webfact Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Singer Joe Cocker dies at age 70COLORADO: -- British vocalist Joe Cocker, whose blues-drenched, unfettered performances made him one of the most distinctive rock singers of the late '60s and early '70s, died Dec. 22 in Colorado. He was 70, and had been battling lung cancer.The Sheffield-born performer blasted onto the international music scene in 1968 with a storming interpretation of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." His spasmodic, high-voltage stage style - memorably caricatured by John Belushi on "Saturday Night Live" - instantly turned him into a top concert attraction.Full story: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82371027/-- Chicago Tribune 2014-12-23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted December 22, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 RIP Great Man With A Little Help From My Friends, LIVE at Woodstock 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=joecocker+with+a+little+my+friends&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=y6CYVNTEDIT_UN3pg6AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mango Bob Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 RIP, a legend in his own time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roadman Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 RIP Joe. Another great musician who lead me astray (with utter enjoyment) as an impressionable teen. The 1969 Joe Cocker album was one of the first LP's I owned and certainly the first worn out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks for the music and memories Joe, rest now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 In 2013 he recorded a concert you can watch on youtube called " Fire it up" great mature performance,,, have warched it many times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post borisloosebrain Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 RIP Joe !! I've seen a lot of Mad Dogs and Englishmen in my time but you were one of a kind. Much loved and truly one of the greats. Your adventures in Australia were the stuff of legends ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 His performances were downright goofy, but man could he SING. RIP Joe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scott Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 Very sad. A very memorable performed who defined a generation with his unique style. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 RIP my fellow Tyke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have been a fan of Joe ever since the 60's, one of the greatest rock - blues singers to come from the UK. A great talent indeed and I will miss him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 some classic hits from a man that could sing, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisakiman Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 That's sad news. Joe Cocker was one of the greatest singers of his era, and one of the very few performers who could do covers of great songs in their own right and actually improve on them. How many people were able to cover Beatles numbers and do them better than the Beatles? Apart from Joe, I would put the number at zero. As someone already said, thank heavens his music has been recorded for posterity. He was unique. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Old Croc Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 I had never heard of him until I wandered into a small theatre In Perth to kill some time about 1970. The film was "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" and was about a rock tour of America by a young Joe. I walked out of there a fan for life, and I haven't been without his music to this day. RIP to the man with the greatest rock voice of all time. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePlant Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sad news, made worse by the fact that the current #1 in the UK is some limp dross by some talentless no-mark from the X Factor. Are we really the nation who has led the world in popular music for so long? Is the UK public and media now so inexorably musically bereft that we have to see bilge like this top our charts now? Is this crap and 1D all we have to offer the World now? Sorry World. As a Brit proud of our popular music heritage, I'm cringing today.....whither the next Joe Cocker or the like? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) I am lost for words RIP Joe Cocker. Edited December 23, 2014 by neverdie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LeungKen Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 R.I.P. Thanks for the music & the good times Joe. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozyjon Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 RIP mate, i don't know you as you don't know me but as the saying goes,,, '' Gone but not forgotten'' i was listening to Joe Cockers greatest hits as i scrolled onto this story. i might just listen to it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 R.I.P. Thanks for the music & the good times Joe. This one I remember the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WitawatWatawit Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 I still remember my dad's reaction to seeing Joe Cocker on our black and white TV for the first time. At the time us young teens were in thrall at the idea of someone of his ilk breaking the set, puritanic mould that infested NZ after WWII, as much as we were stunned by a performer who gutsed it, as we put it. So dad's "What kind of creature is that?" comment helped seal Joe's place in our rebellious hearts. And he remained there, and did not fade like others. RIP you awesome "creature". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 That's sad news. Joe Cocker was one of the greatest singers of his era, and one of the very few performers who could do covers of great songs in their own right and actually improve on them. How many people were able to cover Beatles numbers and do them better than the Beatles? Apart from Joe, I would put the number at zero. As someone already said, thank heavens his music has been recorded for posterity. He was unique. Joe's Help From My Friends is Great -- but maybe put that number at 1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post earthpig Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 Joplin and Cocker, the high voltage acts of Rock, born countries and died years and ages apart, but one in fire and lives lived pedal to the metal, unique but, musically speaking, for each other. Lots of real talent in the last half century of rock, blues and jazz, but in the psychedelic rock of Joplin and bluesy rock of Cocker, we were treated to songs of sheer ecstasy. No others popular vocalists I at least can think of in our era came this close to that particular summit. God only knows how Cocker, with all that volcanic energy, lasted on this earth as long as he did. (Perhaps he might have answered: with a little help from my friends?) A genius and a survivor: a very unique chap from every point of view. There passed an extraordinary man. RIP Joe. And thanks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted December 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2014 One of my favourite songs that makes me sit back and think........I play it a lot Joe, thanks and rest mate. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Delta Lady was his best IMHO. RIP Joe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Unique voice & danced like a thunderbird RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 he will not be forgotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Loved you from the first song Joe! You resonated in so many hearts and will do so for a long time to come! A great effort man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFraiGai Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Another lick of legend, gone...but, remembered by millions. I'm glad I saw him, happier to have heard him 1000x. Miss ya already, Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterStretch Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I spent 20 years as a radio deejay before going overseas, and saw dozens and dozens of acts. Joe Cocker was one of the best, what energy, what showmanship. A great legacy of music in his catalogue. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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