God she had a raw, sexy voice, and you just couldnt take your eyes off her when she was on stage. There was a kind of raw sensuality about her that I just cant explain. Charisma. She poured her everything into her songs. To me she'll always be the Queen of Rock and Funk. She's an Icon, a legend,and thats why 40 yrs later we still listen,and everyone everywhere knows who Janis Joplin is. RIP baby. We miss you
OH my GOD ....I remember the moment I heard this from her at 16 years of age in
SF. I am 58 I lost my virginity to one of her songs...my 19 yr old sd that was too much info...I don't care...it was my music, and MY virginity...He has HIS to deal with....
ronymexico - i agree with you. why such a comment? she sings with passion. she can take you to places very few singer can. her voice automatcally takes you to the feelings/passion of the song. this song can make you feel the world is against you too. although, not a classic beauty, she does have a sexual aura about her. you can't help but be swayed by it.
And I highly doubt that if she were alive today, Janis would have "gone down" on your ugly self, either. Get a life, Rony. Go back to Mexico or wherever you came from. Leave the comments to the more mature and musically-intelligent people. And perhaps you don't realize this, but, "looks aren't everything." And I certainly hope, for your sake, that you have looks, cuz yuh ain't got no personality or intelligence. LOL. YEE HAW!
@italianannamaria that's so true & that's why i love janis so much. she just sings with so much soul and passion that you can feel what she is feeling. this is real music, unlike the crap that's in rotation today
Yes, I saw her in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival and she was as energetic as any beautiful singer could be. I always was looking forward to hopefully seein' Janis, Grace Slick and Mama Cass on stage together belting out a bunch of tunes, but sadly it never came about. Those three extraordinary ladies are the three best female singers of all time in my humble opinion. Patsy Cline and K.D.Lang rounded out my top five. I'm dying a happy man someday and their music is playing at my funeral :)
@PONYBOY430 That is untrue, just so you know. Through many of the books written about her, interviews she did and others did about her, and her own autobiographical approval of "Buried Alive in the Blues" there is no mention of rape. She remainded a virgin until after high school, around the time of her Lamar University and University of Austin days. The best book, IMO, to read on Janis is called 'Scars of Sweet Paradise" by Alice Echols. RIP Pearl, we love you. Peace.
Where is this from? Looks like either a promotional film or a TV show. I looked for "Come Up the Years", but all I get from Google is the Jefferson Airplane song.
@PONYBOY430 armed to the teeth...child P-lease!...if you think Canada compares to the USA in arms you're a fucking ignorant fool.......so for instance..I live in Arizona..so you can conceal a handgun?? you can wear two colts on your hip and go shopping???..you can have a handgun in your glove box??..on your cars dashboard LOADED??? not even close you ignorant Moron. All countries allow hunting rifles (long guns) you are no more armed than France..you can't even own a handgun!!??? get real Dude!
Funny how we were all listening to this strangely beautiful bird and we get all muddled in race and politics...I hope these are just the growing pains of the evolution of humanity.
she is like NO OTHER!! i as born in 79...long after she was gone, ...she is my musical mother! whenever i feel sad, janis makes me happy again. she gives me a little something, words of wisdom, long after she is gone. my real mother has nothing...janis has words to live by!! i LOVE you janis!!! <3
this songs rocks so much - it's almost like punk, with the tempo, the hard drums and distorted guitar - and janis of course jeezus - the best of what SF had to offer in the 60s - no lips syncing BS
It's a stupid argument it really should not matter we still live in a world of ignorance and misunderstanding. I believe that there is not another singer in modern times that could perform a spiritual evisceration the way Janus Did routinely. I am a Black American. She was just solidly beautiful!!!!
@JimmyPage97 I guess I am tipping my hand a bit. It's just that when you bring race into music people don't feel free to do with music that which music is so good at; Making them calm, peaceful and free. And I say that I am Black American to say to Janis, " I affirm you, you are every bit as good a Aretha Franklin or anybody else.
@kingobarstow for sure, I am totally in agreement with the whole race vs music thing. Music is 100% a-racial. Sure black people could play good music, but that doesn't prove any generalizations true.
I just think its sort of self defeating to argue this way, but then feel a need to express your race. If you know were I'm going.
It's not about beeing black or white...We all eat, pray, we all die the same death. Whoever says black people is worse and whites are better (or vise versa) is stupid. We ARE the same, and colour's not the matter, but one's soul and mind.
And yes, I'm a white girl, I'm no racist and I support human rights .
@JimmyPage97 oh honey believe me, I am not a racist. I think that people saying that she sings like a black blues singer is a racist slur and upon that I am being defensive. Because that's just silly. And you need to take it easy with all these comments haha
i duno if anybody can help me im lookin for a song and i believe the chorus goes (down on me- down on my love) im not sure but its in my head and its killing me not to find it if anybody can help me i would so appericate it
@MrKeihn It took me all day and the help of my husband to realize what song you were referring to. It is "Count on Me" by Jefferson Starship...1970's. Count on Me, Count on Our Love....it's on YouTube!
@PearlGirl1943 You are quite welcome! I did the same thing with a Neil Diamond song, it was driving me nuts. I kept saying to my husband what's that song Neil Diamond does about 'I want a girl, she won't cheat on me'. I'd snap my fingers and say, you know what I mean, right. No, he didn't. Then one day it just popped into my head. It was Solitary Man. I got the meaning of the lyrics right, but not one ACTUAL lyric was correct that I was telling my husband. I didn't live that down for a while!
@MrKeihn I replied, but to my own comment by mistake. Here's what I said....You're quite welcome! I did the same thing with a Neil Diamond song, it was driving me nuts. I kept saying to my husband what's that song Neil Diamond sings about a girl who won't cheat on him?For over a year! A girl who will be true...come on you know that one. It was 'Solitary Man'. I didn't get 1 ACTUAL lyric correct, that I was telling my husband. I said, oh come on you know this..I didn't live that down for a while!
I love how some of the SF bands sound like they have almost the same lead guitarist. BBHC, C.J. & the Fish, and Jefferson Airplane all had the same distinctive lead guitar sound that was different from anything else being done then.
Anyone who rips BBHC for being hacks is right technically...but they also miss the point in every other way. BBHC's lack of polish as musicians adds perfectly to the raw sound of their genre. Part of the reason Janis is so great is because those songs kick ass in an unpretentious way, and give her the vehicle to kick ass too.
@cmajor66 Your opinion is simply that--your opinion. Just because you "compose" and get paid to play guitar doesn't mean your opinion matters to anyone besides you.
These guys were then (and still are) amazing musicians and kind human beings.
You do not know of where you speak because you obviously know nothing of that time, that expression or that specific type of creativity, I'm sorry to say.
you can take all the alleged "divas" , from LaBelle to Beyonce' , from Celine to Lady Gaga , and none hold a candle to Janis .. her counterpart is Aretha , is the only other woman who could sing and make you feel it ...
@Cmajor66 hey son the bbhc were no hacks. A hack is a teenager or maybe your 20 not playing albums just 1 tune on your computer. byuy or steal a full album of jj and the band
@jimca2 Thanks for your post! I'm actually 44 (son!), & was intro'd to Janis by my Mom when I was still an infant. Been playing guitar since age 8, professionally for 20+ years, & listen to music not as a fan, but as a composer. So maybe I know whereof I speak in calling BBHC a bunch of hacks. If you could set aside your sentiment and nostalgia for a moment, you might see that they weren't fit to share the stage with Janis. And FYI, age is not a factor in being a hack. Check your dictionary.
zabet701, i agree with you completely. when i was young i loved her music and knew not to take drugs. i need to hear a little bit of Janis every day to get into reality.
@zabet701: it only gets 'worse'; i was 16 & am not quite 60 now. one cool thing about this clip (imo) is the period it was shot. Imagine... When this album came out & this film was shot, she was just another band member. look at when they put up her name. she almost looks nervous. and we were all saying 'who the F is THAT?'
@bearsbearsbears i see that on here so often and i gotta tell ya a secret..u were born at the perfect time. someone needs to hear this now. i used to say that to my dad and i never understood when he tried explainin to me that it was MY turn
@TheBatman2194 ...She didn't come along until the very late 60s, and there was still barely no airtime for black people at the time. Part of the thing the beat generation did was revive the careers of long-since-lost blues artists because they wanted to draw inspiration from them and get 'cred' for having done it. And what the fuck does it matter what color she is, anyway? Listen to the music, feel it, and go live it; nothing else matters.
this is really amazing. the best time for jj+bbhc was 1968. it was all downhill after jj got rid of everyone except for sam andrew. imho sa was THE best sf 60's guitarist.
In my opinion, real music happens, it isn't made. Real music is felt, not heard. Real music isn't about anything, it just is. Janis = real, Ray Charles = real, Stevie Ray Vaughan = real et al. There are some good "performer's" today who happen to also have awesome singing voices i.e. Pink, Beyonce etc... but none of them yet have let the music consume them and take over...thats why they will never compare to Janis.
theme song to my life!!! lotsa others too if u care to admit it! Janis nailed everything she sang with a soul that hasn't come along again in all these years! RIP
whoever says that Janis Joplin can sing like a black girl is just ignorant.
i say that meaning anyone can "sing the blues like a black" because its just the human soul that is singing. Sure it may not all sound the same, but it can have the same feel if the same dedication and emotion is there. it drives me nuts when anyone says she sings the blues as good as a black can, because anyone can sing the blues if they have em'.
@TheRachakins She is singing Bobby Darin an aboriginal Jew...non black...raised in the south. She was making fun of Bobby Darin by singing Bobby Darin...rite? Bobby, the real Bobby, did not go to school. His language was so southern poor and ignorant but it was SO EXCITING...like listening to something other than The Blue Danube or Mozart.
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Luv Luv Luv Janis....but like others have stated...HER BAND SUCKED!!!! No kidding....I played better than the guitar player after my very fisrt lesson when I was 5 yrs old!!
James Gurley always said bad things about Janis when he was interviewed, carelesslove46 ..He should have remembered that BBHC was NOTHING before Janis and it was HER alone that made them hit the big time ...how jealous and bitter he was ...I don't miss HIM at all !! Love you Janis....xo
They plain sucked anyway.Not sure why she had them as her "band".There were many other great musicians around that couldve made her music much better.The guitars in BBHC are absolutely pitiful! The producer should've been fired as well for passing it on as competent "playing".......
As far as I know, this is the earliest film of Big Brother & The Holding Co. in April of 1967. Unless somewhere, there is some home 8 footage of the band playing a gig in late '66 or so. My gosh I wonder is some exists in an attic somewhere! I've got a CD called "The Lost Tapes" that features two rare performances from '66. The first one is TOO LOOSE but the second one ROCKS.
Of all the great bands and singers I was fortunate to hear live, she is one of my favorites. I briefly talked to her before a performance in the late 60's, she was really nice to me, a young teen. She was a real person, not the Hollywood idiots we have today. Her voice was so strong and clear, the only other talent I would match with her is Grace Slick even though they are very different.
Frankly, the music of today makes me gag. The classic years were more than just a milestone in music, it defined many a life. The way the industry is today I would say there isn't a likelyhood that we will hear that quality and creativity again. Although, watch for a contestant on American Idol, Crystal Bowersox. She isn't Janis but there is something about her that if she finds her own way, like Janis, we will see some of that spark from 40 years ago.
FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS JANIS DESDE AQUI HASTA DONDE ESTES SEÑORA DE LA VOZ Q TRASPORTA
Cikaapmo 1 week ago
Love this song ...^.^
TheBabiTavares 3 weeks ago
Im ganna play this at the next party i go to
raineyrobb 2 months ago
love the raw sound. like they just pulled the instruments out of the trunk of their cars and started playing
mafed451 4 months ago
This women was as authentic as it gets.
mtb416 4 months ago 3
Raw and earthy.
msteven515 4 months ago
Me too :(
lyonrede72 4 months ago
God she had a raw, sexy voice, and you just couldnt take your eyes off her when she was on stage. There was a kind of raw sensuality about her that I just cant explain. Charisma. She poured her everything into her songs. To me she'll always be the Queen of Rock and Funk. She's an Icon, a legend,and thats why 40 yrs later we still listen,and everyone everywhere knows who Janis Joplin is. RIP baby. We miss you
MegaBob77777 5 months ago 4
OH my GOD ....I remember the moment I heard this from her at 16 years of age in
SF. I am 58 I lost my virginity to one of her songs...my 19 yr old sd that was too much info...I don't care...it was my music, and MY virginity...He has HIS to deal with....
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sharona54 5 months ago
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sharona54 5 months ago
Definitively - angels sings.
canove651 5 months ago
Looks like Sam Andrew shampoo'd his hair for the occassion
Rizzkaro 6 months ago
Alright Janice! I feel like that too. Looks like everybody in this whole wide world is down on me!
zdiversable 6 months ago 2
ronymexico - i agree with you. why such a comment? she sings with passion. she can take you to places very few singer can. her voice automatcally takes you to the feelings/passion of the song. this song can make you feel the world is against you too. although, not a classic beauty, she does have a sexual aura about her. you can't help but be swayed by it.
oranjedee1 6 months ago
@RonyMexico: why does everything has to be about sex ... what a stupid comment. You don't even know what the song is about.
italianannamaria 6 months ago 3
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no way i'd go down on joplin
shoot me instead
RonyMexico 6 months ago
@RonyMexico And I highly doubt she would have "gone down" on your ugly self either. Get a life, Rony!
sharona54 5 months ago
And I highly doubt that if she were alive today, Janis would have "gone down" on your ugly self, either. Get a life, Rony. Go back to Mexico or wherever you came from. Leave the comments to the more mature and musically-intelligent people. And perhaps you don't realize this, but, "looks aren't everything." And I certainly hope, for your sake, that you have looks, cuz yuh ain't got no personality or intelligence. LOL. YEE HAW!
sharona54 5 months ago
@sharona54 like your meaningless comment
carries any weight, asshole, go toss a salad,
fuckface, lmmfao
RonyMexico 5 months ago
I dig the drummer's super simple drum set!
VikkiFixx 6 months ago
I'm probably adding "Down on Me" I really care about Pearl
PearlandOrchid 6 months ago 2
I was looking for 50 cent....
fopom1 6 months ago
@fopom1 Good thing you came here, then.
SeanStrife 6 months ago
Late 60's early 70's whole different world then.
minnomouse1 6 months ago
amen jjw27
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edgar0001 6 months ago
Can't beat that sound i love Janis Joplin!!!!
litojo69 8 months ago
R.I.P Janis Joplin the mother of rock n roll!
Darkangelrock92 8 months ago 3
youngmuner, let me give you a clue...... learn the blues..... come back and maybe just maybe you'll get it a little bit....maybe
nickjames46 8 months ago
@nickjames46 sorry but its not my type at all....
youngmuner 7 months ago
the worst song i've ever heard.....
youngmuner 8 months ago
@youngmuner you must not get out much..
GordosMama1111 8 months ago
boobies
hoolzandthefoolz 8 months ago
somebody please invent a time machine so i could go back to the 60's and go to woodstock!
lyahh14 9 months ago
/watch?v=vgDKkRr2SdU (Y) (Y)
BIG44O 9 months ago
Just close your eyes and feel every note she sings .. you feel like she's right there.
italianannamaria 9 months ago 21
@italianannamaria that's so true & that's why i love janis so much. she just sings with so much soul and passion that you can feel what she is feeling. this is real music, unlike the crap that's in rotation today
iL0veL0uD0gLbc 6 months ago 2
the one,the only Janis
Torcida Split 1950
t1950t 9 months ago
why do all the greats go at age 27. jimmi hendrix, kurt cobain, jim morrison, janis joplin
rj689 9 months ago
@rj689
Brian Jones started the tradition, following in the footsteps of the godfather of blues rock, Robert Johnson.
OropherThranduil 9 months ago
Yes, I saw her in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival and she was as energetic as any beautiful singer could be. I always was looking forward to hopefully seein' Janis, Grace Slick and Mama Cass on stage together belting out a bunch of tunes, but sadly it never came about. Those three extraordinary ladies are the three best female singers of all time in my humble opinion. Patsy Cline and K.D.Lang rounded out my top five. I'm dying a happy man someday and their music is playing at my funeral :)
Bravado51 10 months ago
@PONYBOY430 That is untrue, just so you know. Through many of the books written about her, interviews she did and others did about her, and her own autobiographical approval of "Buried Alive in the Blues" there is no mention of rape. She remainded a virgin until after high school, around the time of her Lamar University and University of Austin days. The best book, IMO, to read on Janis is called 'Scars of Sweet Paradise" by Alice Echols. RIP Pearl, we love you. Peace.
PearlGirl1943 10 months ago
Primal, so cool and evocative of a fantastic time.
Thereyago21 10 months ago
BEAUTIFUL
MyThesunset 10 months ago
Odd clip - the sign board staying up so long, NO LIGHTS until they woke someone at :55 (OK, they were more into the cheesy 'effects' back then).
And true - BB wasn't as good as JJ, but did it get that much better when she had pros behind her? I missed the rough sound.
You could make Neil Young a perfect singer with auto-tune, but would it be better? Hell no!
jondoe8889 10 months ago
@PONYBOY430 Where did you hear about Janis being raped?
xXPinkGoddessXx 10 months ago
I was also born too late
podingtonbear 10 months ago
Where is this from? Looks like either a promotional film or a TV show. I looked for "Come Up the Years", but all I get from Google is the Jefferson Airplane song.
cepson 11 months ago
One of my drinking buddies still brags about dancing with Janis 40 years ago or so-and I'm jealous as hell!
Aerohog1 11 months ago
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DanOlooney 11 months ago
@DanOlooney Southern Comfort
shocker120v 11 months ago
@DanOlooney
it seems like you are a real asshole. so go and eat your shits!
Zedisch 11 months ago
@Zedisch life is not alwat as it seems you got any salt
DanOlooney 11 months ago
@DanOlooney dirt
Bauter 10 months ago
@PONYBOY430 armed to the teeth...child P-lease!...if you think Canada compares to the USA in arms you're a fucking ignorant fool.......so for instance..I live in Arizona..so you can conceal a handgun?? you can wear two colts on your hip and go shopping???..you can have a handgun in your glove box??..on your cars dashboard LOADED??? not even close you ignorant Moron. All countries allow hunting rifles (long guns) you are no more armed than France..you can't even own a handgun!!??? get real Dude!
mjw9363 11 months ago
@PONYBOY430 I would have loved to have sex with Janis, and I know she would be a great lover!!! could you Imagine her voice in orgasm....intense.
kingobarstow 11 months ago
Funny how we were all listening to this strangely beautiful bird and we get all muddled in race and politics...I hope these are just the growing pains of the evolution of humanity.
kingobarstow 11 months ago
she is like NO OTHER!! i as born in 79...long after she was gone, ...she is my musical mother! whenever i feel sad, janis makes me happy again. she gives me a little something, words of wisdom, long after she is gone. my real mother has nothing...janis has words to live by!! i LOVE you janis!!! <3
killy4u 11 months ago
She died in her sins just as much as any black artist did in her time, with a needle in her arm. A wonderful blues...
donwils3 11 months ago
Peter Albin kinda looks like an Angus Young proto-type.
mcnowski 1 year ago
this songs rocks so much - it's almost like punk, with the tempo, the hard drums and distorted guitar - and janis of course jeezus - the best of what SF had to offer in the 60s - no lips syncing BS
cryptsub 1 year ago
It's a stupid argument it really should not matter we still live in a world of ignorance and misunderstanding. I believe that there is not another singer in modern times that could perform a spiritual evisceration the way Janus Did routinely. I am a Black American. She was just solidly beautiful!!!!
kingobarstow 1 year ago
@kingobarstow "I am a Black American." I wonder why you said that.
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
@JimmyPage97 I guess I am tipping my hand a bit. It's just that when you bring race into music people don't feel free to do with music that which music is so good at; Making them calm, peaceful and free. And I say that I am Black American to say to Janis, " I affirm you, you are every bit as good a Aretha Franklin or anybody else.
kingobarstow 11 months ago
@kingobarstow for sure, I am totally in agreement with the whole race vs music thing. Music is 100% a-racial. Sure black people could play good music, but that doesn't prove any generalizations true.
I just think its sort of self defeating to argue this way, but then feel a need to express your race. If you know were I'm going.
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
women today just dont get excited about their men like they did back in the day..
Canaboy12 1 year ago
It's not about beeing black or white...We all eat, pray, we all die the same death. Whoever says black people is worse and whites are better (or vise versa) is stupid. We ARE the same, and colour's not the matter, but one's soul and mind.
And yes, I'm a white girl, I'm no racist and I support human rights .
......any racisim, guys?
007IceGirl 1 year ago
@007IceGirl Racism is just high level prejudice. Prejudice is just a generalization. Generalizations are philosophical fallacies.
Basically Racism is an ignorant point of view. All the view points are birthed from ignorance.
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
@JimmyPage97 oh honey believe me, I am not a racist. I think that people saying that she sings like a black blues singer is a racist slur and upon that I am being defensive. Because that's just silly. And you need to take it easy with all these comments haha
TheRachakins 11 months ago
@TheRachakins My comment, as it is concerned towards you, is your definition of "like a black." These are your words...not mine.
If you take offense to them I'm sorry, but maybe you should not have said them.
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
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Janis Joplin is PROOF white people are no better than blacks... REST IN PEACE SISTER LOVE U.
donwils3 1 year ago
Janis Joplin is PROOF white people are no better than blacks... REST IN PEACE SISTER LOVE U.
donwils3 1 year ago
@donwils3 how so?
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
Better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all. In other words not real original just very cool
sandi11389 1 year ago
@sandi11389 "They" Also say "ignorance is bliss." Which would completely contradict that statement ...which "they" said as well.
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
i duno if anybody can help me im lookin for a song and i believe the chorus goes (down on me- down on my love) im not sure but its in my head and its killing me not to find it if anybody can help me i would so appericate it
MrKeihn 1 year ago
@MrKeihn It took me all day and the help of my husband to realize what song you were referring to. It is "Count on Me" by Jefferson Starship...1970's. Count on Me, Count on Our Love....it's on YouTube!
PearlGirl1943 10 months ago
@PearlGirl1943 you are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ty so much! my search has lasted almost a year and with no avail! i am subscribing to your channel!
MrKeihn 10 months ago
@PearlGirl1943 You are quite welcome! I did the same thing with a Neil Diamond song, it was driving me nuts. I kept saying to my husband what's that song Neil Diamond does about 'I want a girl, she won't cheat on me'. I'd snap my fingers and say, you know what I mean, right. No, he didn't. Then one day it just popped into my head. It was Solitary Man. I got the meaning of the lyrics right, but not one ACTUAL lyric was correct that I was telling my husband. I didn't live that down for a while!
PearlGirl1943 10 months ago
@MrKeihn I replied, but to my own comment by mistake. Here's what I said....You're quite welcome! I did the same thing with a Neil Diamond song, it was driving me nuts. I kept saying to my husband what's that song Neil Diamond sings about a girl who won't cheat on him?For over a year! A girl who will be true...come on you know that one. It was 'Solitary Man'. I didn't get 1 ACTUAL lyric correct, that I was telling my husband. I said, oh come on you know this..I didn't live that down for a while!
PearlGirl1943 10 months ago
@PearlGirl1943 lol i actually know that song! lol
MrKeihn 10 months ago
32 people aren't going down on Janis Joplin
MatthewLedZepfan 1 year ago
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foxyroxstar 1 year ago
A great timeless message from a wonderful soul! RIP Janis and I know you are rocking the house, up in heaven!! Thanks for posting this. THUMBS UP!!!
huggablehowie 1 year ago
Zauvek Janis Joplin
makicar22 1 year ago
Down on me too!
omidhabibollah 1 year ago 12
I love how some of the SF bands sound like they have almost the same lead guitarist. BBHC, C.J. & the Fish, and Jefferson Airplane all had the same distinctive lead guitar sound that was different from anything else being done then.
49kasey 1 year ago
Anyone who rips BBHC for being hacks is right technically...but they also miss the point in every other way. BBHC's lack of polish as musicians adds perfectly to the raw sound of their genre. Part of the reason Janis is so great is because those songs kick ass in an unpretentious way, and give her the vehicle to kick ass too.
onewaytoplay 1 year ago
I searched for 50 cents Down on me and got this?? xDD
Sofiiejj 1 year ago
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Her voice is still alive here in Korea too.
hwanj 1 year ago
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hwanj 1 year ago
Janis was good Texas hollerer...
Exiles800 1 year ago
MORAISITO AMETISTA - the best...
Claudiobenyossef 1 year ago
oldies but goldies,
camelitto1 1 year ago
BBHC hacks ?? no way in hell, they rocked as well as Janis and she passed away way to young like Hendrix did.
TheRetroDude1 1 year ago
@cmajor66 Your opinion is simply that--your opinion. Just because you "compose" and get paid to play guitar doesn't mean your opinion matters to anyone besides you.
These guys were then (and still are) amazing musicians and kind human beings.
You do not know of where you speak because you obviously know nothing of that time, that expression or that specific type of creativity, I'm sorry to say.
hashachar70 1 year ago
31 personas no saben apreciar la buena música.
maituny97 1 year ago
Psychedelic music at it's finest !
slippery396 1 year ago
LOVEEE HERRR
day7107 1 year ago
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If you need a Janis fix, check out Canada's Darlin' of the Blues, Layla Zoe. Search here and on Facebook and Myspace.
She looks and sounds so much like Janis! She has her own style too though. She has been called Janis Reincarnated! She's AMAZING!I
ThePrincessDenise 1 year ago
the last time I heard this it was on an LP.
mindeloman 1 year ago
you can take all the alleged "divas" , from LaBelle to Beyonce' , from Celine to Lady Gaga , and none hold a candle to Janis .. her counterpart is Aretha , is the only other woman who could sing and make you feel it ...
thecyprianone 1 year ago
if only she'd had a decent band... imagine her in front of page, jones and bonham instead of these hacks.
Cmajor66 1 year ago
@Cmajor66 hey son the bbhc were no hacks. A hack is a teenager or maybe your 20 not playing albums just 1 tune on your computer. byuy or steal a full album of jj and the band
jimca2 1 year ago
@jimca2 Thanks for your post! I'm actually 44 (son!), & was intro'd to Janis by my Mom when I was still an infant. Been playing guitar since age 8, professionally for 20+ years, & listen to music not as a fan, but as a composer. So maybe I know whereof I speak in calling BBHC a bunch of hacks. If you could set aside your sentiment and nostalgia for a moment, you might see that they weren't fit to share the stage with Janis. And FYI, age is not a factor in being a hack. Check your dictionary.
Cmajor66 1 year ago
That's fucking ace. Blinding, words are not enough. RIP Janis.
EffinNutter 1 year ago
zabet701, i agree with you completely. when i was young i loved her music and knew not to take drugs. i need to hear a little bit of Janis every day to get into reality.
jessica2135 1 year ago
Whot show was this? TOTP? She looks young. (probably answered, sorry.) Just always wanted to hug her.
postdrop 1 year ago
@zabet701: it only gets 'worse'; i was 16 & am not quite 60 now. one cool thing about this clip (imo) is the period it was shot. Imagine... When this album came out & this film was shot, she was just another band member. look at when they put up her name. she almost looks nervous. and we were all saying 'who the F is THAT?'
pcbrown373 1 year ago
loved her when i was 14 and love her at 55 .... she sits at the right hand of
God as far as I am concerned...
zabet701 1 year ago 2
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You can't but love her!
janis89 1 year ago
I love the way she moves on stage and the timeless energy you feel listening to her sing. I was born too late...
bearsbearsbears 1 year ago 28
@bearsbearsbears i see that on here so often and i gotta tell ya a secret..u were born at the perfect time. someone needs to hear this now. i used to say that to my dad and i never understood when he tried explainin to me that it was MY turn
GordosMama1111 8 months ago
the guitar solo sucks so much, janis talent deserved professional musicians, no such bunch of amateurs at that time
kinggambitabc 1 year ago
@kinggambitabc WTF do you know about BIg Brother?
bearsbearsbears 1 year ago
I don`t know who I love more... The Lizard King, The Mercedes Benz Lady or The God of guitar!
ana04041990 1 year ago
Sam's a cutie.
cbendersf 1 year ago
Perfect.
lykaadams 1 year ago
Janis<3<3<3
starlima787 1 year ago
Just love Janis-Jimmy-Jim....RIP
mimibett 1 year ago
@TheBatman2194 ...She didn't come along until the very late 60s, and there was still barely no airtime for black people at the time. Part of the thing the beat generation did was revive the careers of long-since-lost blues artists because they wanted to draw inspiration from them and get 'cred' for having done it. And what the fuck does it matter what color she is, anyway? Listen to the music, feel it, and go live it; nothing else matters.
panicxitsxbrea 1 year ago
Yeah!!! What blows me away is we have gems like this live performance that WERE NOT lip-synced!!!!
The real thing captured for us to enjoy. Sorry your fate was leaving us so early.
tizianoscott 1 year ago 2
something so real, unpretentious, raw about this makes it timeless. lightning in a bottle for sure.
maida1982a 1 year ago 2
Sipping on cinnamon schnapps and listening to Janis and Big Brother.
So nice!
canebluff 1 year ago
Os habeis dado cuenta de que han pasado mas de 40 años y Janis sigue ahi, intemporal y tan unica como el primer dia?
Janis forever , always
mvyr 1 year ago
Her voice and the way she uses it is just unique!
mzmary71 1 year ago
I love you janis
starlima787 1 year ago
That's what I like!
puregain 1 year ago
this is really amazing. the best time for jj+bbhc was 1968. it was all downhill after jj got rid of everyone except for sam andrew. imho sa was THE best sf 60's guitarist.
peyoteshaman 1 year ago
@peyoteshaman i like him a lot too, his licks are awesome and full of feeling
PindamonhaMAN 1 year ago
Janice had the spirit come through her as she sang.
dancingirl11 1 year ago
dooooooooown on meeeeeeeee ♪ awesome woman
fuunpeople 1 year ago
that's too bad the band was a bunch of recreationals (pseudo unskilled) ! She deserved professional musicians
kinggambitabc 1 year ago
In my opinion, real music happens, it isn't made. Real music is felt, not heard. Real music isn't about anything, it just is. Janis = real, Ray Charles = real, Stevie Ray Vaughan = real et al. There are some good "performer's" today who happen to also have awesome singing voices i.e. Pink, Beyonce etc... but none of them yet have let the music consume them and take over...thats why they will never compare to Janis.
MFAsh1969 1 year ago
Looking back on them.....they were a pretty rough band.
flylooper 1 year ago
Big Brother = ragged but rightous!
skankspankr 1 year ago
theme song to my life!!! lotsa others too if u care to admit it! Janis nailed everything she sang with a soul that hasn't come along again in all these years! RIP
kbaugherful 1 year ago
That bitch could rock - harder that the other frisco fucks of the time...
cryptsub 1 year ago
janis and these guys personify "cool"!!! thanks for your music.
rradfrey 1 year ago
she was larger than life, look how she jumps out into the atmosphere and this was over 40 years ago! Timeless ... RIP
eliminatethenegative 1 year ago
she was larger than life, look how she jumps out into the atmosphere and this was over 40 years ago! Timeless ... RIP
eliminatethenegative 1 year ago
Simplesmente demais.........
DanielZeppeliano 1 year ago
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this sucks
skaterkody1 1 year ago
She was actually very down to earth and was nice to the drivers, cooks etc back then. She looked you in the eye when she talked to you.
Richard2003 1 year ago
Dig this man, rest in Janis, James, Andy and theo others ... and keep strong survivors of the Haight Ashbury ... your music still is great
HansKerr 1 year ago
this song just kick butt lol! what a great performance
breackonthrough 1 year ago 2
Janis took the black R n B sound and super charged it beyond normalcy.
manmanguy 1 year ago 2
whoever says that Janis Joplin can sing like a black girl is just ignorant.
i say that meaning anyone can "sing the blues like a black" because its just the human soul that is singing. Sure it may not all sound the same, but it can have the same feel if the same dedication and emotion is there. it drives me nuts when anyone says she sings the blues as good as a black can, because anyone can sing the blues if they have em'.
TheRachakins 1 year ago 25
@TheRachakins She is singing Bobby Darin an aboriginal Jew...non black...raised in the south. She was making fun of Bobby Darin by singing Bobby Darin...rite? Bobby, the real Bobby, did not go to school. His language was so southern poor and ignorant but it was SO EXCITING...like listening to something other than The Blue Danube or Mozart.
iriswigle 1 year ago
@TheRachakins Thank you...
222PinkStar222 1 year ago
@TheRachakins Janis Joplin just changed voices with Tracy Chapman.
pogmog 1 year ago
@TheRachakins respect! exactly man!
radiantDF 1 year ago
@TheRachakins Well I think this would depend on the definition of "Like a black."
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
i love this beat! i don't think the guitar is half bad, its probably just a little out of tune.. just imagine this set in color!
i bet it was beautiful. i wish i was there.
TheRachakins 1 year ago
its the nostalgia dude..... fucin "67".
life was soooo much better then.
gribbstone234 1 year ago
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Luv Luv Luv Janis....but like others have stated...HER BAND SUCKED!!!! No kidding....I played better than the guitar player after my very fisrt lesson when I was 5 yrs old!!
pillsburysbest 1 year ago
God Bless you, Janis.
After all these years, you still shine like the Sun.
LRHWasRight 1 year ago 2
James Gurley always said bad things about Janis when he was interviewed, carelesslove46 ..He should have remembered that BBHC was NOTHING before Janis and it was HER alone that made them hit the big time ...how jealous and bitter he was ...I don't miss HIM at all !! Love you Janis....xo
PeaceFan1 1 year ago
They plain sucked anyway.Not sure why she had them as her "band".There were many other great musicians around that couldve made her music much better.The guitars in BBHC are absolutely pitiful! The producer should've been fired as well for passing it on as competent "playing".......
hazor777 1 year ago
You're just saying they couldn't play because that's a well known myth. Try thinking of something yourself.
honeydoll2 1 year ago
Well.....I guess you "told me", huh..??
hazor777 1 year ago
This song is goes so hard..i fucks with this song!!!!!
submissivelover 1 year ago 2
this is priceless....live Janis......you won't find a more relavent rock n roll video than this...........thanks for posting
yousaiditzero 2 years ago
As far as I know, this is the earliest film of Big Brother & The Holding Co. in April of 1967. Unless somewhere, there is some home 8 footage of the band playing a gig in late '66 or so. My gosh I wonder is some exists in an attic somewhere! I've got a CD called "The Lost Tapes" that features two rare performances from '66. The first one is TOO LOOSE but the second one ROCKS.
MattHatter 2 years ago
Hard to believe she went to the same High School ,in Texas,at the same time(same class),as ,Jimmy Johnson,ex- coach of the Cowboys.
428SCJ 2 years ago 2
pure soul
lizardkingvoodookid 2 years ago 2
rip janis
mickspqr 2 years ago 3
one of my favorite bands ever!!! RIP james and janis.
octopusmime 2 years ago 4
Really sad to hear that James Gurley passed away recently..A great talent who will be sadly missed..RIP James.x
carelesslove46 2 years ago 5
i cant believe someone could sing like her
AmstrdmEAA 2 years ago 5
If someone could, they would...she is UNIQUE!...and I love her!
raukzenta 2 years ago 2
RIP James Gurley- gotta give him a lot of credit for inventing or helping to invent psychedelic guitar playing
maida1982a 2 years ago 12
Of all the great bands and singers I was fortunate to hear live, she is one of my favorites. I briefly talked to her before a performance in the late 60's, she was really nice to me, a young teen. She was a real person, not the Hollywood idiots we have today. Her voice was so strong and clear, the only other talent I would match with her is Grace Slick even though they are very different.
joesphx19 2 years ago 4
David Gets ♥
phoebehalliwell8989 2 years ago
Will music ever be this good again?
bluskytrvlr 2 years ago 57
@bluskytrvlr dude i doubt it the kids at my school dont even know who janis is ..it makes me sick
me5789 2 years ago
@bluskytrvlr
Frankly, the music of today makes me gag. The classic years were more than just a milestone in music, it defined many a life. The way the industry is today I would say there isn't a likelyhood that we will hear that quality and creativity again. Although, watch for a contestant on American Idol, Crystal Bowersox. She isn't Janis but there is something about her that if she finds her own way, like Janis, we will see some of that spark from 40 years ago.
joesphx19 1 year ago 2