jakeem Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 British singer Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761 He provided some of my favorite moments in Michael Wadleigh's Oscar-winning 1970 documentary "Woodstock." And then there was the amazing time that John Belushi did his Cocker imitation alongside the man himself on a 1976 edition of NBC"s "Saturday Night Live." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 YOU ARE SOOO BOOOD-A-FULLLL...... TO MEEEEEE ! ! ! ol' joe really knew how to pull that up from his larynx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Cocker and Jennifer Warnes performed the No. 1 hit "Up Where We Belong," the theme song from "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982). The song won Oscars for its writers -- Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 British singer Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761 He provided some of my favorite moments in Michael Wadleigh's Oscar-winning 1970 documentary "Woodstock." And then there was the amazing time that John Belushi did his Cocker imitation alongside the man himself on a 1976 edition of NBC"s "Saturday Night Live." How sad. He certainly was unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Loved his rendition of "Cry Me a River" even more than Julie London's. Yep, "unique" would probably best describe his vocal style, and of which I always thought benefited any and all songs he ever covered, and thus making them uniquely his own. (...and, for those who may not know why he adopted his signature "gyrations" while singing, supposedly it was because Ray Charles was one of his idols, and he felt by doing that he was channeling Brother Ray a bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Loved his rendition of "Cry Me a River" even more than Julie London's. Don't forget his version of "The Letter." Cocker covered songs about as well as anyone ever did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCSDFKIQJ-I I'm a Baby Boomer. I do remember Joe. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sad to hear, he was an amazing talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladysLipschutz Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Oh my! I hadn't heard about this. Pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Didn't find out until this morning. Certainly one of a kind. Someone else in another forum I belong to said they liked HIS version of "The Letter" better than the Box Tops' version. I asserted that I knew a few guys who actually thought Joe WAS the Box Top's former lead singer. Probably due to both having that raspy voice. But it was amazing the amount of soul joe could inject into a song. A unique vocalist ASIDE from his performance antics, AND probably, he was the GRANDADDY of all "air" guitarists... Like in the lyrics of a song I once heard him sing: "Another good brother done reached out and turned off the light!" Goodbye, Joe. Loved you while you were with us, glad there's stil recordings to find... Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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