Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (Mad Dogs & Englishmen, 1970)

[LESIEUR2010]

De poca su madre.....

[AmbuMom50]

Rita Coolidge!! yesss! 

[tool68und]

Is that the resplendent Claudia Lennear on backing vocals?

[judecreek2]

@tool68und It most certainly is.She was one of Leon's "Shelter People." She also did backup at The Concert For Bangladesh a year after this tour.

[bluefinix]

THIS is Music!!!!!!

[68Wildhorse]

This is some of the best music in history. Cocker and Russell are both masters of their craft. And does anyone else think Pamela Polland is cute as hell? That is her in the top hat at 1:33, right? Or am I mistaken?

[lentorpe]

@68Wildhorse , I DO. She is. So her name is Pamela Polland... was going to ask it, I´ve thought the same from the very first time I saw this record on TV many, many years ago. Thanks.  BTW I love the way she shouts and shifts the tone in final notes. Hard to hear, but highlights to me.

[lentorpe]

@68Wildhorse , I mean for instance at 5:04. GREAT. I always wonder how much of these little details are planned by the conducting guy (here Cocker, Russell, I don´t know) and how much comes from the rest of performer´s own initiative.

In any case I´d like to point out how much I like the cameramen and film editing team work. Don´t know who directed the film and selected the scenes for the final cut but he did my favourite concert. It was my first multicamera experience and I was amazed.

[judecreek2]

Love Joe's look at 0:18----"Oh yeah, this is gonna be good."

[robcace]

just right miss the times pinche laws

[Llewellan]

Reakon I was there that night?

[tlynch1218]

@Llewellan me too!!! saw them soooo many times. separate and together. what a time to come of age!

[jstanley011]

This was from a movie. I know, 'cause I saw it five times.

[tlynch1218]

@jstanley011 it was from an album made into a movie. i listened to the album more than a kazillion times when it first came out and i was in 7th grade!

[ldm20014]

BEAUTIFUL

[eisbergnicolay]

Wenn an Joe so sieht, denkt man nicht, dass er 40 Jahre später noch auf der Bühne steht.

[unclebobunclebob]

Jim Gordon on drums...killed his mother-in-law.. And that's not just a punch line.

[judecreek2]

@unclebobunclebob Actually, it was his own mother that he killed.

[unclebobunclebob]

@judecreek2 That's too bad...I can almost forgive the mother-in-law

[jbones61]

I have 2 wax 33/13, 6 Cassettes, 2 DVD's and still watch this. I Must Be a Looney Toon @ 68 years. This is so good! ! ! God bless Joe and Leon.

[cleanmerc1]

FUN



[Kaalec]

Leon Russell and Tom Petty are the only two people I've seen who can pull off wearing a top hat. Especially Russell, he looks great.

[morglew]

@Kaalec Can't forget Marc Bolan.

[Kaalec]

@morglew Right. Forgot about him.

[tinchurch]

COCKER,RUSSELL AND THE BEATLES...WHAT A COMBINATION...BLISS!!!

[whoacocktail]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andrewzeegers]

awesome it's just to good for words, I guess Joe invented the fenomenon of 'blowing the roof of the house'...

[andrewzeegers]

awesome

[speedoo64]

Freakin amazing!!

[lamfkelly]

what leon russel is doing is infuckingcredible

[jazzyj830]

1970.....Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Bobby Keyes and the rest of the grease band opens "Uncle Sams in Minneapolis"..now......1st Avenue. They set up their practice area in the hotel meeting rooms.....Holiday Inn Central in Minneapolis.....god what a great time....great music.......Mary, Dave, Mark and I got to see and hear them before anyone else did....what a blast..

[crabsyman]

WOW! Jim Gordon on drums!!! (Derek and the Dominoes drummer)

[candelise]

@crabsyman And everyone else!!!!

[dantean]

Anyone know whether the sister in the chorus is Mary--soon to be Mary Russell--Leon's wife of the mid to late 70s? I'm in love her one way or another.

[judecreek2]

@dantean no the beautiful lady in the choir is Claudia Linnear. She sang backup for Leon for a few years. She was at the Concert for Bangladesh a year after this and did Leon's 1972 European tour where she made quite the impression on Mick Jagger-she was the partial inspiration for "Brown Sugar" and her romance with David Bowie inspired him to write "Lady of the Grinning Soul" for her. Beautiful love song about a beautiful woman.

[IndianRiverMan1]

Wow...what an incredible version of this song...love it, love it, love it!!! Thank you for sharing...

[gregb1120]

better than the Beatles =:-)

[Quistapha]

is that a young chris stainton on keys?

[hpeter59]

@Quistapha ..indeedy.. Mr Stainton at it..

[MrWinterGrief]

This is AWESOME!!! I love this Song :)

[jharnisch]

leon motherfuckin russel...hes mad...and hes wearing a hat

[byebyebirdie2]

whose the mad hatter on lead guitar?

[Redeye691]

@byebyebirdie2 Thats Leon Russel on lead. He also plays piano.

[onlyrock100]

esoo es MUSICA, las coristas cantan muy bien, de lo mejor, eso es joe.

[070787able]

eah eah rita coolidge que manera de ponerle sentimiento, asi se canta en el rock, es una cancion extraordinaria

viva el rock.

[kacperkurwakacper]

outstanding!

[ffrogrocker]

Hats off to Joe Cocker!

[trebornoxoc]

A rock anthum

[lamfkelly]

@trebornoxoc a peak in human existants

[mauro9601]

GRANDE...

[freedommoose]

There's no way they were 'tripping'. They couldn't have hit this hard on acid. I ain't sayin that they didn't have a couple of beers and smoke a joint before going on, but they aren't on acid.

[texaspilcher]

Oh yeah,they are rolling.I am not trying to take away from the mastery of music.This is one for the records!

[hodjepodje]

After seeing this performance I believe the best instrument known to man is the human voice

[hodjepodje]

This is one of the most stellar performances I've ever seen. Amazing.

[trapperbt]

Dude.... Joe Cocker invented the air guitar..far out man

[unclebobunclebob]

@trapperbt Actually, Elvis invented the air guitar...and he had a real guitar slung on his neck.

[yugrusretep]

what a ripper tune!

[milk2th]

This is such an awesome version of this song. After seeing it posted from American Idol, I had to post this.

[texaspilcher]

This is such a classic,and Joe pulled the rabbit out the hat on this one!!!!!!

[texaspilcher]

I have to say it.Joe is fucking tripping,Leon in the background knows it too,as he is high!Still one of the greatest!

[54whitelily]

saw the concert with my brother in 1970. loved it! this video reminds me of finer days in our lives.

[texaspilcher]

I bow to you,do you think drugs were involved?

[54whitelily]

i'm sure joe and the englishmen were on drugs but my brother and i weren't. we were beer drinkers. it didn't matter to me though what joe and the band did bad those days...we just love their muic to this day. cheers!