I love Janis Ian

[ccharles000]

This is At Seventeen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHOIT1ROk8

:loveya:

[nomorenomore08]

1. Is love really meant (only) for beauty queens?

For the sake of most of us, let's hope not! :P

[ccharles000]

2. ...

:hug:

[Beam Me Up]

3. YES! I've always loved her first album

Later albums not as much but the first one was a stunner. I was 19 when "Society's Child" hit the top of the charts. Many of the other songs were a bit too controversial for radio play but they definitely catch the feel of the late Sixties. I haven't kept a lot of vinyl from that era but I have the original album packed away somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_rYLoIR08

[Mad_Dem_X]

4. This song breaks my f*cking heart

I can't even listen to it...it tears me to shreds, 'cause that was me growing up. That song brings back all kinds of painful memories. :cry:

[ccharles000]

7. ...

:hug:

[elshiva]

5. I love Janis Ian, too. She is now openly lesbian, too.

:loveya:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Ian

[ccharles000]

6. wow I did not know she was a lesbian

:hi:

[elshiva]

8. Yes, I knew that, but I didn't know that she regularly writes for

The Advocate, too, until I read that link. :) I remember she was with her partner at a concert and Janis Ian started to joke about how she wanted to be called "Mr. Lesbian." :)

I love lesbian music. Ever hear of Alix Dobkin or Cris Williamson? :loveya: :)