@@garrisonmyles5045As are many hit songs from the music industry. Performers are judged by their performance not purely on their writing skills. What is your point?
I was 13 when i first heard this song. Wooow, sounds even better today. Im 44 now. Joe Cocker. What a soul, what a voice. Thank u sir Joe,for everything
Not only is this one of the highest moments at Woodstock, it is one of the best moments in music history. Joe left everybody's faces melted all over the place, in a big psychedelic puddle of facelessness.
Thats how you perform a song live.. You put your heart and soul into it... The only person to perform a Beatles song better than the beatles themselves did
My late father would have turned 78 today. I can't even count how many times we watched this performance together. Rest in peace dad, you were a good man who was always there for all of your friends ❤
My Dad passed away around 4 years ago and the same here. We watched Joe Cocker perform this song so so many times and it just gives me hope in humanity, humility, and good music still to this day. God bless all and God bless good music. We get by with a little help from our friends. This gives us all the power to overcome 🙏🏼🙏🏼
No auto tune, pure talent, great lyrics and back then everyone was trying to get along and stand up for each other. We embraced diversity and were kind to each other unlike today.
La musique la chanson n'a aucune frontière, aucune couleur, aucune religion... C'est l'unité fraternelle et mondiale 🎸🌏☮️✌️🕊️💖🙏 ..je pense que cela c'est ce qu'inspirait Woodstock et la pensée Hippie😍
@@shayshay9764 There is a performance by Janis J... about the same era or even the same week-end... but sure, this one makes for a life worth. Joe Cocker forever in my heart cuz of this. Later on in the '70 i was reading about shamanism, and wow, i think Joe C was the real thing...!
Music wise great days I was 19 when this was made. I was at the 1969 and 1970 Isle of Wight Festivals England also did the 70 Bath Rock Blues & Jazz Festival.
@peter stclair he always looked like he was having a seizure while singing. Even in advanced age. I would bet money that he was flying super high during this performance though.
I was just actually digging up Joe Cocker's songs now because my throat is raw and I was joking I (a female) would sound like him today. I can FEEL that scream.
This is actually true. You know he was completely out of his freaking mind and still killed the song. His performance was just him riding the wave, wish I was that cool.
I love how he looks distracted at the start (in front of 400,000 people) - “Uh, we’re gonna leave you with…the usual thing…this title just about puts it all into fohcus, it’s called With A Little Help From Me Friendzz, remember it…” 54 years later, we do.
This performance is probably the best of the festival along with santanas soul sacrifice, even though lots of people did so good but those two really stand out to me
High or not, this is the most soul felt performance ever, hands down. Joe felt every single vibration of every note every time he took the stage. And here at Woodstock he owned the world for a few minutes.... and ...... just....... WOW !! I can't even invent a word to explain it. It's an emotion anyway, not a word.
i would say he is one of the highest humanbeings at that moment in that time, no one else in the world was as high as him that one point in time on that day.... i hope he is okay today now in 2023, i see him drinking juice with ozzy osbourne in the morning both trembling as they pick up the glass while orange juice flows off the side scattering all over the floor, both of the grown men looking at each other in each others eyes laughing secretly as if they are the only ones who know why the orange juice is on the floor, its like a cult those drug addicts. but i get them, they laugh to not cry right? why else would they laugh? wait is he still getting high? this guy must be what like... 85 years old now? i should have started this comment assuming he was dead because i went off a couple of lines him being alive, and it could be that he is not alive. i wonder where hes at. poor guy. atleast he could sing though thats good for him and the world including you and me because we both watched the video and heard the song .
I grew up in the 80s and 90s watching The Wonder Years with my dad and hearing this song in the opening credits every week. This was his youth (family lore says he was at Woodstock). Hearing this song now brings back those memories of my own youth and that shared experience with him. He passed away a little over a year ago, but the power of this music allows me to reconnect with him across the ages. I love you, dad. Rest in peace. 🙏
Wonder years is where I 1st heard this as a kid. Fell in love with the emotion instantly. Didnt realize this was a cover of a Beatles song until years later.......not always the case but hands down this is the BEST Version!!!
I don't think the performance owes anything to drugs. It was very "on point" and professional - however he acted. Like Paganini. Had the privilege of seeing him at the Tower Of London fifteen years ago - exact same mannerisms. Came from the core, not chemicals.
Americans may have “invented“ rock ‘n’ roll, but the Brits took it to a whole new level. I feel so lucky to have been a teenager during those times. This is an awesome performance. 💕
This song is my step Dad in every way he is dying of lung cancer he's an aged hippy it is him in every way it brings me to tears but I love it as the epic tune that it is and a massive tribute to my dad love him always❤❤❤❤
I understand your comment but I have to respectfully disagree. I think most musicians from this Era and the 70s put pretty much all they had into their music
No matter how many times I watch this performance, i’m always left in complete admiration. Joe gave everything he had. His whole body, mind, soul and heart was committed to the song, and the message of togetherness. The message that “puts it all in to focus.” RIP to one of the greatest singers and performers ever. You left the world a better place than you found it.
Look up his last concert, in Seattle. My daughter and I had good tickets to it. But for a reason I don't want to remember, we didn't make it. But we can watch it on RU-vid 😁💯
Fuck that hall of shame... Joe still brings tears to eyes generations all over the world and his mentor Bro Ray Charles himself was one of his biggest fans... Now that's a legend
Broke my heart to it's inner core upon hearing about his passing. I fondly played "You are so beautiful" by him at my mother's funeral memorial. My relatives thought I was insane,I paid for it so I believed that I had a right to do what I wanted. Afterwards there was hardly a dry eye in the building, including the funeral home workers.
It's your mum your choice, what a beautiful tribute. I recently lost an auntie and her brother played Landslide by Stevie Nicks before the eulogy and it set us all off. I'm sorry you lost your Mum.
Joe Cocker's performance at Woodstock was absolutely transcendent!!! If I could time travel I would be there to witness this live!! Such heart and soul!!
It was the first time I saw Joe Cocker performing a Beatles song in the movie Woodstock. The style was completely different. It was so special. I was deeply impressed by Joe Cocker's complete devotion at that time. The atmosphere was hot. I still can't forget it to this day. It was so good. It was so good.
then 400k people looked at each other & said WTF?? that was FANTASTIC!!!! there still saying it 54 years later.one of the greatest performances in rock history.it still gives me cold chills.
To think that half these fuck nuts rolling in the mud became the front line storm troopers in the Neo Con Ronnie Raygun revolution. Good job boomers. Thanks for the endless and pointless wars and a soul crushing national debt. Long live the dream.
This goes down in history as one of the greatest, signature stamped performances ever. I was 14 years old when this occurred, and by the next summer, was playing this version on my guitar. What memories...
What I didn't realize before is that several members of Joe's band in this performance went on to play with other notable musicians. Henry McCullough went on to play guitar for Paul McCartney & Wings, while Chris Stainton (who was magnificent playing organ in this song) later was keyboardist for Eric Clapton. Fabulous musicians, every single one of them.
This performance will never be topped, Its perfection! The passion and raw emotion that went into this amazing one of a kind performance leaves nothing on the table. Never seen anything like it and never will. I would have loved to grow up in my teenage years in this era. What a lucky generation! Joe Cocker absolutely killed this and sung it from a place that todays performers will never be able to duplicate. Everytime i watch this video im lost for words. R.I.P. you may be gone but never forgotten your legacy will always live on....
You got that right I replay that in others of Woodstock there was nothing like it and wished I could have been there that I was 16 years old at the time and my folks would never allow the trip from Oregon to there anyway love it all- memories are awesome and Unforgettable
It’s so nice to see other people say it’s so emotional it brings them to tears! I remember when The Wonder Years made its debut and my Daddy getting so excited over the theme song they’d chosen. Joe knocked this one way out of the park and it’s made me cry since I was a little thing and I’m 35 now. This song penetrates your soul from the first time to the 1,000,000 time you hear it!
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This performance brings me to tears not every time I listen but every now and then it just pierces me a certain way. The feelings that music musters in me is probably the thing about my life that I've gotten the most fulfillment, education and reflection on myself and my existence from. Endlessly grateful for music
Holy sh*t! Is this not the best performance of all time!? The deep soul and passion of Joplin, but there’s something more! Only thing holding him is the background singers… my gosh the soul and heart! Absolutely beautiful and one of a kind
There's something totally unique about this performance. I get a feeling I never get with any other piece of music, of any genre. It's explosive but yet somehow very sensitive. It doesn't force itself upon you but invites you with a warm and firm hand. For once the theme is not about romantic love but about friendship, in the most sincere way. It lifts your spirit from the darkest depths.
There will never be anyone who can come close to the energy and precision of of this man's genius. No one has a bravado like his.. so powerful. And he sang 7 songs before this finale!
deb, check this out, Joe opened for Led Zeppelin the night before he was here at Woodstock. My mom was there in the mud. She clearly remembers Joe Cocker and The Who, Alvin Lee`s Ten Years After, Santana, and a few others. Alot of it she does not remember. They were probably too stoned. My uncle went with her and friends right after he got back from Vietnam. Talk about culture shock!!?? He came from blood and gore to peace and love!
@@gib59er56 Wow that sounds wild. What a surreal experience, two different worlds colliding for that man. What a time to be alive, it seems like that era with Woodstock was definitely a pinnacle of human enjoyment. Can't wait till we have an era like that in our time. 😄☮️ Probably will happen when psychedelics become legal in the US.
I was actually to the left of the stage, on that sunny Saturday afternoon after so much rain, Joe Cocker was incredible at this oh so special moment with this song with 10s of thousands who suddenly were no longer just strangers.
@@reefermadnness It was rock magic so hard to describe. "We" felt fragile at first with the bad weather and more, but there was a coming together that seemed to gradually draw almost everyone in, the music sure helped--Grace Slick and Saturday Afternoon--The Band and Richie Havens I think later. So much more to say. In hindsight hard drugs soon taking over to much of the "scene" in months to come --listen to "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith-- changed a lot pretty fast. But some of the magic remains.
Saw this an age ago, and my mouth dropped , can’t understand why this isn’t spoken about being In the top 10 live performances, pretty much flawless with so much soul and passion, RIP X
I whole heartedly agree. It’s literally the most vocally complex performance of it’s time with the absolute honor of being recorded…not the other way around
The background singers seem alittle nervous (understandably) but this is such a well rehearsed performance it is truly mesmorizing. This is truly a blessing to see/hear on my phone whenever (sorta) I want.
Of all the massive amount of music I have listened to in my lifetime, this is in the rarefied stratesphere of one of the greatest performances of all. I never tire of watching Joe pour himself into this wonderful tune.
There is absolutely no other performance like this in history. Best performance, vocals and feels of ALL time, hands down. I watch this at least once a year and I'm not even a child of the 60s. But damn, I wish I was!
I agree with you totally. I would also recommend the Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin vocals) rendition of "Ball and Chain" at Monterey. I would think you will appreciate that one as well. Just amazing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X1zFnyEe3nE.html
Spot on. I first heard Joes’ single version on the radio in ‘68 (Beatles only released it June ‘67 ) and it blew my 10 y.o mind - but this performance is another level altogether. I’d love to see it on an IMAX screen.
@@nmshine1474 I will check it out! Music just isn't the same anymore. Everyone has a song writer, so they sing songs that have no history or meaning. Their studios have vocal altering technology, so you don't even have to be talented to be a musician. Bring me back to the good old day!
@@rebeccagrimshaw9982 you are spot on with your assessment! I like some new music, but not the prefabricated stuff like you said. Give me The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Kinks, Janis, The Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd, and more like that, this new stuff is okay, but not heartfelt like the good old days. I have so many more to list but it would be a book! I love talking music though so thank you for this conversation!
It's 2023 and I been listening to this song by Cocker since 1968 and this one just rox the world out from under me. Back then, I didn't care for it compared to the Beatles. But now ? You can see Joe had more passion to it then dare I say the Beatles ? R.I.P. Joe.
@@nickname4486 Yes Woodstock. But I think he sung this song and "she came in thru the bathroom window" for kicks to his song list he'd play to. Bathroom Window might have been after 1969 ?
Woodstock captured the minds of all the young people at the time and even today. Even older people today as myself, Look back on this event as one of the most iconic times in American history. The word that comes to mind is PARTY! A month before this, the US landed on the moon. 2 Iconic events in American history, not to mention the Vietnam war was underway for 7 years already. Joe Cocker here is one of the most unique singers I ever saw! What a performance! The band, the band, the crowd, to have been there, wow!
"One of the most iconic times in human history." Yes, indeed. It really was. It was pure magic. I believe it was so infused with that sort of mad love energy; of course, because of the music at the time, but also because it really was the "first wave," which inspired that music. It played right through all these amazing artists at the time, and everybody felt it, but not all had the same reaction. It was a wave of something truly powerful, leading humanity to a tipping point of manifested change; change in the right direction: that is to say, it was a wave of pure Source Love that flooded all around the world with a lighter and higher vibration. And now that wave is building up again: People think it's all falling apart, and yes, in a way, they're right. It is, but that is the old lower vibration of human consciousness crumbling and falling into the sea, but just as the old is falling away, the new is building and gaining momentum and very soon this new and massive wave of Source Love and Light will come flooding in and with it humanity will be raised to an even higher vibrational density; an elevated level of human/ universal consciousness.
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@@thommysides4616 yes The Beatles wrote and arranged it. I don’t remember if it was a B side but it was on Sergeant Pepper album. But Joe did it better one of the few times they were bettered.
He was totally inside the music! Than he could improvise, scream, silence, and come back. What a perfect mix of power and harmony. He performed with everything he got. Left everything in this stage. One of the best performances ever! Thanks mr Cocker!
