[I_Love_My_Husband]

Bonaparte, I noticed that too. Her fans are calling for blood! And yes, it DID remind me of Freepland.

About her voice, I wasn't all that familiar, she's one of those people who became ultra famous because of her death. One person said it was Janis Joplin-y blues mixed with punk rage, and I guess that was sort of what I remember.

She seemed pretty angry (but then again I love Courtney Love's off key voice and dramatic antics too). And I like that kind of thing. I'm thinking that her voice was kind of like ummm, the lead singer from Catatonia. I love her stuff too.

[BossLady]

I thought Mia was a definate up and comer. And I think her death was such a shock to people...so brutal... it helped catapult a whole genre of music and poetry music at that time.

I hope this creep gets everything he deserves!!!!

[Bonaparte]

Janis Joplin had a terrifically expressive voice and style, and her early death also seems to have given her an aura she might not otherwise have had. That's true of a lot of them. Eddie Cochran comes to mind. Who knows what this promising musician would have done had he lived past 22? Probably as much as his close friend Gene Vincent did (which was quite a lot) before drinking himself to death at 36. Listen sometime to his "Double Talkin Baby" or "Cat Man" for example. Both foreshadowed 90s pop genre styles, but in the mid-50s you either loved him or hated him.