I was driving home from the market last night, channel surfing the radio when Janis Joplin came on "Cry Baby" I think thats the title.

I cranked it up full volume and just listened to her wail it out. Now I've heard the song dozens of times but this time I listened to it very closely. Man can this girl sing. A very unique style.

Which had me thinking, has there ever been a more definitive female singing voice? Again the mid 60's to mid 70's will never be repeated. Best of the best.

Anyone agree?

I can't think of a better rock and roll female singer. I'm fond of Sheryl Crow, too, but Janis, in my opinion, put way more emotion into her songs.

Tina.

Is the ONLY female rock singer.

Janis was a wonderful blues singer, but not "ballsy" enough to be a 100% rock singer.

C

Tina was good and had to endure a lot of abuse but,

Janis did while being strung out and constantly hammered.

Janis always has me mesmerised. Tina sings countryrock better than the other girls. but bullet to the bones every time Jennifer Herrema- the sweet heart behind royal trux.

any advise on a great Live janis collection?

I'm free to do what I want any old time...
I'm free to sing my song knowing it's out of trend

Yes, without doubts!.... my "favourite alcoholic".... the best...

Janis was the best. period.

Big Brother and the Holding Co. was one hell of a blues band...they where great , Joplin was a very a classic..27 years old when she died....

I like Janis, but Patti Smith in the seventies was better.

humanriff77 Wrote:
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> I like Janis, but Patti Smith in the seventies was
> better.


True - but she the unfair advantage of actually being alive.

Good One

Im at work do you know that song "the job that ate my brain"

humanriff77 Wrote:
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> Good One
>
> Im at work do you know that song "the job that ate
> my brain"


yep....and "this business is killing me"..........gabba gabba

Why only the old ladies? I'm a die hard of the Stones and Avril Lavigne (21) as well, although three of the Stones could be her grandfathers. Unbelievable great performer with loads of future potential. Hope she will be opening act in Europe someday.

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all gone within a short period of time of each other.

That is when the music died

i can think of a handful of female rock performers that have been decent the past couple of decades - Chrissie Hynde and comes immediately to mind. But, rock is more or less a man's world, for better or worse....

What about PJ Harvey?, she is a great singer.

And not really rock, but Bjork's voice is out of this world.

Leonard, I thought you would know that song.

Janis J. was the first concert I ever attended; WOW she was wonderful ! Not too many people there [an old auditorium in Nashville, that's also gone] but she raised the roof.

Lisa Fisher blows em all away!

gmanp Wrote:
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> Janis J. was the first concert I ever attended;
> WOW she was wonderful ! Not too many people there
> but she raised the roof.


I'm in awe. What a memory that must be.

tina turner....did any of the stones get it done w/ Joplin??

Janis was support at some 69 MSG shows? could be wrong. remember hearing wyman moanin about her groanin. amazin to finally see some o her set on the woodstock dvd extras. all slo mo and sublime. beggers belief how her voice and style could have flourished even more with age, even just a few more years. shit thats choked me up now.

Chrissie Hynde has a sexy voice

But Janis could hold a note with that scratchy voice, wasn't Brian Jones a fan of hers?

PJ & Patti both outdo Janis as rock n roll singers.

As far as Janis being even considered as the greatest female blues singer ever, some of you need to put the pipe down.

Janis Joplin was a decent singer & a hall of fame drunk. Dying young and hideous certainly added to her reputation, but she shouldn't enter the "top 20 female vocalists of all time" discussion.

gmanp Wrote:
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> Janis J. was the first concert I ever attended;
> WOW she was wonderful ! Not too many people there
> but she raised the roof.


Was this at the Universtiy of Texas Student Union?

Anyway I think that Janis was a very unique singer. She poured all of her soul into her music. She had a very powerful and distinctive voice. Was she the best ever? I don't know, Pat Benetar has some serious chops and so does that Austrialian chick from the Super Bowl. Janis did leave her mark though....gotta go listen to Mercedes Benz...I sing it to everyone I know who ones one!



the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

tat2you Wrote:
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> Big Brother and the Holding Co. was one
> hell of a blues band...they where great ,
> Joplin was a very a classic..27 years old
> when she died....


They still play occasionally and are probably a better band NOW (much tighter anyway) then they were when Janis was their singer. I saw them in a bar (not even a real "club") a few years ago. Three original members, a new guy on lead guitar, and a Janis impersonator. Maybe 30 or 40 people in the audience. Best band I've ever seen in bar. The chick singer had Janis down, right down to flirting with guys in the audience, which was pretty weird, because SHE wasn't really flirting with you, "Janis" was flirting with you. It pissed my wife off, I can tell you that!

Last I heard Sam Andrew was trying to get a TV network to buy his idea for a show called "Search For The Pearl" which is supposed to be sort of like that show where they found a new singer for INXS. That show got terribe ratings so I don't think the "Pearl" thing will ever fly. Advertisers don't give a shit about people in their 50s and let's face it, that's who would be watching a show like that.



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cosmoprim Wrote:
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> PJ & Patti both outdo Janis as rock n roll
> singers.
>
> As far as Janis being even considered as the
> greatest female blues singer ever, some of you
> need to put the pipe down.
>
> Janis Joplin was a decent singer & a hall of
> fame drunk. Dying young and hideous certainly
> added to her reputation, but she shouldn't enter
> the "top 20 female vocalists of all time"
> discussion.
>
>

So name the 20 female vocalists that are better than she

I would put Janis in the top 20 only b/c I can't think of 20 female rock singers worth mentioning. She really wasn't all that good...and as far as Avril Lavigne...I REALLY hope this is a joke...Crow stinks too btw. Patti Smith by far is the best female rock singer I can think of.

Come to think of it...I'd probably even put Lita Ford (who I can't stand) over Janis. Joplin had a few good songs (my fav. being "Call On Me"), but is REALLY overrated.

nonsense - drink another bottle of southern comfort, sdstonesguy, and then come back and report again....

I think I like Tina Turner best.

i've never heard a female r'n'r singer with as much soul and intensity as J.Joplin......she had more "guts" than alot of male singers