The track with a "little help from my friends" was orginally released on the album "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" in 1967, and was included in the soundtrack to the yellow submarine film. the song was written by paul mccartney and john lennon and preformed by ringo starr.
a charming song if not the most memorable; i liked the song well enough, but there was an feeling in the back of my head that the song was missing something. then i watched the film WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC, and heard a cover of the song performed by joe cocker...I had found what the song was missing: SOUL.
joe cocker's voice rang out for miles over the heads of thousands people that morning, accompanied by music the ROCKED with banging drums and sweet screaming rhythem guitars. cocker's spastic and trance-like movements were almost hypnotic, channeling in to the music (as well as an obscene amount of wine and marijuana). soul and heart can make all the difference in a song.
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