Janis loved Bessie Smiths music, she bought a headstone for blues singer Bessie Smith at the Mont Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. The blues singer's grave was unmarked until that time.
@cathstone8672 жыл бұрын
in 1970, she died of an accidental heroin overdose and was discovered in her Los Angeles hotel room after failing to show for a scheduled recording session. She was 27 years old. she also sang in Woodstock I was 17 when she passed.. this was the Hippy days.
@sandyleewhite3 жыл бұрын
Janis wore her soul like a blanket trying to protect her from pain, hurt, anger, & even love! This woman was one of a kind, & sadly missed by everyone who loved & understood her music ❤️ 💚 💙 She truly was a gift that was only with us for a short time, but what a glorious time it was!!! Thank you both, for such a thoughtful reaction ❤️ 💚 💙
@anitamccall40517 ай бұрын
Love your channel and absolutely love Janis ! Your voice is beautiful
@tracilmoser16773 жыл бұрын
Will only ever be one Janis Joplin.
@Lumberjx3 жыл бұрын
Janis was one of those oh so rare artists who doesn’t just get up on stage & sing.. she legit performed for her audience, home girl sang with her whole ass body. Possessed something unique that simply cannot ever be replicated. Nobody else like that woman there before or since 💯😭💞
@francesmarinapatarangawhik47029 ай бұрын
Hi Nick, i love her voice and how she expresses herself. Her every word is soulful...Peace🤙☝️😌
@ronni54678 ай бұрын
Wow, ya i know this song from Way back, the BG's , but Somehow in all my yrs, i missed her version of it and im a 60's child, dnt know How i missed it but Thank you fo this, Fantastic Love Love Love janis's version
@thomasstevens18732 жыл бұрын
Bessie Smith was Janis Joplin’s blues singer she listened to a lot when she was growing up
@tonilharmon9 ай бұрын
She's the best I've ever heard.
@kimconliffe90002 жыл бұрын
Her inspiration was pain, she had a hard life. And if you listen to the Bee Gees sing this. She definitely made it her own!
@ladylisaromance81292 жыл бұрын
Hands down my favorite singer of all time... the incomparable, incredible legend. Queen of the Blues with her passion, pain, and that voice is surreal.
@PriestessOfNothing Жыл бұрын
There's a singer that was in one of my favorite bands from the 90s, her name is Susan Marshall and the band was The Mother Station. They only got to put one album out because grunge drowned music like theirs out, but that album is one of those that I can't live without. Maybe on your own time you can check her out. "Heart Without A Home" still floors me 30 years later lol
@gregman17152 жыл бұрын
Love Janis Since I Was 12 Still Love Her At 54✌️✌️
@entropyfun2 жыл бұрын
You can actually get energised emotionally and spiritually listening to this woman sing. That was her power of expression. 100% pure soul.
@deannacrownover33 жыл бұрын
This song was written for Otis Redding, but Janis sang the bottom out of it! Thank you!
@irishgrl Жыл бұрын
It was The Bee Gees song. 🤦♀️
@deannacrownover3 Жыл бұрын
@@irishgrl the Bee gees sang this song about ten years after Otis Redding and Janis Joplin.
@bobcunningham5288 Жыл бұрын
@@deannacrownover3 Written by and released by the Bee Gees in 1967, recorded by Janis in 1969. Written with Otis Redding in mind, but never recorded by him, according to my research.
@deannacrownover3 Жыл бұрын
@@bobcunningham5288 Oh! I knew it was written for him but didn't know he didn't record it. I was never a fan of the Bee gees, but I know they sang it. Thanks for the correction! Ya learn something new every day!
@jnagarya519 Жыл бұрын
It was written by "The Bee Gees" for "The Bee Gees".
@barbaramarkland7441 Жыл бұрын
BLESS THIS SOUL.. FLY HIGH MY FREE BIRD. ( JANIS DID A DUET ON TOM JONES SHOW. ITS AMAZING TRY TO FIND IT.. I'M SURE IT'S OUT THERE. WOODSTOCK IS ALSO JANIS. ❤
@bluesky-rb8fn2 жыл бұрын
BeeGees song!!! Another planet needed to hear Janis for awhile so they took her!!! To much soul!!!💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🛸🛸🛸👽👽👽
@julinahoehaver56093 жыл бұрын
I love Janis AND joss!!!
@StockyDude2 жыл бұрын
Janis’ inspirations were blues singers in Texas. She would sneak away to go to bars where they were performing. Apparently, she was treated like an outcast by a lot of her school mates for liking black music. She also had her heart broken pretty bad by a few dudes. It’s no wonder that the blues just resonated with her so deeply.
@sharonpate54812 жыл бұрын
You should check out the documentary “Little Girl Blue” about Janis’ life. She had a pretty sad life, especially with men 😢 I loved her from the first time I heard her voice. I was a teenager when she shot through our lives like a shooting star. Dazzled and devastated in just a few years 😢☮️❤️👵🏼🙏🏼 RIP JANIS JOPLIN ✌🏼🕊
@annarose5803 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Janis is amazing 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🖤🖤♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@naldovaz91572 жыл бұрын
One of Janis inspirations was Big Mama Thorton who Janis did cover Ball and Chain by Big Mama.. They got along well and talked good about each other
@marvinboswell68893 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your reaction
@ronnie2373 жыл бұрын
I got to see Janis in 1969 when I was a student at the University of Miami. Wonderful is all I could say.
@justkaron Жыл бұрын
This is a Bee Gees song. One of my faves from them. Janis is always other level.
@irishgrl Жыл бұрын
YES this is Janis’ version of the BeeGees song.
@DebraBing3 жыл бұрын
Oh man. If l could only hear one voice for the rest of my life, it would be this beautiful soul. Nobody gives me the feels like Janis. 🌹❤️. The only singer even close is Karise Eden.
@MusicLover-uy7pc3 жыл бұрын
You are right. Karis Eden is Top. Have you listened to Melanie Masson singing Janis Joplins "Cry Baby"? If not please do so. It is a great performance. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OmqX2Gi9RnjdU
@DebraBing3 жыл бұрын
@@MusicLover-uy7pc Yes thankyou!!! I have actually watched that more than once. And what a transformation from her fairy gig! She's awesome!!!
@MusicLover-uy7pc3 жыл бұрын
@@DebraBing yes she is like a tornado and her voice is just formidable. Just wonderful. I also love the reaction of the judges and the people there.
@lenkowalyshen95717 ай бұрын
Janis Joplin , got her inspirations from , Billie Halliday, Big Mama Thornton, and the gospel singers that lived near where she grew up in Texas, back those days in the late 1950s ,it was cool to listen to the Black radio stations that were on the air, back then kids had little transistor radio's made in Japan they would carry with them to tune in. Full Bass on always, back then Folk Blues was real big , with old Bluesmen like Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, and Big Bill Bronzy, and Jazz was also big ,just coming out of the Beatnik times , many of the 1960s big Rock groups came up listening to all of this music , Janis she gave it all to yeah, right from the bottom of her soul, even Mama Cass , was blown away hearing Janis sing Ball and Chain . Groups like the Doors more Jazz based , and later stars like SRV ,he grew up listening to all of the same music that his older brother was into. Sadly Hendrix , Janis and Jim Morrison were the first members of the 27 club all died to young .........I saw the Doors play live , once in 1970
@janismoplin79412 жыл бұрын
So glad you addressed screaming versus going totally off fucking chops in the awesome way she does. She is my favourite female singer, ever since I was s youngin. Her vocal range and true grit can't be sold, borrowed or bought. Cmon and Cry Baby. Australia represent 😁😁
@ella53192 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining the soul this woman had!
@angelabarazzone78993 жыл бұрын
Ball and Chain by her. 🔥🔥
@brendagrothier9673 жыл бұрын
Congrats on hitting 75 thousand subscribers. You are one of the best out there. ❤💋 Janis is my era of singer. Child of the 60s.
@renaesmith55283 жыл бұрын
Where have you been all my life???? Lmbo. I love your energy, your personality, your realness!! You don't hold back and I'm here for it!!!!!! You are FANTABULOUS!!!! I'M TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL!! BUCKLE UP FOLKS YOU'RE IN FOR A RIDE!!! #Thatsingerreactions
@uzielumbranox74604 ай бұрын
And dont forget ........!ALIVE ALIVE ALIVE!!! no autotune hahaha good reaction bye
@markyboy2143 жыл бұрын
Janis never wrote her lyrics down...she just let the pain she felt come out.
@TexasPride623 жыл бұрын
Please, more Janis.
@dannydoc19693 жыл бұрын
My best friend was a famous Broadway actor/singer in musicals. He was friends with Janis. We got VIP passes for her concert at the Fillmore East in NYC. We brought her a bottle of Southern Comfort, her favorite drink, which she used to drink onstage. During a long instrumental break by the Holding Company she would go offstage and find a cute guy to have a quickie, lol. She grabbed me, but I was too nervous to go with her. Boy do I regret it.
@fionamclaren85063 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@deannacrownover33 жыл бұрын
Hindsight is 20/20...
@alanfoster65893 жыл бұрын
We all have our regrets. But you have a great memory.
@mikeoliver72612 жыл бұрын
And she would have later released a song called 'Dannydoc and Me.'
@aaronbeaty3173 жыл бұрын
Great Reaction Video! Old School Music
@ThatSingerReactions3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@davidcochran62913 жыл бұрын
Janis learned to sing later like this to save her voice. She still had the soul part of that because it was in her heart not her vocal folds. That is the Mamas and Papas singing California Dreamin. Drug overdose.
@fionaanderson74313 жыл бұрын
You’re right about Joss Stones influence…..it was said in an interview that she loved Janis!
@mrcody333cam3 жыл бұрын
No ice whatsoever in Janis. 100% 🔥 fire 🔥
@wesseals69322 жыл бұрын
In the late 90’s Beth Hart was in a show off-Broadway where she played/sang Janis. It was called Love, Janis
@BelleJane53 жыл бұрын
Great video 💕
@christinerobinson93722 жыл бұрын
Have you seen Janis' performance at Woodstock? That lady in the audience with her mouth hanging open? That was Cass Elliot, Mama Cass of the Mama's and the Papa's, and she was blown away, she'd never seen or heard anything like Janis before and she loved it. Cass was great in her own style, she couldn't have done what Janis did, but she could appreciate it.
@MarthaAWellman3 ай бұрын
That happened at the Monterey Pop Festival, NOT at Woodstock.
@shanaj20783 жыл бұрын
That was the mamas and the papas. All the leaves ... Love it♥️👀
@doughaviland17293 жыл бұрын
One of a kind. So sad to lose her and Jim Morrison and Jimmy Hendricks I'm a years time. Hard to imagine what they would have added to music history!
@jackpinto66183 ай бұрын
For me it’s the “even in heaven don’t play with me” like for realllll.
@DefendUSA17762 жыл бұрын
Janis learned to sing by going to small town Black churches in Louisiana. That why she has soul when she sings, it is the old school gospel roots that you can only get in them small southern churches. She died of a heroin overdose, she shot heroin that was more pure than she expected.
@IH8COMERCIALRNB3 жыл бұрын
I can answer that. Bessie Smith was her number 1 inspiration; she felt she was the reincarnation of Bessie Smith, and she was so offended that Bessie Smith had no headstone on her grave that she purchased one for her.
@Blisteryn3 ай бұрын
Janis was like a free style rapper, she could sing about anything
@kurthooker43703 жыл бұрын
I know one of Janis's influences was Big Mama Thornton....
@cinmarksx2 жыл бұрын
I know and love Joss Stone. She did a great version of I put a Spell on You ft Jeff Beck on guitar and many other great ones.
@TheDivayenta2 жыл бұрын
Janis’ inspirations: Bessie Smith; Aretha Franklin; Otis Redding; James Brown; Tina Turner; Nina Simone ; Odetta and more! I think Melissa Etheridge sounds the most like Janis over anyone else. She died of an accidental heroin overdose. She had been clean for six months and then was given a killer dose. It was not suicide.
@douglaspensack34993 жыл бұрын
Joss Stone is under-rated. Glad that you recognize her unique talent.
@wendellburkhart82973 жыл бұрын
Joss Stone is one force to be reckoned with and one of the best vocalist in the world in my opinion .
@WF-zr4tf3 жыл бұрын
When I first heard Joss Stone I thought JANIS! Love both of their voices and music.
@dianafoder31232 жыл бұрын
I started been following Joss Stone when she was a young British teenager. I still follow her. There will never be another artist like Janis. She OD sadly.
@CoughHiccup3 жыл бұрын
I love Joss as well !!! Actually have a poster behind me in my past few videos I did ;) Did a few reactions to a few of her things too
@roostersbays952 жыл бұрын
i can see an Ian Moss duet Ms Joplin and harmony with Dom Walker on piano ....what a treat...also Mellissa Ethridge could grit a bit
@TexasPride623 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you return to Janis. You will dig her "Try a Little Bit Harder".
@Donna-C3 жыл бұрын
Jenny Morris from Australia sang a cover of the Janice Joplin song “Another piece of my heart”. You would enjoy her. Jenny also has a couple of other hits Body & Soul, She has to be loved and Break in the weather.
@tonyapinkstaff31542 жыл бұрын
Listen to Ladies Eden. Awesome. I heard Joss when she was first released. So good.
@tonyapinkstaff31542 жыл бұрын
Karise Eden
@mrmockatoo67863 жыл бұрын
It's a Barry/ Robin Gibb song, Big Man. Bee Gees recorded it in 1967, Janis in 1969...and hundreds of covers of it since then by everybody from Nina Simone to Keith Urban.
@ThatSingerReactions3 жыл бұрын
They're apart of the Bee Gees right? Lol that's why I said it's the bee gees song lol
@ladylisaromance81292 жыл бұрын
Joss Stone is so underrated and magnificent but there will never be another one like Queen Janis 👸 🙌
@karmicscope5259 Жыл бұрын
Joss Stone portrayed Janis Joplin in the stage version of Love, Janis.
@ladylisaromance81292 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t, you need to watch her live version of "Ball and Chain" the Monterey one.
@true1evanique3 жыл бұрын
Decades ago, I read that Janis was inspired by Etta James, Tina Turner, and Otis Redding.
@SkippackCougar7 ай бұрын
sang by 'the mamas and the papas'.
@IH8COMERCIALRNB2 жыл бұрын
For me the best Janis song is 'try' .. and it aged very well. It's a great great great song.
@colinpate30592 жыл бұрын
I loved most the blues, jazz and soul music she performed. A Piece of My Heart made her famous but it was the other the she loved doing the most and what she was blessed to sing. It wasn't the most lucrative for the industry and the masses were not really in tuned to it. I loved the Cosmic Blues Band era and Nick I think you would also.
@robertphelps15743 жыл бұрын
The version by PP Arnold is worth a listen also Barry Gibb liked her version
@wendellburkhart82973 жыл бұрын
Imagine Janis and Beth Hart together ! I know you and I smiled and actually laughed because I knew you were going to freak over this one.
@ThatSingerReactions3 жыл бұрын
That was the other one I thought of my god
@stillracer25143 жыл бұрын
There is a girl on her way up called Courtney Hadwin. That's all I have to say! I love her rendition of "Love Hurts."
@Tattitude2413 жыл бұрын
Love Joss Stone!
@jodyalaniz3 жыл бұрын
Yes Joss Stone and Macy gray too.
@agnesregards22863 жыл бұрын
Please react to Janis singing "Ball and Chain" or "Summertime". Truly unique style and voice. Tragic loss to the world of music, a lady born before her time.
@samsta653 жыл бұрын
Nick reacted to Ball and chain and summertime about a year ago
@agnesregards22863 жыл бұрын
@@samsta65 Thanks for letting me know, I will have to check them out!
@user-mi7hm1qv5s2 жыл бұрын
Another voice to check out is Kathi McDonald - Insane Asylum album -kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5Kmkp9nmt2FfZo She replaced Janis with Big Brother and the Holding Company - her version of Heartbreak Hotel is edgy! - She was also a backup singer with Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. I think she also did back up vocal on some Rolling Stones tunes - along with Claudia Lennear Janis credits Bessie Smith as a primary influence. If you listen to Janis' voice progressively from early recordings all the way to Pearl, you'll notice that she developed incredible control over phrasing and tone. Depending on the lyric being delivered she modulated her voice for maximum impact. As I recall she was being encouraged to develop 1,000 voices - in other words, detailed complexities that were just right. Pearl is a masterpiece where this is beautifully showcased - it may seem effortless but it's the result of her extreme dedication to her professionalism and craft as an artist.
@rwlewko3 жыл бұрын
One of Janis' influences was Big Mama Thornton. Here's Big Mama singing Rock Me Baby: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoiTpayhmtRmfM0
@bryancotner92852 жыл бұрын
Otis Redding was a lot of her inspiration. She, unfortunately died of the same thing a lot of our folks are dying of,today. Herion.
@dailyflash7 ай бұрын
Janis, Otis Redding, Etta James, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain. They all sang naked.
@TheDivayenta3 жыл бұрын
Janis’ influences were the great Black blues singers- especially Bessie Smith. Janis bought a beautiful headstone for her. She was also influenced by Otis Redding , Aretha Franklin andTina Turner. She was an original who suffered terrible bullying in her Texas high school for not being “ pretty” enough and loving Black music traditions. She died of an accidental heroin overdose just weeks after her dreadful 10 year high school reunion where she still got ignored.
@stillracer25143 жыл бұрын
Sad.
@TheDivayenta2 жыл бұрын
This was originally a BeeGee’s song!
@Joshualuv132 жыл бұрын
Man !!!
@jackyray60882 жыл бұрын
Her idols were Otis redding and Tina turner.
@jackpinto66184 ай бұрын
Coming from a white person who loves rnb soul and black gospel, I was so surprised to hear a white person sounding like this with a squall!
@dubivxler3 жыл бұрын
bee gees love you inside out
@JackCerro3 жыл бұрын
Big Mama Thorton was a influence on Janis.
@lauraedwards50193 жыл бұрын
Let's see if I can answer a couple of your questions. I don't claim to know all the artists that influenced Janis, but two were Bessie Smith and Big Mama Thornton. You also asked how Janis died. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at 27. Hope this helps.
@rosesilveira344 Жыл бұрын
She was not appreciated in her time. She was called a N*word for accepting people of all cultures. When she was a teenager in East Texas would sneak out with her friends to Louisiana Black bars to listen to Blues. Blues was her passion. Happy Birthday Miss Janis. RIP. Died of overdose at 27 yrs
@TexasPride622 жыл бұрын
You will love Janis perform "Get it While You Can" live on the Dick Cave show.
@rosesilveira34410 ай бұрын
Janis did it first. The Bee Gees were in the '80s.Amy Winehoyse was awesome too. Josh Stone is not bluesy. Janis' inpiirations were Nina Simon, Ella Fitzgerald,Billy Holliday.
@kimconliffe90002 жыл бұрын
That's why she was thought of as the female James Brown
@TheDivayenta2 жыл бұрын
The best thing you’ll ever see is Janis and Tom Jones together.
@dubivxler3 жыл бұрын
👏👏🤛
@zacharyparker9278 Жыл бұрын
I thought you’d like this one because you’re right into the voice that goes up and down and around
@jen_sal8 ай бұрын
Inspired by Bessie Smith, Otis Redding just to name a few.
@brettsteele73863 жыл бұрын
Joss Stone is amazing. As to her influences, her best friend was Kris Kristofferson.
@TheDivayenta3 жыл бұрын
Joss is best friends with Kris? Kris wrote for Janis.
@donnabruhn6907 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is, but Janis always makes it her own. So did Linda Ronstadt always did a lot of covers but made them her own, include Joe Cocker in here too
@khalidcabrero6204 Жыл бұрын
Joss Stone does a version of Janis' Cry Baby. Worth checking out.
@Bear784202 жыл бұрын
Think you forgot Haley Reinhart. Her natural voice is very gritty!!
@sisi111222 жыл бұрын
Please do 'son of a preacher man' covered by Joss stone.