Big Brother And The Holding Company es un álbum de Janis Joplin, publicado en 1991. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «Bye, Bye Baby», «Easy Rider», «Intruder» y «Light Is Faster Than Sound».
Sobre el álbum
El debut homónimo de la banda, que dio a conocer a la legendaria cantante, es una pieza fundamental en la discografía de Janis Joplin. Lanzado en 1967, "Big Brother and the Holding Company" es un documento crudo y seminal de la escena del rock psicodélico de San Francisco, un trabajo que, aunque de producción modesta, ya contenía la semilla de la revolución que estaba por venir.
El sonido del álbum es áspero y con una energía de garage rock. La banda suena como un torbellino de blues y psicodelia, con un estilo aún por pulir pero lleno de una pasión y una autenticidad arrolladoras. Fue su legendaria actuación en el Festival de Monterey de ese mismo año la que realmente los catapultó a la fama.
Pese a que la producción no hace justicia a su increíble poder en directo, la voz de Janis Joplin ya es el centro de todo. En canciones como "Down on Me" o "Bye, Bye Baby", su interpretación vocal, una mezcla de blues, soul y una vulnerabilidad desgarradora, ya la señalaba como una fuerza de la naturaleza.
Este álbum es el punto de partida, el primer destello de un talento generacional. Es un trabajo que, si bien sería superado por su sucesor, "Cheap Thrills", es una escucha esencial para comprender los orígenes del sonido de la banda y el nacimiento de una de las mayores leyendas del rock and roll. Por lo tanto, su valor histórico es inmenso.
Listado de Canciones
- Bye, Bye Baby
Letra
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I gotta be seeing you around When I change my living standard and I move uptown, Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. So long, my honey, so long. Too bad you had to drift away 'Cause I could use some company Right here on this road, on this road I'm on today. I get the feeling I could chase you clean on in the ball And wind up staying pull off, put down strung out and stalled. Honey, I ain't got time to wait on you or to fetch your super ball, I got lots of things I've got to do. I know that you got things to do and places to be. I guess I'll have to find the thing you placed on me. I may wind up in the street or sleep beneath a tree, Still I guess you know honey I've gotta go. Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I guess you know you're on your own, It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world And you left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, Bye, bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye! - Easy Rider
Letra
Hey mama, mama, come a look at sister, She's a-standing on the levee trying to do that twist, But easy rider don't you deny my name, Oh no, oh no. Well, I got a girl with a diamond ring, I'll tell you, boys, she knows how to shake that thing. Oh! Easy rider don't you deny my name, Oh no, oh no. Play it! Well, I got a horse and he lives in a tree, He watches Huckleberry Hound on his tv. But easy rider don't you deny my name, Oh no, oh no. I would buy you a plastic suit And I would even buy you some cardboard fruit. Oh! But easy rider don't you deny my name, Oh no, oh no. Yeah, easy rider, don't you deny my name, pretty baby doll I said, easy rider, don't you deny my name, pretty baby doll I said, easy rider, don't you deny my name, pretty baby doll I said, easy rider, don't you deny my name, pretty baby... - Intruder
Letra
You come around here Trying to make your demand. You've got a need, darling, I've seen it grow and expand. Yeah, you want to reveal my life With your own two hands. Well, tell me now What are you trying to do ? Those holes in your life Show what you require. You're needin' new eyes, Oh Lord, honey take any wire ? Yeah you've gotta save us all Before the next big fire. Tell me now What are you trying to do ? Walked in my life, Child, and I don't even know your name. You put others around behind ya As if they were lame. You insist a simple feeling Will be all the same. Well, tell me now What are you trying to do ? Now I look like I'm suffering, N-n-n-n-n-n-now I'm doing fine. One look at yourself baby, Child, I got you alive. Yeah, you're gonna take care of yours, I'll take care of mine. What are you trying to do ? Hey! - Light Is Faster Than Sound
Letra
Light is faster than sound My head to the ground Mind going round Faster than sound. What goes up must go down World goes around Sun shines around Faster than sound. Suddenly I see your face Faster than sound Through the emptiness of space. Faster than sound You're turning my mind all around Faster than sound 'Cause life is faster than sound. Faster than sound Faster than sound Light is faster than sound My head to the ground Mind going round Faster than sound. What goes up must go down World goes around Sun shines around Faster than sound. Whoa, suddenly I see your face Faster than sound Through the emptiness of space. Faster than sound You're turning my mind all around, Faster than sound 'Cause life is faster than sound. Faster than sound Faster than sound - Call On Me
Letra
Well, baby, when times are bad, Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you. When you're in trouble and feel so sad, Now call on me, darling, come on call on me, and I'll help you. Yeah! A man and a woman have each other, baby, To find their way in this world. Yeah! I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, And don't take your sweet, your sweet love from me. Now baby, when you're down and feel so blue, And know you won't drown, darling, I'll be there too. You're not alone, I'm there too, And whatever your troubles, darling, I don't care. A man and a woman have each other, baby, To find their way in this world. Yeah! Alright! I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, Don't take your sweet, sweet love from me! Please! So baby, when times are bad, Call on me, darling, just call on me. - Women Is Losers
Letra
Oh ... Now women is losers Now women is losers, Women is losers, oh, And then women is losers. Well, I know you must-a heard it all, I said now Men always seem to end up on top anyway. Oh... Well you know, if they told you they want you They'll come around by your door. Whoa I say now, if they don't desert you, They'll leave you cryin' for more. Women is losers, Now women is losers, Women is losers, oh! Ah then women is losers, And now I know you must-a heard it all, I said now men always seem to end up on top anyway. Alright, alright. Remember they'll use you and confuse you, They'll leave you with no one else around to play. Babe I'm all upset too, You'll watch out for 'em and you'll wonder Why the hell there ain't another way, oh! Women is losers Women is losers Women is losers, ah. And then women is losers. Now I know you must-a heard it all, I said now men always seem to end up on top, anyway! Oh, they wear a nice shiny armor Until there is a dragon for to slay. Any day now, Course with men beggin' to pay 'em Then they'll turn and run away, oh! Women is losers, Yeah, women is losers, Yeah, women is losers, oh! And then women is losers, So I know you must-a heard it all, I said now Men always seem to end up on top anyway! - Blindman
Letra
Well, the blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind man stood on the way and cried, Crying, "oh, show me the way, show me the way, Show me the way, the way to go home. " My daddy stood on that-a way and cried My daddy stood on that-a way and cried Daddy stood on the way and cried, Crying, "oh, show me the way, show me the way, Show me the way, the way to go home. " Now now now, the blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind man, he stood on the way and cried Blind man stood on the way and cried, Crying, "oh, show me the way, show me the way, Show me the way, the way to go home. " "show me the way, show me the way, Show me the way, the way to go home. " - Down On Me
Letra
I don't want to hear a wrong chord all night long. Yes. Well, down on me, Lord, down on me. I said it looks like everybody in this whole round world, Yeah hey yeah all right, is down on me yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. One of these mornings be proud and fair, Put on my wings and then I'll try the air Since it looks like everybody in this whole round world, Hey, down on me, yeah, ha ha. Baby, down on me, oh, down on me, all right, It looks like everybody I said in this whole round world, aaah! Down on me. Oh yeah yeah! Now now now now now now now now The pot is gold, the rain is rain And the government it'll never change, no. It looks like everybody in this whole round world, now now now, Down on me, you know they are. Down on me, down on me, yeah. It looks like everybody, honey, in this whole round world, Lord!!! Is down on me, yeah. All right, all right, Believe in your brother, faith in man, Help each other, honey, if you can Because it looks like everybody in this whole round world, Everywhere I go! Is down on me, oh yeah. Down on me, hey, down on me, all right, It looks like everybody in this whole round world Down on me, yeah hey! - Caterpillar
Letra
I'm a caterpillar I'm a caterpillar Crawling for your love Crawling for your love Crawling for your love, For your love. I'm a butterfly I'm a butterfly Flying for your love Flying for your love Flying for your love, For your love. Well, I'll be anything that you want me to be. Baby, I'd even would be climbing up your tree. I'm a pterodactyl I'm a pterodactyl Dying for your love Dying for your love Dying for your love For your love. I'm an abominable snowman I'm an abominable snowman Calling for your love Calling for your love Calling for your love For your love. Well now baby, I'll be anything that you want me to be, Baby, a big monkey, a little monkey, a chimpanzee. Oh now, I'm a caterpillar I'm a caterpillar Falling for your love Falling for your love Falling for your love For your love. Oh baby, Falling for your love Falling for your love Falling for your love For your love. Falling for your love Falling for your love Falling for your love For your love. - All Is Loneliness
- Coo Coo
- The Last Time
Letra
Make it the last time, make it the last time Make it the last time, oh darling please. But I don't understand why you always pick the time When I've just talked to you with your love on my mind. To see a distant light, to hear a far-off horn To leave me one more time, I can't stand no more Say no more, well no more, Well no more, darling, please. And every time you leave I make the very same vow That when you come back I ain't gonna love you no how. But when you return you look so fine to me I can't stand no more, my darling, it's just got to be I said the last time, oh the last time, Oh the last time, darling, please. Don't you understand me, don't you understand me ? Honey, don't you understand my word ? Well, you told me that you love me, I believed you, darling, But you lied, you know it's true. Hold on to my heart, I'll believe it till you're leaving Then I'll cry. Oh darling, oh darling, Oh darling, make up your mind Oh, I can't stand your loving, honey, it's tearing me apart, You done got my soul, but now you're after my heart. Well, don't hurt me, darling, now you know how to do it so well I just got one consolation, I just wail It was the last time It was the last time It was the last time, darling, please. When you told me that you love me I believed you, darling, But you lied, you know it's true. Hold on to my heart, I'll believe it till you're leaving Then I'll cry. Well no more, well no more, Well no more without you, please! If you wanna love me, honey, please stay home, If you don't wanna love me, baby, please stay gone. Don't you understand me, don't you understand me ? Don't you understand my words ? Say no more, oh no more, Well no more, oh, darling, oh! You told me that you love me I believed you, darling, But you lied, you know it's true. Hold on to my heart, I'll believe it till you're leaving Then I'll cry, yeah. - Call On Me
Letra
Well, baby, when times are bad, Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you. When you're in trouble and feel so sad, Now call on me, darling, come on call on me, and I'll help you. Yeah! A man and a woman have each other, baby, To find their way in this world. Yeah! I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, And don't take your sweet, your sweet love from me. Now baby, when you're down and feel so blue, And know you won't drown, darling, I'll be there too. You're not alone, I'm there too, And whatever your troubles, darling, I don't care. A man and a woman have each other, baby, To find their way in this world. Yeah! Alright! I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, Don't take your sweet, sweet love from me! Please! So baby, when times are bad, Call on me, darling, just call on me. - Bye, Bye Baby
Letra
Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I gotta be seeing you around When I change my living standard and I move uptown, Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. So long, my honey, so long. Too bad you had to drift away 'Cause I could use some company Right here on this road, on this road I'm on today. I get the feeling I could chase you clean on in the ball And wind up staying pull off, put down strung out and stalled. Honey, I ain't got time to wait on you or to fetch your super ball, I got lots of things I've got to do. I know that you got things to do and places to be. I guess I'll have to find the thing you placed on me. I may wind up in the street or sleep beneath a tree, Still I guess you know honey I've gotta go. Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. I guess you know you're on your own, It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world And you left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, You left me here to face it all alone, Bye, bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye!