Janis Ian - At Seventeen

If you took the vocals off this record it would sound like a chilled back bit of samba. But her voice and her lyrics make it devastating. Phenomenal vocals on this track. As for lyrics well, they are hella sad. Ian apparently initially thought she could never perform this live, as it was too personal. It seems whenever one hears that about a track it ends up being a belter. Something to be said for soul baring it seems.