When you can take a classic.And make it your own you are truly an artist.Mary J. Blige is the truth.She has grace,pose,and she commands the stage.Bow to The Queen Of Hip Hop Soul Mrs.Mary Jane Blige
Thankful to Andre Harrell (R.I.P) and Jeff Redd for bringing this unique soulful singer to the forefront. She has been unstoppable ever since 1991. Love my MJB!
There really is no need to compare Janis and Mary they different singers, Mary will tell you that Janis inspires her listen to some of hr other songs. I love this version, she went off and showed destiny's child that you don't have to dress like a hoochie to get a crowd to love you. Sorry, love you Bee, but it's true.
I've said it once, and now I say it again, Erma Franklin is the originator of this song. Janis Joplin placed her special touch to this classic, and she did her deed to it, but when Mary J. Blige put her foot into this track, the life she breathed into it simply cannot be denied nor compared. Mary J Blige cannot be disputed nor refused. If you ever question the authenticity of real music, just tune into Mary. She's the "Real Deal" no questions asked. "I love you Mary J Blige"!!!
Oh for corn flakes! & Stop that fork-tongued fibbin’! Micheal Heath! Now the truth of the matter is MarlllI fart out prettier songs than Old haggard rougher than raw fishscales Miss Mary J. Bitgch
Why are so many people criticizing Mary's performance and her vocals? I think she poured her heart and soul into this one. Mary is an emotional vocalist, and she killed it with her vocals on this classic song!
miss Mary sang her as off on piece of my heart he'll yeah I really appreciate diversity in an artist ,just like Tina Turner ,rock music is the bomb too,where would American music be without it hallelujah ,yes hallelujah because every good and perfect gift comes from the life giver up above once again thank you Mary ,you made me a very proud black man, and thank you jesus for the gift you gave to our sister and daughter miss Mary j blige,yes suh!........
@ 5:01 mary even gave her badass self goosebumps with that one man!!! what she delivered that night is a feeling i thought only patti and the late whitney could deliver. breathtaking!
Mary J. "rippt" this song! I LOVE IT! She went in at the in on "Take it"! She is so far the best on this,... along with Janis Joplin and Faith Hill! But Mary won me over,... Totally! Forget what the rest of y'all sid and say! She delivered this like a true Rockstar, baby, ya heard m'? HATS OFF! She had to have studied Janis version coz it's so similar! PLATINUM SINGLE if she ran it!
From Erma to Janis to Melissa to Mary - amazing how one song can be performed so differently and taken so differently from person to person. No need to compare them for me. I love them all.
I grew up listening to Janis Joplin my mom LOVED her! I just so happened to look Mary up performing this song and I'm so glad she did I knew she would SING THE SHIT OUT of this song!!!! Love Mary
To all the people doing comparisons and bellyaching about MJB's tribute cover of the Janis Joplin COVERED herself, please GTHO! It's a TRIBUTE!!! Artists perform other artists songs all the time and the name of the game is to make the song YOUR OWN! Let Mary be Mary bc she can never be Janis. Mary is a living legend in her own right and gave this song her own special sauce. I thought it was great and any time I think of this song, I think of her rendition . Just enjoy the music.
And now listen to the original version of Piece of my heart from 1967 by Erma Franklin. And the Janis Joplin version of 1968. Both outstandingly good and never equalled
I never saw this, wow! Mary did it right! Janis would be right there standing proud. So many singers try to imitate Janis and it does not work. It is like when some singers try to imitate Nina Simone's classic Feeling Good; when they get to the scat they fall apart. This was a genuine interpretation- Great.
OMG!! ok, so i guess i'm like 3 yrs late on this 1 but i never saw this b4!! mary is my faaaaaaaavourite girl & she smashed this song! i love how she kept it raw (a la janis joplin) but she still put the NYC up in there, i was actually screamin & clappin like i was in the front row hahahaha. love u mary!!
The main ingredient of this song's lyric is raw emotion and that absolutely can't be faked. A life of suffering and deep sadness should come through the singer's wailing cries. Words alone can't describe the pain & suffering women are put through. Mary J. Blige is truly feeling it, making any man want to treat his woman right. To me, that's what this song is about and I can feel it.
Shoot, I LOVE Janis, and Mary J sang the heck out of this song. I wish she'd put out an album of this kind of stuff. It's great to hear her rock. I think she did awesome.
This is the best version of this song I have found because everyone else who covers it seems to think that they have to have raspy vocals and excessive screaming.
Mary KILLED this joint literally...........I don't care what nobody says she made this song her OWN!!!!! And I have heard the original and sorry for all the Joplin fans and no disrespect BUT Mary did her thing wit this one and let's not 4get Janis was a white soul songer who screamed off key as well her music was dubbed rock but Janis Joplin sung pure soul music...
First and more important, Aretha's sister ERMA FRANKLIN DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS SONG IN 1967!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Janis has the more well known version from 1968 while she was with Big Brother & The Holding Company. So, if anything, Janis was following what Erma did for her own version, THEN made it her own!!! MARY WORE THIS VERSION OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've seen that version many times over and absolutely loved her duet with U2. I've loved other remakes that she has done but I just honestly don't like this version. I'm not being mean and I'm not a Mary J Blige hater. I've bought too many cds and favorited to many of her vids to be labeled that.
You guys need to keep in mind Mary is not a rock singer like Janis or Melissa. What she did is that she made her own style and put a whole new different approach. Her style was more soul/gospel she was nit intimidated when she did the song.
Mary J Blige, Because I love you so very much, Should you be reviewing your comments here on TH-cam, I have a couple of music ideas I've got in mind just for you and I've expressed them to Doug E Fresh and others. One idea in particular keeps jumping out at me seriously and you will be the only person in the history of music to have my idea since it's all for you and no one else!!!! Are you interested? Get back at me if you are straight up real talk!!!
Ok, Janis was not the original singer for this. It was Aretha Franklin's sister Erma. Janis did a cover of it which you see on the Big Brother and the Holding Company album. Janis did this often because she liked the blues and soul sound. (EX: Ball and Chain, Summertime) It would startle people sometimes to see Janis and hear her sing because they only expected her sound from a black person. Janis took the song and made it hers with her unique voice and abilities. Mary J did the same thing.
@keydet72 Actually I can hear Janis say "sing it baby"!!! Janis would have been VERY pleased. It was tribute to Janis. Erma Franklin/Aretha's sister made the song First! Mary is a fan of all three of those aforementioned. Mary loves Janis and Aretha. Janis would have given Mary a HUGE HUG IMHO!
She is obviously an incredibly talented singer, but I think, in order for this song to sound good, you have to have a rough, raw voice. MJB doesn'treally have that.
What’s rich was that Janis Joplin was not as technical of a singer as her fans would make you believe. She was often flat and off pitch. So to critique Mary’s vocals is laughable. Both sing from the soul.
Mary made this song her own. Still winder why she didn't release it cause she even sung a snippet on 106 & Park . wonder if she couldn't get it cleared cause mary does Alot of remakes of old classics.
I remember watching this on TV when it came on and actually she sang another song with the same result....She really made this song Mary I must say.....NOt that's why her status would always start with the Queen of Hip Hop/R&B/Soul
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When you can take a classic.And make it your own you are truly an artist.Mary J. Blige is the truth.She has grace,pose,and she commands the stage.Bow to The Queen Of Hip Hop Soul Mrs.Mary Jane Blige
I love when r & b singers show their "rock chops"!!!!! Mary J. Blige does not disappoint:)! She has one of those "one-of-a-kind" voices:)!
Thankful to Andre Harrell (R.I.P) and Jeff Redd for bringing this unique soulful singer to the forefront. She has been unstoppable ever since 1991. Love my MJB!
This is my favorite MJB performance!!!! She goes OFF!!!! Embodies this performance!!
The vocal modulation at 5:02 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
I CAN NOT watch an MJB performance without either getting goosebumps or teary eyed. This one gave me both!
👑 Mary went AWWWFFFF‼️ Remember, this is LIVE‼️ SHE POURED HER ❤️ & SOUL INTO THIS PERFORMANCE‼️🏆🎼🎶
Yeah she went ALL the way off. This is my favorite Mary j performance
There really is no need to compare Janis and Mary they different singers, Mary will tell you that Janis inspires her listen to some of hr other songs. I love this version, she went off and showed destiny's child that you don't have to dress like a hoochie to get a crowd to love you. Sorry, love you Bee, but it's true.
My favorite performance by Mary j bilge, her appearance, and stage presence. ❤️
Her appearance and stage presence was everything
I didn’t even realize I commented 7 years ago. Getting ready to mention her looks and see my comment 😅
I've said it once, and now I say it again, Erma Franklin is the originator of this song. Janis Joplin placed her special touch to this classic, and she did her deed to it, but when Mary J. Blige put her foot into this track, the life she breathed into it simply cannot be denied nor compared. Mary J Blige cannot be disputed nor refused. If you ever question the authenticity of real music, just tune into Mary. She's the "Real Deal" no questions asked. "I love you Mary J Blige"!!!
That's eight!
Oh for corn flakes! & Stop that fork-tongued fibbin’! Micheal Heath! Now the truth of the matter is MarlllI fart out prettier songs than Old haggard rougher than raw fishscales Miss Mary J. Bitgch
The Undisputed Queen of Hip Hop Soul
See one thing Mary got is truth,pain,and joy all at the same time.All Hail The Undisputed Queen of Hip Hop Soul
Mary J ROCKS with a live band!!!!
She murdered this performance as well..... all hail the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul
Why are so many people criticizing Mary's performance and her vocals? I think she poured her heart and soul into this one. Mary is an emotional vocalist, and she killed it with her vocals on this classic song!
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miss Mary sang her as off on piece of my heart he'll yeah I really appreciate diversity in an artist ,just like Tina Turner ,rock music is the bomb too,where would American music be without it hallelujah ,yes hallelujah because every good and perfect gift comes from the life giver up above once again thank you Mary ,you made me a very proud black man, and thank you jesus for the gift you gave to our sister and daughter miss Mary j blige,yes suh!........
Mary's version leans toward Joplin's cover, which works for her vocal range. Great work!
Damn, Mary J. did a hell of a great job with this song and it comes to show you that she can sing any genre of music. She should do a rock album.
Tru
that would be a good album
one of her best live performances EVER!!!!
@ 5:01 mary even gave her badass self goosebumps with that one man!!! what she delivered that night is a feeling i thought only patti and the late whitney could deliver. breathtaking!
This is the best Mary performance I’ve ever seen. Ever
SHE MURDERED THE SONG AT 3:38!!! I LOVE THAT PART.. ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!!
That growl was everything.
No none does a cover better than this woman. Soul just oozes from her voice.
she sang the holy ghost out of that song
Yes she did
Mary also reminded us ladies why long loose hair and lip gloss do NOT mix!!
@@luckygypsy9She did justice to Janis.
Mary J. "rippt" this song! I LOVE IT! She went in at the in on "Take it"! She is so far the best on this,... along with Janis Joplin and Faith Hill! But Mary won me over,... Totally! Forget what the rest of y'all sid and say! She delivered this like a true Rockstar, baby, ya heard m'? HATS OFF! She had to have studied Janis version coz it's so similar! PLATINUM SINGLE if she ran it!
I MEAN DAMNIT SHE KILLED IT!!!! LOVE ME SOME MARY!
From Erma to Janis to Melissa to Mary - amazing how one song can be performed so differently and taken so differently from person to person. No need to compare them for me. I love them all.
She killed it
I grew up listening to Janis Joplin my mom LOVED her! I just so happened to look Mary up performing this song and I'm so glad she did I knew she would SING THE SHIT OUT of this song!!!! Love Mary
Yes,my thoughts exactly! ☺
Janis covered this song The originator of the song is Aretha Franklin's sister Erma Franklin
Philly M23 yeah, but mary is singing janis’ version
She looks so beautiful in here
I've been looking for this clip forever!!! I love my Mary. She is true Soul. Thanks for posting
SHE’S A SOUL SINGER FIRST!!! EVERYTHING ELSE CAN TAKE SECOND PLACE. LEGEND.
soooo greaaat, true histerical passion...love you, Mary...
MARY J. É SIMPLESMENTE MARAVILHOSA, GRANDE !!!!!
soooo greaaat, true histerical passion...love you, Mary...
Awesome performance of a classic. Doesn't get much better than this here.
I think a lot of these comments didn't watch after the 4:00 mark
To all the people doing comparisons and bellyaching about MJB's tribute cover of the Janis Joplin COVERED herself, please GTHO! It's a TRIBUTE!!! Artists perform other artists songs all the time and the name of the game is to make the song YOUR OWN! Let Mary be Mary bc she can never be Janis. Mary is a living legend in her own right and gave this song her own special sauce. I thought it was great and any time I think of this song, I think of her rendition . Just enjoy the music.
First of all Erma Franklin is the one who sang this originally not Janis Joplin. Fact check.
And now listen to the original version of Piece of my heart from 1967 by Erma Franklin. And the Janis Joplin version of 1968. Both outstandingly good and never equalled
i have looked for this for the longest, thanks for posting, LOVE Mary's version
good performance !!!
Great
BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG EVER!
I never saw this, wow! Mary did it right! Janis would be right there standing proud. So many singers try to imitate Janis and it does not work. It is like when some singers try to imitate Nina Simone's classic Feeling Good; when they get to the scat they fall apart. This was a genuine interpretation- Great.
I'm sorry...I'm sorry...but Mary J. Blige TORE THE ROOF OFF OF THE PLACE WITH THIS SONG!!!! She killed it, ya'll....*shaking my head* WHEW!!!
The best rendition of a classic Janis Joplin song that I have ever heard!! Beautiful!!
Mary give us a Rock Album please 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Mary killed it gave me chills 🔥🔥🔥
Mary didn't come to play with them.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice cover!! No.. Hella of a cover!!
OMG!! ok, so i guess i'm like 3 yrs late on this 1 but i never saw this b4!! mary is my faaaaaaaavourite girl & she smashed this song! i love how she kept it raw (a la janis joplin) but she still put the NYC up in there, i was actually screamin & clappin like i was in the front row hahahaha. love u mary!!
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!! OMG. I think I just had a religious experience listening to this.
The main ingredient of this song's lyric is raw emotion and that absolutely can't be faked. A life of suffering and deep sadness should come through the singer's wailing cries. Words alone can't describe the pain & suffering women are put through. Mary J. Blige is truly feeling it, making any man want to treat his woman right. To me, that's what this song is about and I can feel it.
ok. so i went and looked at the Janis version's. I'm sorry but Mary slayed this. she owned this cut.
This just blows me away every time I hear it--she did a FANTASTIC job.
woah she done a great cover of this song, fabulous!
Quite possibly the best cover of a cover ever created. :) Mary J. killed it!
Shoot, I LOVE Janis, and Mary J sang the heck out of this song. I wish she'd put out an album of this kind of stuff. It's great to hear her rock. I think she did awesome.
This is the best version of this song I have found because everyone else who covers it seems to think that they have to have raspy vocals and excessive screaming.
simply just WOW absolutely an amazing voice mary has !!!!!
Mary KILLED this joint literally...........I don't care what nobody says she made this song her OWN!!!!! And I have heard the original and sorry for all the Joplin fans and no disrespect BUT Mary did her thing wit this one and let's not 4get Janis was a white soul songer who screamed off key as well her music was dubbed rock but Janis Joplin sung pure soul music...
oh my god .....
SHE is amazing....!!!!!
Erma f. Janis J Mary j. 3 different great songs...each one fantastic...greetings from Italy...
I hate how people act as if this was originally janis joplins song. it was not!
MJB breaks it down like nobody else. Maybe Otis Redding could break off something like this. Out of this world.
@KIDAmnesiacBends Keep dreaming, Janis could NOT sing
damn good tribute
That's how most of her remakes go..She looses the feeling of the song to busy screaming off key...
She Rocked it! One of the all time greats. Hard to think of a contemporary vocalist besides Chaka who can hang with Mary.
Mary is INCREDIBLE, she knows how to capture her audience attention....she did her thang is this performance...MARY KNOWS HOW TO BRING IT!!!!!!
She failer in high note
Yes !!!!!...Love you Mary !!!!!!
please don't compare Mary to Janis. they're different singers. Janis is already a legend so there's no point of comparing them.
Mary is a legend. She can be compared and mention in any topic about popular culture.
This is 2 freaking wonderfulness!!! Who would have thought whoever I'm so glad you did!!!!!! ;) Love U Mary!!!
Really soulful rendition: almost as good as Erma Franklin's original, and Janice's cover.
i like this cover. has mary's own flair to it.
GO IN MARY, LET HAVE
She knows she got it at 5:47! Love to see my girl smile!
THANKS FOR RE-POSTING THIS!!! Mary's emotions & her voice makes the song sensational- I LOVE IT!
she came out all gangsta! love it
I LOVE this version. And please keep in mind, y'all, that Janis' version is also a cover, and Mary did this as a tribute.
Great version. I love it at 4:27 when Mary J. extends the song a la Isaac Hayes. Excellent jam! Thanks for posting it.
Wow!
A milion stars for this one!
Mary did it just perfect!!!!!!!!
Mary j is awesome!
First and more important, Aretha's sister ERMA FRANKLIN DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS SONG IN 1967!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Janis has the more well known version from 1968 while she was with Big Brother & The Holding Company. So, if anything, Janis was following what Erma did for her own version, THEN made it her own!!! MARY WORE THIS VERSION OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
E-L-E-C-T-R-I-F-Y-I-N-G!!!!!!!!! she can definately sing! I LOVE MY GIRL mjb. Simply electrifying her live performances.
Marry J rocks class act
I've seen that version many times over and absolutely loved her duet with U2. I've loved other remakes that she has done but I just honestly don't like this version. I'm not being mean and I'm not a Mary J Blige hater. I've bought too many cds and favorited to many of her vids to be labeled that.
You guys need to keep in mind Mary is not a rock singer like Janis or Melissa. What she did is that she made her own style and put a whole new different approach.
Her style was more soul/gospel she was nit intimidated when she did the song.
not even a good try
y'all know mary sang the sweet jesus out of that song. who ever intends to do it after that should be sentenced to jail; end of the story!
Mary J Blige, Because I love you so very much, Should you be reviewing your comments here on TH-cam, I have a couple of music ideas I've got in mind just for you and I've expressed them to Doug E Fresh and others. One idea in particular keeps jumping out at me seriously and you will be the only person in the history of music to have my idea since it's all for you and no one else!!!! Are you interested? Get back at me if you are straight up real talk!!!
Ok, Janis was not the original singer for this. It was Aretha Franklin's sister Erma. Janis did a cover of it which you see on the Big Brother and the Holding Company album. Janis did this often because she liked the blues and soul sound. (EX: Ball and Chain, Summertime) It would startle people sometimes to see Janis and hear her sing because they only expected her sound from a black person. Janis took the song and made it hers with her unique voice and abilities. Mary J did the same thing.
A big chune!!!!!!!
@keydet72 Actually I can hear Janis say "sing it baby"!!! Janis would have been VERY pleased. It was tribute to Janis. Erma Franklin/Aretha's sister made the song First! Mary is a fan of all three of those aforementioned. Mary loves Janis and Aretha. Janis would have given Mary a HUGE HUG IMHO!
She is obviously an incredibly talented singer, but I think, in order for this song to sound good, you have to have a rough, raw voice. MJB doesn'treally have that.
What’s rich was that Janis Joplin was not as technical of a singer as her fans would make you believe. She was often flat and off pitch. So to critique Mary’s vocals is laughable. Both sing from the soul.
That _106 & Park_ interview she did where she mentioned performing this song brought me here.
Love MJB but it's virtually impossible to match the rawness, the realness of Janis Joplin. Just my opinion. Janis was one of a kind!
So powerful, Mary J. is amazing!
GOO MARYJ!!!! THATS WHY I LOVE HER! IDC WHAT NOONE SAYS SHE KILLED THAT!!!! LUV YOU MARY.. YOU RIGHT NOONE LIKE JANIS BUT MARY STILL RIPPED IT!!!
Mary made this song her own. Still winder why she didn't release it cause she even sung a snippet on 106 & Park . wonder if she couldn't get it cleared cause mary does Alot of remakes of old classics.
I remember watching this on TV when it came on and actually she sang another song with the same result....She really made this song Mary I must say.....NOt that's why her status would always start with the Queen of Hip Hop/R&B/Soul
oh my God. I remember I was in the eighth grade and I was watching this with my granddad in our basement rec room.