Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Janis Joplin Piece Of My Heart! James Brown style DAMN...

[@johnwatrous8982]

I had just turned 10 when I met her in 68. We lived out in the country and I was riding my bike to the country store/gas station and I got a flat. I was pushing the bike and this bus pulled up. Miss Janice got off and gave me ride to the store. Chuck the store owner was all confused as to why I came in with a bunch of hippies. The guys got a kit and fixed my flat for me , they about bought out the store. I still have the picture of her and me. She was so sweet and her guys were champs. Needless to say I had the flex on my 2 older brothers afterwards.

[@heathermcisaac7571]

What a great story and memory! Thanks for sharing!! 🥰

[@Songbird-59]

Janis cannot be beat.

[@VioletJayne]

what an amazing experience, thank you for sharing! And you're right that is the flex of all flexes.

[@caskur1]

@@Songbird-59 yes she can... Australia's Karise Eden. Check her out... especially her audition on the Voice.

[@belvagurr403]

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw’s wife, was a secretary at a Nashville record company when she got her first break. The song was A PIECE OF MY HEART, she had never heard Janis before and was ignorant of the song. Two paths to fame with the same song but different sounds.

[@MrsColumbo823]

I still sing “….Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a color tv. Dialing for Dollars is trying to find me…” while doing the dishes. Love her.❤

[@AnneBiebrich]

"I wait for delivery each day until 3...oh Lord won't you buy me a color tv"..lol

[@TeresaOverholt-ky1ct]

I used to sing that with my friend who played guitar and we'd jam the night away ❤

[@ginao8935]

It’s a shame that I’m old enough to remember watching Dialing for Dollars every day 😅

[@lindalou6105]

Me too 😊

[@lisafowler1677]

I loved Mercedes Benz. That showed the lighter side of her personality.

[@ifcatshadthumbs...664]

You should react to Me and Bobby McGee. I really think you would like it. Almost a ballad but with Janis' unique soul. Somehow i think youll love the rhythms and the story she tells. Janis was an old soul.

[@crochet_everyday3248]

There's a video of Kris Kristofferson talking about writing it and spending time with Janis. Awesome.

[@ifcatshadthumbs...664]

@crochet_everyday3248 Yes! I remember that. Kris was such an excellent and prolific songwriter!

[@nugy1234]

its my favorite

[@rwlynch3468]

It is a fantastic song

[@angelathomas83]

Yes!!! 👍

[@reneemanning6760]

She was a gem. Her nickname was Pearl.

[@JC-es5un]

You gotta check out “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Ball and Chain” (from the Monterey Pop Festival), and “Mercedes Benz” Janis was a force of nature 👍🔥

[@newgrl]

Oh Lord! Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porches. I must make amends. The a capella version is my favorite Janis song, but all of those are good choices.

[@johnmcclure5679]

Looking at your face as you listen to her, I feel you can now understand how we who grew up with her, loved her. One of the saddest days in my young life was when Janis died.

[@creinicke1000]

Drugs and addiction have always taken folks with talent.. can't escape the idea that there's a connection in the brain with the artistic talent and additions?

[@maureencollins5177]

@@creinicke1000 Perhaps a connection with the need to bare your soul creatively with the need to self-medicate?

[@donnac1279]

Janis is the GOAT of all female rockers !!! We lost her at such a young age 😢

[@suzanrice4834]

Unfortunately, a member of the 27 club 😢

[@larryairgood4320]

"The Rose" (1979) starring Bette Midler. Not a biography yet a movie inspired and loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin. Bette Midler was a very good singer and starred in more than one movie. Midler garnered a Gold Globe award for Best Actress from this. IMDb gives it 4 stars, Amazon gives it a 4.7 out of 5, and Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 92% approval rating. A good Saturday night move for the adults in the room.

[@whome1299]

She is a fantastic singer and a horrible person.

[@flyboy53]

I agree - loved "The Rose". I think you and your wife would enjoy it! (AFTER your daughter's in bed.)

[@Jules-um4yy]

Classic Janis Joplin giving us her all. I don't know any other female artist who sang so completely from her heart and soul. RIP Janis♥

[@KingRat543]

Lydia Pense maybe?

[@bigbow62]

Beth Hart definitely ❤✌️😎

[@alexrossi4464]

Fiona Flanagan, but she never , really broke through.

[@rosyellis14]

dont know any other artist like janis, male or female

[@christineenright7491]

Janis Joplin said thatbBig Momma Thorton was a major influence on her. Ms Thorton was an African American woman who wrote Hound Dog that Elvis made famous. She also wrote Ball and Chain that Janis made famous. Big Momma Thorton wrote and performed, played drums, guitar and probably other instruments. She was inducted into the Rock 'N n Roll Hall of fame this year. Ms Thorton, like many of the black musicians of the 40s, 50s, and 60s never got radio play on the major pop radio stations due to the racist practices of radio. You may want to look i to her music

[@shanegooding4839]

Hound Dog was written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller for Willie Mae Thornton. They were only 19 at the time. They also wrote hits for the Coasters (most famously Yakety Yak) and also of course for Elvis.

[@seangates1451]

Big Mama’s version of Hound Dog > Elvis. And no disrespect intended to Elvis, who was a fan of, and inspired by, Big Mama as well.

[@ralpholson7616]

I had the pleasure of seeing Big Mama play in a bar in Cambridge,MA in the 70's. She was a very gracious lady. She did express that she was not fond of Elvis's version of Hound Dog.

[@Nynthlyfe9]

So glad I am old. Saw Janis at the Monterey Pop Festival. No one can touch her.

[@chelseahaley8350]

There will never be another like her! Truly special and so missed! ❤

[@PishProductions1]

It’s easy to forget how young she was. That voice- holy shit!

[@BarbaraBurton-zs7tn]

Not really, she died at 27. She was never not young.

[@PishProductions1]

@ I meant it was not the voice of a young woman but instead she had a voice like a old soul

[@jeremiahrose4681]

RIP Janis, Jim and Jimi. - three "J"s gone way too early.

[@robertlerman7892]

😢😢😢❤🙏🙏🙏Rip

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

In one obvious respect I had the unenviable fortune of seeing Janis, Jimi, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, and Brian Jones live...

[@jeremiahrose4681]

@@coinneachmaclellan3121 That's insane.

[@hackermusic3355]

Like Charlie Daniels sang about Janis in his song Reflections. "And when it seemed this whole world was falling apart The house lights would fall and the music would start She'd be giving us all a piece of her heart Once again"

[@mariaakcelik8559]

James Brown came first. He's a musician since 1954 thru 2006, until his death. Janis Joplin began singing in Texas 1963, but not until she moved to San Francisco in 1966 did she become famous. Aretha's sister Erma Franklin recorded the original version of "Piece of My Heart" in 1967 Yes you are right, Janis' inspiration was James Brown, the father of rock 'n roll. Brown inspired groups like the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and 100s of others.

[@travisbennett1597]

The most soulful voice of her time

[@MattJocks]

Yes she was a tormented soul. That voice was the only armor she had. I remember the first time I visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at her exhibit, they had the letters she wrote home when she was just starting to get traction in her career. They crushed me. While everyone around me was looking at the stage outfits and the car, I was sitting on the floor, reading the letters and falling apart. She was just begging for approval and saying things like "I'll probably mess this up like I mess up everything." You could feel the pain.

[@childlessdoggentleman746]

The best song from the greatest white blues singer ever (and she holds her head high amongst all blues singers). R.I.P Janis, you were taken from us way to soon.

[@lauriemartin490]

I cry every time I listen to Janis Joplin. Her life wasn't that great, but music and soul just flowed through her veins. I wish she was still walking on this planet and singing for us.

[@Laura_Martin42]

Agreed.

[@garybradford8332]

I don't know of any female singing like her before she came along. Brassy, raspy, gritty and soulful and all out of Fs to give. Gone way too soon, 16 days after Jimmy Hendrix and 9 months before Jim Morrison. All star members of the infamous 27 Club.

[@nancy9891]

My brother brought the album home from Viet Nam and I was introduced to an amazing album by Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin called Cheap Thrills in the sixties. Psychedelic rock was just taking place and this band and her voice were catalysts.

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

I never got to hear of Janis Joplin until AM Top 40 radio was playing “Me and Bobby Magee” came out after she died. When I heard her I bought her albums because I loved her and related to her music. I didn’t have very many friends in junior high school. So I got to where I could sing her music and I looked a little bit like her and I sang “Mercedes Benz” for the high school talent show and all of a sudden everybody wanted to know me. I thought that was kinda funny myself. Check out “Festival Express”. She is seen being herself off stage.

[@amauryegazarain3890]

One of the great singers of the 1960’s!

[@tazs1212]

She and so many others died way to young. Wish they were still here. She was awesome! Drugs in the 70s did so many in. She is one of those so missed.

[@karlaswider1083]

Love Janis ...there will never be anyone else like her. The ultimate free spirit who lived life by her terms . Sorely missed.

[@carolebuckle7977]

We love Janis 🙏🏻 RIP Janis ❤️🇬🇧xx

[@brendajackson913]

Unique voice and legend❣️ RIP Janice.

[@marinamartinez6886]

When this song came out on the radio (only AM back then) it was like nothing we had ever heard unless you were familiar with the great Blues women). Some hated it but most of us loved it. RIP Janis ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@childlessdoggentleman746]

The highlight of my trip to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was seeing Jim Morrison's jacket and Janis Joplin's car. I love that they have a picture of it in the video.

[@deanhockenberry9268]

When listening to her sing it hit me that she was giving me the listener a piece of her heart. I don’t know if that is accurate but you couldn’t tell me otherwise.

[@dennystewart3238]

"Work Me, Lord" is one of the best songs of hers. You can hear her soul in every word.

[@CarolynEHS]

Love this song! Sang it once with my band at a large biker party. Some of them came over to me asking if I was lip synching because it sounded amazing. I wasn't and it was sooo flattering🥰

[@TwinPinesFarms]

Janice is to rock n roll, like the circle is to the wheel. I loved her from my youth in the early 70s, and I think her music is timeless. I am literally in love with JJ

[@caseyhazelman2390]

An exceptional Blues singer.

[@myntami]

Love her and this song.

[@steffurness]

"She's a female James Brown." I like the way you think! And I fckin love this song! 🤘🔥🩶

[@bobzee5153]

All you need now is "Me And Bobby McGee"

[@lindajardee]

Loved that one too!

[@BarbaraBurton-zs7tn]

My fave.

[@johnstaniszewski8690]

Her voice is so powerful

[@raissadeoliveiravieira8782]

Her voice gives me chills

[@stevejette2329]

rais - Ya, sorta like fingernails on a blackboard sometimes. But it's REAL. Life was like that for her. Loved Cheap Thrills.

[@paulfarrell8792]

She has always been the love of my life. Since I was 13. Like she just reached in and pulled me out, such a free spirit.

[@benjaminanderson5263]

Cranck the volume up on this one. She is the goat

[@suecook1326]

Saw that Porsche in the Port Arthur museum. Probably the largest collection of Janis Joplin memorabilia in the world since that was her home town. Found her childhood home too but there was construction all over the street so we couldn't stop. There was so much talent that came from that area so if you ever get there, make sure you stop at the museum. In fact, the picture was taken at the museum. I remember the gold framed pictures behind it.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Janis was so damn great.

[@renee1741]

I love that Janis is getting known again... the internet and youtube making this possible. So happy more people are learning about her and appreciating her raw amazing beyond real talent

[@ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΊΑΜΟΙΡΑ]

Really?First time?Janis Joplin I heard Janis when I was 15 now I am 70! Love

[@holliday0191]

Me Too!

[@juliepalmer7479]

I saw Janis with Big Brother and the Holding Company at Fillmore West back in 1966. I was 19. Incredible performance. I was hooked

[@ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΊΑΜΟΙΡΑ]

I am from Greece and I have never been to the Us

[@rosyellis14]

im freshly 19 and have been listening since birth! 😎

[@ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΊΑΜΟΙΡΑ]

@rosyellis14 yeah!!!

[@tammyfinnemore]

This song and Me and Bobby McGee are my fav songs of her's, brilliant

[@ladyofthelake5950]

I can't remember when I first heard her, she's just one of those musicians who's timeless for me her music has always been a part of my life, which now even my granddaughter sings along to if its on when she's in the car with me 😊 RIP Janis ❤

[@marypittman5821]

That voice, the energy. Dynamic!!! Big Janis fan here

[@davidjennings1771]

Checkout Willie Mae Thornton, aka Big Mama singing "Hound Dog" in 1952, she taught herself to play many instruments including harmonica, drums, guitar and sang many great songs. Many others also made hits with songs she sang including Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Otis Reading and Janis! She did write some songs, but Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote Hound Dog for her. They also wrote Jailhouse Rock that Elvis also made a big hit with. She was a powerful woman that had few peers with that voice. She did have a very hard life and lived dangerously. She died penniless and was buried in a pauper's grave! She paid her dues for the blues, but it never made her rich!

[@shanegooding4839]

Big Mama also performed accompanied by Blues legends like Muddy Waters.

[@hipsville]

And Janis bought her a headstone. ❤️

[@davidjennings1771]

@@hipsville Janis was a sweetheart and Kris Kristofferson had a soft place for her in his heart till his dying day. He had asked her to sing "Me and Bobby McGee" while they were an item. She thought it didn't have enough Rock in it for her liking. Kris had never heard her sing the song till after she had passed, he thought she had nailed it too, same as everyone else. Pearl was a good album, and Me & Bobby McGee was Janis Joplin's only number one single. Kris was already on his way to stardom, but That Tune pushed his career as a song writer over the top! Lots of awards followed in his life. RIP Kristofferson, you'll never be forgotten for any of your life's endeavors!

[@davidjennings1771]

@@shanegooding4839 I believe she sang with all of the old OG's and many of the greats that followed also covered all the songs she sang. She was physically a big woman, and led a tough & strife filled life till the end. One of a kind for sure!

[@BarbaraBurton-zs7tn]

​@@davidjennings1771are you sure about the big woman part? Back in the day I remember her as a tiny little thing.

[@gracemichelli.2am124]

Legendary. Love Janis. ❤️

[@chrismcdonagh688]

Her version of Me & Bobby McGee is my favourite of hers.

[@goosebump801]

Mine too

[@SandyMcMasters]

Janis - so many try to emulate her but can't, she put her entire soul into everything she sang. This is my favorite of hers. Thanks for the reaction. She was gone way too soon🕯🕊

[@kayakutah]

20+ years ago, my lovely bride sent me out to get speakers. I was always a fan of Klipsch and FINALLY had enough spare money to buy a pair (boy, is THAT a set up for insults!). I was instructed to buy ones that would be unobtrusive and came home with huge speakers. My defense was that I didn't get the even bigger reference monitors they had. Skeptically, she did listen to her favorites, Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee and Stewart's Maggie May. After that she asked, "so, how much more do the reference speakers cost"? Yeah, Joplin is pretty amazing and her early background musicians were also pretty spectacular!

[@tammyford2357]

I bought my husband a pair of Klipsch LaScallas when he graduated from college as an engineer. They have been his prized possession ever since. ❤

[@jenniezamek2849]

Legend.

[@DonnaLane-pw4rg]

Did you know that when Faith Hill did the remake of this that she had never even heard the original cut of the song until she recorded it and was blown away ❤❤❤❤

[@stephanieg5195]

Love her voice!

[@JosephCampos-g9j]

You should see interviews with her she's a amazing person not sad at all very funny cool great woman

[@robertlerman7892]

Me & Bobby McGee , Listen to that one 👍👍👍❤️

[@jokervienna6433]

I´m not sure how much truth there is to it, but there is something that is called Club 27. It seems that so many really good musicians died a tragic death at that age. Joplin is one of them. Hendrix too, as Cobain, Morrison and Winehouse.

[@ycoyle2803]

I know Billy Ray was worried that year for Miley….thankfully she’s in her 30’s now.

[@buckcherrygirl]

Gotta love the Pearl. The raspiness of her voice is so iconic

[@sherreywurz731]

My girl Janis ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥ Janis Joplin!

[@Marloc2420]

One of my favorite songs! Thanks BP! ❤

[@jannaromine5908]

I love Janis! Highly recommend her full Cheap Thrills album with Big Brother and the Holding Company. My friends and I wore that 8 track out.. This and Summertime and Ball and Chain are on it. Studio version of Ball and Chain is my favorite over live. Can't help it❤

[@kimberlyrussell3813]

The Melissa Etheridge live version (Janis Joplin tribute) is one of my favorite performances to watch

[@Suzette-gb7uj]

Being called “the female James Brown” is a HUGE compliment!

[@klynzs]

I like that James Brown connection. I never thought of it either.

[@allenruss2976]

This is a biiiiig song. Check her out in the group she got started in, Big Brother and the Holding Company

[@angelathomas83]

Love, love Janis!!! 💐

[@angelathomas83]

💐

[@lastedain450]

She is singing blues and she is singing pain and yet she was so talented that you feel happy to hear her talent.

[@louisegill3689]

Banging tune! Always love a bit of Janice ✌❤

[@pyroishere]

Faith Hill did remake this in the 90s, maybe you overheard that version? When you hear Janis Joplin, you hear her emotions/soul. Gone too soon 🙏 Great reaction P!

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Faith Hill’s version was to white & squeaky clean, no soul at all & a commercial flop.

[@shannonotoole3526]

She loved Big Momma Thornton (who you need to check out) the birth of the electric guitar)

[@anitawright7169]

Love Janis Joplin and love this song! Love your reaction!

[@marinamartinez6886]

I recommend "Move Over" for a rocking vibe. 👍👍👍

[@bigbow62]

Oh man.... you gotta do Janis live ✌️😎

[@ceceliarussell-jayne2447]

Amazing. The impact hearing her is still breaks me wide open after 40+ years - her songs, her power, her delivery, her laying it all down. If her spirit is out there floating around I want to say, ‘than you Janice.’

[@JosephCampos-g9j]

I believe this was the first song I heard back in 1977...

[@Pattysgarden-c1x]

Janis was 5 years older than me. I was able to go see her in Hollywood. She was just a very real person. Her voice was so gravely. We hung on to her singing her heart out. Never have forgotten her or that soul.

[@richardbrown9141]

If you don't get goose bumps listening to this you at hearing it.

[@NagginNuggs]

There's an awesome (but short) song from Janis called Mercedes Benz that's worth a listen!

[@moniquesewell2670]

I used to sing Mercedes Benz and Bobby McGee to my son when rocking him to sleep in 91-92. I grew up on Janis

[@laurasutherland8928]

Yes indeed a 💎 gem

[@susanlavoie4437]

I love Maybe by Janis.

[@kathat4235]

Simply based on their ages... First came James Brown... then Tina and Ike... then Janis

[@silverhairedgranny]

Tysm for giving us this one one of my very favorite songs of all time ❤

[@CJBW]

There will never be another😢It was her song but Faith Hill ( who I love) did a cover. It was a sacrilege. This was done on her 1st album when she was with Big Brother & the Holding Company. She & Hendrix came on the scene at the same time 1968. I saw her at Woodstock❤❤. Missed Jimmy because he wanted to be the last performer & we were rained out with no food by then-left for home Saturday night in the middle of the night.

[@ginaloverofangels]

Her ❤was so in pain, you can hear it,in her soul as she sings 😢.

[@erickent3557]

Yep, when you finally just sat back, face melted, yep.... that's Janis Joplin.

[@CNPdubyagirl]

So enjoy your channel!

[@garyslittlesister7496]

Still my absolute favorite song after all these years. ❤

[@chachaj914]

Gotta love Janis. Side note for you BP: Janis, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison (lead singer of the Doors) all died at the age of 27. This began something called the 27 Club.People talked of faked deaths or suspicious circumstances surrounding these deaths. The "club" went on to include Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

[@1683clifton]

That scream sat your ass down boy! 😂 Janis

[@annfox343]

One of all time faves

[@petermachare5711]

Piece of My Heart was originally released under the name Big Brother and the Holding Company. I didn't hear the name Janis Joplin until I bought the album and saw her picture on the back. Loved Janis ever since. Originally recorded by Erma Franklin (Aretha's sister).

[@rball690]

But she later moved on from Big Brother and the Holding Company.

[@tommycrist1856]

so many people have covered this song, but none have done it like Janis. she left us to soon.

[@jennyjorgensen9935]

James Brown came first. He was good friends with Elvis and did a great tribute song to him. Janis is my favorite female singer. Eva Cassidy is great, too. Alaina Miles is a fantastic Canadian singer who did a wonderful tribute to Elvis also called "Black Velvet". You would love her.❤❤❤

[@DianeGardner-i8d]

I got to see her when I was in the 8th grade - it was my first concert -never heard of her but I was blown away- she was wearing her feathers and of course was larger than life - fan for life

[@youngthing12]

It’s a must to listen too her duet with Tom Jones 👍🏻🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@suzannehigby5165]

I used to sing with a band and Janice Joplin was some of my favorite songs to sing. "Come to my window" is another good one.