Something - Joe Cocker | The Midnight Special

[@Island_Lady]

All I can say is, the man can sing! What a great performance.

[@sunnystormy4973]

cheers ... !

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Only Joe can take someone else’s song and make it ALL HIS. He’s a favorite for sure… I miss him! 🥰

[@yeastboyuk]

and Jonny Cash, and Jeff Buckley

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@yeastboyuk Hallelujah! 😍 I love him and am sad to say I didn’t discover his existence until way late. I was at a fancy company Christmas party a few years ago and introduced myself to a much younger coworker. He replied “Leonard Cohen” when I told him my name, Mari Ann. I was lucky for that chance exchange of monikers or I’d never known of his musical legacy. Dance Me to the End of Love, Suzanne, So Long, Marianne, Bird on a Wire, Famous Blue Raincoat, Chelsea Hotel… are my favorites. Jeff Buckleys version is SO gorgeous! It’s sad about his early demise. I love the The Man in Black, too! My favorites are One Piece at a Time, I Walk the Line, Jackson, A Boy Named Sue, Ring of Fire, Sunday Morning Coming Down (believe Kris Kristofferson wrote that)? This was way too wordy! 😂 Oh Well! ☺️

[@OWR0406]

@@yeastboyukand Bob Dylan

[@yeastboyuk]

@OWR0406 in fact, basically there used to be a whole bunch of super talented performers, no more sadly

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

His performance of A little help with my friends at Woodstock was one of the best of all the bands. Mad Dogs & Englishman. Great stuff from a great time.

[@SteveKraus]

An outstanding performance by Joe

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Joe Cocker and The Grease Band. I like this band with Joe Cocker.

[@brianbrino4310]

We miss you Joe Cocker! You we simply awesome! RIP❤

[@natemartin69]

Love how he and the Beatles ping ponged certain songs like this or A little help from my friends. This is spectacular

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

@@natemartin69 Absolutely.

[@jenbloom6848]

Damn, that’s so good.

[@ronrice1931]

So great. And live as live can be. So refreshing.

[@treetopvideo]

only the vocals are live

[@ronrice1931]

​@@treetopvideoSo it would seem. Hammond maybe live too, can't tell.

[@lindamartin6642]

To Joe Cocker I say 'You are so BEAUTIFUL' 💙

[@KittyGrizGriz]

😍 Isn’t he WONDERFUL?! 🥳

[@ronm6585]

Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊😊🎶🎶

[@vec875]

Bittersweet

[@greigskyless334]

That looks more like 1969 than 1974. Magnificent, all the same.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Right, you are. There were 2 clips of him from 1969 in the Al Green episode.

[@JPatroni-k8i]

Yes!

[@peterschmitz6446]

Not to forget the invisible Air Guitar, he was playing, while singing. Unforgettable.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

second George cover in two days. Nice! Keep it up!

[@xell5252]

Joe Cocker was Blue Eyed Soul personified 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✌🏾✊🏾

[@ericrobinson3995]

Do these people know this is Joe Cocker singing, grooving and swaying and they're just sitting there??!!

[@pauldmckee]

Best air guitar player ever

[@stevesyverson8625]

Joe Cocker doesn’t need back up singers. Just let Joe do his thing!

[@pjgable4927]

Was to young. But this is NICE🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉THANK you.❤❤❤❤

[@NCBeaches]

Still sad he’s no longer among us.

[@geoffreystout5814]

Henry McCullogh on guitar who later on joined WINGS.

[@JohnnyJimsAZ]

Anybody else remember a Beatles moment where they sang in front of an audience while everybody sat around and enjoyed the music. Very similar here. Wish I was there.

[@lastnote]

Joe is the best. I've never noticed it before, but Jason Segel is almost a dead ringer to Joe. With a beard, he could definitely play him in a movie. Nobody can recreate that voice though :(

[@AA-ou8kl]

can't be '74 the Grease band were long gone

[@treetopvideo]

this is a weird one! in my experience, midnight special was mostly live performances, not lip synced. later on in the show's run, it seems like more bands mimed to the album track. this one looks like only the vocals are live. the drummer is doing something weird and the guitar and bass aren't plugged in. no amps on the stage. i wonder why they chose to do it this way?!

[@toastertwo1602]

I guess it was shot in 1969 and aired in 1974

[@DS-oi4wl]

I noticed the drummer's right air-hand.

[@rafaelbraga2751]

Muito melhor do que a original ! Os Beatles era bem fraco como músicos !

[@waynegram8907]

What is the organist keyboard players name? What others bands was he in?

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Chris Stainton of The Grease Band.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Chris Stainton played keyboards & organ on the “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour with Joe Cocker & Leon Russell, in 1970. My gosh, I SO wish I’d been born 10 years earlier, to witness that tour live! 😍 Anyone who did, count yourself VERY lucky! I still need to buy that double album; it was recorded at the famed Fillmore East in Manhattan, NYC.

[@waynegram8907]

@KittyGrizGriz Chris Stainton wasn't in any other bands before or after the mad dogs and Englishmen band?

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@waynegram8907 I’m afraid you’ll have to google him, Wayne. Way too many bands and tours to mention here… unfortunately. Chris is a musician-machine and still touring with Eric Clapton as of 2024… at the ripe ol’ age of 80. What a long lived career ~ a lucky man! 🎹 Btw, he also plays the bass 🎸 my favorite instrument.

[@luisalonsoecheverria]

This can’t have been filmed in 1974. The Grease Band had already split from Joe way before that.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

No, they showed 2 clips of him from 1969 in the Al Green episode.

[@Washington-Dreaming]

I think Joe Cocker is really good. But I think this cover - it’s a Beatles song, right? - isn’t the best for his normal vocal range. I haven’t heard this version of this song until tonight.

[@rosskstar]

So... before he partnered with Belushi