# RIP, Joe Cocker **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934 "2014-12-22T18:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/1 "2014-12-22T18:34:18Z")
[Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761). ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/2 "2014-12-22T18:38:57Z")
Aw…Man! RIP Joe. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/3 "2014-12-22T18:45:44Z")
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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/4 "2014-12-22T18:52:52Z")
One of my favorite rock and roll voices ever. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/5 "2014-12-22T18:55:06Z")
The two greats [together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZsOyO_lXD8). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/6 "2014-12-22T18:58:08Z")
Aw, shit. RIP Hizzonor the Mayor (of Crawford, Colorado). I’m not feelin’ alright. I hope he’s inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/7 "2014-12-22T18:58:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The two greats [together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZsOyO_lXD8). Here’s the full version: > **[ItemFix - Social Video Factory](https://www.itemfix.com/?r=ll)** > > Social Video Factory > [@QuickSilver](#): > > \ You could have left it on. He wouldn’t have minded. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/8 "2014-12-22T18:59:33Z")
What a loss. Tx, Chefguy, first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/9 "2014-12-22T19:13:15Z")
I was lucky enough to get to see him once. He was so drunk that he dropped the mic a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/10 "2014-12-22T20:02:04Z")
They don’t make 'em like that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/11 "2014-12-22T20:13:39Z")
Did he go out through the bathroom window? 🙂 Bummer. Another one gone. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/12 "2014-12-22T20:17:29Z")
For added sadness, one of my Facebook friends posted a video of Joe with [Mad Dogs & Englishmen doing “The Letter,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnjWLVyMps) and there’s the late Bobby Keys wailing on the tenor sax. I hope Leon Russell stays with us for a good, long time. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/13 "2014-12-22T20:32:19Z")
This is a good opportunity to post [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM), possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. But RIP, Joe. You were one of a kind. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/14 "2014-12-22T21:00:11Z")
Thanks for the show, Joe, July 1969, San Bernardino California. My first ever concert. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/15 "2014-12-22T21:05:19Z")
What a loss. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/16 "2014-12-22T21:05:51Z")
Bummer. I was just a little kid in his heyday (late 60s/early 70s). At least a couple of his most famous songs were always on the radio back then. Over the years, I liked him well enough, I suppose, although I never considered myself a “fan” in particular. Anyway, a number of years ago, I saw him live, as an opening act for Tina Turner. That dude BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN! He really blew me (and everyone there) away. His singing power, stage presence and talent live was a million times better than ever came through on radio or LPs. Seriously amazing. I was with my daughter, who was about 10 or so at the time. She liked Tina and wanted to go see her. She had no idea who JC was and she was equally blown away and was just loving it. RIP, Joe! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/17 "2014-12-22T21:11:53Z")
I saw this in the Death Pool thread too. We lost one of the good ones. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/18 "2014-12-22T21:54:05Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > \ would that be spasmodically? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/19 "2014-12-22T22:03:37Z")
Joe Cocker - _[Just like a Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgloHSLQhRc)_ at Woodstock. _[Whiter Shade of Pale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOh-8sn_-DY)_ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934/20 "2014-12-22T22:05:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I saw this in the Death Pool thread too. > > We lost one of the good ones. Actually he was on the list of a few, but his death was not reported there yet. RIP. And now I have to change my list… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-cocker/707934.md?page=2)