I was lucky enough to stand at the foot of the stage while she tore her heart out and handed it to the audience, with each and every song. She took us through intense pain, heart ache and loss and we were broken right along with her. There was no way to thank her enough for huge gift she gave us. Some things make it worth being 70. This is one of them.
Shelley Handler wow! I’m do not usually envy 70 year olds😉 But some things are worth being jealous of. Your actually having been there is most defenitely one of them..... 😉
Yes you were fortunate to be there. We are contemporaries. I feel so fortunate to have been exposed to and immersed in this music as it flowed into the culture. It marks one to have had this at a formative age when our culture was in a formative stage.
I was lucky enough to see Janis twice in.1969, once very close to the stage. She played the first Atlanta Pop Festival, next to last act. Everyone worn out, tired after a weekend of music. After first bar of first song everyone up on their feet with Janis! No-one like her, I've been in love with her ever since.
I love how she walks out like she’s nervous, destroys the place, makes history, changes the way women sing rock ‘n’ roll for all time, and darts happily offstage.
Her skipping offstage is a gift. To see her satisfied and happy is a wonderful vision for such a sad woman. I hope everyone watches Little Girl Blue, a PBS special about her life. The original source of her pain is so surprising.
This was the first time people heard Janice that's why Mama Cass is so shocked .Janice signed Her first contract at Monterey Pop after this performance .What this video is A record of the moment a Star being born . Nobody will ever give as much as Janice gave in every performance She will never be forgotten . Big brother holding company also deserve respect they were the perfect match .
@David David Beyonce incredible performer in a class of Her own just like Janice strong as F and taking no prisoners . I think you have issues with women only weak men try and pit women against each other for no reason other than being a tool .
@David David No I'm not on drugs also very direpectful to Janice's memory she showed waaaay more than Beyonce ever has . Like I said you don't know what you are talking about . images.app.goo.gl/7sbXrnZMwXQ9tkNu5
I dare you to listen to "YEBBA - My Mind | Sofar NYC" and still say that. There is still really good music out there, it is just not "Popular" and you have to look for it.
It's insane to me that she only became famous in her last 3 years of life, and yet her fame has outlasted her entire lifetime twice over. Three years in the public eye, and people are still getting their minds blown by her 52 years later... That's how absurdly good she was.
This is the one that’s everything about Janis: hard driving, strong--but that little hop she does at the end when she picks up her bracket...light at heart...😊💕
Enjoy your reactions...I can tell you like Janis. It's so good to see some of the younger generations finding her and appreciating her wonderful voice. It is a MUST that you listen to her album Pearl. Her nickname was Pearl. This album was released after her death and, IMO, some of her best. The album is AMAZING. It will be 50 yrs ago Oct 4th that she died. He would have been 77...Wow! She was one of a kind.
Janis was incredible! I was lucky enough to see her in 1969. I am happy that we have the technology to be able to watch her performance today. Tears in my soul. Love you, Janis.
@@michaelgaynor6866 Sorry to disappoint you dude but EVERYONE knows Stevie Nicks is the QUEEN of Rock! She has held that title since 1981 when she was on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine with Stevie Nicks: Queen of Rock written on the cover. Guess you was born under a rock. Lol 😂😂😂😂
Watching your honest, deeply felt responses makes me feel like I’m hearing the song for the first time again. Your reactions are so genuine and honest - funny how watching someone else’s responses can make the watcher share the experience. Thanks India.
I react to her the same way every time I hear her! I got to see her in concert shortly before she died. I sat there with my jaw dropped the whole time. She was a force of nature!
Im almost crying watching you almost crying...Janis is by far one of my favorites...introduced to me by my dad, who also loved her. Now when i go tend his grave, I always play him some Janis. You get it...and I love you for that!! great reaction!
Simply powerful, jagged, naked, ripped right into the soul; delivering a mind boggling incredibly human internal reality of feeling trapped and suffering from projection and control .
The first time I heard her sing, the song was Summertime. Her voice is like a raw wound. I don't know if anyone could convey pain quite like Janis. You should definitely check out Summertime and Maybe
"Summertime" is a really heavy tune as expressed by the artistic depiction of the song on the cover of the album that it is on. Definitely not about beach blanket bingo or any of that bull shit if you get what I mean
Janis Joplin was voted "the ugliest guy" in high school and spent her younger years being bullied and harassed constantly for the way she looked. Turns out she grew into herself nicely. Her blues was real as it gets.
I love how Mama Cass was just in awe of Janis LOL. Janis is the GOAT! She blows away others when it comes to emoting the songs she sings. She comes at it with everything in her. She transform the songs, gives them life and sends them out into the world for us to hear in hopes that it affects us as much as it does her. Gone way too soon, Janis and Mama Cass RIP.
There is a reason that people see her as a genius. Heart, soul and her full body went into every performance. Oh and the lady in the crowd with the sunglasses getting her mind blown is none other than Mama Cass Elliott who knew a thing or two about singing.
@@TheIndependentLens Monterey Pop. This was the moment that the world learned Janis Joplin's name. You can look at Mama Cass and tell that she didn't know what she was getting herself into. LOL
@@wtw5002 Heh. The Who were originally scheduled to close the festival, right after Jimi Hendrix, who was playing his American debut. They had seen Jimi in England, and they were like, "F that - he can go on last after us." LOL
No one else sang with the emotion and feeling that Janis did. You could feel every word pierce your soul and leave an indelible mark you carry forever.
I saw her live at Woodstock August 1969 (and Joe Cocker) My older sister got me in. I was 9-years-old and I’ll never forget her singing and Joe Cocker singing.
I saw in a documentary that she got voted "Most uglyest man in school" at her high school. How people can be so mean I cannot believe. It is no wonder she sang the blues.
Yeah, that was at UT. She said on Dick Cavett's show that she was laughed out of class, out of town (Port Arthur, TX), and out of state (Texas). I love Janis, though. The guy who knew her well at the time that happened and played with her in the band while in Austin started crying when he told that story because it hurt him so bad that her it her so badly. It had a deep cut in her. Poor girl, being treated that way. I enjoyed hearing stories from her siblings and friends (she was a little wild lolol).
Sadly enough she ended up in Brazil to detox and met a man who she fell in love with that was afraid to commit to her - she ended up OD'ing the day that he finally decided to settle down with her IIRC
love me some Janis !! you can tell she felt every song she sang !! a lot of her songs were a mix of rock and the blues and soul !! her music is still influencing people today !!!
New subscriber to your channel! I love Janis Joplin! I'm from the 50's,so I would listen to her, and Jimi Hendrix the doors, and all that good music. The blues, jazz,soul! That's where it's at! I used to be, or still am, an old hippie! And there's music from Janis Joplin uncut's that nobody's heard you can find it on UA-cam. It's great, and I love Stevie Ray Vaughan great blue's....besides BB King, and James Brown which I love, and Marvin Gaye my goodness I can go on and on. You know your music well for being so young! 👍🏽❤⚘
Perfect reaction to one of the finestand hottest singers of that generations. She has a way of tearing your heart out! My generation had the very best.
That is Cass Eliot they are showing reacting to Janis. She is another tremendous voice of the era. She was in the group called The Mamas and the Papas.
You can play Janis anytime Dear. Otis Redding was there at Monterey as well. My real introduction to Soul music. Haven't looked back since. Thx for sharing and not making me feel so lonely.
One of the most emotional songs I've ever heard. It was my mother's favorite singer. She used to dress like her LOL. I've been a fan since I was about 12. Thank you for this my mom's been on my mind lately so this was cool
Hi India, I've been a Janis fan for many years and this particular clip is one of my favorite moments in music history. It was from the Monterey Music Festival in 1967. Just seeing the reaction of Mama Cass Elliot from the group The Mamas and the Poppas to the little fireball who came out of nowhere is priceless. You can just see her thinking "Holy crap, I gotta compete with THIS now?" I've heard Big Mama Thornton's version and it stands up on it's own as a great song. Thanks for what you do and keep it rolling!
I loved Janis when I first heard her almost 50 years ago and I still do. She's amazing. That was Mama Class in the audience with her mouth open and then saying ,"Wow, wow....." Janis lived a lot of pain and loneliness. You could really hear it and feel it. Thanks for sharing this.
At this very same concert both Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding each did one of their greatest performances. At this, The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Jimi's performance of "Wild Thing" is still shocking to this day. Otis Redding's beautiful performance "Try A Little Tenderness" is the best live version he ever recorded. Days long gone.
Bluetop Guitar, and when Janis found out that the late Great Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave here near Philadelphia, Pa. She helped to purchase one for Bessie Smith. ✌
Amplified blues. Love Janis and the absolutely amazing Big MAMA Thornton . Big MAMA is very underrated . And another amazing blues artist Victoria Spivey real stories of pain . Spider Webs is a sad song about drug abuse in the 1920s yes the 20's.
Ronald Blackburn, when Janis found out that the late Great Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave here near Philadelphia, Pa. She helped to purchase one for Bessie Smith another empress of the blues. ✌
Janis was one of two other singers who got together & bought a tombstone for blues singer Bessie Smith who since her death in the 30s never had one. Bessie's fans sent money but her former husband who got the money squandered it. Janis Joplin was like no other. Like Otis Redding with "Sitting At the Dock of the Bay," when Janis' version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me & Bobby McGee," came out -- it became the second hit record for an artist who had already passed away. Despite this reception early in her career Janis as popular as she became always felt lonely -- and she did die alone. Just like so many other major artists. Your sadness was sincere in this video India -- good assessment as always.
My mom was on her way to this concert and got into a car accident & ended up in the hospital. To this day I think missing Janis live is one of her regrets.
Your reaction shows that you really got the power of her performance. And big props to BMT for giving us this song in the first place. There may be no greater song in the history of music that captures the ignominious plight of so many women in bad relationships.
Well these gods did. We had a moment. I guess I'll finish my chores. All the old people say the world has changed. Yes, it has, no doubt and for the worse. But we are still here. I'd like to talk with my mormon friends but they are also confused..
Please please react to Little Girl Blue by Janis...from what I have read she was a lonely and tormented soul...the night she died she was feeling the same way...this song kills me to know how sad she was that night...thanks..and beautiful reaction💖
The night she died she WAS feeling alone. What she didn't know was there was a letter waiting for her from the most recent guy she'd been seeing that he was coming to see her. This guy had made her very happy and she had been clean & sober with him. So she didn't pick up the letter from the desk clerk at her hotel and didn't know. Instead she felt very lonely and picked up again to a tragic result we all know.
“ I heard a human voice who sang like no one else, I heard a proud Lady singing loud. Lived her life like she liked, didn’t give a damn. But soon she found she was underground and wasted. I watched her hitting notes as she strutted stage, her body shook... oh she did her stuff. She’d scream and quake, give and take...maybe just too much... if you take the smooth you gotta take the rough... Heroes End - Judas Priest
I was lucky enough to stand at the foot of the stage while she tore her heart out and handed it to the audience, with each and every song. She took us through intense pain, heart ache and loss and we were broken right along with her. There was no way to thank her enough for huge gift she gave us. Some things make it worth being 70. This is one of them.
Shelley Handler wow! I’m do not usually envy 70 year olds😉 But some things are worth being jealous of. Your actually having been there is most defenitely one of them..... 😉
Yes you were fortunate to be there. We are contemporaries. I feel so fortunate to have been exposed to and immersed in this music as it flowed into the culture. It marks one to have had this at a formative age when our culture was in a formative stage.
Girl!! I was there too- at the Saturday show. They made her do it again on Sunday as the Saturday show had not been filmed. 🤚
ha! I envy you for that!
I was lucky enough to see Janis twice in.1969, once very close to the stage. She played the first Atlanta Pop Festival, next to last act. Everyone worn out, tired after a weekend of music. After first bar of first song everyone up on their feet with Janis! No-one like her, I've been in love with her ever since.
I love how she walks out like she’s nervous, destroys the place, makes history, changes the way women sing rock ‘n’ roll for all time, and darts happily offstage.
Her skipping offstage is a gift. To see her satisfied and happy is a wonderful vision for such a sad woman.
I hope everyone watches Little Girl Blue, a PBS special about her life. The original source of her pain is so surprising.
That's spot on! One of kind
Watching Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin is priceless. Both died way too young.
Amen!
Yes they did.
They will never be forgotten ! There voices will be there forever
Incredible two amazing singers would pass away shortly after this sadly
Tim Price yep, Janis around 70-71 and Cass in 75. taken far too young.
I was there. My very first concert. No one expected this out of that little hippy chick. GOAT for sure.
Lucky guy.
Frank Semonious, O.M.G. I was just getting into Janis Joplin when she Passed!✌✌✌✌
I'm so jealous!!! I still love Janis, but I absolutely idolized her as a kid.
What a wonderful experience to have been a part of!
The drinks are on Pearl ✌️
man... people talk about 'wearing your heart on your sleeve.' Janis 'wore her *Soul* on her sleeve!'
When I first heard this song....omg....I thought she was spilling out her soul! No one could ever match her soulful sound!
Some people are just not meant for this cruel and dark world.
Her soul is there for everyone to see/hear. Other good tracks are: Piece Of My Heart, Bye Bye Baby, Cry Baby
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Watching you EMPATHIZE & literally FEEL Janis’s pain as she’s singing is AMAZING!!
No auto tune, no computers, raw and unfiltered Janice tipping her heart out on the stage.
This was the first time people heard Janice
that's why Mama Cass is so shocked .Janice signed Her first contract at Monterey Pop after this performance .What this video is A record of the moment a Star being born . Nobody will ever give as much as Janice gave in every performance She will never be forgotten . Big brother holding company also deserve respect they were the perfect match .
And I don't think she ever had a single voice lesson in her life. Just pure, raw, once in a lifetime talent.
@David David Beyonce incredible performer in a class of Her own just like Janice strong as F and taking no prisoners . I think you have issues with women only weak men try and pit women against each other for no reason other than being a tool .
@David David Well ok if Beautiful women dancing offends you this much Maybe your gay ?
@David David Bye Bye troll
@David David No I'm not on drugs also very direpectful to Janice's memory she showed waaaay more than Beyonce ever has . Like I said you don't know what you are talking about . images.app.goo.gl/7sbXrnZMwXQ9tkNu5
This is why we say today’s music cannot compare to yesteryear 🌺
True
I dare you to listen to "YEBBA - My Mind | Sofar NYC" and still say that. There is still really good music out there, it is just not "Popular" and you have to look for it.
R13h D I have but who can't tell me there's not. a hell of a lot of Janice in there
When you got Mama Cass in awe, you know you're doing it right.
It's insane to me that she only became famous in her last 3 years of life, and yet her fame has outlasted her entire lifetime twice over. Three years in the public eye, and people are still getting their minds blown by her 52 years later... That's how absurdly good she was.
Janis had me tearing up, people..you could feel the hurt in that performance. Amazing.
Janis didn’t simply sing; she carried us into the songs.
Great way of putting it
Love that!
There will never be another voice like Janis. Often replicated, never duplicated
This is the one that’s everything about Janis: hard driving, strong--but that little hop she does at the end when she picks up her bracket...light at heart...😊💕
Enjoy your reactions...I can tell you like Janis. It's so good to see some of the younger generations finding her and appreciating her wonderful voice. It is a MUST that you listen to her album Pearl. Her nickname was Pearl. This album was released after her death and, IMO, some of her best. The album is AMAZING. It will be 50 yrs ago Oct 4th that she died. He would have been 77...Wow! She was one of a kind.
It’s really heart warming to see someone truly appreciating music in the way that you do! Demonstrates somebody with a good soul!
Reading the lips of Mama Cass at the end......priceless:
"Wow! Wow, that was really heavy!"
Says it all, really.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Mama Cass was reacting to an earlier performance of Janis’. You can see that Janis is performing at night and and Cass is sitting in the sunlight.
One of the best performances ever. You know you're doing something right if you can shock Mama Cass.
Janis was incredible! I was lucky enough to see her in 1969. I am happy that we have the technology to be able to watch her performance today. Tears in my soul. Love you, Janis.
Hey India!!
Janis Joplin, Queen of blues rock!! Ball and Chain!
Love your look India!!
She gave it all !!!! Janice will always be an UNBELIEVABLE TALENT... FANTASTIC!!!
The Pearl Janis Joplin even after all these years She is still the Queen of Rockin Roll. 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
Stevie Nicks is the QUEEN of ROCK now. 😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸
@@rickyparker3853,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣NOPE!
@@michaelgaynor6866 Sorry to disappoint you dude but EVERYONE knows Stevie Nicks is the QUEEN of Rock! She has held that title since 1981 when she was on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine with Stevie Nicks: Queen of Rock written on the cover. Guess you was born under a rock. Lol 😂😂😂😂
@@rickyparker3853 Pat Benatar can sing cirlces around Stevie...and I LOVE Stevie.
Tina Turner IS THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF ROCK.
Watching your honest, deeply felt responses makes me feel like I’m hearing the song for the first time again. Your reactions are so genuine and honest - funny how watching someone else’s responses can make the watcher share the experience. Thanks India.
Right? I'm 63 and Miss Janice always has and always will reduce me to tears. Rest in peace dearest one. :')
Been a long time since Ive heard this song. I'm 64 now and couldn't help but cry a little.
This performance is what made Janis the blues rock star that she still is today. Everyone and every camera was on Janis!
Janice was mesmerizing. She was singing out and through the pain she carried around throughout her life. She was one of a kind.
I react to her the same way every time I hear her! I got to see her in concert shortly before she died. I sat there with my jaw dropped the whole time. She was a force of nature!
Im almost crying watching you almost crying...Janis is by far one of my favorites...introduced to me by my dad, who also loved her. Now when i go tend his grave, I always play him some Janis. You get it...and I love you for that!! great reaction!
Simply powerful, jagged, naked, ripped right into the soul; delivering a mind boggling incredibly human internal reality of feeling trapped and suffering from projection and control .
Well said!
The first time I heard her sing, the song was Summertime. Her voice is like a raw wound. I don't know if anyone could convey pain quite like Janis. You should definitely check out Summertime and Maybe
"Summertime" is a really heavy tune as expressed by the artistic depiction of the song on the cover of the album that it is on. Definitely not about beach blanket bingo or any of that bull shit if you get what I mean
Like a raw wound - beautifully said! 👍
"Summertime" is my favorite by her.
@@michelehood8837 yea no joke, right? another killer is karen carpenter. queens of pain....
Janis Joplin was voted "the ugliest guy" in high school and spent her younger years being bullied and harassed constantly for the way she looked. Turns out she grew into herself nicely. Her blues was real as it gets.
The ugliest......and guest what , Leonard Cohen wrote a poetic and raw song about their personal encounter.
Janis always poured her heart and soul into her singing, she blew everyone away
She 100% left it all out on that stage !!! ...👏
Legendary PERFORMANCE sung by a legendary singer
Her voice shreds to your soul. Unreal. Hearing her again for the first time.
I love how Mama Cass was just in awe of Janis LOL. Janis is the GOAT! She blows away others when it comes to emoting the songs she sings. She comes at it with everything in her. She transform the songs, gives them life and sends them out into the world for us to hear in hopes that it affects us as much as it does her. Gone way too soon, Janis and Mama Cass RIP.
this is my fav Janis performance-it's all the hurt in the world wrapped up in a song-RIP Pearl
She wasn't what our society classifieds as a classic Beauty but when she performs she becomes transformed into a rock goddess. She was one of a kind.
There is a reason that people see her as a genius. Heart, soul and her full body went into every performance.
Oh and the lady in the crowd with the sunglasses getting her mind blown is none other than Mama Cass Elliott who knew a thing or two about singing.
It takes genius to tap into that.
To think that a 20-something could sing the blues so devastatingly. Janice must have hurt to her core. You can just hear it. What a talent.
The woman in the audience is Cass elliot.she was a fantastic singer with the momma's and the Poppa's
Mama Cass mouthing "wow" at the end is my favorite part of this clip.
@@joeday4293 Is this at Woodstock or Monterey Pop?
@@TheIndependentLens Monterey Pop. This was the moment that the world learned Janis Joplin's name. You can look at Mama Cass and tell that she didn't know what she was getting herself into. LOL
@@joeday4293 And The Mamas & the Papas played the closing set at Monterey. Imagine having to play after this performance.
@@wtw5002 Heh. The Who were originally scheduled to close the festival, right after Jimi Hendrix, who was playing his American debut. They had seen Jimi in England, and they were like, "F that - he can go on last after us." LOL
Never anyone like Janis, before or since. The only woman to truly give every bit of her soul. Even Tina wadn't this intense!
No one else sang with the emotion and feeling that Janis did. You could feel every word pierce your soul and leave an indelible mark you carry forever.
Real Talent, singing about real life, from the heart. RIP Janis. Drugs kill without discrimination.
I saw her live at Woodstock August 1969 (and Joe Cocker) My older sister got me in. I was 9-years-old and I’ll never forget her singing and Joe Cocker singing.
Pearl was an angel, saw her 3 times , truly professional on time performance gave it all and walked away RIP
My God. I would give 40 years of my life to see her in Monterey.
One of the most beautiful singing voices ever. Chills you to the bone, and shreds your soul.
She lived the blues. India. Merry Christmas.
You gave Janis so much respect it was a pleasure to watch x
Her smile at 6:17....she knew she nailed it. A truly special talent.
India you nailed it. You were so correct i. Your assessment of this Song, and how you were sad for her.
I saw in a documentary that she got voted "Most uglyest man in school" at her high school. How people can be so mean I cannot believe. It is no wonder she sang the blues.
real sad... that was heartbreaking to hear
Yeah, that was at UT. She said on Dick Cavett's show that she was laughed out of class, out of town (Port Arthur, TX), and out of state (Texas). I love Janis, though. The guy who knew her well at the time that happened and played with her in the band while in Austin started crying when he told that story because it hurt him so bad that her it her so badly. It had a deep cut in her. Poor girl, being treated that way. I enjoyed hearing stories from her siblings and friends (she was a little wild lolol).
Sadly enough she ended up in Brazil to detox and met a man who she fell in love with that was afraid to commit to her - she ended up OD'ing the day that he finally decided to settle down with her IIRC
BTW Dick Cavett was legit in love with her and tried to approach her but she was in love with the aforementioned man
@@neilpatrickhairless I remember the story he told is that he arrived in the US (from Africa?) the day she passed away. Sad.
love me some Janis !! you can tell she felt every song she sang !! a lot of her songs were a mix of rock and the blues and soul !! her music is still influencing people today !!!
That was Mama Cass in the audience and she said it all “Wow!”
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I love Janis Joplin! I'm from the 50's,so I would listen to her, and Jimi Hendrix the doors, and all that good music. The blues, jazz,soul! That's where it's at! I used to be, or still am, an old hippie! And there's music from Janis Joplin uncut's that nobody's heard you can find it on UA-cam. It's great, and I love Stevie Ray Vaughan great blue's....besides BB King, and James Brown which I love, and Marvin Gaye my goodness I can go on and on. You know your music well for being so young! 👍🏽❤⚘
This woman suffered so much in her life and she let all of her pain out when she would sing. I wish more singers would do that.
Just loved your reaction
That woman's power and emotion just brought a tear to my eye! God, I miss the days of such talented performers.
Perfect reaction to one of the finestand hottest singers of that generations. She has a way of tearing your heart out! My generation had the very best.
If the tears aren't coming to your eyes, you're not hearing her!
You got that right.
Thank you so much for this reaction!
She was truly once in a lifetime.
A genuine legend.
She was born to sing the Blues.
Oh she ever wanted was to be loved for herself I believe that comes through in every song that she sings
I love your reactions to her music you can tell your soul is transporting with her.
That is Cass Eliot they are showing reacting to Janis. She is another tremendous voice of the era. She was in the group called The Mamas and the Papas.
Thanks, that made me cry. She was one of a kind.
Omg how could that not move anybody. That was live! No auto-tune involved. We lost a hero when she died
Man she kills that, and I end up in tears everytime....she just blows it ...booom
LITTLE GIRL BLUE- JANIS JOPLIN
My all time favorite song from her!!!!
It's also the name of a great documentary about her life.
@@donaldb1 yes, it's the best documentary on her I've seen
I believe she had to repeat the song to get this footage.
Great singer put all out .miss you Janice
You can play Janis anytime Dear. Otis Redding was there at Monterey as well. My real introduction to Soul music. Haven't looked back since. Thx for sharing and not making me feel so lonely.
+Bill Johnson with music you are never alone. Lucky for all of us!
I love this performance from Janis!! Pure power and energy. And mama Cass reaction tops it's off💙
We’re not worthy- she is one of the greats❤️❤️❤️❤️
One of the most emotional songs I've ever heard. It was my mother's favorite singer. She used to dress like her LOL. I've been a fan since I was about 12. Thank you for this my mom's been on my mind lately so this was cool
Netflix had a documentary called "little girl blue'' i cried the whole time for her.
Hi India, I've been a Janis fan for many years and this particular clip is one of my favorite moments in music history. It was from the Monterey Music Festival in 1967. Just seeing the reaction of Mama Cass Elliot from the group The Mamas and the Poppas to the little fireball who came out of nowhere is priceless. You can just see her thinking "Holy crap, I gotta compete with THIS now?" I've heard Big Mama Thornton's version and it stands up on it's own as a great song. Thanks for what you do and keep it rolling!
On another place one wrote: her Voice is cutting like a chain saw through your heart and soul. It‘s one of the best definitions I’ve ever heard.
I loved Janis when I first heard her almost 50 years ago and I still do. She's amazing. That was Mama Class in the audience with her mouth open and then saying ,"Wow, wow....."
Janis lived a lot of pain and loneliness. You could really hear it and feel it. Thanks for sharing this.
Gives me chills every time I hear this live recording
You can almost actually hear Mama Cass say “Wow!” at the end.
Wyśpiewała i wykrzyczała całą siebie , cały ból tego świata....
At this very same concert both Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding each did one of their greatest performances. At this, The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Jimi's performance of "Wild Thing" is still shocking to this day. Otis Redding's beautiful performance "Try A Little Tenderness" is the best live version he ever recorded. Days long gone.
I'm 57 and I still get an emotional reaction to this vocal performance. Still chills up my spine.
So much emotion. She had some tough experiences in Texas starting out as a singer. Janis said Bessie Smith was a big influence.
Bluetop Guitar, and when Janis found out that the late Great Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave here near Philadelphia, Pa. She helped to purchase one for Bessie Smith. ✌
@@michaelgaynor6866 Thank you for pointing that out. Many people don't know about how she helped Miss Bessie(RIP.)
This woman gave us all her gift, I feel blessed to have heard her sing. RIP!
Amplified blues. Love Janis and the absolutely amazing Big MAMA Thornton . Big MAMA is very underrated . And another amazing blues artist Victoria Spivey real stories of pain . Spider Webs is a sad song about drug abuse in the 1920s yes the 20's.
Ronald Blackburn, when Janis found out that the late Great Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave here near Philadelphia, Pa. She helped to purchase one for Bessie Smith another empress of the blues. ✌
One of the most Iconic performances ever, thanks for sharing
"I meet a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away"
And - as far as I know - Janis was the girl int hat song.
She certainly was
I love that song American Pie!
Janis was one of two other singers who got together & bought a tombstone for blues singer Bessie Smith who since her death in the 30s never had one.
Bessie's fans sent money but her former husband who got the money squandered it. Janis Joplin was like no other.
Like Otis Redding with "Sitting At the Dock of the Bay," when Janis' version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me & Bobby McGee," came out -- it became the second hit record for an artist who had already passed away.
Despite this reception early in her career Janis as popular as she became always felt lonely -- and she did die alone. Just like so many other major artists.
Your sadness was sincere in this video India -- good assessment as always.
Janis Joplin cant go wrong great tunes
Wow Mama Cass was blowed away by Janice's performance. Awesome video. Great reaction. Janice ... legendary.
Loved Janis Joplin and her music !
Just a quick 'Love you, India!' from The Netherlands... Love you!
She felt the music deep in her soul and shook our souls
She was my fave. No one can belt them with heart like she could. Thank you. ❤
My mom was on her way to this concert and got into a car accident & ended up in the hospital. To this day I think missing Janis live is one of her regrets.
I was 16 and ran away from Ohio, made it to Monterey to see Janis, but it was 1970 and she died like the week before.
@@suecook1326 ,musta been some heavy shit you were on!!!! Janis Joplin rocked Monterey Pop Festival, this song was sung there.
@@michaelgaynor6866 This was in 1970, she died I believe it was Oct. 4th and the festival was the next week.
Your reaction shows that you really got the power of her performance. And big props to BMT for giving us this song in the first place. There may be no greater song in the history of music that captures the ignominious plight of so many women in bad relationships.
when Janis sings god stops whatever hes doing until the song is over
Well these gods did. We had a moment. I guess I'll finish my chores. All the old people say the world has changed. Yes, it has, no doubt and for the worse. But we are still here. I'd like to talk with my mormon friends but they are also confused..
F****** a God damn right he does
You’re like an old soul. Love your choices in vids to cover. Keep up the good work👍🏻👍🏻
Please please react to Little Girl Blue by Janis...from what I have read she was a lonely and tormented soul...the night she died she was feeling the same way...this song kills me to know how sad she was that night...thanks..and beautiful reaction💖
The night she died she WAS feeling alone. What she didn't know was there was a letter waiting for her from the most recent guy she'd been seeing that he was coming to see her. This guy had made her very happy and she had been clean & sober with him. So she didn't pick up the letter from the desk clerk at her hotel and didn't know. Instead she felt very lonely and picked up again to a tragic result we all know.
Out standing, great voice, love blues so as jazz, girl ..... lady got down to more than art ....JUST WOW! ME to my soul.
“ I heard a human voice who sang like no one else, I heard a proud Lady singing loud.
Lived her life like she liked, didn’t give a damn. But soon she found she was underground and wasted.
I watched her hitting notes as she strutted stage, her body shook... oh she did her stuff.
She’d scream and quake, give and take...maybe just too much... if you take the smooth you gotta take the rough...
Heroes End - Judas Priest
Thank God we have Janis Joplin on film! Luved your reaction!