Janis Joplin - Ball and chain

[nikolashian]

I mean Etta, Koko, Taj made remixes on Joplin's hits. Really superb. But Janis is Janis

[nikolashian]

I think it's one of the best Joplin's blues and one of the most tragic things. I've got it sung by Etta James in 2000s. Some monsters like Koko Taylor,Etta James, Taj Mahal ...Well done. They are great. Janis was unique. Uncomparable

[philiprain1]

please, i bought a rare cd that i found this rare version of ball and chain. can anybody say me what place it was realesed this record ?

[Pignomopf]

I fully agree with James Gurley was melicharm1 beginnings of a style and psychedelic distortion effects, taking up a conspiracy between him and hendrix, just that he died and the media is disclosed is a pity our media be so, do not give a value to those who deserve Peter Albin, David Getz and Sam Andrews and god janis not lag behind others also are beautiful lol.

[MrSatiro66]

"Sittin’ down by my window,

Honey, lookin’ out at the rain.

Oh, Lord, Lord, sittin’ down by my window,

Baby, lookin’ out at the rain.

Somethin’ came along, grabbed a hold of me, honey,

And it felt just like a ball and chain.

Honey, that’s exactly what it felt like,

Honey, just dragging me down."

[crazypainter56]

Brings tears to your eyes--So full of Soul-------!!!

[55tallon]

love this video

[andreariovaldo]

amo de paixão

[svrandall]

To the two people who dislike this: Did you accidently hit "dislike" by mistake?

[evromsd]

@svrandall They are out buying jason bieber posters

[dvdct77]

She Was a Very Lonely Girl .....If She Had Someone to Hang on to ? ...She Would Still Be Here ...

[SEPS26]

@dvdct77 Yes you are so right.

It was very sad. She had people, but it was a very different time from what you are going thru...

there were a lot of drugs, and drink and each person around her was young also, and facing the same situations...When she died, it was heartbreaking...

I was a young girl and she was just right there in front of me, I mean my hero.... what a singer.......................

[ABdat313chick]

I swear I just had an out of body experience. This shit literally touched my fuckin' soul! I bet her performances were the shit in person. If only, I were born earlier!

[melicharm1]

James Gurley never got the press he rightly deserved. All you have to do is listen once and you know the man felt every note he played. Magical.

[Grendelmonster8u]

@melicharm1 Yeah, he complained about that & how they didn't get the attention for their arrangements and what not. Janis didn't write most of her songs, probably not even a third of them. She sang them great, but the band(s) should have gotten more credit. Sam Andrew too. He and James worked on that sublime solo in her cover of "Summertime". It totally makes the song.

[brygida1961]

My beloved Janis!

[montlaur11]

quel talent et je l'avais oculte pendant ma jeunesse , dommage une carriere trop courte

[kilts4u2]

Damn, was James Gurley great on lead guitar or what? This guy should have been recognized for his greatness far more than he ever was. Too bad Janis overshadowed this band with her vocals. .but this band was tight. The bass runs flat out rock. RIP James.

[krskipp]

@kilts4u2 Well that was the problem, apparently prior to Janis joining the band James' guitar playing had been one of the main focal points. His playing was what set them apart. Then, as I'm sure lots of people will know Janis joined and it went from Big Brother & The Holding Company to Big Brother with Janis Joplin, and then they started getting introduced as Janis Joplin with Big Brother....pissed a few of them off as you can imagine. Not least James.

[krskipp]

@kilts4u2 Well he was recognised. He was "it" prior to Janis joining the band. He was what set the band apart. Then Janis joined and it went from Big Brother and the Holding Company to BBHC with Janis Joplin, and then towards the end they'd be introduced as Janis Joplin with BBHC...pissed them all off a tad, not least James.

[pipenissen]

Why do i always have to cry so much when I listen to this song? My face is all wet now, omg.

[demonsfurry]

the pins and needles and goosebumps i get listening to this song ..... my heroin died b4 i was born but such a classic i was born out of era

[grandmachristine42]

I saw her in Toledo. The police were making people sit down. She said from  the stage that if the music made us want to dance then we ought to get up and dance.She said it was some trouble putting on these shows and we owed it to the music and the musicians to fkn dance when we were moved to.

[beavis005]

<3 this woman's voice! Her heart poured into her great singing <3

This legend will never be forgotten <3

I agree with "manupap" comment!, best singer in the world!

[manupap]

Definitively The Best Singer in The World

[zelfoland]

I like this song :) Janis Joplin is a good singer

[jessejames881000]

ok thank's for answering^^ :) he's great, and the whole song is of course...I mean...Janis Joplin, what else to say?

[SiddyBrasil]

iT'S PERFECT

[RazorWristsLikeThizz]

Oh my jesus, i love this song!!!!.

[cinestar2]

god this is brilliant

[pancakespl]

this is my fav song.. i like the woodstock version better.. but not by much cuz all her performances are amazing..

Janice, my love.. if only i was around yer time id mary yew! i love you! RIP Babe.. much love yer way!

[surlygirlie0321]

@pancakespl You cannot compare the two. The Woodstock version is not Big Brother & the Holding Company. Once Janis went out on her own, with Sam, things started to go down hill. Just my opinion. Like you, I love all the versions. The only two other women that can sing this song are Big Moma Thorton, who wriote the song, & Etta James.

[jessejames881000]

does anybody know the name of the man playing the guitar solo?^^

[Pearlhaze68]

@jessejames881000 James Gurley, aka Saint James :)

[CarlosBluesman]

@jessejames881000 Sam Andrew, in the very beginning...

[CarlosBluesman]

@jessejames881000 Sam Andrew, in the very beginning...James Gurley, too.

[revientafatxas]

janis.....  i love you....

[revientafatxas]

janis..... i love you....

[punkorjazz]

does anyone know where and when was this from?

[Pearlhaze68]

@punkorjazz it was recorded in San Fransisco April 1965 @ KQED studio :)

[swordie125]

I have loved this woman since I first heard her music.......no one can compare to her!

She has a voice no one could even begin to sing like her. I wish we still had her with us. Rest in Peace

[swordie125]

I have loved this woman since I first heard her music.......no one can compare to her!

[swordie125]

I have loved this woman since I first heard her music.......no one can compare to her!

[pagerox1]

Number 1 all-time....what a singer! No comparison!

[athenareich]

best rendition i've heard so far.. amazing

[celine7268]

BLUES = BRIVIDI

[celine7268]

BLUEs = BRIVIDI

[tvoh01]

she was a talent to reckon with

[paliss06]

ufffff...!! Qué bueno es volver a escuchar a Janis, crecí con esta música :D

[bobbycoltrane]

James Gurley is a California rock legend. RIP brother.

[andresanderson306]

love your soul Janis

[Kristopful]

This is a real woman in the real World, (past) Who gave her heart & soul into all her performances. It pains me when ppl are critical of her because she was vunerable. Are not we all?

Where is the real emotion from present day singers/bands.?

I've notice a great many young ppl turning to older music in greater numbers, & loving it...even teenagers. This is a good trend & may save conventional music from the Abyss.

[balto4]

@Kristopful Janis is my fav female artist and I'm 29,long after she died. I became a fan when I was 16,I don't really remember how though but I have been a fan since. No one can come close. I was a teen when I became a fan I prefer older music for sure

[Kristopful]

@balto4 I only became a serious fan of Janis in the last two years...when I became conected too the internet, & i'm 53. People take for granted access to live shows...which we never had when I was younger. It makes me feel good that very young people are appreciating great music of the past & Janis is certainly among the greats. God rest her troubled & pained soul in peace.

[balto4]

@Kristopful I know youtube is a great vehicle to see some of this old footage it's wonderful

[PsychLion]

The only thing I will ever regret is not being able to see her live in person. I couldn't imagine seeing her live. Electrifying!

[bwanna23]

@PsychLion Saw her perform in 69. Got backstage up close. She exuded a wild excitement like she lived for those moments. I'm still in love.

[saade2]

big mama thornton rules!!!

[dhartlauer]

Janis is one of the few women/singers that has always elicited a tear from me. Thanks girl... I will always love you.

[pearljamjunkie420]

Janis is my girl! love her!

[katrastrophy]

SUPERB version of this.....K.O.

[ccosta3249]

My favorite!! There will never be another Joplin... no matter who tries.. Janis lives on!

[vichiousfishes]

Baby baby baby ohhh!

[mapheoo]

WOW  im speechless

[CHURINFUNFLAIS]

I´m Sorry but Everybody Just Talks about Janis, What about the people Behind Her? , I feel the Guitar ´Player was way ahead of his Time when It comes to soloing also Listen to the Drummer or the bassist very tight band for the times and sound systems or pa´s available then , Man those Guys were Full Pro, EVERYONE in this Band was special One of a Kind not just the female.

[keitaro21]

James & Janis are so much connected !!!

[marcw6220]

best performence was in Monterey, 1968, search it and listen and your hair will rise to the sky

[PsychLion]

@marcw6220 Monterey was actually during the Summer of Love in 1967. And yes, it was the performance that launched her to super stardom.

[marcw6220]

@PsychLion sorry, but you're absoloutely right and the needed 2 takes to make it right and she was angry as hell but what a performence.

[PsychLion]

@marcw6220 What happened was Big Brothers/Janis' manager did not want them to be filmed. So that is why her initial performance wasn't caught on camera. Finally he caved in and Janis was asked to come back and perform AGAIN so they could film it. I am glad they did :)

[gilsonb12]

The greatest white blues singer of all time. We feel so much its lack ...



[6Shine6down6]

Its purely awesome !

[SuperThundacat]

This song was written by Big Momma Thorton for Janis ,,please check out Big Momma performing this song. Janis Joplin does justice to this song ! I love it <3

[xxUngroundablexx]

talk about one in a million <3 she is simply amazing

[alinytch]

Amazing Fascinating Out of this world

[reemmarine]

best somg I ever heard!!!!!

[dididalalei1]

liieebbeeee puurr

[karita2569]

Janis eres la mejor XD

[UPTHElRS]

By my window

[WarAgainstRacism]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING! ITS PLATINUM...RARE...LOVE IT.

[ElYid42]

So fatr ahead of her time!!! So misunderstood and so much to say. Nobody could sing a song the way Pearl did and nobody ever will. The best version of this song is definitely from the 67 Monterey Pop Festival. Check it out..

[Zedisch]

she is THE SOUL! What else you want to say about her?? She had soul and she gave soul! I know about the time there!! But believe: there will be no one like her!

[sauronoverlord]

super groovy! Outta sight!

[starlima787]

JANIS...TE AMOOOOOOOOOOOO

[7146533]

OMG - watched the version from Monterey Pop festival - I believe the most intense live rock performance by a rock female vocalist - we need a 2010 version of the J woman

[cpartida6969]

@7146533 i know what you mean i felt the same way.

[bUTTERFLy01231]

Some deep stuff!!!!!!!!!!

[poopypoopyhead1]

Dang this is f n sweet.

[dantefraccari1]

fabulous

[RockKika]

Beautiful! I love janis... wow!

[lachgasballon]

dont compare big mamas' and janis' version. ball and chain is a great song, that needed both renditions to get perfect. its just like "all along the watchtower", written by Bob Dylan, but Hendrix completed it to the theme song of a whole generation. In both cases its the combination of the two (^^) that makes it to the perfect stuff that it is.

[12tbella]

@lachgasballon so true

[djaminc]

YEAH!! this is the version ive been longing to own: Got bits of it on a BBC Documentary but wanted the full version-great post! I reckon Janis is "the girl who sang the blues and i asked her for some happy news" on Don Mcleans American pie....Scuse me while i light my spliff...

[capitalsown]

Hahaha you make me laugh. More like can YOU not read. :p I never mentioned any Brit. Whereas you said "i was thinking about that the other day....well about the british invasion." Who the hell could have realized you were speaking of something entirely different after basically saying you were thinking about what I said. :|

[capitalsown]

Lolwut? Elvis and Janis were both born in the U.S.

[PsychLion]

Big Mama Thornton was a down home blues mama but Janis is the Kozmic Blues Queen and gave riveting performances.

[boeingtripleseven]

RIP James Gurley. I loved your sound.......

[smitschagen]

Why is it so much pain is needed to make someone sing like this

Janis you were a good girl, hope you realise that now up there

I am twice the age you reached, hope we meet someday

[freq32]

damn.  soul baby.. soul.

[MagentaTantrum]

Janis was beautiful. She just had so much pain inside of her.

[FoolYouKnowWho]

Your right you cant say anything :)

[CheG666]

to day i see a cover off this song

i was crazy man i never flied like that before! it was increible

[joycedgeworth]

This girl (I"m still not sure if she was 15 or 1500 - my guess is that she was an extremely old soul trapped inside a typical Kansas-type body) will be among the immortals of rock. Her life was full of pain - perhaps that is one of the reasons we love her so much. People go through their daily lives and don't talk about the pain inside. Janis not only sung about it, she made it a classy, moving anthem.

[TheUsiasiusia]

joycedgworth you're right... thank you....

[joycedgeworth]

Thank you TheUsiasiusia -

We'll always have her music.

[capitalsown]

You know this was written and originally performed by Big Mama Thornton. Janis just covered it. Also, Big Mama Thornton was also the writer and original performer of "Hound Dog". Yeah, not Elvis, Big Mama Thornton. And by the way, as much as I love Janis Joplin, this nor Elvis's "Hound Dog" have shit on Big Mama Thornton.

[CrimsonGhost85]

Janis ! You showed those mother fuckers who bad motuhed you !

[LDT1990]

I LOVE YOU, JANIS!! WE ALL DO!!...Now will ya rejoin the living, please? We're gettin' bored to tears with crap today. =(

[PsychLion]

Electrifying.

[apostlewoody]

Janis, I love you, thank you pearl,

[girljazzlvr]

OMG!  Unbelievable!

[Dugogh]

Janis, wake up, fucking love you!

[Jackts9999]

I dare to say that this influenced Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You"

[6749er]

Let's not forget the name of this band.

Big Brother & The Holding Company.

[tobbelobbe666]

Most people do. Same as with the Alice Cooper Group.

[rocker70sman]

You know its funny before I really liked her I thought her voice was annoying and she was really ugly...but now that i really listen to her music and read up about her all that has changed completely. SHe is one of my favorite female singers now and she has done so much for me throught her music. People like her keep me going. the 60's love! Spread the peace, love, and music to everyone!

[phoebehalliwell8989]

She wasnt ugly.. she was very hot u know? just not glamourous

[tobbelobbe666]

Not hot, beautiful maybe. But not hot

[phoebehalliwell8989]

well FOR ME she was

[CaptiveTemptation]

There's no music like this anymore. I feel all the sadness and pain whenever I watch Janis perform. She's like no other.

[pipenissen]

@CaptiveTemptation Do no despair my friend. It's on youtube now. All the world can noe ss. That is great :)

[TSXboy26]

awesome

[fid2d]

u can feel the pain

its beutiful

[jenzeppelin]

i get shivers whenever i hear this song.  perfection.

[svrandall]

Me loves!!!!!!!!!!!!

[louiseduvee]

wow! (You need not say more!)

[mymindourdream]

a great guitar solo and then a voice from the heaven!!*****

[hilapat12]

You have that right mymindourdream! She was one of my favorites when I was a little girl. I really loved Woodstock and her style!

[LeSoleilBris]

janis is the best

[zodiacflower]

amazing version of this...

[ozzymandi]

A latter day Editth Piaff Both Women bared their souls to the world and had similar life styles

[CaptiveTemptation]

I love those two women! Edith Piaf & Janis Joplin. Few women in music dared to wear their hearts on their sleeves and live their lives on the stage. :-)

[Thirteenwindows]

Brilliant...!!!!!!!

[linges210]

speak english.i don't understand you.janis freakin rocks

[katsimbalis7]

Piração total! É Janis Joplin no olho do furacão. A melhor vocalista de Acid Blues de todos tempos. Sem comentários, é só curtir o que de melhor foi feito na década 60/70.

[elmiti7]

me encanta

[MKFaizi]

Cain't hep it, ya'll. Puts me in mind of James Brown and I don't mean that to be insultin' to anybody.

[JanekJG]

enough respect for james brown, but i'd bang janis over james brown anyday

[gregorvonkallahann]

Necrophilia either way..

[jakiemex4915]

dammmmm

min 6-6:15

i love it¡¡

so much pasion

so much ange

so much power¡¡

janis te amo¡¡

eres mi heroe¡¡

eres mi todo¡¡

i juts love you¡¡

[RoofCleanUSA]

They just don't build them like that anymore. Real. From the Heart. Without an Agenda. Absolutely Fabulous!

[theguy134151]

fucking amazing...

[marcoliefdehelena]

pearl babe...see you in my dreams..ik hou van u helena

[xilefdaniel]

essa musica e otima

[janisperla]

Fantastica,la mejor de todos los tiempos,Janis te amo¡!¡!¡

[pequequeen]

JaNiS NO SoLO FuE Una Buena CANtanTe... ES SiMplEmEnTe...UNA LEYENDA!!!!

VIVA EL ROCK CLASICO!!!!... VIVAN LOS 60'!!!!

[TitoSirico]

GRANDE JANIS JOPLIN LA PULENTA LOCO

[bocaramsmma]

janis was simply phenomenal!

[3277027]

janis es incomparable quien pudiese regresar al pasado y tener la opurtunidad de verla como otros la vieron rogaria a aquellas personas que tengan algun video de esta hermosa mujer lo pongan en youtube para poder deleytarnos con sus canciones un saludo a todos los amantes de esta musica