In a message dated 3/23/02 11:10:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Walt,I believe At Seventeen came out about 1967 or 1968. I know I was in grade school. It wasn't until years later that I could relate to this song. >>
No, that would have been when her first two or three ablums came out, around the time of "Society's Child". I'm pretty sure her "adult" career started with the album that had "Stars" and Jesse" on it (yes, called "Stars", from '74), and then exploded with the "Between the Lines" album, with "Seventeen" on it (from '75). ...Just checked my "Rock Hound", and my memory was correct. Janis has had three careers, in a sense -- her kiddy albums (three of them, I think, all in the '60's), then a transitional album which I once had "Present Company" (1971), then her *first* adult phase, mostly in the '70's, then she sort of retired in the '80's, then she came back (and out) with a bang in the '90's with "Breaking Silence" in '93 and everything since. Oh, and speaking of being a geek in high school -- since I was assumed to be sexless, it never occurred to anyone that I might be gay, which saved me further humiliation. I shudder when I think how kids who couldn't hide their non-standard sexualities were treated. Geek-hugs and peace to all, Walt
