Janis Joplin - Ball & Chain - Monterey Pop | THE WOLF HUNTERZ Reactions

[@tjsogmc]

Mama Cass Eliot was music royalty. Her jaw drop is no small thing.

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[@steelers6titles]

Big Mama Thornton was very glad Janis did her song, and said so.

[@angelaluz405]

Mama Cass' expression was perfect. I agree 100% with that look on her face!

[@matthiaspaddeo9988]

Yes, Janis wss like a hurricane. She' s always the best.

[@jenniferhill1882]

She wasn’t performing that she was channeling it from so deep in her soul.

[@mrb4749]

The woman in the audience was the great Mama Cass from the Mamas and Papas. That's a good reaction to do. Many very good songs. Clive Davis was in the audience he was the president or CEO of Columbia Records and signed her on the spot. My favorite song by her and the great band is Piece of my Heart. First heard it in 68, loved it, still do.

[@whanuipuru4446]

Guys, this was originally done by Big Mama Thornton. The band went to visit her to request if they could sing it at Monterey

[@stevem1965]

Your comment about her not "performing" and just pure passion is spot on. Bette Midler said going to a Janis performance was like walking into the middle of a nervous breakdown.

[@guichogf5636]

Janis never sang a song the same way twice. It was all in the moment, real raw emotion.

[@robertstoner8244]

Yes she was so amazing ❤. Love her❤ . And I think she is so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@keithetherington4824]

We are so lucky to have this performance on film. I can't imagine not seeing this woman at her best.

[@brianhammil3356]

The most amazing thing about Ms. Joplin is she is one of the few artists who you could hear the pain in their voice....just heart wrenching. Wish there were more like her today and no AUTOTUNE!

[@sherryarflin726]

They walked on that stage basically as nobody’s and walked off stars!

[@bodulica3]

She was appreciated and she was famous when she passed away at her age of 27.

[@richardsoto346]

You're absolutely right Suzi, she left part of her heart on stage, it was just her...

[@GRONK917]

Many years ago I had a friend around and I showed him this vid and halfway through he said " My God, she's killing herself up there" I think he was right.

[@love68]

You nailed young lady. She's just being herself not performing. Ya'll are awesome!🙏💛☯️🌞

[@fredhinckley8630]

That was Mama Cass from the Momas and Papas out in the audience,

[@Idefixu]

I just realized that at the end, but wasn't absolutely sure.

[@leannmiller7153]

John Phillips, of Mamas and the Papas, was instrumental with setting up the Monterey Pop Festival. I believe Cass helped also.

[@mikedickman7210]

and the guy with the taped up glasses behind Mama Cass? That's Al 'the blind owl' Wilson of Canned Heat! (another band you need to check out)

[@johny7206]

07:22 Mama Cass

[@jadecostello3325]

No shit!

[@mojavered1273]

Every woman in the music business today can thank Janis Joplin for opening the door to them. There has has never been another female vocalist like her before or since. And BTW, as a former stage performer I can promise you that without exception there is some improv, no matter if it's one note, in every song during any stage performance you'll ever hear. Always, without fail. Improv IS stage performing even it's a f#@k up.

[@rosesilveira344]

One in a trillion. Happy Birthday Miss Janis. RIP.!

[@barbaraives5751]

This was the performance that got her signed for her first record deal. "someone" was watching in the audience. The rest is history.

[@stephenoneill1805]

As someone who was there, it was beyond amazing. Everyone was floored. I had the privilege of seeing her again, March 68. BTW my 1st R&R crush. Janis, except no substitute. I guess Momma Cass at the end saying wow sums it up.

[@shawnmurdock8059]

I miss when music was about something and moved you. There is nothing around that was like this back in the day. We should be thankful that these videos are around to show people what music was like went it was music and not todays garbage.

[@michaelgonzales1401]

You can't say anything more. The expression on, the iconic in her own right, Mama Cass Elliot's face says it all.

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

No one had ever seen anything like this. Women got up on stage and sung sweet little ballads. Then, there was Janis.

[@alanhandleman6513]

Janis made the song famous, but it was written by Big Mama Thornton. And you are correct, Janis gave the song an interpretation that was entirely her own. She was unique in every way, and there will never be another like her.

[@martinsmusic1724]

Her version of 'Summertime' is unique, passionate and totally amazing.

[@tinawoods8847]

When she draws her legs back I know she's about to kick the shit out of the vocals

[@chrisalldis3375]

The Queen of the Blues!

[@sopwithpuppy]

If anyone ever doubts that the human soul exists, listen to ANY Janis Joplin performance. You can see and hear her soul.

[@Toobeegort]

Janis Joplin always sang with her soul.

[@Trucker231610]

This was her introduction to the world.. And she fukin nailed it. What an audition huh!!

[@omunozl]

Your facial expressions as MS.JOPLIN sings are priceless!

[@PriestessOfNothing]

Oh she did so much improvising that no two performances of a song were the same. And you're right, she left all her heart, all of her pain and all of her love on the stage. And you don't see that anymore.

[@Xcris_crosX]

The distorted sound was deliberate. It's psychedelic freakiness heightened the induced mind trip

[@edhorton2766]

The bass player was bigtime wasted.

[@struthsayer9092]

I wish they had shown both Mama Cass and Michelle Phillips looking at each other and reacting. It was priceless! This is said to be the place and time that LA music and San Francisco music met. The song was written and performed by Big Mama Thornton. It’s worth checking out her version as well. I hope they had the opportunity to meet in this life. And yes, Janis pretty much always improvised and made the songs her own. If you haven’t seen the documentary on her, Little Girl Blue, it is so good and to me the best representation of who Janis really was. Thank you for the review. Most people seem to do these reviews from their head, but you reviewed from the head and the heart. Excellent!

[@ed167]

GOAT. I'm in my late 60's and there has only been 1 Janis Joplin in my life.

[@edhorton2766]

Yeah. You see Elvis imitators. You don't see lots of Janis imitators.

[@annefirethorn3847]

That woman never sang a song twice in the same way...she just gave exactly what she had in her at the time...full body and soul.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

Yeah, it's almost painful to go on this journey with her, incredible as her singing is.

[@Kepi_Kei]

Because she's gone

[@barbaraives5751]

You should do "Piece of my Heart" where she brings half of the audience on stage with her lol. Another legend.

[@bettydurnin8760]

So beautiful to watch the two of you be moved by Janis. She is one of my heroes. Glad the younger generation can appreciate and enjoy the FABULOUS music the we grew up with in the 60s-70s ❤️

[@myfavoritedream2149]

I love that you saw her vulnerability. It was her greatest power.

[@meredithtyson3408]

Her Majesty, the Queen. ❤️🔥🙌🏻

[@songyardbird2513]

Janice was too good for this world.

[@bobcorbin3294]

I love the way she skips off the stage at the end. She knows she nailed it.

[@lgempet2869]

At different points, she always seemed quite shy, like a little girl. I think that was “her” too. But just opened up to the maximum on stage.

[@whanuipuru4446]

You guys are amazing with your critique about Janis. She is my favorite female singer Thank you!

[@will8026]

A singer who reaches down inside your guts and pulls the emotion out of you.

[@rickhaddad7261]

A interesting side note. This was the second time they did this set. They went back and wanted to record her performance so they spruced themselves up and came back out to record this during the Monterey Pop Festival. The Pearl is one of the greats and she was sadly part of the "27 club" Take care ✌

[@dancrabbe6423]

This is a fact! They performed on Saturday and their manager at the time would not allow them to be filmed. Some of the crowd shots (including Mama Cass) were actually from the Saturday performance in mid-day when the sun was up. JJ and Big Brother argued with their manager and did a second set Sunday evening and it was filmed. That is why there is daytime film of the crowd, and night time film of the band. They eventually fired that manager. This performance was probably why their recording contract was picked up by Columbia Records.

[@kurthealey6936]

First, absolutely nailed that reaction! As an answer to your question, I pose the question, who possibly could write that?!?!? Cass Elliot was a member of the Mamma's and the Poppa's (California Dreaming absolutely worthy of a reaction!!!!). Cass was also credited for introducing Steven Stills David Crosby, and Gram Nash, (yes, that would be Crosby Stills and Nash with the occasional addition of Neil Young). If you reacted already to American Pie, by Don McLean (a MUST review if you have not!!!!). The line "I met a girl who sang the blues, I asked her for some happy news, she just smiled and turned away". Was his tip of his cap to Janice. One final note! Janice, Cass Elliot, Jim Morrison (The Doors), Jimmy Hendrix, most recently Amy Winehouse, all members of the afformentioned 27 Club. Stars we lost way too young! RIP

[@Yousless1]

She put everything into a performance. I always thought that a lot of her song choices were things that she related to on a personal level. I felt she was always looking for love, sadly never really found what she was looking for. RIP Janis. You were loved. Thanks.

[@ninarice5279]

Now THIS is music kids! It comes from her soul, something you don't see anymore

[@cwasatko5601]

Janice really felt the music. Bless her heart ♥️ I miss her, always have.

[@elainewood3875]

Thank you for appreciating her unique voice. I saw her when I was a young girl at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco . I had the same reaction then and now. She brings me to tears!

[@mikegriffeth806]

She was once interviewed on the street and ask about her performance she said I don't perform I take my heart and soul out and hand it to the people

[@billmavin1998]

I saw an old interview of Janis, and the interviewer asked what she thought about when she sang. She gently saidshe never thinks when she sings - sbe only feels.

[@jaynehogue2459]

5:27 when Mama Cass looks at you like that like you're the best thing she's ever heard you know you made history

[@m.hunterstevie2081]

Pure real passion in that performance... any time I watch this, even after all this time, I just get goosebumps. The amazing thing is how you can feel that powerful emotion both from the loudest screaming moments to the softest melancholic moments... that passionate feeling never leaves, and when she squeezes out that last note until there’s literally not a molecule of oxygen left in those lungs, turns to the band and... POW~! That stage could have entirely exploded in pyrotechnics and it wouldn’t have made it any more exciting...

[@danielcalder1439]

Speaking of leaving a part of her heart on the stage , you should check her song “ piece of my heart “.

[@francesmarinapatarangawhik4702]

Awesome comments WH, this is Janis, all natural, passionate to the hilt, RIL...Peace🤙☝️🙂

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

Janis Joplin had a lot of personal demons reaching back to her childhood that were released by her vocals. She said something like: "They laughed me out of school. They laughed me out of town. They laughed me out of Texas."

[@gordonduke8812]

The saddest thing I've ever heard was when she said "I make love to thousands of people every night, then go home alone." And that was the sad reality that was Janis Joplin.

[@donnahall7014]

fell across this video late this night, flying a little high and grooving a few tunes, gotta love me some janis, she left me a bit breathless after this live pouring out of her soul. RIP Janis we still love you.

[@jeffmurray1681]

You are right. She was the real deal. She put herself out there. Nothing contrived. That is why she was famous and also why she died young. She influenced a lot of famous rock singers of the 70s, who affected her style, but never had her heart..

[@shootingstar3923]

YOUR ANALYSIS OF HER IS SPOT ON!!! This is who she was...so much passion in EVERYTHING she sang. Janis was amazing and so special. She always gave 110%, but her Live performances were extraordinaire! Such a tragic story of her passion about music, her passion about life and love that took her down a dark path. She was lost too young and still so missed...We can only imagine what she would be like today...My guess the same great passion that lives on!!!💔 The bass player was definitely trippin.🎸💊

[@GhostMonkey111]

Imagine seeing her live and feeling through her performance

[@39thala]

This video and performance is definitely a moment in time that is eternal!

[@sjw5797]

Janis Joplin put a lot more thought and effort into her work than it might appear. She worked on her voice, she studied the singer's she admired, she became very involved in decisions about the arrangement of her music and the production of her records. She was a perfectionist.

[@kevind4850]

When she covered songs written by others, she never did them the same way as the originals. I've found it interesting over the years to compare them. In some cases, she altered the lyrics, but always the feeling that came across is all her own. Try her "Little Girl Blue", "Kozmic Blues", "Summertime", "Get It While You Can", "Cry Baby"... I could go on. I enjoyed your take on this one.

[@deborahmazza8123]

Little Girl Blue is an absolute gem. Unfortunately it is not payed as often as it should be. Janis at her most vulnerable and poignant.

[@luciomenin9104]

Janis was mostly unknown at the time (she wasn't among the performers mentioned on the poster). The mesmerized woman in the audience is another legend, Mama Cass (Cass Elliott), who was there to perform with her band The Mamas and the Papas. Janis became a huge star after this.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

She sadly had a hard, short life. There was a docu filmed of her band back then and she talked about being alienated in HS and she wasn't a classically pretty face and had toxic relationships and no doubt self esteem issues, not to mention the death-level drug habit. She became a world-famous superstar and when she went to her HS reunion, you could clearly see the pain of her teen yrs come back over her face as the other nobodies acted cold and jealous of her. She wasn't given her due credit from the mean girls who treated her bad then for being different and nonconformist.

[@johnfrank3177]

My friends, It's all about the feeling! You can truly FEEL what she sings, and you can feel her pain. The term "give it everything you got" does no even begin to describe Janis Joplin's live performances. A true great taken from us too soon .R.I.P Janis.

[@SRG1966]

Cass Elliott was a tremendous talent as well, you should check her out.

[@jeffmartin1026]

Janis was Fire and Grace Slick was Ice that year _ two true Queens of R&R.

[@bluzmansb5683]

Grace Slick had an amazing and powerful contralto. She didn't do all the blues screaming she set the tone with her timbre and force. They were opposite ends of the Earth in their delivery but two powerful women and definitely the Queen's of 60s rock.

[@robertyanes4751]

I've watched your reaction several times. She really wasn't shy about giving all that she had...it wasn't just a performance. I really was very lucky as a 12 year old boy who fell completely in love with her in 1971. Her ballads "little girl blue" and "work me lord" were the most beautiful desperate soulful plea...my favorite. XX00 🌹❤🙏

[@debramulcahy9979]

I remember exactly where I was when I learned she died, I was heart broken! Listened to her music everyday as a teen. It was a unique time in history and in my personal life. Relating to her music and personality were part of my evolution. I will be 72 next week. Forever grateful for her music and her soul!

[@paolopoempel3048]

Happy to see you loving the music of my youth It proves that this music and performance never gets outdated go on - happy 70s

[@TheStarcruiser]

Janis sang from the Heart & Soul. Big Mama Thornton wrote the song & sang it too❤🌹

[@phillebo]

Great reactions to an incredible performance. There is always an element of improvisation in all of her performances.

[@mondeoman1954]

You're right about Janis, she didn't sing or perform, she lived the music

[@billmavin1998]

I saw a Janis interview ans she was asked what she thought about when she sang, She answered very quietly with no bravado that she did not think at that moment- she just felt, and that bavks up your view

[@jayarr961]

What people fail to remember is that female artists at that time were Joni Mitchell, , Carly Simon, Joan Baez or Judy Collins. Who was this woman who sang using heart and emotion? Never seen this before.

[@harrietmiller3982]

Janis is my girl‼️🎶. And I loved your reactions. I am a recent subscriber to your channel. You two are the first couple I ever subscribed to. I came for your SRV reactions but stayed for you two🎶. You are both so appreciative and respectful to these artists you weren't familiar with and fell in love and get blown away like we did when we first had the pleasure. You have have great taste and readily recognize exceptional artists from the get. I actually saw Janis in person the last time she played at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1968 or 1969. She blew the doors right off and left us all changed forever. Please, please react to her cover of Summertime and Me and Bobby McGee. It will add some context and layers. 🎶‼️. Thanks again for this great reaction✌️🦋

[@HeliotropeCA]

I saw her in San Francisco in 1967 right after she (they) did this show....OMG! I get chills every time I hear this. Oh by the way, it was my first acid trip and I was just peaking when she sang this! I was right by the stage, fascinated by watching her feet 😁😁😁 I loved her so much. R.I.P. Janis knowing you are still loved so much. ❤❤❤

[@87ventus]

Wow ! And your faces..just awesome..truly..you guys were great

[@chrisjunger4935]

Thanks for reacting to this great performance ... without giving away my years ... I was lucky enough to see Janis with Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1968 in Houston (the year after this video was recorded) ... Rockit Janis in Heaven

[@jillelliott8175]

Great reaction without unnecessary interruptions to a great JJ song.

[@aaronarnold7653]

Aloha, Mama Cass...Awesome ...RIP ladies.

[@dennisblocker2229]

Woah! I was like, "Wait! That's Mama Cass!!! Mesmerized!!!"

[@dorothyzbornak9974]

Oh Janis, you make me want to listen to you for hours and hug you for days. R.I.P. Angel.

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

Heck yes! Bravo!!!!

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Thank you for this great reaction! Janis felt the music deep in her soul! Keep up the great reactions guys :)

[@armadillotoe]

That was Janis' first big gig. Unbelievable intensity.

[@jasongraham5648]

Raw and beautiful

[@jefffiore7869]

Funny you said she left part of her heart on that stage, she has a song which I highly recommend - Piece of My Heart. This song was from the album Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin. Two albums I wore out and replaced several time back in the day, This one and Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. Just listened to them so much.

[@robertyanes4751]

Mama Cass says it all. She wiggled so hard she broke her necklace. She can take you from a high high...to a soft low in two seconds. Loved her since I was a teen 1970, and plastered her posters all over my bedroom. Love her just as much today. I'm sorry we lost her!

[@ForeverDC_]

Janis was/is very special. Her "look" that so many bullied her for is exactly what so many are wearing today! And her "sound' was so much of her spirit, it will NEVER be repeated!! The Monterey Pop Festival was her first large scale Live performance and she absolutely nailed it!! You get to see her give everyone her soul!! It started her very short yet very powerful career! MPF was a major festival in 1967 (you can imagine in the 60s...BIG) it included Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Grateful Dead, The Animals, and introduced Otis Redding...Wow!! You can see Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas and the Papas) in the audience and she was "Wow" by Janis too!! Janis will forever be in our hearts...Love💔Janis!!

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

Piece of my heart, - is legendary - personally I think that's her best. There were many giants in the 60' ies and 70'ies that overdosed - but hell I grew up with them, and their contributions to the music evolution was mind blowing.

[@BLUEOHIO]

Janis loved old blues and BB King called Janis the greatest white female blues singer ever.!!!

[@hazchemel]

Apart from every thing else wonderful, the band's and Janice's musicianship is phenomenal. This degree of mastery gives them that freedom, creativity and raw power.

[@joehicks6765]

Oh my god Travis I'm so sorry that you missed put on hearing Janis. She was the most soulful female singers ever. She sings that eay because she actually lived her life that way. She always put herself out on the stage. She led a hard life is where all that feeling comes from. In an interview she done on the Dick Cavett show she told how her high school classmates all voted her least likely to succeed. When she finished telling the story she said "guess I showed them." You sure did honey you surely did. I was riding the bus home from high school when on the radio the local rock station broke in and said it was reported that she had been found dead in a motel room due to a drug overdose. I actually broke down an cried at hearing this as I was a huge fan of Janis. Such a young beautiful talent took from us so early. Miss you Janis. Hope you're RIP.

[@dalem8332]

Stunning! ♥️🎵🎵🎶🇨🇦

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

As Mama Cass said at the end : WOW!