Unfrigginbelievable!

[graywarrior]

[Baitball Blogger]

1. There are some awards that these contestants should get if they knock it out of the park

during the audition.

[graywarrior]

4. Ain't that the truth!

[ut oh]

43. Though a standing ovation

is not a bad start...

and she certainly brought it there

[In_The_Wind]

2. I totally agree!

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Good God.....even my cats froze in one place to listen.

What a gift....

[agracie]

5. Isn't she just wonderful ? n/t

[bluesbassman]

6. Wow! Powerful voice.

I absolutely adore Janis Joplin, and I usually cringe when people try to cover her, but this gal has got some pipes. Just awesome!

[WinstonSmith4740]

57. Totally agree!

It takes a huge set to cover Janis.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. chill bumps. all over.

[graywarrior]

8. How many people are walking around with talent like that and never given the chance?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. just goes to show that it takes more than talent to become rich and famous and a lot of talented -

people don't seek to be rich and famous anyway. But, I am glad for the chance to hear that and honestly, her story...

I felt as if she had been touched by Janis' Angel Wings.

her children and her husband. It was a ... blessing.

restored my faith for those minutes.

[graywarrior]

10. Yeah, it was her story on top of her talent

She's beautiful and so are her kids.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. to see the story and then when she opened her mouth and it was -not- Janis but, I swear

the soul of Janis was there.

[graywarrior]

12. Hell yeah

Well, she said she was gonna sing like it was the last time.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. I disagree...

THIS is the real thing.

She didn't just scream,...she wailed.

You got a taste of her soul in her voice.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

45. more a matter of semantics here than anything. She has definitely been touched by Janis and you can

hear it in her voice.

[graywarrior]

46. Yeah, she performed a song done by Janis

but she put herself into it and it was awesome.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. yes.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

48. JJ was able to channel her pain....

That's something one has to experience to express.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

49. true.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

50. It was the height of the "Generation Gap"...

Fathers were disowning their daughters and many were runaways.

A lot of broken hearts were out there and Janis was the voice of a generation.

[graywarrior]

51. Plus she introduced me to Southern Comfort

I always kept a flask in my back pocket.

[reACTIONary]

64. +1 (NT)

[subject]

75. thank you, thought I was the only one

Flutterby is copying a behavior and is not even in the same ballpark as Janis. I hate this media creation art BS 'reality' crap....This type of spoon fed tripe is one of the major reasons the music industry is ruined....and if you like tripe I apologize...just picture the most vile thing you can eat.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

78. I guess it's like what Carlin said of the Blues,...

"It's not enough to know which notes to play. You need to know why they need to be played."

[DollarBillHines]

74. As E Clapton said...

"The greatest guitar player in the world lives on every street in every apartment building on the planet and he is sitting in his room, playing alone."

[graywarrior]

77. Believe it! I have a brother like that.

[llmart]

13. Wow!

Don't know what else to say. She's amazing!

[Lars39]

14. She's got some pipes!

[Demo_Chris]

15. Nicely done!

[SEMOVoter]

16. Melanie's Lungs go down to her toes!

Holy Cow.

[graywarrior]

17. Yeah, man, very soulful.

[annabanana]

18. Channeling Janis..

Those judges never saw the like....

Anyone else here ever catch Janis live?

[graywarrior]

19. Years ago....in Boston during a blizzard

There's no one like her.

[annabanana]

20. true

tremendous loss

[graywarrior]

21. Yeah, Janice, Jimi, Duane Alman

[Samantha]

26. I never caught her live but have a few of her albums in vinyl

Cry Baby is a song I absolutely love. I never thought I would ever hear anyone come close to Janis. This woman's performance was amazing, and as someone said above, the soul of Janis was in it. I would buy an album of her's. I watched the video twice. What a gift.

Sam

[lark]

28. Saw Janis at West Palm Beach Pop Festival in '70

She was so totally awesome, funny, and smart and could sing like there was no tomorrow. She was telling us this tale of how she got treated by the Palm Beach police just that day and it was so smooth and effortless and funny as hell. You'd have thought she rehearsed it for weeks, but she was riffing about something that had happened just hours previously. One of my friends had never "gotten" her, but after two songs he was a fan for life. You really had to see her in concert, she was so totally live wire and on point.

[Warpy]

38. Oh, yeah, free concert in Cambridge, Mass

somebody had stolen the truck with a lot of their equipment but they had enough left over to bring the place to its feet.

Even bummed out by circumstances, she put on one hell of a show.

[DollarBillHines]

73. Several times

I caught her in a coffee house (Huntington Beach?) before Cheap Thrills was released. It was just Janis and Sam Andrews on acoustic guitar.

I've never been the same, since.

[redstatebluegirl]

22. Wow!!!! Where has she been hiding!

[graywarrior]

23. I guess being a mom was more important to her

[progressoid]

24. Janis would have been 70 on Saturday.

: sigh:

[graywarrior]

25. Wow.

[benld74]

27. And make no doubt about it, Janis is smiling after hearing that!!!!!

[glinda]

29. Excellant. That came from deep within.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Nicely done.

One quibble ... while everyone usually attributes this song to Janis Joplin, it was first done by Garnet Mimms back in 1963.

[graywarrior]

31. Niiiiiiice!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

39. Wow

Had forgotten that original version - so melodic and soulful.

[reACTIONary]

66. Thanks!!! (NT)

[Samantha]

67. Thank you so much for posting this - I had heard it before a long, long time ago

but had forgotten about it. I don't know how I did; it is just great.

Sam

[tavernier]

69. By far my favorite version. n/t

[rzemanfl]

32. Marvelous, but leave us not forget Garnet Mimms.

On edit. I should have scrolled down further.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Great (and old) minds...

[rzemanfl]

35. There's that. n/t

[1monster]

33. Wow! Even with the volume turned down 'cause someone was takin' a nap... this was

INCREDIBLE!!!!

[Claybrains]

36. Goosebumps

[malthaussen]

40. I agree with the last judge...

... she seems like such a sweet, withdrawing kid, and then... wow.

"The world will look at me and be stunned."

-- Mal

[graywarrior]

42. Nice quote!

[Little Star]

41. Holy Crap! What a voice! k&r

[Martin Eden]

52. Kick for later listen n/t

[daleanime]

53. I want to hear that voice record some new tunes!

[graywarrior]

54. Here ya go

[daleanime]

56. Oh yea.

Great job with my all time favorite Janis tune. Some body put some money in that Lady's pocket and a mike in front of her.

[bluestater1966fgs]

55. Nice video, thanks for posting it

The singing is also great.

[Pluvious]

58. Thank you for posting that - amazing (nt)

.

[reACTIONary]

59. Great! And here is the original...

... Janis Joplin signing one of my favorites...

[graywarrior]

60. That's Summertime, this is Cry Baby

No one else like her

[reACTIONary]

61. Thanks! Fantastic!!! Janis is practically unbelievable! Summertime is ...

... my all-time favorite Janis, which is why I posted it. The performance I posted isn't even her best, just the first one I found.

[graywarrior]

62. I don't think even she knew how good she was

[reACTIONary]

63. Watched Cry Baby...

Several times... Good gog! Raw power!

I liked the "talking break" - Africa, Casablanca - LOL!!!

I don't want to dis the singer in the OP, she's good, but Janis is from a completely different dimension. A completely different space-time continuum. And that dimension is totally, completely, painfully real. The OP singer's performance had me cringing with the cuts to her family and the smarmy judges. Good, very good, but not real.

[graywarrior]

65. When Janis sang, she ripped your guts out

[Samantha]

68. Her musical legacy will live forever

because she was absolutely so unique.

Sam

[graywarrior]

71. And vulnerable

[tavernier]

70. Bobby McGee brings me to tears

Every time.

[truebluegreen]

72. Miss Janis...

and this lady's has given her a great tribute.

Unfortunately, she didn't do well later in the competition when it was discovered that she is not an amateur, despite being a "stay-at-home mom" for the last several years.

[graywarrior]

76. Too bad....she coulda been a contendah!

[truebluegreen]

79. Yes, I agree.

[FleetwoodMac]

80. If Mr. Barlow is impressed,

then you know you're good.