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Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70.
Rest In Peace.
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TomP63 · Member since
Sad, sad news, I have seen Joe on many occasions live, sheer power, what an energy.
Tom
brENsKi · Member since
great voice -
now Up Where He Belongs
The Real Wizard · Member since
With all the drugs he took back in the day, it's amazing his body made it this far.
It's sad to think that all of these guys are going to be dead in about 20 years.
Fun fact - on the studio version of the Beatles cover, it's Jimmy Page on guitar. His 1960s session CV is a mile long.
Barry Durex · Member since
RIP Joe.
Very strange, my Son & I were watching a VHS tape of him that very morning and later that day heard the sad news.
Rick · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
With all the drugs he took back in the day, it's amazing his body made it this far.
It's sad to think that all of these guys are going to be dead in about 20 years.
Fun fact - on the studio version of the Beatles cover, it's Jimmy Page on guitar. His 1960s session CV is a mile long.[/QUOTE]
Another fun fact - it was Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys who started the idea of You Are So Beautiful, together with Billy Preston. He wasn't credited though. Instead, he gave the song away as a gift. Dennis was a great and above all humble man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edBANstfJsE
He often sang it live.
*goodco* · Member since
Nice info regarding Denis Wilson. Joe did surround himself with some awesome talent, with the likes of Leon Russell, Alan White, etc
For fun, it's a shame that Saturday Night Live are such dicks and don't allow clips of their shows. The duet with John Belushi was classic (though one minute is available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZsOyO_lXD8
Travelled up to NYC last week, and listened to the Party at the Palace for the first time in eons. Didn't know there was a video of him with Brian and Phil Collins performing 'With A Little Help From My Friends' (footage sadly directed by a squirrel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abX3PZDZ1bk
Cocker was a rarity in that he could do a Beatle cover, make it his own, and that I extremely enjoyed.
Holly2003 · Member since
The Letter, by Joe Cocker, featuring (as someone pointed out here before) some really funky bass lines by John.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09phTy3sIoM
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]*goodco* wrote:[/b]
For fun, it's a shame that Saturday Night Live are such dicks and don't allow clips of their shows. The duet with John Belushi was classic (though one minute is available)
^ looks like they've continued the tradition to this very day.
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
It was very sad, and unpleasantly surprising, to hear of Joe Cocker's passing, but he leaves behind a body of works so immense and, with few exceptions, of such high quality that I don't doubt he'll be remembered and listened to for at the very least decades to come.
I can't really put my finger on why, but this one has always really appealed to me:
[url=It was very sad, and unpleasantly surprising, to hear of Joe Cocker's passing, but he leaves behind a body of works so immense and, with few exceptions, of such high quality that I don't doubt he'll be remembered and listened to for at the very least decades to come. I can't really put my finger on why, but this one has always really appealed to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fW8q6PrgM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fW8q6PrgM[/url]
I think it was written by Jeff Lynne.
brENsKi · Member since
Casper - link says invalid
Chief Mouse · Member since
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[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] Casper - link says invalid[/QUOTE]
Copy and paste the link manually to new tab. Worked for me.
Or watch here. I'll embed the video.
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brENsKi · Member since
you can hear Jeff Lynne all over it...but also a great vocal - as always
Oscar J · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
The Letter, by Joe Cocker, featuring (as someone pointed out here before) some really funky bass lines by John.
Also featuring a brilliant piano solo that occasionally sounds as if it was played with boxing gloves.
The Real Wizard · Member since
http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1412279/It%20was%20very%20sad,%20and%20unpleasantly%20surprising (and it goes on for about another thousand characters that don't word wrap on this forum)
http:///
^ what the two links in this thread actually link to.
Yet another flaw to add to the pile. If this place isn't being maintained, how does it manage to get even worse ?
