SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE!! | FIRST TIME HEARING Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain REACTION

SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE!! | FIRST TIME HEARING Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain REACTION
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[@corinaperez226]

My favorite part is the camera panning to Mama Cass who is transfixed and in awe of what she is hearing. And Cass is no slouch as a vocalist herself. RIP to the both of them.

[@mesmith01]

My favourite reaction as well. Mama Cass amazed at Janis 'performance. Blues, Blues!

[@michellecarson6041]

SAME!!! I cry every time I watch it, just because it’s an outer body experience.

[@Hexcaliblur83]

Game Recognises Game 😍💖

[@bethcotterill-fg3xp]

It was amazing all these young folks didn't know that was mama Cass. Old school music, was the foundation. Too many in the 27 club. I'm waiting for the re-incarnation tour of hendrix, Joplin and Morrison. 😎

[@jimmunro4649]

Great Names there Unlike Snow fakes now days

[@ralpholson7616]

The woman in the audience with the sunglasses and her mouth open is Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas. She was a fantastic singers. Add them to your female Friday list.

[@laritownsend2527]

I just posted the link for Dream a Little Dream on the last video

[@1COMIXMAN]

I was gonna say the same thing lol

[@joelstagg2993]

Mama Cass!!! I didn't know

[@seerofallthatisobvious1316]

True story, if you watch the Monterey Festival concert footage you'll see that Mama Cass was actually responding to the performance of Ravi Shankar.

[@thorsluter7835]

Thought that was Mama Cass, thanks for the clarification.

[@missmaggie2620]

You don't just listen to Janis...you feel Janis. This performance by an unknown at The Monterey Pop actually made national news. It took Janis into the stratosphere. Janis loved the blues, especially Bessie Smith. When she found out Bessie had no headstone Janis bought her one. Janis was the real deal, the real heartbreaking deal.

[@BryanAngell]

Besse smith died because the hospital turned her away because she was black 😢

[@malakalim9556]

​@BryanAngell I was a poor white in the 60's & the hospital called the cops on my mother because we had no money. She had hepatitis, my grandmother nursed her back to health (6 months) It wasn't just blacks

[@user-qd4op6tq2n]

She passed in 1970.at 27 yrs old. And my generation knew she was special.. ❤❤

[@SpiceyNice]

I was born in 1968. My parents were BIGTIME fans of Janis Joplin. My mom LOVED her, still does in her 70’s!

[@mickiea6598]

The woman in shock is one of the greatest singers of that era Mama Cass, from the Mommas and the Papas, you should react to her singing Dream a Little Dream!

[@leannmiller7153]

Cass was also one of the organizers of the Monterey Pop Festival

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

If you're going to do Mama Cass, do "Dream a Little Dream of Me."

[@giarogers]

Excellent choice !

[@anglosaxon5874]

Yes, I thought I recognised her [Mama Cass]. Another one that died too soon, just like Patsy Cline.

[@kdmiranda]

LOVE Miss Cass Elliot

[@kwanshiyin]

She walked onto that stage an unknown and walked off a star.

[@TodayImMaking]

So true. The first time she sang this song at Monterey Pop she was a nobody so they didn't even film it. They made it perform again so they could film it. This performance is literally the moment that Joplin became an icon.

[@peterblack3665]

Her Management forbid her first performance to be filmed but, thank a God the second day her performance was filmed because nobody could ever describe what she gave the stunned audience......

[@berniehand5528]

Am i the only person who wished i could go back in time and give her a hug and tell her how much she has influenced my life, and how much i appreciated her and her music. Her life before her music was a torturess and tumultuous time for her. She put the pain into her heart and presented it as music through her voice. Janis this 77 year old geezer will remember you til we meet in heaven.

[@debbiechang5781]

“Piece of my Heart” or “Me and Bobby McGee” are two more great songs. Janis was like no other. What a tragedy to have lost her life so young. 😢

[@kemarieblack3730]

Agreed!

[@Cbcw76]

PIECE OF MY HEART, especially.

[@I_love_cats12223]

Any thing by Janis is great

[@laminage]

She had such a History. She developed a passion for The Blues while growing up in Port Arthur, Texas. She would go to The Black Section and listen to it. She found The Black Folks alot nicer. She also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show with a Group she started out in called Big Brother & Holding Company. The Performance you see is from Monterey in 1967 where she, The Who, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and The Mamas & The Papas performed. Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones wanted to attend but couldn't get a Visa because of his Drug Conviction. The Beach Boys didn't perform because Mike Love didn't like singing for Free but when a Left Handed Guitar Player named Jimi Hendrix went to the Stage and said "You've Heard The Last Of Surfing Music!" and in many ways he was right. Also it was the beginning of the end of innocence with so many folks. Young Men were sent to Vietnam, Dr. King & Bobby Kennedy would be assassinated One Year Later, The Beach Boys wouldn't have another Hit for the next Nine Years after Good Vibrations, Florence Ballard would be fired from The Supremes and Keith Richards stole Anita Pallenberg from Brian Jones in The Rolling Stones, Smokey Robinson discovered that his Partners Warren "Pete" Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers (RIP) were jealous with some justification that Smokey was the "Star" of The Group and although he thought about leaving in 1967 he didn't leave until 1972. When she found out that her Buddy Jimi Hendrix died she said allegedly "I thought I'd go before him." She died on October 4th 1970 and in an eerie co incidence it was the same day that US College Student Billy Hayes got arrested in Instabul, for trying to smuggle Hashish out of Turkey. She along with Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Amy Winehouse, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison all died at 27.

[@dennisd.cherrysr.3326]

She didn't lose it she gave it away to drugs. At least she died doing what she loved.

[@twofarfromhome]

She really turns herself inside-out, doesn't she? JJ was not a performance, she was an experience! This gives me the chills, EVERY TIME!

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

Cass Elliot in the front row, totally blown away and speechless, is an iconic moment in rock history. Janis opened her mouth and all of the pain in the universe came gushing forth.

[@CassieJo]

It's amazing when you think about it. Either, she went to Janis' concert and was inspired to start singing herself, or she was a real friend, going to see a fellow singer in support. If it's the first situation, thank you, Janis! If it's the second, well, you certainly don't see A-list celebrity musicians going to sit in the AUDIENCE at another's concert, instead of backstage. That's just too cool.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

she was blown away by the ham sandwich that was being delivered to her!

[@CassieJo]

@@jamessollazzo4860 Not cool, man. Tasteless joke. And completely incorrect. Almost as bad as the whole bat soup-Covid connection jokes.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

@@CassieJo merry christmas

[@CassieJo]

@@jamessollazzo4860 You, too.

[@stevenschmitzer299]

Her voice. The singers voice. No need for synthesizers or autotune. A tortured soul gave us everything she had.

[@searsfarmcat3328]

I'm 71 and saw Janis live in concert. Does my heart good to see you young folks appreciate the music of my day. I also saw Jimi Hendrix live. Sadly, drugs took too many of our great musicians.

[@conniehokanson908]

The 27 Club. Look it up, and see just how many died at that age. Even Amy Winehouse was 27.

[@annefirethorn3847]

Nobody can sing "Pain" like Janis can...and she will sing it in a different way every time.

[@mm-qj6cc]

From head to toe our beloved Janis gave us her all, and we all felt it. No doubt a great rare gift to all of us.

[@karenawagner2691]

I literally cried when Janis died, I couldn’t believe it.I still miss her but I still play her music.

[@Barb5001]

Growing up Janis, was a real out cast and was mentally abused. When she almost overnight became famous, the pain that she conveyed in her vocals / performance was 100% real

[@lukemallon4499]

Janis' version of"Summertime" is excellent.

[@dennisrosler5918]

Absolutely!

[@petrichor649]

It is

[@erinhafer228]

💯!!!

[@waynehackney5812]

One of my favorite versions of that great song.

[@kimers12660]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@jeffstone2585]

She walked on stage that day unknown and walked off a national star!

[@robertfurner1729]

janice was always direct from her heart

[@BenLapke]

This is why us Boomers consider our music the best, and why people still talk about her 50 years after her death. A one of a kind talent. All of us who grew up with all these great artists like Janis, Jimi, The Beatles, etc., were so lucky.

[@mumbles215]

As an Xer, I concur. Best music.

[@cathyboyce6457]

In my 70's & still loving our music!!!!

[@deveroth8871]

weird i thought boomers said that shit cause they were old, stuck in the past, and had small, closed minds. whatever you say though, boomer.

[@BenLapke]

@@deveroth8871 well, now I guess you know you were wrong. 😁

[@ambercurry5020]

As the child of a Greatful Dead hardcore fan, I concur

[@lisemzarate4029]

Summer time is my absolute favorite Janis song, but we are so lucky there is video of this 🦄

[@elizabethshow5105]

So True!!!

[@sylviafarese8837]

Yes!

[@louisejohnson6767]

I was just thinking about the guy who filmed this. I'm so glad he got her "popping" out of her shoes!

[@susanneg2824]

Yours was Absolutely the most rewarding reaction to this video I’ve seen. Love it. You GOT her!!

[@jerryadkins5418]

I've been listening to Janis since the 1960's and I'm STILL blown away each time I hear her voice. She put every ounce of herself into a song.

[@user-pl4dd3zb5y]

Yes she does and her tempo is perfect and she will always be special in my heart,

[@mdanam]

Amber, your face perfectly articulates the immense loss that we felt when Janis was taken from us way too soon. Unfortunately she's part of the 27 Club, which also includes Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of The Doors all of them who died around 27 years old. Look at your face. Look how you feel the loss that you just discovered het talent. Imagine how those of us felt who old enough to remember when this was all happening. Even Mama Cass who is in the audience is one of the best singers of all time was stunned by how immensely gifted she was. There will never be another one like her

[@cmortenson3647]

27 club was also Brian jones, Kurt Cobain, Janis, ....shit, someone else, I can't remember...sory, im old now.............

[@nanner3200]

Amy Winehouse also

[@elawane]

27 club started with Robert Johnson, (1911-1938)

[@bobtalks7190]

what sets Janis Joplin apart from anybody else is she rips her heart and soul out with every song at every concert to every audience member and personally hands it to them. the world lost an amazingly talented artist that could never be replaced. RIP Janis

[@kenransom560]

And what broke her heart was her being able to say "I go on stage & make love with 10,000 people , then go home alone " :-(

[@williamstreet4304]

@@kenransom560 Yes. I understand the night she died, she was supposed to meet a group of friends. But, she was alone at home when she OD'd. I've often wondered what a few close friends might have meant for her life. The rest of us might have a much larger selection of Joplin tunes to enjoy as well.

[@jeanettecunningham9145]

that lady was Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas. So happy that ya'll helping a new generation discover the talent and depth of Janis.

[@matthiaspaddeo9988]

Most iconic festival in the 60' s. Janis was incredible in those days.

[@tud1366]

All Janis ever wanted was to be loved and appreciated by someone/anyone. She truly felt everything she sang.

[@actuariallurker9650]

This was her "debut" at a major event...in the audience mouth gaping open are Mama Cass of the Mammas and the Pappas and sitting right next to her is Jimi Hendrix- both awestruck

[@cesarnarro6013]

Its been a while since I watched the Monterey pop festival but I think there was a white dude with a fro sitting to the left of Mama Cass Don't think it was Jimi.

[@jasonmartin5154]

The G.O.A.T.!!!!

[@raatroc]

@@jasonmartin5154 The man next to Mama Cass is John Philips (another member of the Mamaa and the Papas).

[@anneporter123]

So sad that it devastated me at the time, Janis, Mama Cass, Jimi and Otis Redding who gave an absolutely fabulous performance at Monterey Pop, would all soon be dead. We lost so much. It still hurts. There is a movie of Monterey Pop, all performances, very good. When I was a teenager I saw the movie 50 times at least.

[@jessedylan6162]

I'm 74 yrs, a child of the '60's..I've listened to this masterpieces zillions of times and truthfully, i'm crying for Janis' rendition right now..such POWER, EMOTION and TURBULENCE, which brings back so many memories of my youth. Long ago and far away, perhaps one day, we'll all meet again in Rock 'N 'Roll -Blues heaven.

[@TheFoolintherainn]

Lil sis checkin' in... I clipped your 8 tracks when you weren't lookin'. 😉 Also borrowed your albums & recorded em on cassette tapes I got (riding my bike down to) Radio Shack using a cassette recorder & microphone - that I borrowed from Dad when he was at work 🤫 I also got my batteries at radio shack. I was trying to put my sister's stereo together and she got mad at me cuz I wired it wrong So I borrowed dad's Polaroid camera, took a photo of the back of the components, rode my bike down to RadioShack and they showed me how to hook it up And then my sister was nice to me again and I could borrow her stereo. Of course I had to clean her room and do her chores But it was worth all that just to have music 🎶 Edit: I went to a lot of trouble and expense to include music as a basic academic for my kids-disappointed that they ended up in one genre of heavy-metal whatever the hell that is But once in a while, when they get little bit full of themselves - I put on this video - challenge them to bend notes like that or even attempt to keep up on their guitars. They want to sing about heartbreak, then don't do it behind that much noise- I dare them to turn their amps down and their microphones up- 'let's hear directly from your soul' "I dare you to put yourself out on stage in front of an audience like that" That's the only argument I've ever won in decades. ✌️

[@omunozl]

She went pure EXORCIST on that! And don't ever apologize for feeling the way you do when an artist moves you. I have watched it hundreds of times and still get goosebumps chills and tears.

[@kaymiddleton5130]

You nail it,my head is spinning 😳

[@paulboudreau3754]

Her skip as she runs off the stage is everything. She knew she killed it.

[@lly8598]

I agree. So bad ass singing, then skips off child like. 💜

[@saintejeannedarc9460]

@@lly8598 She was a wild one, but she had such a sweet little girl side too.

[@BRLaue]

It's hard to explain to people that didn't live through this era how we all felt about this woman and how everyone's demeanor changed immediately when her name was mentioned. 'Reverence' is as close as I can come.

[@shannontaylor3725]

I was born in 69 but raised on Janis, Jefferson Airplane, Mama Cass, Canned Heat, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Tom Jones and more. I hate modern music its rubbish

[@lizschuller6894]

yes, this song is "take your soul to redemption and confess your sins of what you did to me" kind of feeling. my favorite from JJ.

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

@@shannontaylor3725 actually there is goodmusic today too but nowadays prople care about looks and the whole fake confident memeish persona And not true talent I'm 15 but i listen to everything that's ACTUALLY good

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

Boomer here. Yes, I think "reverence" is appropriate. Janis was just larger than life, man. She showed the world that she could rock even harder than the big boys.

[@antonhallergren588]

She was one of those people there will never be another of. Undeniably one of the greatest artists in recorded history.

[@annerako]

Subscribed. As a life-long Janis fan, it almost brought me to tears to see how much YOU appreciate this legend! Thank you for paying attention to music that's underappreciated these days ❤

[@donjenkins3861]

Janis's group were called Big Brother and The Holding Company! They were Great Too. 🤔😎

[@EykisAquarius]

The album was named Full Tilt Boogie - Janis wanted to call the album, Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll.

[@hollywoodharriet13]

It's like Janis felt every broken heart there ever was.

[@DebraBing]

What a beautiful and perfect description of JJ......me thinks your heart is not so hard Harriet.🙂

[@paulprovenzano3755]

All of mine for six decades, at least

[@juniorjohnson9509]

@@DebraBing Janis once said that she made love to 20000 people at her concerts, then went home alone. Her heart was perpetually broken.

[@lbow09]

Wow! Yes!!!

[@kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji]

Perfectly stated🍃🌸🍃

[@donnacoleman4624]

I love how yall love Janis. Ball and Chain gets me all emotional too. Janis did pass at 27ish, such a shame. She was deep, thoughtful, intelligent and talented. Her beautiful soul, her raw & raspy voice, her edgy "hippy-voodoo" style:) She was the total package and didn't know it.

[@ch11ew12y]

I love it when your generation discovers my generation. Bravo and thanks

[@elysehfm8797]

There's a documentary on Janis, where at one point she's talking about being ostracized in high school, and now they know how famous she is etc.. She goes to her high school reunion, and nobody really talked to her still. So depressing.

[@philthemovieguy81]

Are you talking about Janis: Little Girl Blue? Because I absolutely love that documentary and it made me love Janis Joplin even more than I already had.

[@elysehfm8797]

@@philthemovieguy81 probably. I don't see another doc on her. Do you remember that scene?

[@philthemovieguy81]

@@elysehfm8797 It's been a while but yes I think I do remember that part. It is devastating. People are the worst.

[@williamlathrop5326]

Her high school music teacher told her she would never make it as a singer.

[@elysehfm8797]

@@williamlathrop5326 there are times we should never listen to teachers, but we're too young to know any better.

[@tirzah4930]

We used to party in a place called the “slum house” back in the day, late 60’s....it was on Haight street, at the edge of the Haight Ashbury district, it was condemned, and you’d have to sneak in.... Janice would play there sometimes on the weekend's for free... Maybe 100 people would know about it... That was a great time ☮️✌️☮️

[@tammycallahan9160]

Wow!!!! I’ll bet you have some tales to tell. Care to share?

[@pab4435]

I’m from a younger generation but I’ll let you know height/ashbury still gets down! I spent some goood times out there when I was traveling around and hitchhiking this land. I don’t think it was quite the same as the stories I’ve heard of the past, but the culture still lives on. Best wishes!

[@elishawilliams5407]

That's so cool!!!!

[@aaronaspel9346]

Thanks for the awesome story. That’s amazing.

[@HappyOne3]

Whoa….what a life experience to look back at. You are fortunate.

[@d4mdcykey]

Pure. Raw. Power. I love you, Janis, you are greatly missed.

[@takfam07]

Janis just tears your heart out; seizes your soul. She was so raw, so honest. Beautiful. She was special.

[@doriwiljt]

You should definitely check out Janis singing “Raise your Hand” with Tom Jones. Two powerful voices. So good

[@HS-ol4ft]

Yes omg! This song will get you going in the mornings! One of my favorites!

[@shapeach]

Janis was One of a Kind and there will NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HER VOICE!! She passed of a drug overdose at the age of 27! So very 😢 sad.

[@deannacrownover3]

I love that clip, lol! Poor ol Tom looks like he got caught in some high powered machinery! He had to up his game on that one!

[@doriwiljt]

@@deannacrownover3 😂

[@AtomicSquirrelHunter]

@@deannacrownover3 He was pretty much the only singer with enough guts to get on stage with her.

[@kurthealey6936]

"I met a girl, who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news. She just smiled, and turned away". Don McLean, American Pie. When someone bears their heart, even their soul for all to see.... Epic beauty! And then the absolute fragility, yet power of her voice! Another tragic loss for all mankind.

[@ericatittle2451]

Every time I hear this song I'm in tears by the end. She's literally amazing!!! Gives me chills every single time. I LOVE Janis!!! 🔥♥️😱

[@petejones879]

I still rate this as the best live performance EVER by any artist

[@jackgilchrist]

That festival was not only the introduction of Janis who blew everyone's minds with that epic performance, but also the introduction of Jimi Hendrix to America, who played that famous and iconic set which culminated in him setting his guitar (and the Country) on fire. Between Jimi and Janis, no one had seen shit like that before. And no one would be the same.

[@kenchristie9214]

You're right about that - Janis is a shit singer. A cat sounds better than her.

[@k.s.vids1]

Oh, please. Read Clive Davis' book, the part about Janis. The record companies were fighting over her, and she certainly lived to see that. And you won't believe what she demanded from him in order to sign. She was one in a billion with her talent, and she was a wild one.

[@kenchristie9214]

@@k.s.vids1 To Joplin the studio was her blackboard and she was a giant fingernail If she wasn't drunk, she was stoned, and if she wasn't drunk or stoned, she was drunk and stoned. She was nothing more than a tone deaf screecher.

[@maryreilly5092]

That's a fact, Jack!

[@jackgilchrist]

@@kenchristie9214 Millions of people disagree with you, but you're entitled to your opinion, even if it's wrong. And everyone was drunk or stoned on something back then, including most of the record execs.

[@johnbuttarazzi839]

Mama Cass Elliott watching her is priceless!

[@chuckriley3711]

The crying part of Janis Joplin is we lost her so young just 27 yrs. old. One of so many greats to pass at 27.

[@missrachelreads]

Janis' smile and little hop off stage at the end! She shows her personality right there - she was one of a kind :)

[@warrenhughes911]

Yup..I love that part, too

[@jono.pom-downunder]

Amber, never, ever Apologise for feeling the music as it grabs your heart and soul, and walks you through the emotion of the performer, music is a life force

[@catsinhouse]

Rejoice, Amber, that you do react and get emotional when music pulls at you and takes you away. That is the blessing of music - of all genres and the gift of the composer and the musicians who bring you such a wonderful gift of the heart. It can bring joy and it can bring you sorrow - and sometimes both all at once. I've been puddling up because of music my whole life and would be lost without it. Your insight into Janis Joplin's emotional pain is spot on. Keep exploring!

[@stevenkarner6872]

I was a teen in the 70’s and Janis’ musical memory was still strong. I was constantly told how unattractive she was , which I never understood. Janis was also a sexually confident woman ( and probably bisexual) both of which were frowned upon at the time. Her amazingly free spirit was not yet appreciated by most.

[@leapinglaura7343]

I usually cry through this. Cried again with you guys, you're feelin my music. Thank you.

[@Cosmic86x]

I can only imagine how it must have sound and looked like to see her performance there at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. I think this was one of her first performances before a large audience and she was quite unknown back then. The reaction spoke for itself (by the audience and already well known stars like Cass Elliott in the audience): Amazed by her talent!

[@Cissy2cute]

Damn these Texans! What is it about their state?

[@jenniferjacobs228]

She was appreciated but she didn't ever think she was good enough, after a childhood of pain. I think all that went into her live performances. She died of a drug overdose when she was 27. Enormous loss. R.I.P.

[@lonnielongino798]

That lady saying "wow" at the end in the audience is Mama Cass Elliott from The Mamas & The Papas. Another beautiful voice lost way too young.

[@sandyleewhite]

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 ❤ 💚 💙

[@ms8742]

The reason she was so great and so real is cause you can see the pain she feels in every performance. Truly the best live female performer ever.

[@charlesharris2749]

The woman in the audience with her jaw dropping is Momma Cass of the Mammas and the Pappas. The leader of that group was John Phillips, who put together this show at Monterey Pop. They were major influences in the S Cal scene bringing that to N Cal. The song Summertime is a 1934 Gershwin tune, recorded by multiple blues artists including Billy Holiday and Sam Cooke.... but blues banger Janis Joplin from Port Author, TX made that song her own in what was an introduction of her to the whole California music scene.,,, and the rest of the world.

[@MusicLover-rt4bs]

A most brilliant cover of Big Mama Thorton's song. She didn't even have her version out yet when Janis performed this. Janis absolutely CRUSHED it here. Insane. When you have Cass Elliot in awe, you've done something special.

[@loreedavis5988]

Hearing her sing makes me so sad, knowing what we lost. Her voice was otherworldly.

[@lindamaue7057]

Summertime live will definitely blow you away!

[@jeanstrickland2445]

So glad you guy’s are so open to different music👏👏👏

[@dmadmax50]

Janis was truly a one of a kind artist.....I had the unforgettable experience to see Janis at Woodstock. While the whole Woodstock thing is a story in itself, Janis stood out as a bright star among many others. She was memorable then, and is still so today.

[@lunachickfringe5319]

Watching this performance always brings me to tears, no matter how many times I see it. She was so full of unfulfilled love and heartache, and so much soul...enough to move me to cry a little each time. Love your reaction for my girl, Janis. There will never be another. Peace.

[@mudbug73us]

Janis broke my heart every time she sang. There just hasnt been any one like her since she left us. Her life was hard, and her voice told her story. She died, alone, in a LA hotel room at 27. Can you imagine the music we could have had...

[@ambercurry5020]

I have involuntary tears that come from every one of her songs.

[@belladonna8425]

God..she would have had so much absolutely fucking astounding music. When she died so young we were all robbed of that. It's tragic.

[@jono.pom-downunder]

ditto

[@hannemanart]

Janis Joplin is my favourite singer! She's fantastic RIP. I highly highly suggest Summertime!

[@otisyoung7061]

Yes.......nobody else can sing like this in Summertime

[@timr31908]

I've been studying Janis Joplin for years... Janice did know how much people loved her.,.. and also she was having the time of her life.... Don't let people bulshit you... She was not a tortured soul... Janice went for it and loved every minute of it...😊

[@jimrollins4857]

Mama Cass sitting in the crowd loved it.

[@tanyawhite2751]

When Mama Cass stands there open mouthed you know you’re witnessing an unbelievable talent. Rip to both❤️ Janis at her most raw and best 👌🏻 great reaction guys. Sending love from England

[@R.POWELL]

Watch her life story. It's amazing and sad . She was 27 when she died .

[@scootdaws25]

I was crying with you just watching the amount of talent that you just witnessed. She was truly amazing!

[@beloveddude]

will just add: Janis was ridiculed/mocked/shunned as young gal, and seeing her survive and rise to her greatness as a singer and channel her love and influence of earlier black female blues, keeping them alive energetically is additional greatness imo! GOD BLESS THEM ALL!

[@dazed1nyc]

What people forget about this performance is that she was virtually unknown in the mainstream. This performance was most people's first time ever seeing her. What a first impression \m/ \m/

[@maryreilly5092]

I read in the Woodstock Anniversary edition of Time magazine that Janis was bullied terribly in high school and she had a terrible self image that contined on. After becoming famous, whenever she wore her feathers and bright colored outfits, she felt pretty. The lady with the dark hair in the audience the camera focus on is Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas. She absolutely knows she's witnessing, for the first time, an unbelievably talented singer beyond measure!

[@mljones655]

When ppl are bullied, it never leaves them. Some, like Janis, can channel their gift.

[@cherylhughes8212]

Mama Cass was no slouch herself! 💃

[@maryreilly5092]

@@cherylhughes8212 Agree!

[@SpiceyNice]

I’m seeing this years later. My mom is 71 years old and she always listened, and loved Janis Joplin. She still does. In the 1970’s my siblings and I grew up with her, and other legends. When all the family’s were listening to country music on a Sunday afternoon our house had this voice filtering through the windows, walls, and vents. It was a beautiful time! ❤

[@michaeltanaka9011]

Janis takes you on a roller coaster of emotions. She touches the most sensitive part of your soul and you can’t help being moved.

[@williamcrane1913]

My favorite part of the performance (other than Janis' singing) is the brief moment of stunned silence when the song is over, then the crescendo of roaring applause as the audience "recovers consciousness" from her performance.

[@jerryfarmer5737]

A collective WOW!

[@steveullrich7737]

This is one of the most powerful performances by any artist. Janis poured out her soul out in this song! So glad it was recorded for posterity.

[@gregoryleewalker]

Congratulations, you've discovered one of the best female blues vocalists in music history. If this doesn't touch you and bring a tear to your eye then you are bereft of any soul. Keep up the good work and keep exploring the greatest music of this or any other generation.

[@Liligal1]

Janis Joplin sadly passed away at the very young age of 27 from a heroine overdose. Imagine what heights she could’ve reached had she lived to this day. Unfortunately, we’ll never know, but future generations will always be astonished by her amazingly soulful, powerhouse voice and her abundance of boundless, energetic talent left behind in her songs.

[@Doc552]

Great comment! She died in 1969, 6months after Jim Hendrix, they were good friends.

[@betsyj59]

Doubly sad is that she had (apparently) gotten off the heroin but then was sitting lonely in her apartment (or hotel room, can't remember) waiting for her ex-boyfriend (the one who really loved her) to arrive and thought he wasn't going to show up. He showed up after she died. She had a female "friend" who didn't serve her well - just served her heroin. Yep, her story is tragic - called ugly by her school mates in her conservative little Texas town - always feeling lacking and unloved.

[@elysehfm8797]

That's Mama Cass in the audience! Mamas and Papas!

[@Sp33gan]

This is one incredible performance at the greatest of all the Pop/Rock mass concerts of the decade. Woodstock had some great acts but the long weekend was plagued with problems, including running several hours long so that half the people missed the last few acts, heavy rains and a sea of mud, overdoses from a bad batch of acid, as well as nowhere near enough bathroom facilities. The Monterey Pop Festival, on the other hand, was a masterpiece of planning from start to finish. Monterey was also the stepping stone for several acts that would make a huge mark in music. Otis Redding had been having hits in the R&B charts for a few years but never caught the wider audience until his Monterey performance. He was on fire for this show, backed by the Stax Records studio band, the Booker T and the MGs. Sadly, Redding would pass away only a few months after the Monterey show. Next was The amazing Jimi Hendrix Experience, making their debut debut in front of a US audience. Again, an unknown to most of the audience, Hendrix blew them away with his talent, before setting his guitar on fire, something never before done. Following Hendrix, was The Who, future Rock legends who had never managed an audience outside of their native England. The Who put on an astoundingly good show, destroying their instruments on stage at the end, creating performance art to match their music, their career lasting over 50 years together, though a couple of members have passed over the years. Then, there was Janis Joplin. A shooting star so bright that she left the crowd picking their jaws off the ground after she and her band were done. As others have said, the woman in the audience the camera kept focusing on was Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas. Cass was an amazing singer herself, so to have Janis leave her stunned like that says volumes about the feeling in the crowd. Janis, Cass, Jimi, Otis would all be gone within a few years, but the Monterey Pop Festival remains a crowning achievement for all of them.

[@Jude_196]

HA - have probably re-watched this reaction a ba-jillion times....but, I'm SO WITH YOU, AMBER!!! That performance brings tears to my eyes: EVERY TIME I WATCH IT!!! Gosh - she was JUST SO GOOD!!! Thanks for listening to Janis - she's one of my all time favs!! ...and, never apologize for having a piece of music MOVE YOU to YOUR CORE!!! It is an awesome thing!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤

[@sherrysink3177]

I LOVE your reactions to Janis. They're the best. Just the best. How much you get into it, it's just awesome. ❤

[@Gordy63]

Janice was absolutely incredible. Nothing like her before and nothing like her since. Absolutely extraordinary. Big bow down to the queen!!

[@zanethind]

Don Mclean referenced Janis Joplin in American Pie as the lady who sang the blues

[@juliasales4161]

É como se o microfone fosse pouco para suportar tamanho talento! A voz dela transcende!

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

She was so....I don't even know how to explain it! She put her heart and soul into her music!!! Your just right there with her feeling it... She died at 27 yrs old...heroine overdose. She had been clean for a while but sadly she relapsed.

[@dianelake7802]

I've thought about Amber's reaction to Janis and her sadness in Janis not knowing the love for her. I've thought how Janis would have loved the 80s blue revival era with Stevie Ray Vaughn, Fabulous Thunderbirds, George Thoroughgood, ect. What a blast. And now she'd be in her old age and seeing in the youtube videos how young people like yourselves are reacting to her music and loving her so much. So many of Janis generation have gone without people remembering them but, Janis is so unforgettable. A legend. And today, with the young discovering her and falling in love would blow her away.

[@georgebain3222]

Simply this is the GOAT live performance by a female singer. A must view for all aspiring female singers.

[@davidmullens7565]

My homegirl Janis. We were raised less than 3 miles apart in Port Arthur TX. I didn't know her....she was older, but I do remember her coming home for her high school reunion. It was a Big Deal. All the TV stations covered it. There is a nice exhibit dedicated to her in Gulf Coast Museum downtown. It has her artwork, poetry, photos, and letters donated from her family. Also her psychedelic Porsche... Pretty cool ..😊

[@ScoutSolis]

Your reactions, Rob Squad, made this vintage performance fresh again. Thanks for featuring the great Janis Joplin.

[@Blend-24]

That lady in the audience who said WOW was Mama Cass Eliot of the “Mamas and the Papas” who sang mostly folk style rock in the 60’s. Try one of their hits “dream a little Dream”

[@LG-dj9qr]

California Dreaming too

[@joonzville]

She WAS appreciated during her life by those of us in the counter-culture movement, she just died a few months before her broader breakthrough album, Pearl, was released. That album is what got her music out to the non-hippie audience.

[@slayyy469]

The lady in the audience with the black glasses was MAMA CASS ELLIOT another performer who passed on before she got started as well. RIP

[@lisaisgrig7636]

Janice = Electricity. Intense performance & it does give you goosebumps!

[@sheilagimino6685]

This was literally the performance that sent her to the stars...she died at 27 alone in a hotel room.. I've lived her for decades it's so cool to see another generation fall in love with her!! 😍

[@UlricGrim]

She is phenomenal, I’m blown away..speechless! This is my first time hearing. Like I am really blown away! Where is this talent in my generation?! This is the music I want!

[@eddiehansen6865]

I remember that time period and a few rock stars died at 27 of age. I think they all died due to drug use.

[@carmensandiego7749]

@@eddiehansen6865 A lot of heroin overdoses in 1971, and took some major rock stars as well as average kids. Jimi Hendrix too, same age, same year, and same alone in a hotel too I think.

[@chrischarlton3946]

I am only 42 but I believe I have been in love with this woman my entire life

[@jimcross7686]

I was at this show too. This was the best song at this festival.