I fell asleep on the living room floor one night, and woke up around 1:00 AM. PBS had a Joe Cocker concert on that just started, I ended up going to bed at 3:00 AM.
I love Joe Cocker for many of the same reasons I love Michael McDonald, even though they are vocally polar opposites....McDonald is smooth as silk, but Joe is...well,he is not!....
Listen to Joe at Woodstock, "A little help from my friends" Henry McCullough - guitar is doing the falsetto background vocals in both. The Grease Band rules.
I know this is a song by Traffic..... (Dave Mason).....of which I Love the original very much.....but Joe Cocker and Friends put so much feeling....and soul into his rendition. .....Awesome Performance by Cocker and Co.
And listen to that fucking keyboard, dude. 808s are fun, but like...the music industry kind of needs more MUSICIANS than it seems to currently have. It's been trying very hard to make celebrities. It has not been trying to make musicians. You get what I'm saying? Like yeah, the 80s and 90s had loads of celebrities, but they were all musicians BEFORE they were celebrities. It seems like the music industry is doing it all backwards. They're taking people they think will be marketable as celebrities, and then trying to turn them into musicians. Their success with this approach is predictable. Like this is why I think rock and roll has fallen to the wasteside so badly. Hip-hop has dominated the music industry because a lot these guys all start out as rappers, and then become celebrities. That side of the house still has their order operations in the right alignment. But it seems like they might be falling prey to that same mistake now too. A lot of the rappers I think people actually listen to are independent (ghost writers are also a huge problem. Snoop writes his own fucking rhymes) The music industry has a wealth of systemic problems that have always been there, but at least they used to still make good music. That just isn't the case anymore. Nobody is listening to anything from the labels these days. I think a lot of it is because the people in charge of these labels aren't musicians. They maybe thought they had good taste and would be able to spot talent, but that clearly is a missed bet. And again, I think their biggest flaw is that they're trying to build music around someone that they're trying to turn into a celebrity, instead of just finding good musicians and then making them famous. But with the ease of distribution in the digital age, the industry shenanigans and bullshit isn't worth it for artists that are actually competent. The industry still has loads of good cards. They're still massive organizations with tons of connections. It should still be a good deal to get signed with a major label. That they aren't able to properly leverage their assets and aren't able to sign good talent is because people just won't put up with it anymore. But also, I think the people running the show just don't know a God damn thing about music lol.
The most beautiful human beings have the most troublesome souls. Irrational, erratic, explosive and toiled. Some speaking to much and some how loved. Care is inadequate and insufficient.
The music just lived within him, and when the band started playing, it opened up his senses to reveal live music. Joe Cocker was the definition of music embodied in a human being.
People are saying Post Malone is on drugs because of how he dances. I tell them to watch Joe Cocker. To fully emerge yourself in music and move with emotion is not something many people are comfortable doing but is the most sincere type of dance.
I was just thinking. Chould you imagine having Bon Scott and Joe Cocker on the same bill performing. That would of been amazing. I wonder if they ever met.
Liked Dave Masons version too.
It's like the music possesses him the way his body convulses. Magic!
The truly amazing stunning Mr Joe Cocker.
Is he break dancing? Wow them are some good drugs. Lol jk 😂
Bless him ❤
Joe Cocker Got SOUL 4 EVER, Would have love to see Joe and Ray Charles Jaming❤
does he have cerebral palsy
Backup has to go
I fell asleep on the living room floor one night, and woke up around 1:00 AM. PBS had a Joe Cocker concert on that just started, I ended up going to bed at 3:00 AM.
I so love that he never held back. Be yourself!
I love Joe Cocker for many of the same reasons I love Michael McDonald, even though they are vocally polar opposites....McDonald is smooth as silk, but Joe is...well,he is not!....
What year was this?
1970
This song on flight with Denzel was awesome! I'm feeling alright
❤
Nice Traffic cover song
More soul than a 50-foot ankle boot. 👽✌️
Listen to Joe at Woodstock, "A little help from my friends" Henry McCullough - guitar is doing the falsetto background vocals in both. The Grease Band rules.
I like this cheery song! Chris Stainton was also very good hidden in the background there.
El era una persona especial pero con una voz increíble yo amo todas sus canciones 🎶🎼
Joe did NOT give a single f*ck. Feel that music baby. RIP ☮️❤️🕊️
I know this is a song by Traffic..... (Dave Mason).....of which I Love the original very much.....but Joe Cocker and Friends put so much feeling....and soul into his rendition. .....Awesome Performance by Cocker and Co.
Haha! Man probably invited air guitar…just standin up there feelin that fuckin jam!…thinkin guess I’ll just sing the shit outta this
Rock’s answer to Fred Astaire.
Does anything coming out of the major labels make you wanna move like this?
And listen to that fucking keyboard, dude. 808s are fun, but like...the music industry kind of needs more MUSICIANS than it seems to currently have. It's been trying very hard to make celebrities. It has not been trying to make musicians. You get what I'm saying? Like yeah, the 80s and 90s had loads of celebrities, but they were all musicians BEFORE they were celebrities. It seems like the music industry is doing it all backwards. They're taking people they think will be marketable as celebrities, and then trying to turn them into musicians. Their success with this approach is predictable. Like this is why I think rock and roll has fallen to the wasteside so badly. Hip-hop has dominated the music industry because a lot these guys all start out as rappers, and then become celebrities. That side of the house still has their order operations in the right alignment. But it seems like they might be falling prey to that same mistake now too. A lot of the rappers I think people actually listen to are independent (ghost writers are also a huge problem. Snoop writes his own fucking rhymes) The music industry has a wealth of systemic problems that have always been there, but at least they used to still make good music. That just isn't the case anymore. Nobody is listening to anything from the labels these days. I think a lot of it is because the people in charge of these labels aren't musicians. They maybe thought they had good taste and would be able to spot talent, but that clearly is a missed bet. And again, I think their biggest flaw is that they're trying to build music around someone that they're trying to turn into a celebrity, instead of just finding good musicians and then making them famous. But with the ease of distribution in the digital age, the industry shenanigans and bullshit isn't worth it for artists that are actually competent. The industry still has loads of good cards. They're still massive organizations with tons of connections. It should still be a good deal to get signed with a major label. That they aren't able to properly leverage their assets and aren't able to sign good talent is because people just won't put up with it anymore. But also, I think the people running the show just don't know a God damn thing about music lol.
And again, for the thousandth time, does ANYONE actually listen to fucking drake???? WHO THE FUCK IS HIS AUDIENCE?
In this video Joe reminds me of one of those Rock ‘em Sock ‘em robots from the 60’s.
The worst thing is that in today’s world nobody like this can make it. You have to be almost perfect . And that’s a shame.
Kudos to dave mason,who wrote it.
Music in physical expression, pure joy. Thank you Mr. Cocker for all the music you gave us. Rest well. ❤
Great performance but he does look like he is stoned!
ah ecco chi ha copiato zucchero...
The most beautiful human beings have the most troublesome souls. Irrational, erratic, explosive and toiled. Some speaking to much and some how loved. Care is inadequate and insufficient.
Damn, it would have been great to get Joe Cocker and James Brown on the same stage at the same time! 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
Who is the guy playing Congas?
Unique. The one and only.
With a voice like Joe's you would never think he was a Englishman 🏴🇬🇧from Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Raw sex appeal.. Maniless ❤ then the voice... 👌
I love how every part of his body is dancing to a different instrument, I love it, I dance the same way.
The music just lived within him, and when the band started playing, it opened up his senses to reveal live music. Joe Cocker was the definition of music embodied in a human being.
Does anybody know what show this is from or are there more songs from this session?
I do a physical job too I always wanted to eat out of cockers lunch box 😅
Woo-hoo!
People are saying Post Malone is on drugs because of how he dances. I tell them to watch Joe Cocker. To fully emerge yourself in music and move with emotion is not something many people are comfortable doing but is the most sincere type of dance.
Bizar
What happens when you don't play the music, you become the music.
This was our singers and their music in the seventy and still going strong.
One of the Blackest White boys to ever live.
Thank you Joe! This was a musical mark on this world. #RIP
You can't get away in them trousers. Or with them.
On crack
I was just thinking. Chould you imagine having Bon Scott and Joe Cocker on the same bill performing. That would of been amazing. I wonder if they ever met.