They flash so brilliant and blindingly across the sky that we never suspect they might come crashing down at any moment. As music fans, we tend to romanticize blazing meteors like Joplin, who, as Neil Young would later put it, burn out rather than fade away. In filmmaker Amy Berg’s award-winning 2015 documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue, it’s echoed that teasing out Joplin the person from the myth has always been a challenge. And for others still, Exhibit A, a clue of sorts to what had gone wrong for this young, white girl from Texas who had never fit in, sang like the old-time blues singers, and dazzled the world in a bright swirl of feathers before being tragically hushed. To others, an incomplete hint at what could have been had she gone on. To many fans, Pearl became her final words and a de facto farewell. It became part of the myth of Janis Joplin - an idea that’s only grown bolder and more complex over the decades. At that point, Pearl, which came out a little over three months later, could never simply be the latest measure of the brilliant blues singer as a recording artist. That was assured when Janis Joplin was found dead in her hotel room of an accidental heroin overdose during the sessions that would lead to her second and final solo record. Pearl never stood a chance at being just an album. Also, after you read this article, scroll below to enter our exclusive Janis Joplin giveaway or score some original Opus swag. Consequence Podcast Network and Sony’s The Opus is back for Season 12, which examines the enduring legacy of Janis Joplin’s posthumous final album, Pearl.
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