Janis Joplin - Maybe 

Janis Joplin has been to this day the greatest woman rock performer. No one has equalled her voice, interpretation and technique. She is and will ever be irreplaceable.

I saw Janis at the Cleveland Auditorium. When she sang "Ball & Chain" it almost brought me to tears. She seemed so fragile, but tough, as if she'd be fine if she could find the right man (or woman). I had to see her after the show. It was a foggy, rainy night and I waited about 2 hours at the back door of the place, everybody else had gone, and then she came out, by herself. She was wearing a feather boa and a fur coat. I just told her how much I loved her and was happy for her. She said, "Well thank you darlin'. I'm glad you liked it." She gave me a hug and gave me the boa (which I still have 50 years later) and asked me if there was a bar opened around there. I told her the way to go and she walked away in the fog. Wow, what an experience that was. I would have gone with her but I had to be at work at 8 am.

The Pearl always shines. Rest in peace and Power Janis Joplin (1943-1970)

In 50 Years No one’s Ever come close to Janis!💖💖🦋🦋

Saw her in '68 and I will ever never forget her.

There has NEVER been anyone so passionate about delivering vocals like JJ. Never ever.

No one on their phones. Everyone paying attention in awe

Shit Bro. She still brings my old ass to tears. She rips her heart out and gives it to you.

There was a time, when music was music to the soul.

I was in Vietnam, I had a poster of her. I wore out her cassettes. And when I heard the bad news. I sat down and cried.

Every song she sang she didn't just sing; she occupied those songs, totally in that moment. All these years later I still miss her.

Janis no one will ever be or do it like you !! 💯🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏 we miss you

Her voice just brings tears to me eyes. She sings with so much emotion.

I miss her so much. Her pictures adorn my walls.

Maybe was the first rock song I've heard 60yrs ago when my dear mother played all the time..i actually grew up with Janis 🙏❤️‍🔥

There was nobody like her. Simply a genius.

Over 40 years and still no one can compare to Janis.

I'm a 58 year old woman who's life changed when I first heard Janis Joplin sing. I had never seen or heard anyone like her. To this very day, she still amazes me! She created a new perspective for me, of the world around me. I wasn't as pretty as the other girls my age, and couldn't sing as well, and was from a downtrodden area know as "OkieVille" in California. She made me realize that it didn't matter where I was from, what I had, or didn't have. I lived through her, singing with a hairbrush in front of my mirror. I would have, and still to this day, given anything to have had one moment with her to tell her what she meant to me, and how she changed me forever. "Maybe", Piece of my Heart, To love somebody...and the list goes on. Thank You, Janis, for being different than the rest, and reassuring a young teenage girl, that dreams can come true, and idols do come along, and live forever in your soul. AND for being the AMAZING performer that you were, and still are. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Janis is like the old blues singers in that she revealed universal human experience without pretense. But when she screamed it went straight to your heart, from hers to yours.

Janis is not very known in my country, and I was born long after she died. I have heard of her not too recently but I was listening to other musicians during that time. Well, i Did not expect tears to run down my face when I first saw this. Janis had the balls to strip down her own skin and bare her soul when she sang. And she was beautiful, all real and pure. Those people in the crowd were lucky. The band was also incredible.

I hope wherever she is she knows how much she's loved and missed.

damn baby girl killed it effortlessly. rest in paradise.

Holy shit. This is literally the first time I'm hearing of her and wow, what an experience.

Jane Joplin será para sempre uma das melhores vozes que existiu de todos os tempos 🤟🤟🤟

Janis...as fragile as a wildflower....As heavy as an iron dragonfly...Her being was the essence of her song. Her beauty was not easy for those who couldn’t or wouldn’t feel the gift she laid out. It was too lonely, too loving, too painful. It was real, electric, yet vulnerable..Pure and honest soul.

Can't imagine how emotionally draining it must have been performing at that level ...a once in forever artist.

I remember my sister and I were huge fans of Janis and my sister used to sleep with a transister radio under her pillow. I remember her waking me up crying saying "Janis is dead", and we sat there crying and hugging each other thinking, "what if....."?

Janis singing this song tore my heart out (instant tears) why can i feel her pain? She was so talented a legend in her own right!❤🔥🎶🎶🎶🎶😭

We were so fortunate to have her, even for so short a time. It makes me cry, even today, watching this.. And I'm 71.

Janis was a true angel that came to earth to make us love,yes im crying while im writting this comment!

JANIS JOPLIN 4 EVER !!!!

She was ahead of her time..so sad, and lonely..her music/sound is timeless❤️

Nobody made us feel their soul like Janis Joplin 😢🌻🌺

She hits every freaking note...amazing

"....one of the best..." no sweetheart: she WAS the best.. pure unadulterated talent.

I remember when I was very young and heard for the first time Janis Joplin: I simply couldn't believe such a voice, such feelings...it was like her heart was singing! I "ll always remember her and I listen to her music quite often. And with all due respect to Kris his song Me and Bobby McGee is a masterpiece sung by Janis.

She will never be forgotten. 100 years from now, people still will be listening to her songs.

2:33 I can´t stop seeing that part, i'ts just wonderful.

It's like every song she sings, she sings her heart out! Wow. Amazing performer.

Janis blows them all out of the water. Not a lullaby specialist, but she sure can sing the blues.

This is next-level brilliance. Unbelievable technical skill mixed with raw passion and amazing style. The best of the best.

ÚNICA, MÍTICA, LEGENDARIA. IRREPETIBLE, JANIS JOPLIN.👏👏👏👏👏

She gave her soul to us and I will always cherish it. Thank you Janis.

omg she is pure talent ,with or with out the chemicals

saw her live in concert ----incredible~~~~~~

I'm happy to see that those people in the crowd really seemed to appreciate how privileged that they are to be in attendance for this. This is very special.

Janis Lyn Joplin war eine großartige Sängerin

No es necesario debatir nada, Janis tenía todo: sentimiento, fuerza, coraje, valentía, ternura, pero sobretodo sabía perfectamente bien lo que hacia arriba del escenario. Sabía perfectamente que tenía al todo el público con la boca abierta y sin parpadear!

she sang the hell out of that song

I was there. I had friends in Niagara Falls and they invited me to come up because they were going to this concert, so I did. The Dead was also playing too. It was held in a stadium and it was an outdoor concert. We were all stoned out of our minds and enjoyed the hell out of it.

Every time I listen to this I cry. Nobody was realer. Rest in peace, Janis.

Man I miss JJ. She was the best of all time. Her soul and spirit is beyond belief and there will never ever be anyone who will ever match her.

This is my favorite Janis song. I will love her 'til the end of time.

The host introducing the song is me every time I hear the name Janis Joplin. "Oww!" [does a funky little dance]

She tore her heart open with every song. I was afraid to look at it. I was too young and stupid to know how beautiful she was and how much she contributed to the world's soul and mine. Never saw or heard a singer or performer as brave as Janis and don't expect there'll ever be one.

That was spellbounding, give me chills the whole way through.. I’ve been feeling numb for days now this actually made me feel something

*HER VOICE IS SO POWERFUL!!* She's so pretty 😍

When the blues fills your bottle you just have to pour it out ...and share it with everyone. Thank you Janis

До мурашек, она всю себя отдавала нам, зрителям

La voz mas potente y hermoza del rock de todos los tiempos janis eternamente

Once in a lifetime they blaze across across the dark heavens, illuminating our lives for a brief moment with light so bright it is almost painful to focus. We look up with awe and wonder. Then it's gone. But it's burned into memory. The afterglow remains, through the decades, forever. Gone, but not forgotten.

Powerfully moving ....best female vocalist ever in my opinion.

The one and only, Janis Joplin.

Aqui no Brasil, dia 26 de janeiro , ainda ouço até hoje essa cantora a qual admiro muito!! Perfeita sempre!! Parabéns sempre!!

janis has been gone for 46 years now and no one has come close...and never will xxx

This is one of the greatest vocal performances I think I have ever heard.

Shes amazing and its sad she is almost forgotten on the singer song scene, deserves a lot more attention in my opinion! 🥰👍

Uma voz única e original! Nunca será esquecida!!

She sounds even better live! It's rare now to get a truly live performance at all...

I love her. Just beautiful.

Janis tinha uma voz única. Que mulher incrível!! ❤️

WOW! Thank You. 1st time i've heard this. WON'T be the last. What a voice. WHAT A LADY. Such Passion. Such raw energy. Such raw emotion.

50 years ago, dear Janis, always with us R.I.P (10/04/2020)

The best... I saw her at the Newport Folk Festival in 68, absolutely the best live performance I ever saw.

Такая колоссальная отдача энергии, сил,души,она - гений!

Janis Joplin a eterna rainha do blues 🇧🇷🔥🎤✌️❤️

She is fucking awesome made my skin chill felt the soul the blues w.e. it was thru my spine and may Janis Joplin live thru music

December 2019 who is watsching?omg she is wonderfull!

Wspomnienie młodości.szkoda że teraz nie ma takich artystów.❤️❤️

She was an Aquarius Rising and you can clearly see that in her style and exuberance. Her Sun was in Capricorn (shy and reserved but ambitious and goal-oriented) and her Moon was in Cancer (emotional, sensitive/ felt her songs). She was born under a full moon!

This IS What it Takes to be A Real Singer coming out of Her Soul

Going into 2020 and bringing this amazing soul and her music with me ❤

Una vez alguien me dijo: Tan linda como Janis y su blues. Fue el mejor halago de mi vida 🖤

Nadie como Janis para sacar emociones del alma con esa voz.

Still one of the most amazing artists ever, i wished the world would have loved her more, instead of putting her down for her looks, she was beautiful in body and soul

Over 2000 people dont like this? Are they Crazy? Janis was the Best!

Она ни пела, она жила на сцене, а мы слушали её всем телом, всей душою !!! Потрясающе !!!

Janis Joplin é Única nesse mundo! Imortal, amo o trabalho desse grande artista atemporal. Brasil te ama Janis s2

she sang with so much feeling and emotion!

Became a star at 17, rose to glory, wanted to live intensively... But she died unexpectedly... Some people are destined to have a "concentrated" presence in this vain life. I was born one month after she died. But she managed to put a strong mark in my life... Love ya, "Little Girl Blue"!

J’ai 18 ans et je connaissais déjà Janis Joplin de nom mais je n’avais jamais écouté une de ses chansons. Il y a quelques jours j’ai décidé de sauter le pas et quelle femme incroyable ! Je regrette de ne pas m’être lancée plus tôt je suis fan

Ive been a fan of Miss Joplin since I was a kid. My maternal grandmother would get so angry when I and an uncle listened to her. She would yell at us that it wasn't singing it was screaming. My uncle and I didn't care listening to Joplin was like a symphony to us.

Like the audience, I sit here viewing this video in stunned silence how this artist was so talented and way beyond her time. Sad Janis wasn't with us for many years to come.

Listened to her constantly as a teenager and she's lost none of her magic

I watch this for Janis but also for the announcer in the beginning. We got to bring that back

WONDERFUL INTERPETZION.. Bravo, 🏆 Janis.. 💖

Qual palavras para definir Janis Joplin? Fantástica, Maravilhosa, Excêntrica,etc...Não são capazes de definir essa Lenda do Blues e do Rock.Branca de voz Negra,uma dádiva de Deus.

It's 2019 and I'm 27. And how I was born during her era. God. This is the real music.

Maybe one of the greatest live performers of all time. Peace and love 🌺

Angels move in our lives . Literally. For her to be alone and think so so big and loved but lonely. Her voice made it beautiful. U can’t understand a human being even if left alone