Your Favorite Janis Song

[BobNC]

What is your favorite Janis song?

[Amy in Vermont]

I Hear You Sing Again

[gambler]

Favorite song-That Grand Illusion

[Bat]

God and the FBI

[TwinLori]

The Other Side of the Sun -- very upbeat almost calypso tune!

[AceOn6]

Might As Well Be Monday... it always puts me in a happily depressed mood :cool:

[Orphan of the Road]

I am torn between two songs, When The Party's Over and Stars.

[KarenSews2]

My current favorite is She Must Be Beautiful.

Warning: this opinion is subject to change without notification. ;)

[Dee]

This question always gives me brain cramps. Today I’d pick “Getting Over You.” Tomorrow? That’s impossible to say.

[DaveM]

"Light A Light"--I heard it long before I even knew Janis had recorded it and fell in love with it at once. For sheer sincere simplicity, I can't think of anything finer.

[coffeegyrl]

The song currently playing in my head is Mockingbird.

Subject to change randomly without notice. ;)

[Jay]

The past couple of weeks I have been revisiting Miracle Row, and the track that I;ve been playing a lot thus my favorite for now is : Take To The sky.

Awesome

[bseddon]

Jesse.... totally says how I feel about my dearly departed husband "I'm lonely, come home"

[hoops]

right now...haven't I got eyes
subject to change at any time
peace
hoops

[Roger UK]

'Light a light' has to be the one

[Baz]

don't mean to be a spoil sport, but 'best' songs can be done, if ever, with people with a few to choose from; Janis, and Dylan, and Jimmy Webb, and Paul Simon, and on and on, the Hall of Fame talents of our time, picking one song is impossible, as impossible as saying who is your favorite singer.........your favorite group..........
I'll return if you modify it to top 10........even then, but that's reasonable, or more reasonable............again, no disrespect intended.:cool:

[Jim in Chattanooga, TN]

It's like trying to pick your favorite child, but I've always loved "The Bridge".

[Mimi]

I'm with Dee here. For today and maybe tomorrow it's "Nervous".

Mimi

[Eva]

Often it is "Searching For America"
Sometimes it's a different one :)

Eva

[david uk]

I ticked Tattoo as it's my favourite from the list, but as others have said, with such a rich back catalogue as Janis's it can change every hour.

[Marcia Drummergal]

I voted for Love is Blind but I also agree with Karen on She Must Be Beautiful. There is NO WAY I could EVER choose just one!!

Marcia :)

[Anna from Dublin]

I voted for Silly Habits because it is my favorite of the ones listed, but I couldn't really limit it to one and if I'm being totally honest it should have been 17 as that was the song that brought me to Janis, but my instinct not to be predictable means I always avoid the obvious choice! I guess that's a trait throughout Rudie-land since poor Society's Child and 17 haven't got a single vote yet!

[aabram]

Bigger than Real got me going. In the Winter took over! :) Now I love everything. To be honest, I don't think this poll does much justice to Janis's phenomenal talent, as it doesn't list all the songs....it can't. Bob NC I thank you for the opportunity to give my opinion.

Annabel

[Greener]

I'll always love 'From Me to You'. More recently, it's 'Welcome to Acousticville'. I aspire to be able to play it on the guitar, and love the humor.

[diver_boy]

Fly too high

[hoops]

today it's here comes the night
peace
hoops

[BobNC]

Thanks to all for voting... especially looking forward to hearing many of the other songs posted that I've yet to hear, being a relative newbie here.

I did watch Live from Club Cafe last evening -- so many great songs performed.

BobNC

[leslie]

Today it's "Days Like These"

L

[coffeegyrl]

Janis has written so many songs that it's just not possible to pick one favorite. Heck, I can't even pick one favorite album! What appeals on one day may be overshadowed by a song that resonates with what I am feeling now.

Well, BobNC, you have hundreds of songs to check out. Enjoy!
and be sure to add to your JI collection during the holiday sale.

[barmanred]

my favorite is: and no one has said it yet, (is between the lines). I love the words in that song, but being a fan for over 30 years. I love them all. jesse

[angelgirl]

One of my favourites is;

"Here comes the night"

Touch in the tenderest night,
Before the feelings take flight.
Touch and you make everything new,
Everything bright, shiny and true.
Before the dawn and the light,
Here comes the night.

Here in the heart, I still breathe,
Longing a part of me I can't see.
And if the heart cannot redeem,
One soul apart, one separate dream.
Before the dawn and the light,
Here comes the night.

Here we are waiting (waiting),
And longing (longing),
Crying out, I am more than just a man,
Building castles in the sand.
All of us needing and leaving,
Long before the break of day.
So little time to say,
Well, I am, I know the way.
And I wanna be somebody who can see forever.
Wanna be somebody who can see forever.

Here in the heart I still dream.
Here in the heart of life I seem,
Somebody light, (somebody),
Somebody new, (somebody),
Somebody bright, (who can see),
Shiny and true.

(Somebody light,) wanna be,
(Somebody new,) somebody,
(Somebody bright,) who can see,
(Shiny and true,) forever.

(Somebody light,) wanna be,
(Somebody new,) somebody,
(Somebody bright,) who can see,
(Shiny and true,) forever.

Before the dawn and the light,
Here comes the night.
Before the dawn and the light,
Here comes the night.



[ HERE COMES THE NIGHT [ 1 ]
[ Written by: Janis Ian
Performed by: Janis Ian
Appears on: Night Rains (10 Tracks)-1979 & (11 Tracks)-2004 [ 2 ] . ]

[ 1 ] Theme from the motion picture, "The Bell Jar," released October 1981.
Directed by, Larry Peerce, written by Sylvia Plath, adapted for the screen
by Marjorie Kellogg, starring Julie Harris, Jameson Parker, Marilyn Hassett,
& Anne Jackson, amongst others. ]



Angelgirl

[gisli]

It Doesn’t Matter Where It’s Gone
This Train Still Runs
And Though The Baggage Weighs A Ton
We Carry On
Nothing Is Forever Young – I’m Not Done
This Train Still Runs

[dragonlady]

Breaking Silence or Don't Rush the River.

-di

[sky]

I voted other. It's hard to choose, but tonight I am thinking it is either on the other side, or the great divide.

[hoops]

today, it is tea and sympathy
peace
hoops

[BobNC]

Just finished watching disk 1 of Janismania and couldn't believe any many of her classics Janis confessed to not really remembering all of the lyrics/chords... glad she did make it through "Light a Light." "Roses" would have been nice to hear.

Saving disk 2 for Thursday -- hope I get to hear "Watercolors" and/or "Lover's Lulabye"


Where was Janismania held?

[Elliott]

Janis did more than one song? :eek: I can never get enough of Page 9, but I voted early for Love is Blind. It moves me more than I can say....

[Roady]

"I Long For You" is my current favorite - since the Autobiography Collection came out.

I think "Here Comes the Night" has been # 1 for more weeks than any other song.

[hoops]

on the other side
peace
hoops

[Eva]

Today it's Ride Me Like A Wave.

Eva

[Mimi]

Some people's lives is my favorite for today.

Mimi

[hoops]

today it's every love
peace
hoops

[David_Gardiner]

Tomorrow is Armistice Day (or Remembrance Day) in Europe, when we remember the dead of World War 1, and of all wars. I don't know whether the same day is set aside in America, but at the moment the most important Janis Ian song has to be Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, which she didn't write but performs, unaccompanied, better than anybody else I have ever heard.

[moe75]

tossup for me

Lover's Lullaby or Watercolors. Both a testament to her power as a songwriter imho.
:)

[BobNC]

Moe--These are my two favorites as well...
I am discovering lots of great newer songs since I joined the group a few weeks back.

[hoops]

today
on the other side
peace
hoops

[coffeegyrl]

"This Train Still Runs" gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[KiwiSoupGirl]

I love it, makes me laugh right out loud! :-)

[lucille]

Well - Gidday KWSG - long time no see. My fave is still Silly Habits.

[hoops]

today it's
wherever good dreams go
peace
hoops

[dragonlady]

Hiya..KWS Girl...long time no see.

-di

[hoops]

today, it is I hear you sing again
peace
hoops

[hoops]

and today
it';s societys child
peace
hoops

[SFBill]

Wears her hair like a girl in a hurry......

snap!

JOLENE!

(though it is impossible to pick a Favorite JI song....this one... is just too and sooo yummy!)

[hoops]

Jolene is a cool song! today my favorite song is aftertones
peace
hoops

[Lesa]

Shadow is my favorite song. Even tho it's really kind of sad.

[Darlene]

I guess right now at his moment it is "Joy"!

Darlene

[Greener]

Lately I keep playing Today You're Mine from the Autobiography CD. Suddenly I thirst, afraid to drink too fast...

[hoops]

searching for america today
peace
hoops

[hoops]

today it's 42 st psycho blues.
peace
hoops

[meliscious]

I voted officially for At Seventeen because it was my first favorite of Janis', and I still love it alot, but "favorite" is really mood dependent - I have to say Welcome to Acousticville is my favorite when I'm in the mood for Bold and Bluesy.

[Greener]

Mel...can I call you mel? You're the first, besides me, to mention Welcome to Acousticville. I just got home after a 1 hour drive from work listening to that song much of the way, and I've always loved it. It's also my biggest challenge to learn on the guitar but I'm working on it piece by piece. It really shows Janis' amazing guitar playing, not to mention her humor.

[hoops]

gotta say i love that song too ( welcome to acousticville) it just hits a note with me
peace
hoops

[Greener]

hoops, have you ever seen it played on a dvd or online somewhere? I'd love to see some of those fancy guitar moves so I could figure them out. The songbook doesn't do it justice.

[meliscious]

Mel...can I call you mel? You're the first, besides me, to mention Welcome to Acousticville. I just got home after a 1 hour drive from work listening to that song much of the way, and I've always loved it. It's also my biggest challenge to learn on the guitar but I'm working on it piece by piece. It really shows Janis' amazing guitar playing, not to mention her humor.

Your question makes me smile - this is proof that we mellow with age, in that in my youth and lots of my adulthood I would NEVER answer to Mel, but I don't mind it anymore! At least not in cyber-conversation I don't. Call me what you will!
I think it's cool that you are challenging yourself with that song - what an incredible feeling it will be when you master it! I agree that song is the ultimate sample of Janis' humor and storytelling ability mediated thru her musical genius.

[Greener]

Melicious, well put!! Thanks for your reply. You made me smile, too.

[hoops]

Greener,
No i have never seen a live version in person or on dvd of this song. ask the whole rudie family and you may find someone who has and has a copy
good luck and
peace
hoops