Cocker's secret: booze and total absence of irony

by Wijbrand Schaap
23 December 201430 May 2022
4 min read
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'With a little help form my friends' mag dan zijn grootste hit zijn. Mijn eeuwige favoriete nummer van Joe Cocker is en blijft The Letter. Hier niet de vocale acrobatiek van Cocker, die van het nogal zijige Beatles-nummer een smeekbede van een krijsend slachtoffer maakt. In The Letter verandert de man die vooral briljante covers deed eigenlijk bitter weinig aan het toch al best ok klinkende origineel van The Box Tops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaUs5J2wdI
Ik leerde Cocker kennen dankzij mi...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

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