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August 2, 2022

JANIS JOPLIN - 4/1 : Early Life 早 期 生 活




JANIS JOPLIN (1943-1970)
沙啞樸實的唱腔, 奔放激情的聲調, 發自內心的每個音節, 和獨特的性格, 仍衝擊著今天的流行樂壇。她的歌曲跨越了 "Blues 藍調", "Country 鄉謠", "Gospel 福音", "Rock 搖滾", "Soul 騷靈", "Jazz 爵士", "Psychedelic 迷幻" 等不同類別的音樂範籌; 亦是 "Hippies 嬉皮士" 年代的標誌, 青年樂迷的偶像。

野 孩 子 
Janis Jopin, 1943年生於美國 Texas 德蕯斯州 Port Arthur, 一個有宗教信仰的小康之家, 父親任職石油公司技工, 母親在商科學校當文員, 两女一男孩的五人家庭, 每星期天均参加教會團聚。暱稱"Pearl"的 Janis 由上學開始已有反叛的性格, 她拼棄當年代一般保守女孩的衣著, 寧穿上男孩的襯衣和牛仔褲, 喜四出街頭結交朋友, 父母親均知道要對她多加關注與教導。
 
十四歲, 入讀 Thomas Jefferson High School, 因體型日趨肥胖, 一頭蓬鬆長卷髮, 不理同學的流言與嘲弄, 而喜與黑人同學來往, 結交一些志同道合的朋輩, 常到他們家中聆聽唱片, 如 Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey 和 Lead Belly 的歌曲; 她亦参予當地的一些教堂唱詩班, 她鍾情藍調歌手 Billie Holiday 和 Mama Thornton, 這啓發她步向歌手之路。

高中時期, 她花更多的時間在閒逛, 友敍暢飲, 未曾畢業已離校, 改而入讀 Lamar State College 商科學院。1960年, 十七歲首次離家, 前赴 San Francisco 三藩市, 但很快便返回家鄉。1962年夏天, Janis 考進 University of Texas 修讀藝術; 仍然以不羈的衣著服飾, 頭髮鬆鬈, 手上不離她的 "Autoharp 豎琴", 赤腳四出, 各處流連, 經常在校園表演民歌, 加入樂隊組合 "Waller Creek Boys Trio" 之後, 課餘在一些酒吧賣唱, 她野性粗獷的唱腔, 非一般白人女歌手所及, 與當年 Joan Baez 或 Judy Collins 的輕柔、清脆的腔調, 實在不能相比。

初 試 蹄 聲
"WHAT GOOD CAN DRINKIN' DO" 是1962年十二月, 在 Janis 二十歲生日前一個月的個人錄音歌曲, 由當年的校友 John Riney (日後任唱片監製), 在他家裡以"BELL"牌子的家用錄音機錄製, 所以較為簡單粗糙; 這是 Janis 的處女作品歌曲和錄音, 歌詞亦是她撰寫, 道出她對酒精的愛與恨 。


"What Good Can Drinkin' Do"
1962年十二月, 正開始錄音時, Janis 在不覺意下被收錄了她的喃喃自語:
"Uh, this is a song called 'What Good Can Drinkin' Do',
that I wrote one night after drinkin' myself into a stupor"

至1967年才有正式錄音版本, 這段說話, 仍保留在不同的錄音當中 !

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do?
Lord, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue

There's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain,
And there's a glass on the table, they say it's gonna ease all my pain
But I drink it down, an' the next day I feel the same

Gimme whiskey, gimme bourbon, give me gin
Oh, gimme whiskey, give me bourbon, gimme gin
'Cause it don't matter what I'm drinkin', Lord, as long as it drown this sorrow I'm in.

My man he left me, child, he left me here
Yeah, my good man left me, went away and left me here
Lord, I'm feelin' lowdown, just give me another glass of beer

I start drinking Friday, I start drinking Friday night
Lord, I start drinking Friday, start drinking Friday night
But then I wake up on Sunday, child, there ain't nothin' that's right

What good can drinkin' do, what good can drinkin' do?
Well, I drink all night but the next day I still feel blue!

 
Janis Jopin 與改上新名字的組合 "The Waller Creek Boys Plus One", 首次錄音在1962年十二月, 歌曲有三首: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"、"St. James Infirmary" 和 "Walk Right In"。可惜, 能找到原錄音的, 祇有 "St. James Infirmary" 又是一首與酒有關連的歌曲。她最後跟樂隊合作是1963年一月的錄音。
Powell St. John: Harp, 
Lanny Wiggins: Guitar
Janis Joplin: Vocals, Guitar


St. James Infirmary - 1962
I went down to old Joe's bar room, on the corner by the square
Well, the drinks were bein' served as usual, and this motley crowd was there

Well, on my left stood Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red
When he told me that sad story, these were the words he said:

I went down to the St. James infirmary, I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table, so cold, and fine, and fair
Go ahead!

Let her go, let her go, God bless her, wherever she may be
She can search this world over, never find another man like me

Yes, sixteen coal black horses, to pull that rubber tied hack
Well, it's seventeen miles to the graveyard, but my baby's never comin' back

Well, now you've heard my story, well, have another round of booze
And if anyone should ever, ever ask you, I've got the St. James infirmary blues!



1. What Good Can Drinkin' Do
2. See See Rider
3. San Francisco Bay Blues
4. Stealin' Stealin'
5. The Bourgeois Blues