Janis Ian's live performance of "At Seventeen". + Informações

Janis Ian - At Seventeen (Live, 1976). + Informações

27MAR08 AMSD Acoustic Music San Diego as shot by Steve Laub. + Informações

Recorded at Haddon Lake Park. pmathas@comcast.net. + Informações

An astonishing performance by 16 year old Janis on the Smothers Brothers show. ogspot.com/. + Informações

Con esta canción ganó el Grammy en 1975. I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired. The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth. And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen. A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve. The rich relationed hometown queen Married into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly. Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity. Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen. To those of us who know the pain Of valentines that never came, And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball. It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me. We all play the game and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me and murmur vague .... + Informações

Video Request, I thought black and white would suit it. I think it turned out well.. + Informações

Ripped from the album "Between the Lines", 1975. (c)Janis Ian. In The Winter The days are okay I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me I'm not afraid The operator She tells the time It's good for a laugh There's always radio And for a dime I can talk to God Dial-a-prayer Are you there? Do you care? Are you there? And in the winter extra blankets for the cold Fix the heater, getting old I am wiser now, I know, but still as big a fool Concerning you I met your friend She's very nice what can I say? It was an accident I never dreamed we'd meet again this way You're looking well I'm not afraid You have a lovely home Just like a picture No, I live alone I found it easier You must remember how I never liked The party life Up all night Lovely wife You have a lovely wife And in the winter extra blankets for the cold Fix the heater, getting old You are with her now, I know I'll live alone forever Not together now. + Informações

Janis Ian - Stars. + Informações

So I decided too relax in my house and as I did I accidentally knocked on this track. "Fly Too High" (1979) was her contribution to the soundtrack of the Jodie Foster film Foxes. It earned her a Grammy nomination and became a hit single in many countries, including South Africa. At the age of fifteen, Ian wrote and sang her first hit single, "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," about an interracial romance forbidden by a girl's mother and frowned upon by her peers and teachers; the girl ultimately decides to end the relationship, claiming the societal norms of the day have left her no other choice. Produced by melodrama specialist George "Shadow" Morton and released three times between 1965 and 1967, "Society's Child" finally became a national hit the third time it was released, after Leonard Bernstein featured it in a TV special titled Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution.[2] The song's lyrical content was too taboo for some radio stations, and they withdrew or banned it from their playlists accordingly. In the summer of 1967, "Society's Child" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Apparently "Society's Child" was too hot for Atlantic Records as well at the time. Ian relates on her website that although the song was originally intended for Atlantic and the label paid for her recording session, the label subsequently returned the master to her and quietly refused to release it. Years later, Ian says, Atlantic's president at the time, Jerry Wexler, publicly apologized .... + Informações

Janis' musical career got off to a rocky start in 1967 with the recording of a song called "Society's Child" the theme of which involved an inter-racial romance. The recording was banned in several areas and a radio station in Atlanta, Ga. that played it was actually burned down. The song ultimately gained wide acceptance helped along by the person of Leonard Bernstein who included the song in one of his televised specials. "At Seventeen" is a bittersweet song about the cruelties of growing up done from the perspective of someone much older. It was Janis' biggest pop hit peaking at #3 during the summer of 1975. Janis continues to record and perform today.. + Informações

27MAR08 AMSD Acoustic Music San Diego as shot by Steve Laub. + Informações

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Another selection from Janis' Greenwich Village days - Kathleen Brogan. + Informações

Watch as Janis performs one of her most beautiful ballads from her Grammy winning masterpiece "Between the Lines". My favorite song from that album. - Kathleen Brogan. + Informações

I have re-uploaded this video with cleaner audio. Here's the link: www.youtube.com . Song: "Stars" Singer: Janis Ian Composer: Janis Ian Janis Ian is one of the best modern day songwriters. This song is one great example. ?????????????????????????????????????? Audio copyright owner: Sony Music Entertainment (Thanks for allowing the audio to remain here.) ?????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????? previously uploaded by 65Reasons on May 3, 2009 ????????????????????????????????????? - Enjoy! - 212. + Informações

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Ian's first release tells the sad tale of a young, interracial couple who must face the ridicule and hostility of society; very controversial subject matter in the 60's! Lyrics: Come to my door, baby, Face is clean and shining black as night. My mother went to answer you know That you looked so fine. Now I could understand your tears and your shame, She called you "boy" instead of your name. When she wouldn't let you inside, When she turned and said "But honey, he's not our kind." She says I can't see you any more, baby, Can't see you anymore. Walk me down to school, baby, Everybody's acting deaf and blind. Until they turn and say, "Why don't you stick to your own kind." My teachers all laugh, the smirking stares, Cutting deep down in our affairs. Preachers of equality, Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be? They say I can't see you anymore baby, Can't see you anymore. One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening Gonna raise my head up high. One of these days I'm gonna raise up my glistening wings and fly. But that day will have to wait for a while. Baby I'm only society's child. When we're older things may change, But for now this is the way, they must remain. I say I can't see you anymore baby, Can't see you anymore. No, I don't want to see you anymore, baby.. + Informações

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janis ian, from me to you. + Informações

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This is one of Janis Ian's most beautiful songs and I was surprised to find that it has not yet been uploaded to YouTube. This is a live performance to which I have added a simple photographic collage. The Words: THE SEAGULLS OF SUMMER HAVE FLOWN THE SAILORS HAVE WINTERED THEIR BOATS COME SIT BY THE FIRE AND TELL ME YOUR SECRETS LOVE ISN'T KEPT EASILY THE WINDOWS ARE SHUTTERED AND CLOSED BLANKETS TO KEEP OUT THE COLD BUT YOU ARE STILL RESTLESS YOUR HEART IS ENCHANTED DRIFTING AWAY FROM ME AND IS SHE BEAUTIFUL SHE MUST BE PRETTY OR WORSE TO RIDE THE HIGH SEAS SHE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL WHITE LINEN SAILS THAT HAVE CAPTURED YOUR VAGRANT BREEZE SINGING HER SIREN SONG LURING YOU FAR FROM THE HARBOR AND INTO THE GALES SHE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL SO BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE STOLEN THE WIND FROM MY SAILS CASTING YOUR DREAMS OUT TO SEA WILL YOU REMEMBER ME AS YEARS GO BY SLIPPED AWAY WITH THE TIDE IT WAS I WHO SET YOU FREE AND IS SHE BEAUTIFUL SHE MUST BE PRETTY OR WORSE TO RIDE THE HIGH SEAS SHE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL WHITE LINEN SAILS THAT HAVE CAPTURED YOUR VAGRANT BREEZE SINGING HER SIREN SONG LURING YOU FAR FROM THE HARBOR AND INTO THE GALES SHE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL SO BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE STOLEN THE WIND FROM MY SAILS ... SO BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE STOLEN THE WIND FROM MY SAILS. + Informações

Live Midnight Special 1976. + Informações