La leggendaria Janis Joplin moriva 49 anni fa. In suo ricordo, vi posto il brano “Kozmic Blues”, con testo e video.
Ricordando Janis.
Janis Lyn Joplin era nata a Port Arthur (USA) il 19 gennaio 1943 e si avvicinò alla musica blues fin da piccola.
Esordì nel 1967 con la band Big Brother and the Holding Company , partecipando nel solito anno al Festival Pop di Monterey.
Dopo l’ incisione dell’ album Cheap Thrills, nel 1969 Janis scelse di fare la carriera solista, facendosi accompagnare dalla Kozmic Blues Band, con cui pubblicò l’ album I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!.
La sua grande presenza scenica, oltre che la sua inimitabile voce, furono immortalate al Festival di Woodstock del 1969.
Purtroppo il 4 ottobre 1970, Janis Joplin fu trovata morta in un Hotel di Hollywood, a seguito di una overdose di eroina.
Sono passati 49 anni dalla sua morte, ma la sua voce e la sua musica non temono il passare del tempo.
Kozmic Blues è una canzone estratta dall’album “I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!”, primo lavoro solista della cantautrice, uscito nel settembre del 1969. (Fonte Wikipedia)
Il brano è un rock blues psichedelico e fece parte dell’esibizione della Joplin al Festival di Woodstock del 1969.
Testo : Janis Joplin – Kozmic Blues
Time keeps moving on
Friends they turn away
I keep moving’ on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard the dream
I keep trying’ to make it right
Through another lonely day, whoa a
Dawn has come at last
Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah
Well, I’m twenty-five years older now
So I know we can’t be right
And I’m no better, baby
And I can’t help you no more
Than I did when just a girl
Aww, but it don’t make no difference, baby, no, no
And I know that I could always try
It don’t make no difference, baby, yeah
I better hold it now
I better need it, yeah
I better use it until the day I die, whoa
Don’t expect any answers, dear
For I know that they don’t come with age, no, no
Well, I’m never going to love you any better, babe
And I’m never going to love you right
So you’d better take it now, right now
Aww, but it don’t make no difference, babe
And I know that I could always try
There’s a fire inside everyone of us
You better need it now
I get to hold it, yeah
I better use it until the day I die
Don’t make no difference, babe, no, no, no
And it never ever will, hey
I want to talk about a little bit of loving, yeah
I get to hold it, baby
I’m going to need it now
I’m going to use it, say, aah
Don’t make no difference, babe, yeah
Ah honey, I’d hate to be the one
I said you’re going to live your life
And you’re going to love your life
Or babe, someday you’re going to have to cry
Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed
Ah, baby, yes indeed
I said you, you’re always going to hurt me
I said you’re always going to let me down
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way
Ah honey won’t you hold on to what’s going to move
I said it’s going to disappear when you turn your back
I said you know it isn’t going to be there
When you want to reach out and grab on
Whoa babe
Whoa babe
Whoa babe
Oh but keep trucking on
Whoa yeah
Whoa yeah
Whoa yeah
Whoa
Video Youtube : Janis Joplin – Kozmic Blues
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