tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124258794650116466.post520811457383621819..comments2022-12-19T14:07:04.093-08:00Comments on Series of Tubes Music Videos: Tom Jones and Janis Joplin - Raise Your HandFred@Dreamtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341564329610259477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124258794650116466.post-12523623604239736052007-08-10T08:46:00.000-07:002007-08-10T08:46:00.000-07:00I have respect for Janis Joplin's appreciation for...I have respect for <B>Janis Joplin</B>'s appreciation for black music. It's too bad that she didn't learn her craft. To white ears, she was a "great soul/rock singer," but to those of us who <I>know</I> this music, especially soul, understand that she wasn't genuine. They even had the <I>nerve</I> to try and compare her to <B>Aretha Franklin</B>!<BR/><BR/><B>Tom Jones</B> did his homework and was naturally a better singer than Joplin. It's quite evident on this tape. Just <I>listen</I> to his vocal runs as opposed to her attempts with melismas.<BR/><BR/>Many uninformed people feel that hollering and screaming is what soul music is all about. WRONG! It's much more than that. But, when you <I>do</I> holler & scream, it has to be done on <I>key</I> and it has to be done from emotion brought on by what the singer is singing about and how they are <I>feeling</I> at the moment.<BR/><BR/>At the same time Janis was on the scene, another white soul singer, <B>Timi Yuro</B> was making records. As a young girl, she had loved black music and at one point, joined the choir in a black Baptist church. Later, she toured with the greats of soul music, including <B>Little Richard, Etta James</B>, the Motown artists -- often times appearing before all-black audiences, who thought she was another light-skinned black soul singer. Timi never considered herself "blue-eyed soul."<BR/><BR/>Unlilke these English girls today who listen to some Aretha records and decide "I'm a soul singer!" Timi paid dues right along side Little Richard and <B>Chuck Berry</B>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com