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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.
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.
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 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.
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! 😂
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.
I think that your comment about Janis Joplin is perfect about her. I was about 10 years old or maybe less when I remember hearing Janis Joplin‘s death and Jimi Hendrix death. I was always into music and even being young, it had an effect on me about their death. Rest in power, Janice and Jimi
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
This is how good singers sounded, before auto tune, they didn't care about longevity or tone. It was about putting emotion into the performance. Dying at 27, janis lives on and sings forever.
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 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...
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.
The most prolific voice ever in Rock and Roll. There's more beautiful voices, but Janis will always be the impactful Queen of rock female singers. Everything she did she put her heart and soul into. Who could ask for anything more? The best in Rock. Period.
When someone expressed concern to her about harming her voice, Janis said, “Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?”
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!
Conventional terms like pitch and key have nothing to do with appreciating the real, honesty, and soulful expression of Janis Joplin’s singing. You BELIEVE her.
No rock legend ever sang perfect That's not what captures people's attention It's the realness and raw energy That grabs people on a deeper level. Her career was only 4 years long and were still talking about Her
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
@@dalmac5978 I probably should have checked on the ones who over dosed on which drug. My over sight but your claims are B.S.. "Adults didn't like and gave that music its label because of negative connotations"-----really!! Unfortunately for you I am very familiar with that period in time. I used to hitch hike back then but that became impossible because a few of those high on drugs hitch hikers killed those who stopped to give them a lift and "that" was in the newspapers of that time, "just in case you want to play that down as well". And if you don't like me defining that period of music as "Acid Rock" the other definition or, "how did you put it; speculating" I'll add is "Psychedelic music"!!
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 Joplin's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival was like an earthquake. That was most people's introduction to Janis. It still resonates today.🎙️☮️☮️
When I first heard her sing (listening in my high school library with earphones in 1975), I was dumbstruck. Every time since, I feel deep sadness and emotion. She was one of a kind. She expressed pain like I have when I was alone...never pretty. Raw.
This song was my introduction to Janis at the age off 11, Within 20 seconds every hair on my arm was raised. 34 yrs on im still sitting here crying, Janis was pure soul.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ❤ 💚 💙
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.
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.
Janis was a master of using her vocal imperfections in the perfect way to amplify the emotions that she is expressing. Should be the new definition of "soul"
Hypnotica! It's impossible not to just listen to her and watch her. This is the feeling you get from the first time you come into contact with this artist. --- Thank you for your analysis and digressions about the context of the lyrics and music and the story about Janis and her music. Sorry for my poor English. Greetings from Brazil.
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’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. ❤
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.
Many,many very talented singers and vocalists,from opera, classical, and blues, try to dissect Janis. Mostly from respect and awe and affection, truth be told, can't be done. It's Janis ,raw beautiful Janis ❤️🇺🇸
Your analysis was BRILLIANT ! I am old and fortunately grew up during this amazing era of just incredible music... Janis was a one of a kind, once in a lifetime, kind of artist. There were many others in that era, and I LOVE them all ! I really enjoyed your video, thank you !
joplin made art. she threw everything of her into her art. she burned the candle not only on both but on all ends including ones people did not know existed. pure rock music does not need perfectionism, it needs all the emotions. joplin was all emotion. that made her a legend, for most people, with the first song they ever heard of her. ronny james dio was a singer god. he put his warmth into his music with perfect technique. janis was a singer god. she put her soul into her music. any way she could. no matter the cost.
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Eddie Berg one take live performence reaction please, thank you! 🤞🤞🤞
ruclips.net/video/zxe3KxHWikM/видео.html Crazy Janis Joplin cover on AGT.
she's always voted best female singer of all time
Beth, please post link to original video, and always do so! Thank you.
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 !!!!!
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.
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 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.
I can barely express my joy at mirroring your reactions on the three I've watched so far! I'm 70. Brilliant!
Same
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
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.
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.
was lucky enough to see her once at Fillmore East here in NYC. Best female performance I've ever seen. OMG!!!!
I was devastated when she died, she was so phenomenal, in 73 and grew up with her, Morrison and Hendrix. She still makes tears come to my eyes
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.
I think that your comment about Janis Joplin is perfect about her. I was about 10 years old or maybe less when I remember hearing Janis Joplin‘s death and Jimi Hendrix death. I was always into music and even being young, it had an effect on me about their death. Rest in power, Janice and Jimi
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
The best
I always loved her version of Summertime.
This is how good singers sounded, before auto tune, they didn't care about longevity or tone.
It was about putting emotion into the performance.
Dying at 27, janis lives on and sings forever.
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!
Joplin was one of a kind. The best art is often leaving the box, and that's what she does.
Janis tempered her voice with her drink of choice , a bottle of Southern Comfort . 👍 Poor lady just wanted people to love her ❤❤ RIP
I have always loved the raw emotion she put into her performances.
It's very powerful. I can't listen to her without getting chills. Her singing was mesmerizing.
Janis always put her soul & her pain into the singing.
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
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.
Beautiful statement.
Janis was just all soul and heart. Wounded but powerful.
Pearl's voice was imperfectly perfect and so full of soul, that's what made her so unique. 🔥🙏✌️
Her voice was her tool, but her heart and pain were her music.
Immaculately imperfect! My favorite female vocalist now and forever! A unicorn among vocalists.
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.
The most prolific voice ever in Rock and Roll. There's more beautiful voices, but Janis will always be the impactful Queen of rock female singers. Everything she did she put her heart and soul into. Who could ask for anything more? The best in Rock. Period.
Watching this performance is mesmerizing. Her face changes with every emotion. I love her speaking voice and her chuckle.
Janis Joplin was a storm. Maybe not a perfect one, but a force of nature never the less.
When someone expressed concern to her about harming her voice, Janis said, “Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?”
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!
Agony. Fuck, that’s exactly what it is.
This is the BLUES , it is EMOTIONAL , and beautiful
You’re spot on. Janis started by singing gospel in her church.
Conventional terms like pitch and key have nothing to do with appreciating the real, honesty, and soulful expression of Janis Joplin’s singing. You BELIEVE her.
No rock legend ever sang perfect That's not what captures people's attention It's the realness and raw energy That grabs people on a deeper level. Her career was only 4 years long and were still talking about Her
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.
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.
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 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.
Yes! ❤ Janis Joplin!! Most emotional, powerful singer! One of my fav songs of hers too.
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.
Remember the 60's saying "Let it all hang out"? Janis did just that like no one else.
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.
@@brgilbert2 You're not upsetting anyone by giving your opinion lol... just don't expect people to agree with you.
@@dalmac5978 I probably should have checked on the ones who over dosed on which drug. My over sight but your claims are B.S.. "Adults didn't like and gave that music its label because of negative connotations"-----really!! Unfortunately for you I am very familiar with that period in time.
I used to hitch hike back then but that became impossible because a few of those high on drugs hitch hikers killed those who stopped to give them a lift and "that" was in the newspapers of that time, "just in case you want to play that down as well". And if you don't like me defining that period of music as "Acid Rock" the other definition or, "how did you put it; speculating" I'll add is "Psychedelic music"!!
Nobody can sing better than Janice Joplin. She’s a legend and an icon! She’s the GOAT!
I’ve had her picture on my wall for over 50 years.
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!
When you see someone like janis live you come away feeling different, an amazing person who sung from a deep deep heart
This performance always bums me out.. she’s so lonely.. she ant even contain it.. such a legend
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
Perfectly imperfect. 💕💞💖
I love what you do so much. I'm 77 and am amazed at your understanding of life. Please don't change.
When I first heard her sing (listening in my high school library with earphones in 1975), I was dumbstruck. Every time since, I feel deep sadness and emotion. She was one of a kind. She expressed pain like I have when I was alone...never pretty. Raw.
This song was my introduction to Janis at the age off 11, Within 20 seconds every hair on my arm was raised. 34 yrs on im still sitting here crying, Janis was pure soul.
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 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
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.
Janis quando subia ao palco não era uma voz,mas,uma revolução. ❤⚘💙
Ty for this. Boy do i miss her.
Everyone says Janis put her soul into her performance, and I agree, but even more than that, she brings ours out. She had the ability to make us feel
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 was perfectly capable of singing "normally". I've heard recordings. She just didn't wanna do it that way. She fell in love with this style.
Janis Joplin was authentic, that is what made her stood out among the crowd
Swiggin' the Southern Comfort added to that singing quality as well.
Beth your reaction is priceless. I love Janice ❤. Thank you for your detailed response. 😊
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.
Janis was the best of off all time. There will never be another like her.
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😋😎🇧🇻
Thank you for all your respectfull for janis ❤
This is the best example of the greatness of Janis.
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.
WoW !!!!! She was a gift from God.
I'll listen to her live, over 1000 popular contemporary "mainstream" vocalists.
Perfect imperfections 😊
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.
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.
You get a sense of how we all felt upon learning of her death.
There will never by another janice joplin ❤
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 ❤ 💚 💙
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.
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
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.
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.
I’m convinced Janis’ voice is cigarettes, Southern Comfort and pain and passion RIP Janis 🌻💜👵🏼✌🏼
Janis was a master of using her vocal imperfections in the perfect way to amplify the emotions that she is expressing. Should be the new definition of "soul"
Janis was fearless.
Hypnotica! It's impossible not to just listen to her and watch her. This is the feeling you get from the first time you come into contact with this artist. --- Thank you for your analysis and digressions about the context of the lyrics and music and the story about Janis and her music. Sorry for my poor English. Greetings from Brazil.
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 always get chills listening to Pearl!
Foi sua imperfeição vocal que a tornou um ícone inesquecível. Amo Joplin e sua rouca voz.Janis forever!!!!❤⚘💙
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. ❤
No one had/has the ability to share the emotion of a lyric like Janis. A true phenomenon.
The best singer ever! She showed us how to speak up from the soul! Tks for sharing!
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.
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 love your recognition that the raw imperfections in Janus' intro are Expression-filled.
Many,many very talented singers and vocalists,from opera, classical, and blues, try to dissect Janis. Mostly from respect and awe and affection, truth be told, can't be done. It's Janis ,raw beautiful Janis ❤️🇺🇸
Your analysis was BRILLIANT ! I am old and fortunately grew up during this amazing era of just incredible music... Janis was a one of a kind, once in a lifetime, kind of artist. There were many others in that era, and I LOVE them all ! I really enjoyed your video, thank you !
joplin made art. she threw everything of her into her art. she burned the candle not only on both but on all ends including ones people did not know existed. pure rock music does not need perfectionism, it needs all the emotions.
joplin was all emotion. that made her a legend, for most people, with the first song they ever heard of her.
ronny james dio was a singer god. he put his warmth into his music with perfect technique.
janis was a singer god. she put her soul into her music. any way she could. no matter the cost.
I love Janis. She didn't give a shit about proper or correct singing. It was all heart and soul. That's the best singing imo rip ❤