"Ego Rock" Janis Joplin Live (Rare Song about Port Arthur)

[Sarahsblues]

never call Texas my home.

[hodunker]

Wow! You have some amazing pictures of her, and the song totally rocks!!!! Miss you JJ~~RIP

[79tazman]

They have a version of this song on the blow your blues away box set that I have 9CD's long now that alot or rare Janis come on lol

[HititoHendrix]

<3

[db95018]

you had to love that laugh she was so geninue ....and her and Nick just kicked ass.

[spliffburton]

This was '64 right? with the dude from Airplane? Jorma, what year was this? hahaha

So cool.

[theawesometrain]

I have this song on my ipod, and I shit you not, I must have listened to it some 30 times today. Freaking amazing. I love Janis =D

[kasturihowls]

OMG wot a freking awsome song!!! i ve hr whole discography,,bt i dint ve dis 1.... HEY HEY CAN ne 1 tell me who is THE MALE SINGER SINGING WID HR????

[divinereference]

@kasturihowls Yes i have this double-album "Joplin in Concert' & the dude is Nick Gravenites. it was recorded at the Filmore West on 04/04/1970. The album is awesome & includes alot of old photos of Janis. Fantastic to hear this again, it's been too long! peace & love...

[kasturihowls]

@divinereference thnx dude!!!!

[divinereference]

@kasturihowls no problem! i hope you find it!

[thecaproni100]

A true artist ..!! Not just sing Covers , Could write them too ..! Can you imagine what a good songwriter.. She would be Now ..?!!

[surfaceplaner]

very well put together nice job

[BearWa11ace]

Alright mutherfekrz!

[RayL1983]

Poor Janis. She was like Queen for a day. On the day in October OD day in 1970 I bet there wasn't a single person from Port Arthur who envied her.

[diezel54]

Who is the person who is playing the lead guitar !!!

[Bamb0ou]

Who is the man who singing with Janis Joplin to 2:00 ?

[Cream234]

@Bamb0ou That Nick Gravenites. He did work with Michael Bloomfield.

[silvanski]

absolutely brilliant!

[ammolb8750]

@TheRachakins....The amplifier, radio or stereo set...or what ever you call it in your part of the Globe... has a switch ON/OFF...noticed???

[stjepanskrinjaric]

harryupscrabble .... intellingence means to share everything you have , no matter if u like or not , make up your mind ASAP before to became a serial killer ,

you are dishoriented , for that you need to be hide by the posts , cause you are timid and extremely intellingent , but you do not want to admit it so your mask is ignorance and distructive behavior ,I have compassion for your family , if still you have one , best wishes

[harryupscrabble]

@stjepanskrinjaric... i was not notified about your diatribe but i did notice my name in your post. serial killer? me? no way. destructive behavior? no way. these days i only play scrabble and make music. nothing destructive about that. who are you to say? your country youguslavia is destructive. i am canadian. we canadians are too smart and we know violence and war is stupid. canada is probably the one country that didn't have too many wars in its history. okay maybe switzerland too. yay canada

[stjepanskrinjaric]

harryupscrabble you are incredible , u start 5 months ago to pissed off the people who loved Janis , talking about your cat's tail , now u start talking we have to analize ourselves, because pratically u do not like this music and this means no one must like it .... so who is to analyze your cat, us or your fucking head ??

u are an idiot and even if u are young my dear baby you will grow up idiot and ignorant ....if u dont ask for help soon

[elgatofrtx]

who is singing with her?

[stjepanskrinjaric]

nick gravenites you will hear janis saying his  name in this song

[frompatx1972]

I was born and raised in PA and I had a good time growning up. One of the things that effected Janis was her mom When she came home for her class reunion her parents actually left town. Her mom had told Janis that she wished that she had never been born. You just don't tell your child that. Shortly after the reunion is when Janis died

[CarlaMichelle77627]

Well i am a Texan i happen to live in Port Arthur, TX my zip code is 77642 area code 409! i have a screen name of CarlaMichelle77627 because I live on the better side closest to Nederland ,TX Port Arthur is in fact terrible! My classmate has pictures of her grandmother with Janis they were Best friends she says. I DO NOT attend Port Arthurs school district it is PATHETIC! it's horrible around here if i could i'd leave and NEVER look back!

[hazelrhys1031]

jeez...sounds like Port Arthur hasn't changed a bit in 40 years..sorry to hear that..I've always wanted to travel there just to see what Janis' hometown was like, but maybe I'd have more fun in California...lol. :)

[jerryjoe88]

DAMN...that was great.

Thank you-thank you-thanx...

[MDLourenco]

Janis Joplin, simplesmente incomparavel.

[zjkrone]

hey harry

actually your the kind of guy who doesn't know good music when you hear it and you must have no emotion because i'm pretty sure janis sends chills down my spine, so how about you just don't look up THE LEGENDRY MS JANIS JOPLIN videos anymore because your not worthy

[harryupscrabble]

well i was looking up another joplin. scott joplin. imagine my shock when instead of piano music i find screeching and kind of annoying sounds. this music sends shivers up and down and across my testicles.

[trg1408]

may god be with you and may you say sorry for what you said i am all about peace not hate

i really don't hate you for sayin what you said but you should be sorry for what you have said it is dorn awful how you can say sumthing so sick

and not even care your so stupid you should be ashamed of yourself im not a big fan of janis but i do respect her and again may god be with you

PEACE and LOVE.

[harryupscrabble]

god? sorry but why would anyone believe in god? it doesn't make sense to believe in god. it's not logical. what did i say that is sick? i only say things that are true to me. i am just being honest. our cat do sound a lot more pleasant when we step on her tail than janis does when she sings that piercing blues music. it's not normal to like everything. do you like everything? if you do like everything then you need a brain transplant and a new soul because liking everything is just not normal.

[jasminerae13]

@harryupscrabble That is your opinion and i respect that, but u wanna know y u dont like this kinda of music? it because it has so much emotion and soul and feeling in it that it scares the crap out of you...she had more feeling in her pinky than you do in your whole body.

[harryupscrabble]

but it's not just not an opinion. if you use a sound analyzer and analyze the sound that our cat makes whenever somebody steps on her tail and compare it to the sound that janis makes you would probably find that the two sounds are very very similar. my opinions are not just opinions since i am very logical. a logical opinion might as well be fact.

[TheRachakins]

wow, you really have no soul.. her music is about soul, and expressing her emotions. sure you can sit on your logic throne, and you can make your opinions/talk shit about janis all you want man, but it doesn't change the fact that her sounds and songs were real, and if you don't like her, then don't listen. sure no one likes everything, but everyone likes something because of a particular quality that radiates from it, and if you can't dig it, then fuck off. simple as that mister logic.

[harryupscrabble]

@TheRachakins ... sure janis was emotional and she had soul and her music was REAL. but you know... some of us finds her singing REAL annoying. is that so hard to believe? you janis joplin fans have tunnel hearing. if you snap out of that hazy fanaticism you would realize that yes janis really does sound annoying. she kind of sounds like a nag but just 100 times worse. to me at least. piece. i mean peace. lol buncha hippies you guys are, probably. again, peace.

[TheRachakins]

okay, first off. why would you say "sure she was emotional and had soul and her music was real" if that's not what you really think. yeah i can easily believe that ignorant people, like yourself, don't like her music because you guys are too busy floating around on the top of things making your "logical" analysis, instead of feeling whats really there. like i said, jerk off, if you can't dig it then don't hang, fuck off already cause we all came here to admire her. what the fuck is your problem

[harryupscrabble]

@TheRachakins... i can say her music is real because it was made by humans and not by machines nor synthesizers. and i know what emotional and soulful music is. just because janis's music is real and emotional and soulful it doesn't mean she is not annoying. her singing is bordering on screaming. it hurts my ears. i just typed "joplin" in the search box. i should have typed "scott joplin". you replied to my comment and i was notified and i don't just back down from a debate. no problem here.

[TheRachakins]

okay, forgive me if i'm a little upset but like i said everyone likes something or someone because of a particular quality that radiates from it, some like her others don't. your one of them, and your probably a guy and most guys find her annoying, so whatever. dislike her all you want. but the people who do like her know her pain and like her voice.. so bug off us, and we'll bug off you. and you just proved me right, you are that kind of person.

[harryupscrabble]

@TheRachakins... okay fair enough. i guess my tolerance to screechy noise is a lot lower than some people's. why don't you go by the railway station and listen to the metal wheels grinding on the train tracks when the trains have to brake and stop. if you like janis's singing then you would like that too. screechy. thanks to janis my favourite band led zeppelin's singer (robert plant) sounds like her too. thanks janis, thanks a lot. that's sarcasm by the way, in case you didn't know.

[boogiemaam]

@harryupscrabble Oh wow. Now you dont like Robert Plant? Who the hell do you like? Somethings wrong with you.

[genericgeorge]

The guys at PA must have been gay. There's no way she remotely unattractive. It's possible her personality was ugly but I highly doubt that as she comes across personable and without ego.

[stjepanskrinjaric]

harryupscrabble ..........

u are also ignorant .......

yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore after a terrible war !!!!

your only chance it's to continue to talk with your cat , that is probably your only friend

[stjepanskrinjaric]

harryupscrabble u are an animal beetween sounds and words ...million years pass on .....

try to use words to communicate with your cat !!!! idiot

[harryupscrabble]

yes mxsptfzcvgrajic i am an animal. an animal in bed. damn, how do you say your name? is that a yougoeslovejan name? i think ivan lendl was a yougoeslovejan name but at least ivan's name is easier to say than yours. i once said "meow" to my cat and she replied "meow" back. but i swear that for a sec it sounded like " phuck you dude, do not patronise me, shut up and feed me, feed me now".

[MaceMn]

@harryupscrabble The fact that a person like you doesn't like this tune makes me love it even more. Thank you.

[harryupbabble]

@MaceMn i can think of only one possible reason why anyone would like this kind of music. that reason is... lesbian. the lesbian that likes to wear strap-ons and pretend they are doing the humping. the lesbians who probably drive 18-wheeler trucks because they like to pretend they can do a man's job. the lesbians that have tattoos that says "i don't have testicles but i DO have a mustache". sorry for the accurate insult but you insulted me first with that sarcastic, lesbianic, fake, "thank you".

[boogiemaam]

@harryupbabble Only lesbians like blues, "this kind of music"? Whats the matter with you dude?

[harryupbabble]

@boogiemaam when did i say that only lesbians like blues? all i MIGHT have said is that the majority of the people that like janis joplin's music MIGHT be lesbians. are you a lesbian? i bet you are. and if you say you are not a lesbian then you MIGHT be a lesbian in DEEP denial. no, i didn't say i don't like robert plant. what i did say is i don't like the way robert plant SINGS because robert sings like janis and janis is really really truly annoying as a singer but that is just my opinion.

[LokiHappy420]

oh mannn janis is not annoying she is fuckin soul.. but everyone has their opinions :) i just feel bad that you can enjoy how precious her music truly is :) soul- lifting in so many measures Lovinnnn itttt :)

[harryupbabble]

@LokiHappy420 well the guitar part is standard blues and it's okay but damn.... janis's way of singing sounds so painful. it's like she is giving birth to a bowling bowl or something. the black guy singing with her is not as annoying.

[LokiHappy420]

oh mannn janis is not annoying she is fuckin soul.. but everyone has their opinions :) i just feel bad that you cant enjoy how precious her music truly is :) soul- lifting in so many measures Lovinnnn itttt :)

[harryupscrabble]

i'm sorry to say this but it happens to be the truth... every time i step on my cat's tail by accident the sound that janis makes is so similar to the sound that my cat makes

[Kovayne]

Janis is the only female role model i look up(whenever i get sad i go to her..and i see her as my sister/aunt sometimes..i know,weird combo lol). I love her freedom of expression and her gutsy attitude... i'm..really trying to learn how to be more gutsy(i'm usually the quiet and insecure type)

[DASHMUND]

This is just such classic Janis. My God she has been a voice for me so often. Used to put her albums on when I was a teenager and just emote with her - especially Kosmic Blues. But this song always cracks me up. Just love her.

[MaceMn]

Ego Rock - Janis Joplin with Nick Gravenites and Big Brother & The Holding Company - Recorded at The Fillmore West 4/4/70 is on the cd "Joplin In Concert" Is one of her best songs.

[michelle2day]

Hey thanks for sending this to me, LOVE IT !!!!

[GCAROLNVA]

W-o-w! What a set of pipes Janis had! I loved this -- amazing how talented she was. Hope they release more of her material from the estate soon!

"XtinaxFan, thanks for the info on her recordings that are available now. Cannot wait to find them! :)

We were lucky to have her as long as we did!

[phoebehalliwell8989]

I've never see this before... GREAT!! LOVE U PEARL..

[XtinaxFan]

acorcj:

WOW! I'm a big fan of Janis and I've never heard this song...I'm going out right now to find one of the albums with this on it. Do you know if there's a recording anywhere of Janis singing "Fire Down Below"? I heard she sang it but haven't found it - maybe it was a live performance only.

[XtinaxFan]

Hey, sorry I accidentally removed your comment when I was trying to reply @_@

I've never heard of that song before but i'll look around. Someone said that next year the Joplin estate are going to release more early Janis recordings so hopefully it'll be included. If anyone has any Janis song requests (paticularly young Janis) i'll try and find them and upload it.

If you want the mp3 for this just PM me (and I can tell you where to find this album too)

xxx

[plporsche]

I'm a very big Janis fan... where can i get the Typewrite Tapes?

[XtinaxFan]

they haven't been released in their entirity but theres an album called "Janis" (has about 70 songs on it) that has a few old tracks on it and theres another one called "Janis" that has nothing but old tracks has about 12 songs. You can listen to the albums on Last FM

hope that helps the estate should release all the Janis recordings they can find.

[plporsche]

why thank you

[michelle2day]

Janis has a cd box set out ALL her songs are on there !!

[jrogers4072]

Now thats the blues! Janis could bring it!

[FanOfJanis]

To XtinaxFan: This is a total gem from the "Joplin in Concert" double-album. I'm willing to bet big bucks that the guy singing with her is her pal and collaborator, Nick Gravenites ... the Chicago native who was in the Electric Flag with guitarist Michael Bloomfield. Paul Butterfield sounds a lot like this too ... but in a tenor rather than a baritone voice. Just my guess. Great, great job you did here! LOVE the pics!

Thanks, KosmicJanis, for sharing! Peace.

[XtinaxFan]

thanks for clearing that, i've got it off an album just called "Janis". He has an amazing voice, really strong.

Thanks i tried to use diff ones spanning her life.

[db95018]

yep its Nick Gravenites what a great tune I cant believe that this song wasnt pushed cause this is Janis at her best......thanks Nick your kickin ass....I was enough to see her damn she was great.

[gbcallahan]

@FanOfJanis Yes. That's Nick G. This track originally appeared on JOPLIN IN CONCERT...

[PerryLovingPoet]

HOLY CRAP, THANK YOU. I LOVE THIS. <3

[maja697]

Wow, you did a really good job!! thank you so much! Peace!

[KosmicJanis]

Fantastic. Thank you for posting. Peace.

[watchmill24]

You are a rear fan of Janis. I really love your channel. Great songs always.

loved the pics. Thanks