SONG HISTORY: Janis Ian, "Society's Child" (Collage, 2000/late 1960s)
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2017
- Janis Ian talks about "Society's Child" ("Baby I've Been Thinking," 1965) with Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center, Nashville, TN, June 19, 2000 -- collage with (less than desirable quality, but extremely interesting and enlightening) footage from a Leonard Bernstein "Inside The Pop Revolution" CBS TV program Janis is talking about in the 2000 interview....
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Janis Ian was then and still is now one of the most incredible singer songwriters ever to bless us with her artistry.
It still gives me the chills after all these years. Incredible singer/songwriter!! Thank you Janis 💗
If this song doesn't bring you to tears, you aren't listening.
Thank you, Janis for staying true to yourself. We are so lucky to be witnesses to it.
Remarkable and timeless social commentary set to music. Such an appropriate melancholic tone.❤
This song, this girl and woman are truly amazing. It's still the same, Society. You know. It makes me want to cry.
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
Spoken like a true simpleton
This is an excellent interview. I never knew Janis Ian was only 14 yrs old when she wrote, and 15 yrs old when she sang, Society's Child. Wow! Besides a lot of FM air play in NYC, Society's Child also received a great deal of air play on NYC AM radio, namely, 77 WABC which at the time, was the most listened to radio station in North America.
The brilliance never fades !
I first heard this on KQV 1410 in Pittsburgh. I was 12 and thought it was a very memorable song even then.
I was 14 and WLS Chicago was playing it and I bought the 45. Strange, but the song hit me hard in later years. I heard it before many times of course but didn't know the full impact and meaning.
I was 12 in 1967. This song helped shape me.
Her speaking voice is incredible
Her singing voice is incredible
Just archived this for myself -- Janis Ian talking about her song "Society's Child" with Ken Paulson in 2000
-- found a less than desirable quality copy of a Leonard Bernstein CBS TV program she is talking about during that interview in the depth of my "archives", made a collage of both and uploaded the result to UA-cam as others might appreciate it despite the rather dismal quality of the Leonard Bernstein "Inside The Pop Revolution" footage.
Thanks
It’s perfect .. if you hadn’t said so I would have still thought it was what went to air in the interview, start to finish .. and, for me, the aged quality it (legitimately) has, is great; the film Searching For Sugarman chased that aesthetic, shot on Super 8 stock, and treating incorporated iPhone footage, so it would blend in; the main thing is that it’s here; thanks so very much for creating it and sharing it with, literally, the world; once again, it’s perfect! 👌 .. 😊
How did a fourteen year old girl write such an amazingly crafted song; lyric AND music?! Pure genius,..I've always been haunted by this song since the first time I heard it.
me too
Me too
One of the first songs of the civil rights movement. I was so lucky to spend an hour interviewing her on my national radio show. We discussed her writing skills, and she sang "At Seventeen," a song which had a profound effect on me. She is an American treasure.
Why don't you put the interview on here.... (UA-cam)?
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
@@dcarman686 STFU u zero & dun bigot
She's so talented, beautiful, and inspiring. God bless.
@@dcarman686 . A most unpleasant comment. No explanation . I can imagine the C is missing its unt
Leonard was trully an intelligent sensitive man. He knew what he was talking about. Who better to comprehend what she had done, how unique.
I've loved this song since the first time i heard it. I was living in Amarillo, Texas when it was released, and none of the stations there played it at the time. Actually, I don't know that they ever did. But, sometimes late at night we could get KOMA out of Oklahoma City, and they were playing it like crazy. I say that because we couldn't get KOMA dependably at all, but it seemed liked whenever we did, "Society's Child" was front and center.
....you know for my opinion that song was as powerful as like a rolling stone..... her melody haunts me....and was like all the other great songs of the 60s.
I wonder if Janis Ian will ever be truly recognized for her genius?
Beautiful voice
A very brave woman who broke a lot of ground with this song,she needs to be remember for the hardship that she suffered ,a true American hero !!!
What hardship? She threw her mother under the bus. I hope she's proud?
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
You sound like a soulless
one dimensional moron
@@dcarman686 you're gonna toss out that comment and we're supposed to believe it?
This is a great song about freedom, love.
it's actually the opposite of freedom
The ironic depiction of the hypocrisy in our society regarding racial issues advocates for change and therefore greater freedom.
@@gerardburns1165 Anything can be turned 180 degrees out of phase for an arguments sake. You didn't state the song advocates for freedom, you said it's about freedom. It's not! Also read the lyrics, it's not a love song, not about love.
That song really told the state of america about civil rights after all these years its still relevant to our society right now
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
Repetitive jerk-off
Get a clue JEEZ!!
And that hate she received from those clowns in the audience has morphed and grown toward everyone who is "different".
Very poor sound quality on the interview. I can't hear a word they are saying
Age FIFTEEN PERFORMANCE AND SHE WROTE IT A YEAR BEFORE
Colonel Gaddafi..🤔..any links.
The song came out when I was 7. Racism then was more overt. Now, its more covert - sadly still there, but more hidden.
I had never heard this song before tonight. I'd heard "At Seventeen," the local oldies station seems to like it, but I'd never heard this one.
Is this garbled on purpose or just my reception? I do not understand what the issue over this song is. Leonard Bernstein is clear. I can guess at what I cannot hear but nit details.
It was a love song, which raises the ire of hateful bigots.
It would be nice if Folkarchivist chose a better thumbnail for this video. You can also make a custom thumbnail. It shows respect for the artist. Thanks.
"remember those who lose the game lose the love they sought to gain; payment due exceeds accounts received, AT SEVENTEEN": JANIS equals "AMY WINEHOUSE"< JANIS IAN" & "SADE" in vocal intensity, creativity & talent
Ohhhh oof!!! You hit 'em all. Neck-breaking, mind-blowing talent, all of them.
I like it when her face loses that expression of defiance. It's not often enough.
that close-up @ 7:58 half dark half lighted... *_*
Have things changed ?
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
@@dcarman686 u r clueless, did u storm the capital on january 6th??
@@mahalkita7351 yes I was there to protest my opposition to the fraudulent president Joe Biden
It Figures
No surprise there
Dim wit
@@dcarman686You are taking things way too literally.
JANIS IAN
"Society's Child"
Come to my door, baby,
Face is clean and shining black as night.
My mother went to answer you know
That you looked so fine.
Now I could understand your tears and your shame,
She called you "boy" instead of your name.
When she wouldn't let you inside,
When she turned and said
"But honey, he's not our kind."
She says
I can't see you any more, baby,
Can't see you anymore.
Walk me down to school, baby,
Everybody's acting deaf and dumb.
Until they turn and say, "Why don't you stick to your own kind."
My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares,
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
Preachers of equality,
Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be?
They say I can't see you anymore baby,
Can't see you anymore.
One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening
Gonna raise my head up high.
One of these days I'm gonna raise up my glistening wings and fly.
But that day will have to wait for a while.
Baby I'm only society's child.
When we're older things may change,
But for now this is the way, they must remain.
I say I can't see you anymore baby,
Can't see you anymore.
No, I don't want to see you anymore, baby.
Thank you for the lyrics. I had a bit of trouble making some of them out.
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threw her mother under the bus not impressed.
Have always hated that sad depressing last line, the words And the sound.
Played this on guitar and song wasI was 9??? ny/and nj gal.
Aaah America, so when exactly was America ever great? I cry every time I hear her music.
America was not perfect. Still isn't. But we're getting there. So tell me...what country do you think is great?
Oh my god that dude sounds like an intoxicated chipmunk
Didnt realize she went thru all that racist shit, especially at 14 or 15