"I'll Cry Instead" (acoustic version)

[cabin]

Hey folks! Wanted to share my video with you all  This was filmed at the Union Street Blues Club (MAAC Gallery) in Middletown, PA...Hope you like it!

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Great vocal..thanks for sharing. 

[oldasSoul]

Great job! Not a song you hear covered very often.

It's a shame you were there on "Chattering, Inattentive Audience" night. 

[cabin]

Hey thanks guys! Yes it was a bit crowded and chatty that night lol...  Been digging into the Beatles songbook pretty heavy...HUGE fan! Thanks a bunch, glad you liked it!

[Kylenz]

Great vocal. And I think, this was Joe Cocker's first ever single - with a voice not so dissimilar to yours :)

[cabin]

Wow thanks Kylenz! Great compliment Joe Cocker is a legend and one of my favorites! Thanks a bunch everyone for checking it out!

[Kylenz]

You're welcome :) Hey, here's Joe Cocker's 1964 cover of I'll Cry Instead -

I think Joe's penchant for doing Beatle cover versions better than the originals started right from this, his debut single. I love the way he ends his phrases, the way he drops off from the notes, just a superb interpretation, just like he does with all his Beatle covers. Wow, to think he was only 20 years old when he did this.

Oh, and Jimmy Page plays guitar on this song! Star-studded lineup, yet relative unknowns at the time!

[Kylenz]

Cabin, have you seen the movie Across The Universe? If you haven't, you would love it just for Joe Cocker's performance alone. He turns up in several different roles (it's great fun picking him out in his different costumes / characters) and he does a superbly swampy version of Come Together in it, I think, dressed as a pimp! You'd love it.

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Joe's penchant for doing Beatle cover versions better than the originals

We may have to have a "discussion" about this comment. I'll start.


Different, not better.  Discuss. 

[Kylenz]

Well, being a huge fan of the Box Tops original version of The Letter, in that case I agree the original is better yet Cocker's version is almost a completely different song, a complete rewrite.

With a Little Help - I think Cocker's version is better, and different.

Let It Be - inferior and not too different.

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - in the mould of 'With A Little Help' - therefore different but not exactly breaking new ground.

Bathroom Window - different, but nowhere as cool as Paul's version on Abbey Road.

I'll Cry Instead - not too different but I think better than John's vocal.

On reflection, maybe I stand corrected - maybe they aren't quite up with the originals after all, but he does give them a pretty good shake up in most cases! Can anyone think of other Beatle covers Joe Cocker has done? Here's his cover of 'Beware of Darkness' - - not different to the original, but George's vocal phrasing suits it better I think.

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What a crazy good song that is. I miss George. 

[Kylenz]

Yeah, I know! It's probably my favourite tune on ATMP.

[cabin]

Cool discussion! I love Beware Of Darkness and ATMP....One of my favorite all time albums...I used to try to do Beware Of Darkness a few years ago,,, i got it down and could get through it bu it was hard to play guitar and sing it bopth at the same time,,,lol...could probly play the guitar part for someone else to sing or sing it while someone else was playing it i guess....Thanks a bunch on the feedback on my video! Much appreciated!~scott