One of the most electric moments of the watershed three-day Woodstock rock festival, held in upstate New York during August 1969, was raspy-voiced British blues singer Joe Cocker’s astonishing cover of the Beatles’ "With a Little Help From My Friends." The one caveat: Cocker sang the song with such fire and frenzy that the words were next to unintelligible.
What people don’t realize is that Cocker boldly rewrote the Lennon-McCartney lyrics, tailoring them to his own inimitable style. Only now do we have access to the words he was singing during this once-in-a-lifetime performance – displayed here in a clip from the 1970 concert documentary "Woodstock." Enjoy!
Posted on 06/26/2008
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Starring Joe Cocker for Probiotics. :)
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I wonder what it says if you play it backwards...
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Totally my kind of humor. Who does his hair? He'd be good as a waiter carrying a tray of cocktails.
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WOW! That's an intense reinterpretation. I was seriously laughing my ass off out loud. Thanks Mike, I needed that! I'm loving these vids that have visual misrepresentation of the lyrics. TFF!
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LOL!!! That's amazing... thanks Mike!
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Now I'm starting to wonder if the Wonder Years got paid for product placement.
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This is fantastic!! There are some really creative people out there.
Looks like something a guy did a few years ago called with Fall Out Boy.
It's for Fall Out Boy. The Embed didn't work but here's the URL:
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1539536&;vid=77677
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awesome, I love it
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Truth be told...I never knew that the backup singers were men. But now that I see them...yeah, they do sound like men, but if you had asked me before, I would have said the singers were women. Huh?
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Thats brilliant!!
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brittanybf: Product placement? (See "Wonder Bread.")
Joxley: "Satan is my vocal coach."
Spike: Hair by Osterizer...
August: You're (ha!) welcome...
vannatta: De nada!
TynansAnger: It's their bread - and butter.
sonical: The madness is epidemic!
msquared64: Me, too!
annieander: Men or woman...wow!
P-Theory: Mega!
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I never tire of seeing footage from woodstock........the real one
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Rawkkiddoh: I don't mind the tampering here, either.
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Wonderful! Of course, if you're from Sheffield he's making perfect sense.
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I feel like I am missing something
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Jonh: Oh those wacky regional accents!
Rawkkiddoh: Well, whatever it is, it should become clear in the subtitles. Or muddled.
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I have tears! That was one of the funniest video's I've ever seen.
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Man, it's so funny I could actually see any of those companies using it to sell their product. If you can sell muual funds to boomers with classic rock, why not use this one. Too funny!
Here's a couple heavyweights taking on another heavy weight:
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Sunny: I made you cry? I have mixed feelings about this. (heh, heh)
contra: Lemmings! Pre-SNL Belushi and Chevy. Awesome.
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AHAHAHAHA! The funniest post I've seen in a long while. Thank God fer YouTube and M the K!
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Great post... I got suckered in by your intro... waiting for the revelations... ('cause I never really got Joe C.... what's the big deal?)
...well... ha! THAT was pretty funny!
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