TO LOVE SOMEBODY by Janis Joplin

Add "&fmt=18" for the high-resolution version. From THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. July 18, 1969.

[@bobyfun79]

Who else is feeling the chills on their backs listening to this. Her voice is one of the kind.

[@bobyfun79]

@@margaretmolloy257 Yeah brilliant and magical! Thanks to my parents I grew up listening to the 60's and the 70's I was only a teenager the first time I heard Janis playing on my uncle's radio and I remember saying to mysel "good lord who's that" So sad she died a young age.

[@lucelydelcarmen-tp5qj]

She is the queen

[@1thousandblunts]

Definitely 🩷🩷

[@antoniomaietta1116]

Io questa sera alle ore 22.32 22 09 2023 ciao

[@Muddadearest]

Me too

[@geoffreybaer6367]

Hard to believe it's 54 years ago. R.I.P., m'dear.

[@Ajhcr]

So true. She passed a year before my birth, but thanks to my mama, she has been a big part of my musical education. Thanks Mom. I hope you got to meet Janis in the afterlife!

[@kalintini]

You are still missed and enjoy your music !

[@KathyVandusen]

Absolutely the best ❤

[@robertwelch4395]

Every once in a great while a talent comes along like her. Wish she could have stayed a little longer. We all miss her.

[@richardbooth4573]

That womans voice , her songs can still bring a tear to my eyes.🤩🤩🤩

[@terrierublno8931]

Such bright stars never really stay too long it seems.

[@doricetimko5403]

Her music lives on in our souls

[@kalintini]

@@doricetimko5403 Amen to that

[@renadromey620]

Born in 1963 but thanks to very younger parents I grew up listening to Janis, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Beatles, CÇR and etc.... this is my youth and my teen years and still listened to this day in 2024

[@happytobalive3721]

No nearly naked outfit, no dancing routines, Just simply pure raw talent.

[@uncuttfunk]

With the way Janis danced there was no need for any other dancers!

[@CheyenneKingActress]

Absolutely…. And that talent is so few and far between.

[@andrewmair7371]

Thems were days…. 🤔😐

[@u4riahsc]

@@hudsony777 Let them watch Ramstein.

[@moon8406]

Robert Plant was shirtless a lot...

[@debalr]

I got her autograph in the bathroom of a Beverly Hills Hotel, in the 60's , I was only 12 and she couldn't have been sweeter!!

[@johnpatmos1722]

Now, that's cool!

[@angelavowell7022]

How blesssed you was 🤗🤗🤗 always loved this woman she is an inspiration to all women !

[@jalbo84]

I would like to see it, it would be Nice if You post it somewhere to see it. I really enjoy her music and her way of being

[@marywilkins2492]

Thats amazing

[@mebelle473]

Omg how cool is that! I was 10 when she passed🥺💜

[@joepierce1672]

She would park her Porsche on Haight Street and walk around the neighborhood when I lived there. What an incredible lady. Everyone who thinks they can sound like her never figured out that it wasn't her voice you heard, it was her soul.

[@bastrixer]

Thats what I have always said. You can litterly hear her soul, her emotions.

[@cynthialeaman3114]

Beautiful comment🎶💖

[@victoriasutton9958]

Janis amazing,Melissa Etheridge Beth Hart Jan Parker Pink are all brilliant too.GIRL POWER.

[@robinroberts2803]

♥️true

[@patpeterson2671]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZjcpJ6ijbOrhdE ...... Natalia Sikora ....closest I have ever heard ........... Janis would be proud of this girls performance .........

[@ThomasLarkin-v6c]

She gave 100 percent of her soul in every song she sang. She felt unloved, and that breaks my heart and haunts me 50 plus years later.

[@thebat2785]

in the documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue Janis speaks fondly of David Niehaus as if she felt loved

[@joeburns4209]

Yeah, but she totally butchered this classic. She tried to put her own spin on it, and it just didn’t work. They all can’t be winners.

[@jtp1389]

You know nothing and you are nothing. ​@@joeburns4209

[@shauljanes3779]

Tears a falling from my eyes listening and watching this.

[@linneaxue427]

Raw talent like no other. She was special. ❤️‍🩹

[@carltonthepug]

Tears? 😂

[@linneaxue427]

@ What’s wrong with you ?

[@anthonymichaelhalloates2902]

To be a teenager when Janis, Jimi, Jim, and Otis graced our generation with rock and soul, is everything to me.

[@robinmaurer730]

Agrred! I LOVE Hall & Oats as well! Soul!

[@wendystavinoha5618]

Me too

[@wastedanalogues8991]

I have always been Jelouse of your generation !

[@anthonymichaelhalloates2902]

@@wastedanalogues8991 well, I’m proud to have been part of the 60’s & 70’s generation. But I’ve often wished I could’ve witnessed the 30’s blues and jazz greats. I also wish I was part of my kids generation. Even though I’ve been to many concerts with them, I envy their youth. I feel there’s great music in every decade. I just wouldn’t be willing trade my generation’s sound! 😉

[@wastedanalogues8991]

@@anthonymichaelhalloates2902 ever since I was born ino this world I could feel and hear the right music , and always felt almost sad in the decades I walk in , but those blues singers, song writers , musicians , Muddy waters , janis , cream, the stones 😌 , jimi.. they left there music here to keep going for certain people's souls ! To survive . 😌🌙🌄

[@JohnSmith-el6lk]

At 63 years old, I still get chills listening to Janis.

[@nadabratincevic6866]

I'am 59 and i'll never get tired of her singing. ❤️

[@mebelle473]

Me too 63! A band in our area sings Bobby McGee & she sings the hell outta it!!

[@2133john]

Me too

[@arleneirvine1526]

me too at 76!

[@patrizioganda7736]

I m 67 and still love her voice. One of the best voices (raw, no autotune, but simply live) we ever had. You gave her a band and a microphone and she nailed every song.

[@Ethericrose]

It breaks my heart that she didn't realise just how incredibly beautiful she was. ❤

[@sachah2400]

Beautiful is a stretch.

[@davidowens5898]

She was extremely self-conscious about her appearance. A shame. I thought she was beautiful. A stretch? No. I think not. I'm going with beautiful.

[@pinkdollangel]

@@sachah2400to you, not everyone else.

[@sachah2400]

Rough as guts.

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

@@sachah2400 I agree beautiful is not what I was thinking either. Beautiful soul more than likely :-) Peace

[@redridinghood7216]

Janis Joplin would be 81 if she was alive today . She was years ahead of her time . Paving the way and kicking the door open for women in rock and roll . Legend Icon Star . R.I.P. Sweet Janis Joplin ❤

[@aiissabeth]

My God..that woman put everything she had to give into her vocals. There will be lots that try to copy this, but it will never be duplicated. 🥰

[@bruceholroyd7063]

Thank Heavens for that!

[@kismetbergstrom5837]

My best Christmasgift ever, when I got "Pearl"!!

[@carlodave9]

Imagine hearing that gigantic voice in the teeny tiny TV studio.

[@moony77]

This comes from deep in the heart and soul of humanity💜

[@aarondigby5054]

Never, ever, ever, be duplicated RIP JJ

[@michaelpedersen7752]

no special lights, no special sound effects. no dancers, no nothing. just talent pure talent. !!!

[@calamitychain8714]

No make up. No false pretenses. ❤. I hope she meets me at the gate’s of heaven. ❤

[@Penny-ym1sg]

She would never make it today. Scratch voice and boring stage performance. Boomers had very little choice who they were forced to listen to.

[@Cole-b4o]

no lip synching, tracks, fakery

[@mommybear2]

Amen!!

[@ernestinazepeda3603]

Quien puede igualar esa pasión ❤

[@lesliesmith5797]

Nothing phony or fake about Janis. No tonnes of makeup and fakery. Just a real soul who sang her heart out. 🦋🦋🦋

[@barbarascott3350]

Take that Beyoncé

[@RRG2368]

Jam

[@stevenwells5670]

Beautiful soul. Love her .RIP.

[@gened9787]

You sure got that right.

[@sarahquerry8516]

She put her heart and soul in every song she did would you belive I still have 2 of her LPS

[@rocistone6570]

As soon as I get the tears out of my eyes, I'll be able to type something completely inadequate about what kind of talent she was, what kind of person she was, and how much anyone touched by her misses her so very much.

[@paisedujour]

Phewwww, you said it

[@Woodsm.Woodstock..]

​@@paisedujouryes

[@Nancy-px7hn]

Janis was too good for this world. She was a beauty in every way, physically, spritually, and soulfully

[@judygedmistergaines7578]

💯💯💯💯💯👑❤️

[@aaronhelms1311]

Perfect!

[@moony77]

Amen

[@CarolynSmith-ld5dz]

Uh. No.

[@elainellisle5357]

There will NEVER EVER be another JJ. The 60's and 70's set the way for all music there is today. The artists of that time were genius.

[@jas_bataille]

Two JJ... Janis and JJ Cale... perhaps the most underrated artists in American music. Funny how the universe have its ways...!

[@arleneirvine1526]

like there is music today?

[@rellis3940]

You had to have a true gift to go where Janis was going. I miss hearing something new from her. We will see her again tomorrow.❤️

[@hudsony777]

@@arleneirvine1526 Yes, I don't understand this comment. I listen to college stations and there's some really good music not well known on them today that's new, but the commerical music industry today? It's either bland, boring or both. Or just plain ugly.

[@BrotherPatriot]

Indeed...they were...REAL.

[@susaneyer-anderson3760]

Every single time that girl sang, she was inside out. Every bit of her soul was exposed. It was an explosion of soul.

[@martinluisakennedy4763]

Janis, is a very talented singer and she has this magical voice and lyrics that I love ❤ her songs will never be forgotten, How long have you been listening to her songs?

[@CarolynSmith-ld5dz]

No it wasn't. She sang songs and she had a style that she sang those songs in. She never wrote a single line of any of the songs that she preformed. Her style was unique but that doesn't mean she's extra spiritual or anything else.

[@frannymcb_]

​@@CarolynSmith-ld5dzare you a performer? Unless you have been on stage, you do not know what it requires. She is absolutely pouring her whole self out, 100 percent

[@chipsterb4946]

This performance is amazing and heartbreaking at the same time. How anyone could pour that much glorious passion and angst into a TV performance is beyond me. I was 11 when she and Jimi crossed the rainbow bridge, yet both of them and their music are still part of my life.

[@jeanaerowley7150]

Janis is the absolute definition of, “Before her time.” All that talent, free moving and rockin out….not a dab of makeup. She was the Super Woman every little girl needed. Sadly, I was born in 1973 and just missed her 💔

[@theresedoherty8603]

Beautifully said.

[@Philipmiller-hr5gh]

Hello how are you doing ?

[@davidowens5898]

There'a a film about her: 'A Film About Janis' If you haven't seen it? YOU must. It's ALMOST as good as seeing her in a live concert. Almost.

[@BoomerLoveforGenZ]

I was so lucky to be in high school when Janis, Jimi, Cream, and all the other rock gods were in their prime. It was a cultural golden age.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

😁😁👍👍@@BoomerLoveforGenZ

[@michaelcaputo-author]

Nobody will ever be like her....... my girl, Janis.... Joplin..... miss her. ❤

[@randymarsengill6035]

Love seeing her smile at the end. A sweet little “was that alright?” “ Yes, Janis. You were amazing. “ rip to the great one.

[@robincrowflies]

Yes, that's what I was thinking. A sweet kid looking for approval.

[@stevenhanson6057]

Your right that smile is delightful

[@janicebelfiore856]

She practically skips at the end of the Monterey pop concert. She gave off a very lovely vibe!

[@DarwinUrrutia-jv9ly]

No le conocí porque soy del fin del mundo Chile y de los 70 sin embargo su voz y su música es universal grande Janis.

[@danielglosser7625]

Loved that look in the end, so sweet I just want to hug her.

[@christineokey]

7o yrs old here, loved her back then, and now

[@lindaburrows9863]

I'm 60 I feel the same I got to see her one time at Litchfield s in Marin I think I was 12 but I past as if I was older she will always have a piece of my heart

[@leximarie3808]

Almost 70 here. Me too.

[@johnfh]

And I'm 81!

[@petertrout8140]

I was privileged to see Janis at the Monterey Pop Festival, and I’ve never heard another singer who could sing with such emotion, such feeling. Was a once in a lifetime experience. As was several at that event, Jimi, Otis, and several others. We may never see the talent that was in that 3 day concert, I was blessed to attend, was blessed to have a mom and dad who would pack their kids and take them from LA to Monterey for this show. They were big fans of the Mamas and the Papas, and I was also blessed to have seen them 2-3 times growing up on the West Coast. I’m truly a flower child!!!

[@maurocoimbra9624]

For sure a very, very lucky guy! B. Rgds., from Brazil.

[@mikegalvin9801]

Present at the creation.

[@marcoantoniovizotto7354]

Congratulations

[@jims5922]

That is such a cool story. A line in the the opening credits of my favorite show from the late 60s sums it up for me, "Man, I wish I was you". I recently watched the 40th anniversary of Monterey Pop and it made me think of the significance of what took place. You could see it on the faces of the other musicians as they and everyone there saw and heard for the first time ever, Janis, Jimi, the Who, and Otis. It truly was a once in a life time experience. I often wished I had been born years earlier. I turned eleven the Summer of Love.

[@candacehorne1905]

Her performance of Ball & Chain just touches my soul! I wasn't even born then but I have watched the Festival on here.. Thank goodness for KZbin so we can watch such great musicians and performances such as the Monterey Pop Festival!

[@francinetress7354]

I saw Janis live twice. When she finished you could hear a pin drop. Everybody was physically and emotionally exhausted - no gas in the tank. It was a more stunning appreciation of her greatness than our applause. Who else could do that?

[@terrimills8609]

So did I, late 60’s in Sacramento…… And, yes, she had a bottle of Southern Comfort in her hip pocket. Loved her!

[@tatycostaadv]

Sensacional.

[@grego.ry.omeley4230]

JJ is like draw ointment for myself , listen to her pulls all the pain and hurt out of me

[@davidowens5898]

Amen. True dat.

[@musicprincess35]

Janis Joplin rocked this song in 1969. It was written by The Bee Gee's in 1967. She was and forever will be one of a kind.

[@ashleygreen6277]

She begins so calm and matter of fact though clearly a storm is brewing. By the half way point of the song, all hell has broken loose. Yet she is always in perfect control. Undoubtedly, Janice was one of the greatest blues artists of all time.

[@JospherOkoth]

All hell has broken loose, true.

[@CM-dy6fo]

This woman was WAY BEFORE HER TIME! What a true talent and is truly missed… RIP, BEAUTIFUL SOUL……❤❤❤

[@dlphcoracl9645]

Often imitated, never duplicated. Truly one of a kind.

[@toastecmo]

Gives you chills even 50 years later. Such a shame she died so young. Only now that I am older can I truly appreciate her talent. RIP Janis and your voice lives on.

[@donnaclarke508]

Steel Pulse just remembered her on their Facebook page. It brought me here.

[@rock-n-rollfoodie]

Cry cry baby! Love her ... ❤️

[@douglasholdenjr.45]

Those drugs aren't something to mess with. All were talented, but drugs will kill you.

[@mno2945]

She should have read her bible and stayed away from hollyweird.

[@somniumisdreaming]

@@mno2945 religion kills too

[@beverlyhambrick6352]

Wow what a powerful voice, it has been years since i listened to her now 2024 I am 71, brings so many memories back❤

[@NanaT-ru1uk]

77 and I agree❤️

[@johnlindquist1784]

I had the incredibly good fortune to meet Janis backstage at a concert in Minneapolis back in 1969 and even shared a drink of her Southern Comfort. One of the highlights of my life.

[@linneaxue427]

Chills 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@asesetervoll6035]

Wow⭐

[@elgusto5329]

Amazing

[@richardcclark]

Tell us more!

[@louiswchan]

Lucky you. You were blessed❤

[@darcygreen6498]

The Bee Gees could write great R&B tunes. Ms. Joplin proves this true. I love me some Janis.

[@nicoleharris4713]

My mom loved Janis, I’m listening to feel close to my mom who just passed.

[@analogdaniel]

No better artist than Janis to bring the emotion needed when mourning the loss of a loved one. Listening to her must bring you back into the room with your mom. My condolences.

[@JPF_311]

I’m sorry for your loss, 🙏

[@ixoye56]

My condolences 🙏

[@anglstratus]

So sorry for your loss. Praying for you

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

I lost my Mom too. I’m so sorry, they are with us….shes proud of you-never forget that ❤️

[@Eric-zk2hu]

They only talk about the drugs. She doesn't get the respect she deserves as a performer. Janis Joplin was so great, total commitment, balls to the walls, spilling her guts out like every song is her last. My favorite is her "Me and Bobby McGee".

[@spaceghost8995]

Jack Daniels was 99% of the drugs that did Janis in.

[@SerendipityNJ]

I saw a documentary on her awhile back - I forget where it was - maybe TV - it touched on so many aspects of her life, some very personal things, it showed you who she was - a girl from Port Arthur that still wanted to be liked by her classmates when she attended her class reunion. They still rejected her, famous and accomplished as she was - heart breaking.

[@StevenCave-rz6cf]

Cry baby my fav

[@RickCaldwellvoluntaryist]

​@@spaceghost8995 it was southern comfort.

[@katkat8361]

A woman left Lonely, Beautiful song

[@dougrunion7465]

My wife use to sing this to our baby, when she would rock him to sleep. Now he’s 30 and him and his wife are expecting twins. How time flies by so fast.

[@sakissk]

well, you are going to be a cool granpa, congrats sir and i wish the best to the new-comers :)

[@OmgItsCAndT]

Beautiful memories

[@aliyaweer4246]

how sweet ❤️ congrats on the grand babies!

[@415144]

My wife opened my eyes to Jani’s beautiful exploits into loneliness and to love..

[@johnlawrence2757]

Are you sure this is what your wife sang to your baby ?

[@cf1391]

I love it how she completely submits herself to the power of the music and lyrics. One of a kind.

[@btexpress944]

OMG! The more of these lesser known footage of Janis I see, the more I adore her. She put her heart, soul and self in each song. RIP Janis Joplin.

[@MitchellDormont]

Still brings tears to my 80 something eyes!

[@jelenastojanovic5984]

I'm crying like a baby, so beautiful and full of emotions, nobody gives like Janis gave herself ❤️

[@gracemarino7374]

Me too,tears of absolute joy❤️❤️❤️

[@donjohnson3701]

She put her soul on the line with every song. Can’t get any better than that.

[@nadiaroussel5689]

She's the best singer ever!!!!

[@scottwolfgram7076]

I watched this clip about five times and I cry every single time. Words cannot describe what Janis conveyed from her soul through her mouth. And really a wonderful song for her. In the band was perfect.

[@aprilcorkery4184]

and in 2021 she is still the best - nobody did music like Janis Joplin - God Rest and thanks for leaving a legacy of talent.

[@DingChavez-m1x]

No auto tune needed, she's the greatest

[@dalemurray2390]

Thank God

[@JBomb517]

The only one semi close was Stevie Nicks' presence onstage in the 70s and early 80s

[@leegraham1363]

My mum and dad favourite

[@aprilcorkery4184]

@@leegraham1363 Sounds like someone raised you right! Follow their lead and you'll never go wrong! Peace and love.............it's what the world needs.........pass it on wherever you can!

[@davidmcinnes9180]

The greatest female rock singer of ALL time. Lost to the world far to early.

[@Mauro-bs2lo]

WTF did I do in my 32 years of life that just discovered this woman two days ago?

[@cherokeegirl5908]

OMG! Research her. Awesomeness. I'm an old fart

[@Mauro-bs2lo]

@@cherokeegirl5908 I'm a fan of her now, start my days with a list full of her songs

[@cheryllassonde8080]

Pure singing from deep wihin.....it was a joy to grow up in that era. Will be listening to her, the doors and others like them, my till I my last breath....

[@pridden76]

Congratulations! You have so much to look forward to

[@trioguitar]

At the end of that clip, you can see how humble she is. She's already a superstar, but almost acting surprised that people are applauding her. That's Janis Joplin.

[@giannirocco7492]

Yours is the only comment to acknowledge exactly what I saw as well,that humble,almost shy human being that she truly was.It was like she crossed over into some other reality when she was performing

[@tinkerstrade3553]

The world hurt her, but she never stopped hoping. She acknowledged the pain, but reached for the joy. When she sang, she never told a lie. I'm a 1950s model boomer, and I grew up with the greatest artists of all time. The nights were lite with all the stars that fell to Earth back in those, crazy, golden days, and Janis was one that burned too bright to last. Oh but what a trail she blazed through those eternal summer skies. "And in those days were there signs in the heavens, and portent in the skies. And the children of men cried out to unknown gods for the words to share their pain." So Heaven wept, as one by one, the lights grew dim and faded out.

[@adamant3844]

She took an already amazing song and elevated it into the stratosphere. I's been 50 years on since her passing and I can honestly say no one today comes close.

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

No BS , no sexy dancers , no flashing lights , just that voice , and God knows what a voice . Janice , game over , she is a saint .

[@sharonramsey715]

Janis was a diamond, no one comes close to her voice. That girl sang from the heart and it can be seen.

[@ann_jee]

God...I'm crying hearing her voice and the power of it.

[@jennylane9083]

Me too ❤

[@1061andy]

she was rock she was soul she was blues she was everything she was truly incredible

[@erniedill9532]

Ann Wilson, has and had the best powerful female voice ever in rock! No comparison!

[@strangersound]

she was the gospel

[@simbo52]

She was Janis.

[@heinipups8412]

True words

[@stevienicks2894]

Agreed

[@lordzaphodthestrange7164]

She was a phenomenal performer. Like Hendrix, her candle burned out way too soon. She had so much more soul for her fans. We miss you Janis. Wish her candle still burns. She is missed every day by her fans.

[@Tireshredderjoe]

Amazing

[@johnkelly1321]

27 club member...

[@jackwalker1822]

There is a line from the book or movie Wuthering Heights which roughly stated says "Her candle just burned too brightly to live in this world." That was Janis. Who could put more heart and soul into singing a song? No one I can think of.

[@mariaa.5829]

Burned out? Perhaps, but “put out” may be more accurate. Miss her!

[@cassandratamburro2490]

Her candle is still burning baby!

[@charlesjusinski5234]

I'm 72yrs oldAnd Still Janis is the Best,,RIP,,JANIS JOPLIN. 3:05

[@elisapedani]

Me too❤

[@charlesjusinski5234]

@elisapedani Awesome to know that your into Joplin ,I loved her since the 60s✌️ ☮️ Peace and Love,,C.J.

[@elisapedani]

@@charlesjusinski5234 puoi tradurre in italiano grazie

[@charlesjusinski5234]

@@elisapedani ❣️❣️

[@Linda-b1d2m]

So True, My all time favorite Singer!!

[@dorothyzbornak9974]

To this day, I don’t know what I want to do more: Listen to her sing for hours or hug her for days. Peace and love, Janis.

[@karajones2530]

U said it all 4 me high five

[@deedee4528]

Wow, beautiful.

[@tyronedevilliers3968]

incredible superstar passed way too soon

[@kmgxc3852]

the most accurate comment

[@SaulOKAY]

i agree

[@cake_for_breakfast]

I watched a lot of modern day artists try to cover her. No one sounds like her. She's just someone that is so special you have to be grateful with memories. Perfection is only perfection because it can't last forever.

[@ferox965]

More importantly, she influenced so many people.

[@joevigilante2073]

Her voice is insanely powerful, legendary and very emotionally resl

[@DaleEber-tn9uc]

Met her in San Francisco along w one of the Big Bro& Hldg. Took pics, and I still have them. She was headed toward her nice csyphdelic Colorful car.. She will always be in my heart.

[@maryanngarrimone1153]

Love Janis! I fell in love with her in 70's. She was my favorite girl of the 70's. I cried when she passed away! RIP Janice! You're music will live on beautiful lady! ❣️❣️

[@joaidane]

Brings tears to the eyes! What a consummate artist Janis was. Those of us who were there at the time were spoiled cause, as far as I'm concerned, no one like her has been seen since.

[@bernardtassart7225]

Agreed 👍,her honesty and emotion were absolutely remarkable,she was one of a kind,a true blessing, natural as one can be,she was and still is the bright light of soul, ironic that word...soul because it has two definitions in one embodiment of a person,Janis Joplin ✌️

[@RocketPipeTV]

Agree 100%, the garbage artist of today can’t even come close.

[@sarahquerry8516]

@@RocketPipeTV I still have a LP of her

[@tombrady6361]

The best live recording of Janis Joplin I've ever seen.. we love you.. may God rest your soul.

[@lorettapierce8430]

Is that you cheater ,,from NE , How's Bill Belicheat doing ? lol couldn't help myself

[@patagualianmostly7437]

That was Brilliant......I'm 71 years old and that just sends me back to my youth.......and that is the woman that has carried me for 50+ years. She has carried my heart and soul....for 50 and more years.... Thank you Janis....I just wish you could have been here these last 50 years or so..... And shown these pathetic wannabees what real talent is!

[@kevind7422]

Janis sings 'Let me spill my life' to end her BeeGees cover, 'To Love Somebody', pop turned soul turned pain to the point of confession on network TV when there still was and still mattered. This is a truly exceptional performance from an extraordinarily gifted and simultaneously tortured soul. Thanks for the upload and also to Cavett who legendarily gave network voice to 'the counterculture' when nobody else gave a....

[@bramfrank409]

Every time I watch or listen to a Janis Joplin performance I am reminded of how much we've screwed things up. The wrong people are gone.

[@gayleearnhart8597]

The drug culture

[@featherstone8093]

Amen! Blessings!

[@jerrypage5110]

By "we've screwed everything up", I assume you're talking about the disgusting baby boomers that destroyed everything with their greed and narcissism.

[@featherstone8093]

Jerry Page Ok Yes....however, blessings to you , at 64, I truly wish you the best!

[@fieldysgrl98]

@@jerrypage5110 But what are YOU going to do to change it and make it better Jerry?? Cant be a bitch and sit on your ass and whine about everything. get off your ass!!

[@marisasanniayoutubeunoffic5879]

In my heart sweet little girl blue....After 50 years (10/04/2020) R.I.P

[@guskatounas2129]

Queen of rock love her, R.I.P rockin in paradise.

[@rosannadesole9092]

My dear girl, you flew where you were looking for serenity. Fortunately, your voice has remained here on earth to be able to listen to you and always remember you. A big hug wherever you are.❤️❤️❤️

[@rebeccalee3429]

Your. The. Greatest Lady .performer. Of. All. Time. You. Left. Us way. To. Early. RIP. Pretty. Girl

[@featherstone8093]

Amen!!

[@irenedontoh3539]

Janis Joplin always had a way of making every song have that Janis Joplin ingredient. Janis was way ahead of her time. A legend forever. Janis forever.

[@brt-jn7kg]

If an angel ever exist it was Janis joplin. Her voice has a heartbreak in it you cannot replicate and you cannot get anywhere else. Once in A thousand years someone is anointed with a voice like hers that tears your heart out.

[@durtyragoux]

She don't do that for me. I respect her work and appreciate her, but Aretha, for instance, she ''tore my heart out''. Aretha could siiiinng, and there are others, too, but those women sang more like the ''Angels'' that I see in my mind's eye. What I completely object to is the idea that Janis was the beginning and end of any great female singer, that's an insult to all those who actually learned how to sing, technically and proficiently, and did it with all the soul, heart, and emotion that Janis could ever imagine. Even Janis once said she only wishes she could sing like Aretha, and instead she did what she knew, hoping to reach that greatness one day. Take her word for it.

[@RobbieSalome]

11 YEAR OLE KID, GROWING UP IN LEMON GROVE, in San Diego, California..1969..transistor radio, taped to my Orange Crate, Schwinn. Epic..times 🦸‍♂️

[@nancyholmquist2690]

After all these years Janis is STILL missed. We have been cheated of decades of unbelievable music.

[@gulfrelay2249]

We've been cheated of Pearl pushing Depends, Jimi selling gold, etc.

[@AngelaPickles1929]

Gulf Relay - what a stupid comment. Are you 12?

[@m.a.c.8366]

so very right you are, just to daydream for a moment that Janis had been able to join us longer and sing more for us, would music history would have been so radically different? enticing to ponder though we all know the truth that sadly for us mortal Janis went to sing lead for a heavenly blues choir that we still yearn to hear oh perhaps some day..

[@M.O.G.]

By that devil drug. So many idiots die from that s***.

[@ronkohlstrand452]

You are a Gosh Dang f****** right

[@reinerhildebrand5915]

"Pearl", the first record I ever bought. Janis, you still make me cry, rest in peace!

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@kay van ,in the shuffling madness!

[@josephpolaster7542]

She would stand up very well today. She is a gift.

[@skankhunt-nx3kt]

I highly doubt she would these days.

[@mclaurinisGODsSon2]

I was at one of her last concerts as a toddler. My older brother remembers her. He says he thought she was yelling out because she was in pain. We were both born in 66. We are from San Francisco. Her songs cannot be duplicated, I agree. I like Bobby Mcgee the most.

[@lxx5045]

She had such a wonderful soulful voice and she put her soul into singing, no one has come close to her and I doubt they ever will. A magical performance

[@rossanderson5243]

She set the standard for putting emotional power into her songs. The words really meant something to Janis. Cry Baby, it’s like women’s blues.

[@69ozz69]

Isn't this girl the bomb? I grew up on this voice and I must say that there is no one like her. I hear her voice long after the song.

[@bonnielucas3244]

Her band has a lot of memories

[@cdhooverjr]

Her artistry is amazing---and by that I mean, she is giving 99.9% with the other .1% reserved to be aware of her band, aware of the pace, aware of the arrangement. Stunning. Once in a lifetime such an artist comes along ...

[@mitchgawlik1175]

I think you could have given more credit to the horn section, they had it going on.

[@JeffRebornNow]

And here it's 2018 and we're still losing great artists to opioids: Prince, Tom Petty. It's sad. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "So it goes."

[@thomasromano9321]

And Janis's artistry came from sheer talent, from the heart. No well-schooled approach, this talent was with her from the beginning, a natural ability.

[@divinereference]

This woman will never stop moving me so endlessly!! For over 30 years now, my idol, my inspiration. Not how she died, or even how she lived but how she emoted every drop, every single bit of pure pain & emotion into every syllable she gave us. That is my idol, my inspiration. I know I can get through any little or big thing, with Janis on my side!

[@tammyshuttleworth4465]

WOWWWW!!!! YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORD'S TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. 😎🤘❤🇨🇦🇺🇸🎶🎤🎼🎸

[@bobbichandler6123]

Just imagine if she had lived a long life and all of the great music she could have blessed us with. I'm still thankful we got to hear what she did sing. No other like her ❤

[@kevinlewis6541]

I'm 65 now and I'm still digging this 😎👍🏆🔥❤

[@tomberry5517]

Truly a force of nature. I wonder if she and Joe Cocker ever performed together. If they did, they would have melted everything within earshot with their combined passion and power.

[@rodentcafeteria]

She just makes the song so damn personal; like she's telling you HER story! Nothing cutesy about her; she was raw and gave you 110%.

[@anodyne57]

I totally forgot it was a Bee Gees tune til I read the comments.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@anodyne57 they did it best!

[@ltramposch1022]

Yes, written by a 21 year old Barry Gibb at the request of Robert Stigwood. It was to be sung by Otis Redding, but he died before he got the chance, so they sang it themselves. Although the brothers themselves loved soul music, it wasn’t what the UK wanted from them at that time. They wouldn’t take it up again for another decade after they moved to the U.S.

[@ronnieguitar99]

I remember driving to high school and listening to this new song "Down On Me" on the radio. Blew me away. She only got better. Us baby boomers are old geezers now but we were teenagers in the late '60s. What a time to be a music fan. It was all new and it was incredible.

[@Manup2day]

Always tell my kids....we boomers don't fade away, we rock till we drop. 🤘😎

[@danielueblacker9118]

Was it a sterofonic radio with many speakers...... or quadrofonic....

[@distantdancer8946]

YEA BUDDY !

[@WickedWest512]

I always say the old folks homes are going to be so rockin' with your generation then mine . I made it to the 60's damn it, born in 69! Lol

[@deborahlauterbach6156]

Am proud to say Janis is an all time-idol of nothing but talent.

[@festivelady826]

Sitting here in Port Arthur, TX, less than a mile from her house, listening to Janis. Loved my homegirl!!

[@leonardbreau8928]

Port Arthur

[@colemetz1081]

Saw her at the AC Rock Festival in '69 where she close out a three day show - still the BEST rock performance of my life!

[@prewartomatoes]

Cole Metz 50 years ago

[@unclemikeb]

One good thing about being old now is: I and anyone my age can say, We got to see all the good bands and singers live!

[@JamesAllmond]

I'm a little younger (60), so I just got to see the survivors...the ones who lived past 27...glad of it. Seeing Dead & Co in just a few weeks...got to see the other greats while the still were. Get a chance to see them now, do it, they won't be around a lot longer...then all we will have is video.

[@Cameron_arts8699]

Lucky, all I got is KZbin now

[@monatoney3474]

Mike B I did and didn't have to break the bank to do it. saw 90 per cent of the BEST of ALL TIME

[@goldendreams8577]

Lucky you, sir.

[@franciscosalas8626]

You are. Damn rigth sr

[@suzanajianu1702]

Am 53 de ani și ascult Janis Joplin.! A fost o voce fenomen ,o voce minunată ,care trăiește prin piesele ei !

[@willanicole6356]

no one has come CLOSE to that magical VOICE 💛

[@m.a.c.8366]

not to this day ...yet.. lets keep hoping and praying 'cause we could sure use some of her special healing blues slathered thick across this country today...RIP Janis Joplin...

[@jacobmcandles1745]

Just discovered Beth Hart. Not Janis but...,

[@laurentozzi3644]

Janis said "I just want to feel as much as I can. It's what soul is all about". One of the best voices of all time.

[@ellendolber2765]

How can there be negative reviews, I watched this with tears, LOVE JANIS.

[@Random-rt5ec]

By the letters Janis wrote home to her sister I believe in her heart she was a Christian Conservative & thought that she would someday settle down married with kids

[@mortalclown3812]

@@Random-rt5ec Lord, God she's dead. Don't defile her with your own wishes.

[@debbiewidger1393]

I was lucky enough to see Janis perform live. We had front row seats that only cost $8.50 in 1970. She was absolutely amazing ❤

[@jimw.4161]

Simply put, Janis was the greatest female singer in the history of rock-n-roll. I've been a huge fan since her first album with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Cheap Thrills (featuring R. Crumb cover art) is still a classic. Top 10 of all time. Her performance at the Montetey Pop Festival will never be surpassed - to say she blew away the house (including Mama Cass) is a gross understatement. In person, Janis was electric and incomparable. Her only equal in the firmament is Jimi Hendrix. I sure hope I make it to heaven so I can listen to them jam. RIP Janis... You were the best!

[@funkman0811]

Jim I agree Janis was truly one of a kind But Im Hoping you heard Lydia Pense from Cold Blood singing her Gospel Blues Soul Song like LET me down easy I hoping you do Im very interested on your point of view I not saying Shes better than just that she is Smokin. I wish Janis sang some of COld bLOOds Work WOW Then I know it would be SLAMMIN

[@jimw.4161]

@@funkman0811 Funkman, just finished listening to Lydia Pense sing Let Me Down Easy.... You're right! She really does remind me of Janis. Incredible! Thanks for the recommendation. I have just become a fan.

[@funkman0811]

@@jimw.4161 Thank you Jim I'm so glad you liked it. I hope you don't think I'm being to Foreword But Man It's so rare and Hard to find others who share in the greatest Music ever and talk about it and share. I'm hoping you and I can continue in a dialog with sharing other artist and sharing opinions and such I'm 67 years old a Drummer I moved to Florida with my wife and And sadly I have NO ONE around my Neighborhood that I can talk with about this Music. Don't get me wrong I'm not Prejudice at all but A lot of Spanish speaking People Live around me. They dig that I played for Hector Levoe when I was just 15 in the South Bronx with Celia Cruz but My Roots Truly are in Rock Soul BLues Jazz. Maybe we can find others we can share in. Thanks again Jim Your the best God bless

[@jimw.4161]

@@funkman0811 Mr Funkman, good of you to respond. I'm 76 years old and live in Southern California. Been locked down here for months. My hair is starting to look like it did in the 70s...😱 I was a teenager in the 50s, mid-20s during the 60s, and served in the Army from 1968 - 1971. Did a year in Vietnam. During all this time I was surrounded by GREAT music. I mean GREAT music! I was there from the folk scene, Elvis, the Beatles, and all the FANTASTIC music of the 60s & 70s: Janis, Jimi, The Doors, The Who, Blind Faith, Kinks, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, and everything around and in between. I'm also a huge blues fan. I was had the opportunity to see John Lee Hooker live at the Golden Bear in the early 70s... I regret to this day that I didn't go. I went to Winterland and the Fillmore in San Francisco many, many times. Saw Moby Grape there with Jefferson Airplane. I also loved the folk movement with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, The Limeliters, Kingston Trio, Dave Van Ronk and the whole Greenwich Village scene. In short, I've had a great musical history and feel blessed to have lived through these times. I have SIRIUS radio and am pre-programmed into music of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and Classic Rock. That's a brief summary of my music bona fides.... Keep in touch!

[@funkman0811]

@@jimw.4161 You are AWESOME and First I must Thank you for your Service that speaks volumes of the Man you are.And I Deeply appreciate your service. I myself could not serve I was shot when I was a young lad in a g hunting accident and the pellet Lodged in my brain near the b cerebellum and I lost sight in my right eye, But I truly wanted to serve and tried but everyone said it would not be possible. so my music ;life Was everything to me started playing drums at 4 years old Studied with several great teachers including a burlesque drummer when I was 11 and got me in to play their Shows That was a hoot? LOL and I had several bands I went to Berklee School of Music Graduated in 83 went on the Road and played many great gigs with great musicians Jazz cats RichaARD GROOVIN HOLMES HE played B 3 Hammond organ Jackie McLean James Carter Liz Wright Boz Scaggs Hector Lavoe Celia Cruz . worked for Lou Rawls for 3 years Nancy Wilson So I have been blessed working and recording touring with very very talented people. I had a bad car accident in 90 broke my Back in 5 Places Lost my eldest daughter who I adopted and took me 3 years to recuperate I finally went back to work in 94 and worked for another 13 years then I developed a Burst fracture and Compression Fracture on my back I didn't actually heal or recover properly so now I'm disabled, I have a Hard time walking moving I can sit on my set a play for maybe an hour but I'm in excruciating pain afterward so No more gigging. I married my high school sweetheart from 70's we been married 10 years my 3rd marriage but I'm extremely Happy as she is also I guess the 3rd times the charm. Ok so there's my life in a Nutshell but You and I Love our music lets keep it alive and stay in touch.

[@mkrock9402]

The notes she hits just give me goosebumps... I've been listening to her for 45 years...never gets old

[@Cuffski]

This woman had soul, she was inspirational, incredible, and she wrung every damn ounce of emotion and energy from every note. Her Aretha, Gladys, Nina, and the rest of that era did things with music that tells me My Creator touched them all.

[@mariaalano3077]

honestly? i'm for Gladys. To listen to Janis, i.need.the atmosphere - I need a little booze. I need to be a little.tipsy, and then, i can ride.on a.trip.

[@johnm2881]

Saw her at the Fillmore West with Big brother and the holding company. Incredible

[@teresabillington3238]

Janis sang like she meant every word and all her renditions were powerful. Gone far 2soon but her music will live 4 ever.

[@sylvaindescoteaux4208]

That's Pure talent ...her voice is a gift from heaven with such emotional notes , blows me away !! One thing for sure , that's her live voice , no autotune , no nothing but her raw voice at its purest form . That's a real Texas Girl !

[@jamesrush11]

It's just too bad that she suffered most of her pain of rejection in Texas and had to go to California to find acceptance.

[@barepenis]

If thats a voice from heaven fk me…..

[@johnnyacevedo681]

Sylvain descot her voice is not from heaven you are very wrong. She does have a very nice raw voice, but it’s from hell not heaven

[@patrizioganda7736]

Yes man, you are so right. Like that we don't have them anymore.

[@Slithey7433]

@@johnnyacevedo681 Whiskey voice.

[@angrycat3525]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this demonstrates all too well how this woman could take ANY song and inject it with so much electricity that you can never listen to the original the same way again. Janis was the absolute best when it came to kicking ass and taking names!

[@restpack]

+Roland St Germain cool story gramps

[@angrycat3525]

+restpack :-) Yep, that's me, "gramps". And don't you ever forget it!

[@jbooks888]

+Roland St Germain So true - I completely agree. Considering all she did in a few years, can you even try to imagine what she would have done if she had lived on?

[@angrycat3525]

+jbooks888 Definitely - from what I've been able to gather, her overdose was not a suicide attempt, and let's face it: "Pearl" was a phenomenal album, with the added bonus of the Full Tilt Boogie band providing her with a perfect playground for that unbelievable voice! Who else could turn a solo track like "Mercedes Benz" into solid gold so effortlessly? And just like you, I can't help but wonder what "Pearl 2" would've sounded like ... an album lost to the ages.

[@46robbiekirk]

+Roland St Germain Oh yeah! Whatever she sang took on a totally new meaning!!!

[@sandynoLen]

Poor Janis, such a soul. The saddest, most feeling soul ever, but people hurt her so bad. God bless her. The world will always miss her wonderful soulful voice!