Joe Cocker- With A Little Help From My Friends (REACTION)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- @AirplayBeats reacts to Joe Cocker live at Woodstock
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His live album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" is one of the greatest of all time.
There is a movie too… it has some great backstage and tour stuff as well as the performances.
I remember Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Enjoyed it thoroughly. My only other comment is that I'm surprised there were any survivors of that tour. For those who haven't had the pleasure, find it for yourselves and you'll get the picture.
Someone probably already told you this, but there were supposed to be the female backup singers that you were expecting, but they got tied up in the traffic mess trying to get there, so the musicians on the stage did their best to do the backup vocal parts.
Ironically, because the roads were impassable, Army helicopters had to evacuate people who needed medical attention, etc., causing some "hippie" consternation.
The Grease Band filled in perfectly
I've never heard that story before, but it sounds plausible.
That's why that guy was trying to use falsetto to fill in for the missing women.
When the Beatles first heard Joe Cocker sing this, they said 'This is Joe's song now.'. It better than ours.
The song was originally done by the Beatles, but due to a masterful rework of the song and this iconic performance at Woodstock, Joe Cocker will forever be linked to and known for it! He made it his own
The keyboard player Chris Station was the one who created that intro snd arrangment
Paul McCartney said that Joe Cocker gave their song another dimension! this version has become iconic! the sparkling interpretation of Joe Cocker is totally magnificent!🔥love your reactions!
It's Ringo Starr who sings on the original
when John Lennon heard Joe's version he said "It's his song now".....perfect reaction
Joe also covered The Beatle's "She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window" and it was great also. Like I said above, the covers he did, he owned them. Also The Boxtop's "The Letter" as well.
@@lepetitoiseau yes, but written by Lennon Mac cartney
Rest In Peace Mr Cocker. You deserve to be in the Hall of Fame
HE'S NOT?!!..See, this is why that whole thing is pure BS, and I have no interest in seeing any of it..What a total crock!..I would have just assumed he'd be pretty close to the front of the line...Isn't freaking Madonna in that thing?!..At some point I'm sure they'll find room for Tiny Tim, I guess..Lol!..What a joke!
Fifty plus years later and people are still loving seeing Joe at Woodstock. Your reactions are perfect!
Some call him the grandfather of air guitar . One of the greatest performance in rock history . My humble opinion .
Absolutely
Feeling alright is one of his songs and one of his best in my opinion.
Original is good too, written by Dave Mason, performed by Mason, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi & Chris Wood in the the great band Traffic.
His version of 'The Letter' by The Boxtops is one of the all time great covers
Yes it is Tod. Right on!
Oh my! I hadn’t thought of that song in awhile. I was a freshman in high school…good music. Thanks for mentioning it.
Joe was the musical guest one week on 'Saturday Night Live'. The "Dueling Joe's" bit with John Belushi is one of the highlights of the whole damn run of the show. TV Legend stuff.
Wait until you guys see Mad Dogs And Englishmen. Joe on tour with a 40 piece band. Wow!
His female backup singers didn't make it to the concert so his band had to step in.
bit of a traffic jam on the old farm that day
@@YunieDeen13 Hahaha!
Yup, really missed the Delta Ladies on this version ..
@@YunieDeen13 To say the least.
Is that true?!
"Somebody give that man a guitar"...."He wants one bad!" 😆
Written by the Beatles, legendary performance by a wonderful British performer, Mr Joe Cocker
This is what I love about the 1960s. The freespiritedness. McCartney enthusiastically praised this blues rendition.
Yes exactly
Damn! Talk about leaving it all on stage! You could feel that! Where is that passion in music today? OK maybe a little bit of it was tweaking but still a lot of passion lol
Just adding my two cents, If you watch closely he is actually playing a lot of the base guitar riff.
I was so lucky to have seen Joe Cocker twice, once in 1974 in Macon, GA. He was so drunk, he sang the whole concert lying on his back on the stage. Still a better performer than your average bear. The second time was June 15, 1990 at the Benson & Hedges Blues Festival in Atlanta, GA: the lineup was Irma Thomas, Dr. John, Joe Cocker, BB King & Stevie Ray Vaughan. To this day, it remains the best live music I've ever heard. Another great song written by Randy Newman & performed by Joe Cocker is "You Can Leave Your Hat On." Love you guys!! Keep on rockin'.
Sounds like a real kickin concert! Bet you will ALWAYS remember it. Joe Cocker and Dr. John...I didn't get to see either one perform Live. I did see SRV and BB King. Sounds like a good time!! ☮️
Thank you so much for covering this live version of this song. It blows my mind every time I hear it and to watch other people enjoy it like I do gives me joy. Thank you.
I was 13 and ran off with 2 friends to go to Woodstock. He had us mesmerized! The girls got stuck in traffic and didn't make it so the guys stepped up to the plate. We left our van 2 hrs away and walked the rest of the road. I spent the best birthday EVER at Woodstock.
Joe was a for real wild man. Bless his soul for so many memories the will live forever.
When we first saw him singing-with all his hand, arm, face gestures, we thought he had palsy or something? He later revealed he is "playing AIR INSTRUMENTS ". Who doesn't LOVE JOE COCKER?! He can sing ANYTHING- as you will find out once you research his history. Slow, fast, soul, soft love songs- NAME IT! LOVE JOE COCKER ❤️❤️🔥💯👍🏻🤟 RIP🌹
CHECK OUT "Please NO More" LIVE.OMG!! Reaction....PLEASE
Off Night Calls album. His singing got even better with age!!!
THE BACKUP SINGERS WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND MISSED THE SHOW SO OTHER BAND MEMBERS SANG THEIR PARTS. GOOD CATCH.
If you listened to the album version, the person who played the blistering opening guitar notes and electric guitar throughout was none other than Jimmy Page. While Jimmy was working on recording Zeppelin's first album, he went back to the studio to play on the session for this song. As others have mentioned, this song was originally done by the Beatles. As a session musician, Jimmy also played on the instrumental version of the Beatles song "This Boy" that plays during the scene of Ringo walking around by himself in the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night".
Cool info! Thanks.
Who doesn't love the Hell out of this performance...this cover❓ ( That totally turns the original by the Beatles into a MASTERPIECE) Just 🔥.There's another LIVE video performance out there, with 4 female back up singers and Leon Russell on guitar 🎸 Amazing 😊
Joe Cocker's recorded version features Jimmy Page on lead guitar in one of his last session gigs!
One of the best performances at Woodstock. 😁❤️
One of the best live performances of all time!
I heard a story about the female backup singers, couldn't make it , there was so much traffic in NY.. it's estimated that between 300-400 thousand people showed up.
Joe felt the music with every inch of his being and just let it come out, however it came out. He dgaf what anyone thought about it. ❤
An electric performance by Joe Cocker. One of the best live performances you’ll ever see. ❤️🔥
This was the single greatest highlight of the Original Woodstock concert for me. A simply awesome performance that retains its power no matter my number of views. Which has been too many to count over the years.
Jools Australia 🦘🖤💛❤️🐨 Joe Cocker is one of those singers that have the voice that can make a cover song like it's there own I had tears👍☮️🕊️
Be strong progressive proud stay safe and SANE WORLD WIDE ☮️
🦘❤️💛🖤🌡️🌎🌡️🌏🌡️🌍🌡️🖤💛❤️🐨☮️
Joe Cocker- Unchain My Heart - great song.
Just the best Beatles cover ever. And a fantastic performance! Backed by The Grease Band, including - a 'best supporting' award should be given - Alan Spenner on bass.
Another northern boy, (Sheffield, England ), just across the Pennines from Liverpool, where the Beatles came from. Gritty, northern, working class, honest, soulful ❤❤
He is not in the Rock and Roll HOF - which is UNBELIEVABLE - reportedly because he didn’t write any of his own songs (Neither did Sinatra). But who else took 3 Beatles songs and made them their own?
NO ONE.
An exceptional singer/performer.
Thanks for another great reaction-
So, to be in RRHOF one has to sing/perform their original music? Damn shame. Joe Cocker was beyond talented. There should be a SPECIAL award for talent of his caliber 🏆
You absolutely correct
Good music is good music. Think of all the artists who have made it doing Dylan for example.
The magic is the right artist with the right piece of music a la The Byrds with Mr. Tambourine Man.
Joe Cocker with Feelin Alright. Countless others.
My proof reading is bad
Oh he did write many of his songs with Kris Stainton and he considered himself a blues man rather than rock and roll. No matter, the guy was in a class of his own
People, Joe did write some of his music with Kris Stainton, listen to "Something to Say" by them
Joe said of his movements on stage...my body is my instrument and the music comes through it!!🎶 Joe's female back up singers got caught in traffic during Woodstock, so the boys did their part!!🎶🎸🎶🎶
The BEST cover is always Cocker. His music video of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is so worth a watch/listen.
Joe sang and performed with his whole, beautiful being. RIP Joe
It pours out of every part of his mind body and soul - every pore of his physical existence sweats in rhythm and harmony.
One dark night Joe was heading for a gig, a landslide had covered the road in huge granite boulders 10 ft high. Joe decided he couldn't let the audience down and to make it to the gig on time he chewed through the huge boulders and cleared the road. He made it to the gig on time. Some of that gravel stayed in his throat and gave him that wonderfully gritty voice. One of the few men known to have his soul in his vocal cords. Love the reaction guys!
You are a wonderful author Steve
Joe C and so many uniques… best part of my youth!!
@@kriashun Thank you! and agreed so unique.
Plan everybody first saw him at Woodstock we all thought that he had some kind of disability the way he moved. Just to find out that's just Joe Cocker.
We all loved The Wonder Years and still do.
The dynamics of his performance here are legendary!
When we went to see the movie Woodstock, and I saw this performance I said,Omg! Joe Cocker has cerebral palsy????? I honestly thought that. 😅 And then I realized. 😂😂 My most fav t-shirt in 1971 was Joe Cocker.
This is a Beatles cover. Joe also covered the Beatles' "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window". If you like this one, you'll like that one too. But one of my favorite Joe Cocker songs is, "You Can Leave Your Hat On".
Now we're talkin
edit: Winnie is still a beauty
He felt every note from every instrument
He always had killer back up singers. Just a class act, love him
Great reaction..
Guys..this is a BEATLES song...
Paul and John heard him do this and they said..you sing it better..it's yours ..lol
What a performer, Joe put everything into every song. The magnificent, definitive version of this song.
Love the energy of this performance.
Joe Cocker: The hardest workin' man in rock!
The white James Brown!
Ahhh Mr Joe Crocker no one does this better!@@@@
It’s almost impossible to improve on the Beatles, but this arrangement did it.
By miles.
Agreed James❗ Even the BEATLES told him so. What a compliment 🔥
I really never liked Beatles version. Not nuts about Ringo. It was very poppish for the Sarg Pepper album. But Joe got it just right.❤
John Lennon said, it's Joe's song now.
Joe Cocker was the music. He became the music when he sang.
I add my vote to the recommendations for The Letter and Feelin Alright!!!
There is another live version of this song from a double album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" that had a female chorus.
One of many iconic performances from Woodstock! Priceless!!👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
What a performance, left his heart on the stage rare these days
Absolute Bad ass Soul singer from England. Joe passed away only a couple of years ago in his mid 70s. Great artist. This is a cover of a Beatles song. Joe was very good friends with them, and asked if he could record this song. After he took this already popular song, and as John Lennon said, "It's Joey's song now."
I’m older than you but I loved wonder years. My kids watched it.
Dude is not shy about showing himself feel the music. 👍
For a good laugh, take a look at John Belushi's impression of Joe Cocker singing this song 😊
Young and stoned that Saturday night I thought I was going to barf from laughing so hard 😜✌️
@@James-vx8ci 😂😂😂
You should watch him perform this song with Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs and Englishmen Live...incredible concert!
I'm 70 now NEVER tired of watching this. You love him too I'm so happy about that. I got the Woodstock extended DVD...I ALWAYS watch his set first...everybody comes second❤️
Another great song of his is
" Leave your hat on."
The video to it is also great
Joe Cocker & Janis Joplin...the crossroads between when the Muse enters an individual and the ability to amplify the energy projected by the crowd and send it back to the crowd....
That is the great and i mean great Joe Cocker
That's from Woodstock! I just turned my grandson on to him and everyone who was there. A good way for him to know his mema. ❤
His first album featured a recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", which brought him to near-instant stardom. The song reached number one in the UK in 1968, became a staple of his many live shows (Woodstock and the Isle of Wight in 1969, the Party at the Palace in 2002) and was also known as the theme song for the late 1980s American TV series The Wonder Years. He continued his success with his second album, which included a second Beatles song: "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window".
You Are So Beautiful is by the “ fifth Beatle” himself- Billy Preston! The Beatles loved his contribution so much they dubbed him that.
Frank Sinatra only did cover songs too. Some singers are great at interpreting a song!
Joe is like a shaman who goes to another dimension and takes us with him.
His cover of Darling Be Home Soon is very soulful and just a cool song also Delta Lady and his cover of The Letter are great songs among others
Wow, haven't seen much mention of The Wonder Years in the comments. Absolutely loved that y'all mentioned it. Probably my favorite show of all time.
The nostalgia, humor, story-lines, relationships between characters. etc...they don't make 'em like that anymore. Great reaction guys. 🙏💙
He is a legend!
You might like to try the group Mad Dogs And Englishmen, Delta Lady Joe Cocker and Leon Russell
He did Hitchcock Railway was his own. Great reaction as always fellas. 🙏
Iconic performance from Joe! Check out him and John Belushi doing "Feelin' Alright". Thanks, guys! ✌🏻💀
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This was a Beatles song sung by Ringo. Joe took it to church and made it his own! A masterpiece of a performance! This was 1969!
The backup girls got stuck in the Woodstock traffic jam on the NY Thruway. Hence the band filling in.
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" is another master piece of his!
"FEELING ALRIGHT" AND "Love lift us up where we belong"....!
Woodstock was a unique moment in time! Never to be replicated again. Joe Cocker and Leon Russell together is a great listen...some more of the greatest musos from the past.
My sons, are around your age,😊 also loved the Wonder Years!
You guys have got to treat yourself to Joe Cocker's song "High Time We Went", The Letter, Feelin Alright, "You Can Leave Your Hat On just to name a few. I saw Cocker in live in concert twice, and he was amazing. Definitely check out these songs guys. Love your channel!
Great Great performance check out mad dogs and English men
Joe Cocker...absolute legend!!!!!! ❤❤❤
The band is amazing. Perfect control of dynamics.
I'm so old, I was there. My friends and I still laugh about things that happened around us much less the stage !
Did y'all noticed not once thru all that powerful singing,did he grab the mic? Or even knock it once with his sporadic movements and we all still felt what he felt 😁
I would love for y'all to react to the studio version, the background singers vocals gives goosebumps 😊
I was 16 during Woodstock and knew when I saw this I was seeing something special
Love Joe Cocker! He sounds like an angel who drinks Draino! You guys should check him out in "Concert For Bangladesh"...along with so many others! I'll start you off...Leon Russell doing "Jumping Jack Flash"...loving watching you on your journey.... Enjoy!
What a time to be alive!! What a concert!! Cocker. Sly. Santana. Ten Years After (the complete version). Glad you guys are diving in.
Joe gave it EVERYTHING he had. Cool reaction. Thanks.
An incredible performer!
Joe Cocker's first album is one of my favorites. Every song is amazing. Check out "You Can Leave Your Hat On".
Absolute banger by Joe. Thanks guys great choice.
"... from the 'Wonder Years..." YYYEEESSS!
Besides it was Woodstock, big a field rain mud and one hell of a party,
Joe is tripping hard on probably some of the purest LSD that ever was. What an amazing talent 👏 ❤
Woodstock.. I wish I was alive for this show
The Godfather of British Soul.
I saw him a month after this performance. No one ever came close to singing like Ray Charles...but Joe came damn close.