The man in the top hat is the incredible Leon Russell. RIP

Let's also give it up for those background singers!

Joe Cocker was the ONLY person who could take a Beatles song and make it his own....... and maybe even better.

I love watching a young man discovering our fabulous old standbys. It lifts my heart. What a time to have lived through! ☮️💖

Joe wasn't 'spazzing'... Look closely... He was mimicking every single note, from every single instrument... He was like a conductor of his orchestra... He felt every note, & performed it all with perfect timing... RIP Joe Cocker...

I am disabled and I'm lucky to have people in my area that help me alot I would be dead without them So when I hear this song it makes feel grateful for the people God has blessed me with God bless all reading this

Black folks learning about black music from white folks who learned it from black folks. Full circle. Peace and Love.

One of the greatest live song performances of all time! Joe just kills it! You will never forget this version once you hear it!

hard to imagine anyone could do a beatles song better than the beatles but joe cocker totally morphed the song into something completely different and uniquely beautiful.

Joe Cocker 's influence was Ray Charles, you sure can tell.

I actually prefer this version over the Beatles, and I love the Beatles.

My favorite interpretation of this Beatles song, featuring not only Joe Cocker, but Leon Russel! Thank you!

This song was written by Paul McCartney & John Lennon, think it was on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Joe Cocker took it to another level. I agree with you, it's like he took us to church. Awesome reaction MRM.

Joe Cocker felt every single note, with every fiber of his being!!! A true legend :)

Omg!! What a unique voice, right? Such a classic song. Listen to "You are so beautiful to me" I melt. RIP JOE🙏

I so enjoy watching you enjoy this song from my era. As a 70 years old Grandmother it gladdens my heart !

I will always think of The Wonder Years when I hear this song.

I love the late Joe Cocker. His reinterpretation of the Beatles hit is amazing and the arrangement is unsurpassed. This version sounds like I'm in the coolest church on the planet. R.I.P. Joe Cocker.

Joe sang from the inside he felt every beat every instrument he actually became the music. You can see he actually gives his soul through his music. It’s amazing. There is not one entertainer today that feels the music nowadays its fake bull crap lip movement and computers. Sending Respect ✊🏻 to you all reading this.

It has been said that to properly do the blues you have to feel the music. This guy feels it.

I adore you~that IS a church service & you completely understood his movements and very few people ever understood.

Another great song by Joe Cocker is "Unchain my heart". This is music we listened to late at night, talking the night away, philosophizing about life and everything.

R.I.P. MR. JOE COCKER... AND LEON RUSSELL, TO ME THIS BAND KNOCKED THE SOCKS OFF OF THE BEATLES VERSION, COUSIN FIGEL

I always thought he was so wierd, but Joe truly brings it! He was an original.

Love his version of the song and the song "You are so beautiful".

Paul McCartney summed Joe up in the perfect way...."a loovely northern lad..."

Ty...I am 69 years old & was a child of the 60's. It was a difficult time. We had Vietnam & the Civil Rights movement. They called us ''Hippies'' & ''Weirdos''. There was a drug culture & young men burned their draft cards. I, for one served in the Military but was conflicted. Confusion reigned but in the midst of it all some of the greatest music ever made emerged. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Byrds & Jimi Hendricks just to name a few. Joe Cocker was a cover artist extraordinaire. He made great songs greater. No ''auto-tuning'' necessary. Just raw talent & emotion. Like Bob Seeger said ''today's music ain't got the same soul''! We will never see Joe's equal again. React to anything Joe performed & you will go bald!

i love his duet "up where we belong" with jennifer warnes ... he's awsome

I was once privileged to meet Joe Cocker. He was under arrest for having overstayed his visa and was being detained in the bar of the Passport Inn where I was employed as a bartender. I know it sounds ridiculous but it really happened back in the 70's. I remember how the waitresses were throwing themselves at him, and he referred them to his manager. We all volunteered to serve him, and were locked in the bar until he was able to return to the Airport to get deported.

Joe Cocker has such a unique voice and you can see he sings with all he is. Can't wait to see what you make of him.

These were 'The Wonder Years' of music for me. So much passion. So many incredible singers and musicians playing live. So much soul and rock from the heart. No 'Autotune'. Performers giving everything and more to their live audiences and the audiences giving it right back. Beautiful, just beautiful to re-vist those wonder years of rock and soul music performances. Sadly, Joe died back in 2014 at the age of only 70. May almighty God rest his dear soul.

The legend Leon Russell in the blue top hat and the incomparable Joe Cocker! Loved them and love them still! Greatness! RIP

He was a raging alcoholic and addict during these yrs. lost everything. Got sober and made a comeback. Beautiful story.

Joe didn’t have the most beautiful voice, but he sure knew how to work what he had!

Cocker left it ALL onstage. What a performer.

I'm older and had the vinyl of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen",...and I still have the same reaction to this day,....it was going to church. If anyone out there collects old school vinyl,...find it,...buy it,..and play it loud,..great album

This man could cut steel like butter with that voice, he was one of a kind. It’s hard to believe he has not been inducted into RR HOF. May he RiP. He is truly missed.

The late great one of a kind & never will be again Leon Russell on guitar

For some stupid reason, I like the "reaction" videos. I enjoy your responses more than any other tuber. Great song choices and you seem like a genuine guy. Kudos, brother. :)

Not a church song lol you won't hear I get high with a little help from my friends but I get your meaning Joe was very soulful and soulfilled

So good .. I never get tired of hearing this song.. you should check out John Belushi mimicking him on Saturday night live .. Joe ends up singing with him ... it’s funny but good at the same time .. he is a good sport

Can you imagine a duet with joe cocker and Janis Joplin?

I’m sure someone has said this but he’s not having a seizure. This was how he felt the music. Every note. Like a conductor. Beautiful voice.

Makes me think about John Belushi skit 🤣

Love Joe Cocker! Brings back great memories!

I think you were all just taken to church by the crazy madman across the pond!!!!

That song played every week on the show the wonder year's ..I loved it and blasted it every show

The "Mad dogs and Englishmen tour.....Leon R playing lead guitar....with the Dominoes rhythm section....bobby keys on sax.

You picked a good one to react to. This was the theme for the show The Wonder Years. Hopefully you are reacting to the Woodstock concert version. If not, it is still epic. Oh by the way, this song is actually a cover of The Beatles original song.

Yet another fabulous British/English singer...all these reactions just keep reminding me how much talent our small island has produced over the years...

This took me so far back, I shed a tear 😔. GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES !!!!😎😎😎😎

Growing up in the 1980s there was a TV show called "The Wonder Years" this was the theme song, I got goosebumps when the show came on, years later I would learn this was a real song fast forward 30 years I still get goosebumps hearing this song. This song is a classic.

Woodstock version is much better but this one is good too. Excellent Beatles cover.

A great Beatles cover version. Beautifully visceral.

It's so refreshing for a young man such as yourself, to appreciate such a variety of music, and oldies at that. Your open mindedness and willingness to listen to music that definitely is far removed from what you grew up with, is an outstanding trait, along with your faith and attitude, will take you far in life. Joe Cocker is one of a kind. He blows me away. I've never seen anyone put so much intensity and give their all in all, the way he does. I love the 60's music, legends like Joe Cocker, Righteous Bros, Otis Redding, Ben E King....so many great unrivaled talented singers/entertainers back then. Just a little bit before my time, however, my Uncle was fortune enough to actually see many of those late and great ones. Joe Cocker, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Stones,....at the Monterey Jazz Festival (North Calif.) and Woodstock, back East. I see you have listened to Janis...have you had a chance to listen to the "Ball and Chain" version she sang at the Monterey Jazz Festival? If not, I really think you'd love it. The church you mentioned going to and actually seeing and hearing singers like Joe Cocker, blew my mind. The churches that we attended are worlds apart. LOL. WASPISH prim and proper parishioners was all I ever saw. 😉

Joe Cocker sang this at Woodstock,listen to that version,its amazing!!!

He's the male version of Janice Joplin.

I have never seen a video with Joe Cocker so young. This was great!

When I first heard Joe Cockers voice he was singing You Are So Beautiful on the radio. I'm not going to lie I cried like a baby it was so beautiful.

Reminds me of Wonder Years! Loved that show and this song! Thouches my heart and reminds me of my youth and growing up the 80's! Peace and Love in Jesus name Amen!

Sang it at Woodstock.

Love Joe Cocker so much!!!

That performance is part of rock and roll history. The band and bg singers were just mesmerized by Joe’s performance. They were high on his pure energy. It’s church!

If you haven’t already you MUST listen to You Are So Beautiful by him!! Such an amazing performer

Joe Cocker is the man. Was that Leon Russel with the big hat?

YES!!! MRM you "GET" Joe Cocker! He CAN'T be still. 👍🏼

You are a well rounded man. God bless you.

Joe took this song and elevated it to another level.

It was the 60s. Peace, love, sex, and drugs. Lol. I am sure most of the people there were high.

On the studio version, the opening guitar lines were played by Jimmy Page...

Joe Cocker, Ray Charles immitator, who found his own style. Had along career and recorded and performed right up till his death. R.I.P. Joe.

Oh and can't forget the way a bunch of us were introduced to this version.... THE WONDER YEARS!

Bobby Gentry-ode to billy joe Climax blues band- i love you and couldn't get it right Bee gees- to love somebody Dusty Springfield- son of a preacher man Badfinger- baby blue and day after day Elvis- you gave me a mountain

The "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour was an insane tour in 1970 that was spur of the moment and did 48 concerts in 52 days. They kept adding musicians and singers as the tour progressed and finished in the hole financially, but it gave us so many memorable songs as well as an incredible rock and roll concert movie (which is where this video came from).

The Great Leon Russell playing guitar on this awesome Joe Cocker Tune

I was lucky enough (and old enough!) to have seen this tour. Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner. It was unforgettable. Listen to more of it! Best rendition of a Beatles song, ever.

I was lucky enough to see him about 10 or 11 years ago when he opened for the Guess Who, he was fantastic. You should check out You Can Leave Your Hat On, or Unchain My Heart, The Letter, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Cry Me A River, my favorite, When The Night Comes, Feeling Alright, and the lists goes on. On another note, you should give Elton John a listen, his version of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Crocodile Rock, and Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me , or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, any one of these are good tunes...

tye you felt the instant feel of greatness sir. it reached into your soul.

Joe Cocker sang that song was meaning Everyone getting together to help each other. When I came back from Viet Nam in 1968 they were selling tickets to Wood Stock in the airport in California. Wood Stock is in New York State. This is Walter Cochran FB. Look me up on Face Book I'm a Blues player from New Orleans.

I love ur reations more than anybody else bc i can tell its truly genuine and I can tell how much u appreciate music. But every time ive ever heard this song there is not one piece of my skin that doesn't have a chill bump. Joe cocker put every piece of his heart and soul into his music.

gotta love Leon Russell. You should do "a song for you" by Leon.

Different but somehow similar in the way she also gave her whole soul to her music and had this rasp in her voice is Amy Winehouse. Maybe you can try her "Valerie" in the acoustic live, best quality version. Like Joe Cocker she still sounded great even when inebriated:( Poor girl gave too much of herself and didn't have the grounding environment to handle it, so died young. But in the short time she had she left such an impression.

This so kicks the Beatles' insipid version - in every way = vocally and instrumentally, but they wrote it so props, and Joe Cocker, RIP.

I was 21 yrs old when he sang this at Woodstock. My favorite performance. Love this guy..RIP Joe.

Music back then was LOADED with soul and feeling. It was about touching your immortal being. Great reaction Video and good on you for being so diverse with your channel.

Joe passed away December 2014. He was truly one of the greats. Check out "into the mystic" to see him perform later in life. RIP. R

I saw Leon live in San Diego about 1 year before he passed away. Best concert ever. He rocked the place & didn’t miss a beat. Joe & Leon are sadly missed.

Joe was one of a kind. The kind that isnt made anymore. He had soul, blues, power in his vocals. Legend.

The guy with the mad hatter top hat is Leon Russell ( stranger in a strange land) , (Lost in the woods) , ( up on the tightrope)

I've NEVER thought of this song as a "church song" BUT I LOVE THAT!! I love your PERSPECTIVE :)

I've seen the Joe Cocker video in parts over the years but this is the first time I've watched it all the way through, wow! The music took the man, and I know that feeling.

I can tell from your face that Joe Cocker reached you too. I'm 66. I was just coming to my teens when the Beatles hit the Ed Sullivan show. Started rock n roll with Richie Valens, Big Bopper, Buddy Holley, Elvis...later ZZ Top...Marshall Tucker, Clapton, REO Speedwagon, Golden Earring, Stevie Nick's, America...Damn my generation could rock! Saw Joplin and Hendricks at Woodstock. Saw Joplin in Texas too. OH!!! Forgot the best...Grateful Dead. Bob Weir of the Dead now lives in my hometown in Colorado. Still jamming and gigging with a band. Also on the city council. Thanks for the great tunes. Can't believe Eric Burdon is 78!!! But then I can't believe I'm 66 either. LMAO.

No Color in that SOUL.

Yes it was like a church service! Years ago I used to manage a 1 day conference for my job. I work in psychiatry and all of these doctors were there. A church breakfast was going on in the next conference room. All of a sudden, I seen women in church robes, tambourines, etc and it was electrifying. All the old white doctors were upset. My coworker looked at me and stated "When we go to church, We Go to CHURCH". All I could do was laugh and then I cried...

So glad you got this. This is the first Modern Renaissance Man video and I was a little sceptical but when you got to 8 mins without interrupting I knew you could feel it. My mother used to listen to Joe when I was a kid. Just one of the little nuggets of beauty she left me with.

MRM- I’m really glad you like the song and you asked about what the song means to me? I thought about that after you asked the question. I remember watching the movie Woodstock with my friend Mike Johnson. Joe Cocker sang this song at Woodstock in the movie and on the soundtrack. That was the first time I think I ever heard this song not done by The Beatles. Mike died about 30 years ago in a car accident. He was a very dear friend of mine. I think of him often whenever I’m listening to rock music. Thanks so much for this video. It brings back great memories of my friend Mike. All the best.

Originally a Beatle song and one of the few excellent covers of a Beatle song. His band included the likes of Leon Russell (in the blue top hat), Delaney and Bonnie, and Rita Coolidge. Joe had a big hit with, are you ready?, a love song. "You Are So Beautiful". It's amazing what he could do with that gravely voice. Leon Russell (RIP - 2016) was a great musician as well. Check out "Tight Rope", it's a classic and a great song.

Best Beatles cover ever! Music is one connection to the Divine and you can definitely feel it here. Joe Cocker was amazing. Other good ones are "Cry me a River", "You are so Beautiful" "The Letter", and "You can leave your hat on".

As good as this particular performance was, there is another that literally brings me to tears. My father loved Mad Dogs and Englishmen and he would blow the doors off of the house with this song . When Joe first came to the States, people thought he was making fun of the disabled , not knowing that he suffered from epilepsy and there were few things that you could do back then to treat it. But , I will always remember my dad when I hear this or the Chamber Brothers song "Time Has Come Today" and how I could have found my home with my eyes closed. May you be with the Lord ...

My dad grew up with Joe, carried him home from the pub many many times. That man could DRINK!!!! Comes from a long line of great singers / bands from the Steel City ⚔️