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Seriously. Because I love her; back from the times when stars were stars were stars because of what they could DO.

Come on people. Don't tell me I'm the only one.

If you're in doubt, get Big Brother & The Holding Company's "Combination of the Two".:D Spectacular.:D

BUMP. Come on, people. You can't ALL Be fourteen-year-old pop-punk fans.

Sorry, can't stand her.

She's okay, but didn't last long enough to make as huge a splash as she should have.

I would have LOVED to see her tour with The Doors.

But then Janis, Jimi, Jim, and lots of other rockers didn't live very long lives...

She's okay, but didn't last long enough to make as huge a splash as she should have.

I would have LOVED to see her tour with The Doors.

But then Janis, Jimi, Jim, and lots of other rockers didn't live very long lives...

True. All died at 27, of the ones you said there.

BUMP. Come on, people. You can't ALL Be fourteen-year-old pop-punk fans.

I love Janis Joplin... and I happen to be 16 and am a fan of pop-punk...

Well, that last one was a lie...

Sorry to be the guy digging up the thread from its grave, but Janis deserves it.

I love Janis Joplin. And I love Southern Comfort. And so did she. Which would have eventually killed her if not for the OD, so maybe that wasn't such a good thing.

I don't really care much for her either way. I have to respect the ODing rockstars though. ;)

The OD crew rocked. Right now Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin are PARTYING HARD in heaven.

I dig Janis.

Too bad she never really had a really good band behind her though.

Big Brother and the Holding Company sucked.

The OD crew rocked. Right now Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin are PARTYING HARD in heaven.
Hendrix is, Morrison is in the desert with half naked indians and Janis is in Hell!

Seriously. Because I love her; back from the times when stars were stars were stars because of what they could DO.

Come on people. Don't tell me I'm the only one.

If you're in doubt, get Big Brother & The Holding Company's "Combination of the Two".:D Spectacular.:D

Yep me too.

Seriously. Because I love her; back from the times when stars were stars were stars because of what they could DO.

Come on people. Don't tell me I'm the only one.

If you're in doubt, get Big Brother & The Holding Company's "Combination of the Two".:D Spectacular.:D

Saw her at Woodstock. She was -- there's no other word for it -- awesome. Also saw her on tour. Again, awesome. I don't like that many female vocalists for some reason, but she blows my mind -- still.

And thanks for the reminder. I'm now off to listen to some old tapes I made at the gigs I went to.

:D

I dig Janis.

Too bad she never really had a really good band behind her though.

Big Brother and the Holding Company sucked.It woulda been awesome if she had ended up joining the 13th Floor Elevators. There are a couple bonus tracks on the first 13thFE CD with her singing.

Hmm. Janis Joplin. Not my favorite, but then I don't know much of her stuff. I don't usually like female vocalists for whatever reason, either. But she wasn't bad.

And we all know that Jimi, Jim, and Janis didn't actually die. The government just said that they did. It's a conspiracy.:eek:

It woulda been awesome if she had ended up joining the 13th Floor Elevators. There are a couple bonus tracks on the first 13thFE CD with her singing.

The band she had with her when she went solo)Full-Tilt Boogie Band?) was better than BBatHC, but still not as talented as she was.

I always wanted her to have a REALLY good band behind her.

She was amazing. HOw can someone fit so much emotional pleasure and pain into a voice that sounds like a dying wildebeest? She was proof that you don't need a beautiful voice to be a beautiful singer.

She was amazing. HOw can someone fit so much emotional pleasure and pain into a voice that sounds like a dying wildebeest? She was proof that you don't need a beautiful voice to be a beautiful singer.

Yep. She could rip your heart out and fill it with pain or wrap it with joy, just by the way she sang. Sometimes just with one or two notes. All that emotional power in that voice!

It woulda been awesome if she had ended up joining the 13th Floor Elevators. There are a couple bonus tracks on the first 13thFE CD with her singing.

Do you have that LP? I thought I was the only other person that bought it.

Yep. She could rip your heart out and fill it with pain or wrap it with joy, just by the way she sang. Sometimes just with one or two notes. All that emotional power in that voice!

To show how far the music industry has gone establishment, just imagine Janis Joplin on American Idol. I'll bet she wouldn't make it past the first round. Neither would a couple other of my favorites. Do you think Bob Dylan or Jerry Garcia would have become an American Idol?

Never did care for Janis, I have to admit.

Seriously. Because I love her; back from the times when stars were stars were stars because of what they could DO.

Come on people. Don't tell me I'm the only one.

If you're in doubt, get Big Brother & The Holding Company's "Combination of the Two".:D Spectacular.:D

Take another little piece of my heart, why dontcha?

BUMP. Come on, people. You can't ALL Be fourteen-year-old pop-punk fans.

hush ya effing mouth, brat! ;)

To show how far the music industry has gone establishment, just imagine Janis Joplin on American Idol. I'll bet she wouldn't make it past the first round. Neither would a couple other of my favorites. Do you think Bob Dylan or Jerry Garcia would have become an American Idol?

Why not go all the way? Where would Miles Davis, BB King, Lightning Hopkins, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Dead Kennedys, the New York Dolls, the Ramones, or hell, even Frank Sinatra (and really be honest here) get on that POS show?

Never did care for Janis, I have to admit.

To each his own.

Why not go all the way? Where would Miles Davis, BB King, Lightning Hopkins, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Dead Kennedys, the New York Dolls, the Ramones, or hell, even Frank Sinatra (and really be honest here) get on that POS show?

Fortunately Jazz and Blues have always had a place for artists. The standard has slipped from great music to great profits. There is no room left for spontaneity and uniqueness in big music. That's why MTV doesn't show videos anymore, they're all the same. It's all packaging and focus groups now.


What am I saying? There were still lousy groups in the fifties and sixties, it's just that the marketplace weeded them out. Then there were the Monkees...ick.

Fortunately Jazz and Blues have always had a place for artists. The standard has slipped from great music to great profits. There is no room left for spontaneity and uniqueness in big music. That's why MTV doesn't show videos anymore, they're all the same. It's all packaging and focus groups now.


What am I saying? There were still lousy groups in the fifties and sixties, it's just that the marketplace weeded them out. Then there were the Monkees...ick.

Horrible as it might seem, I'd actually take the Monkees over the drek that passes for "music" on MTV or American Idol. Just be glad you don't live here in Japan where packaged pop makes the US stuff look light downright garage punk.

But then Janis, Jimi, Jim, and lots of other rockers didn't live very long lives...

And yet Billy Joel is still alive. You see, I told you there was no God.

Horrible as it might seem, I'd actually take the Monkees over the drek that passes for "music" on MTV or American Idol. Just be glad you don't live here in Japan where packaged pop makes the US stuff look light downright garage punk.

I just might have to go home and put on an LP or two.

I always loved Janis when she sang, her raw voice may not have been as pure as other singers, but she more than made up for it in pure emotion.

Horrible as it might seem, I'd actually take the Monkees over the drek that passes for "music" on MTV or American Idol. Just be glad you don't live here in Japan where packaged pop makes the US stuff look light downright garage punk.

Don't knock the Monkees. Neil Diamond knocked out some of his finest tunes for those boys. I mean they even had Hendrix opening for them on tour, now how cool is that? Yeah, certainly the majority of their output was bubblegum pop, but the fact that it was bubblegum pop done right is inarguable.

BUMP. Come on, people. You can't ALL Be fourteen-year-old pop-punk fans.

No. I'm not 14, and I hate pop-punk.

Oh, and as for my contribution to the thread:

Your mother!






*kicks your shin and flees from thread for life, never to return*

I always loved Janis when she sang, her raw voice may not have been as pure as other singers, but she more than made up for it in pure emotion.

The single greatest compliment I ever got on my singing was from my little bro. He's a pro classical musician (and I do seriously mean in the very top class on his instrument), conductor, composer, and professor of music theory.

"D., you can't carry a tune, but, God Damn, you've got soul!"

(I glowed for weeks. :D)

It's not always about technical vertuosity. ;)

Don't knock the Monkees. Neil Diamond knocked out some of his finest tunes for those boys. I mean they even had Hendrix opening for them on tour, now how cool is that? Yeah, certainly the majority of their output was bubblegum pop, but the fact that it was bubblegum pop done right is inarguable.

Yar! Don't take that the wrong way. I'm not knocking the Monkees so much as the mechanical idol singers here in J-pop land.

She was amazing. HOw can someone fit so much emotional pleasure and pain into a voice that sounds like a dying wildebeest? She was proof that you don't need a beautiful voice to be a beautiful singer.

you just reminded me of this:
But the best of them all was Janis Joplin. She was amazing and I loved every song she did, but Try struck right in my heart. I can still hear her in my head. She came out, looking like she was dressed up out of her mama's rag bag, and proceeded to tear the most amazing music out of her little body. The first thing I think of when I think of Woodstock is Janis. Sadly, about a year later, she and Jimmi were both dead. If they had lived, the music they would have given us!


yep, I'm a fan.

But then Janis, Jimi, Jim, and lots of other rockers didn't live very long lives...


And yet Billy Joel is still alive. You see, I told you there was no God.

Ah, but did not the Spice Girls break up, Michael Jackson bankrupt, and is not John Denver dead?

I hear that joplins rather popular among the necrophiliac set.