I can still remember the first time I heard Joe Cocker sing, which is what they always say is the sign of a truly great singer or song: if you can remember the first time. I was in a "music appreciation class" (whatever the hell that is) before I even hit my teens and our teacher, who must have been having mid-life crisis pangs, subversively decided to show my confused class some grainy footage from the muddy Woodstock festival.
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