His first album featured a recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", which brought him to near-instant stardom. The song reached number one in the UK in 1968, became a staple of his many live shows (Woodstock and the Isle of Wight in 1969, the Party at the Palace in 2002) and was also known as the theme song for the late 1980s American TV series The Wonder Years. He continued his success with his second album, which included a second Beatles song: "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window". A hastily thrown together 1970 US tour led to the live double-album Mad Dogs & Englishmen, which featured an all-star band organized by Leon Russell. His 1974 recording of "You Are So Beautiful" reached number five in the US, and became his signature song. Cocker's best selling song was the US number one "Up Where We Belong", a duet with Jennifer Warnes that earned a 1983 Grammy Award. He released a total of 22 studio albums over a 43-year recording career.
In 1993, Cocker was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male. He was awarded a bronze Sheffield Legends plaque in his hometown in 2007, and received an OBE the following year for services to music. Cocker was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker
Studio albums
With a Little Help from My Friends (1969)
Joe Cocker! (1969)
Joe Cocker (1972/EU: 1973)
I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974)
Jamaica Say You Will (1975)
Stingray (1976)
Luxury You Can Afford (1978)
Sheffield Steel (1982)
Civilized Man (1984)
Cocker (1986)
Unchain My Heart (1987)
One Night of Sin (1989)
Night Calls (1991/US: 1992)
Have a Little Faith (1994)
Organic (1996)
Across from Midnight (1997)
No Ordinary World (1999/US: 2000)
Respect Yourself (2002)
Heart & Soul (2004/US: 2005)
Hymn for My Soul (2007/US: 2008)
Hard Knocks (2010/US: 2012)
Fire It Up (2012)
Two Wrongs
Joe Cocker Lyrics
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She got out of a great big limousine car
Started drinking pink ladies
Like they were going out of style
I said "Hey, what's your name?"
She said "Oh men, they're all the same,
Come over here and keep me accompanied for a while"
But sometimes in the dark of the night
Two wrongs can make a right
She said "I got money, I have fame
I got a man at home and he's so well trained
I got fancy clothes and a microwave oven
One thing I don't have is some good lovin'"
It's never black or white
But sometimes in the dark of the night
Two wrongs can make a right
You do the best you can
Lonely people understand
Two wrongs can make a right
We went fast, we went far
In the backseat of that limousine car
Sometimes in the night
Two wrongs can't make a right
Well now the sun was coming up
She dropped me off where she picked me up
She said "Let's do this again sometime"
But before I knew it she was out of mind
It's never black or white
But sometimes in the dark of night
Two wrongs can make a right
You do the best you can
Lonely people understand
Two wrongs can make a right...
The lyrics to Joe Cocker's song "Two Wrongs" describe the story of the singer meeting a woman in a bar who has everything except for good loving. She invites the singer to keep her company and they go on to share a night of passion inside the backseat of a limo. The song suggests that to some extent, two wrongs can make a right when it comes to two people coming together, despite it being morally ambiguous.
Cocker emphasizes that life is never black or white and that in the dark of the night or even in difficult situations, it is possible for two people who are both considered "wrong" to come together and create something right for the moment. He believes that sometimes people just need someone to understand them and that two people who both understand loneliness and desperation can bond together, even if it isn't necessarily "right".
Overall, the song's lyrics suggest that sometimes people need to take a chance and forget about what is deemed right or wrong by society if it means filling a void inside themselves. The song has a sort of gritty and sad undertone, emphasizing the loneliness and desperation of the two main characters.
Line by Line Meaning
I was sitting in a bar
Joe Cocker was at a bar
She got out of a great big limousine car
A woman arrived at the bar in a large limousine
Started drinking pink ladies
Like they were going out of style
The woman began drinking Pink Ladies cocktails quickly and in large quantities
I said "Hey, what's your name?"
Joe Cocker asked the woman her name
She said "Oh men, they're all the same,
Come over here and keep me accompanied for a while"
The woman expressed frustration with men and asked Joe Cocker to spend time with her
It's never black or white
But sometimes in the dark of the night
Two wrongs can make a right
The idea that moral situations are not always clear-cut and sometimes doing two wrong things can lead to a positive outcome
She said "I got money, I have fame
I got a man at home and he's so well trained
I got fancy clothes and a microwave oven
One thing I don't have is some good lovin'"
The woman listed off her material possessions but expressed a lack of satisfying romantic relationships
You do the best you can
Lonely people understand
Two wrongs can make a right
The notion that people who are lonely may take risks or make morally questionable decisions in order to find happiness or companionship
We went fast, we went far
In the backseat of that limousine car
Sometimes in the night
Two wrongs can't make a right
Joe Cocker and the woman engaged in a sexual encounter in the back of the limousine, but this did not necessarily lead to a positive outcome
Well now the sun was coming up
She dropped me off where she picked me up
She said "Let's do this again sometime"
But before I knew it she was out of mind
The woman dropped Joe Cocker off where she had picked him up and suggested meeting again, but quickly disappeared from his thoughts
Contributed by Adrian M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.