Saturday, December 7, 2019

The 1986 Listening Post - Joe Cocker - Cocker

Joe Cocker - Cocker



#148/1313
April 18 1986
Joe Cocker
Cocker
Genre: …rrroockkk?
2 out of 5



Highlights:
You Can Leave Your Hat On




Hear those synths!? THAT is the sound of an artist losing the narrative. Somehow, on “Don’t You Love Me Anymore”, Cocker, he of a singularly recognizable voice in pop music, sounds generic and anonymous. It takes some pretzel twisting to make that happen.
Everybody loved “You Can Leave Your Hat On”, sure, but, I submit that 40% of that stems from it’s association with 9 1/2 Weeks. It’s a fine piece of sultry R&B but no sexier than anything Robert Palmer has ever done. 


https://open.spotify.com/album/0YnLeYOGgy0vtxQRbgW7s1?si=2qK-zRYmQ6SO6Q56c7N5Dg

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