Mama Cass, the lady saying "wow" at the end was part of the (at the time) super group, The Mamas & The Papas. The Monterey Pop Festival was one of the first big outdoor Rock Concerts. Check out Eric Burdon & The Animals' hit "Monterey" in which he names the big acts who played that day.
The Mamas and the Papas were the headliners and closing act but are largely forgotten at Monterey because of the performances of Joplin , Hendrix, the Who and Otis Redding
also present is Clive Davis, head of Columbia Records, who went to Monterey Pop Fest to see what this whole "rock n roll" music was all about. Signed Janis the next week.
@@crgirlmcgrath7087 I thought it was one of the Monkeys (Micky Dolenz I think) sitting next to Mama Cass. I'm pretty sure of that because there was a wider shot in the Monterey Movie.
At the time of this concert Janis was still for the most part undiscovered. Sad thing is she died not knowing how loved and how deep of an impact she had on music even today.
Musicians and singers never know how loved they are when they’re alive.Jimi Hendrix said that.Also,Robin Gibb was a prime example of that! Such a shame!
This lady could sing! Sadly we lost her too soon. She was only 27 when she died. Had a lot of great songs such as "Piece Of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down On Me", "Ball & Chain", "Summertime" & her original song "Mercedes Benz". If you want to see a bit softer side, check out "Me & Bobby McGee".
Considering everything that had come before her, this must have been such a wonderful shock to the audience, who'd have heard nothing like her before this. Like Mama Cass herself, that was more what people knew from female singers. The 60's were the start of that open, anything is allowed in art, era. And she epitomized that.
This performance was before she was famous. Her name was not even on the poster. The lady with sunglasses is Mama Cass, Momma and the Papas were the organizers of the festival. Janis was happy the audience accepted her.
Bessie Smith a black blues singer from back in the 1920s and 30s was her big inspiration.When Bessie died she was buried in an unmarked grave. Janis heard about it and made sure she got a proper headstone
You've got to understand NOBODY had heard Janis before the Monterey Pop Festival...the one you're watching. She blew the roof off the place (well it was actually outside, but you get it). Cass Elliot was the woman they kept showing. Cass was one of the Mamas and the Papas band. THEY were responsible for this, the first rock festival. They called in a lot of favors to make it happen. Imagine how it must have been for Janis. She was frightened little girl when she walk on stage, she left a famous woman. I saw Janis often, living in the Bay Area.
I watched the documentary film "Monterey Pop" in '67 in Paris right after the festival - Janis was stunning on the stage and you are right - no one had heard a voice like that before!
Cass Elliot was probably THE premier female vocalist at the time of this festival. You see her is the crowd, mouth agape and simply astonished. The crown passed hands. You just watched Janis Joplin becoming the new benchmark, and Cass Elliot handing over the crown. An absolutely stunning performance. There are some that say there is no such thing as a soul, and others say that, like a belief in a God, that it exists, you can't see it or touch it, but it is there. If anyone you know questions the existence of a soul, show them a video of Janis performing.
The woman saying "wow" is a legend in her own righ, Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas. Janis was mostly unknown until this performance, and as huge a star as you can be after it.
When Janis first steps on the stage and smiles at the crowd as they applaud her appearance she looks like a little girl.THEN as she begins to sing and she grabs the world by the throat.
She was on fire. So glad I grew up in this time especially the late 60s to hear this awesome music. Also record executive of Columbia Records was in the audience and signed her to a recording contract there. How cool is that! Cry Baby is also very good.
The lady watching her in awe from the audience is Mama Cass Elliot from the Mama's and the Papa's another good one to check out. Monday Monday is a good place to start ✌️
This is what ended up being termed "acid blues". Powerful, and just grabs you by your soul. Janice was considered the best blue-eyed blues singer ever, That "WOW" was from Mama Cass.
So many breakthrough performances at Monterey Pop. There was this one with Janis. There was Otis Redding introducing Memphis Soul to the love crowd. There was Jimi Hendrix making his US debut with the Experience......such a great show.
You guys definitely felt her soul which isn't surprising for this tour de force performance by a true artist. So glad that this live performance was preserved for future generations to discover and enjoy.
In interviews, Janis Joplin said her inspiration was the great African American Blues singers if the 1920s & 30s. I believe this song was originally sung by Mama Thorton...I could be wrong. Most white people ( like me) had never heard those earlier blues artist because white radio stations would not play their records.Janis was a middle class girl from Texas. Her choice of music and style of singing was condemned in some circles because of the black origins. It infuriates me that she allowed heroin into her life. Oh the music she would have given the world.
Yeah, it was Big Mama, everyone should check out her live performances of it, also Etta James did a great cover. I've watched ever Big Mama Thornton footage I could find, she was amazing
Janis's house was at 635 Ashbury in SF. I lived in a commune setting at 625 Ashbury. Basically, the corner of Haight and Ashbury. I heard her in the Golden Gate Park for free. I visited her home in Marin County. Those were epic times.
The woman at 5:38 is Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas. When you see how stunned she is, you know that Janis really was that good! No miming or auto tune here.
Big Mama Thornton sang this first & Janis always credited her with the song! Janice just took it and put her on twist on it... like a lot of other artists do. Janis always put her heart & soul into everything she ever sang! It showed through in every performance!!!
I have to count this song as the best performance by anyone I have ever heard. I always love to see Cass Elliot in the audience - just as blown away as I was.
Oh if you don’t see her live performance of this. She performed from her head to her toes literally 🔥 So sad we lost Janis, Jim and Jimi all at 27 back to back. Such talent gone too soon💜
Janis was an old soul. To have that much soul and grit so young, she just had to be! The first time I heard her sing I was just a kid (12 I think)and she struck something in my soul even though I had no experience of those things she sung about, in this life anyway. Heartbreaking she left this life so young.
My sweet little Janis Joplin I love her because she was a true hippie girl who was such a beautiful soul and if you ever watch her interviews she is a spirit child.
The band was Big Brother and the Holding Company, check out the version of this song from the album Cheap Thrills. The album was recorded in a studio but with sound effects to make the whole album seem like it was recorded live.
Everything about Janis is blues and pain...its brks my heart every single time I hear sing. She lived up to the blues because it expressed her life unfortunately.
It may be true that they're a lot of good female artists out there, but there will never be another Janis Joplin. She could blow the socks off of anyone out there if she were still here today. ;-) ;-) ;-)
And with that performance, the world knew all about Janis. Music history right there. For another OF THE CHAIN performance from this show. Look up Ravi Shankar playing traditional Indian raga. Absolutely mind-blowing. It's 18 minutes long, starts kind of slow, but damn it delivers by the end. Must watch.
You've got to hear "Summertime" from the "Cheap Thrills" album by Big Brother and the Holding Company when Janis was their lead singer. It's one of the most classic albums of all time.
A little context. This was the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. It was the first ever outdoor Multi Day - Multi Talent weekend music festival. It was co-organized by The Mamas and The Papas of which Mama Cass Elliot is the one watching in awe saying Wow. The festival was suppose to be in LA where they're from but was not able to secure a venue so they were offered the Monterey Fairgrounds Arena up north just south of San Francisco, and mostly because most of the talent of the time were based in SF. Janis was an unheard of artist from Texas and at the time living up in the San Francisco music scene cutting the rug in the bay area clubs. It was suggested for her to debut at the Pop Festival so this was the first anyone outside of the bay ever saw or heard of her. A young Columbia Records scout by the name of Clive Davis was sitting next to Mama Cass and after being blown away by Janis was immediately inspired to give her her first record contract. The rest became History. Other artist performing there was Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Steve Miller Band, The Animals, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Grateful Dead, Country Joe and The Fish, Simon and Garfunkel, Otis Redding The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Lou Rawls, Ravi Shankar, The Mamas and The Papas, and many more.
I saw Monterey Pop on the big screen in Boston in the summer of 67, tripping my brains out on LSD. Her performance is still the best thing I've ever seen. She was pretty much unknown until this concert that's the reason for such a strong reaction from the audience.
She was bullied terribly while in school in Corpus Christi that she had to quit. And when she made it big she went back to rub their noses in it. Said it was the highlight of her career
That woman in the sunglasses is Cass Elliot of the Mama's and the Papa's. She is very famous already, her singing and her voice are highly acclaimed, and she is blown away by this newcomer. Listen to Cass Elliot sing "Words of Love", it's great. Listen to Janis's acapella "Mercedes 'Benz", It's funny and endearing.
My two favorite reactors. Enjoy watching you both react to this great Rock n Roll that I grew up listening too. Btw...Janis's greatest song is (Me and Bobby McGee) You'll both love it. Trust Me!
I have always been convinced that had she the choice between living to 80 without singing or die at 27 and get to sing her heart out, well, she would have been singing
This was the 2nd performance by Big Brother & the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival to allow it to be filmed as the San Fransisco bands had initially refused permission to film.
You just watched what was my very first live music performance. I was 13 and an older cousin was forced to drag me along. A lot of firsts for me that weekend!
Mama Cass, the lady saying "wow" at the end was part of the (at the time) super group, The Mamas & The Papas. The Monterey Pop Festival was one of the first big outdoor Rock Concerts. Check out Eric Burdon & The Animals' hit "Monterey" in which he names the big acts who played that day.
The Mamas and the Papas were the headliners and closing act but are largely forgotten at Monterey because of the performances of Joplin , Hendrix, the Who and Otis Redding
also present is Clive Davis, head of Columbia Records, who went to Monterey Pop Fest to see what this whole "rock n roll" music was all about. Signed Janis the next week.
Jimmy Hendrix is sitting next to Mama Cass
I love finding out new things! A lot of people on this site have serious knowledge on music.
@@crgirlmcgrath7087 I thought it was one of the Monkeys (Micky Dolenz I think) sitting next to Mama Cass. I'm pretty sure of that because there was a wider shot in the Monterey Movie.
Goosebumps EVERY time I see this performance. She felt this in every part of her being.
The closest anyone has ever been to opening a vein on stage.
At the time of this concert Janis was still for the most part undiscovered. Sad thing is she died not knowing how loved and how deep of an impact she had on music even today.
Absolutely my friend
Musicians and singers never know how loved they are when they’re alive.Jimi Hendrix said that.Also,Robin Gibb was a prime example of that! Such a shame!
So sad reading some of these comments
This lady could sing! Sadly we lost her too soon. She was only 27 when she died. Had a lot of great songs such as "Piece Of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down On Me", "Ball & Chain", "Summertime" & her original song "Mercedes Benz". If you want to see a bit softer side, check out "Me & Bobby McGee".
Kozmic Blues kicks ass too💯
There's something about a candle that burns twice as bright for half as long. RIP Janis.
Clive Davis was in the audience. He signed Janis to her first record deal after this performance. This was the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival.
Considering everything that had come before her, this must have been such a wonderful shock to the audience, who'd have heard nothing like her before this. Like Mama Cass herself, that was more what people knew from female singers. The 60's were the start of that open, anything is allowed in art, era. And she epitomized that.
Best female vocalist to ever grace this planet. They walked on that stage that night as nobody’s and walked off stars. Especially Janis.
she had a lot of pain in her life. It came through in her singing.
Janis was in a class by herself. None before her or after. Her hero was blues legend Bessie Smith.
This performance was before she was famous. Her name was not even on the poster. The lady with sunglasses is Mama Cass, Momma and the Papas were the organizers of the festival. Janis was happy the audience accepted her.
Bessie Smith a black blues singer from back in the 1920s and 30s was her big inspiration.When Bessie died she was buried in an unmarked grave. Janis heard about it and made sure she got a proper headstone
You've got to understand NOBODY had heard Janis before the Monterey Pop Festival...the one you're watching. She blew the roof off the place (well it was actually outside, but you get it). Cass Elliot was the woman they kept showing. Cass was one of the Mamas and the Papas band. THEY were responsible for this, the first rock festival. They called in a lot of favors to make it happen. Imagine how it must have been for Janis. She was frightened little girl when she walk on stage, she left a famous woman. I saw Janis often, living in the Bay Area.
I watched the documentary film "Monterey Pop" in '67 in Paris right after the festival - Janis was stunning on the stage and you are right - no one had heard a voice like that before!
And the came Hendrix and put that place on another planet...!!
Cass Elliot was probably THE premier female vocalist at the time of this festival. You see her is the crowd, mouth agape and simply astonished. The crown passed hands. You just watched Janis Joplin becoming the new benchmark, and Cass Elliot handing over the crown. An absolutely stunning performance. There are some that say there is no such thing as a soul, and others say that, like a belief in a God, that it exists, you can't see it or touch it, but it is there. If anyone you know questions the existence of a soul, show them a video of Janis performing.
It was Big Brother and the Holding Crew that got billing, not Janis
@@jeromemilne561 Holding Company☺️
I read somewhere that we almost didn’t get this performance recorded! It was Janis that insisted and thankfully we have it for all to enjoy. RIP Janis
I was speechless when I first saw her on TV decades ago. She still affects me like the first time, and I've listened to this at least a dozen times.
She killed it! RIP queen Janis
The woman saying "wow" is a legend in her own righ, Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas. Janis was mostly unknown until this performance, and as huge a star as you can be after it.
I love that BJ said it's more passion than pitch! Yes Sir that's a perfect description of Janis singing 💞
When Janis first steps on the stage and smiles at the crowd as they applaud her appearance she looks like a little girl.THEN as she begins to sing and she grabs the world by the throat.
She was on fire. So glad I grew up in this time especially the late 60s to hear this awesome music. Also record executive of Columbia Records was in the audience and signed her to a recording contract there. How cool is that! Cry Baby is also very good.
The lady watching her in awe from the audience is Mama Cass Elliot from the Mama's and the Papa's another good one to check out. Monday Monday is a good place to start ✌️
Yes, and sitting right behind Cass is Alan WIlson from Canned Heat who also died at 27.....
This is what ended up being termed "acid blues". Powerful, and just grabs you by your soul. Janice was considered the best blue-eyed blues singer ever,
That "WOW" was from Mama Cass.
So many breakthrough performances at Monterey Pop. There was this one with Janis. There was Otis Redding introducing Memphis Soul to the love crowd. There was Jimi Hendrix making his US debut with the Experience......such a great show.
This is a cut up version of this song, Janis blew everyone away. The wow at the end is from Mama Cass from The Mamas and the Papas
First time I saw this I was speechless. What a voice. Sadly passed away in her prime.
You guys definitely felt her soul which isn't surprising for this tour de force performance by a true artist. So glad that this live performance was preserved for future generations to discover and enjoy.
Yeah.... Monterey, 1967... With Big Brother and The Holding Company...
In interviews, Janis Joplin said her inspiration was the great African American Blues singers if the 1920s & 30s. I believe this song was originally sung by Mama Thorton...I could be wrong. Most white people ( like me) had never heard those earlier blues artist because white radio stations would not play their records.Janis was a middle class girl from Texas. Her choice of music and style of singing was condemned in some circles because of the black origins. It infuriates me that she allowed heroin into her life. Oh the music she would have given the world.
I’m pretty sure you’re right. Big Mama Thornton first did this. It’s phenomenal as well. Check it out if you haven’t already.
Yeah, it was Big Mama, everyone should check out her live performances of it, also Etta James did a great cover. I've watched ever Big Mama Thornton footage I could find, she was amazing
@@If6turnsouttobe9 I’ve got several of her songs on my phone. Love her stuff.
She was also heavily influenced by Odetta. ✌️💜💚💛
Janis's house was at 635 Ashbury in SF. I lived in a commune setting at 625 Ashbury. Basically, the corner of Haight and Ashbury. I heard her in the Golden Gate Park for free. I visited her home in Marin County. Those were epic times.
Her performance is so emotive, she sings with her entire body. I love the Mama Cass reaction, even she's blown away
Glad y'all got to see her singing that live. Great reaction!
Loved Janis she could sing with so much soul and feeling. RIP. JANIS
This was her first live performance and she always was amazing & incredible. She put her mark onto the musical world.
The woman at 5:38 is Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas. When you see how stunned she is, you know that Janis really was that good! No miming or auto tune here.
Big Mama Thornton sang this first & Janis always credited her with the song! Janice just took it and put her on twist on it... like a lot of other artists do. Janis always put her heart & soul into everything she ever sang! It showed through in every performance!!!
I have to count this song as the best performance by anyone I have ever heard. I always love to see Cass Elliot in the audience - just as blown away as I was.
Ayyy this song is lit love me some Janis Joplin! Great reaction!
Oh if you don’t see her live performance of this. She performed from her head to her toes literally 🔥
So sad we lost Janis, Jim and Jimi all at 27 back to back. Such talent gone too soon💜
“Maybe” is my favorite Janis Joplin song! ❤️❤️❤️
You guys are so right on.
She was bullied as a kid and never thought she was attractive or good enough.
Her pain is palpable
I would probably agree with you if I knew what "palpable" ment. smile (:
@@rossadams1405 it means you can nearly touch it, and you can definitely feel it
Dirty, gritty, amazing and sung from her soul. Janis is my all-time favorite female singer.
Janis was an old soul. To have that much soul and grit so young, she just had to be! The first time I heard her sing I was just a kid (12 I think)and she struck something in my soul even though I had no experience of those things she sung about, in this life anyway. Heartbreaking she left this life so young.
My sweet little Janis Joplin I love her because she was a true hippie girl who was such a beautiful soul and if you ever watch her interviews she is a spirit child.
The band was Big Brother and the Holding Company, check out the version of this song from the album Cheap Thrills. The album was recorded in a studio but with sound effects to make the whole album seem like it was recorded live.
She is 1 of the 3 most iconic female voices EVER.
Aretha and Chrissie Hynde?
@@spiderbass65 they are top 5. I put debbie Harry number 3. Janis 2 and i say Grace Slick is 1
@@leefreed2060 Both great and iconic, but no Aretha.
I absolutely love Asia' s reaction
How good was that, my era, my time, thank god for Janis, "The Queen of the Blues"!
Everything about Janis is blues and pain...its brks my heart every single time I hear sing. She lived up to the blues because it expressed her life unfortunately.
Asia and BJ, you will LOVE her "Piece Of My Heart" and "Me And Bobby McGee".
It's widely believed that this performance launched Janis's career...
It may be true that they're a lot of good female artists out there, but there will never be another Janis Joplin. She could blow the socks off of anyone out there if she were still here today. ;-) ;-) ;-)
Great reaction again.
Yessir.
Janis was Queen of the Blues!!!
Piece of My Heart and Me and Bobby McGee. Two great songs from her.
Some sing the blues. Others, true blues artists, feel the blues. Janis definitely felt the blues. Peace out.
The woman in the crowd that said Wow was Mama Cass Elliott of the Mamas and the Papas.
Great reaction! Now Janis Joplin Work Me Lord, Live in Stockholm 1969. Right up there with one of her best live performances.
FYI, Janis was born in Port Arthur, TX, Jan. 19, 1943, close to 80 years ago. Such a tortured soul, but what a wonderful voice! RIP Pearl!
And with that performance, the world knew all about Janis. Music history right there. For another OF THE CHAIN performance from this show. Look up Ravi Shankar playing traditional Indian raga. Absolutely mind-blowing. It's 18 minutes long, starts kind of slow, but damn it delivers by the end. Must watch.
Legendary Janis Joplin... 🌹
RIP 🙏
You've got to hear "Summertime" from the "Cheap Thrills" album by Big Brother and the Holding Company when Janis was their lead singer. It's one of the most classic albums of all time.
A little context. This was the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. It was the first ever outdoor Multi Day - Multi Talent weekend music festival. It was co-organized by The Mamas and The Papas of which Mama Cass Elliot is the one watching in awe saying Wow. The festival was suppose to be in LA where they're from but was not able to secure a venue so they were offered the Monterey Fairgrounds Arena up north just south of San Francisco, and mostly because most of the talent of the time were based in SF.
Janis was an unheard of artist from Texas and at the time living up in the San Francisco music scene cutting the rug in the bay area clubs. It was suggested for her to debut at the Pop Festival so this was the first anyone outside of the bay ever saw or heard of her.
A young Columbia Records scout by the name of Clive Davis was sitting next to Mama Cass and after being blown away by Janis was immediately inspired to give her her first record contract. The rest became History.
Other artist performing there was Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Steve Miller Band, The Animals, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Grateful Dead, Country Joe and The Fish, Simon and Garfunkel, Otis Redding The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Lou Rawls, Ravi Shankar, The Mamas and The Papas, and many more.
This is my FAVORITE video/song, it seriously give me chills everytime!!!
I saw Monterey Pop on the big screen in Boston in the summer of 67, tripping my brains out on LSD. Her performance is still the best thing I've ever seen. She was pretty much unknown until this concert that's the reason for such a strong reaction from the audience.
The whole Monterrey concert is worth checking out.
Janis - legend. Straight from her soul to the microphone. No filter. Not long for this earth. 🙏😥
I get teary eyed, everytime I hear one of her songs. I'm 66, and still mourning her death. She left way too soon.
Me too
This is one amazing soul who was am old soul and before her time simultaneously at the dame time.
Man I'm SO glad I was a teenager back then and I STILL LOVE PEARL !!!💖💖💖💖💖
Raw, passion, and Emotion is Janis,,
The lady in the sunglasses looking in awe was Mama Cass from the Mama's and The Papa's
The lady in front wearing sun glasses is Mama Cass, from the Mama's & The Papa's.
She was bullied terribly while in school in Corpus Christi that she had to quit. And when she made it big she went back to rub their noses in it. Said it was the highlight of her career
Janis on the Tom Jones show. Tom and Janis slayed it! Both dancing as well. Real chemistry. ❤
Best live performance by a female vocalist in the history of music. The same concert Jimi humped his guitar and set on fire
I was hoping you'd get to this one. Her first big stage debut. And she blew it up.
That's my girl.I have loved her as long as I can remember.Just recently while doing my genealogy I discovered she was actually a cousin of mine.
Legend. Thank you for doing this
She was amazing!
😂..."come on can you do that again"funny. Janis is amazing, the passion, the voice and soul is pure...Peace🤙☝️🙂
I absolutely LOVED your reaction to Janis! I had to watch this twice!
That woman in the sunglasses is Cass Elliot of the Mama's and the Papa's. She is very famous already, her singing and her voice are highly acclaimed, and she is blown away by this newcomer. Listen to Cass Elliot sing "Words of Love", it's great. Listen to Janis's acapella "Mercedes 'Benz", It's funny and endearing.
Nunca jamás en toda mi vida he visto una actualización como está.
Nunca.
Es absolutamente imposible hacerlo mejor.
My two favorite reactors. Enjoy watching you both react to this great Rock n Roll that I grew up listening too. Btw...Janis's greatest song is (Me and Bobby McGee) You'll both love it. Trust Me!
"Summertime" live or "Work me Lord" live are beautiful!
Her performance on the Tom Jones show singing Little Girl Blue is beautiful too. Moves me every time I watch it
I have always been convinced that had she the choice between living to 80 without singing or die at 27 and get to sing her heart out, well, she would have been singing
Janis Joplin was a Port Arthur, Texas girl. She was born, raised and graduated from Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson High School.
She brings tears to my eyes
You have GOT to listen to Little Girl Blues. The passion in her voice is stunning
Mama Cass an incredible vocalist in her own right was front and center to see Janis. Her expressions say it all. Janis is the best.
This was the 2nd performance by Big Brother & the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival to allow it to be filmed as the San Fransisco bands had initially refused permission to film.
Love Janis!! "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Piece of my Heart" are ones you should definitely check out too!! They are awesome!!
Janis sings with her entire soul!!!!😭😭🎼
My favourite artist of all time for good reason!!!!!
Always fire. Great job that you both do.
Yall done went ahead and jumped. On my heart strings
Checking in..much respect and success
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company album Cheap Thrills is a must.
The big woman in the crowd with the big sunglasses was Mama Cass Elliott, another incredible singer from the Mamas and the Papas.
You just watched what was my very first live music performance. I was 13 and an older cousin was forced to drag me along. A lot of firsts for me that weekend!
Imagine if Janis Joplin and Robert Plant had a child together.
The lady saying wow in the crowd was Momma Cass from the Mommas and Poppas.
Cass Elliot was in awe...this is my favorite song then little girl blue and summertime