Janis Joplin - Ball & Chain - Monterey Pop

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[@AngiereeRN]

Cass Elliot’s reaction was the icing on the cake. Love how happy Janis looked. She knew she killed it. What a loss that those women aren’t still with us 😔

[@frankcorrenti5941]

The lesson we carried was God gave us what they had.

[@lukehauser1182]

Love that Cass could appreciate Janis so much!

[@joshgoolman3606]

Would be my reaction if I saw this live as well!

[@Beatles0223]

I ❤️ Cass's butterfly pinkie ring!

[@greggmatson2249]

Also notice that Blind Owl Wilson was sitting behind Mama Cass.

[@johnpower2018]

Hasn't been anything like that since. Sorry Rhianna, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, etc. etc, you all aren't even close...

[@yvonneharris5178]

Only Macy Gray came close to Janis

[@justinjoseph6966]

Tearing down successful female entertainers you dislike in order to build one you like up is a very immature and shitty thing to do and if Janis were still with us today, she’d probably tell you that herself.

[@johnpower2018]

​@@justinjoseph6966you can see it that way if you like my friend but there are many who will disagree with you. Just look at some of the other comments. I stand by my comment and I don't care what you think Janis might say. Probably the difference between you and me as I saw her live and I suspect you didn't. If you had you certainly might change your opinion

[@justinjoseph6966]

@@johnpower2018 I’ve always been a big fan of Janis and never had an up or down opinion of Rhianna, Beyoncé or Taylor Swift. I simply acknowledge the fact that taste in music is totally subjective and that your personal disdain for someone or something you don’t like or understand doesn’t necessarily make them bad or pale in comparison to what YOU like. I also say that as someone who was an old soul growing up with hard opinions on music and would go out of my way to criticize what my classmates liked, which did nothing but make me a target for bullying, because nobody likes a pompous ass.

[@johndoe2883]

Truer words have never been spoken johnpower

[@msmc2685]

Here we are in April 2024- goosebumps & tears. RIP sweet Janis-

[@rexburgess1405]

Sunday morning here and listening to her 👑 All I can say is that all these years later she still makes one hell of an impact.

[@redeastwood4850]

The raw emotions and energy she puts into this performance gives me goosebumps too. Even though I've heard it plenty. Some artists can just take you to places that others cannot.

[@SharonBrown-yn6fz]

Me too. She does it to me. Sad and heartbreaking she was gone so early in her life

[@gabbyhyman1246]

June 2024. I feel this in my bones. I always come back to this. The whole earth misses her spirit.

[@cliometrician]

I'm 73 years old and I am still addicted to her music. Yes, I'm opinionated, I still think the late 1960s and early 70s was the greatest time for music...and I got to live it.

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

When modern music was being invented. It was the best of times.

[@RabbitFighters]

This wasn’t even her song. She just screeched on it and didn’t give credit to the actual performer. Die in you glory of lies

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

👍👍👍👍❤

[@diccmctwist]

certified geezer moment love ya m8

[@SavannahBakly]

I’m 28 years old and I couldn’t agree with you more 👏

[@loreedavis5988]

I’m 71 years old and was a teenager when Janis was on the scene. Her vocals still blow my mind and reminds me of what we lost and it still feels so damn painful.

[@gratefuldrifter6588]

she is somewhere saying to you thankyou for the love,respect my friend.stay well to you and yours.

[@semperinfidel2115]

She still breaks my heart... 🌹

[@pandakicker1]

My dad was around your age, too. He passed away a few years ago at 68. He was 20 in 67. You all were so lucky to be around when all these amazing performances were happening. I am also 27 right now so I have been thinning a lot about her and the others who died at 27 from back then.

[@therealzilch]

72 years old here. Yep. Janis was one of a kind.

[@stevejette2329]

@@therealzilch Soon 76. That sedate crowd didn't know how to take Janis. Or Jimi H. They soon learned. I brought some Hendrix from Key West to a small college in central Minnesota and the kids thought I had lost my mind.

[@nina1522]

I love that Cass Elliot is blown away. No jealousy, just respect.

[@nina1522]

@@jeanneposner6482 Yes indeed ☹

[@TheAntar75]

She was enjoying that voice!

[@pulsarlights2825]

I bet had they lived by the 80s Janis would have been 300 pounds and Cass probably 400....

[@keithungles4114]

If you are able to make Cass Elliot, one of the most beautiful singers of my lifetime, say "Wow," you are very special.

[@stevenepsenhart4384]

Did you hear what she said..sounded like wow that's pretty heavy man

[@bluesyoucanuse1861]

Best female vocalist of all time. We were robbed of decades of incredible music. RIP Janis

[@NTO-rl7cr]

Agree, totally agree!

[@dorothysboy1]

That day, Janis and Jimmy Hendrix became legends. The emotion that she puts into this song is palatable. Janis, is completely giving her entire self in this song! It's extraordinary how it gives you goosebumps because you can feel everything she's feeling. Nothing like it compares.

[@notanotheraccount]

"palatable" You mean "palpable"?

[@vikkibrown2023]

@dorothysboy1~~This song will always be fave~~R.I.P. Janice~~You are missed~~💖💖💖

[@sebastianlambert8771]

Amén to that, this video/song makes me cry of happiness every time I watch it. Fantastic music

[@palmman-wu9so]

back then i was in my teens I never cared for Jimmy Hendrix, i always liked Janis.

[@BST-lm4po]

Janis was great,...but Big Brother and the Holding Company deserves some appreciation too! They laid down an incredible blues sound!

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

No Big Brother No Janis!

[@tgin7100]

The music was hypnotizing, her voice, raw and emotive

[@pepoloco27]

Yep! I think she fucked it up when she left the band... That was pure rock... Raw rock!

[@lesliehobby7266]

Absolutely. Epic

[@lesliehobby7266]

I agree

[@sugarlove]

Mama Cass reaction is priceless😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@magnusholm3279]

🥰🇸🇪

[@rosecoloredtimes]

It truly is. ❤️

[@papajorgen7391]

@@magnusholm3279 kul o se svenskar

[@arbiehill68]

Her expression says it all. She was one cool woman.

[@jollygooddonut6286]

mama cass was speechless

[@MALBRAMAN]

Her pain and her voice. This performance is the highest form of music. So moving.

[@RabbitFighters]

The pain was her trying to make it seem like it was her song

[@MALBRAMAN]

Big Mama Thornton who did write the song applauded Joplin’s version saying ‘That girls feels like I do’ And of course it‘a Joplin’s ‘feel’ that make her version so compelling. Her ‘ screech’ as you put it was always tempered by subtle and beautiful phrasing. I am sorry that you can’t appreciate that but so many more do.

[@herry8488]

Janis didn't just sing the blues; she lived them. THAT'S what made her so damn good. It wasn't her singing; it was her soul!!!

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

👍❤️

[@MichaelSparrow]

Amen!

[@elhior23]

Yea she was an alcoholic and drug addict and her friends watched her kill herself, they enabled it. What a great story. Feelgood?

[@debbie9929]

Well, it was both. Her soul was exposed through her music. She was absolutely the top of her game.

[@The12thOfnever-xz5md]

Yes indeed

[@tsgosser]

Sensational. No faking of that performance. She poured everything out.

[@onyxodyssey]

Janis was a comet. A once in a lifetime event and burned across the sky leaving us all in awe. Big respect to Big Brother and the Holding Company for wrapping her voice in a dynamic musical blanket. 💖

[@60panhead1]

well said

[@ontariobuds]

It’s not the duration that makes it beautiful. It is the intensity.

[@williamcoyle2327]

I wish she would have stayed away from heroin.(rehab?)what a tragic waste!

[@natalee217]

Beautifully said

[@richierich7945]

truthfully spoken always from the heart!

[@kara8186]

Cass Elliot at 3:29 always gets me. She's clearly in awe, and she was so amazing herself. What it would have been like to see Janis live. A 90s kid like me had no chance but goddamn what I wouldn't have given to see her perform.

[@optimusprimepwnsall]

If you love Janis (which, who DOESN'T love Janis? She's was a talent like no other) consider giving Donna missal a shot. She has that rasp and rawness in her voice that music has been missing since we unfortunately lost Janis. Here's a link, and yes this is also a live performance. I recommend hearing from the 1:45 min mark to the end to really hear the rasp : kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5WWoqSij7mbopY

[@bluewendigo672]

Same here pal....but proud to be from the 90s generation the last decade of real creation and true talent. Now day's the GARBAGE introduce in music is a disgrace.

[@MsThebeMoon]

Don't feel bad. I'm a 60's (well 70's) person. I was only seven years old when she did this. Got into her in my late teens - hooked forever more. Janis transcends in her wails and sweet tones.

[@bradleylovej]

We got to see some pretty good music in the 90s, too. Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, and Scott Weiland were also some all timers. Still wish we could have seen Janis, Jefferson Airplane, and Hendrix though, for real.

[@patrickdowling529]

I saw her live at Fillmore West in ‘67, and it was and still is the most electrifying concert I ever saw. She was a force of nature on stage.

[@randystein7374]

If you Janis lovers haven't read her road manager's book, it gives you an idea of the pressure she was always under. I found out she was a great person over and above a talented preformer. John Bryne Cook did a fantastic job detailing her life. On the Road with Janis Joplin.

[@sooperdud]

Those shots of Mama Cass' reaction are still among my favorite moments in really anything ever.

[@denisefreitas6727]

Indeed!

[@chessmentor63]

no doubt

[@taylorkorb941]

Same - Mama Cass is all of us

[@ChrisBlackTV]

These folks in the audience had no idea how lucky they were to see her singing live.

[@nicolasmifflin1726]

How do you know?

[@giggles2302]

Jeez, yes!!!

[@mrrobertbraswell6510]

Mama Cass did!

[@incognito7932]

NO IDEA? They were being TOLD every freak'n day that she was amazing on commercial radio. The only luck was that she didn't die during one of her performances. Just like the crap that people listen to today on commercial radio and THINK it's good because some commercial radio station HAS TO promote it. I would prefer hearing the Queen of the blues Etta James ANY DAY! Try Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me. More PROOF that BLACK music is DEVOLVING. They've gone from Etta James, Marvin Gaye, ETC, to rap-crap. From Art Blakey to a LIFELESS Casio drum machine.

[@incognito7932]

People have NO CLUE how much they are being BRAINWASHED by TV and commercial radio. DIFFERENT WORLD. It REALLY is. I have a producer friend who is constantly inviting me to shows. WHO???????? I have NEVER HEARD of these people you SAY are popular and talented. REALLY??? Don't you watch TV or listen to commercial radio? NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KatiTheButcher]

That's a real artist, no one today even comes close. The people that got to witness that performance are so incredibly blessed.

[@mkeltycom]

I was there in the audience. You are correct.

[@KatiTheButcher]

​@@mkeltycoma coworker today asked if there was a greater masterpiece than Lynard Skynard's free bird and ball and chain came to mind.

[@S.D.FULLER]

What do you mean no one comes?!!!!! I know you've heard the GREAT AND AMAZING MUMBLE RAP!!!! The music that sounds like these guys have something phallic in their mouths. It's amazing bcuz they didn't choke on whatever it is they have in there that brings to my mind, a chipmunk 🐿️ holding a tiny microphone with a weeks supply of food in his cheeks .. 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅 I always have said I should have been 17yo in 1963/64. Great music, American muscle cars and hippies. I was born in the wrong time period & wrong place for real. I should've been sitting on the Dock of the Bay with Otis I'm from the hood, not projects hood, just hood neighborhood. You might find a few muscle cars, bcuz I am from the South. Lots of those wanna be Mumble rappers though. I know they would practice their craft on their knees somewhere!!! Had too of been doing it. Practice and make a couple bucks too, a win win for a hood rat any day😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ben-yg5jj]

2:04 that high note gives me absolute chills

[@aarondigby5054]

One of a kind, never to be duplicated

[@Guerita72]

It gave me a headache, literally.

[@yeahB]

at the end she smiles like a little girl... so happy

[@DavidBrianPaley]

She had a lot of good reasons to smile. It was at that festival that Clive Davis first heard her sing and ended up signing her to a label just for starters.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Yeah I hear lots of people talk about how depressed she must have been to sing the blues and drink but honestly she looked like she enjoyed singing and I think she was just young and really liked to party too that was fun for her.

[@DavidBrianPaley]

@@AnnaLVajda I totally agree with you that Janice loved to sing (and party), just like Robin Williams enjoyed making people laugh (and he liked to party also), but I also suspect they both did these things at least partly as a means of fighting the demons they were battling with their entire lives. Illnesses like depression are often overpowering and certainly not easy to deal with at the best of times.

[@kevinlavery6985]

Janis could knock down a brick wall with that voice.

[@qzrnuiqntp]

Our hearts at least, for sure.

[@IRON5]

Her vocal coach was the legendary Big Mama Thornton. As I've always said Joss Stone is the closest thing we got to Janis Joplin.

[@sexobscura]

thats why she was voted 'Ugliest Man on Campus'

[@kjnodwell]

Awesome comment!!

[@lucasbirteh2601]

podria derribar un conjunto de personas con esa voz

[@hmackie6823]

That's Cass Elliot one of the greatest female singers of that era,mesmerized watching Janis sing!

[@frankG335]

This tiny little woman with this !massive ability and voice that captivated such a huge audience!

[@k.tinder8905]

Mama Cass expression when the camera found her was of almost shocked awareness...she actually looked stunned listening to Janis. It's probably the best complement considering the talent Cass had. The thing is it was so real for Janis. No well ill pose or dance or sing a certain way, and that'll get them to buy my song etc. Just uninhabited raw unique TALENT.

[@creative2716]

Yes lawd, you said it.

[@johnnysizemore9399]

She might have been tripping I never seen anyone play with a straw like that

[@scottwilson1251]

@Johnny Sizemore She probably was, even if she was shocked by the performace...The way her mouth is hanging open like that certainly looks like she's tripping balls and blown away by Janis at the same time.

[@Grace-cj7ko]

Seeing Mama Cass in the audience just mesmerized by Janis. Two great singing artists. WOW. What a performance by Janis.👏👏

[@JadeVentura-kb7ws]

Ikkk ndd her ring was everything fashion will never measure uppp

[@garyv2196]

I didn't know that was green eggs and ham sandwich in the audience.

[@timkahn2813]

im 75 this makes me happy i was born when i i was.

[@justme5578]

Ummmm…anyone else watching at least several times in a row…and teary eyed? No one lays down the heartfelt soul like Janis

[@subzero308]

your not human if you dont even understand how powerful this is...

[@declanrex9435]

Its kinda mid lol. I really dont see the appeal at all.

[@karenmushrall4072]

It's the raw emotion. Some singers show us their pain and so we know it's a human condition and we are not alone.

[@michaelmcgee335]

Is it possible to go sub zero kelvin?

[@jayytorrez116]

@@declanrex9435 you’re sooo edgy! You’re so cooool! I bet your taste is sooo immaculate.

[@declanrex9435]

@@jayytorrez116 not trying to be edgy at all. I clicked on this video with the intention of finding out why people like her so much and I really cant see it.

[@kristiejacobs4854]

The older I get, the more I love and appreciate Janis.

[@jewellrogers8254]

Me too.

[@musicroolsman994]

The older i get the more i appreciate that people appreciate Janis Joplin. Peace.

[@Ruth-jd9vd]

I agree! I just recently discovered Janis. She is amazing! I am grieving for this precious person ...

[@musicroolsman994]

@@Ruth-jd9vd I understand, don't grieve and enjoy the music this free soul gave with all her being and what she left us. THE ONE AND ONLY. J. L. J. Cheers. Peace.

[@silviachambarelli3672]

Me too.❤

[@thenarrativeandwhyyouloveit]

One of the most beautiful pieces of film and audio ever recorded.

[@RETROACTIVETV]

One of the best performances of all time.

[@Edith1517]

Seeing her skip after singing her heart out, makes my heart smile. They shunned her for her looks but she was the most beautiful ✨💛

[@mariad1151]

time proves the greatness of any artist. this is timeless. Janis is underappeciated in rock history. i never knew myself.....glad i can hear before i disappear. she sings my soul...

[@andrewjackson6763]

Has anyone ever told you you’re so corny that you should be punched in the face?

[@donnamclaughlin9112]

I'm glad she felt validated by her fans for her massive talent and moving performance.

[@blinddeadmcjones5255]

People are such bastards, they did that to Judy garland too and who knows how many others

[@drealynne4256]

I love when soul singers shake their body and kick their legs like they need get everything out. It comes from the depths of their souls ❤️

[@aa252623]

Muito bom concordo com vc nos brasileiros a adoramos muinto

[@siggyt7625]

Classic ..well said

[@heathermcdougall8023]

It was a signal too to the band.

[@lindahandshumaker1163]

@CJR VISIONS ,

[@tkjokester]

It is in the nature of the blues to have a musical build up that has a to complete by coming back to the beginning. That build up occurs emotionally in us and our bodies tense up. When the music resolves the tension our bodies want to release the tension.

[@athens2513]

the sheer VOLUME of this woman’s voice!!! you can hear her screaming even when the microphone is fully away from her face. i love janis so much

[@liliantulloss2550]

Best perfomance of all time hands down she fucking killed that

[@davidfl4]

Must be one of the best live performances ever recorded much less of all time

[@carolynolar1052]

I have seen it all

[@k.tinder8905]

Ditto

[@joekiddyshaw5757]

100 % bro !

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

Hers not BB they sucked.

[@scottrauth8219]

Absolutely

[@stockdogtrainer6405]

She literally pulls my soul up out of my body. She makes me feel real life.

[@nigelhole4182]

I don't think she does.

[@hyp539]

@@nigelhole4182 so get out 🌻

[@juliawild5173]

Spoken like a true blues lover. Lots of us out here.

[@johndalton3180]

Beautiful, astute comment.

[@amp1984]

Stockdog trainer. Your profile pic is adorable omg😍🐶

[@legendarymusicartists]

Their will never be another Janis, look how she brings her songs. With heart and soul. I could cry when I listen. 🙏♥️

[@GabrielCastro-cu7bb]

U're so right!

[@SurfCityVideo]

One of the top 5 performances in rock history.

[@harbourdogNL]

Tell me your other four! Would be interesting to compare. Actually, it could become an entire YT channel!

[@janorhypercleats]

Jimi Hendrix at that same event--Monterey Pop Festival was one of the greatest performances in rock history!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Jefferson Airplane doing ‘White Rabbit’ song at ‘69 Woodstock is up there too ✌️.

[@SurfCityVideo]

@@harbourdogNL Hendrix on the same show as this. Of course Queen Live Aid 1985, Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb, Jeff Lynne's ELO Live, Glastonbury 2016 Roll Over Beethoven, Jack Bruce, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton White Room Room live @ Pine Knob Theatre, May 30th 1997, LYNYRD SKYNYRD - "Free Bird" (Live Oakland Coliseum Stadium). Roy Orbison, Black and White Night - The entire concert.

[@imakamera798]

I love how mama cass has her jaw on the floor she can’t believe what she is seeing

[@owenmullarkey124]

Mamas and the poppers now ya talking, probably thinking is this the support band ? Get off !!

[@owenmullarkey124]

Poppers joppers, hey I thought Suzy quattro was bad till I seen her, please don't mention Jimi Hendrix in the same sentence as joppers, you never see posters of her at least not in good old England. By the way she slagged us off as a subdued appreciative audience, well maybe we weren't used to the shite you churned out. " get back to where you once belong "

[@greyghost2175]

@@owenmullarkey124 Fuck England

[@baliscotsurf]

@@owenmullarkey124 everything comes out your mouth is and w always be mullarkey

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Cass Elliot really DID have talent. She was very good. Joplin was like nails on chalkboard.

[@mgjoel67]

One of the best live performances ever,

[@williamcharman9905]

A point where Rock,Country Jazz & Blues, all meet on this stage this day, -and a new Superstar is born.

[@ShizumaAoi]

Mama Cass' reaction always makes me cry from deepest parts of my soul

[@wecontrolthevideo]

Listening to the last 20 seconds of the song, Janis has total control of the audience, absolute silence. Everyone is tuned in hanging on every note, every word. Remarkable.

[@ayhankoraysagay7614]

drinking wine and listen to Janis Joplin is the best moment of my life

[@ayhankoraysagay7614]

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[@zsoltpeter2858]

Once try Bourbon to. Or sg harder☮️

[@aliyildiz2863]

@Chionophile buradayız tabiki

[@derf9465]

Its like Whisky and the doors for me.

[@rubenslacerda9895]

Me too

[@JMCyoungblood]

53 years ago today the late great singer Janis passed away October 4th 1970 but she will forever live on through everyone who continues to listen to her music!!

[@katiea8194]

There are no vocals like Janis..however I've found one that is very similar you can search karise Eden she's pretty good as well it's too bad Janis left this planet so soon 😔

[@JMCyoungblood]

@@katiea8194 Thank you for recommending. Much respect to anyone covering her music! 🫶✌️

[@JMCyoungblood]

@katiea8194 Oh she's good!!! Love the voice ❤️ covering A Man's World Ty, ty

[@itsgleneaton4883]

All the others singers are good but this lady is on a whole other level. Completely free and perfect at the same time.

[@jimw.4161]

Without doubt... one of the greatest performances in rock history. Talk about a 'debut' introduction to the world. Janis knocked it out of the park - as always! 100% heart and soul. There will NEVER be another Janis Jopin - the voice of a generation. She still resonates today when we need to hear her more than ever. Rock on, Janis. You were simply the best. RIP

[@jackwalker1822]

Couldn't agree more. With all the great music at Monterey Janis blew everything else right out of the water with this performance. I don't know how people could sit still in the audience. I am at my computer and watching this sends chills up my spine and works me into a state of mind I cannot even describe.

[@jimw.4161]

@@jackwalker1822 Jack, I think that they were all sitting still because they were STUNNED! No one had ever seen a performer or performance like the one Janis delivered at Monterey. They were also SHOCKED by Jimi's performance. There will never be another Janis - or Jimi.

[@lesleylesley5821]

@@jackwalker1822 That's what audiences were like back then, it was all new, rock concerts with multiple performers. People sat on the ground, sometimes on concrete. People sat and listened, there wasn't all this screaming and surging.

[@HS22181]

@@jimw.4161 Jim W., you’re on the money. Jaw dropping. Look at Momma Cass in the audience. Dropped her jaw.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

What I really loved was the little girl hop and jump when she left the stage.

[@jimc6154]

Love to see Mama Cass Elliot in awe at 03:28 and 05:25. She got it. She understood this gifted artist of song.

[@daradiant1]

Jim C I agree! Janis was ahead of her time!

[@urbansetter1]

Love it too.

[@michaelcraig9449]

The look on Mama Cass face was priceless. She looked like "Well, am I gonna lose my job now"?

[@denameneades9126]

Gave me goose bumps.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I was going to mention that but you beat me to it.

[@wendymott2213]

I can't get enough of that - no matter how many times i watch it. Janis was amazing!

[@og_gilly3764]

I’m sad at 26 this is my first time seeing this performance. Janis is the pure embodiment …of “unapologetically myself”

[@dottydew3673]

I was 9 yo when this happened and didn't know about it until KZbin. Became a fan at 18 yo. She was unapologetically herself. That sometimes happens to those who are bullied/mocked for consecutive years in their young life.

[@rickpepitone2831]

This performance is still astonishing. After stunning the audience and making the earth tremble, she skipped off stage like a child. Just... wow!

[@alflepore]

flying over the earth... and after to the sky

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

​@@alflepore❤

[@lilliantinsley5379]

Mama Cas and Janis were the most misunderstood and tortured women in rock and roll. It’s sad their history ended so soon 😪 I love this video

[@dennisburke199]

Seems to be a reoccurring theme with all great rock legends.

[@garnetvitnell3026]

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[@garnetvitnell3026]

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[@avi2578]

Preach!!! Truly powerhouses of their time whose voices carry on to this day!

[@michaelmcgee335]

The pathos in her voice sends tingles up my spine.

[@cathyserafinowicz6374]

OMG, no matter how many times I see this it gets better. What a performance,Janis has no equal.❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GjaP_242]

She made this performance to delight the world. 3:33

[@GjaP_242]

Until after 2050. 4:42

[@GjaP_242]

“On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.” 5:19 Janis Joplin

[@hmackie6823]

to have Janis and Otis Redding on the same stage is too perfect,imo,they are both more known for how they sing,the emotion they put into it

[@samuelgonzalez4887]

Mama Cass couldn't believe her eyes and ears, me neither after all these years ! No words for Janis, just a mind blowing. I'll never stop hearing this incredible girl.

[@terrylew2209]

I know right! That was the coolest part of this vid for me was Janis ability to just literally blow Mama Cass away; who, at the time, was already a superstar in her own right

[@katherinekier]

there will NEVER be another Janis. how beautiful is it that we still get to see her?

[@robertgonzales2496]

Roug-N-tought w ur afro-puffs

[@katherinekier]

Robert Gonzales ✊🏽

[@romualdandrzejczak4093]

What about Joss Stone?

[@133Nomad]

Lzzy Hale live is up there.

[@romualdandrzejczak4093]

@J. C. Tina never was so expressive. Aretha Franklin maybe...

[@kivsonet]

Coming back to this video on what would have been Joplin’s 80th anniversary. I’ve been coming back for this performance for numberless times over the decades now. One of my absolute favorite live performances ever. Respect.

[@dottydew3673]

Just love her little happy skip at the end, knowing she had killed it. Revisited this performance several times on KZbin, that became my favorite part. See you soon, Janis. 💜

[@BeeTheBird]

This gives me chills every time I watch it. Exceptional.

[@Yo-fx1fl]

Me too!

[@nancymcdaniel115]

Isn't that the truth, Avalon Ballroom, filled the room with awe! Left us breathless!

[@sandipage9525]

Exposed raw emotion ,no autotune..this is as real as it gets...we still are mesmerized all these 50 years later..❤😎✌🎵💫

[@jodyesperanza657]

I taught a class on 60's music to a group that included many people who hadn't heard of Janis, as they were in their 20's and 30'...it was a joy to see them react to her performance here. Cass, and most of the LA musicians, had no idea who Big Brother was and this was their introduction to her.

[@janowens2212]

Nobody will take her place.🌹❤️😇2023 It seems like yesterday her music was streaming everywhere.Missed and will always remain in her fans hearts.

[@maidacameron4093]

This performance gives me chills. She was and always will be one of the the greatest singers to ever walk this earth.

[@Lars1224]

The expression on Cass Elliott's face, priceless.

[@joshuahcoon4997]

I’m 40 and this song still makes me tear up.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@joecosgrove8096]

I listen to this 5-10 times a week. The greatest live performance besides Led Zeppelin’s 1969 performance in Denmark

[@mirosawpurkot2320]

Plant always remises me a male.form of Joplin .my fauvorite band

[@peterblack1639]

She is truly the only singer that put 15 emotions in one single song she sung. A trance like state that defies description.....

[@PhukIT1865]

the most overrated singer in American history

[@sinajdelmar4040]

She's underrated. Not over rated. Shit Dylan and Morrison that's overrated. She had more talent in her elbow than some of these musicians there days lol

[@ChicoCabra]

@@PhukIT1865 Really?

[@penelopelopez8296]

I don’t think she was overrated. I think people back then just wanted more of her which Janice was prepared to give, however, she died having only put out two albums. We never got to see her full potential and that’s what it’s all about. I don’t care for all the screaming but I am sure she would have done some calmer songs where we could hear her lovely voice…like we heard in Bobby McGee. When she wasn’t screaming, she had a pretty decent singing voice. I miss what she would have done in the future.

[@scottwilson1251]

​@sinajdelmar4040 I don't think anyone says what made Bob Dylan great was his voice...It was his lyrics/storytelling ability. Same with Morrison, although his voice was better than Dylan's. One thing they both had over Janis was original music. Unfortunately, Janis didn't have much of a catalog of original music before she died. Not a knock on her, just a fact.

[@aarondigby5054]

@4:39 that mood ring she sporting became the fashion "too die for" I was a nine year old and remembering all the girls trying to buy them and the clothing and fashion stores weren't able to keep enough in stock fast enough, they were selling out immediately. Also the polyester knit bell bottomed pant suits with the matching side split tops and the slip on pump heels. She was an icon...RIP JANIS JOPLIN.

[@julieanncollie9290]

I have no idea how many times I've watched this video, but it never fails to impress me how emotional was Janice's entanglement w/ her songs. She put everything she had into her singing!

[@xDPx-zh7vr]

The world wasn't big enough to hold this woman. I hope wherever she is she's as happy as she was skipping off stage at the end. Wow what a performance.

[@teresavasey1041]

You just have to hear a bit of Janis when in lockdown.

[@paulholzapfel7171]

I live three doors down from her last home in Larkspur, CA. I often listen to her music, play it out into the redwoods and imagine her spirit enjoying the beautiful music she created.

[@annamarie8390]

Sitting down by my window, just looking out at the rain...I feel you girl. I'm just glad that me and the ball and chain are divorcing soon.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@annamarie8390 funny. I divorced mine a few years ago. No regrets. He wasnt too bad a guy (well) but I liked his best friend more

[@dimasvicente9880]

@Penny Lane! woodstock jimi hendrix contra a guerra protestou! janis joplin sua voz rouca encantou! joe cocker sua guitarra imaginaria emocionou joan baez paz e amor cantou! woodstock o mundo mudou! viva o rock and roll meu livro arte e poesia em breve na editora autografia.com.br/publique.

[@dimasvicente9880]

@Penny Lane! woodstock janis joplin sua voz rouca eternizou jimi hendrix sua guitarra infernizou woodstock santana brilhou the two emocionou woodstock o rock and roll encantou a liberdade paz e amor... meu livro arte e poesia em breve na editora autografia.com.br/publique

[@ihaveanopinion888]

This is quite possibly the best live performance by a female artist of all time

[@Mellowcanuck33]

This is why I still love KZbin.

[@Micolash_is_behind_you]

is there better by a male?

[@natef1212]

@@Micolash_is_behind_you michael jackson at wembley in 1988 was beyond legendary... the who woodstock... led zeppelin madison square garden...

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

@@Micolash_is_behind_you Ian GIllain, Child in Time, Made in Japan. Not saying it's better though, it's all opinion and I love them both

[@Rabs1]

Zeppelin MSG 1973, since I’ve been loving you. Zeppelin at their absolute best, and totally stunning. And Robert Plant has said many times that he was influenced by Janis.

[@xdestructutorialx]

When people talk about time machine music moments, this should be in everyones top 5, easy. Doesn't matter the genre you like, we're lucky to just have THIS version of it.

[@williamsholidayinflatablec]

Janis Joplin: 🤟😫🎶 Cass Eliot: 😲

[@n.j.s.givemeasmile2158]

In memory of her death 50 years ago, today at October 4th, 2020

[@davidtaylor595]

The first artist Clive Davis signed up... watch his fabulous documentary on Netflix.

[@davidtaylor595]

You can actually see Clive Davis in the last few seconds wearing a white jumper ..

[@-ooooooooooo]

Yeah i came straight here when I saw it was 50 years ago

[@marisasanniayoutubeunoffic5879]

R.I.P sweet little girl blue, you're always in my heart

[@perthyren601]

She left us to early

[@champagnesocialist3716]

For me, this is the best live performance of all time.

[@leannetoohey9533]

Agreed.

[@taemovellidadonmobsta1946]

Listen to jimi hendrix machine gun live

[@champagnesocialist3716]

TaemoVelli Da Don MOBSTA very good too!

[@Hallalo]

Led Zeppelins live performances are great too...

[@champagnesocialist3716]

@@Hallalo I agree

[@normaadame1271]

My goodness!!!! I was at this concert but I was only 12 years old, I don’t remember the artists that were there, I still have a poster and a newspaper magazine I saved as you can imagine the magazine is crumbling by now, , I was sitting by the Hells Angels, My oldest Sister Grace took me to this concert, she went to Fremont High School in Oakland California with Sonny Barger so I guess that’s why we were sitting by the Hells Angels , it’s funny because I did run into a classmate my age at that concert, everyone was smoking weed around me and in those days I remember people saying they were smoking banana peel so I assumed that’s what they were smoking 😂👍🏽Ah! The days of my innocence youth 😊❤

[@Demon-rq5de]

Damn, lucky you, thats awesome.

[@charlescurtis1817]

Janis Joplin Rocks! She left her heart & soul out on that stage, not just after that song but after each and everyone I ever saw. She is beautiful!!!

[@darkkiss7247]

This woman sang the blues like a master because she lived it!

[@kenbrandt5392]

You hit it on the head. Janice thanks for the memories.

[@brianjohnson134]

And you would not know that if you had not live it too

[@rockyracoon3233]

The way she sang had u wondering if she had a "tar brush" in her!lol

[@theresag1969]

Only to certain people.

[@southernloff1494]

As I have said many times-Janis spoke to our heart and soul. If she did not-you have neither.

[@honeyfitz3791]

The 1968 "Cheap Thrills" album was the first vinyl 33 RPM record I ever bought. Years later I got it on cassette tape then, still later, on CD. One of these days I should download it to my smart phone but I still listen to the CD. Janis Joplin was amazing. This version of "Ball and Chain," at Monterey Pop 1967, is better than the 1968 album version.

[@juancarlosugarterivera349]

cuando cantas con el alma , no hay nada que lo supere, larga vida al rock.

[@thirdbase6870]

Si

[@sarahcm3891]

This song hypnotizes me, it is spectacular how she works with her voice. In those years if you didn't sing you simply couldn't be an artist like Janis, she is an icon

[@cheyanndoyle2542]

This is to me Janis's best performance. Love her. She poured her heart and soul into all of her music.

[@meganlarson3791]

Agree

[@digitaloase]

Still listening in 2023.. She's great. Great performance. What a great time .. we were children about 10 years old and all around us there were crazy people hearing such crazy and great music. Thank you so much for your energy. Love you til the day I die............

[@FlowerPowerRockGirl]

Its like on stage Janis sings her blues away self therapy. What an amazing voice, what a lovely woman she was. Rest in peace Janis, hope you found your innerpeace in the heaven, thank you to bring us such amazing music, no one compares to you. You are the one, the best☮️🌺🙏🎶☺️✌️✨✨🌟💯♥️🤘🦋

[@chayafuerst9246]

I met her once and she took out the time to say hello. I thanked her for coming to play in our city to sing. Such a humble woman who took time for a fan! I don't think she realized how much people loved her music!

[@angelnicolemorrison3126]

Lucky!

[@AtibaVV]

You are a special human being to live to tell such a tale

[@luvmenow33]

She really seemed to just want people to love her after what she went through growing up. People really treated her like sh*t. She was in college at UV Austin in 1962 and some assh*le frat voted Janis "Ugliest Man on Campus." Can you imagine what that does to you? That's why she ended up with all these guys who treated her like garbage later in life and the craziest part is once she became known worldwide there had to be a ridiculous number of people who were totally in love with her

[@dinocub1]

Every time I watch this, I weep. Truly a voice like no other. Very few can take you on such a ride to such highs and incredible emotional soulful lows in mere seconds. Like so many other of that "27 club", the world lost so much of what could have been yet to come. Janis, thank you for the gifts you gave us while here. Thank you Criterion for restoring this wonderful moment in music history where all the stars aligned perfectly to give us a glimpse of true euphoric joy.

[@debrakirk1231]

Her and Amy Winehouse...2 of a kind. Tragic, beautiful, tormented, brilliant, insecure, astonishing, sad, and phenomenal, all at once. Thank you Janice...you will never be forgotten. You can only emote like this when you have known true suffering. She, like Amy, just wanted love.

[@kevindevine6780]

However often I watch this it never gets old!! By the way Lizzie I am currently over 70 years young so I full well remember that era!!!

[@williamlovely450]

we are so lucky that this performance was recorded its one of the great moments in rock history, nothing comes close,never will

[@1COMIXMAN]

It's awesome when other musicians and singers set and are awestruck by this woman. Mama Cass looked like she was thinking holy shit. Janis , a true legend gone too soon.

[@MrDeengels]

This is what a performance looks like, an artists putting all of the physical and emotion attributes into her art live on stage!!! No auto tune adjustment or pitch correction for a “perfect” performance. Just emotion and talent

[@SaraAgan-qf6ki]

This version is the one that just absolutely blows me away!!!!! Before my time but I’m grateful someone had the presence of mind to record it keeping it timeless as it speaks to me from the soul she sang the help out of this it was real a true feeling

[@kylejenssen7270]

wow, what strength and temperament, nobody sang blues like Janis, tremendous artist, you are already eternal Janis RIP 🌹

[@TZ250FANATIC]

Janis Joplin is STILL unmatched in raw emotion and talent. In high school she was an outcast. A few years later she was a superstar. Once she gained fame many people flocked to her, not to help her, but to help themselves. Janis suffered immensely from the way she was treated. I have always wished that I could’ve helped her make sense of this crazy world.

[@xxcrump3575]

You help her🤣

[@richardsimons6978]

​@@xxcrump3575 XX crap You need the help goofy!

[@xxcrump3575]

@@richardsimons6978 I'm helping your sister 🍆real good

[@xxcrump3575]

@@richardsimons6978 🤣 are you that exercise fairy from the 90's?

[@richardsimons6978]

@@xxcrump3575 Nice try goofy but I don't have a sister. It's your daddy in drag again!

[@OGAINTNAS]

Man, I've been searching for this specific version for sooooo long. I have no words to thank this upload.

[@DocZom]

I didn't see them at Monterey or Woodstock, but I did see Janis and Big Brother live at Cleveland Auditorium. Must have been late '68. Gawd, she was so good.

[@chipsterb4946]

This performance is a vocal tour de force. The first 100 times I listened I was just blown away by the glorious, raw emotion she shares with us. Sometime after that I noticed how seamlessly she shifts back and forth between clear, sweet vocals and the unbelievable raunchy dirty crescendos. Chris Cornell could do the same live - back and forth between clean and virtually screaming - but even he, wonderful as he was, never bested this incredible display of talent and raw emotion. (Have you ever tried to go back to clean after really belting it out raunchy? It ain’t easy even if you can.)

[@littleredhen8205]

She had that in common with Etta James. Both powerhouses in their own right.

[@CapeBass508]

She got it from Otis Redding.