Joe Cocker - Many rivers to cross (nearly unplugged)

[busterbest1]

My Dad and I used to get drunk listening to Joe in the 70s. Dad thought Joe was the best white blues singer he'd ever heard. Dad's gone, but amazingly??? Joe is still here. Love you Joe! Love you Dad.

[rufinoman]

Superb.

Thanks for uploading!

[bdgastonable]

Très belle chanson

[Xratti]

It is not a guitar. It is a DoBro. That instrument is used mostly in Bluegrass Music. This song fits me, also. Love the music and lyrics linked to Joe Cocker's Voice- - Unbeatable combination, in my book. Time changes everyone and everything. Joe gets better with time- - Just LIke great Jack Daniels and Old wine. Great performance. xRatti. That is my opinion and AI will stick to it.. bye

[ppkc16]

I think that's my song,with this voice,in this live...I want this at my funeral,it's completely me

[smwrbd]

@ppkc16

Iplayed this at my best friends funeral its almost to emotional, it still makes me cry

[trukach68]

tell me the link where Joe Cocker sings in a red shirt?

[lefteri20]

i love this man

[gorasiberia]

Sorry, who is the guitarist playing slide in the acoustic one?

[subrosa51]

@gorasiberia Greg Leisz is playing dobro.

[RosaBarroca]

you wre right, it's really fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!

[vexalways]

Best Song from the West Indies.

[luispindoce]

ESta. Chido

[1024SueNelson]

I am a person of color and my grandmother calls people like this great man, pure hearted people who are just too good for this mean world. I think my grandmother is correct. God bless his pure heart always...

[avrillight]

@1024SueNelson your grandmother is a very wise lady and you have developed her heart in your bosom

[chattykaye1]

Come back to the U.S. Joe! Can't wait to see you perform live again. Love you!

[ganinleighl23]

<3 What's not to love?<3

[cpsw298]

Joe baby next time before you cross the river take your shirt off it wet brother!

[doncotton84]

The only entertainer I know that gives 110% with every song every note. His passion is unmatched by any other entertainer. If you can't see it in his face then you must be blind

[nanina112]

6 people dislike? assholes!

[dgpullar]

yeah that he isnt dead

[kidvidtv]

One of my favorite singers of all time. Someone should tell his story on film. Wait! i'll do it! Peace all.

[nanina112]

@kidvidtv i would luv that! nothing really on him.............please let me know! :}

[joshierox]

Thank You Joe

[liubovization]

С ума сойти!

[pjmaginn]

ali campbells version is the best

[carmenhernandezochoa]

Hallelluya!!!

[texane48]

Bcp d'émotions...

[plimsoul222]

NOBODY can cover a song like Joe Cocker. Think of different Jazz musicians that do the same songs over and over and all make it sound fresh and different. His true art is expressing nuance and meaning... oh yeah and that voice!

[majorl31]

Joe Cocker came to visit Crawford Colorado he liked it so much he bought a ranch here,he had restaurant and gift shop in Crawford but Crawford is small town and way in the middle of nowhere really ,I live 50 miles from there

[salliem3]

My all time favoriate version of this song. Thanks.

[BobbyTwoTimes]

Wow! Nice to see Chris Stainton with him. These guys were together in 1968 for the first recording of "With a little help from my friends", the album.

[MyDrawoh]

one of the best cover version i heard, fucking beautiful joe cocker.

[steve45895us]

i would love to have this song played at my funeral

[danfloun]

@jonesleedj

I can't usually be bothered to comment on idiots, I'll make an effort today. Your disrespectful to a talent that you will, and could never understand... We don't care for your opinion because we are here only to listen to the music, not to listen to you!

[danfloun]

I was watching jimmy cliffs version, but then his head wobbled off and into the crowd! So I came back to Joe. That said, to compare versions and says on is better than the other is silly... To say one man is more passionate or emotional than the other is also silly. For me, jimmys version is too ear piercing given the pitch, I prefer joes.

But we all relate to different things, means nothing in the end.

[rzaldyserna]

came from the abbys of man's emotions

[mjjbaba]

Very very beautiful!!!

[jonesleedj]

he looks like an alchy !! Great voice but whats with the sweat !!! put a f*!kin jacket on dirt bag, your making me feel sick. Prefer UB40 version.

[elvspretzl]

Todd Rundgren on keyboards ???

[talagp]

No Chris Stainton

[afertyus1000]

constipated bulldog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rad65ful]

GOD BLESS MR COCKER!!!

[stdeclan]

This tune tells the story so many of us have experienced

[balderdashsir]

He sweats in the shape of Africa!

[LicoriceWarrior]

Whats the deelio with his shirt... Get some

[bigkong701]

wow! and understatement no doubt. he make this song sound so beautiful. its very touching n full of emotion. love it.

[dcarr84]

He is... so beautiful.

[rlawing2]

This song is just beautiful. I have seen it preformed live and on clips here. For me the bottom line is that everyone I have heard sing it brings there own sense of spirituality to it.

[saki15300]

This song doesn't suits Joe, Cher is the best performer of this song...

[richiem62]

@saki15300 jimmy cliff is the only man that can sing this song!!!! if GOD has an ipod jimmy singing this song is on it??

[scribifix]

..its maybe the ambivalence provided by a outer appearence that causes feelings of compassion and a thought that this guy is someone like me - contradicted by this great outstanding voice and his ability to get strait to the heart. Wow

[katrindox]

magnificent bravo bravo

[RevGreen]

2/17/10

[bindybuell]

Speechless...

Thank you so much for posting this up

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Incredible talent! 5* thank you.

[Puppygirl11948]

OMG! Fantastic!

[haburgess51]

Joe Cocker singing with the great Chris Stainton on keyboards equals entertainment.

[MrPoppop55]

damn. love this stuff. one soulful dude

[Steve1861]

Joe is the Real deal !!! Great Voice and very full of Emotion during his performances!!! He is an ICON !!!! Sweat or no sweat or whatever he is the man !!!

[yorgost]

He's good but if u wanna hear "GREAT" with "EMOTION" watch Jimmy Cliffs version cuz he just nails it! love this song though :)

[pinkdogwood757]

Still love him, lumps and bumps and all! Even whispering the song, he is great!!!

[nonaverageblonde1260]

Joe won my heart a long, long time ago. You can see why from performances like this. Pure, raw emotion. I love him even more now than I did back then.

[mafra61]

What a voice. Pure quality. Wish he'd make

more songs like that - almost unplugged.

Rock on Joe!

[Timelessstories]

yeah he does it. I luv his voice and his arm moves!

[TheNevihta]

he is great and if i was a woman i would never even think about it i would be with him hes just great and i wouldn't give a damn about his palsy or the way he looks cuz hes on higher level . damn it why am i am man =D

[mishyprizes]

Ugh he looks like he just escaped from prison.

[RasMajnouni]

Do you identify with your body or your soul? Which of them is you more often?In truth,when I was 15 in 1968 he was a good looking man,now grizzled."If you are lucky it will happen to you too".

[zachary1215]

I almost recognise the gent playing the piano. Anyone know who he is?

[ZimmieD]

That's Chris Stainton, brilliant guy who has played with e.g. Clapton.

[MegaSteve12345]

Joe Cocker had the Cross of sweat on his chest for me ......It was blood,sweat, and tears for me when ifirst hear´d this song in Tiberias, Israel. 1984.

A song which i`ll carry with me like a cross on my chest!

[sloRockskynyrd]

that guy playing a guitar solo was a bassist for frank zappa- he's the man

[spinztarella]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Great video every which way

[CharlieMoonlight]

I love his voice! He is great!!

[debberdo2]

I love Uncle Joe.

[topex777]

very good approach to a very heartwarming song. be it a version of him, annie lennox, ub40 it doesnt matter. still piercing to the heart.!!!

[HOUSEADDICT1]

I love Joe Cocker... But why the hell he is singing a song that is made to be song by a woman????

[mattyarmandocerra]

what are you talking about?? it was written by jimmy cliff in 1969 and in the lyrics he says "my women left me and i am wondering why", so how is this "suppose" to be sung by a woman?? annie lennox did one hell of a rendition, but what are you smokin?

[mattyarmandocerra]

sorry " my women left me and she didnt say why"

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Many rivers to cross But I can't seem to find my way over Wandering I am lost As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover Many rivers to cross And it's only my will that keeps me alive I've been ripped, washed up for years And I merely survive becouse of my pride And this loneliness won't leave me alone It's such a drag to be on your own My woman left me but she wouldn't say why Guess I'll just break right down and cry ...

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Passionate, beautiful.

thank you

[johnsheldonmusic]

who would've thought gary neville can play the piano haha

[vintagezigg]

Somebody get that man a towel.

[arablandong]

Por favor, que bueno sería este unplugged completo; Joe Cocker es sensacional e inigualable; lo amo. Dios bendiga a Joe Cocker y lo deje vivir y cantar por muchos años más.

[iainware]

pure brilliance, love this so much!

[willingslave123]

I'm gonna get a dozen thumbs down for this, but i've never seen the big deal about Cocker. Listen to that voice. Jimmy Cliff wouldn't be too pleased I think.

[ddecimal]

Cliff was incredible, no doubt. You either get Cocker or you don't. So you don't. Another river for you to cross. No problem, mate.

[willingslave123]

lol nice way to put it mate :)

[kn1ghtstemplar]

Why thumbs down it`s your opinion. To many though Cocker is probably the best white soul/ blues singer ever,he certainly is to me.

[willingslave123]

ya fair enough i guess :)

[raptorpaw]

This is music which never gonna vanish like the music of today!

One great Joe Cocker!

[gordiebell]

Un fxxxxxx believable....Happy Christmas and goodbye everyone.x

[coucacouca]

never knew that god can bless us with such a voice

[nagual2012]

so many people doenst thing that god had his own LSD Lab research ahaha xD !!!

[CR500freak]

excellent.

Cocker is god

[Aimar9005]

I LOVE THIS MAN

[fuggedup]

This is it, I cried the first time I heard this song done by Joe... lol and I've cried every time since, and I STILL LISTEN To it because they are tears of Love! Sing long Joe, no one does it better than you, you throw every bit of you into everything you do.... that goes beyond talent! That is HEART!

[markmichaelleitner]

looks like santa clause

[nuaurea]

i was there what a emotions..........

[DDBconducts]

There, where ?

Is there a recording including other songs ??

[ppiotrek90]

what was happened to his shirt?

[NewEnglandBudo]

its called sweat

[CuzenicLionel]

That sometimes happen when you do some real great music...this is real great music.

[PIGGYSAWASS]

its called sweat

[mythress]

There is something special and unique about Joe which sets him apart from all others. He speaks to the heart and soul of all who have lived their lives with Joe Cocker marking time. He sings of life as it is for us all, he sings of love and of pain, and in so doing, he has marked time and experience for all of us who were blessed - and challenged, to live in those changing, emotive times. Live long, Joe. Your music touches my heart and my soul.

[nevadacolt]

@mythress Your words are so elegantly descriptive of Joe Cocker. In 1970, I met my best friend through his love of Joe Cocker and Arlo Guthrie. Anyhow, through my friend I learned about Joe Cocker, back in the days of Jamaica Say You Will. Joe Cocker touched my heart then, and still does.  Your comment says what's in my heart too, and I agree with your every word. Thanks.

[msjuicyfruit7]

@mythress I 2nd that @mythress !!! Just awesome , TuMeke Uncle Joe xxxx

[pjr3rd]

@mythress you just like the way his voice sounds. he doesn't write songs. he doesn't have music...silly willy.

[AngeD771]

@mythress I Love the way you put that.

Your truly hit the mark. Thank You

Joe knows how to move us all .

Joe, You are the greatest

[Blade1962]

@mythress  :-)

[jdanner62]

Joe Cocker "do not" sing this song, - he is the song. That is not special to him, but he is one of the best singers ever.

Thank´s for sharring this video lomey.

[RAGtagBAG88]

The greatest blues & rock singer to come from Britain. If he was an American he would have been a bigger international star.

Refused to move from his musical roots for simple pop success. A brilliant guy too, by the way. Met him in Florida and couldn't believe my luck. Had a beer with him. He is such a lovely man.

[ripleyabi]

What luck. Wish I could have a beer with Joe Cocker. Maybe you are right about the American connection but... better not being hey. I first heard him in the late 60s and I always have admired his personal strength-he has his own philosophy and that comes through his performance and his depth.. Very amazing guy.

[ripleyabi]

he is amazing and thanks to whoever posted this video. I listened to this song on a cassette flying over amazing African landscape from Cape Town to the middle of nowhere.... and to travel with Joe Cocker's music made the trip amazing.

[catcoot]

How lucky you were!! I trekked the Inca trail and this would have seemed it all so much lighter for me. Blessings on all your next trips.!!!

[ripleyabi]

Thanks for your comments. I have to admit I was pretty scared - new frontiers and all - needed some strong input. Joe Cocker is raw really and transcends something....

[174JK50]

Joe Cocker is the best blues artist ever to come out of Britain. He has never sold out, stayed true to his musical roots and his live performances are sensational. The guy is a genius!

[dare57]

he's drunk..

[PenfieldEspinosa]

so what ?

maybe he's on booze, but he's Joe Cocker and he's drunk with passion most of the time.

don't you that basic fact about him ? can't you see the way he sings ?

peace,

Penfield

[dare57]

i love the guy.. i'm a huge joe fan... he's a little tipsy...nothing personal..

[ripleyabi]

he does drunk f....ing well doesn't he?

[mdtizzle]

this is amazing, but he needs his teeth fixed

[PenfieldEspinosa]

hey, he's a martyr of the song !?!

Joe Cocker will shot himself if that will make his interpretation better.

[chiselguy]

this song being sung by Joe is a triumph of music. thanks for sharing

[rightfrigginnow]

Anytime Joe sings, it's great.

[reikisiu]

JOE has a voice than can cure a brakeheart and give voice to the heart forced to the silent, his voice is full of ligth.