40 years ago, Janis Joplin died.
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I remember walking up 45th St. to school and not quite believing it — it seems like yesterday. Here she is, singing “Trouble in Mind”:
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tsisageya: Wait. What?
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Izquierdo: TJ's often over-spices its food, which makes me suspect
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G Newman: Nope, the original version, by the Left Banke, was sear
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Wayne S.: Karen - Are you by chance the Karen Bye who start
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odd man out: The bobbleheads get paid big money NOT to ask penetrati
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Ten Bears: I have a high school, ahhh, alum - she was one of the s
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dandy: A terrible loss...........
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susie: I just wish it wasn't so predictable. It's kind of like
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Paul: I enjoy it. It is not supposed to change the world, but
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annagranfors: ...erm, actually it's Rickie Lee covering Lowell George
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8:35 pm
And it seems she’s getting no recognition, where other artists of that era are getting all kinds of recognition these days. She was treated badly her whole life and still we treat her badly. She made the way passable for so many of today’s artists of the female persuasion. I miss her too. I almost saw her perform in person at the then Boston Garden.
10:15 pm
My favorite was “Cry, cry, baby”. Yep, I miss her. And Hendrix, too—among so many others like Lennon and Sam Cooke!
10:41 pm
For what are probably Janis’ final recorded live performances, let me recommend the documentary, “Festival Express.”