FIRST TIME REACTING TO JANIS IAN - AT SEVENTEEN (LIVE, 1976) REACTION

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[eresehfaithreacts]

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[ianman]

I was seventeen when this was a hit and this song is relatable to guys too. Janis Ian struck a chord of the times of adolescence to those of us who inadequate during that very difficult time. A Grammy winner for female vocal for this song and well deserved.

[matthooper]

Fabulous. Well done Ms Ian. Well done.

[kathylee]

It’s funny how many reactors talk about how beautiful Janis Ian is. Not the point. This is how she felt and it is valid from her POV. Anyway, liked your reaction. This is a song that sticks with you.

[DariusShannon-cs]

Real Songs with real Music last forever

[colettewaddell]

I always loved this song growing up and could relate to it. I really enjoyed the reaction Faith had to it❤️

[Tune-O-matic]

Wow.. brings back memories of my senior year in H.S. coming to an end in 1975 when this was on the radio ..And I was 17 🤔

[mikeferris]

The greats of the 70s! Music was at its best for lyrics and music in my personal opinion n THANK GOD i was there in that time to exsperience it all. Music is everything to me. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍

[Databyter]

The guitarist was a bit novice, but it was a good effort, and I love this live version sung with so much passion. The lyrics always grab me. And I'm with you. As a guy, especially listening to her beautiful voice I think she is beautiful. Everybody is insecure when they aren't "perfect" or like everyone else. Unique is beautiful. Databyter

[robertcummings]

You're stunning. Thank you for this.

[patricklemeur]

merci pour votre choix, c'est magnifique !...

[Kevigator]

If you know the story of The Ugly Duckling, in the end it grows into a beautiful swan.

[jonsher]

Thanks for your reaction, but you missed the point Janis was making -- she wrote this song in her 20s, looking back at a time when she felt inadequate because of her looks -- about age 14 -- a feeling that evaporated in her 20s as she found great success as a singer-songwriter and grew to learn that value is measured by quality of character and not how others view your appearance. Her reference to "ugly duckling" refers to the fairy tale in which the so-called ugly ducking grows up to become a song. This is NOT a sad song. It is a celebration of how one can realize as they mature the true nature of beauty. Janis was sparked to write the song when she read a newspaper article about a beauty pageant in which the winner was quoted saying that everything important that she needed to learn she had already learned by age 17. Being older, Janis saw how immature and shallow that claim was. That's why she dedicates the song to cheerleaders. In interviews, Janis said she felt that inadequacy when she was about 14, but substituted 17 into the song because the three-syllable number fit the cadence of the song.

Janis Ian is one of the most overlooked talents of the past 60 years -- she composed all her music and wrote all her lyrics, became especially talented playing the guitar, and tackled difficult issues that other artists wouldn't touch. Her first hit, Society's Child, was banned from most radio stations because it was about how society crushes an interracial relationship, something she was inspired to write after seeing a mixed-race couple on a bus drawing ugly stares from other passengers. Janis wrote this when she was only 14 and recorded at age 15. While radio station refused to play it, she was invited by progressive musicians to perform it on television and by world-famous classical conductor Leonard Bernstein --> that brought notoriety that finally made the song rise up the charts.

[maritaquality]

A different time, a different society, if you were not there, can you judge?