If you could, please try to react to Joe Cocker doing When The Night Comes and Unchain My Heart. Joe isn't as animated in those videos, but he still sings the hell out of those songs. 🙏🙌👍✌️
This was back when you could actually attend a concert without social justice Karens shutting down your venue, labeling you "unessential" and cancelling your employment and screaming at you to wear a face diaper.
That's for sure and I normally don't like covers, really, but some I just suck up. Especially on Joe Cocker I'm always trying to find a new cover I never heard of xD
I don't usually care for covers but Joe always instinctively brought that little "something extra" to his music, and I usually like his covers better than the originals!
On that note, in my opinion, his version of 'with a little help' is the ONLY cover of a Beatles song that I prefer to the original. And they've got a lot of songs. Which have been covered by a lot of people.
Debbie Phillips, I agree with you with cover songs, as I am a bit of a purist with regards to how covers should sound. Yet Joe cocker has always been the exception, as he takes the essence of the original song intact while at the same time injecting his sound and style to make it his own song while wonderfully paying homage to the original song and the artist/band who created it.
I remember seeing this and Woodstock as a kid, and thinking "This guy is true freaked-out acid-head HIPPY!" But then he would come on a talk show interview, and he was this normal dude, with a very sophisticated English accent. I read later that he was a very nice and humble guy, not just a great artist. RIP Joe Cocker.
You make me smile to say he had a sophisticated English accent! He came from Sheffield ( northern English city ) I come from nearby and our accent is working class Northern and often used to portray someone whose “ working class “ but hey I will take sophisticated ! ( you know we English ,a small country with so many accents .I could tell you what town someone comes from ,I always wonder how it happened we have so many )
@@johnathandavis3693 I’m sure I wouldn’t be very good with American accents either ( I can recognise New Yorkers and Deep South !) Try this ,see if you can understand them! ) czcams.com/video/vmrYlnE9GAI/video.html
This video is overdubbed with the live recording from Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Leon Russell played piano on this recording. He was the bandleader for the whole tour, mostly playing guitar.
My wife and I saw Joe 6 times, including the best live show I ever saw- Mad Dogs And Englishmen. He was always amazing. Why is he not in The Rock Hall Of Fame??
Hey Jamal ..... Joe Cocker was a great singer and his partner in crime was Leon Russell. In Joe's early career he was the lead singer for various incarnations of Leon Russell's bands. Leon usually did all the arrangements, played keyboard, and was the band leader. The guys played together for many years, including the Woodstock concert. Check out Leon sometime. He passed away a few years ago but left behind an amazing legacy.
Joe had a truely soulful voice. No-one like him. I have another one for you. Long John Baldry and "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll". Trivia - Long John is where the "John" in Elton John comes form
JOE JOE JOE!!!!!!!! I haven't heard this one in years. What a unique, gritty, soulful sound that man had! He was amazing 👏 😍 ❤ AND YES, THOSE HORNS WOW!😲
For my 15th birthday, September 1, 1972, I saw Joe in concert at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Phenomenal performance by a phenomenal artist! All these years later, that concert remains in my top 5!
Growing up in the 70's we had Variety Shows and Artist Showcases on TV. On any given night of the week it wasn't unusual to catch a performance that is now considered a classic performance. We were spoiled AF!
When I was a little kid, every Sunday night our family would watch “The Ed Sullivan Show”, often with the grandparents over. There weren’t that many tv stations in the 60’s and early 70’s before everyone got cable tv, so most American families watched Sullivan’s variety show. After the Beatles exploded in ‘64 tv variety and talk shows were the only places to see the bands you liked perform, unless you went to a concert. You would see the Stones, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and tons of great artists on a family tv show. I do remember the parents and grandparents not liking rock music at all. Luckily, my parents also had a tv in their bedroom so me and my brother could go watch the things they couldn’t stand.
@@Mike-rk8px The Ed Sullivan show always had the bands as the last act. You had to sit through Topo Gigio, or some other boring act to get to the band.
Joe Cocker wasn't my first concert, but he was probably my second. That was around 1972-73. I saw him countless times after that over a forty year span. Saw him one year in November at the Louisville Palace, and spent good money to have really good seats, then saw him again the following July outdoors at a free concert with Koko Taylor, and didn't even have to pay to park. I never missed a chance to see Joe, and I'm sorry you missed your chance to see him. He always brought it, every show. You need to get better acquainted with him.
I saw Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Louisville Palace 3/11/2014. We were front row. Pricey, but worth it. We drove out to see him from Long Island, NY. The Palace is such a cool place.
So hard to believe you hadn't got to this one before now - just goes to show how much great music there was back then! You've done thousands of reactions and you're still finding gold like this - I hope you keep brightening our days for years to come, lord knows there's enough great music out there to make it happen.
I saw Joe in the summer of 2014 just shortly before he passed. It was an outdoor venue at Harrah's Casino's "Stir Cove" in Council Bluffs, IA. With his incredibly tight band, Joe sang every single one of his hits. And killed them all. The energy and power of his performance made it one of the very best concerts that I've ever been to. RIP Joe Cocker!!!
He was something else and the musicians also smashing those serious notes all night long. Back up singers just as amazing!!! What a blast from the past. Put a smile on my face today.
1990 Joe Cocker opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA and he absolutely killed it. Phenomenal performance. Then SRV & Double Trouble come out and they blew me away. The energy from that concert was like a super nova.
I had the privilege of seeing him live twice, front row and center. It was magical. I had always been a Joe Cocker fan, even when most of my friends were not many years ago. Your Reaction will convince many that he was truly a great artist.
You could never really say that Joe was a 'singer', but damn, he was an artist! He put so much emotion and commitment into his performances, I genuinely feared for his health. RIP Joe.
When I was kid and first saw him performing “With A Little Help From My Friends” in the movie “Woodstock” I thought he was having an epileptic seizure.
Headphones = the full effect short of being there in person .. At 65 I can hear it all new again .. Killer tune ,, killer singer , killer times Brother Jamal !!
I thought I only loved this music because it was what I grew up with but it certainly has stood the test of time. Here’s another classic from the same era. Fresh Air by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
If I am not mistaken, that recording had the great Leon Russell on piano. Back in the early 80's I worked security at a rock club. The night he performed I had stage duty, what a performance.
Joe was just brilliant. Didn't even sing the words properly. But OH BOY! Him and his backing band just drove that soul and rock like a Mack truck! No stopping them.
joe's first album called "With a Little Help from my Friends" look who played and sang on it: Joe Cocker - vocals Tony Visconti - guitar (track 2) Jimmy Page - guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9) Henry McCullough - guitar (tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10) Albert Lee - guitar (track 4) Chris Stainton - piano (tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), organ (tracks 2 & 7), bass guitar (tracks 2-10) Tommy Eyre - piano (track 5), organ (tracks 8 & 9 Steve Winwood - organ (tracks 6 & 10) Carol Kaye - bass guitar (track 1) B. J. Wilson - drums (tracks 5 & 9) Kenny Slade - drums (track 8) Laudir de Oliveira - tumba, maracas (track 1) Brenda Holloway - backing vocals (track 1) Patrice Holloway - backing vocals (track 1) Merry Clayton - backing vocals (track 1) Madeline Bell - backing vocals (tracks 2, 6 & 9) Rosetta Hightower - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 9) IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE ANY NAMES, GOOGLE EM. WOW!!!!
I saw Joe Cocker for the first time in 1989 at the Lowell Auditorium in Lowell, MA. What an incredible show. What a voice. Thanks for sharing Jamal. Boy, I would love to chat about music with you someday.
Neil from Sydney Australia here. I have attended every Joe Cocker concert since 1972...Never heard a voice like his!! Why was he not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is beyond me. RIP Joe.
Leon Russell on piano put the song over the top. Leon was not only successful as a solo artist but also part of The Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians who played and wrote hundreds of song for dozens of bands in the 60's.
You feel that Joe, with that piano tumbling and honky-tonking behind him, and his own voice tearing its way out of his body could imagine himself Ray Charles...who else emotes and wills it into existence like Joe, though, huh? Cheers, brother Jamel, still immensely enjoying YOUR journey thru the music of MY life, my era.
Now, for a little history on this performance! Joe Cocker was in a bad situation with the tax people. My Tulsa homeboy Leon Russell arranged a tour to bail him out of his money problems and it was called "The Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour. Leon was a very prolific writer and a very kind man. You've actually heard many artists do covers of his songs. Songs like, "A Song for You" or 'This Masquerade" to name a couple. And Leon married one of his backup vocalists. Mary McCreary. ☺
I was lucky enough to see him in concert twice back in the day. On his early 70s tours he performed at the New York State University campuses. I saw him solo at Stony Brook (Long Island) and with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and the Youngbloods in New Paltz. I was living near Saratoga (NY) and saw many greats (The Doors, Janis Joplin, etc.) there but he didn't do a concert there until I moved out of the area. My parents said (and they were right) I was too young to go to Woodstock, but they okayed college concerts and I could ride my bike to Saratoga Performing Arts Center!
Thanks for this reaction! Love this song and love Joe! He always gave over 100% and the musicians in his bands are of the highest caliber. I love the arrangements of his songs. He understands how to build the energy and then dramatically bring it down. He knows how to make us feel the music on a deeper level. RIP Joe.
Saturday night in the late 70s as we were watching Joe on Saturday night live. My very sweet mother... In a very calm, nice, church lady voice. asks....How does such a spastic man sing so beautifully! 40 years later the family still laughs at the memory.
Oh Lawd Yass! my favorite Joe Cocker song of all time, way to make my day. Big THANKS for doing this one. (Even though I didn't request it but a Thanks to whoever did.)
The story about how his collaboration w/Leon Russell and how the Mad Dogs even happened tour is epic stuff. I feel very fortunate to be around 17 yrs old when this happened.
A great example of how the original was fine - it really was - good enough that you can hear how Joe Cocker heard that, and used it to get to here. But wow Joe just takes it and runs with it, doesn't he? So much emotion.
This is more meaningful than at first glance the original was Viet Nam era song and had a lot of deep meaning to us young people in the 60's who had our guys in the war...I like both versions but the original was the one we sang to and had hope our guys would make it home again!
He definitely was a different cat and yes he sung with his whole body. He put out great music & once again i was blessed to have grown up in the 70’s and 80’s with music like this.
I saw Joe open for The Steve Miller Band in 2008. It wasn’t long after that he passed away. I had seen him several times back in the day. My 22 yr old granddaughter was with me & I got to introduce her to Joe.
Jamel the man was just a real human being. Met him twice while working backstage at the Long Beach Blues Festival (I volunteered for KKJZ for a number of years) and he was always really nice, no attitude at all. Which many of them have with the volunteers, but not this guy. So sad when I heard he had passed.
What a voice! At first, I thought he had a physical ailment!!!!!!!! Sometimes, watching the songs of my generation, they were so good, it makes me sad. I long for those days of my youth.
So glad you got to this one. Joe could take anyone's song and make it his own. If you haven't checked it out yet check his version of "Cry me a River" major energy.
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If you could, please try to react to Joe Cocker doing When The Night Comes and Unchain My Heart. Joe isn't as animated in those videos, but he still sings the hell out of those songs. 🙏🙌👍✌️
Song was written and performed by Wayne Carson
Tedeschi Trucks Band does one hell of a cover of this band. The video is live on the Eric Clapton's Crossroads festival. 3 in 1?
This was back when you had to have talent, not an image or a big stage show. You were the show.
And a whole lot of cocaine, still, love the way he gets down.
And no autotune.
This was back when you could actually attend a concert without social justice Karens shutting down your venue, labeling you "unessential" and cancelling your employment and screaming at you to wear a face diaper.
This was back when life was fun. Music was real. No auto tune, just real talent, and a great time. Miss it. Thankful i got to be a part of it.
Nicely stated👌
I'm pretty sure credit for the phenomenal arrangement on this song (and many other Joe Cocker songs) goes to the great Leon Russell.
I forgot all about Leon Russell.
Right on ✌
They were clearly a team. The best covers of all time.
Leon and Joe....best there were. They can still get this 70+ Nana on her feet and dancing. Delights me to see young people getting it!!!
Unmistakeable Leon Russell on piano, yes and the phenomenal music arranger and stage director for the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour
This is the version from "Mad Dogs and Englishmen". What a great live record.
Also featured Hall of Fame and the legendary Leon Russell on piano Do yourself a favor and watch this version !!!
Yeah though that was the Mad Dogs version with another video.
One of the backup singers & occasional keyboardist on the MD & E tour was Nickey Barclay who later joined the all-female band Fanny.
@@aarongoldstein7614 Also Rita Coolidge
@@ericanderson8886 I agree
Joe just has that ability to take someone else's song and make it totally his own.
Without question...
Truth👍
And lift the whole band to another level.
That's for sure and I normally don't like covers, really, but some I just suck up. Especially on Joe Cocker I'm always trying to find a new cover I never heard of xD
I saw Joe Cocker in concert in 1974 and the Eagles were his opening act.. It was wild!!!
I don't usually care for covers but Joe always instinctively brought that little "something extra" to his music, and I usually like his covers better than the originals!
On that note, in my opinion, his version of 'with a little help' is the ONLY cover of a Beatles song that I prefer to the original. And they've got a lot of songs. Which have been covered by a lot of people.
Joe was the king of covers. He could always make a song his own.
you got that right!!
Debbie Phillips,
I agree with you with cover songs, as I am a bit of a purist with regards to how covers should sound. Yet Joe cocker has always been the exception, as he takes the essence of the original song intact while at the same time injecting his sound and style to make it his own song while wonderfully paying homage to the original song and the artist/band who created it.
His delivery was astonishing. No body quite like him.
I remember seeing this and Woodstock as a kid, and thinking "This guy is true freaked-out acid-head HIPPY!" But then he would come on a talk show interview, and he was this normal dude, with a very sophisticated English accent. I read later that he was a very nice and humble guy, not just a great artist. RIP Joe Cocker.
Me too! It was a double feature as a midnight matinee, awesome as a 16 year old to see both of these
He said he actually didn’t like hippies.
You make me smile to say he had a sophisticated English accent! He came from Sheffield ( northern English city ) I come from nearby and our accent is working class Northern and often used to portray someone whose “ working class “ but hey I will take sophisticated !
( you know we English ,a small country with so many accents .I could tell you what town someone comes from ,I always wonder how it happened we have so many )
@@cherrymcgregor535 Yes ma'am, I can tell a very street Cockney from the Queen, but not much in between... Southern Cali. here, LOL...Cheers...
@@johnathandavis3693 I’m sure I wouldn’t be very good with American accents either ( I can recognise New Yorkers and Deep South !)
Try this ,see if you can understand them! )
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Brother Joe took it to a whole nother place!
This video is overdubbed with the live recording from Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Leon Russell played piano on this recording. He was the bandleader for the whole tour, mostly playing guitar.
Rest In Peace Joe. You should be in the Hall of Fame.
Leon Russell was the genius behind this tour. Joe was the perfect voice for Leon’s driving piano and arrangement.
Jim Price and Bobby Keys on trump and sax, those solos kick it.
Love me some Bobby keys and that nasty sax!
@Joel Springman Time to break out Mad Dogs and Englishmen and give it a fresh listen?
@Joel Springman second horn to kick in in the brass solo. Listen to the stones and it's the same sound. Dude was awesome. R.I.P. Bobby Keys!
@@davidhunter801 Or the live version with video. It's on you tube.
Bobby Keys...his name is perfect for a sax player.
Just the man, the music 🎶🎶🎶 no tricks no auto tune. Perfection
There will never be another. RIP, Brother Joe. You are sorely missed.
That's actually Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs and Englishmen recording over the original JC band video.
Leon Russel tickling the ivories.
Actually I prefer watching the over dubbed studio album version within the live performance, you get the Best of Both worlds audio And visually!!!
Yep. Tthere used to be so many complete MD&E videos from the Fillmore on CZcams but most of them have been taken down
Loved this song growing up. I'd play the 45 over and over again. He has soul in his soul. Like how animated he is. He feels it all indeed.😄❤
I photographed Joe Cocker on his Unchain My Heart Tour, Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia 8 June 1987
What an amazing show...!!!
I JUST commented on your Boxtops reaction about Joe Cocker doing this song!!! Thanks Man!!!
My wife and I saw Joe 6 times, including the best live show I ever saw- Mad Dogs And Englishmen. He was always amazing. Why is he not in The Rock Hall Of Fame??
You have to do cocker "feeling Alright " he kills it!
I did that one👍🏾
Joe really had a way with a song. My favorite he did was a cover of "Bye Bye Blackbird", which is one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Hey Jamal ..... Joe Cocker was a great singer and his partner in crime was Leon Russell. In Joe's early career he was the lead singer for various incarnations of Leon Russell's bands. Leon usually did all the arrangements, played keyboard, and was the band leader. The guys played together for many years, including the Woodstock concert.
Check out Leon sometime. He passed away a few years ago but left behind an amazing legacy.
Joe had a truely soulful voice. No-one like him.
I have another one for you. Long John Baldry and "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll". Trivia - Long John is where the "John" in Elton John comes form
We need to keep suggesting it, I bet Jamel will dig it.
Hey lord you made the night too long.
Great song, and I absolutely agree that Jamel should do it. He would love it.
Long John Baldry....YES!
I love that song! Especially the intro and his run in with the policeman. Goes from being to funny to rocking out and makes you feel it.
JOE JOE JOE!!!!!!!! I haven't heard this one in years. What a unique, gritty, soulful sound that man had! He was amazing 👏 😍 ❤ AND YES, THOSE HORNS WOW!😲
For my 15th birthday, September 1, 1972, I saw Joe in concert at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Phenomenal performance by a phenomenal artist! All these years later, that concert remains in my top 5!
Anything with Joe and Leon Russell together is Gold
Growing up in the 70's we had Variety Shows and Artist Showcases on TV. On any given night of the week it wasn't unusual to catch a performance that is now considered a classic performance. We were spoiled AF!
You got that right ,, Big 70s BRAT HERE
When I was a little kid, every Sunday night our family would watch “The Ed Sullivan Show”, often with the grandparents over. There weren’t that many tv stations in the 60’s and early 70’s before everyone got cable tv, so most American families watched Sullivan’s variety show. After the Beatles exploded in ‘64 tv variety and talk shows were the only places to see the bands you liked perform, unless you went to a concert. You would see the Stones, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and tons of great artists on a family tv show. I do remember the parents and grandparents not liking rock music at all. Luckily, my parents also had a tv in their bedroom so me and my brother could go watch the things they couldn’t stand.
@@Mike-rk8px The Ed Sullivan show always had the bands as the last act. You had to sit through Topo Gigio, or some other boring act to get to the band.
Rock, Blues, Pop, and Soul all wrapped up into one amazing performance - Joe Cocker. Awesome, RIP!
This is the song your parents yelled at you to "turn that down!" 😂🤣🤣
(And ignored them!)
Mom liked it, Dad hated it :D
My mom looked at the video and asked if he was having a seizure back when this was released. LOL
@@u4riahsc LOL
Joe Cocker wasn't my first concert, but he was probably my second. That was around 1972-73. I saw him countless times after that over a forty year span. Saw him one year in November at the Louisville Palace, and spent good money to have really good seats, then saw him again the following July outdoors at a free concert with Koko Taylor, and didn't even have to pay to park. I never missed a chance to see Joe, and I'm sorry you missed your chance to see him. He always brought it, every show. You need to get better acquainted with him.
I saw Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Louisville Palace 3/11/2014. We were front row. Pricey, but worth it. We drove out to see him from Long Island, NY. The Palace is such a cool place.
You get the whole brass band with Joe. LOL
So hard to believe you hadn't got to this one before now - just goes to show how much great music there was back then! You've done thousands of reactions and you're still finding gold like this - I hope you keep brightening our days for years to come, lord knows there's enough great music out there to make it happen.
I saw Joe in the summer of 2014 just shortly before he passed. It was an outdoor venue at Harrah's Casino's "Stir Cove" in Council Bluffs, IA. With his incredibly tight band, Joe sang every single one of his hits. And killed them all. The energy and power of his performance made it one of the very best concerts that I've ever been to. RIP Joe Cocker!!!
He was something else and the musicians also smashing those serious notes all night long. Back up singers just as amazing!!! What a blast from the past. Put a smile on my face today.
Somehow I have managed to go through life without hearing this! Thanks to the people that suggested it, as well as to our host.
Joe Cocker - Fun Time
Now there's a banger.
1990 Joe Cocker opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA and he absolutely killed it. Phenomenal performance. Then SRV & Double Trouble come out and they blew me away. The energy from that concert was like a super nova.
If you write a song, and it becomes a hit, and then Joe Cocker covers it, it becomes Joe Cocker's song. And you will approve.
Same deal with Aretha Franklin.
I had the privilege of seeing him live twice, front row and center. It was magical. I had always been a Joe Cocker fan, even when most of my friends were not many years ago. Your Reaction will convince many that he was truly a great artist.
You could never really say that Joe was a 'singer', but damn, he was an artist! He put so much emotion and commitment into his performances, I genuinely feared for his health. RIP Joe.
Jamel SOME GREATS Noooo A lot of greats in the 70s
When I was kid and first saw him performing “With A Little Help From My Friends” in the movie “Woodstock” I thought he was having an epileptic seizure.
Headphones = the full effect short of being there in person .. At 65 I can hear it all new again .. Killer tune ,, killer singer , killer times Brother Jamal !!
I thought I only loved this music because it was what I grew up with but it certainly has stood the test of time. Here’s another classic from the same era. Fresh Air by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
LEON RUSSELL ON PIANO..MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME🎹🎩🎵🎶💓💓💓💓
One of my Favorite songs.. JC was one of the ones that left us too soon!
If I am not mistaken, that recording had the great Leon Russell on piano. Back in the early 80's I worked security at a rock club. The night he performed I had stage duty, what a performance.
Joe Cocker's song "When The Night Comes" is another great song to check out.
song written by Bryan Adams (he is in the video)....and he there is another...Edge of a Dream from 1984
Joe was just brilliant. Didn't even sing the words properly. But OH BOY! Him and his backing band just drove that soul and rock like a Mack truck! No stopping them.
joe's first album called "With a Little Help from my Friends" look who played and sang on it: Joe Cocker - vocals
Tony Visconti - guitar (track 2)
Jimmy Page - guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
Henry McCullough - guitar (tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10)
Albert Lee - guitar (track 4)
Chris Stainton - piano (tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), organ (tracks 2 & 7), bass guitar (tracks 2-10)
Tommy Eyre - piano (track 5), organ (tracks 8 & 9
Steve Winwood - organ (tracks 6 & 10)
Carol Kaye - bass guitar (track 1)
B. J. Wilson - drums (tracks 5 & 9)
Kenny Slade - drums (track 8)
Laudir de Oliveira - tumba, maracas (track 1)
Brenda Holloway - backing vocals (track 1)
Patrice Holloway - backing vocals (track 1)
Merry Clayton - backing vocals (track 1)
Madeline Bell - backing vocals (tracks 2, 6 & 9)
Rosetta Hightower - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 9)
IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE ANY NAMES, GOOGLE EM. WOW!!!!
CAROL KAYE AND MS. MERRY CLAYTON!!!!!!
I saw Joe Cocker for the first time in 1989 at the Lowell Auditorium in Lowell, MA. What an incredible show. What a voice. Thanks for sharing Jamal. Boy, I would love to chat about music with you someday.
So glad I was growing up when all this great music was being made. Nothing today compares to anything from back then.
Neil from Sydney Australia here.
I have attended every Joe Cocker concert since 1972...Never heard a voice like his!! Why was he not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is beyond me. RIP Joe.
Leon Russell on piano put the song over the top. Leon was not only successful as a solo artist but also part of The Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians who played and wrote hundreds of song for dozens of bands in the 60's.
Joe was in the movie ‘Across the Universe’ .. singing ‘Come Together’ .. excellent movie
Loved that movie… And he played three different characters in the one song. Pretty cool.
I was fortunate enough to see Joe Cocker at the CA State Fair in about 2008... awesome performance!
Joe Cocker, one of my favorites!
A very precious piece in the fabric of our lives!! Thanks for doing this one!!
You feel that Joe, with that piano tumbling and honky-tonking behind him, and his own voice tearing its way out of his body could imagine himself Ray Charles...who else emotes and wills it into existence like Joe, though, huh? Cheers, brother Jamel, still immensely enjoying YOUR journey thru the music of MY life, my era.
Always loved Joe Cocker! He also performed this song with Queen. Awesome!
I was lucky to see Joe at the MGM in Vegas...great show!
One of my favorite Joe Cocker songs. So damn good!! Those horns...wow!
Now, for a little history on this performance!
Joe Cocker was in a bad situation with the tax people. My Tulsa homeboy Leon Russell arranged a tour to bail him out of his money problems and it was called "The Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour.
Leon was a very prolific writer and a very kind man. You've actually heard many artists do covers of his songs.
Songs like, "A Song for You" or 'This Masquerade" to name a couple.
And Leon married one of his backup vocalists. Mary McCreary. ☺
Joe Cocker opened for Tina Turner 24 years ago took my two daughters what a concert!! They were performing at the palace Auburn Hills Michigan!👏👏👏
My band does this exact arrangement of The Letter and it always brings the house down!
In! an interview with Tavis Smiley Joe said "That's just how the music came out of me." You nailed it there Jamel. Kudos
I was lucky enough to see him in concert twice back in the day. On his early 70s tours he performed at the New York State University campuses. I saw him solo at Stony Brook (Long Island) and with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and the Youngbloods in New Paltz. I was living near Saratoga (NY) and saw many greats (The Doors, Janis Joplin, etc.) there but he didn't do a concert there until I moved out of the area. My parents said (and they were right) I was too young to go to Woodstock, but they okayed college concerts and I could ride my bike to Saratoga Performing Arts Center!
Thanks for this reaction! Love this song and love Joe! He always gave over 100% and the musicians in his bands are of the highest caliber. I love the arrangements of his songs. He understands how to build the energy and then dramatically bring it down. He knows how to make us feel the music on a deeper level. RIP Joe.
Saturday night in the late 70s as we were watching Joe on Saturday night live.
My very sweet mother... In a very calm, nice, church lady voice. asks....How does such a spastic man sing so beautifully! 40 years later the family still laughs at the memory.
I saw that brother live at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit in 1968. He was phenomenal and his band was too. Rip Joe.
Your reaction to this song was so much fun to watch. It put the biggest smile on my face. Joe Cocker was like a force of nature.
Oh Lawd Yass! my favorite Joe Cocker song of all time, way to make my day. Big THANKS for doing this one. (Even though I didn't request it but a Thanks to whoever did.)
If you like your music to be honest, then Joe is the man. He is what he is. Amazing!!
The story about how his collaboration w/Leon Russell and how the Mad Dogs even happened tour is epic stuff. I feel very fortunate to be around 17 yrs old when this happened.
Was lucky enough to see him twice in concert. What a show!!
I saw him in concert back in early 90s I think, in Perth Western Australia. Still one of the best live shows I've ever seen. He was incredible.
A great example of how the original was fine - it really was - good enough that you can hear how Joe Cocker heard that, and used it to get to here. But wow Joe just takes it and runs with it, doesn't he? So much emotion.
Watching you, watching and appreciating all these great tunes makes me smile.
This is more meaningful than at first glance the original was Viet Nam era song and had a lot of deep meaning to us young people in the 60's who had our guys in the war...I like both versions but the original was the one we sang to and had hope our guys would make it home again!
He definitely was a different cat and yes he sung with his whole body. He put out great music & once again i was blessed to have grown up in the 70’s and 80’s with music like this.
Great song, great musician. I still have Joe Cockers albums. He loves me with every song. Thanks for reacting. Love your channel Jamel aka Jamal!!!
I saw Joe open for The Steve Miller Band in 2008. It wasn’t long after that he passed away. I had seen him several times back in the day. My 22 yr old granddaughter was with me & I got to introduce her to Joe.
Fantastic, peak performance by Joe Cocker! Thank you!
i just listened to this on closed ear headphones and WOW it weas like hearing it for the first time. Amazing sound. Great cover Joe.
Jamel the man was just a real human being. Met him twice while working backstage at the Long Beach Blues Festival (I volunteered for KKJZ for a number of years) and he was always really nice, no attitude at all. Which many of them have with the volunteers, but not this guy. So sad when I heard he had passed.
Joe always had great musicians playing with him. I love to watch him as well, Jamel.
What a voice! At first, I thought he had a physical ailment!!!!!!!! Sometimes, watching the songs of my generation, they were so good, it makes me sad. I long for those days of my youth.
One of the best live shows I ever seen the man makes u feel his soul when he sings
Unique voice on Joe. Soulful. Thanks for putting out the good stuff, Jamel.
Love Joe Cocker's versions of Beatles songs...Let It Be, Come Together, Maybe I'm Amazed, Something
There's something magical about Joe. There always will be! xo
When Joe sang he gave it his all! I had this on 45 back in the day!
First time I saw a film of his performance I thought he was having an epileptic fit...but that VOICE! I love the feeling in his voice.
I am so glad you did this reaction! It is easily my favorite Joe Cocker tune!!!
So glad you got to this one. Joe could take anyone's song and make it his own. If you haven't checked it out yet check his version of "Cry me a River" major energy.
Joe Cocker ... man everyone dreamed of having that voice or the voice of Ray Charles
I saw Joe in concert in '97. The best concert I've ever been to!
I got to see Joe for free when a local radio station gave away tickets for their birthday bash
LOVE Joe Cocker! You Can Leave Your Hat
On and When the Night Comes are two of my favorites! ❤️😊
Wow! been awhile since I watched this, brings tears to my eyes. I camped out overnight to get tickets to see Joe in Detroit.