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Joe Cocker — The Letter
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mistabird
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 12:31
 
70 er  da war doch . was . ? . . WALDBÜHNE !Berlin ! YahMan  das war joe  echt super super fine{#Roflol}

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 07:19
 
This is the 6th track Bill must have loaded onto RP (look at the song_id above)

I am betting it is one of his favourites. . .  


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 11:10
 
 rp1125 wrote:
Every cover he's done is as good or better than the original.
 

You know what, you maybe right.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 11:09
 

This song great all versions.{#Meditate}



4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 11:09
 
Most excellent classic, IMHO {#Cheers}

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 09:17
 
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" came out in my most musically formative years. It's still one of my favorites even though it may not have been as influential as some of the other great groups of that day, possibly because it borrowed heavily from them.


lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 09:11
 
This is a fantastic cover.  

Zeito
(Sieur du Lhut)
Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 08:13
 
Vanna, pick me a letter!


Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 09:05
 
Most enjoyable Cocker classic. A full 7.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: May 18, 2010 - 16:59
 
I like Joe and I want to like this, but the horns make me wince.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 18, 2010 - 16:57
 
YES!!!

philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: May 18, 2010 - 16:56
 
 walk wrote:

If you don't rate this 9 or 10 you don't have ears that work.


 
Or a brain, one.....


walk
(SF)
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 22:45
 

If you don't rate this 9 or 10 you don't have ears that work.



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 09:07
 
 fredriley wrote:
"My baby wrote me a letter" - evocative and romantic.  Can you imagine "I'm comin' home, my baby texted me a message"?  F*ckin' love those horns! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
 
{#Notworthy}



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 08:39
 
"My baby wrote me a letter" - evocative and romantic. Can you imagine "I'm comin' home, my baby texted me a message"? F*ckin' love those horns! 8 from the Nottingham jury.

rp1125
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 08:37
 
Every cover he's done is as good or better than the original.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 08:36
 
 audiolizard wrote:
I think the rest of the band deserves at least as much credit as Joe for this excellent song.
 
And a damned good band it was, too - a virtual who's who of studio pros and touring greats. Rita Coolidge, Don Preston, Leon Russell, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon - the list goes on and ol.


audiolizard
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 07:46
 
I think the rest of the band deserves at least as much credit as Joe for this excellent song.

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 22:54
 
Mad Dogs and Englishmen!

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 14:22
 
 Stingray wrote:
WONDERFUL DRIVE...

all lost in those times!
just incredible (and I am anything but a Cocker-fan)
 
Joe is a force of nature.


Stingray
(Cologne)
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 13:03
 
WONDERFUL DRIVE...

all lost in those times!
just incredible (and I am anything but a Cocker-fan)

eltom
(Frankfurt, Germany)
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 13:03
 
This is the best interpretation of this song. Straightforward, speedy, absolutely great! One of the songs i'd take on an lonely island. 10/10

Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 13:01
 
Mad Dog & Englishmen... great party album.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 12:28
 
What a voice. I remember seeing him here when he sang  barefoot and at the end came back for an encore "because there is no beer backstage." but there was was on stage. He was pretty hard to watch in those days splitting everywhere as he sang. Blowing his nose on stage (without any tissues) But close your eyes and the band was tight and he was hitting all the notes.

AMH
(Dayton, OH)
Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 12:23
 
I would be surprised if his career is duplicated in my lifetime.

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 07:50
 
not enough dancing bananas for this....

FrankMc
Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 07:50
 
Or Depeche Mode.

 vit wrote:


It would be so funny if he covered a bunch of Ray La Montagne's stuff.

 



vit
Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 07:49
 
FrankMc wrote:
Somebody once said that when Cocker covered something, he owned it. This is one of those cases.


It would be so funny if he covered a bunch of Ray La Montagne's stuff.


FrankMc
Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 13:10
 
Somebody once said that when Cocker covered something, he owned it. This is one of those cases.

to_the_eleven
(the groove)
Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 13:04
 
RP track #6.  joyful. solid 8!

ugly
Posted: May 20, 2009 - 18:37
 
Damn. Music like this is life blood.

smilestoomuch
(Mad City, WI)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 07:03
 
Joe Cocker makes me happy. {#Sunny}

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 07:02
 
What is there to "get"?  Joe, Leon — Play it boys!!!!!!!!  Don't need to get it — just ENJOY!

redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 14:34
 
 biodiesel wrote:
Beyond comparison!
 

This is just a tribute to the POWER of MUSIC!!! 100 years ago this man would have been a "gimp", an english slumdog....we have thankfully come along,...and have a long ways to go.


steve_san_carlos
(Ummm...San Carlos, California!)
Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 18:24
 
I wanted to rail that I hate Joe Cocker, but then I thought about the 25 minute Jethro Tull sides we occasionally hear on RP, and I concluded that the Cocker deserves a "ho hum." I'm just so angry right now. I mean...why couldn't I have won that trip to Costa Rica, dammit?

milchschnitte
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Feb 15, 2009 - 01:50
 
i HATE joe cocker.{#Puke}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 09:11
 
 suddenchad wrote:


"From which this was originally from?" Sorry for my terrible grammar.
 
Yes and no. The album Mad Dogs and Englishmen was a live album, but this particular song was from a rehearsal sound check, if I recall correctly.

Interesting note...besides using Chris Stainton's Grease Band, Cocker lifted pretty much all of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett's road band (Jim Gordon, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Carl Radle, and Rita Coolidge), for what became the Mad Dogs tour. The Bramletts were livid. They were on a break but had planned to continue touring after the immensely popular "...& Friends" tour (with Clapton, Dave Mason, and George Harrison at various times). With no touring band left, whatever momentum the Bramletts had built up virtually evaporated, tho' they had a hit with Motel Shot the following year (1971).


GretchenOhio
Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 09:00
 

I'd be happy if we could just skip the Joe Cocker stuff altogether.  Not a fan...



Jungle_Jim
Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:52
 
See the film Mad Dogs And Englishmen - which this version is from - it's a 1970 US tour with Cocker, Leon Russell, Bobby Keyes and a raggle taggle of hippy hangers on. It's brilliant, and a kick arse band.


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 13:40
 
Nice to hear this on RP.

radiojunkie
(Don't get out much)
Posted: Dec 13, 2008 - 18:15
 
Now THIS is a great cover, and a kick-ass live performance to boot.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 27, 2008 - 09:08
 
 jmsmy wrote:
Hey everybody dont feel bad about airplane ticket prices. That airplane ticket in 1970 would cost more then it does now 38 years latter.
 

...you wouldn't be stuck spending three hours on each end checking in and out of the airport, though...

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:15
 
Hey everybody dont feel bad about airplane ticket prices. That airplane ticket in 1970 would cost more then it does now 38 years latter.

Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:11
 
Unfortunately, in this day and age, you'd be better off with the fast train Joe, if you want to get somewhere.

(And good old American bumped me from a flight just this afternoon)

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:11
 
 sdn wrote:
Elocution.  It can work for you too!

 
The only singer I ever knew who had perfect elocution was Mister Rogers. Kinda says it all, no?


DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:10
 
 Captn_Pea wrote:
Mad Dogs and Englishman

 

Right on, fellow 'Gander!

sdn
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:09
 
Elocution.  It can work for you too!

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: May 22, 2008 - 13:37
 
burdell wrote:
I don't get Joe Cocker. I just don't. This is a great song until he opens his mouth. If J Geils was singing this and they dropped those awful background singers, this could be awesome.


That'd be something--as J Geils doesn't sing. Peter Wolf does, though. And, like Joe Cocker--he's got buckets o' soul.
daviddurham
Posted: May 22, 2008 - 13:30
 
He doesn't so much sing a song as upholster it.
Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: May 22, 2008 - 13:26
 
Mad Dogs and Englishman