{"id":9625,"date":"2008-07-16T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/16\/joe-cocker-mondegreen-maven\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:24","slug":"joe-cocker-mondegreen-maven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/16\/joe-cocker-mondegreen-maven\/","title":{"rendered":"joe cocker: mondegreen maven"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> Mondegreen Follow-up <\/strong><\/em>(see our prior post<\/a> on misheard lyrics): A<\/strong><\/em>t the height of his fame (before he calmed down and\/or took some serious elocution lessons), the soulful, twitchy British rocker Joe Cocker<\/a> was surely capable of inspiring more mondegreens — misheard lyrics — than any singer on the planet. Yes, Bob Dylan<\/a> is also a major Mondegreen Muse, but mushy-mouthed Cocker is Da Mondegreen-Maker-Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Ultimate proof of his status atop Mt. Mondegreen comes in a YouTube clip called “Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker, Woodstock 1969<\/em>,” with Joe Cocker singing “A Little Help from My Friends”<\/a> . It includes captioning and clipart “for the clear-headed,” who might not otherwise catch all of the mondegreens. Thanks to Schenectady-Albany radio host Don Weeks,<\/a> of WGY.com for presenting this merry-maker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I laughed so much watching Cocker’s Woodstock video (in fact, even more the second time and with a friend), that I’m imbedding below a YouTube clip for the very first time at f\/k\/a<\/em>, to help spread the Modegreenian fun.<\/p>\n

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Warning<\/em><\/strong>: Last night, I got a tummy ache from laughing at this clip. Disclaimer<\/strong><\/em>: You might not even smile (but that would be sad indeed).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/a> Click to see a more conventional attempt to transcribe Cocker’s actual rendition<\/a> of the song “A Little Help from My Friends.” Also, read and compare the “official” lyrics<\/a> to the Beatles’ song. Then, check out the uncaptioned YouTube version<\/a>, and make up a few Mondegreens of your own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

crackling beach fire \u2014
\nwe hum in place of words
\nwe can\u2019t recall<\/p>\n

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\u2026 by Michael Dylan Welch – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (Dec. 2004)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/a> Y<\/em><\/strong>ou can learn much more about Joe Cocker at his official website<\/a>, which has a discography and information on his charitable work for Cocker’s Kids. At 64-years old, Joe Cocker is still doing a lot of touring<\/a>. His official biography<\/a> is “Joe Cocker: With A Little Help from My Friends,<\/em>” by J.P. Bean (2003).<\/p>\n

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first date
\nshe keeps humming
\n“All Right Now<\/a>”<\/p>\n

… by dagosan <\/em>[click for video<\/a> of Bad Company performing “All Right Now.” Any good misheard lyrics in there?]
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