Janis Ian At Seventeen Another version

[kaptainbastard]

I saw that show too kenni998. this song stuck in my head ever since.Thanks

I dont remenber much of the rest of the performers other than it was all acoustic and on BBC2. just seventeen I played with my little friend for days over that recording of janis Ian.and next time I saw a clip of her she was old n gray and i was young and fresh with pubes but cried uuurgh. i felt dirty there goes a fantasy.she was born in 1951.

sexy'er than any supermodel.ugly duckling my arse.

[leepwc2]

Like u n ur songs

[markathickory]

She sings the truth.

[mango2005]

Story of my life!

[GPWS339]

I will never understand. I think you are truly beautiful. Both outside, and inside. P.S. I've always liked curly dark hair.

[GPWS339]

"At Seventeen", and "That's The Way I've Always It Should Be", I think, are the two most provocative songs ever written.

[tommieparch]

this was a fantastik comeback after she was blacklisted 4 societys child

[bbagginz]

Superb! What a lyricist

[mpm111144]

One dislike. Hmmmm....go figure...can't please everyone. I just don't know what's not to like. I'm 66, male, and think this song was/is pure genius.

[WoopsieGirl]

glad i found this song when i did! 17 right now! :P

[wikimusicblog]

i'd say this is a nicer version. i just so love how she present the song with her every performance. And I'd say, I really learned the truth at 17. =) 

[Gatsby999888]

This is certainly a classic song. It speaks to our real and imagined inadequacies; something we can all relate to.

[aliascindygreen]

we were ALL so much more beautiful than our wildest imaginations...yet, in comparison to the ideal, we mostly all felt that we fell short...so, those who had the "perfect lives" where are they? Did they bother to defend our nation? Did they finish college? Save a life? Rear a family? Who knows...but, who cares...because at 17 the world is black and white...and sometimes more black than white where our spirits are concerned...we are STILL beautiful, no matter our age or accomplishments...

[bstsings]

i heard in the winter in 76 and never did i think that i was listening to this angelic voice predict my life in 3 minutes.......

[arts222]

wonderful... I loved this song as a child and I still love it today. Janis you are an angel... I play guitar and it thrills me to plat along with you.. My Best to you my dear.

[MontyCMUT]

Wonderfull!! Great version of a great song!

In my opinion, her "Between the Lines" is one of the best albums ever made.

[IScareWomenAway]

This kinda makes me rage, mainly since it's pretty much my adolescence in a song.

[hardlines4]

A time when we had REAL music!!!

[wetmoose1960]

Best version of a great song, and she is so not an ugly duckling!

[kemplerbrave]

I just heard Janis on the radio this past Saturday 6 13 09 with Mark Simone on his oldie show on WABC in New York. He did an interview which was really good. I saw her last November and I think she is such a great person, songwriter and singer. Bless her!

[ullahoo]

Wonderful version! Thanks for posting. This must be one of the most touching songs ever written, on the side of Love is Blind, Society's Child, and so on and so on!

[fuzz461]

Janis is beautiful. look at her, it looks like she never aged. and her voice is timeless...

[gregstav]

actually the video is from 14 years ago :-)

[kemplerbrave]

I had been practicing this song a lot on my Martin D18 until I fell and broke my arm so I'm healing right now but I'll get back to it as soon as it is better. I love this song so much. Janis is a great peron and talent. A tremendous guitar player also. :)

[antod11]

Ravishing. Exquisite. Perfect. Nothing else to say. Glorious Ms.Ian.

[TadRapidly]

Best version I've heard. And one of the best songs EVER.

[vickijojung]

This tune stirs so much emotion in my heart I think this must be the one song that makes us all feel the same way. . . . .

[kemplerbrave]

I love that so much. Can Janis play or what? I'm going to see her Saturday in Chatham NJ. It'll be great!

[kemplerbrave]

I saw and met Janis in Chatham last night and she was great and she is such a sweet person just like I knew she would be. It was a great show too. A true talent of course. :)

[kemplerbrave]

I'm also trying to learn this song on my guitar and with this video you can see what a great player Janis is. She makes it look easy but believe me it is not. I play also with my Martin D18 and have looked at her other clips of this and would like to get it half as good as how she plays it. What a great song!!!

[kemplerbrave]

Janis is such a treasure and this is such a great song among many she has written. I'm reading her book "Society's Child" now and it is great and gives an insight to the business side of record making. She went through a lot and she was just a kid at the time. I'm going to see her in Novemeber and look forward to it.

[MgBerlin82]

This song always makeme freeze, it's soft and intense at the same time - almost make me cry!!

[sidthinker]

wow, sweet, great story, great video, very very smooth and warm like :)

[notvalidcharacters]

OK, I just watched 'em all and this is the best version on YouTube.

Not only inspired composition and heart-rending sentiment but so powerfully delivered through some of the best lyrics ever writ by anybody. It isn't done any better than this.

[mtchair4me]

God must have really loved the world and all that was happening at the time this was written. I wonder how he feels today?

[whytemale]

her introductions to this tune are always so understated as if out of deference for the visceral effect of the lyrics - she then proceeds to kill ( in a positive sense of revealing wounds so they may be healed ) many softly with her words

[PendletonWhiskey]

I'm a man who was around 17 when this song came out and it really struck a cord with me. I've always loved it and this is the best rendition of it I've seen. Thanks Kenn.

Janis Ian is a very down to earth and humble woman who hasn't had an easy life. Janis if you happen to read this, I hope you are well and wish you all the best.

[anberlene]

This song came out when I was seventeen.

It really says it all..

So many feelings I share that were in this song.. It actualy makes feel good to listen to it... So many of us had the same feelings going on........

[lindakittencat]

Oh wow and double wow. This song lives in my heart forever, and for that I will always be that 17 year girl. Still dreaming!

[britmanuk]

As I get older I find a tear in my eye from time to time when listening to really beautiful songs:-) and I'm a man.....but I guess we're all entitled to enjoying something so privately wonderful .

[keancharles]

How we all have benefitted from her pain. How the anguish comes so quietly, so eloquently from her.

[DA90027]

Beautiful song and Janis, what a voice!

[143ghel]

janis ian's "@17" forever in my heart.. (promise)

[170672346]

Her voice is so pure, absolutely beautiful

[ikbeninbalans01]

Love this song

[drewas55]

Wonderful rendition of a fantastic song. I love the simple instrumentation and guitar riffs.

[calderon2000]

another unsung song. still holds the the oceans of time