John Belushi Does Joe Cocker On The Floor

John belushi doing joe cocker s high with a little help on snl uploaded 05 16 2013 john belushi not only was funny as hell but actually did the song justice.

John belushi does joe cocker on the floor.

He crooned a frightening performance as cocker with his rendition of the classic song with a little help from. Here s how it came to be. For many the tragic comedian john belushi s most memorable performance was an indelible imitation of the british singer joe cocker a writhing spasmodic cathartic all in stage masterpiece that had. There will never be another joe cocker or another john belushi to parade around as joe and make us laugh but there s some comfort in knowing that when joe arrived in the afterlife john was probably waiting for him doing.

I didn t watch much television so i wasn t aware of it until some guy said there s this guy doing an awful impersonation of you. But you have to understand i was a bit of a wreck at the time he was doing all that stuff. Joe s december 2014 death at the age of 70 was a loss to the world and reopened the wound that came as a result of the loss of john belushi more than 30 years earlier. Throughout his career belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow snl star dan aykroyd whom he met while they were both working at chicago s the second city comedy club.

For better or worse john belushi s impression of joe cocker will forever stand as a part of both men s legacies. On saturday night live in 1976 comedian john belushi was picked to channel joe cocker. I always found it quite amusing. John adam belushi january 24 1949 march 5 1982 was an american actor comedian and singer and one of the seven original cast members of the nbc sketch comedy show saturday night live snl.

John belushi does a better joe cocker than joe cocker does. Folha br john belushi s impression of joe cocker was an early career catalyst for the comedian. On john belushi s famous impression of him. Belushi performed it circa 1971 with chicago s second city comedy troupe.