๐น Janis Joplin was born in Texas and hitchhiked to San Francisco where she began her career. She drew her inspiration from the blues. She was probably one of the first female artists to leave her mark on the history of rock. She indulged in all kinds of excesses before her tragic end.
๐น Janis is one of those icons of 70s rock who, despite a short but dazzling career, will leave a lasting mark on music.
⭐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ - ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ฏ
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3drD10c ๐ถ
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| Photo credits.Tucker Ransom-Hulton Archive, Alain Jocard / Edit by Laetitia |
๐น During the ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ several times after Pure Morning and at the concert in ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 1, 2003, while all their equipment was held up in Mexico.
๐น For the story, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the band decided to do the show anyway and borrowed ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ (of Eagles of Death Metal) for his drum kit and the venue (House of Blues) for its piano. The band played an acoustic set of about 70 minutes during which they also played Jackie and Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. Brian has always claimed his admiration for Janis Joplin with an atypical voice.
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| Photo credit unknown |
✅ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ0๐ท๐บ
๐น The anecdote was shared on Placebo's official website on January 9 ,2004:
" ๐ท๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐จ๐ช๐ถ๐ผ๐บ๐ป๐ฐ๐ช!
After a whirlwind tour of Mexico last week, where the band played a club show to over 4,000 people in Guadalajara and then went on to headline a football stadium in Mexico City in front of 35,000 people, they returned to the USA on Monday December 1, only to have their equipment held up by customs.
This left the band in a tricky situation, as they had a sold-out show that evening in Anaheim, California, nearly 7 hours from where the equipment was being held! At 5pm the band decided that 'the show must go on', equipment or no equipment. So borrowing Josh Homme's (from Eagles of Death Metal) drumkit and the venue's, House of Blues, piano, the band set about designing a new acoustic set for that evenings show.
The show still lasted nearly 70 minutes, which also included much banter about the days events with the audience. The set list for the evening was as follows:
SPECIAL K
THIS PICTURE
EVERY YOU EVERY ME
PLASTICINE
TEENAGE ANGST
HOLOCAUST
COMMERCIAL FOR LEVI
PEEPING TOM
CENTREFOLDS
SLAVE TO THE WAGE
HURT
MERCEDES BENZ
JACKIE"
✅ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐น This performance was recorded by a fan in Athens, on the 14th September 2003. The quality of the video is not excellent, but it is still enjoyable.
⭐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค - ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ฏ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ (2003)
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3CmhQY3 ๐ถ
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| Photo credit: Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
◾ ๐ก๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐. ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐?
๐ฌ Yes, maybe we're too close to them for a cover to be relevant. If we covered PJ Harvey, it would sound like Placebo. In concert, we sometimes cover one song or another from the Cure (especially from their Pornography period). Similarly, Brian occasionally covers Janis Joplin's Mercedes Benz as an encore, on his own, a cappella. But putting it on record, I don't know... I wonder if it's not better to reserve that for the emotion of the moment, the ephemerality of a concert...
✅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ - ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฝ, ๐ธ00๐น
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◾ ๐ญ๐ฒ́๐ด๐๐: ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ... ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป.
๐ฌ Of course. One of my heroines, a huge influence, the music of my childhood. Yeah, she's a super strong character that inspires me, who broke a lot of taboos and was stronger than a guy, in a 60's guy world.
◾ ๐ญ๐ฒ́๐ด๐๐: ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐ฌ A beautiful voice yeah.
◾ ๐ญ๐ฒ́๐ด๐๐: ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป.
๐ฌ But I've always been attracted to people like Billie Holiday or Janis Joplin or PJ Harvey or even Bjรถrk who have completely unique voices and I don't think there's anyone who... There are people who try to sound like her...
✅ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐́๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐ป๐ธ - ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐พ, ๐ธ00๐น
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| Screenshot from Rock am Ring 2003 |
Oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches,
I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime,
No help from my friends,
So Lord,
Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a color TV?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery
Each day until three,
So oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a color TV?
Oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a night on the town?
I'm counting on you, Lord,
Please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me
And buy the next round,
Oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a night on the town?
Everybody!
Oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches,
I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime,
No help from my friends,
So oh Lord,
Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
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| Photo credit: Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
๐น Personally, I can imagine Brian singing Summertime. Like Janis, he has an incredible ability to communicate emotion through his singing and he is no match for Janis. They both have exceptional voices.
⭐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ - ๐๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ข๐
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3Qqn2xV ๐ถ
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