I am a music fanatic and listen to all genres from all eras. The only person I rank higher than Janis Joplin for sheer vocal ability is Patsy Cline. The sheer rawness of Joplin can compete with any death metal growl (and yes that is a compliment.) I place Janis at the same level as Billie Holiday in Blues music which honestly does not get any better. Listening to both brings tears to my eyes. Along with the Jim Morrison display, the highlight of my visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was seeing Joplin's car. Joplin was stolen from us way too soon.
Hey Beth, when I first came across your channel, I kept forgetting the name... my bad memory... but I always remembered because of the little green roaring thing.. cracked me up... and still makes me giggle every time it roars 😂 ❤ from Northeast England ❤️
Her and Billie Holiday are so similar because they know how to make you feel every note of the song. A perfectly sung song would actually sound terrible. They just make you feel the whole vibe.
Well she was great. That’s it. Some people are great and become legends. Much can be ruminated on joys and tragedies of a life lived, but her gesture walking the earth turns out to have artistically been great. Bless her memory.
to tell you the truth I hear a deeper more emotional performance from the studio/album recording more so than this performance. Obviously she is the only one who knows the way she felt while singing, not that means that any of us listeners don't have a true impression in how it sounds for us, which is how I feel about the studio recording being so gut wrenching a performance, and ever since I first bought that album when I was 17 or 18 years old, I'd put it on the turn table whenever I was feeling a little depressed and lay down and listen why all my heart. Thanks Beth for another illuminating analysis of someones singing technique and style.
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Eddie Berg one take live performence reaction please, thank you! 🤞🤞🤞
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she's always voted best female singer of all time
I saw Janis live at Woodstock 69. She puts her entire being in every song, She releases a RAW expression of her emotions and a piece of her soul. She is a pure Blues Singer. Hard to believe that sound is coming out of such a tiny person.
@Alabama Shakes Hold On ...similar sound.
My first big rock concert was Sly and the Family Stone at Madison Square Garden in maybe 1971. Only 2 years after Woodstock. 🎸☮️
@@briangriffin5524 Have You seen the movie Taking Woodstock??? Wish I could have experienced it but???
Tom... you lucky, lucky B%stard !!!
@@4thlinemaniac356 Hmm... I don't know that I would go along with that. I love that song and I'm a big fan of Brittany Howard's vocal style (and would agree in general with the claim that she does a great job of conveying raw emotion in that song), but I'm pretty sure Brittany is using a more controlled technique (i.e., less destructive to the vocal chords technique) than the one Janis uses here and used in general in her performances.
This is one of those recordings I'm just *so glad* exists
Me too !!!!!
Janis knew what she was doing to herself. Her throat. She never felt like she was going to be here that long. Why leave anything behind? Except, she did .. Heart, Passion, and Emotion. Janis gifted those to us .. Thank you darlin.
That's kind of a sad sentiment really. Think of what Janis could have done all these many years, what directions she might have gone. When young, I think its easy to think, 'burn all the matches now,' but as we age we realize how much lived experience adds to our own lives and to the lives around us. My 30s and 40 were way better than my 20s in many ways. Its a shame that Janis' addictions took her away from the world before getting to experience those evolutions.
It's true. I used to worry for her when I listened.... What was she doing to her voice? She can't keep this up forever...etc
Much later, I realized that she couldn't be or sing any other way, and yes... I believe that she knew somewhere inside that she needed to put it out there now cause she didn't have too long.
Pearl's downfall was because of her family down in the Golden Triangle not accepting her as she was.
Janis had one speed...ON. She sang viscerally, from her gut, from her soul. R.I.P.
Yeah, because she had little talent, that’s all she could do
She had soul in spades
She is singing so emotionally that you feel like you’re reading someone’s diary. It feels almost invasive to know so much of what she feels. It sure is beautiful tho. Summertime is my personal fave.
Janis Joplin was a storm. Maybe not a perfect one, but a force of nature never the less.
Janis is one of them artist that make me feel like I’m getting to look at something that I’m not supposed to see.
Died before I was born, but my favorite female vocalist. I prefer raw emotion over perfection. She was a beast and a true artist. No one can sing like her or sound like her.
Check out Karise Eden then.
Janis had a short romance with Ron McKernan also known as Pigpen of the Grateful Dead. They all shared a house on the Haight in San Francisco. Bob Weir said she and Pigpen made so much noise at night he couldn't sleep! 😂
@Alabama Shakes Hold On....close they come close.
@@4thlinemaniac356 , I'll check it out ♡
@@ladylisaromance8129 More of a female bluesy jimmy Hendrix but??? Enjoy.
There never has been and never will be another Janis Joplin. She was unique
I fell in love with her music in 1974 (after her death) and still love it even though I turned 70 the other day. Leave me on a desert island with only Janis's music and I will survive
Happy Birthday
Janis was such a legend, listening to cry baby is like her telling you off for listening to her, very very sadly missed because I think she would be preaching to people living in the 21st century
[BendsMusic] I don't mean to upset you but "she would be preaching drugs" in the 21st century!! I grew up with this music and when "acid rock" hit the airwaves it left me cold. Oh, and there is a reason they called it "acid rock". Many performers overdosed NOT on heroin or coke but on LSD and other mind altering drugs. People like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the idiot professor who pushed these kind of drugs, Timothy Leary. Got his son involved in that drug culture and then watched him commit suicide. Oh, Timothy Leary, former Harvard professor.
@@brgilbert2 Of course you’re just speculating, another word for guessing; you really have no idea. In the 70’s anything the ‘adults’ didn’t like was labeled as ‘acid rock’ because of the obvious negative connotations. FYI, Janice died from a heroin overdose, not from acid.
Janis always put her soul & her pain into the singing.
Janis was just all soul and heart. Wounded but powerful.
I've been a fan for almost 50 years and she STILL gives me goosebumps when she sings! A truly one of a kind voice, just pure emotions.
I always loved her version of Summertime.
I have a framed plate portrait of Janis at the CNE Grandstand in Toronto from June 28, 1970, which is where this performance comes from. Her evolution in her vocal prowess here, compared to Monterey Pop 1967, is more refined, yet still heartbreaking, beautifully raw and thrillingly spontaneous. Her opening scream on Cry Baby is still one of the most underappreciated rock screams ever. Janis is equal parts divine inspiration and cautionary story...
Was the Toronto concert part of the Festival Express tour?
We were at the same show
John Sebastian told this story in an interview years ago. Janis was on tour in the NY area and lost her voice. Her management found the ENT doctor for the NY Metropolitan Opera and sent her to him. He was a little old Italian man who didn't know Janis from Adam. He took one look at her throat and said "Young lady, I don't know what you do for a living, but you need to stop screaming and drinking so much!"
Remember the 60's saying "Let it all hang out"? Janis did just that like no one else.
I can barely express my joy at mirroring your reactions on the three I've watched so far! I'm 70. Brilliant!
You’re spot on. Janis started by singing gospel in her church.
I'm in tears. I did not know til you brought it up, this performance was done shortly before her death! Those last few seconds at the end where she slams down her right arm 3 times, exemplifies her agony. What an extraordinary emotional performance!
Nobody ever put more of themselves into their music than Janis. She was even more awesome in person and I saw her twice in SF before she passed along with the others from the class of 27.
Never seen this particular version of this song. It made me sad 😢 I was thinking, this seems very real to her, she seems very troubled, so it makes sense that this was one of her last performances. RIP JANIS.👍🍀
Heart wrenching version, especially the opening!
Janis was also a very bright young girl who was a very good student. People miss a lot of how dynamic of a person when was. She wasn’t only a musician of extraordinary talent.
Her first career plan was school teaching. She was a reader. I like watching her interviews with Dick Cavett because he treated her like the intelligent person she was, they would converse about the books they were reading.
I’ve often wondered what Janis and SRV would have created working together. For me it’s like two ships passing in the night.
An interesting idea. Hard to find two bluesier powers.
I always thought the same thing. They would have been amazing together!
Sadly, she died when Stevie was a kid.
I'm a 74 year old fan of the blues who has loved those two greats from their start, and I'm kicking myself for not thinking about a duet like that. Wow! What a show that would have been. Hopefully some geek will put a holographic production of them together.
You mean Janis and Jimi Hendrix i guess. Since SRV is a Jimi clone😋😎🇧🇻
The best way to really appreciate Janice is to see her live there's no show like it on Earth.
well that's gonna be kind of difficult.
When I saw what song you were going to listen to, I knew it started with that wail. Your reaction couldn't have been better.
My favorite Janis song is Summertime. Imagine that, Janis Joplin singing Gershwin.
That and what she did to Little Girl Blues.
Janis Joplin was authentic, that is what made her stood out among the crowd
Pearl's voice was imperfectly perfect and so full of soul, that's what made her so unique. 🔥🙏✌️
You get a sense of how we all felt upon learning of her death.
I got to see Janis with Big Brother in 1968. Such an incredible singer. She still touches me every time I hear her.
I'm not sure if you've reacted to Beth Hart, but she is the closest we have to a modern Janis. Her performance of Am I the One at the Paradiso is as raw as this song .
I’ve had her picture on my wall for over 50 years.
Janis Joplin's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival was like an earthquake. That was most people's introduction to Janis. It still resonates today.🎙️☮️☮️
Hendrix and Redding too
Janis quando subia ao palco não era uma voz,mas,uma revolução. ❤⚘💙
I was lucky enough (and old enough) to see Janis at Ravinia (north of Chicago) in the 60s. WOW!
Later, (1990s early 2000s) I saw a live performance of "Love Janis" the show was running nightly, there were two vocalists singing Janis's part, alternating nightly because of the stress/effort required.
Nobody can sing better than Janice Joplin. She’s a legend and an icon! She’s the GOAT!
A blues shouter for sure.
Ty for this. Boy do i miss her.
I have always loved the raw emotion she put into her performances.
Watching this performance is mesmerizing. Her face changes with every emotion. I love her speaking voice and her chuckle.
Immaculately imperfect! My favorite female vocalist now and forever! A unicorn among vocalists.
Someone who I always mention and people look at me like what. Her voice, the graspines and sound, amazing. Not a lot of people like or understand how it sounds and the emotion it transmits. Amazing pick Beth.
Yes! ❤ Janis Joplin!! Most emotional, powerful singer! One of my fav songs of hers too.
I love all the existential questions that arise from your analysis. Pain and joy are both universal human emotions, but when art connects through pain it has a higher level of accessibility since for so many people happiness is simply the absence of pain. True joy and happiness is a rare jewel in this world even though it has no monetary cost, or perhaps because of it.
Janis was the personification of "i'm not here for a long time, i'm here for a good time"
She spilled her heart, she didn't just sing
Since I first heard Janis, I thought she wasn't going to live long because she was right on the edge of exploding with the pain and sadness of her life. She was the real deal as a blues shouter, and while I regret her early death (and hate the reason for it), I am soooo thankful that she left this and her other recordings which bring her back to me. I'm 80, and she's been part of my musical for 55 years in a way that few other singers have.
I'll listen to her live, over 1000 popular contemporary "mainstream" vocalists.
Perfect imperfections 😊
Janis was the real deal. Unabashedly authentic. As a kid, I was turned on to her a little more than a year before she left us, In the time since, I am yet to find another singer who reveals her true emotional self that you can make her feel her pain as if it was yours. A couple have gotten into the zip code but Janis has never been topped IMHO. Her imperfections and honesty was her beauty.
Oh Lord, when she walked on that stage and started to sing your whole body exploded. No one will match her singing. No one can reach her soul. You just can't find it. Another one lost way too soon.
Joplin was one of a kind. The best art is often leaving the box, and that's what she does.
This was part of the appeal.of rock for me it was real, emotional it was not cut and polished. But wow did it draw a crowd. I do love your reaction
The late 60s/late 70s were the best years of rock. I’m thankful I was there for it. There are a few other female rockers I love: Ann Wilson, Grace Slick, and the queen, Stevie Nicks. The music today with studio “effects” like auto tune ruin the voice “personality”. All singers have to do today is look the part. Sound techs can do the rest. RIP Janis. You’re up there in amazing company. Say hey to Toby.
It was so wonderful living in the '60s because of Janis and the other amazing artists of the period. Love your reaction.
Will you be performing in mid-August? My family and I are visiting Scotland during that time and I would love to see you perform.
WoW !!!!! She was a gift from God.
Her voice was her tool, but her heart and pain were her music.
I’m convinced Janis’ voice is cigarettes, Southern Comfort and pain and passion RIP Janis 🌻💜👵🏼✌🏼
We get in the way of ourselves, and that gets in the way of our singing. So simple yet so brilliant. I saw that you are a vocal coach and figured you were going to pick Janis’s singing to pieces but then you did the exact opposite. You in a very clear way defined for us what it is about her singing that makes us love her so much.Thank you!
Beth your reaction is priceless. I love Janice ❤. Thank you for your detailed response. 😊
I gotta say Beth, I rarely have the same level of reaction that a reaction/analysis channel does, but damn am I right there with you on this. Janis was a VERY special case, and definitely one of those stars that burned so hot you knew it couldn't last. It's tragic, but she left one hell of a permanent impression.
I know you've done a video on Coheed before, but given that you are a vocal coach, I'd be curious if you'd do a comparison of Claudio's earlier work vs the newer stuff. Something like A Favor House Atlantic vs Liars Club. He's done a lot of voice work because he almost destroyed his voice during a particularly intensive tour, and he started taking his voice more seriously after that.
I love what you do so much. I'm 77 and am amazed at your understanding of life. Please don't change.
The Janis Joplin that has brought tears to my eyes for over fifty years is "A Woman Left Lonely." In my opinion it's her best.
Love your reactions and analyses. I have always thought of Janis' use or the rawness and what others might call "imperfections" like guitarists of the same era (Hendrix and others) not always sounding clean or technically perfect and using heavy distortion and feedback as PART of the instrument. Music is not always meant to be "clean" - sometimes it is just about raw expression of pain, joy, anger, whatever.
Roger Daltrey of The Who said when performing live he would at times go for a note that he knew he wasn't able to reach. It was in the moment and he knew the audience was with him emotionally. That a brutally honest art.
I'm loving this updated style to your channel!
I remember my older sister talking about Janis’s vocal qualities back in 1968. At that time some people were wondering how long she would be able to sing until her vocal cords were damaged. She had the albums.
I wonder what used be lost if Janis’s recording of Cry Baby was put through pitch correction. I think it would change and even deaden the whole performance.
It's reviews like this that leave me wondering how much so the original performer understood the techniques they were using to achieve the precise desired effect, or how much so did they simply do what they felt and it turned out like this without fully understanding what they were doing in the moment. Thank you Beth.
Wooow blast from the past.Beth your reaction was awsome again. ❤
men had been singing blues for decades, and then she came...and said "what the hell men know about the blues...", this is expression!
She talks to me like Edit Piaf, I realy feel her...
G'day Beth,
I love the style of the video including Graphics of what is happening with muscles as you explain how sounds are made, I find it really helpful
Great and unique voice. Died to young at the age of 27. Other great songs are Piece of my Heart and Bobby McGee. Thank you for this song.
I’ve been watching your channel for a while, this is now one of my favorite reactions that you’ve made. The power, passion and raw emotions that Janis created and then could transfer to her audience was seen in your reaction to her first belt. Loved it. ❤
Beautiful analysis. Exceptional. Kudos.
Janis was the best of off all time. There will never be another like her.
Janis wore her soul like a blanket trying to protect her from pain, hurt, anger, & even love! This woman was one of a kind, & sadly missed by everyone who loved & understood her music ❤ 💚 💙 She truly was a gift that was only with us for a short time, but what a glorious time it was!!! Thank you both, for such a thoughtful reaction ❤ 💚 💙
Great reaction, I like the way you went into some of her background and history of music. It's one of my all time favorite songs.
Very good Reaction Video! It was fun watching you listening to brilliance! Touchè
Thank's for that ! 👍
The way we are exposed to music, by the industry, we are robbed of so much variety and talent 😢
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
I love your recognition that the raw imperfections in Janus' intro are Expression-filled.
Totally agree 👍 love
Foi sua imperfeição vocal que a tornou um ícone inesquecível. Amo Joplin e sua rouca voz.Janis forever!!!!❤⚘💙
There is NO ONE that can touch Janis & there NEVER will be. It's pure, raw energy...the kind you get when you listen to a garage band (if they still even do that). I'll take my music from the 60s & 70s ANY day cos, it was REAL...not at all like the garbage they call "music" now.
I am a music fanatic and listen to all genres from all eras. The only person I rank higher than Janis Joplin for sheer vocal ability is Patsy Cline. The sheer rawness of Joplin can compete with any death metal growl (and yes that is a compliment.) I place Janis at the same level as Billie Holiday in Blues music which honestly does not get any better. Listening to both brings tears to my eyes. Along with the Jim Morrison display, the highlight of my visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was seeing Joplin's car. Joplin was stolen from us way too soon.
I always get chills listening to Pearl!
Hey Beth, when I first came across your channel, I kept forgetting the name... my bad memory... but I always remembered because of the little green roaring thing.. cracked me up... and still makes me giggle every time it roars 😂
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
Magníficos clásicos una mujer con tanto poder en su voz y sus interpretaciones hacia enloquecer a su público bien mí H. Prrj ❤ magnífico Beth 👏👏🍀🍀
I love, love, love Janice! Great song !
I was fortunate enough to see Janis Joplin during the final tour of Big Brother and the Holding Company shortly before she went solo...
It’s called imperfect talent.
An artist that bleeds for her art. That’s really something special
She was a once-in-a-generation artist/voice combination.
So raw was her singing love listening to her music.
Heh you are making a contribution to making people finding their authentic selfs with this channel, your music and coaching!
You should listen to Work Me Lord live in Stockholm it's mesmerizing! My favorite!
joss stone did the best Janis cover i ever heard!
Courtney Hadwin is a close second
Listen to Natalia Sikora from the voice of Poland. She killed it
Her and Billie Holiday are so similar because they know how to make you feel every note of the song. A perfectly sung song would actually sound terrible. They just make you feel the whole vibe.
Well she was great. That’s it. Some people are great and become legends. Much can be ruminated on joys and tragedies of a life lived, but her gesture walking the earth turns out to have artistically been great. Bless her memory.
to tell you the truth I hear a deeper more emotional performance from the studio/album recording more so than this performance. Obviously she is the only one who knows the way she felt while singing, not that means that any of us listeners don't have a true impression in how it sounds for us, which is how I feel about the studio recording being so gut wrenching a performance, and ever since I first bought that album when I was 17 or 18 years old, I'd put it on the turn table whenever I was feeling a little depressed and lay down and listen why all my heart. Thanks Beth for another illuminating analysis of someones singing technique and style.
I loved Janis Joplin !!!! She was fantastic