Her greatest influence was a Blues singer named Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith passed away and for many years was in an unmarked grave. When Janis found out that her grave was unmarked she bought the headstone and had it placed at Bessie Smith final resting place. The stone reads,The Greastest blues singer in the world Will never stop singing. Bessie Smith 1905 1937.
She is the greatest R/B Rock female performer of all time , period ! .... it is natural .... it is a natural God given talent ... a gift .... no female artist even comes close to what she did for music ... in my opinion ... Mama Cass is the second ... and she in the crowd ... in fu#king awwww .... that says it all ....
Most of the people at this performance had never heard of Janis Joplin before! After this performance... they all knew who she was! Its why you see Cass Elliot from the Mamas & the Papas watching Janis in awe!!!
She was voted ugliest guy in college. She got her heart broken several times, people in her home town treated her poorly. Janis sang what she lived. Love her.
Janis was relatively unknown at this time. She was only about a year into her professional music career. But she blew everyone away with her rendition of Ball & Chain". Interesting Note: The lady watching Janis performing here at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is Cass Elliott from the group "The Mamas & The Papas". Her mouth drops & she mouths “Wow" after a particularly strong vocal run from Janis.
Yayyyyyy! I was at this one! What a day- saw Otis Redding and the Stax MG’s too! It was 1967 in June. Three - six bucks per show filled with all the greatest groups!
@@aurinrakkun8589 I’ve been to many concerts but the sound system at Monterey was the BEST I’ve ever heard. The musicians agreed. Pristine. No distortion. A dream. Why won’t they do that today?
First off... Great reaction !! As a side note. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company (relative "Unknowns" from San Francisco) played the first day of Monterey. The cinematographer, D.A. Pennebacker, was late to arrive and the first day was not recorded on film, so the promoters (this year the promoters were John and Michelle Phillips. "half" of the very popular group, "The Mama's and the Papa's". (That's why "Mama" Cass Elliot was featured in the recording) invited Janis back on the last day to perform "Ball & Chain" again, to be filmed. They also informed a bunch of "record labels", that this sensational women was going to perform again on the last day, so about 8 record companies offered her a contract, and she signed with Clive Davis from Colombia Records. The rest, as they say... "Is history" !!
I was there in 1967. When she came on stage she seemed shy and a little intimidated as this was her first time in front of a large audience, but as soon as she opened her mouth she took control of everyone there.
The Monterey Pop Festival was held June16-18, 1967 in Monterey CA. This performance was on Sunday night. This was 2 years and 2 months *before* Woodstock in August 1969.
Note: A 'ball and chain' was a type of leg iron used to constrain prisoners. It consisted of a metal band that locked around the ankle with a chain attached that led to a large iron ball. It weighed about 18 lbs. In the song, the complaint is that 'love is like a ball and chain'; it weighs you down, constrains you, and you become a prisoner to the person you love. If they don't appreciate you, if they sleep around or if they leave you, it's torture and you can't escape it. "Ball and Chain" actually IS a love song, but a very sad one.
"Her close friends have gathered. Lord, ain't it a shame Grieving together Sharing the blame. But when she was dying Lord, we let her down. There's no use cryin' It can't help her now. The party's all over Drink up and go home. It's too late to love her And leave her alone. Just say she was someone Lord, so far from home Whose life was so lonesome She died all alone Who dreamed pretty dreams That never came true Lord, why was she born So black and blue? Oh, why was she born So black and blue? Epitaph (Black And Blue) Written by: Kris Kristofferson Note: "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin." - Kris Kristofferson
Years ago I worked for a woman who grew up with Ms Joplin. She had an old black and white photo of the two of them together when they were teenagers that she kept on her dresser. She always spoke of her as "our Janie." And every time she would end up saying, "it's a damn shame." And tears would roll down her cheeks. 🏵️❤️RIP KRIS AND OUR JANIE❤️🏵️
Yes she loved the great soul singers- especially Otis, Aretha, Nina , Tina and Bessie Smith. They used to call marriage or being stuck in a bad relationship “ the old ball and chain”.
It was this concert that moved Clive Davis to sign Janis to her first recording contract. This is a cover of Big Mama, Willie Mae Thornton's original song. Janis, aka Pearl liked a few drops of Southern Comfort while on stage.
This is a Big Mama Thornton song, and Big Mama was ok with Janis doing it, as she said "Janis does it her way and I do it mine" You should check out the original sometime, but Janis did it more than just justice.
Big Mama's final performance of it is masterful and showed how even at the end she was still a hurricane force to be reckoned with. She sang it so fantastically though that any version is a jaw dropper. I wish more reactors looked at more then just Hound Dog from her. There is so much more.
@@jeffk.9075 I've seen it, she died just a few weeks after that last performance. She's long been one of my absolute favorites. I also loved when she played harp (harmonica) she was damn good at that too.
@Jeff K. I feel the same. Have you seen that live performance of "Sweet Home Chicago"? Big Mama Thornton along with some of the greatest Blues men of the day trading riffs on harmonica? Beyond compare.
Janis's early influences included blues singers like Bessie Smith, Odetta, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday and Leadbelly. As her career progressed, she would be influenced by other music greats like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and Otis Redding.
Baby, if you want to hear her masterpiece, give a listen to Work Me Lord, Stockholm, 1969. ( Don't do the Woodstock version, it was day 3 of the concert and her voice was blown.)
So much JB flair. And this has so much blues which I love. Her singing has a lot of pain, desperation and bitterness or angst. I don't think she really understood what a force of nature she was. Sadly. Yes, sir. Her life was a short but difficult road.
The gal you said was amazed is Mama Cass from the. Mamma & Pappas who is an icon in her own rights who is another great sibger who sadly past to soon !
I think what is important about janis is that she, and her bands, were students of the blues. They admired and respected the blues musicians. But they also had a new understanding of electric music and they were playing with lots of ideas. They were making fusion music. And She was the first female rock vocalist , then Grace Slick came along pretty soon. There are a lot of powerful female singers, but Janis was the first Female Rock Lead Singer. It was Cutting Edge. She was the Queen. Try to find As Good As You've Been to This World. That is a GREAT Janis tune.
She considered herself a blues singer...also is quoted saying that her fans needed/wanted her to be blue or depressed and so it went ...but that's unfortunately what makes her so good at what she does and why so many ppl were truly touched by her music....
A ball and chain was a 19th century means of controlling prisoners. A heavy iron ball welded to a chain was fixed to the prisoners ankle like handcuffs.
Janis Joplin had the Blues singer Bessie Smith as a role model,on the album Janis,we can hear how she was singing when she started,there are interwieus wt her by Dick Cavett on the album and on her Summertime, she was so drugged that she could hardly sing. Janis was my teenage obsession,before the Jazz vocalist's took me! JazzyT.
Janis was severely bullied by her peers in high school, once voting her the ugliest boy in school. The saddest thing I ever heard her say was something like, "I go on stage and make love to 10's of thousands of people every night, then go home alone." That was her reality.
Bessie Smith, Odetta and Big Mama Thornton may have been the three biggest influences on Janis. If you know them you can hear their influence very heavily at different times in different songs.
That opening was purposeful..thought it was psychedelic. But everyone is about to get a dose of the blues from an unknown. Janis fell in love with the Blues at a young age & was ostracized for loving that "black" music. Living in Texas. Her favorite was Bessie Smith. When Janis found out that Bessie didn't have a head stone. She bought her one. Janis was the real deal. You don't hear Janis...you feel Janis. Everytime I feel Janis I'm thrilled & heartbroken at the same time. This appearance not only made local news, but national news. We were proud in SF & already knew who she was. RIP Pearl.
The woman you said is amazed, the camera focused on her because she is Mama Cass of the 60's folk group The Mamas and The Papas. They also performed at this music festival. So did Jimi Hendrix, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, The Animals, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Association, Johnny Rivers, Grateful Dead. There are more but you should add these to your reaction list. Not necessarily from this show but anything from this list.
Everyone was amazed by her performances... by her ability to let go of all the pain that crashed onto the audience like a tsunami... people were stunned by this violent and overwhelming vulnerability that literally nailed you to the ground. All you could do was open your mouth.
Loved your reaction! I was young during this psychedelic 60's era but had an older sister who was in the midst of it. I didn't appreciate Janis till much later. She's incredible!
This is a cover of a Big Mama Thornton song. I recommend you check it out. Big Mama Thornton was also the genius who originally wrote and performed "Hound Dog." Not Elvis. He just did a cover of something that was already great and claimed credit for it. She was Chicago Blues. She does a great rendition of "Sweet Home Chicago," with some of the greatest Blues men in Chicago of that day.
I grew up listening to her in High School, my favorite was Cry Baby, I am now 69 and still listening on your podcast and love your reaction to all the oldies.
This is a Big Mama Thorton song who happened to be a hero to Janis Joplin. In answer to your question, I was there for this concert. I was in the Army at the time and was set to be sent to Viet Nam in the next few weeks. Great concert with many incredible acts from Janis to Hendricks and Otis Redding. June 1967 and the summer of love.
I'm subscribing and I don't know if you just review Janice but if you do I'd like to hear your take on I need a man to love. But as a Blues freak I would really love to hear you listen to and review Johnny Winters Tin Pan Alley guitars amazing and I don't think many could replicate his version. Big Stevie Ray Vaughan Saint do not like his version
Pain is Janis Joplin's vocal stock in trade. Pain that only those who have been there know. Such a brilliant singer. I saw her at Winterland in SF in 1969. A tremendous performance. Fully drained by the end of the show. Savoy Brown opened for JJ. I saw Big Mama Thornton in Seattle (writer of Ball and Chain) with the best bluesmen in Chicago. RIP Janis and Big Mama. Love you all.
Janis was my teenage obsession,I have 7 albums wt her music, she's One Of A Kind! My top 5 are Summertime, Ball and Chain,Work Me,Lord,Ego Rock and Misery'n. JazzyT.
I feel like Big Brother and the Holding Company are one of the most unrated bands. The Sympathy of it a all, you feel each instrument solo and together add Janis's vovals and omg it ain't fair honey!
She loves him and all he wants to do is use her. She's true to him and he does whatever he wants. She is very hurt! 😭😭😭😡🙄🤷 She can't move on with her life and find someone who will treat her right because her love for this asshole is too strong. Been there. 😰😖
"Ball & Chain" is a term to call someone or something in your life a painful and thankless burden. It could be a lover, a husband or wife, a house, a job, anything you can't just walk away from. It comes from the old way of keeping convicts or slaves from running away while working outdoors. A shackle (a large iron cuff) was placed around one ankle, a length of iron chain (about 2-3 feet) attached a large iron ball to the shackle, which made it impossible for a wearer to run fast enough to escape. If you were ever hopelessly in love with someone who was totally no good for you, who used and abused you, but you couldn't live without them, then you know what it means when she says love is like a ball and chain. Don't ever let it happen to you. Advice from Carol in Boston. PS - loved your reaction.
She was from Port Arthur, Texas where she faced a lot of criticism about her looks. After high school she entered the University of Texas Austin and was voted Ugliest Man on Campus. It was right after that that she moved to California and began her singing career.
Janis was a Beatnix, a painter who was singing Blues, like her role model Bessie Smith! Small communities can't stand it if someone steps out from the norm, that's exactly what she did and got bullied! JazzyT.
Well the band Big Brother and the Holding Co. are still out there in the SF Bay Area playing a little here and there. Darby Gould is on vocals , of course she’s not Janis but does damn good. Nice reaction. Thanks.
There are several videos on YT of Janis on the Dick Cavett talk show. Cavett was a GOAT interviewer who to this day talks about his respect and admiration for her. It’s worth a peek. Her low key personality might surprise you-vs her stage persona. She was the real deal not only musically, but what you see in the interviews, also the real deal in her commitment to “hippy culture” and what they were trying to experience and create.
On the album Janis,there are a lots of interwieus wt Dick Cavett, it's also recordings where she sings how she did in the beginning.Janis did have Bessie Smith as a role model. JazzyT.
I’m not sure various reactors to this song realize that “ball and chain” was a technique to restrain prisoners so they could not run. A heavy metal ball, the size of a bowling bowl, was chained to the prisoners leg. Thus, a captive… a prisoner. She’s a “prisoner of love”.
"Ball and chain" is an old phrase used in describing being married - meaning how you were no longer free to go out and party with your friends but that you had to stay home with your ball and chain, usually your wife.
simple =- - - ball and chain basically means at least that love is hard and a struggle. It is not easy and can weigh you down. But I do like your reviews of Janis. I have been a fan of hers since about 1968..
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Her greatest influence was a Blues singer named Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith passed away and for many years was in an unmarked grave. When Janis found out that her grave was unmarked she bought the headstone and had it placed at Bessie Smith final resting place. The stone reads,The Greastest blues singer in the world Will never stop singing. Bessie Smith 1905 1937.
She is the greatest R/B Rock female performer of all time , period ! .... it is natural .... it is a natural God given talent ... a gift .... no female artist even comes close to what she did for music ... in my opinion ... Mama Cass is the second ... and she in the crowd ... in fu#king awwww .... that says it all ....
To this day Janis breaks my heart. She was a beautiful human being and the people who treated her poorly are bastards.
Same here for me
Do yourself a favor, if you haven’t. Watch the full Monterey Pop Festival. Pretty awesome vibe.
same thing happened to Joe Cocker but he was able to escape it
Jimmy Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys was one of those students in her school who bullied her. When I found that out, I've hated him ever since.
She was obviously SELF-destructive.
Most of the people at this performance had never heard of Janis Joplin before! After this performance... they all knew who she was! Its why you see Cass Elliot from the Mamas & the Papas watching Janis in awe!!!
She entered the stage a miss Nobody - she left it a superstar.
She was a spectacular talent, misunderstood and under appreciated. Loved Janis!
The lady is Mama Cass Elliott of the Mama's and the Papas, this was Janis 's first big performance and they were shocked at how good she was.
Right next to Mama Cass was the late great Jimi Hendrix in the white suit
@@donbelenger817 that’s not Jimi Hendrix, it’s Clive Davis. He signed her to a recording contract immediately after this performance.
All we undestand what means "ball and chains" in the history...
Greetings from Santiago de Chile, South America.
Love is like a ball & chain when ONE is in love and the other is playing.
She was voted ugliest guy in college. She got her heart broken several times, people in her home town treated her poorly. Janis sang what she lived. Love her.
Janis was relatively unknown at this time. She was only about a year into her professional music career. But she blew everyone away with her rendition of Ball & Chain". Interesting Note: The lady watching Janis performing here at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is Cass Elliott from the group "The Mamas & The Papas". Her mouth drops & she mouths “Wow" after a particularly strong vocal run from Janis.
She was freakin fantastic!
Goosebumps every time. You're right about feeling the pain.
Yayyyyyy! I was at this one! What a day- saw Otis Redding and the Stax MG’s too! It was 1967 in June. Three - six bucks per show filled with all the greatest groups!
That must've been incredible! Especially seeing bands like Big Brother, Otis Redding, and the set that broke The Who in the USA.
@@aurinrakkun8589 I’ve been to many concerts but the sound system at Monterey was the BEST I’ve ever heard. The musicians agreed. Pristine. No distortion. A dream. Why won’t they do that today?
There's no mold for Miss Janice. She was unique.
She was fabulous!
Janis is pure musical genius!
First off... Great reaction !! As a side note. Janis Joplin and Big Brother
and the Holding Company (relative "Unknowns" from San Francisco) played the first day
of Monterey. The cinematographer, D.A. Pennebacker, was late to arrive and the first day was
not recorded on film, so the promoters (this year the promoters were John and Michelle Phillips.
"half" of the very popular group, "The Mama's and the Papa's". (That's why "Mama" Cass Elliot
was featured in the recording) invited Janis back on the last day to perform "Ball & Chain"
again, to be filmed. They also informed a bunch of "record labels", that this sensational women
was going to perform again on the last day, so about 8 record companies offered her a
contract, and she signed with Clive Davis from Colombia Records.
The rest, as they say... "Is history" !!
I was there in 1967. When she came on stage she seemed shy and a little intimidated as this was her first time in front of a large audience, but as soon as she opened her mouth she took control of everyone there.
Wow, you are so lucky! I listened to her in junior high. Loved her then & still do!!
Wow!!!
The Monterey Pop Festival was held June16-18, 1967 in Monterey CA. This performance was on Sunday night. This was 2 years and 2 months *before* Woodstock in August 1969.
I saw her do this on the Saturday afternoon show which they didn’t film.
I love seeing people’s reactions to Janis. LEGEND
Note:
A 'ball and chain' was a type of leg iron used to constrain prisoners. It consisted of a metal band that locked around the ankle with a chain attached that led to a large iron ball. It weighed about 18 lbs.
In the song, the complaint is that 'love is like a ball and chain'; it weighs you down, constrains you, and you become a prisoner to the person you love. If they don't appreciate you, if they sleep around or if they leave you, it's torture and you can't escape it.
"Ball and Chain" actually IS a love song, but a very sad one.
"Her close friends have gathered.
Lord, ain't it a shame
Grieving together
Sharing the blame.
But when she was dying
Lord, we let her down.
There's no use cryin'
It can't help her now.
The party's all over
Drink up and go home.
It's too late to love her
And leave her alone.
Just say she was someone
Lord, so far from home
Whose life was so lonesome
She died all alone
Who dreamed pretty dreams
That never came true
Lord, why was she born
So black and blue?
Oh, why was she born
So black and blue?
Epitaph (Black And Blue)
Written by: Kris Kristofferson
Note: "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin."
- Kris Kristofferson
Beautiful voice and person. Love you rest in pease with Bessie smith
Years ago I worked for a woman who grew up with Ms Joplin. She had an old black and white photo of the two of them together when they were teenagers that she kept on her dresser. She always spoke of her as "our Janie." And every time she would end up saying, "it's a damn shame." And tears would roll down her cheeks.
🏵️❤️RIP KRIS AND OUR JANIE❤️🏵️
You are spot on. Her voice comes from her pain.
That scream is classic blues emotion.
Nothing but the truth in her sound!!! JJ heart of my heart
Janice was raw talent!
Yes she loved the great soul singers- especially Otis, Aretha, Nina , Tina and Bessie Smith.
They used to call marriage or being stuck in a bad relationship “ the old ball and chain”.
Janis is Queen of the blues..
Yes, and the Queen of other things too that there are no words to describe.🙃🙂🌈
It was this concert that moved Clive Davis to sign Janis to her first recording contract. This is a cover of Big Mama, Willie Mae Thornton's original song. Janis, aka Pearl liked a few drops of Southern Comfort while on stage.
This is a Big Mama Thornton song, and Big Mama was ok with Janis doing it, as she said "Janis does it her way and I do it mine" You should check out the original sometime, but Janis did it more than just justice.
I posted this before the end, I see you already checked that out.
Big Mama's final performance of it is masterful and showed how even at the end she was still a hurricane force to be reckoned with. She sang it so fantastically though that any version is a jaw dropper. I wish more reactors looked at more then just Hound Dog from her. There is so much more.
@@jeffk.9075 I've seen it, she died just a few weeks after that last performance. She's long been one of my absolute favorites. I also loved when she played harp (harmonica) she was damn good at that too.
@@arlaabrell8658 Still underappreciated and it's heartbreaking.
@Jeff K. I feel the same.
Have you seen that live performance of "Sweet Home Chicago"? Big Mama Thornton along with some of the greatest Blues men of the day trading riffs on harmonica?
Beyond compare.
The girl with the sunglasses in the video that you said looks amazed is mama cas from the mama's and the papa's
The Mamas and Papas were also among the organizers of the Monterey Pop festival.
Her summertime live is amazing! Would love to see you react to that one
Rest in peace beautiful woman. 🙏🌟❤️
Janis's early influences included blues singers like Bessie Smith, Odetta, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday and Leadbelly. As her career progressed, she would be influenced by other music greats like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and Otis Redding.
True facts.
Erin Rome..her name is Janis..
Baby, if you want to hear her masterpiece, give a listen to Work Me Lord, Stockholm, 1969.
( Don't do the Woodstock version, it was day 3 of the concert and her voice was blown.)
So much JB flair. And this has so much blues which I love. Her singing has a lot of pain, desperation and bitterness or angst. I don't think she really understood what a force of nature she was. Sadly. Yes, sir. Her life was a short but difficult road.
"Me and Bobby McGee" is my favorite Janis
Joplin song!
❤Janis. RIP🌹
The gal you said was amazed is Mama Cass from the. Mamma & Pappas who is an icon in her own rights who is another great sibger who sadly past to soon !
I think what is important about janis is that she, and her bands, were students of the blues. They admired and respected the blues musicians. But they also had a new understanding of electric music and they were playing with lots of ideas. They were making fusion music. And She was the first female rock vocalist , then Grace Slick came along pretty soon. There are a lot of powerful female singers, but Janis was the first Female Rock Lead Singer. It was Cutting Edge. She was the Queen. Try to find As Good As You've Been to This World. That is a GREAT Janis tune.
Janice was a force of nature on the mic - You should hear the sublime singing on Summertime studio version. It's my favorite singing of any
She considered herself a blues singer...also is quoted saying that her fans needed/wanted her to be blue or depressed and so it went ...but that's unfortunately what makes her so good at what she does and why so many ppl were truly touched by her music....
A ball and chain was a 19th century means of controlling prisoners. A heavy iron ball welded to a chain was fixed to the prisoners ankle like handcuffs.
Janis Joplin had the Blues singer Bessie Smith as a role model,on the album Janis,we can hear how she was singing when she started,there are interwieus wt her by Dick Cavett on the album and on her Summertime, she was so drugged that she could hardly sing. Janis was my teenage obsession,before the Jazz vocalist's took me! JazzyT.
Sweet Pearl,,
was abused, used, and spit out! ,,til she overdosed 😔
We Miss You Janis
We Loved You
❤
Little Girl Blue is a really good one she shows her pain and Cry Baby is also really good 👍🙏👣
That woman is Cass Elliot of the group The Mamas and the Papas. Another wonderful voice lost too soon.
Janis: Summertime live 1969
Janis was severely bullied by her peers in high school, once voting her the ugliest boy in school. The saddest thing I ever heard her say was something like, "I go on stage and make love to 10's of thousands of people every night, then go home alone." That was her reality.
Janis are in the 27 Club now,wt the others who died at the age of 27,Curt Cobain, Jimmie Hendrix,Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse. JazzyT.
Bessie Smith, Odetta and Big Mama Thornton may have been the three biggest influences on Janis. If you know them you can hear their influence very heavily at different times in different songs.
Awesome ...everything ...the voice ...the story telling ...the RAW emotion ....Mate ...Real Music ...no fake shit here!"
That opening was purposeful..thought it was psychedelic. But everyone is about to get a dose of the blues from an unknown. Janis fell in love with the Blues at a young age & was ostracized for loving that "black" music. Living in Texas. Her favorite was Bessie Smith. When Janis found out that Bessie didn't have a head stone. She bought her one. Janis was the real deal. You don't hear Janis...you feel Janis. Everytime I feel Janis I'm thrilled & heartbroken at the same time. This appearance not only made local news, but national news. We were proud in SF & already knew who she was. RIP Pearl.
If you haven't heard her version of "Summertime," you must! It will blow your mind.
K - u got to know this was a time of big discovery. Lots of love, Woodstock , traveling
The woman you said is amazed, the camera focused on her because she is Mama Cass of the 60's folk group The Mamas and The Papas. They also performed at this music festival. So did Jimi Hendrix, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, The Animals, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Association, Johnny Rivers, Grateful Dead. There are more but you should add these to your reaction list. Not necessarily from this show but anything from this list.
This was the very first pop festival in Monterrey, Ca in 1967. /Janis became famous overnight! Best !
shes amazed and also the headliner for that concert.
you gotta great heart and soul man. I love your reactions and your input. love the content
Everyone was amazed by her performances... by her ability to let go of all the pain that crashed onto the audience like a tsunami... people were stunned by this violent and overwhelming vulnerability that literally nailed you to the ground. All you could do was open your mouth.
Janis was the real deal. There will never be another like her
I was born in the 60's. I t was a different time. Janis always appeared to be able to feel ever word of a song.
Loved your reaction! I was young during this psychedelic 60's era but had an older sister who was in the midst of it. I didn't appreciate Janis till much later. She's incredible!
That's awesome!
Me too
Love can be brutal.
This is a cover of a Big Mama Thornton song.
I recommend you check it out.
Big Mama Thornton was also the genius who originally wrote and performed "Hound Dog."
Not Elvis.
He just did a cover of something that was already great and claimed credit for it.
She was Chicago Blues.
She does a great rendition of "Sweet Home Chicago,"
with some of the
greatest Blues men in Chicago
of that day.
Dee Bridgewater has a wonderful version of Hounddog, too. JazzyT.
You’ve got to see laughing and dancing Janis with Tom Jones, too! “ Raise Your Hand”.
Here is a link to Janis singing with Tom on his show. ruclips.net/video/mZmiefQ5y4U/видео.html
Honestly, the pure joy on Tom’s face is half the beauty of this performance. His face seems to say “this is why I do music.”
@@Calmontheoutside Definitely, it was really fun to see.
I grew up listening to her in High School, my favorite was Cry Baby, I am now 69 and still listening on your podcast and love your reaction to all the oldies.
Janis admired many black performers from her earliest years. She was hurt at her high school and got deep into her music.
Janis was bullied in school I’m so glad I was born in 1953 and I had the best music in my time
This is a Big Mama Thorton song who happened to be a hero to Janis Joplin. In answer to your question, I was there for this concert. I was in the Army at the time and was set to be sent to Viet Nam in the next few weeks. Great concert with many incredible acts from Janis to Hendricks and Otis Redding. June 1967 and the summer of love.
Big Mama Thornton also did "Hound Dog" before Elvis did; her version was so strong and gravelly; perfection. She was a powerhouse!!!!!
Dee Dee Bridgewater has a wonderful version of Hounddog,too! JazzyT.
👍👍👍
I really like this guy. Good reaction videos.
Mam , she amazing 😂❤
Not one her songs for everyone, but listen to her others, you'll appreciate her and be glad you listened.
Yea Janice went through alot. She had the most soul of any female artists of that time I swear!!
I'm subscribing and I don't know if you just review Janice but if you do I'd like to hear your take on I need a man to love. But as a Blues freak I would really love to hear you listen to and review Johnny Winters Tin Pan Alley guitars amazing and I don't think many could replicate his version. Big Stevie Ray Vaughan Saint do not like his version
Big Mama Thornton also wrote and recorded Houndog, famously covered by Elvis.
Pain is Janis Joplin's vocal stock in trade. Pain that only those who have been there know. Such a brilliant singer. I saw her at Winterland in SF in 1969. A tremendous performance. Fully drained by the end of the show. Savoy Brown opened for JJ. I saw Big Mama Thornton in Seattle (writer of Ball and Chain) with the best bluesmen in Chicago. RIP Janis and Big Mama. Love you all.
Janis was my teenage obsession,I have 7 albums wt her music, she's One Of A Kind! My top 5 are Summertime, Ball and Chain,Work Me,Lord,Ego Rock and Misery'n. JazzyT.
Mama Cass was at the top of her class and even Janis blew her away!
Great reaction..
Hello-60's..opening guitar riff...lol
Dedicated Artists back then
I feel like Big Brother and the Holding Company are one of the most unrated bands. The Sympathy of it a all, you feel each instrument solo and together add Janis's vovals and omg it ain't fair honey!
She loves him and all he wants to do is use her. She's true to him and he does whatever he wants. She is very hurt! 😭😭😭😡🙄🤷 She can't move on with her life and find someone who will treat her right because her love for this asshole is too strong. Been there. 😰😖
It sounds like a Narcissist and a co dependent! JazzyT.
"Ball & Chain" is a term to call someone or something in your life a painful and thankless burden. It could be a lover, a husband or wife, a house, a job, anything you can't just walk away from. It comes from the old way of keeping convicts or slaves from running away while working outdoors. A shackle (a large iron cuff) was placed around one ankle, a length of iron chain (about 2-3 feet) attached a large iron ball to the shackle, which made it impossible for a wearer to run fast enough to escape.
If you were ever hopelessly in love with someone who was totally no good for you, who used and abused you, but you couldn't live without them, then you know what it means when she says love is like a ball and chain.
Don't ever let it happen to you.
Advice from Carol in Boston.
PS - loved your reaction.
Fantastic choice
After all these years I never recognised the James Brown influence you pointed out. Great observation.
She was from Port Arthur, Texas where she faced a lot of criticism about her looks. After high school she entered the University of Texas Austin and was voted Ugliest Man on Campus. It was right after that that she moved to California and began her singing career.
Janis was a Beatnix, a painter who was singing Blues, like her role model Bessie Smith! Small communities can't stand it if someone steps out from the norm, that's exactly what she did and got bullied! JazzyT.
Well the band Big Brother and the Holding Co. are still out there in the SF Bay Area playing a little here and there. Darby Gould is on vocals , of course she’s not Janis but does damn good. Nice reaction. Thanks.
Woah..........what a flashback.......
Yes ❤
I would LOVE to hear you react to Janis Joplin singing “Bobby McGee”… my all time favorite of hers!
Ball and Chain is metaphor for when prisoners were held by ball and chain. Here she sings about love being a ball and chain.
We don't need google to tell you how that song makes you feel feel it no google ❤
big influences included Big Mama Thornton, Bessie Smith, Lead Belly. She was a serious student of music - listened to everything
Janis own songs: Down on me, Codine, Move over.
See also Moondog cover by Janis: All is loneliness.
There are several videos on YT of Janis on the Dick Cavett talk show. Cavett was a GOAT interviewer who to this day talks about his respect and admiration for her. It’s worth a peek. Her low key personality might surprise you-vs her stage persona. She was the real deal not only musically, but what you see in the interviews, also the real deal in her commitment to “hippy culture” and what they were trying to experience and create.
On the album Janis,there are a lots of interwieus wt Dick Cavett, it's also recordings where she sings how she did in the beginning.Janis did have Bessie Smith as a role model. JazzyT.
I’m not sure various reactors to this song realize that “ball and chain” was a technique to restrain prisoners so they could not run. A heavy metal ball, the size of a bowling bowl, was chained to the prisoners leg. Thus, a captive… a prisoner. She’s a “prisoner of love”.
"Ball and chain" is an old phrase used in describing being married - meaning how you were no longer free to go out and party with your friends but that you had to stay home with your ball and chain, usually your wife.
She was from Texas but always hung around New Orleans Blues district when growing up and running around
simple =- - - ball and chain basically means at least that love is hard and a struggle. It is not easy and can weigh you down.
But I do like your reviews of Janis.
I have been a fan of hers since about 1968..
I concur