so cool to see young people like you appreciating giants like Janis . we were completely blown away hearing her Hendrix , Cream, Ten Years After ,Steppenwolf, Mountain, Airplane , Dead, Beatles ect..it all happened so fast and then was gone but 57 ys later the music still burns and young intelligent people like you will continue to find it and appreciate it.✌
Ella Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin. One a silky smooth voice and the other a passionate, emotional, raspy voice. Both great in their own right. It’s amazing to me one song can be performed so differently, but still both excellent!
This was the Kozmic Blues Band. The lead guitarist came with her from Big Brother. I have never seen this performance. It's relatively nuanced compared to the studio version. I loved her from the first time I heard her and was broken hearted when she died so young. Thank you for this, it was a real treat. And thank you for appreciating her talent. Not everyone does.
Her voice is "trained" in this video. At some point, the studio gave her voice lessons, so she wouldn't blow out her voice. Learn how to use the microphone. She was blowing out amps! We hear the difference in control with this song She evolved a bit from her original work - check out Monteray festival "Ball & Chain" - you'll see Mama cass in the audience Janis is less stoned in her earlier videos - Monteray is when she broke out. And I love that version watching Mama Cass's jaw drop Monterey was a very pure innocent Janis, who is very present on stage unlike many of her other performances. See if you can find the documentary with her sister, photos of her actual letters - it'll make you want to cry. Rock on Janis!
That guitarist and I really don't know his name but he came with Janice from Big Brother is an incredibly talented musician !. His name should be known
Great choice, i have never seen this video. I have her first three albums on vinyl. Yes this lady poured her soul into all her songs. Very unique voice well suited to singing the Blues. Not everybody likes her style. Like Bilie Holiday in the 30's and 40's she sang the blues
The late Great Janis Joplin!! What a Beautiful soul. What a great talent!! She was so happy when she was performing. She hated the down time. She didn't have an easy life. She was,and she will always be remembered and loved for that powerhouse of a voice she has. No one can come close to The voice of Janis Joplin. She was with Big Brother and The Holding Company when she recorded and performed Summertime. We love you Janis and we miss you. We will be listening to your music for generations to come. Peace and love to you Janis ❤️
You mention that Ella's version sounded like a lullaby. Actually, you're very accurate with that analysis because it was originally sung as a lullaby by Clara in the Porgy and Bess opera in 1935.
Actually, Big Brother and the Holding Company was a popular San Francisco band that invited Janis to sing with them after she arrived from Texas. See the album cover
@@carlossantarosajr5906 The studio version is on "Cheap Thrills". The live at Woodstock version is on the 1999 CD re-release of "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!" as a bonus track.
There's an EXCELLENT documentary you can stream called "Janis: Little Girl Blue" (2015) if you really want to know more about her story. I highly recommend.
I will look up that documentary and thank you. I have read Buried Alive by Myra Friedman , it's a really good Insight but there's a lot of corporate and record company stuff. Can't wait to see Janice, little girl blue
We have two sets of vocal cords, which, when we are singing, are usually closed together. She is able to separate her vocal cords, allowing her to sing in two octaves at the same time. I think the first verse is sung to one child, the plantation owner's child, the second verse is sung to her own child, while she, a slave nursemaid, is caring for both babies. The first baby has nothing to worry about, Daddy is rich. The second child, her own child, she hopes will grow up to be free. I would love to hear the Ella Fitzgerald version.
Just heard your Ella reaction, quickly posted that you should hear Janis, and this popped up in my feed. Too cool! Glad to see you hearing the beauty in each.
4:05 Yep. NO ONE had heard anyone sing like that before. Her ability to interpret and recreate music is the very definition of an artist. Janis was one of a kind, for sure. Just tragic that she died so young.
This was her second band The Kozmic Blues Band. When big brother and the holding company disbanded she took guitarist Sam Andrew with her. This band was plagued with drugs which was sometimes noticeable when they played live... she was much happier in her third band The Full Tilt Boogie Band which sadly didn’t last for long ☹️
@@paleryder I think it hold the record for the most covers. There's a group who collect them, several years ago they were up to 25 thousand , it's more now but I can't find the website. Including reggae,heavy metal,jazz.
It's a jazz standard, meaning that it's an expected part of a jazz musician's repertoire. Recording your own version isn't even really considered a cover - standards are almost like a Creative Commons work of art, before such a thing existed.
And Porgy and Bess was incredible. The opera by Gershwin was later made into a film in 1959 with Sidney Poitier and Sammy Davis jr ... is so beautiful. When I was a child/adolescent it played on tv. I just looked it up on Wikipedia and read these sad words: The movie is not available on home video, and it is unknown if a quality print still exists, prompting it to be considered one of the more prestigious and expensively produced "missing films."
Daniel, I am intrigued and empathetic with your reactions. Your facial expressions just so FIT what’s going on in the music and make me thrill anew to the performance. I see you’re becoming a somewhat reluctant fan of the blues but they’re the lifeblood of music. Normally I dislike Led Zeppelin but please react to Since I’ve Been Loving You. Hair raising almost as good as Janis.
Thank you for this reaction video or I would have never known it existed either. What a searing and soaring performance. She had more soul in her little finger, than most singers have in their whole body. Great job as always, and during this time of confinement it’s nice to have a virtual friend, and your voice and demeanor are both engaging and calming. ☮️ .... Steve in Dallas
From Gershwin's musical Porgy and Bess, a story about poor blacks. I've heard many do this, but I think Joplin caught the spirit of it better than anyone else. As an Ella Fitzgerald fan, this was hard to admit, but Joplin really nailed this.
Wow... that was quite a marathon for you. Thanks again for your hard work which will pay off in the long run. Can't wait for the energetic 'Me and Bobby Magee'. I once had that song stuck in my head for about a week while trying to work.
Janis didn't "write" many songs, mostly did covers. As she said in a Dick Cavett interview, she doesn't "write" songs, that's a different concept, she just made them up :)
Daniel, Technically, Summertime is considered a "Standard" from the Great American Songbook, originally having been written for a stage play by George Gershwin, in 1934. It has been "covered' by many. Another famous "rock" cover, is by the Zombies.
A song written in 1935, recorded here in 1969 - and here we are in 2020, still amazed by it. The subtext underlying it is racial - the lullaby is lovely and heartwarming and everything a sleeping baby needs to hear, with the promise of a bright future ahead - everything a parent (or caregiver) wishes were true. But it was clearly and obviously untrue for a Black child in the South (to whom it is sung in "Porgy and Bess".) For any child, sure, we never know what might happen, bad things are possible - but for a Black child in that place and time, it was a given. Mommy and Daddy can't ensure their safety, and in the future, their wings will be clipped and there will be no soaring to the sky. Period. That was the reality of the times circa 1935. Ella's version of Summertime, I think, does a superb job of capturing that conflict between the words and the belief, bringing even more edge to it, given that she is who she is, given the times she lived through - and that it's the 1960's and she's saying how far have we come? What amazes me about Janis' version is that she didn't lose this aspect at all - it's not just a regular lullaby with just a tinge of regret about the child growing up someday, no, no, she's right there lamenting the fact that it's all a lie.
This is tangential, speaking about female rock/blues singers. Maggie Bell is a Scottish singer who came to the US and recorded an album called "Queen of the Night" with the Atlantic team that produced Aretha's music. She toured for a while and blew people away, and then faded off. But that album is a gem. You might give it a listen. My faves are the title song, "As the Years Go Passing By", and "Caddo Queen".
So glad you liked my girl. Been in love with her since the late 60s when I was a teenager. One of the really unique things about Janis' voice is that many people have cited that she sings notes that sound more like three cords. I believe they actually recorded and electronically dissected her singing once and they said that it was very unique in that regard.
"Half Moon", "My Baby", & "Move Over" are my 3 most favorite songs of hers. These are off the Pearl album with the Full Tilt Boogie band. I have no idea if there are any videos of those songs. She died very soon after the release of the Pearl album, unfortunately. I was Freshman in high school when she died.
My first comment ever on UA-cam. I completely enjoy your reaction videos. You seem like a cool kid. Very bright and thoughtful. You are a breath of fresh air. You have a bright future ahead of you in whatever you want to do. Keep up the interesting videos and thank you
Sidney Bechet, the great jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, recorded Summertime as an instrumental for the Blue Note label in 1939.It was only the sixth record that Blue Note released, and it was their first hit. You can listen to it here (sorry about the sound quality, just remember how old this record is): ua-cam.com/video/Po8J4NBdiSc/v-deo.html
Can't wait to see where you go next with Janis. There aren't really any bad choices. It's great that you "get" her and am interested to see your take on Mercedes Benz when you get around to it. Rock on!
I was on my phone earlier when I listened to this so I couldn't comment on your reaction. Janis was a one off and basically a singer more than a writer. She was pretty much dumped on by her managers over the years and never achieved much financial success in comparison to the amount of records she sold. She was a sad woman for the most part and once said "I make love to 25,000 people every night for two hours then go home alone" and that pretty much sums up her life. Your reaction was exactly what I would have hoped for, Janis was unique and even stunning in her performances, blues just seeped out of every pore of her body.
Thanks for the reaction and comparison. I strongly look up the song in its context from Porgy and Bess. You'll see how both of your intepretations are very close to the song's intent.
"Summertime" is one of the great George Gershwin's masterpieces and it was originally part of the 1935 musical "Porgy and Bess" which tells the story of afro-american people. Therefore the lyrics to the song are from that perspective, as one can particularly see from the line "the cotton is high", which refers to an era of slavery.
You should check her out at the Monterey Pop Festival, Ball and Chain. You won’t be sorry!! In my opinion she’s the greatest female vocalist of all time.
Since this is a jazz blues song I still think just to expand your horizons listen to Joe Pass live Misty.... many guitarist wanted give up playing guitar after watching him 😊
Janis remains in a category of her own. Joan Osborne singing “What becomes of the broken hearted” live with The Funk Brothers” of early Motown fame is worth a listen. And I promise you, Tobacco Road” by Johnny & Edgar Winter, guaranteed to blow your mind.
I often wonder how different music would have evolved if some of the incredible artists of the 60's and 70's had not died so early. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Duane Allman, Barry Oakley, Otis Redding, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Karen Carpenter. The list goes on.
This was the first version of "Summertime" I'd ever heard, and had no idea it was even *from* a "folk opera" or whatever "Porgy & Bess" was (besides being awesome). Really wasn't until some years later that I discovered "Porgy & Bess," and was a bit stunned to hear "Summertime." The traditionalist in me prefers the softer, jazz sound of the original, and Miss Ella's version; the rocker in me might not have the hair he once had, but, still loves Joplin's cover...which one is better? Yes, they are.
To me, Janis's version best conveys the backstory. This song can be sung as a lullaby, which it traditionally has been, but Janis puts the pain and desperation that had to be lurking beneath the surface of many an oppressed slave/oppressed servant singing her master's child to sleep.
She 'borrowed' a lot of her singing style from Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators when they were both in Austin....a good reaction would be to _You're Gonna Miss Me_ .
killer comment.... very true..... he is vastly overlooked.... I will say, they were both texans. that probably has something to do w/ it also. texas is very exposed to delta blues plus its culturally, esp then, a very tough culture to grow up in. texas is hot & rural & its a place where self sustainment and frontier justice is a strong part of the ethos. in turn, you cant be meek there, you will get smashed if you are. its why for ex some of the best football talent consistently comes from there. it breeds tough ass people. period. & no woman is a more bad ass blues singer then janis. & many males coming out of texas are six shooters too.... she was by far the anne oakly of rock. no one could, nor messed w/ her. ask jim morrison how that went when you did.
@@kelvinkloud which is why when someone says the Elevators were a psychedelic group, I always roll my eyes: they were first and foremost a Texas rock band ..
Daniel, always like to hear your reactions to great female singers and Janis Joplin is no exception. In the past you have listened to some of my favorites like Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Wilson(Heart). I imagine you still have a long list of others to get to. Maybe you can take two from near the top of my list and add them to the bottom of yours and someday get around to listening to them. They are both relatively unknown and underrated singers from the UK and both are similar in style to Joplin. Maggie Bell of Scotland and the '70s blues band Stone the Crows and Elkie Brooks from England and the '70s R&B group Vinegar Joe, both did critically acclaimed solo work also. They're both great vocalist with strong, powerful voices. And if you get around to doing Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee, you might want to check out the original version by Kris Kristofferson. He is a very interesting singer and a great songwriter whose songs many other famous singers have covered and had hits with. I think you would like his Why Me from his 1973 album Jesus Was A Capricorn.
so cool to see young people like you appreciating giants like Janis . we were completely blown away hearing her Hendrix , Cream, Ten Years After ,Steppenwolf, Mountain, Airplane , Dead, Beatles ect..it all happened so fast and then was gone but 57 ys later the music still burns and young intelligent people like you will continue to find it and appreciate it.✌
I love your reactions man. They are so genuine. And you're informed. It's refreshing.
I remember Fri. Nites when bands would come on the TV Janis, Ike and Tina Turner and other greats use to come on live we were so lucky.
Janis had such a perfect sense of pitch, she always knew where she was in the song, and absolute breath control. AMAZING!
Ella Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin. One a silky smooth voice and the other a passionate, emotional, raspy voice. Both great in their own right.
It’s amazing to me one song can be performed so differently, but still both excellent!
This was the Kozmic Blues Band. The lead guitarist came with her from Big Brother. I have never seen this performance. It's relatively nuanced compared to the studio version. I loved her from the first time I heard her and was broken hearted when she died so young. Thank you for this, it was a real treat. And thank you for appreciating her talent. Not everyone does.
Also had a band named FULT TIKT BOOGIE BAND
Her voice is "trained" in this video.
At some point, the studio gave her voice lessons, so she wouldn't blow out her voice. Learn how to use the microphone.
She was blowing out amps!
We hear the difference in control with this song
She evolved a bit from her original work -
check out Monteray festival "Ball & Chain" - you'll see Mama cass in the audience
Janis is less stoned in her earlier videos - Monteray is when she broke out.
And I love that version watching Mama Cass's jaw drop
Monterey was a very pure innocent Janis, who is very present on stage unlike many of her other performances.
See if you can find the documentary with her sister, photos of her actual letters - it'll make you want to cry.
Rock on Janis!
That guitarist and I really don't know his name but he came with Janice from Big Brother is an incredibly talented musician !. His name should be known
Typo in there.
Great choice, i have never seen this video. I have her first three albums on vinyl. Yes this lady poured her soul into all her songs. Very unique voice well suited to singing the Blues. Not everybody likes her style. Like Bilie Holiday in the 30's and 40's she sang the blues
The late Great Janis Joplin!! What a Beautiful soul. What a great talent!! She was so happy when she was performing. She hated the down time. She didn't have an easy life. She was,and she will always be remembered and loved for that powerhouse of a voice she has. No one can come close to The voice of Janis Joplin. She was with Big Brother and The Holding Company when she recorded and performed Summertime. We love you Janis and we miss you. We will be listening to your music for generations to come. Peace and love to you Janis ❤️
When Janis sang a song, she sang it like she meant every word. She really poured her entire being into the vocal performance, rough edges and all.
You mention that Ella's version sounded like a lullaby. Actually, you're very accurate with that analysis because it was originally sung as a lullaby by Clara in the Porgy and Bess opera in 1935.
Of course, I don't imagine a baby in Janis' care getting much sleep to this.
@@EdwardGregoryNYC that's my usual comment on this version🙂
Janis Was Incredible I Have Just About Everything That She Recorded A lot Of Bootleg CDs I Love Her
Actually, Big Brother and the Holding Company was a popular San Francisco band that invited Janis to sing with them after she arrived from Texas. See the album cover
This is such a great song. I think the version on the "Cheap Thrills" album is the best.
It's on the album I Got The All Kozmic Blues Again Mama
@@carlossantarosajr5906 The studio version is on "Cheap Thrills". The live at Woodstock version is on the 1999 CD re-release of "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!" as a bonus track.
Many people consider Janis' version to be the definitive version of the song.
It certainly is for me!
I do and it's enough!
Count me as another!
I was blessed to see her at the Monterey Pop Fest and elsewhere! That was her second band, I think- the Kozmik Blues Band.
There's an EXCELLENT documentary you can stream called "Janis: Little Girl Blue" (2015) if you really want to know more about her story. I highly recommend.
I will look up that documentary and thank you. I have read Buried Alive by Myra Friedman , it's a really good Insight but there's a lot of corporate and record company stuff. Can't wait to see Janice, little girl blue
We have two sets of vocal cords, which, when we are singing, are usually closed together. She is able to separate her vocal cords, allowing her to sing in two octaves at the same time. I think the first verse is sung to one child, the plantation owner's child, the second verse is sung to her own child, while she, a slave nursemaid, is caring for both babies. The first baby has nothing to worry about, Daddy is rich. The second child, her own child, she hopes will grow up to be free. I would love to hear the Ella Fitzgerald version.
Janis was so great. She always added extra spice when performing live.
Just heard your Ella reaction, quickly posted that you should hear Janis, and this popped up in my feed. Too cool! Glad to see you hearing the beauty in each.
I love this song- so bluesy! Janis is my favorite female singer!! More please!
4:05 Yep. NO ONE had heard anyone sing like that before. Her ability to interpret and recreate music is the very definition of an artist. Janis was one of a kind, for sure. Just tragic that she died so young.
This was her second band The Kozmic Blues Band. When big brother and the holding company disbanded she took guitarist Sam Andrew with her. This band was plagued with drugs which was sometimes noticeable when they played live... she was much happier in her third band The Full Tilt Boogie Band which sadly didn’t last for long ☹️
"Summertime" is from the folk opera Porgy and Bess.
See: secondhandsongs.com/work/4681/versions
This song has been covered by many many artists with many different versions by in different genres.
@@paleryder I think it hold the record for the most covers. There's a group who collect them, several years ago they were up to 25 thousand , it's more now but I can't find the website.
Including reggae,heavy metal,jazz.
It's a jazz standard, meaning that it's an expected part of a jazz musician's repertoire. Recording your own version isn't even really considered a cover - standards are almost like a Creative Commons work of art, before such a thing existed.
And Porgy and Bess was incredible. The opera by Gershwin was later made into a film in 1959 with Sidney Poitier and Sammy Davis jr ... is so beautiful. When I was a child/adolescent it played on tv. I just looked it up on Wikipedia and read these sad words:
The movie is not available on home video, and it is unknown if a quality print still exists, prompting it to be considered one of the more prestigious and expensively produced "missing films."
Haven't even listened yet. Can't wait. My favorite song. Down and dirty!
Daniel, I am intrigued and empathetic with your reactions. Your facial expressions just so FIT what’s going on in the music and make me thrill anew to the performance.
I see you’re becoming a somewhat reluctant fan of the blues but they’re the lifeblood of music.
Normally I dislike Led Zeppelin but please react to Since I’ve Been Loving You. Hair raising almost as good as Janis.
Thank you for this reaction video or I would have never known it existed either. What a searing and soaring performance. She had more soul in her little finger, than most singers have in their whole body.
Great job as always, and during this time of confinement it’s nice to have a virtual friend, and your voice and demeanor are both engaging and calming.
☮️ .... Steve in Dallas
From Gershwin's musical Porgy and Bess, a story about poor blacks. I've heard many do this, but I think Joplin caught the spirit of it better than anyone else. As an Ella Fitzgerald fan, this was hard to admit, but Joplin really nailed this.
Wow... that was quite a marathon for you. Thanks again for your hard work which will pay off in the long run. Can't wait for the energetic 'Me and Bobby Magee'. I once had that song stuck in my head for about a week while trying to work.
Janis didn't "write" many songs, mostly did covers. As she said in a Dick Cavett interview, she doesn't "write" songs, that's a different concept, she just made them up :)
Love her, RIP Janis You'll always have a "Piece of my Heart"
Yes it's The Big Brother Holding Company. She's incredible 😊
Daniel, Technically, Summertime is considered a "Standard" from the Great American Songbook, originally having been written for a stage play by George Gershwin, in 1934. It has been "covered' by many. Another famous "rock" cover, is by the Zombies.
I like Billy Stewart's version too
I second that suggestion of The Zombies. Fantastic cover.
She sang what she felt so we could feel what she sang.
My favorite singer I love so her voice. And what intensity when she sings.
This music is wonderful
U have to try the video for Cry Baby Live from Toronto ..I promise one of the greatest live performances ever recorded
Always great to see a Janice Joplin live performance, super voice, thanks for that.
Big part of my youth... Soo Soulful and you could always hear every Emotion. 😢 ❤️
This is my favorite Joplin song. She goes beyond normal emotional performance.
A true legend. Cheers from Canada
A song written in 1935, recorded here in 1969 - and here we are in 2020, still amazed by it. The subtext underlying it is racial - the lullaby is lovely and heartwarming and everything a sleeping baby needs to hear, with the promise of a bright future ahead - everything a parent (or caregiver) wishes were true. But it was clearly and obviously untrue for a Black child in the South (to whom it is sung in "Porgy and Bess".) For any child, sure, we never know what might happen, bad things are possible - but for a Black child in that place and time, it was a given. Mommy and Daddy can't ensure their safety, and in the future, their wings will be clipped and there will be no soaring to the sky. Period. That was the reality of the times circa 1935. Ella's version of Summertime, I think, does a superb job of capturing that conflict between the words and the belief, bringing even more edge to it, given that she is who she is, given the times she lived through - and that it's the 1960's and she's saying how far have we come? What amazes me about Janis' version is that she didn't lose this aspect at all - it's not just a regular lullaby with just a tinge of regret about the child growing up someday, no, no, she's right there lamenting the fact that it's all a lie.
What a voice! So soulful! So bluesy ! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Nobody belted it out like janis even when she held back!
Got to see her in concert in 1969 when I was a student at the University of Miami.
Great great version here hope you enjoy love your analysis and love of music and lyrics
This is tangential, speaking about female rock/blues singers. Maggie Bell is a Scottish singer who came to the US and recorded an album called "Queen of the Night" with the Atlantic team that produced Aretha's music. She toured for a while and blew people away, and then faded off. But that album is a gem. You might give it a listen. My faves are the title song, "As the Years Go Passing By", and "Caddo Queen".
thank you for this -- never saw this version before and i really enjoyed it -- smiles and love to you
She can really sing the blues!! Janis pours out her soul, and in the process, touches your soul❤
That's a band of hippies right there. Freaks even..
So glad you liked my girl. Been in love with her since the late 60s when I was a teenager. One of the really unique things about Janis' voice is that many people have cited that she sings notes that sound more like three cords. I believe they actually recorded and electronically dissected her singing once and they said that it was very unique in that regard.
Thank you thank you thank you!
"Half Moon", "My Baby", & "Move Over" are my 3 most favorite songs of hers. These are off the Pearl album with the Full Tilt Boogie band. I have no idea if there are any videos of those songs. She died very soon after the release of the Pearl album, unfortunately. I was Freshman in high school when she died.
Oh I’m so glad you’re finally doing this. Janis does this song complete justice. An A class voice doing an A class song!!!
She takes it to another dimension. Originally from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Great job as usual and I'm glad you got to enjoy this
The influence of the classics is prominent in the sixties music. The style of the intro is Baroque.
My first comment ever on UA-cam. I completely enjoy your reaction videos. You seem like a cool kid. Very bright and thoughtful. You are a breath of fresh air. You have a bright future ahead of you in whatever you want to do. Keep up the interesting videos and thank you
I appreciate it, thank you for watching:) I am honored to be your first comment
Her voice was scentual and intense, powerfully addictive!
🌹Thank You.
Sidney Bechet, the great jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, recorded Summertime as an instrumental for the Blue Note label in 1939.It was only the sixth record that Blue Note released, and it was their first hit. You can listen to it here (sorry about the sound quality, just remember how old this record is):
ua-cam.com/video/Po8J4NBdiSc/v-deo.html
Love Joplin 🤣👍she helps me out by refreshing my sound palette. It's awesome to hear her again. Good reaction.
Thanks, Dicon -- just proof of how many interpretations are possible when you start off with a classic song...
The song is from the American Opera, Porgy and Bess.
Can't wait to see where you go next with Janis. There aren't really any bad choices. It's great that you "get" her and am interested to see your take on Mercedes Benz when you get around to it. Rock on!
Another hit! 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
Great song! I used to sing this one. Janis slays it
As a kid I remember my oldest brother had a poster of Janis. She had denim on while sitting on a cycle and smoking a cigar. That would be about 72-73
I think this was her new backing band the Kozmic Blues Band. She left Big Brother at the end on 1968 and went solo
I wore out this record. Stunning interpretation of an old blues standard.
I was on my phone earlier when I listened to this so I couldn't comment on your reaction. Janis was a one off and basically a singer more than a writer. She was pretty much dumped on by her managers over the years and never achieved much financial success in comparison to the amount of records she sold. She was a sad woman for the most part and once said "I make love to 25,000 people every night for two hours then go home alone" and that pretty much sums up her life. Your reaction was exactly what I would have hoped for, Janis was unique and even stunning in her performances, blues just seeped out of every pore of her body.
ジャニスの歌声は、私たち日本人の耳には「ド演歌」みたいに響くよね🎵
凄いワーやっぱり😭
There's two bands she was with first big brother and the holding company and then Full Tilt Boogie band
Thanks for the reaction and comparison. I strongly look up the song in its context from Porgy and Bess. You'll see how both of your intepretations are very close to the song's intent.
Janis put her all into everything she did! Glad you checked her 'Summertime' cover. Now that only leaves the Billy Stewart version try.
She played with two bands, Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band.
Three bands. You forgot Full Tilt Boogie.
@@neonpark1874 You're right. I did. LOL
Abby Mitchell's version was the first recorded version in 1935, very much in an operatic style. Billy Holiday did a speakeasy version in 1936
"Summertime" is one of the great George Gershwin's masterpieces and it was originally part of the 1935 musical "Porgy and Bess" which tells the story of afro-american people. Therefore the lyrics to the song are from that perspective, as one can particularly see from the line "the cotton is high", which refers to an era of slavery.
It is a song that can not be sung badly but this version of it with Janis Joplin's passion matching an amazing arrangement is just devine.
I love this version of this great Gershwin song.
As others have mentioned please react to her Cry Baby (live in Toronto 1970)---talk about emotion! Glad you've discovered her.
You should check her out at the Monterey Pop Festival, Ball and Chain. You won’t be sorry!! In my opinion she’s the greatest female vocalist of all time.
Since this is a jazz blues song I still think just to expand your horizons listen to Joe Pass live Misty.... many guitarist wanted give up playing guitar after watching him 😊
Janis remains in a category of her own. Joan Osborne singing “What becomes of the broken hearted” live with The Funk Brothers” of early Motown fame is worth a listen. And I promise you, Tobacco Road” by Johnny & Edgar Winter, guaranteed to blow your mind.
You mentioned "Cry Baby". I'd suggest that you react to that one next.
I believe this was at THE WoodStock festival
And yes, that is BB and the Holding Co.
The ending on the record version cannot be beat.
I often wonder how different music would have evolved if some of the incredible artists of the 60's and 70's had not died so early. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Duane Allman, Barry Oakley, Otis Redding, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Karen Carpenter. The list goes on.
The studio take is worth checking out as well. Even more intense with multiple guitar tracks.
This was the first version of "Summertime" I'd ever heard, and had no idea it was even *from* a "folk opera" or whatever "Porgy & Bess" was (besides being awesome). Really wasn't until some years later that I discovered "Porgy & Bess," and was a bit stunned to hear "Summertime." The traditionalist in me prefers the softer, jazz sound of the original, and Miss Ella's version; the rocker in me might not have the hair he once had, but, still loves Joplin's cover...which one is better? Yes, they are.
To me, Janis's version best conveys the backstory. This song can be sung as a lullaby, which it traditionally has been, but Janis puts the pain and desperation that had to be lurking beneath the surface of many an oppressed slave/oppressed servant singing her master's child to sleep.
♥ this chika!
yeah that big brother. I recognize.the dark haired lead guitarist. Peter Albin
Really good reaction.
Janis Joplin "A Woman Left Lonely" and "Cry Baby"
KOSMIC BLUES BAND
Thank you for only pausing that once!
She 'borrowed' a lot of her singing style from Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators when they were both in Austin....a good reaction would be to _You're Gonna Miss Me_ .
killer comment.... very true..... he is vastly overlooked.... I will say, they were both texans. that probably has something to do w/ it also. texas is very exposed to delta blues plus its culturally, esp then, a very tough culture to grow up in. texas is hot & rural & its a place where self sustainment and frontier justice is a strong part of the ethos. in turn, you cant be meek there, you will get smashed if you are. its why for ex some of the best football talent consistently comes from there. it breeds tough ass people. period. & no woman is a more bad ass blues singer then janis. & many males coming out of texas are six shooters too.... she was by far the anne oakly of rock. no one could, nor messed w/ her. ask jim morrison how that went when you did.
@@kelvinkloud which is why when someone says the Elevators were a psychedelic group, I always roll my eyes: they were first and foremost a Texas rock band ..
@@rhwinner & roky survived even more drug usage then morrison & being committed to an insane house to boot.
Big brother and the Holding Company is the band
PLEASE, comment on the live version of "Work Me, Lord" recorded on that same concert in Sweden in 69!
Check studio version! Will CRUSH YOU!!!
Daniel, always like to hear your reactions to great female singers and Janis Joplin is no exception. In the past you have listened to some of my favorites like Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Wilson(Heart). I imagine you still have a long list of others to get to. Maybe you can take two from near the top of my list and add them to the bottom of yours and someday get around to listening to them. They are both relatively unknown and underrated singers from the UK and both are similar in style to Joplin. Maggie Bell of Scotland and the '70s blues band Stone the Crows and Elkie Brooks from England and the '70s R&B group Vinegar Joe, both did critically acclaimed solo work also. They're both great vocalist with strong, powerful voices. And if you get around to doing Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee, you might want to check out the original version by Kris Kristofferson. He is a very interesting singer and a great songwriter whose songs many other famous singers have covered and had hits with. I think you would like his Why Me from his 1973 album Jesus Was A Capricorn.