Janis Joplin "Live fast, love hard, die young" Amerikai blues�nekesn�. 1943. janu�r 19. Port Arthur, Texas.    Janis Joplin (sz�l. 1943. jan. 19) volt a legnagyobb blues�nekesn�, aki feh�r l�t�re olyan t�k�lyre fejlesztette a st�lust, mint m�g fekete el�dei sohasem. K�s�bbi jelmondat�hoz h�ven - "�lj gyorsan, szeress szenved�lyesen, halj meg fiatalon" -  elsz�k�tt otthonr�l, ahol j�l de unalmasan �lt �tlagos csal�dja k�r�ben. 1961-t�l 66-ig v�gigj�rta az orsz�got, alkalmi munk�kb�l �lt, egy ideig m�g egyetemre is j�rt. K�s�bb egy bluegrass egy�ttes k�s�ret�ben country �s blueszen�t, Bessie Smith �s Leadbelly dalokat �nekelt. 1966-ban eljutott San Francisc�ba, tagja lett a Big Brother And The Holding Company-nak. 1967-ben fell�ptek Monterey-ben. Itt t�nt ki k�l�nleges, rekedt blueshangj�val, �s ett�l kezdve figyeltek fel r� igaz�n. Albumuk, a Cheap Thrills hatalmas siker volt. Az egy�ttes sokat turn�zott k�z�sen a nyugati part legnagyobbjaival. Zen�j�k  alapzene, amelyben kiv�l�an �tv�z�d�tt a soul, a blues �s a korai hard zene. A n�pszer�s�g ellen�re Joplin kiv�lt az egy�ttesb�l �s �n�ll�an pr�b�lkozott   tov�bb. Sz�l�p�ly�j�n v�gig seg�tette a Company git�rosa, Sam Andrew. 1968-ban Bob Dylan menedzsere, Albert Gross,  vette p�rtfog�s�ba Joplint. Megjelent els� lemez�k, amelynek bor�t�ja a zen�szeket �s Joplint - mint egy kirak�s j�t�k elemeit  �br�zolja. Ezzel az albummal kezd�d�tt el a r�vid, de ann�l magasabbra �vel� karrierje. Koncertjeit mindig j� hangulat jellemezte. Fell�p�sein gyakran tett ny�rspolg�r idegborzol� kijelent�seket. P�ld�ul amikor k�t f�rfival jelent meg a sz�npadon, �s a nagy�rdem� tudom�s�ra hozta, hogy � egyszerre ak�r k�t f�rfit is k�pes szeretni. M�sodik szint�n rockt�rt�neti jelent�s�g� album�nak megjelen�s�t m�r nem �rte meg. Az �letm�dj�val egy�tt j�r� napi t�bb mint egy �veg whisky �s drogok - f�leg heroin  - 1970. okt�ber 4-�n v�gleg elsz�l�tott�k a mikrofon m�g�l a 27 �ves amerikai �nekesn�t, aki �ppen el�tte nap �nekelte szalagra �lete utols� sz�m�t, Kriss Kristofferson "Me And Bobby McGee"-j�t. M�sik nagy siker a felejthetetlen blues volt, a Mercedes Benz: Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches I must make amends Were toured all my lifetime no help from my friends So Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.   V�ratlan hal�la ut�n visszamarad� csek�ly vagyon�b�l 2000 doll�rb�l - v�grendelete �rtelm�ben - zen�szt�rsai partit rendez-  tek eml�k�re. K�v�ns�g�hoz h�ven temet�s helyett hamvait a Csendes-�ce�nba sz�rt�k. Hal�la ut�n zenei �r�ks�g�t megk�m�lt�k - nem �gy, mint Jimi Hendrix-�t. Egy dupla koncertalbum, n�h�ny v�logat�s, �s a r�la k�sz�lt "Janis" c�m� film zen�je jelent meg hivatalosan, eml�k�t id�zve. � volt a hippikult�ra csod�latos �s csod�lt n�alakja, a legenda, ami hal�la ut�n v�gleg ennek  az �letform�nak a szimb�lum�v� v�lt.   Nagylemezek: Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967.)  Cheap Thrills (1968.) I Got Dem Ol' Cozmic Blues Again Mama (1969.) Pearl (1971.) In Concert (1972.) Greatest Hits (1973.) Janis (1974.) Anthology (1980.) Farewell Song (1982.) Janis (1993.) 18 Essential Songs (1995.)  Little Piece Of My Heart (1997.) Live At Winterland 68 (1998.) Work Me Lord Work me Lord. Please don't you leave me I feel so useless down here, With no one to love, Though I've looked everywhere. And I can't find, anybody to love, To feel my pain. So . . . Why use me Lord? Don't you know how hard it is, Trying to live alone? Everyday I keep tryin' to move forward, But something is driving me back. Something's tryin' to hold onto me Turn my world back. So . . . Don't you forget me down here lord, Don't you forget me lord. Well I don't think, I'm any very special kind of person down here, I know better. Well I don't think you're going to find anybody, not anybody who say they tried like I tried. The worst you can say all about me is that I've never satisfied. So . . . Please don't leave me, I feel so useless down here. I can't find anybody to love me, and I've looked around. Though I've looked everywhere, everywhere. And I can't find, anybody to love, To feel my pain. So . . . Don't go and leave me lord Honey don't you go off and leave me lord. Don't you know how hard it is, Trying to live alone? Everyday I keep trying to move forward, but something is driving me back. Honey, something's trying to hold onto me, Turn my world back. So . . . Please don't you forget me, don't forget me lord, I think that maybe, you could use me maybe, I can help you. Please, don't you go and leave me, no... Ohhhhh, Nooo...please....Leave me....Please don't ya leave me lord! Peace and love all, hope this is mostly right. Turtle Blues I'm a mean, mean woman I don't mean no one mean, no good I'm a mean, mean woman I don't mean no one mean, no good I just treats 'em like I wants to I never treat 'em, honey, like I should Oh lord, I once had a daddy He said he'd give me everything in sight So I said, 'Honey I want the sunshine And take the stars out of the night Come on and give 'em to me, cause I want �em right now I ain't the kind of woman Who'd make your life a bed of ease No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I'm not the kind of woman To make your life a bed of ease Yeah, but if you want to go out drinkin' honey Won't you invite me along please Oh, I'd be so good to you babe I guess I'm just like a turtle That's hidden' underneath it's horny shell Whoa, I'm like a turtle Hidden' underneath it's horny shell But ya know I'm very well protected I know this G*D-D**N life too well Ya can call me mean, you can call me evil I've been called much worser things around Call me mean, or call me evil I've been called much worser things, ah, things around Yeah, but I'm gonna take good care of Janis Yeah! Hon, ain't no one gonna talk me down All right! Yeah! To Love Somebody There's a light, Certain kinda light, That never-ever, Never shown on me. No, no. Honey, I want, I want, my whole life to be, Lived with you, babe. That's what I want. Ohhh, was to be livin', lovin' you. There's a wayyyyeee. Ohhh, everybody say, You can do anything, Everything, yeah. But what good, What good, Honey, what good can ever be? Cause I ain't got you, With my love. And I can't find you babe. No I can't. You don't know, You don't know what it's like, No you don't, No, you don't know, You don't know what it's liiiiiike, To love anybody. Oh, Honey I wanna talk about love, And tryin' to hold somebody. The way I love you, babe. And I've been lovin' you babe. In my brain, OHHHH, I can see your face again. I know my frame of mind, yeah. Nobody, nobody, Ever has to be so blind. Honey, like I did. I know I was blind. Honey, I tell you that I was. I was very, very blind. OHHHHH, but I'm just a girl. Can't you just take a look at me and tell. Tell that I live, Honey, I live and breathe for you. Don't you know I do. But what good, What good, What good can I ever do? Cause I ain't got you. That's all I ever wanted. And I ain't got you babe. Oh, and I've been lookin' around. But you don't know, You don't know what it's like, No you don't, No, no, no, You don't know, Honey, you don't know, What its liiiiiike, To love anybody. Oh, honey, I wanna talk about tryin' to hold somebody, When your lonely. The way I love you babe. And I just want you to know I tried. OHHH, I know that, There's a way. Cause everybody came to me at one time, And said, Honey, you can do anything, Every little thing, and I think I can. Oh, but what good, What good, What awfully good, Can I ever-ever bring? Cause I can't find you, With my love. And I can't find you babe. Oh, honey, where. Oh, you don't know, You don't know what it's like, No you don't, And you never-ever did. You don't know, Honey you don't know, What it's liiiiike. Wanna love anybody. Oh, honey, I wanna, Talk about tryin', To hold ya. Oh, ba-baby-baby yeah. You don't know. You don't know what it's like. Any you never-ever-ever did. I said, I, I've tried to throw my love around ya. And I've tried to help ya, darlin'. But you never-ever, No you never-ever, No you never-ever, No you never-ever, I know that you know that, No, you've never-ever-ever, Ohhhh, let me throw my love, Throw my love, All my looooove. Summertime Summertime,time, time, chime, and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin'now, now, hey the cotton on, the cotton is high, lord so high. Your dad's rich, and your ma's so good lookin' babe, she's looking good now, now. Hush little baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, no, no, no, no don't you cry, cry. One of these mornin's, you're gonna rise, rise up singin'. You're gonna spread your wings,child and take, take to the sky, lord the sky. Until that mornin', honey nothin's going to harm you now na-na-no-nona-nan-nno-no-na-no.... don't you cry. Piece Of My Heart Oh, come on Come on Come on Come on Didn�t I make you feel, Like you were the only man? Yeah, and didn�t I give you nearly everything, That a woman possibly can? Honey, you know I did Each time I tell my self That I, well I think I�ve had enough Oh, but I�m gonna show you baby, That a woman can be tough. I want ya to come on Come on Come on Come on And take it! Take another little piece of my heart, now baby. Break it! Break another little piece of my heart. Come on, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Have a! Have another little piece of my heart, now baby. Well you know you got it, If it make you feel good. Oh, yes indeed Your out on the streets lookin� good. And baby, deep down in your heart, I guess you know that it ain�t right Now ma Now ma Now ma Now ma Now ma Now ma Hear me when I cry, Out at night. Baby I cry all the time! Each time I tell myself, That I, well, I can�t stand the pain When you hold me in your arms, I�m singin� once again I said come on Come on Come on Come on Yeah, take it! Take another little piece of my heart now baby. Break it! Break another little piece of my heart. I know, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Have a! Have another little piece of my heart, now baby. Well you know you got it, Child, if it makes you feel good I need you to come on, Come on Come on Come on Yeah, take it! Take another little piece of my heart, now baby Break it! Break another little piece of my heart, I know yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Come on now. Have a! Have another little piece of my heart now baby You know you got it WHOA!!! Take it! Take another little piece of my heart, now baby. Break it! Break another little piece of my heart. Come on, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Have a! Have another little piece of my heart, now baby You know you got it, Child, if it makes you feel good. Move Over You say that it's over, baby, no. You say that it's over now, But still you hang around me, Come on, Won't you move over. You know that I need a man, honey, Lord, you know that I need a man, But when I ask you to, You just tell me, That maybe you can. Please don't ya do it to babe, NO!! Please don't ya do it to me babe. Either take the love I offer, Or just let me be. I ain't quite ready for walking, No, no, no, no, I ain't quite ready for walking, And what ya gonna do with you love, Your love's just dangling. OH, YEAH!!! Make up your mind, honey, You're playin' with me, Hey, hey, hey, Make up your mind, darlin', You're playin' with me. Come on now!! Now, either be my lovin' man, I said now, let me, honey, Let me be. Yeah!! You say that it's over baby, no. You say that it's over, now. But still you hang around me. Come on, Won't you move over. You know that I need a man. Honey, I told you so. You know that I need a man, But when I ask you to, You just tell me, That maybe you can. HEY!! Please don't ya do it to me babe, NO!! Please don't ya do it to me, babe. Either take the love I offer, Honey, let me be. I say, won't you, Won't you let me be? Honey, you're teasin' me. Yeah, you're playin' with my heart, dear. I believe you're toyin' with my affections, honey. I can't take it no more, babe. And furthermore, I don't intend to. I'm just tired of hanging from the end of a string, honey. You expect me to fight like a goddamn mule. Wahahahahahaha Wahahahahahaha Wahahahahahaha