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Janis Ian - Society's Child: The Verve Recordings Audio CD

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Janis Ian Band: Janis Ian
Title: Society's Child: The Verve Recordings
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Release Date: 1995-08-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) 2: Too Old to Go 'Way Little Girl 3: Hair of Spun Gold 4: Then Tangles of My Mind 5: I'll Give You a Stone If You'll Throw It (Changing Tymes) 6: Pro-Girl 7: Younger Generation Blues 8: New Christ Cardiac Hero 9: Lover Be Kindly 10: Mrs. McKenzie 11: Janey's Blues 12: Song for All the Seasons of Your Mind 13: Honey d'Ya Think? 14: Bahimsa 15: Queen Merka and Me 16: There Are Times 17: Lonely One 18: Sunflakes Fall, Snowrays Call 19: Evening Star 20: Shady Acres 21: Insanity Comes Quietly to the Structured Mind 22: Everybody Knows 23: Mistaken Identity 24: Friends Again 25: 42nd Street Psycho Blues 26: She's Made of Porcelain 27: Sweet Misery 28: When I Was a Child 29: What Do You Think of the Dead? 30: Look to the Rain 31: Son of Love 32: Baby's Blue 33: Time on My Hands 34: Love You More Than Yesterday 35: Orphan of the Wind 36: Sea and Sand 37: Galveston 38: Do You Remember? 39: Month of May 40: Calling Your Name 41: And I Did Ma

unreal...hooray for young janis
shame on school teachers who will never have the degree janis possesses. it is great and amazing that a young girl who drops out of high school, becomes one of the greatest singer/songwriters and have such ability to use her brains and talents at such a young age. . . . a brain that is not programable. what an enjoyable piece of work this album is. . . too bad the record label used janis as a tax write off. . . . god bless janis ian. . . . and again thanks amazon for such great service.


A Pleasant Surprise
I've little by little become quite a Janis fan and now own most of her albums. This was my first Janis Ian album, purchased mostly because I remembered Society's Child from my youth and enjoyed listen to the samples. It is such a pleasant surprise to find an artist who is a great musical talent as well as being a fine lyricist too. My suggestion -- listen to the words and enjoy the melodies. I think you too could become a Janis fan. Check out www. amazon. com/shops/singingstylus for great service and rare Janis products.


Ian in the darkest moments
Janis at adolescent hung out at NY Folk centers, and was whirlwinded with the times of early '60s. Janis Ian was a child prodigy, her bio says she was reading at age 2. Her first wide-eyed YES! was watching listening to '50's stallwarts like Dave Von Ronk, Rev. Gary Davis. Got a writing contract at 14! Recorded at 15! A RnR dream come true. Kinda.

Janis wrote a classic pop song," Society's Child", a daring lyric of white girl dating Black man. In 1965 this was scandulous. Radio stations refused to play it, DJs that did got fired. A year later, it seemed ok to play and "Society's Child" was big hit, maybe due to Leonard Bernstein having a TV special in which he was a sort of patron to Janis and gave his OKAY.

"Society's Child" will remain an important shout in Pop history, from the fine Shadow Morton production to its way dramatic organ ending.

The rest of this CD has bits and pieces from her '60's Lps. "Janis Ian", "For All Seasons of Your Mind", and " The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink". It stands as a remnant of a place and time, somewhere between '60s Shangri LAs and '70s Carol King.

Note: J. Eddy Fink is Janis' real name!.


Janis Ian (at 17)
String quartets, fuzzy guitar, untempered harpsichord, studio ace drums, jazzy piano and lots of psychedelic cheap effects. It's an extraordinarily specific sound - that baroque folkrock, circa '68, found on Joan Baez's Joan and Phil Ochs' Pleasures of the Harbor. You either dig it, or you don't.

Standouts include "Sea And Sand" (grandiose soul), "And I Did Ma" (Freudian cabaret), "Honey D'Ya Think" (Dylanesque polemics), "Insanity Comes Quietly To The Structured Mind" (hallucinogenic jazz) and, of course, "Society's Child" (golden pop agiprop).

Lots of other tunes to ponderate. Ian, even young as sin (a favorite topic of hers, in the hedonistic spirit of the 60s), was a deep thinker and freespirited soul. A lovable personality with some zany sonic decorations. Enchanting thinking galore - like, beads and bellbottoms and (where's the italics?) liberation.
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Get this for "Who Really Cares"
The first one and the fourth one the most so for me. Janis' first four albums are very enjoyable. In fact, her final album for Verve, entitled Who Really Cares, is amazing. Yet it wasn't bought in huge quantities at the time. It's a preface to how she would grow as both a singer and a writer. Her voice is less shrill, the songs are more sensual and show a jazz and soul influence, and the production - courtesy of Charlie Calello who produced two Laura Nyro albums - is fabulously rich and excited. The string and horn arrangements are like the equivolent of the limes or olives in a cocktail. .


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