# Joe Cocker misunderstood/re-interpreted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-cocker-misunderstood-re-interpreted/485825>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 14, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-cocker-misunderstood-re-interpreted/485825 "2009-02-14T15:38:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-cocker-misunderstood-re-interpreted/485825/1 "2009-02-14T15:38:45Z")

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My sister-in-law turned me on to this video of Joe Cocker’s performance at Woodstock with a set hilariously misunderstood/re-interpreted lyrics. I laughed my ass off.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SpjNLjBbVd4/hqdefault.jpg "Birthday Greetings from Woodstock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjNLjBbVd4)

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-cocker-misunderstood-re-interpreted/485825/2 "2009-02-14T15:56:42Z")

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Oh, dear Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood…

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-cocker-misunderstood-re-interpreted/485825/3 "2009-02-14T22:21:26Z")

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I’d seen it already, but damn, it is funny and definitely worth seeing again. 🙂