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  • @canwadma Ye I have. I'm a big fan of hers :)

  • ain't nobody touching that !!!!

  • /applause

  • awesome (=

  • Too bad Janis Joplin isn't around to see this, she might have approved of Vanessa's version of Piece of my Heart.

  • I love Vanessa Amorosi ...shes one of the great Aussie talents and very underrated and she's close to my favorite girl Australian singer. I just don't think she needs to imitate other artists. she should do her own thing which ...which is gravelly blues blues based music...I also like janis Joplin ...but i don't think Vanessa should go down that path...I recon she'd may feel the same if she looked dback on that performance.

  • @pepsign007 I am from New York, in the U.S and I heard ths a year ago, and I was knocked out! Ever time I hear Vanessa, I am floored by her magnificient voice! This woman is incredible and when I read she was Austrailia, I wanted to shout: PLEASE FLY her to the U.S. She can SANG! She can hit notes that I never even heard of! She is amazing. Austrailia is so blessed to have this vocalist! Janis and Erma Franklin, the original vocalist of this song would love her version of this song! AWESOME!

  • I love Vanessa Amorosi ...shes one of the great Aussie talents and very underrated and she's close to my favorite girl Australian singer. I just don't think she needs to imitate other artists. she should do her own thing which ...which is gravelly blues blues based music...I also like janis Joplin ...but i don't think Vanessa should go down that path...I recon she'd may feel the same if she looked dback on that performance.

  • If you missed Janis herself, this is almost as good as being there, --minus the overwrought arrangement and certain band members rushing her along as if she were completely indifferent to the original time signature. Great costuming.

  • Wow! She started at 10 and sustained it right to the end. Awesome....awesome....awesome.­...AWESOME!!!!!

  • She is awesome. She is doing Janis proud.

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  • holy shit - the 1st time i heard that girl sing, it was good, old fashioned rock & I loved her voice. the Sydney Olympics music put me right off her, but to take a janis joplin song & manage to give me goosebumps ... the girl's got talent for sure.

  • losing it to her version of this all time classic does make my neighbours hate me but, dammit, it's fun!!!! she is amazing^^

  • The song "Piece of my heart" is not by Janis Joplin but by Erma Franklin.

  • still not as good as janis, but dude, major props for me not wanting to kick u in the face, u at least gave it an effort, take pink for example, she butchered it with her pop technicalities, I hear u actually trying, THANKS

  • @DeathSparks12 where can we listen to your version?

  • :S great...who is this girl?, I love her already

  • @VanKeweba Vanessa Amorosi, she's Aussie and all ours !

  • Gives me shivers. Brilliant. This girl is brilliant live. One of those rare singers that sounds better live than in a studio.

  • Best at this song in history! No one on earth has bettered this version by vanessa!

    Auzzie legend! Pink dose not even come close to this when she attemps this song.

    I agree with canwadma,who ever is her manager,get your bloody arse into gear!

  • I MISS YOU JANIS

  • Wow

  • This is fucking great!

  • she should just be herself...shes a great talent, Pink does a great job o fBobby magee

  • I thought it was just a janis joplin impersonation...whats next...elvis

  • @pepsign007 Well, yeah...that's why she was dressed as Janis Joplin ...what's your point?

  • @pepsign007 did you not read the description? it's for an impersonations show...

  • @hessounusual95 Did you see her cover of Helen Reddy`s "I am woman" live at an Australian awards show the Aria`s? Also vanessa`s version of You make me feel like a natural woman? They are amazing too. have a look if you have not and tell me what you think? Cheers Canwadma

  • I thought it was just a janis joplin impersonation...whats next...elvis

  • Vanessa is THE BEST !! By far. Yes she can do anything.

    Who the hell is managing her in Australia?

    She should be a world superstar!!

    Vanessa PLEASE come to North America. Everyone WILL love you.

    Her covers of, Natural Woman, I am woman and this are amazing!!!

    She does rock the best like NO other.

  • Vanessa Amorosi best rendition by far!!!!!!!

  • Absolutely Amorosi

  • I think she would be the only one that could pull this off like she did!!!!!!!! Well done Nessa!!!!!

  • Fuck yeah Nessa - You sing it gurl! xxx

  • Fucking amazing!!!!

    

  • WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Oh my God....this is beautiful....Janis would be so happy to hear this...I bet she's up in heaven smiling for this....I'm pretty sure....

  • this is the best Jani's cover I've ever seen!! enough said!!

  • @DimmyAraujo Cover of Erma surely

  • @DimmyAraujo Cover of Erma surely. But NOBODY sings it like Nessa!

  • Vanessa has been around since she was about 15. As for the comment further down below, NO, her voice won`t give out. Vanessa is a world class talent and her range is just purely amazing.

  • Vanessa Amorosi is absolutely awesome. Love her to bits xxxxxx

  • @TheBeck1975 I love this woman! She has an amazing voice which shatters glass! In the United States we have no one like this at all! Please my sisters and brothers from down under, send her to us! She can SING HER ASS OFF and her band is also incredible! Janis would love her!

  • @debgirl12000 I agree, perhaps the blast of her voice would melt the skin off of our "mainstream, industry made barbies and kens" lmao

  • true rare talent who can sing anything search: Frank Stallone ft Vanessa Amorosi - Never Gonna Give You Up, Live in Australia 2010

  • Like I have stated previously, this woman rocks!! She is one bad ass woman from down under! The U.S. needs her bad! She is amazing! I love her! I wonder if Robert Plant ever heard of her because she reminds me of him! She has a powerhouse voice just like he has! She sings rock, soul, pop, ballads..anything really!

  • @RK807 That is your opinion, good for you. I respect your opinion. How about showing some courtesy for those that appreciate Erma's version enough to cover it.

  • Wow what a voice!!!!

  • & stop comparing to the original. original is original. she did better job than the others.

  • i think she should be in a heavy metal or hard rock band !

  • @MyRecordingTV Would be great in a band, I don't particularly like her 'pop' music. When she sings rock, everybody ROCKS. Heard her do a couple of Led Zeppelin numbers, I know Robert Plant would be impressed, Jimmy page would even have to acknowledge her guitar playing (not up to his standard, but better than a lot of others)

  • @357HFC i can't comment on her guitar playing though. never seen her play.

  • I love her singing real rock and roll songs she is awesome . most powerful aussie singer ( female ) probably best in the world at this song does an octave higher than janis joplin and nails it . is a gift from God I agree

  • She's good!. It's really like Janis. It's almost weird. That shrieking at the end I could do without.

    But Dilana roolz. Totally.

  • Best female vocalist in the world.

  • She sings very well, but at this rate I don't think there will be much left of her voice in a few years :S

  • Love Vanessa!! When I found out she was from Austrailia I had to say how blessed they are to have this lady because she could show some of our singers in the U.S who this is sung for real! Her gift is definitely from God. She can hit notes I have never heard of before! Vaness, come to the U.S we need you! She is amazing!

  • What a nice way to screw up a song!

  • @amyjade08 Cough!

    

  • @amyjade08 Cough! Aussies know what I mean Far Cough!

  • @amyjade08 you dont know sh1t so p1ss off and listen to miley

  • @amyjade08 Cough!

  • There are no words... standing ovation...

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  • As a cover I think this is good but I still think Crystal Bowersox's cover is the best I have ever heard. Not the AI one but the Village Idiot one and now there is a partial recording of an even better performance at the KFOG concert in SF on 12/7/10. Check them out.

  • Some of her best stuff are covers.  Like this one

    Vanessa Amorosi - It's A Long Way To The Top

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  • think about the history of this song.... it's from janis joplin )she mad it popular at least), and it is not from shkaira....

  • @Heriiiiii I think that Vanessa was just doing a cover of the studio recording. Melissa version was more like the live recordings that Janis was famous for.

    I can assure that if Vanessa did a similar version it would blow you away.

  • @Heriiiiii Help me here, what is a SHKAIRA?

  • that is nothing against melissa etheridge...

    melissa has much better control, feeling and the best character i ever heard with this song!vanessa does it very very goooodddd but melissa still owns her... sry for you vanessa fans...

    just listen to the voice itself, not the backings....

  • @Heriiiiii i must respectfully disagree. melissa doesn't have the raw edge that this song requires . melissa can't or rarely sings out of one octave and theres no bounds to vanessa's vocial range. vanessa is far and away the better singer !!

  • ...how fucking good is this...??.....only knew her for 'Absolutely Everybody'.......... very impressed......

  • I am still a little pissed that Vanessa did not win the 2010 ARIA for best Australian female performer. Talk about being ripped off..

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  • Wooooooooooooooooooow :)

  • I recently saw Vanessa perform live at the Werribee Mansion (Melbourne, Australia) and she blew everyone away. I even stood in line to get an autograph which I have never done before..... Not even for an international band/vocalist..NOBODY. Simply because she has such a mature and Powerful instrument infused with a raw emotion that is incomparable. SHE IS THE BEST PERFORMER TO COME OUT OF AUSTRALIA!

  • UNFUCKINGBELIEVEABLE!!! this woman gives me goosebumps

  • @mongrelbreed81 You have such a way with words. My sentiments exactly.

  • This is a GREAT song. sung by many who do it justice. Vanessa is OUT 'cn STANDING. Has anyone ever hit such high notes wiith such POWER? Not sure if this is the best version but sure is MY favourite. Suggest the original by Erma Franklin was sung the way it was written, just listen to some of the notes she hits.

  • woa she can belt much higher than mariah and whitney!! and celine!

  • This is one of the best covers of ANYJanis Joplin I have EVER heard!!!

  • Janis would be impressed & proud, she would beabsolutely gob smacked with the note Vanessa hits at the end. 'cn Brilliant, 'cn Awesome. Now my favourite version of one of my favourite songs. And by the way Janis would have been about my age now. By the way I hope the 18 are infertile, don't want them breeding more of the same.

  • wow not bad at all great voice she got e fore a a second

  • Zero heart. Just going through the motions. Good voice. No soul.

  • @JillSHeaton Yeah you are right she doesn't connect with the song until 2:40 .But would you rather hear Vanessa sing this song or hear Melissa Etheridge scream it?

    Vanessa connects better with her own music but she does like too sing this Janis song simply because she loves Janis

  • why do they separate the singer and musicians so much

  • Where can I obtain a copy of this? Would love to hear her at Doodli some time.

  • I think even Janis would be impressed.

  • SHE RULES!

  • I hope she never stops in singing

  • I am just knocked out by this woman! She is incredible! I hear she is from Astrailia? She needs to come to the United States so she can show some of our so called singers how to blow for real! She is so talented and can sing her ass off!

  • @debgirl12000 yes she is from Australia - you should see her live in concert 100% effort from start to finish she could sing the socks off any other singer

  • @debgirl12000 i agree with you . if janis would give only one person premission to sing this song it would be vanessa amorosi . no tallent's like britney , ashley simpson jessica simpson would be distroyed by this voice !!!

  • this is amazing !!!!!>>3

  • noise pollution

  • wooooooooooooooooooooow

    I'm in shock!!! This is unbelievable strong and beautiful performance.

  • Fucking amazing!!!!!! Best ever cover of this song i have EVER heard. I have goose bumps!! Vanessa you are my hero.

  • Fucking amazing!!! She is so talented. Best cover of this song i have EVER heard! Have to post it on facebook to give her the credit she deserves =)

  • too 80's! sing acdc if that's what you like!

  • rockin!

  • Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! What Happened to her other video of ...Piece of My Heart? She had two. I had it saved on my play list and now it is gone from there and here on the selection list. I liked the other one better. Anyone know how or where I can get it?

  • Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! What Happened to her other video of ...Piece of My Heart? She had two. I had it saved on my play list and now it is gone from there and here on the selection list. I liked the other one better. Anyone know how or where I can get it?

  • amazing, goosebumps after 2:45

  • octaves? What are these octaves you speak of?

  • Not human.

  • Great cover of the cover - but people seem to forget the original was by Erma Franklin...

  • I'm a bit prejudice cause I'm Aussie and have followed V's career....but this is fucking fantastic! You guys have compared her to Christina (very good) and Pink (Try Hard) but you have forgotten to mention Crystal Bowersox. Hard to pick who is most authentic!!!!???

  • Before the goosebumps after "Never..never...never...never" had even subsided, Vanessa launches those notes higher than the dome of the Sistine fricken Chapel, then drops 'em lower than the serpent's belly in the devil's own basement & Janice raises her drink & smiles. I'm gonna have a cigarette now

  • @phoenixrisen1970 I was about to post my thoughts, but you have said it so much better than I ever could. As an aside I love & prefer to see and hear her live she really gets the crowd going.

  • @phoenixrisen1970 well said^^

  • @phoenixrisen1970 well said!!!

  • Homebuddha passes lighter to phoenixrisen1970 xxx

  • @phoenixrisen1970 >I discovered Vanessa a few months ago. I was knocked out by her voice. I am from the U.S in NYC and I look at some of the fake ass no talents here and I listen to Vanessa from down under and she could show some of these fools how to sing for real! I think of the greats when I hear Vanessa! Janis, Ella F. Sarah V etc, Vanessa can sing anything in any style. Her voice shatters glass! I want to thank all of those from down under who wrote to me about this incredible woman!

  • in the true spirit of the original

  • This girl is indeed fantastic and has a huge future. That being said anyone who puts this in the same class as Janis is out to their mind. Janis is by far head and tales above anyone mentioned, Christina will wish 40 years after her death that her legend is as big as Miss Joplin, Pink is not even at the same level as a singer and Whitney was mentioned, oh please she cannot even give a live concert performance anymore. Janis is a legend and one of the greatest female vocalist of all time.

  • shes the closest voice to janis joplin so far..very powerful rendition

  • For God's sake, this girl is incredible at singing.I seriously think she's WAY BETTER than Whitney, and above all considering she's a white-skinned girl with such an incredible black voice.Whitney could never ever reach such notes as Vanessa does with total naturality and easyness.Vanessa you're really amazing, and after Christina Aguilera you're within the list of best female voices of the whole world.You should join Christina, by the way, to make a duet, it'd be FANTASTIC!.

  • @nickyaguilera

    vanessa has a far greater vocal ability than christina. But range isn't everything, I enjoy christina's tone more. Vanessa has a sharp cutting voice and sometimes it kinda hurts which is also why I don't like the direction she takes sometimes. It's sometimes feels like she just adds her wow factor without considering how it effects the overall feeling of the song. However, by vocal ability alone I think she's the best female singer I've heard

  • like Janis - love it

  • Except Vanessa easily has the better voice, Janice's song though, and it's great.

  • 2:45 was fucking insane

  • Where in the hell have they been hiding this woman? She is magnificient!!! What country is she from?? I know she is not from the United States because we would have heard from her by now!! She is incredible! She has passion, spunk, spirit, and such energy! Her voice is slammin!

  • @debgirl12000 She's an Aussie :) she's from the same neighborhood as me! SHE KICKS ASS!

  • @Animalsangel888 >>>Thanks a lot my Aussie sister from so far away! I am from New York and I am just knocked out by this woman from your neighborhood! You knew her when and what a talent she is! She is so exciting, and what a voice! She can hit the highest range and hit the lowest range that I have ever heard! She is incredible!! I love this woman and I want to know if she records over there in Austrailia! She is amazing! Thanks for responding!

    Deborah

  • @debgirl12000 I put a note on your page ;)

  • excelente, me gusto mucho

  • She will be known, took time out to beat the recording industry.

  • why this woman isnt internationally known like celine is beyond me, loved her since i first saw her on tv at sydney olympics, best voice ive eva heard by far xxx

  • at 2:45 the chipmunks entered the stage :) just joking, love her so much. in my opinion she's the best singer ever that can sing everything. her voice is unbeatable! Thanks to her parents who teached her

  • brilliant!

  • wowzers!! i have even more respect for this lady now. well done!

  • etta james did the best cover

  • jannettn, you're kidding right?

  • /watch?v=J1VTkKbIwg0  much better

  • Pink would be the first person to tell you she can't sing like this. amorosi has a gift from God.

  • @KamikazeGZ Yep, but she has the edge, and has a nice vocal range. She'd make the song her own.

  • I think she's the best singer in the world! Her voice is amazing!

  • I just heard of this singer and she is amazing!! What a voice!! I have heard so many versions of this and I love this from this vocalist, and Mary J. Blige sings the hell out of this song also!! Check out her version on here also! Janis would love this sister here! She is incredible!!!

  • her and mary j blige have a song together now called each tear! check it out its on here!

  • @sippysq I definitely will check out her and Mary together. They both sing this song and it is slammin! She has such energy and passion! What country is she from??? I have to find out!! She needs to be recording. She would be big in the USA believe me!!

  • @debgirl12000 she is from australia.....and yeah she would be big here! her voice is insane!

  • @sippysq Not as big as she should be sadly, she's amazing.

  • @oiuoew Best female ROCK singer in my opinion, not over keen on her pop music. Saw her @ EOTG Barnsey, Diesel, she blew everyone away.

  • damn close

  • this doesn't do vanessa justice!

  • My God Vanessa you are a real talent baby!

  • I like P!nk's version also

  • @lilalai100

    Sie singt nicht Pink nach...Janis Joplin!!!

  • I know that P!nk just cover the song but I like it covered both way.

    From Vanessa and P!nk

  • @lilalai100

    Aber verdammt gut!!!

  • @lilalai100

    mag sein das es für Dich ok ist, aber ich mag die Echte J.J. lieber...Aber Pink is geil...

  • @wegesrand ich mag janis joplin auch.

    :D

    Dann wäre da ja geklär t

    ich verstehe das problem nciht :D

  • Ich auch nicht...Lach...

  • PERFECT!!!THIS chick can do ANYTHING she WANTS!!what a living LEGEND.AMOROSI IS GOLD.

  • Great rendition and I loved the brass

  • just 22222222 kool she owns this song

  • Oh my god she's excellent! And the last chorus.. WOW

  • FANTASTIC FANTASTIC!!!!!

  • Sooooooo much better than Joss Stone, but never ever like Janis !

  • muy buena voz, pero una pesima imitacion de janis... Se me hace una falta de respeto lo que hizo al vestirse y al tratar de interpretar la cancion como Janis... no lo logro..

  • The only thing that's missing is the scream: "You know you got it—WAAA-HOOO!" Just excellent.

  • (LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL)

  • Totally the BEST vocal ability we have in australia by a country mile!!

  • shocking hair style nessy!

    but great voice!

  • wooooooooooooow I'm so impressed

  • Tags: Amarosi Amarossi Amorossi ... :)