{"id":572,"date":"2018-02-07T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2019-11-24T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T04:22:20","slug":"cover-me-joe-cocker-human-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/07\/cover-me-joe-cocker-human-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Joe Cocker: Human Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always thought &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/roll-of-the-dice-human-touch\/\">Human Touch<\/a>&#8221; cried out for an acoustic arrangement, but surprisingly, Bruce has never tried it (in public, at least).<\/p>\n<p>Joe Cocker shows us how it&#8217;s done&#8211;turning in a cool, understated, almost swinging take on the song.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a keeper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWp5sXWmMCY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be prepared to fall for this cool, acoustic take on &#8220;Human Touch&#8221; by Joe Cocker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[126,272],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-human-touch","tag-joe-cocker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/humantouch.jpg?fit=299%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-9e","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2350,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/04\/21\/matr-ringo-starrs-all-starr-band-bruce-springsteen-and-john-candy-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends\/","url_meta":{"origin":572,"position":0},"title":"With a Little Help from My Friends","author":"Ken","date":"April 21, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce joins Nils, Clarence, and the rest of Ringo's All Starr Band for an encore performance of a Beatles classic.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/littlehelp.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56612,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/kingdom-of-days-april-25-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":572,"position":1},"title":"April 25","author":"Ken","date":"April 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce kicks off the Devils & Dust Tour, wraps up the first U.S. leg of the River (2016) Tour, and appears on Good Morning America to promote his new Seeger Sessions album. 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