The Janis Thread!

[WillMunny]

The most haunting Janis Joplin live performance. Which sounds just as bittersweet as her life itself. You can almost feel the emotional pain in her singing.

 

[Pogo]

Can't beat this performance.

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Mama Cass' stupefied expression at the end says it all.

 

[Mac1958]

One of a kind, absolutely, truly unique, an American treasure.

 

[WillMunny]

Can't beat this performance.

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Mama Cass' stupefied expression at the end says it all.

Her sultry singing sure had plenty of fierce surprises here.

 

[WinterBorn]

I truly remarkable talent. Amazing talent with blues and rock & roll.

 

[OldLady]

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends

I love that song. Still sing it every week when I clean the bathroom.

 

[WillMunny]

From her 1969 appearance on the Dick Cavett show, if I'm not mistaken. There will never be another raging, passionate rock and roll woman singer like Janis, that's for sure. Not in a million years.

 

[WillMunny]

And the most rousing Janis anthem "Piece of My Heart." While dancing with everyone around her, how cool is that?

 

[Michelle420]

 

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[Michelle420]

 

[Michelle420]

Work me Lord, work me Lord.
Please don't you leave me,
I feel so useless down here
With no one to love
Though I've looked everywhere
And I can't find me anybody to love,
To feel my care.

 

[OldLady]

 

[OldLady]

No no no don't you cry
Billie Holiday riffs

 

[WillMunny]

I like the sudden transition at 1:35, when the song really kicks into full power and Janis lets loose.

 

[WillMunny]

Has anyone ever seen the 1979 Bette Midler movie The Rose? It's more or less about Janis but using a fictional name. One of the best female acting performances I've ever seen, Bette should have gotten a shitload of Oscars for it. And she beautifully covered Bob Seger's "Fire Down Below." A song which obviously sounds like something Janis would have come up with.