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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTo all my friends both old and new this song is for you from the Late Great Joe Cocker
I think even the Beatles would agree that this song was done way better by Joe Cocker!
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To all my friends both old and new this song is for you from the Late Great Joe Cocker (Original Post)
LynneSin
Dec 2014
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olddots
(10,237 posts)1. he could make me cry
Nobody can sing like that anymore .
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)2. My SINGLE favorite Joe Cocker performance has always been...
..."Blue Medley" from "Mad Dogs & Englishmen," particularly his cover of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long," which I've always felt equaled or surpassed the intensity of anything on his first two albums OR his Woodstock performance.
R.I.P. Joe.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)3. Just excellent. Thanks for posting. n/t
Throd
(7,208 posts)4. My favorite version...
Texasgal
(17,029 posts)5. Lynnesin
did you notice that he is playing with Brian Mays and Phil Collins? Pretty cool video! RIP Joe Cocker.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)8. Didn't miss that one bit
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)6. I've always been partial to "Delta Lady."
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)7. Rest in peace, Joe Cocker.
orleans
(33,987 posts)9. awe.... rip joe
i'd like to add this video
had the 45 when it came out--played it loud & often (drove my mom crazy!)
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)10. Another Beatles cover:
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)13. Tuesday's on the phone with me ...
my cellphone reaches heaven and I have unlimited data
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,485 posts)14. and Leon on the guitar!
T_i_B
(14,734 posts)11. Big news where I live...
...as Joe Cocker was one of Sheffield's most famous sons.
denbot
(9,894 posts)12. Most Awesome post
I caught Brian Mays, but had to review the video to catch Phil Collins.