Joe sang with every inch of his body. He felt every note in his soul.

@bibakroll8999

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention that this was Woodstock. Everybody was high as a kite.

@rachelshieldsstillwaterokr7172

Жыл бұрын

Except him.

@TheMicj38

Жыл бұрын

@@rachelshieldsstillwaterokr7172 No. He was as high as a kyte himself. Not exactly a secret

@SteelMags

11 ай бұрын

Not to mention he had Tourette's.

@neichia4155

10 ай бұрын

And was possibly off his face, but also amazing.

You have just scratched the surface here. You gotta do more Joe. This was how he performed EVERY time. He was great. R.I.P. Joe.

The women Backup singers got stuck in traffic so the men had to sing their part 😂 I love Joe Cocker, I love his voice, love the way he feels every bit of the music and performs it.

@biglutz2996

Жыл бұрын

Really ? Wow... Joe was from my city in UK

@garymoore2535

11 ай бұрын

I thought the backing singers were off......shame.......maybe it could be remixed with quality backing singers ?

@gerrardflannigan3773

10 ай бұрын

@@garymoore2535 listen to the studio recording! Same soul from Cocker with with his real back up singers. AND Jimmy page on guitar!

@seanfeehly6206

8 ай бұрын

literally made it by with a lil help

Watch that clip carefully. Joe was doing air-keyboard, air-drums, air-bass, and air-guitar over and over, through the whole thing. Plus his voice was just taking over and using his whole body. That's how Joe Cocker rolled. He looked like he was out of control, but he was in charge of the whole performance, like an orchestra conductor. The wild movement was the second most famous thing about him, second to the intense passion of his vocals.

@warrenhughes911

11 ай бұрын

Well put !!!!

@patsstuffclark9522

11 ай бұрын

I read that he was spot on with his fingers and the actual guitar playing, bass and organ. Don't know if it's true but it sounds great!

@annjohnson994

17 күн бұрын

He did seem to be a conductor for his band. He was SO great!

An iconic performance from Woodstock 1969. RIP Joe.

Ray Charles said Joe was the most soulful singer he ever heard

Does anyone remember Saturday night live when John Belushi did his impersonation of Joe cocker and Joe walked out on stage while he was doing it? Classic great reaction rock on

@CindyNavarro

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about that. I remember the night it was aired live.

@timmurphy5580

Жыл бұрын

@@CindyNavarro me too I'm 63

@mindigd

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching it live also. Here's the only full version I could find on YT: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X2qhk69uoJmxoc4.html Enjoy!

@lindanoel1853

11 ай бұрын

@@mindigd Thanks for posting this!

@emilyflotilla931

5 ай бұрын

Epic SNL episode!

Joe`s voice is his whole body and his body is his instrument for delivering that incredible voice...none like Joe, RIP Brother!!!

Many thought Joe had a neurological disorder due to his body motions. He actually feels the music throughout himself and if you watch closely you'll see he is also directing the band with them.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

Жыл бұрын

what are you doing here? this is not an Elvis reaction. in this particular show his reactions were from power leads.

@icecreamcowboyz9466

Жыл бұрын

i have the same neurological disorder every time i take a good healthy dose of LSD!

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

Жыл бұрын

you are wrong! I have met with Joe on many occasions. The truth is, when he was doing this show, he was getting electric shocks from the rain that had fallen and that caused him to react that way.

@icecreamcowboyz9466

Жыл бұрын

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 i also had that same reaction after all my LSD trips when they put me in a shock therapy program. highly suggested!

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

Жыл бұрын

@@icecreamcowboyz9466 have you modelled your self on beavis or buthead or both?

Joe was one of kind....words don't do justice to his talent!

Joe Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice & dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. He recorded a few Beatles' songs "With A Little Help From My Friends", "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" & "Something". Other hits were "Up Where We Belong" (a duet with Jennifer Warnes), "Delta Lady", "Darling Be Home Soon", "Cry Me A River", "Feelin' Alright", "The Letter", "You Are So Beautiful" etc.

@RobertSmith-iw2kb

Жыл бұрын

Try cry me a river,a classic.😀

@marcuspfister2047

Жыл бұрын

​@@RobertSmith-iw2kb yes that's one of my absolute favourites beside Sicks And Stones

@bibakroll8999

Жыл бұрын

I hated that duet with Warnes. Hated that they tried to clean up his image.

@DaveB-hg7el

10 ай бұрын

If you don't mind a suggestion, the album Sheffield Steel is great start to finish. Sly and Robbie are the rhythm section, simply a perfect combination. Hope you enjoy. Peace 💚

That's just the way he moved when he performed. He alway's felt it, and that's just how we liked him. That was Joe. Amazing performer!

Joe Cocker felt the music. Every note. When he sang, he sang from the toes up. You should check out “The Letter” from his album “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.”

@vukanmilijic5377

Жыл бұрын

Not only "Letter", the whole album is absolutely amazing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZVt0aSol6-Yhpc.html

@teresaring8049

Жыл бұрын

Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Leon Russell. Best musical circus ever with Leon at the helm!!!

Hey, this was Woodstock. Everybody was "on something". Magic time. I'm 76 yrs old and still rock out with Joe.

In The '60's, voices weren't corrected by computer programs, which is why it was so much better than today! It was REAL!

@kazrules2007

2 ай бұрын

Yes! You got the real deal.

@paulettelamontagne6992

Ай бұрын

Yep my mom used to say if they weren't good live they sucked and I found that to be true throughout my life especially when I got drugged to a Stevie Nicks concert it was hell she's horrible

Imagine- almost 55 years ago... There's been nothing cooler since

It's beautiful that artists who aren't here anymore are being honored by reactors like you. ❤

A lotta fun enjoying this with you ....I'm 75, was 21 when he sang this at Woodstock . I wasn't there but am soooo glad for the Woodstock film !!! Thank you for sharing your feelings about how you become thoughtful, have a certain kind of feeling when you hear an artist and find out she/he has died. Yes, there are many who have died in my lifetime. Grateful for having experienced their unique expressions....

I was 13 turning 14 on Aug 16th and ran off to Woodstock with 2 friends. This man had us mesmerized! It truly was like a church experience. The female backup singers got stuck in traffic. We left our van 2 hrs away and walked in because it was that much traffic. Of all the experiences of my 67 years, this one will always be the best.

@Lassira1

9 ай бұрын

Wow…. It must have been so Great!

young man, i am humbled by your observations... music is clearly the bridge between the race, religous, and political problems of the world - and it makes me proud to hear a young man that understands that. i agree with you that the spark of that path was created in the late 60's and early 70's. It could be that again, but i am not seeing it. Bless you, sir, and PLEASE continue to spread the message.... we are all just people, and need to respect each other for our differences rather than continue violence in the name of diversity... bless you. Joe had such a wonderful interpretation of the songs he did, and used every inch of his being to show us that! do more joe!

I worked with Joe in the mid eighties when he really made a comeback. What a great performer and an even a greater person! Loved playing this song with him! The intensity was incredible! Glad you are enjoying and sharing this! I also am glad you picked up on the air guitar antics! He would come over and we would jam together, him playing the air guitar parts along with my bass parts with me! Miss him deeply! Great channel!

Joe Cocker's brother had a band and he was playing a gig, he asked Joe who was 12 yrs old to come up and sing, that was his 1st time singing in public. He started his career in 1961, he put a couple of bands together and went by the name Vance but in 1964 he dropped the name and band and went solo. The Beatles heard Joe's version of With A Little Help From My Friends and loved it, in 1968 Joe put the song on his album, John Lennon actually played the guitar and Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison were in the studio with Joe. This performance is from Woodstock in 1969 and sent his career skyrocketing sad after this performance, his band mate Leon Russell put a U.S. tour together for them in 1970 that kept him on the road performing none stop. He was depressed and exhausted and started drinking doing heroin and smoking 2 pks of cigarettes a day, he quit heroin in 1973 but kept drinking. He recorded 22 albums in his 43 yr career, in 1974 he covered a song by Billy Preston called You Are So Beautiful in 1972 that song went to #5 in the U.S. and became his signature song. Joe Cocker only had 1 #1 hit with Up Where We Belong in 1983 and was he was ranked #97 in Rolling Stones top 100 greatest voices of all time and doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Joe was arrested in Australia and got the nickname Mad Dog, he married Pam Baker Oct 11, 1987 she helped him stop drinking and smoking in 1991 but sadly Joe Cocker passed away December 22, 2014 in his Mad Dog Ranch in Crawford, Colorado. He was one of the best artists of all time.

Movin’ like that is Joe’s thing. And this gives me goose bumps every time -especially the beginning. I have to see & hear it to have the full impact.

I want to teleport back to woodstock day's when music was awesome and life was simply!

That man had the kind of voice he could never sing out of key. A natural talent. Amazing.

No auto tune, just real voices feeling the tune. (He's not high, but explained that many were. It was, after all, Woodstock! He feels the music, and he's always like that, Yes. : o )

"I dont wanna assume hes on anything" cracks me up. It was the 60's and woodstock... but... thats pure joe regardless of performance

Yay! Loved Joe Cocker! Great singer. So sorry that he's passed. I don't know why he moved the way he did, but it worked for him.

I saw Joe Cocker in concert in 1969, just a few months after this performance. I didn’t know who he was at time but regardless of that he blew my mind.

Love Joe so much AND we gotta give a shout out to the Beatles for writing this gem.

Many of the best musicians back then grew up in church and you can hear it in their music. I was a studio musician a number of those years and growing up in church didn't hurt my contribution..

I grew up listening to this born in 1961 . We had the great seat music . ❤I’m excited everybody is going back there listening ♥️and discovering all the amazing singers, songwriters, bands ♥️

The whole Woodstock movie is a timeless piece of rock history with epic performances.

That "soothing voice" at the start. You should react to his version of "You are so Beautiful." He was a master at putting emotion into his singing.

1960s music featured a lot of folk, soul, earthy-sounding vocals. Loads of vocalists with Gospel roots. Country, folk, Gospel, soul, Blues - EVERY genre - smashed-up. Some great music.

This is a Joe Cocker gig...he was high on his performance, always. RIP. ❤

There is another performance from Woodstock (1969) that you need to check out if you haven't already. Santana: Soul Sacrifice.

he was one of the first to air guitar ....right up till his death...his stage act....love Joe...

John Belushi did a magnificent impression of him and they once did a duet on Saturday Night Live singing Feelin Alright that is worth a watch. It is hilarious, and I love that it was all good natured

This was Woodstock 1969. Of course he was on something. He was also an amazing performer with a fabulous voice.

When they asked Ray Charles and Smokey Robinson who the most soulful singer was, they said "Joe Cocker"

Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Joe Cocker double live album - absolutely unique.

Sucks that the back up ladies got delayed. They sounded sooo good on the studio version.

He conveyed the stress of his time, the meatgrinder Vietnam war, various other stresses, my own personal stress and heartbreak of a girl who left me... she died December 2020

TY ❤ Joe cocker is quite the character. Priceless

His female backup singers were stuck in the Woodstock traffic so his band sang backup!

Growing up always thought Joe was on drugs and I was amazed at how good he could perform while messed up on drugs and then years later many years later found out that he had multiple sclerosis love Joe one of my favorites

That is just how Joe expressed himself, since he could ot play guitar himself. He was known for those movements. He has a great song called 'Feelin' alright' & John Belushi used to impersonate Joe on Saturday night Live. On one of Joe's appearances on SNL John came out dressed & acting like Joe & they sang 'Feelin' alright' together. Epic.

One of he best "cover" artists of all time; certainly in rock n roll....................his song interpretations were special, not just "Little Help" but many other covers..

Gritty........ Joe Cocker was one of a kind. This was at Woodstock in the summer of 1969... The greatest festival concert of all time.

Joe Cocker was an amazing singer....he felt his songs. That's the way he always sang.

Perfection.

This is Joe Cocker entertaining at his best! watching the video of Woodstock to understand all the artists & He loved to be in front of an audience & Woodstock was a huge gathering 💜☮️. I treasure my vinyl records and Joe is part of my collection - I like him singing Beatles songs, & love You Are So Beautiful one of my all time favourites by Joe Cocker As well as You Can Leave Your Hat On is another great one💜☮️ sending greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 PS I think Joe had a cerebral type of health issue, it is his movements that his fans understand & his voice is one of a kind !!

Thats gotta have the best ending of any song. The slow irregular heartbeat coming to a full stop.

That's the way Joe moved when he sang, right up to the very end! 🙂 My Dad's favourite. I brought my Dad to see and Al Green in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, as a surprise 67th birthday present, in a place called Malahide Castle. I got us e seats up the front, open air, Summer, beautiful. When Joe Cocker performed, after Al Green who was amazing, most of us on the seats up front, were crying with joy. People everywhere, not a dry eye in the house!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Joe Cocker!

Joe had so much soul, he really felt the music. No drugs, he was so fun to watch!

Did you ever hear him sing. You are so beautiful? Reduces me to tears every single time xx

This jam is always in my head

Probably one of the best live performances ever. Very inspirational song. probably, most were on something then. He had some moves like you only see in crazy folks :)

@benzeneau1

10 ай бұрын

it's called LSD

One of the most unique, talented live performance artists…ever! It was ‘69, August, ‘69.

Joe played a mean air guitar! Possessed by the music. You'll notice how calm and controlled he was during the intro and going off stage. . .

Soul comes in all colors

I was fortunate to meet Joe several times.Something most people don't know.Joe was in construction as a pipe fitter before Woodstock He did this in front of over 500,000 people The best singer of all time .

It's always like being in church listening to Joe Cocker. He's high on life, man!

Joe is passionate. Years later he did You Are So Beautiful. It would seem it would be the wrong voice, but as it turns out, it was the perfect voice. He did Just Like A Woman at Woodstock as well. Just brilliant.

Joe Cocker had the music in his soul. That was how he moved , the more he grooved the more contorted his body became. He was magnificent until the end. I had the privilege of seeing him in a club, his opening act a Joe Cocker impersonator. It was fantastic. There was a great SNLskit that had Belushi imitating him 🔥 ☮️

The man is a legend

Not alcohol or drugs, it is just how he expresses himself so intensely. Some people thought he was spastic or some other issues as well. Not the case. Joe just into his stuff.

Woodstock! There will never be another Woodstock or the hippie era.

Hello my friend. Yeah man, Joe was unique. What you saw in this performance was just Joe being Joe. Imagine performing for a crowd estimated to be between 400,00 and 500,00 people! You should check out some of his studio recordings as well . I think "Delta Lady" would be a good place to start. Peace.

You have a contagious smile sir. Isn't it great that no matter what our bias', races, genders, nationalities or ages we might be, we can still enjoy and appreciate some damn good music in complete harmony.

@TheDivayenta

11 ай бұрын

Let’s all start singing together in our communities, neighborhoods!

Only one thing to say about Joe Cocker…Brilliant!

Joe Cocker initially only sang covers , which was quite unique, but he made them his own !

Brings back so many memories of my mom I wasn't born yet but she was at Woodstock and he was rocking them mutton chops

Joe embodied every instrument, every note, very word, pulled every part of his soul apart when he sang

Gotta check out Richie Havens legendary Woodstock performance!..He was the first act, but he wasn't supposed to be. But because there were serious traffic jams they couldn't get the scheduled group, Sweetwater, in with all their equipment, and Richie was an acoustic act, with his two backup singers/bandmates (his bass player was stuck in traffic, but he agreed to go on without him) trying to kill as much time as possible so they can get groups in by Helicopter..He was exhausted by the end of the set that was only supposed to last 20 min., but went on for much longer..He couldn't remember the words to anymore songs, so he just started playing something, and the word "Freedom" popped into his head, so he started singing, including some of the lines from the traditional song, "Motherless Child."..Absolute must see!

Joe Cocker, raspy and smooth and sometimes all at once. Extraordinary.

My dad was so pissed off at me for going to this concert that he kicked me out of the house when I got home. A friend and I hitched all the way from B.C. Canada to Woodstock and I don't regret it at all but I was warned not to go and I didn't listen. I just needed to go!!

He was spastic,that’s why he moved like that. Woodstock was in August of 1969,he was 25 at the time.Probably the greatest cover of ANY song by ANY artist EVER! Yes,he DID sing with EVERY inch of his soul!

So much soul. One of the greatest

Hello from North Carolina. Joe had a disease that caused him to fling his arms and his body uncontrollable. And Woodstock was August 15-17 in 1969 not 1968. You are right about music from the 60's, it had feelings back in the 60's and 70's. I was born in 1960 and although I'm an old man now at least i got to see the best bands to ever walk out on a stage. I saw Jimi Hendrix in '67 when i was only 7 years old and i knew then that i wanted to be a musician. I've been playing guitar for 57 years now. Keep doing these videos my friend. You did a great job! You should listen to the haunting song about a true event called the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. You will love that one too!!

Joe was the voice of some Wonder Years what a Legend Joe always makes me Feel Alright

Joe Cocker!!! Go Joe Go!!! Great Voice Great Song

A far cry from Beatles (Ringo lead vocal) version, but so awesome! JC had it going on..also liked his choice to change the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4 time..nice touch and that Gospel backing vocals..beautiful.

Joe Cocker was British. His obvious main inspiration was Ray Charles; that's where the "church" is from. His band was named the "Grease Band".

It was the 60s my friend. Everyone was on something. This is one of the greatest covers of all time. Great reaction.

LOL! Joe was ALWAYS on something in those days! He was terribly shy and had incredible stage fright. He took elephant tranquilizers before going on stage in order to perfome! Had a life long struggle with substances.

What's up Mug's?you don't miss my friend.

Joe sang like Stevie Ray Vaughn played ,he gave you everything. His back up singers was caught in a huge traffic jam at Woodstock while he was on stage .

Say Hey Mug, Isn't Joe amazing? I still get knocked out after seeing this hundreds of times. He gives it everything he's got. His band was right with him. Thanks for the reaction.

One of my all time favorites ! Joe just poured out everything he had and made you feel it :)

Dude! This was Woodstock SO everybody was on something but this is his classic style of singing with every inch of his body in response to every note....

Joe's backing band was called the Grease Band & Woodstock happened in 1969.

You ought to see the couple of skits from Saturday night live in the 70s with John belushi Reenacting him and singing with him as well

It was Woodstock, everyone was on something! But that was more Joe singing like Joe did. RIP Joe.

Joe is churching. Great reaction, young Gentleman. Keep on keeping on.

That is just the way the incredible, one and only Joe Cocker rocked to the music. He was a great vocalist and a great entertainer. We were so lucky back then to have a ton of musical/vocal talents around the world ... and all before auto-tune ruined everything. If you are watching Woodstock, check out Ritchie Havens, another iconic artist.

1969 RIP Joe Cocker....

An excellent documentary was made about Woodstock. I suggest you watch it and enjoy all the wonderful performers (not to mention the vibe).