Janis Ian- At Seventeen Live, 1976 REACTION

Janis Ian- At Seventeen Live, 1976 REACTION
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[centuryrox]

You have to give Janis a hell of a lot of credit for writing such a brutally honest song at the young age of 23. That takes some guts!

[realbser]

Janis Ian, Carole King, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, all great singer songwriters worth exploring.

[JeromeG]

This was a big hit for Janis Ian....and is still a great tune to this day.

[Kevigator]

She sang this as a musical guest on the very first Saturday Night Live in 1975.

[Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

A sad but beautiful song which has truth.

[pianoman]

Janice Ian's ominous forecast for what happens to the 17- year-old high school beauty queen. Her beauty is like an debenture (unsecured loan) and one day she will have to pay up the loan (reality). She will find herself with feckless, ageing ladies like herself. Beauty is so fleeting.

[nadinedaugherty]

At 13/14 she wrote a song about interracial dating. She sang it at 15 on TV on the Smothers Brothers Show. She paid dearly for that song. That a young Jewish girl would write and perform such a song enraged a lot of people.
The song is called "Society's Child" from 1967. Believe me... you want to hear it... what it was like when interracial couples were illegal.

[brianmorris]

I have heard this somg all my life and never could never put my finger on the rhythm. Its a slowed down samba.

[jondhuse]

I had the pleasure of seeing Janis Ian some years ago in a small venue... you couldn't be more than 25 feet from the stage. It was just her and her guitar, standing next of a flower in a vase on a stool. The audience was transfixed by the music and the deeply moving lyrics... wow! Thanks for this reaction!

[DJ-bjku]

That’s what was great about ‘70s music. In that period, we threw off the buttoned-up social conventions of previous generations.

[almightygus]

I've seen them all. You are the best.

[skyepuppy]

I had this album in high school. She sang for me and the way I was then. You're so right that what she sings is true!

Be sure to check out her earlier song, "Society's Child."

[hongfang]

Janis Ian wrote, in her mid-teens, a song about interracial dating. Song is Society's Child.

I was watching a video by famed orchestral conductor, Leonard Bernstein (back in mid 60s). He was talking about rock and roll and how we (the older gen of the 60) should take this music seriously. As an example, he had Janis Ian on his TV special to sing Society's Child as an example of how 'current' music had important things to say.

[michaels]

Have you done Janice Ian’s Society’s Child? I don’t remember, but if you haven’t you should try that one also. She wrote Society’s Child at 14. When released a couple years later it was really, really big.

[jacqueline]

Was about 8 when this song came out, and even at that young age, I knew this was deep…Heartbreaking and Beautiful

[jimearnest]

Such a beautifully sad song.
I think she wrote this when she was like 16, but no matter her age when she wrote it, it's an amazing song.

[iambecomepaul]

Truth-teller, artist, courageous creator, genius in her own right. Janice Ian. The greatest shame in all of popular culture is the specter of generations being unaware of her talent. I tip my hat in her direction—salute.

[minnidrake]

U continue to shine as one of the best reactors and personalities on YouTube thank you for the hours of entertainment and sharing your journey with us love this song bu Janis Ian u feel it in your soul love the channel u rock

[davidkilianek]

I was 17 when this song came out. Normally, I didn't pay much attention to the Lyrics of a song, but this was one songs lyrics I payed close attention to.

[landpirate]

I was blessed to hear Janis Ian, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon during my childhood in the '70's. My countrified hippie parents may have had some strange ideas, but they had great music. I feel sorry for today's kids who think that today's crop of "talent" are artists. You're very fortunate to have come across this song as well, and I can tell from your reaction that you realized the talent that Janis has. Keep doing what you do!