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Back in the day, a few of us tried to talk about her singing voice. Most of it archived here: [1]. Ortolan88 (talk) 20:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joplin herself commented on her singing skills and style relative to more technically accomplished vocalists. In the movie "Janis" she compares herself to Aretha Franklin, who in her time was a highly accomplished technical singer in addition to being a pop success. Janis noted that she didn't have Aretha's skills at controlling pitch, and compensated for it with raw power and emotion. Anyone honest would admit that Janis was not a technically gifted singer. But to this day, whenever I listen to Ball and Chain I nearly break down and cry. What Janis lacked in technical skill she more than made up for with the power of her delivery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.250.34.161 (talk) 21:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Totally subjective. I cringe at Joplin daring to compare herself to someone like Aretha Franklin, who has considerable range, technical training -- and she can carry a tune. So, what you're saying is if you can't sing, just scream a little louder, and that compensates for the lack of talent? Uh, I don't think so. Joplin comparing herself to Aretha? What arrogance! deeceevoice (talk) 01:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can't really draw conclusions about arrogance unless you know the context in which a statement is made, and a paraphrased comment by an anonymous editor doesn't quite give you that. Meanwhile, for both above editors, this page is for discussing improvements to the article, not on the subject herself. Wildhartlivie (talk) 03:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, really. In that case, with regard to relevance, in what light is your comment on my comment relevant? ;) And, hell, yeah. It was arrogance/preposterous presumption on Joplin's part. deeceevoice (talk) 05:29, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aretha can sing opera. End of comparison. Ortolan88 (talk) 21:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Bisexual

Some sources, including NNDB [2] (which names two women), state that she was bisexual. Her bisexuality should be stated on her page; she should be added to bisexual/LGBT categories. Werdnawerdna (talk) 22:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not following you around, Werdnawerdna, but apparently I do have multiple articles on my watchlist which interest you. As I noted on the Paul Newman talk page, NNDB is not considered a reliable source by Wikipedia standards and can't be used to base changes to articles. I've never heard Janis Ian mentioned in relationship to Joplin, anywhere before, and her relationship with Peggy Caserta has been frequently questioned regarding sexual vs. drug related. In any case, it's not enough to label her bisexual, and NNDB saying she was is not reliable. Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

30 rock

heads up for vandalism. 30 rock tonight is about comedy writers vandalising the janis joplin wikipedia page.

Mention on 30 Rock

This article was just mentioned (and vandalised) on tonight's episode of 30 Rock. I know we can't preemptively semi it, but some more eyes on it tonight would be a good idea. And an admin ready to semi it just in case... Random89 02:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

you semi'ed it with vandalism in it already!!!! haha, fail 157.252.152.95 (talk) 02:38, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]