| | | Ooh, that's harsh. Particularly the bit about "callow white-gal blooze mama stylings" - would you prefer it if she was pretending to sound Afro-American, with full-on Soul backing, because at least what she was doing was fairly different for her time, both musically and politically. Ditto the mention of garage rock, which you make sound like a bad thing in and of itself, and hardly really applies to Joplin's records anyway.
I never knew that Janis Joplin was an icon or dead when I grew up listening to her music, and her personal life or position in the canon has little relevance to the actual music itself for me either now. I like the way she sounds raw and not overproduced: not that there is anything wrong with lush production in the right context - it just wouldn't suit her particular voice.
I should add though that I'm talking about this entirely from memory of both artist's versions, so I really should try to listen to each interpretation before discussing the fner points of the actual songs concerned any further. |
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