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Wed Apr-13-05 09:00 PM
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Poll question: Favorite female rock star? |
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I know I missed some,and I have the Heart girls together,but these girls kick ass.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:03 PM
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1. johnette napolitano or shirley manson |
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:04 PM
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2. See,I told you I missed some. |
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These are two of my favorites too.
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4. Shirley Manson and Liz Phair |
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5. Gwen Staphonie (spelling?) |
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:14 PM
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8. I looked on your poll for Janis Joplin, found her on -- |
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-- the blue line, and cast m vote for one of the most affecting human beings I have ever heard sing.
In 1970 Jon Landau, writing in ROLLING STONE, said this about Janis Joplin:
“Our picture of Janis Joplin was based on a pact between Janis and ourselves, satisfying some mutual need to make the world a little easier to bear by making it a little less real. And of course we could never be satisfied with her and Janis finally exhausted herself trying to keep her end of the bargain. Janis Joplin was a human being and was never any of the things we wanted to believe about her. She was beset by the same fears and problems as anyone who sat in the audience watching her. The difference lay only in her ability to express herself for ourselves, through her music and her ability to perform. The rest we made up.”
I miss Janis Joplin. I miss her a lot.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:51 PM
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... but I certainly never thought of her as described by Mr. Landau in that unfortunate paragraph.
She was clearly as screwed up as anyone and willing to give voice to it. It was not her downfall, it was her art and her exaltation.
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:03 PM
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25. I took Landau's paragraph to be pro-Janis -- sort of a |
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way of saying that she was a woman from Port Arthur, Texas, with the same kinds of fears and self-doubts as the people who paid money to hear her, but that in her case, she had this amazing talent -- her voice.
And my god that voice. One reviewer described it as a psychic talon rising from somewhere deep down in the back of her throat, reaching over the audience to hook into their flesh.
I have never heard another voice like that, male or female, in any genre. Janis was the one-of-a-kind vocalist.
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:48 AM
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44. I reread the paragraph... |
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.... I guess it was the "trying to keep up with us" part that rubbed me the wrong way. I don't think she was trying to "keep up with us", I think she was trying to "keep ahead of herself".
Either way, I also love Janis and thought she was a great talent. Sure, not everything about the way she sang was 100% original, almost nothing ever is.
What she brought was real passion, a real willingness to bare it all.
I sure cannot think of a contemporary vocalist who is popular who comes close IMHO...
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:02 AM
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47. Agree on all points. And in my posts here I failed to say -- |
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-- how homesick I am for her. I never met the woman. But I "know" her voice so well. It's in my blood and bones, I think.
Not very many public figures get that bones-and-blood sadness response from me, but Janis does.
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I remember my high school choir director playing the 45 version of "Piece of my Heart". He said, "This woman has a wonderful voice, but if she keeps singing like this, she will lose it in a few years!"
All the others on the list are wannabees. Janis was the first and the greatest!
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69. Yep. She had the fire. If I could change anything -- |
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-- about her career, it would be the backup bands she played with.
I just never thought Big Brother & the Holding Company were the right musicians to back up Janis Joplin.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:15 PM
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9. Aimee Mann... this week |
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:17 PM
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10. Debbie Harry is simply debravacious. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 12:00 PM
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57. She's even Def, Dumb, and Blonde! |
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:19 PM
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11. They're not stars, but Corin Tucker and K. McCarty are my faves. |
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:26 PM
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14. K. McCarty of Dead Dog's Eyeball fame? |
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Kool, very Kool.
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I also love her work with Glass Eye (talk about underrated!)
She has the most glorious voice imaginable, like a punk Sandy Denny. Plus she can wring more emotion from the songs she sings than just about anyone since Van Morrison; I want "Dead Dog's Eyeball" played at my funeral.
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and loved Glass Eye. Used to see them fairly often at the Liberty Lunch in Austin. I once saw them play a double bill with the Reivers - it was heaven. Or, the Reivers may have been Zeitgeist back then. Have you listened to much Daniel Johnston? I love his lyrics.
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Johnston's a force of nature, or at least used to be before he started taking meds.
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:01 PM
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24. Don't play cards with Satan |
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for the recording aesthetic, the joy of Funeral Home and the pathos of Got to Get You into My Life make 1990 one of my fave lps of all time.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:19 PM
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12. Joan Jett performed for the Marines |
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in Okinawa when my son was based there. (he's back in Iraq for his second tour). He said she really did a great show, performing in the hot sun, and spent hours afterward talking to the guys. He said she looked really good for "someone my Mom's age."
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:56 PM
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22. *sigh* I feel old now. |
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Time stands still for no man. Or female rock star.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:24 PM
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Edited on Wed Apr-13-05 09:24 PM by Spider Jerusalem
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41. I so agree............ |
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No way.
Siouxie from S. and the Banshees is better than Harvey.
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:31 PM
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73. I HATE the Pretenders. |
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And I like Siouxsie, but I don't think she's better.
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:45 PM
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16. I can't choose between Chrissie Hynde and Janis |
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... I felt exactly the same way. :)
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Wed Apr-13-05 09:47 PM
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17. Johnette Napolitano, of Concrete Blonde. |
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23. Joan Jett. But I have a soft spot for Pat Benatar and Patti Smith too. |
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:06 PM
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27. PJ Harvey, Shirley Manson, Fiona Apple |
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:10 PM
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30. Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads |
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There's another good one.
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33. woo hoo! and Tom Tom Club |
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43. She really rocks and so does Polly Jean Harvey! |
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36. Chrissy Hynde, Chrissy Hynde, Chrissy Hynde!!! |
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Not only does she write great songs, she has an amazing stage presence AND plays guitar.
Chrissy Rocks!
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38. she is such a favorite of mine, I misspelled her first name!! |
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:48 PM
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37. lauryn hill or mc lyte |
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:48 PM
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39. It's hard to choose from this list |
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but I know I wouldn't choose Courtney Love.
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Wed Apr-13-05 10:50 PM
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40. That's Deborah Harry, puhleeze |
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42. What about Joni Mitchell? Is she not considered a rocker? |
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45. Kim Deal and Kristin Hersh |
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but did so reflexively before seeing Janice Joplin's name. Both are great.
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49. If she qualifies as "rock"... |
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... Aimee Mann (but she may be considered "pop" instead)
If Aimee is "pop" then I vote Chrissy Hynde
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51. "I like the you cross the street 'cause you're....precious." |
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55. Debora Iyall And why not? |
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56. courtney love=rock star |
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in every ugly sense of the word and her music is good too. it was either her or janis, but courtney married another rock star, so she edged out janis.
i know janis did the ultimate rock star thing by killing herself, but courtney still has time.
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Janis only killed herself. Courtney killed her husband. |
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So is that more of a rock star thing? :shrug:
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62. i don't think courtney killed kurt |
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so i left that part out. i think she was smart enough to realize that kurt was the big bread winner, then and in the future.
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:30 PM
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72. SHE DIDN'T kill her husband. |
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She's an asshole; not a killer. She's really brilliant, too!:-)
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WOW; could anyone come up with something better than "Would I lie to you?"
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She's got a great female rock voice. I also really like Heart.
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I was listening to her before most people had ever heard of her.
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A near-genius songwriter.
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63. Bonnie Raitt, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick... |
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to name a few you forgot.
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Bass player for White Zombie. She made that bass SING, man.
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What's she doing now, do you know?
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77. She is playing with a band called "Rock City Morgue" |
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They have two albums out.
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66. Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti Patti |
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71. Anne and Nancy only have two votes? |
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74. I agree. Totally underrated |
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Ann has the best rock voice around. And she still has it!!!
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76. Kim Deal and Liz Fraser |
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78. Liz Phair and Kirstin Hersch |
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