The Crumb cover is worth the price of the album plus one of the worlds greatest blues
singers of all time..  Her flame was intense it just didn't burn nearly long enough.  

Great wailing.

Always liked the juxtaposition of the baseline chorus with Janis' soaring vocals.   

Oh yes it does 

Oh, Janis come on and stop crying at the end!

Oh Janis... come and take a little piece of my heart!!!

So happy to hear this one from my dim and distant past. Had to restrain myself from winding up the volume and disturbing my neighbours. Quarter to midnight in UK. Most of the covers I have heard are naff in comparison to JJ. However will investigate Erma, of whom I know nothing.

Relax, guys.... The_Enemy obviously meant "undisirregardless".

And the year was 1969 ... music was just golden that year

Absolute classic!!

 Stratocaster wrote: 
I'm with the Strat....not a word....make it go away....

 d-don wrote: 
R. Crumb recently discussed this in an interview - he did it for $300 and what he thought was a chance to get close to Joplin, on whom he had a huge crush. Crumb was, at the time, still relatively unknown and needed the $300 to make rent.

Good thing they never got together because, despite the fact I have huge respect for their talents, they would have had some remarkably unattractive kids . . .  

 The_Enemy wrote:
Irregardless? IRREGARDLESS?

That is not a word!

 d-don wrote: 
Ditto.......

One of the greatest album covers ever.

RP is doing a number on me this afternoon.

I'm not sure I have given a 1 rating, but I do know I'm not a big Janice fan.  sorry

My first (and as of now, only) 1 rating !

 RockinBlueVoodoo wrote: 
Yup.  Erma's version is waaaaay better than what Janis put down back in the hurly burly days. (IMHO)

 azdcryan wrote: 
Irregardless of any other argument, that's all that really matters.

Well put.

I rated this a 1 9-years ago and my vote still stands - what a P.O.S.

 Manbird wrote: 
Y'know, buddy, I've defended your right to say what you want—the "me and god" stuff—and suggested folks check out your web site. Interesting stuff there. But now you're just a parody. You figure if you're bigger, louder, and take up more space than anyone else that what you have to say—essentially nothing—will have some value. Sorry, pal. You just take up more space.

 Papernapkin wrote: 

Yes, your highness.

Enough of the old stuff please.

 ianmoff wrote: 

Old?  She died at 27.

Goddesslike.

 azdcryan wrote: 
Well put...

What do you do with a classic like this...??  vote it high.  It stands the test if time and relativity.

 ianmoff wrote: 
You are certainly entitled, but I would submit that art is/should be emotive.  How does one define "better".  However you do, I would agree that there are better out there...but JJ is just fine as a peach.

From a documentary I saw, JJ was a very soulful albeit flawed artist.  She was a social pariah as a younster, and singing/bellowing/screeching (whatever you want to call it) was her way of expressing herself.

You don't dig, that's cool.

For me, it gets my rocks off everytime.  I have a handful of recordings of her/them, all I enjoy...as I do a nice drunken stupor from time to time.  Of course, I can do without the overplayed radio stuff - but she (and this band) could just flat lay it down.  You should give it a better listen I think.

Some people think that missionary is the only way.  Others know better. 

I grew up listening to JJ & Jimmie H. in the late 60's, and it never gets old......they are all reliable classics that shaped rock & roll for decades to come. Cornerstone's to today's music! Reminds me of good old Woodstock days!!! Great memories.