So, this evening I was listening to my favorite radio program. You guessed it--Nights with Alice Cooper. He played "Piece of My Heart" as covered by Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin on lead vocals. This is the only version of the song I had heard, but I did a bit of research and found there are many versions. In fact, the song was written in 1967 and first performed by Erma Franklin (Aretha Franklin's younger sister). So, the song has been covered in the 60s. 70s, 80s (Sammy Hagar), 90s (Faith Hill), and 2000s (Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge). It has also been covered by Bonnie Tyler and a host of others, but the performance in this video with Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge is just truly amazing. In the YouTube notes, someone commented that they felt Janis Joplin was smiling from above when these ladies performed. It is powerful and passionate. AMAZING. Yeah!!!! "Take another little piece of my heart now baby...break another little piece of my heart now darling..." I cannot think of any other song that really packs as much punch and delivers the message as well as this one. I think we've all had our hearts broken, but when you have really had it ripped out and smashed into a million pieces, this sums up the feelings perfectly! Come on--we've all experienced this, right? If you haven't, well, this tune paints a perfect picture. So, listen and enjoy. This particular performance gives me goosebumps. It is just awesome. I would love to hear Heart perform it sometime. I bet Ann WIlson would change the earth's rotation with her voice on this tune. Nevertheless, Ms. Etheridge and Ms. Stone really tear this one up. BRAVA!!!!!
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