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Fun Music Information -> Joe Cocker
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Music Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: John Robert Cocker. Submitted by: groove
Music Performer Nicknames:
Known informally as: The Sheffield Steel. Submitted by: Amoriah
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "You are so ugly looking to me" | "You are so beautiful to me" | Boomer |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Heart Full Of Rain," | Hearts aren't full of water. | Yvette Bristle |
| "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress," | The Moon is neither a mistress or harsh. | Francis A. Sissy |
| "Unchain My Heart," | Limbs can be chained, internal organs not | Susanna Viljanen |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "You Look Marvelous," Billy Crystal | "You Are So Beautiful," Joe Cocker | |
| "When A Man Loves A Woman," Percy Sledge | "A Woman Loves A Man," Joe Cocker | |
| "Beautiful People," Kenny O'Dell | "You Are So Beautiful," Joe Cocker | |
| "Do You Feel Like We Do," Peter Frampton | "Feelin' Alright," Joe Cocker | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"The Moon's A Hash Mistress" originally "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress"
Marcia Todd
"Feeling Alight" originally "Feeling Alright"
Bill
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Hearth Full Of Rain" originally "Heart Full Of Rain"
Yvette Bristle
"I Get Maid" originally "I Get Mad"
Now will she clean up after you, Joe?
Old King Cole Sprouse
"You Bare So Beautiful" originally "You Are So Beautiful"
rebecca
"I Get Mead" originally "I Get Mad"
Mead= fermented beverage made from honey
Naomi Swanson
"It's A Sign When You Love Somebody" originally "It's A Sin When You Love Somebody"
A sign of what?
Meredith Corpening
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Heart Full Of Pain" originally "Heart Full Of Rain"
Yvette Bristle
"It's A Din When You Love Somebody" originally "It's A Sin When You Love Somebody"
True in lot of cases of 'love.'
Ingrid McCannless
"You Are No Beautiful" originally "You Are So Beautiful"
Totally reverses the meaning of the song.
baa
"You Arm So Beautiful" originally "You Are So Beautiful"
George W. Bush to the men fighting in Iraq?
baa
"It's A Sin When You Lose Somebody" originally "It's A Sin When You Love Somebody"
Jen
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "A Little Help From My Friends" | "A Little Help From Our Hens" | Airfarcewon |
| "Delta Lady" | "Felt A Lady" | Andy Primus |
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | "A Little Smell from My End" | McKludge |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | "You Believe You're Shatner" | McKludge |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | "Who Dooked The Urinal?" | Red Ant |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | "You Can't Put Your Mask On" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | "You Can Leave Iraq Now (Murtha's Tune)" | Stormin Norman The Nag |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | "You Are So Beautiful" | Rex Ungericht |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | "You Are So Ugly" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | "U-R-I-N-A-L" | A Room Full of Monkeys |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Feeling Alright | Ben Gay | Joe |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| When The Night Comes | Sexual disorders clinic/Any pharmaceutical that makes impotency drugs | britrock |
| Cry Me A River | National Flood Alert Helpline | Neil Leacy |
| Cry Me A River | Kleenex tissue company | Old |
| Don't You Love Me Anymore? | Marriage Counselling Service | FussBudgetVanPelt |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| In The Army Now Status Quo | Now That The Magic Has Gone Joe Cocker | In The Army Now That The Magic Has Gone | Jacynthia Maries |
| And She Was Talking Heads | Feelin' Alright Joe Cocker | And She Was Feelin' Alright | Roger |
| Love is the Answer Utopia | Love Not War Joe Cocker | Love, Not War, Is the Answer | Sutch |
| Moon Over Miami Perry Como | The Moon's A Harsh Mistress Joe Cocker | The Moon Over Miami's A Harsh Mistress But the warm sun makes up for that. | MOR |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Johnnie & Joe Cocker
Johnnie & Joe combined with Joe Cocker
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Revolting Joe's Cocks
Revolting Cocks combined with Joe Cocker
Submitted By: Sutch
Ugly Kid Joe Cocker
Ugly Kid Joe combined with Joe Cocker
I bet that he WAS an ugly kid.
Submitted By: Regina George of the Jungle
Joe Crocker
Joe Cocker combined with Cracker
Submitted By: Sutch
There are additional Joe Cocker Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know, up where the thin ones blow Original Lyrics: Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know, up where the clear winds blow | "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you need any money?
Original Lyrics: Do you need anybody?
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"With a Little Help from My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: What do I do when my love airs away?
Original Lyrics: What do I do when my love is away?
| "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: What would you do with that zang attitude?
Original Lyrics: What would you do if I sang out of tune?
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"You Can Leave Your Hat On"
Misheard Lyrics: You can leave your head on.
Original Lyrics: You can leave your hat on.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Anna Always thought it was so poetic - he asks her to 'leave her head on', meaning to me he honours her intelligence even though she's naked. Boy, was I wrong. |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"You Are So Beautiful"
Better Lyrics:
Few cars are suitable for me
Hard to steer
Hard to steer
Original Lyrics:
You are so beautiful to me
Can't you see
Can't you see
Submitted by: Magic Pudding
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"You Are So Beautiful"
The Repetitive Lyrics: You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me Can't you see? You're everything I hoped for You're everything I need You are so beautiful to me. (repeat) Why They're Repetitive: I can just hear some beautiful woman telling Mr. Cocker, 'Is that all you have?'
Submitted by: ahhhh
| "You Are So Beautiful"
The Repetitive Lyrics: You are so beautiful...To me!
You are so beautiful...To me! Why They're Repetitive: Ah, yeah, well...thanks, I guess.
Submitted by: Shannon
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Performance"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: There's that sad, almost-grin upon your face.
Why They're Nonsensical: I believe he's describing something that is known as a smirk in U.S. vocabulary, but Joe would not know that firsthand because he's not from there.
Submitted by: Ray
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"You Are So Beautiful"
Opening Lines: You are so beautiful to me.
Comments: Submitted by: britrock
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Song Title Space Change:
"It's A Sin When You Love Some Body" originally "It's A Sin When You Love Somebody"
Uh, as in necrophilia?
Submitted by: Roy Or Bison
Song Title Acrostics:
FA: "Feelin' Alright"
FA: Fourth note of musical scale in some languages
Submitted by: Peter
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"N'oubliez jamais"
The Lyrics: N'oubliez jamais
Why: Never forget.
Submitted by: Jan Veltkamp
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Co-Jocker originally "Joe Cocker"
Submitted by: MOR
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Contorted facial expressions"
Anyone whose seen the films "Woodstock" and "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", or any of his concerts knows that Cocker puts a lot of physicality and emotion when singing, and that includes twisting his face during "With A Little Help From My Friends" and other hits.
Submitted by: MOR
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Performance"
1970 film with Mick Jagger
Submitted by: MOR
