"Janis Joplin Was Such A Pig..."

Before Janis died. She met some guy. (I don't remember his name) and they were talking about marriage. She was happy. But she was fuckin' around with the wrong drugs and died.

Also, at one time she was dating Country Joe McDonald.

I think Janis was happy go lucky person. She liked a good party. She just got caught up in the times and living life in the fast lane, a little too much.

 

I agree with you. She had just bought a new house (a few months before she died), and had talked about wanting to live a more simple life. She wanted to go on the road less frequently, and spend more time with friends and loved ones. I think she was starting to feel exhausted by all the superstar hype, and just wanted to be Janis. When she died, she got a batch of very pure heroin. It hadn't been cut properly, because her dealer was out of town. Only she didn't know this. So that last shot killed her. She was still recording Pearl (her final album) when she died--so it was released after her death. That's why "Buried Alive in the Blues" has no vocals. But all in all, Janis had a remarkable life. It was brief, but she lived it 110 %. And she lives on in her beautiful songs.

--QP

 

Kudos to everyone that carries love and respect for the great Janis Joplin. I have been told off and on over the years that I look like her, to me that was one of the best compliments I ever got. I doubt if this guys' story was true, it's hard to believe she would let anyone so foul that close to her. My favorite song besides all of them, is Turtle Blues. What's yours?

 

Hey, thanks! It's really cool that you look like Janis. I always thought she was a beautiful person. Plus she had so much style and talent. It's hard to pick just one favorite song: I like almost everything she ever recorded. But I'll give it a try:

A Woman Left Lonely

Closely followed by:

Me and Bobby McGee
Get it While You Can
Piece of my Heart
Summertime
Ball and Chain
Turtle Blues
Down on Me
Move Over
Little Girl Blue
Kozmic Blues
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)

Damn, I didn't realize there would be that many! I wonder what Janis song other folks like best? :cheers2:

--QP

 

Listening to Janis's music, I think you absolutely get to know a lot about her.

 

Right on. Her honesty and strength can be heard in her music. A lot of artists create a persona that is nothing like the real person. I believe Janis was the exception. She wasn't a plastic clone. She really did dress the way she did, and believed people needed to be more sincere with each other. She had long conversations with her fans in bars, restaurants, and even the airport. Janis was no snob. The woman would talk to anyone. She was fearless. That's one of the reasons people feel such a strong connection to her. I mean, look at how most stars behave today: you're lucky to get an autograph. She once said something about how she felt about artists and personas. Can't remember the exact quote, but I'll do a quick search.

--QP

 

"Maybe a lot of artists have one way of art and another way of life: in me, they're the same."-- Janis Joplin

--QP

 

Janis was actually a very attractive young woman and that physical beauty was captured by fotog Bob Seidemann for the Feb 17, 1972 edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

I just love this foto so much. It represents that body positive freedom of the era that so many of us were discovering. And, yeah, looks like Janis was one of us.

 

Uhhh Janis Joplin is a babe. Beyond words

 

Great photo, Shale. Janis was very attractive. And very much a great spirit of the 1960s. The amazing thing is that she was born and raised in a totally conservative environment. Yet she did not let that stop her from living life on her own terms. So Janis was brave and beautiful. There's only one Pearl. :cheers2:

--QP

 

Right on.

--QP

 

Yes I completely agree. I can relate a lot with Janis. Port Arthur is first on my list of things to do.

 

She had a wonderful laugh--kind of 2 tone like her singing. Believe it or not,I heard Melissa Etheridge sing one of her songs and she was really good at it. Not Janis,but close.

 

I have always really loved Janis's music. I have been a fan since being a preteen. I really regret not having seen her live.

I have had friends who only knew her main stream music and were not fans, when they have heard me play A Woman Left Lonely, they were converts. It still remains today one of my favourite pieces that she did and one I play all the time on the piano.

In a tribute to Janis, Melissa Ethridge and Joss Stone did a couple of her songs, probably the same one that Scratcho was mentioning. While neither lady is Janis as there is not going to be another, they did a good job.

Thank you SH for sharing having met Janis, it was nice to read that.

I have put up the clip if anyone would like to hear the tribute.


[ame]http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-f-l2Pbn8

 

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice, man. Good for you, youre so badass.

 

I've read all the posts here and I'm surprised that no one has mentioned anything about Woodstock. I was there, I only lived an hour away so I spent most of the weekend there. At one point my girlfriend at the time who was my ride had to leave and we were walking along the back of the stage, it was Sunday morning about 1000, and Jefferson airplane had just finished playing, we were trying to get out and I saw these two women in front of me and they both had their backs to us. It turned out that as we walked by them and at first I didn't recognize Janis because she still had her back to me but the other woman was Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. And as we walked by I heard Grace say to Janice that she was going to turn 30 in the coming October and she said that she felt like she was getting really old. And then I heard Janice say that her birthday was also in October. My girlfriend and I just kept going and said good morning to both of them and they said the same thing back to us. And that's all. They were just talking, no drugs, no alcohol and they both seemed quite content talking to each other. We managed to get out of there before the heavy rains started later in the day and we never did go back as the mud was terrible. The bands performance times were all out of order because of the rain and risk of electrical shock. But all I had was a fleeting moment with Janis and she was very friendly.