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All rights reserved.Heart & Soul - Cocker, Joe (CD 2005)
Joe Cocker should stick to re-recording white boysReview created: 08/25/06
by: Stephen_Murray-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music
Pros:
"Maybe I'm Amazed," "I Keep Forgetting"; backup musicians
"Maybe I'm Amazed," "I Keep Forgetting"; backup musicians
Cons:
numb and numbing ventures into real soul music classics
numb and numbing ventures into real soul music classics
Seemingly a zillion years ago (1969 to be exact), Joe Cocker's first album made a splash with an amped-up, long, and soulful cover of the Beatles "With a little help from my friends" (from the then-recent "Sergeant Pepper's"). It included some other impressively intense (soulful) covers, including two Bob Dylan songs (Just like a woman, I shall be released), the Animals' "[Please] Don't let me be misunderstood," and Dello's "Do I still figure in your life" (which I had never heard before). I bought the album (on vinyl) and thought of Cocker as a British version of "blue-eyed soul" (that is...
Review ID: 10000000001673542
Sometimes, The Old Formula Still Works: Joe Cocker's Heart and SoulReview created: 03/05/05
by: plorentz -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Joe Cocker doesn't write songs. He re-writes them.
Joe Cocker doesn't write songs. He re-writes them.
Cons:
His brand of artisty is totally mis-underestimated.
His brand of artisty is totally mis-underestimated.
Sometimes it s just too simple. Good songs plus good singer equals good album. Duh. Ahh, but then, we as an audience have come to expect more from our singers. We want them to write their own songs, and well, not all our best songwriters can sing (paging Bob Dylan), and the ability to write great songs is rarely bestowed upon our best singers. Sure, there are some people who can do both, but for years we didn t expect artists to do double-duty as singer-songwriters. Once upon a time, there were two kinds of people. The songwriters and the singers. Oh, and then, there were song sellers, so...
Review ID: 10000000000662248
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