My dear uncle died Thursday morning. This song has come to my soul and has provided strength and loving tranquillity. Rest in peace forever, beloved uncle Rudolph.
Mom and dad met in a diner in 1968. He was in the army and she waited tables in the local diner. He played this song every night on the jukebox for her. They married three weeks after meeting. Dad passed away in 2018 of cancer .. Mom followed shortly after.. Hers was cause by grief. I miss them. I come here to remember them and to cry.
My father died at dawn today. He loved this song very much. I hope I can be a good person. I want my father to be proud of me. I love you so much and I will always remember you... :'( (sorry for my bad english)
The TRUTH about the best rock decade debate is we were all fortunate to live from the mid 50s to mid 90s that was the birth and death of rock at least as a mainstream force. I just feel sorry for kids these days with no Godlike rock bands and songs like this they have no reverence for the blues and don't even have it in their heart. How could such a thin skinned offenced generation ever make blues rock.
My dad told me once that when he was a teen in the 60s all they thought about was the future. And now that the future was here he only wanted to go back.
Gary Brooker, the lead singer of Procol Harum, died on 19 February 2022. He was lead singer throughout the 55 years of the group. Many of us have been listening to this song since 1967, and still find it wonderful. Thanks Gary, for one of the best songs ever. Rest In Peace.
This song is almost spiritual to me. I am 61 and grew up around music because my father was professional musician in the late 50's and up until 1970. The echoes of the music of the 60's stays with me to this day. But this song is different. It conjures up imagery and emotions that I cannot articulate. My dad's band was called THe Sabres. They were a very talented group in the Carolinas, and cut several records that achieved decent success. But when I hear this I go racing back to these fading images. The sights and smells of the bars in Charlotte, NC in the late 60's. My dad played in the "Topless bars", and the band succumbed to the grind of playing every night in the bars of Charlotte, and stopped recording. The 1960's for a child were magical, limitless and free. The Summers were endless days of wonder and imaginative. I can still remember staying out way past dark on hot Summer nights running around the neighborhood with no worries, only the reckless abandon only a child can enjoy. I feel so sorry for kids today, especially with this lockdown. Anyway, my apologies. I just wanted to say something about this song.....
You don't need to apologizes anybody.Your comment is great and I love it.I like when somebody talking about good old times it makes me happy,sad and very nostalgic.Don't worry people who live back then and some others like me understand you very well.That was good old times and you should be happy that you was young back then😀😀😀😀😀
This song reminds me of a Christmas in my childhood, maybe when I was 4yrs old...or 5 but it feels so happy, makes me feel warm and safe in the world, music will always play a big part in my life, thanks to a music loving family.
Sending a simple and honest psychic hug to all of you who are listening this with nostalgic memories of parents, brothers, sisters and dear friends. Blessed Be to you all!
I was also 21 in ‘67…and 5 years later I was there in London for a month. Those photos make me feel I am there again in Trafalgar Square, and in the downtown streets.
My mother absolutely loved this song. She would sing out loud, whenever it came on. She had such a beautiful voice. I will always remember her when I hear this song, and all the beautiful memories. I love you mom. I miss you like hell.
@@SUGAR_XYLER It's scary to see your mom getting old, and thinking than she might be gone soon, tell her every day how much you love her, that's the most important thing !!!
So sad to hear the passing of Gary Brooker, this song takes me back to the school summer holidays of 1967. I was 10 and this song seemed to be forever on the radio one of my all time favourites, a classic. RIP
This beautiful song makes me cry for a better time with memories of days and nights spent with good people that had hopes and dreams that are now gone and faded to the sands of time.
Xavier Smith no, the sixties were when things were the best, it’s the eighties crowd who turned everything into the present day crap you probably enjoy so much
I am flat out saddened to hear of Brooker's passing. My very first slow dance in Junior High with Dana Mongueu was to 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' an unforgettable song and a most unforgettable dance with Dana. Love this song ever since. It just hovers forever in my consciousness.
Hey Mark, you owe it to yourself to find Dana Mongueu and tell her you remember those times. I too went to dances with my high school sweetheart and danced to great songs like this. When I found Debbie Barrows she was living in Key West and battling cancer. We communicated for a year before she died of that awful disease. All the best to you. gb
This song was played at our wedding 42 years ago today as my husband Frank loved it and didn’t want “traditional” church music. He died suddenly almost seven years ago and I miss him every day 💚
Annette, that's funny you mentioned this, not funny haha funny because....my brother died as well in 1992, took his life. My brother and his band played this song all the time in our house in the basement in the 60's. I think of him still every single time I play this song. I listen to this song at least a few times a week, i feel I have to. I also love it to pieces. Did you see the Live version from 2006 in Denmark yest with the lead singer Gary Brooker? Boy oh boy he can still sing this!! And I also want to say I am So Sorry for your loss. Take Care now....
I was on sea as a seafarer once. Just an apprentice. I had a great relationship with the Chief Engineer. Funny bloke, he would sign off my tasks for a bottle of rum. Then, another apprentice joined. Good kid, only problem he had was he was getting seasick quite often. We were in the officers mess for dinner, when he would turn all pale and throw up again. At that moment, the Chief Engineer started to smile, and decided that "a whiter shade of pale" would forever be this apprentic' song. Good ole days.
My father passed away on August 16th,1967. I was only an infant at that time, one day I was playing this song in front of my mother and she told me this was one of the last songs my father was singing before he died. he was also enjoying the release of the Beatles Sgt. Peppers.
Greatest church-organ riff in history .... one of the most memory invoking songs of all time, also a pleasant reminder how fast time is passing.. Rest In Greatness G. Booker!
Yea, amazing song, I recall they all went all to court several years ago. Basically about “writing writes”. Another person who should have, but couldn’t as was out of “copyright ” was - J. S. Bach. If you listen to his “air on G string” it’s actually more based on that. So the song actually is much older than 1967.
@Xavier Smith Actually it was the parents of those young people who saved the world by fighting WWII. Those young people shit all over everything their parents had accomplished.
Oh My God... My childhood. It all came flooding back! What a beautiful memory. What a beautiful sound. I miss all of it. When life, and the world made sense...
Things seemed simple and more fun - but we were all younger. Hopefully the teenagers of today can look back as we do but looking at an i phone all day doesn't seem so exciting!!
@@nadinewheeler6972 Life was so simple in many ways - OK no mobile phones which as we had never had them we never missed them. In the year of WSP I was running a beach club in Spain. Came back to UK and built a computer company. But still look back on that wild year with happy memories - even if I was heartbroken every 2 weeks when the two week holiday ladies went home!! (until the next bus arrived!!)
I live in Indonesia, I heard this song since 1970 when I was 17 years old. 50 years have passed, now I am 67 years old, I still hear this song as often as before. Not boring, is one of the old songs that I like.
This is my wife and I song. It was on the radio on one of our first dates and has been in our hearts ever since 1/23/1987. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
Плачу, я повернулася у 1967 рік!!! Моя щаслива юність, живі тато, мама, село моє рідненьке. Слухали по Голос Америки. Крємль глушив, щоб не чули, а ми слухали!! Космічна музика!
This classic song was played at every high school dance that I attended in the early 1970s, and the screams of the young lovely girls when the band played this song was highly anticipated by guys like me, knowing that I could grind away to it in the arms of a sweet, young innocent teen girl. Today, what song is played at high school dances today that any young teen would wait for? RAP CRAP? HIP-HOP/PIG SLOP? How sad that today's youth doesn't have any really great music to dance to or to listen to! You wonder why America is about to fall by the wayside! GOD HELP US ALL!
Encore eux . Jamais je les oublierai, ils font de partie de ma vie. Je les admire et j'ai en moi cette nostalgie quand j'étais qu'une gamine et que je partais en vacance, en Normandie, j'entendais cette chanson à la radio de la voiture cela me rappelle mon enfance et surtout la liberté de l'expression.
If there was one song that summed up not just the summer of love, not just 1967 but the late 1960s, it is this masterpiece. One of the greatest songs of all time, hauntingly beautifully and powerful. A Whiter Shade of Pale is simply timeless and like I said it is musical masterpiece. RIP Gary Brooker and thank you.
Un chez d œuvre retraçant cette sombre époque de la guerre du Vietnam merci Procol Harum et Mr Gary Brooker !,,,,,',, I am found of this sound and melody!
@@peterkellock7825 Thank you Peter😭Today marks exactly 3 months. Listening to it again, and will probably do every 16th of each month😪 Hard times. Thanks for your condolences.
I was 9 years old when this came out in the USA. A haunting song, I was hooked for life. Now some 50 plus years later it's melody is still haunting. I can say it is still my all time favorite song.
This song was a favorite song during the Vietnam War, GI's would listen to. As military dependent in 1972 flying over Japan to join my father the plane had military members on their way to Vietnam. They were playing this song some of the guys were emotional. At 13 years old I didn't understand it, but I later I did. These soldiers (white, black and hispanic) knew they were going to a war zone and did not know if they would come back alive.
It isn't very often that I am moved to tears at the news of the death of a complete stranger. The news of Gary Brooker's passing was definitely the exception. For 50 years I've loved that voice....and all of the music of Procal Harem. Such an incredible musician. It's sadly very unlikely that we will ever hear the likes of Gary and Procal Harem's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
This song came out when I was 16 years old. I loved it then and it has endured as one of the best songs ever. Period . I have been privileged to live for almost 70 years and consider music to be one of the blessings given to us all.
Yesterday all The Dutch radiostations played this song at the beginnng of the farewell ceremony of a very beloved Dutch journalist who is murdered. Goosebumps. ❤️ Peter R. de Vries🌹
as a person living in a third world shithole like me (Chile) I cant believe that you guys have to deal with that shit, not even here the drug lords touch the press or the politicians (admittedly most of them are already sold to them)
I can remember when my dad bought this album and brought it home and played it for us kids:) Great Memories! September 1967, I was 6 yrs old and fell in love with it have loved it ever since.
I am a product of 1977 and this type of music has always been special to me. My Dad brought me up on Country and the Oldies and I can say that this still outlasts today's music by far.
One of the greatest songs ever written in 1967... I was in high school when this song showed up May 12th 1967... It became A one song fast... It never lost being one of the best songs out there ...R I P 1945-2022 , Gary Brooker
One of the greatest songs of all time , it never gets old and remains one of the long lasting hits still played on classic fm online etc, so beautifully orchestrated 🌹
This song overwhelms me with a sense of melancholy. I was a little girl in 1967, so this music was not exactly "my generation", but it was still very much a part of my experience . . .of time past . . . and there is no turning back. :-(
Me too. I am about the same age as you. When I was little I thought this song was mysterious sounding and made me feel sad. The 60s were a great time to be a little kid.
The music here is great however the singer has a terrible voice . His voice ruined this track . I would rather listen to the music without the singers voice .
Me and my husband skated to this song/music by Procol Harum back in the 70’s at a skating rink place called The Terrace in Toronto, Canada. Actually when this music played, they would announce that only couples would be allowed to skate. So memorable...sadly as I write this my husband now suffers from Dementia. He’s had it for over 6 years now. It is gradually getting worse, each day that passes by is a blessing for me, however difficult it is. This song is truly so dear to my heart.
My sister I understand what you are going through. The person in front of you looks just like the the one you shared love and life with, but they aren't there. I know some day there will be a cure for and I am trying to help find it. Both my folks suffered from it and I am in a study locally to help find a cure. I just hope my small contribution can help find the key. We can only hope that when the key is finally in the lock those that have it will be freed and can love those that care about them again. Be well and safe, peace to you and yours.
This is one of the great song from The 60 When people sing and the lirics meant something , thank you for this When London was A beautiful place ,❤️❤️❤️❤️
Iain Botham Definitely not ! I like all the great singers ,and groups if the music and the lyrics good ! We have few good band even now , but I don't like rapp no matter who is rapping ,
Quelle est la personne qui ne ressent aucunes émotions aprés l'écoute de cette chanson, même en 2022 ? J'aime beaucoup également " Conquistador " de ce groupe fantastique.
Ok I'm coming here to share my memories. This song makes me very emotional for two reasons. First, this is a song my mum always played and asked me to play at her funeral whenever she died. Unfortunately, she passed away about 10 years ago, when I was 20. She was a music lover and since I was a kid she would play all her 60s and 70s favourites. In order to overcome the sadness attached to it, I tried to re-own it. I'm a lover of the 60s and 70s, musically and aesthetically. Six years ago I moved to London to fulfil my dream of studying music and try to revive that atmosphere this clip shows I loved so much. Not too long after starting the course, around October, I went to an open mic and performed this song with a fellow musician. A few days later, I saw perform this gorgeous guy who had Gary's vibes in the video, but gingery, absolutely dressed as if he had come out from the 60s. I instantly told myself I had to meet him. We fell for each other and he became my boyfriend for almost three years. He was a rock musician too and we lived some unforgettable times in London going to his gigs, playing and listening to our favourite music (we had the same taste) and just trying to feel as if we were a couple from that time. We were very happy together for quite long. Sadly, love ended on his part and I left London to came back to my country. I haven't experienced yet a time as beautiful as the fall of 2014, neither I've found love again. I wish things could be as special as they were back then, but I'm afraid I can't feel as excited and innocent about life as before. I come here now and again to rekindle that beauty and cry a little bit over that time of my life I wish I could live again. I didn't live in the 60s but those were "my musical sixties" in "swinging London".
My Mother introduced me to this song when I was in high school during the early 90's. I was big into GnR, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and the new grunge rock during that time. When I heard this song, I was blown away and fell in love with it. I introduced it to my friends and they all thought that it was awesome as well. Here I am 30 years later still listening, and with a 9 y/o son that hears this song and story quite often.
One of the greatest, most beautiful songs of all time.RIP Gary Brooker
Definitely in my Top 10 songs list of all time.
RIP Gary Brooker.
You're 100% right. I loved this with a passion.
Yes
absolutely. RIP Gary Brooker.
Really perfect. RIP GARY BROOKER.
This song was my beloved father’s favourite; every time that I listen to it, it reminds me of him; may he rest in peace.
What a beautiful piece of 🎶 music! Holds many memories! RIP Gary ! Great job lovely boy!
My dear uncle died Thursday morning. This song has come to my soul and has provided strength and loving tranquillity. Rest in peace forever, beloved uncle Rudolph.
Mom and dad met in a diner in 1968. He was in the army and she waited tables in the local diner. He played this song every night on the jukebox for her. They married three weeks after meeting. Dad passed away in 2018 of cancer .. Mom followed shortly after.. Hers was cause by grief. I miss them. I come here to remember them and to cry.
What a special couple. Remember the good times.
God bless you!
May their memories be Eternal.
No ofense , but sounds like one of those perfect love stories that i like congratulations and i am sorry for their passing 😢😢😢
Thanks for sharing your story! Beautiful song!
My father died at dawn today. He loved this song very much. I hope I can be a good person. I want my father to be proud of me. I love you so much and I will always remember you... :'( (sorry for my bad english)
Good English has nothing on being the good son.
In the twinkle of an eye....caught up to meet him in the clouds! Your Father is there, we have time.
You are a very good human being.
Pain never goes. Live each day to his honour... Dad died in 75, I still miss him..
Sending you a psychic hug across time and distance. Your English is perfect, and I am sure that your father will be so proud of you!!
now , i' m 74 years old ,. i love this song so much.....original song by procol harum around 1966/67.....
J'écoute ce chef d'œuvre au moins 1 fois par jour depuis sa sorti.
I’ve said it before,and I’ll say it again.....the 60s....the best decade ever!
No the 80 !
Gli anni 60. The best ..for me ..
I was born in 1964 so I agree with you.
YES, SIR!
The TRUTH about the best rock decade debate is we were all fortunate to live from the mid 50s to mid 90s that was the birth and death of rock at least as a mainstream force. I just feel sorry for kids these days with no Godlike rock bands and songs like this they have no reverence for the blues and don't even have it in their heart. How could such a thin skinned offenced generation ever make blues rock.
one of the greatest Songs ever written!
Without smoking pot or something else it would have been impossible based on his eyes.
Yes it is!
It was stolen from J S Bach.
@@BigEightiesNewWave I think "stolen" is a pretty harsh word. "Inspired".
@@TonyEnglandUK I would say 'Bach wrote a great hit" ;)
My dad told me once that when he was a teen in the 60s all they thought about was the future. And now that the future was here he only wanted to go back.
So do I - I don't like the world they are preparing ... (French lady aged 67 )
We missed the '60s, man. Accept it.
true dat
true
@@williamdiffin28 Mostly the music tho, for me.
One of the best songs ever written
Gary Brooker, the lead singer of Procol Harum, died on 19 February 2022. He was lead singer throughout the 55 years of the group. Many of us have been listening to this song since 1967, and still find it wonderful. Thanks Gary, for one of the best songs ever. Rest In Peace.
This song is almost spiritual to me. I am 61 and grew up around music because my father was professional musician in the late 50's and up until 1970. The echoes of the music of the 60's stays with me to this day. But this song is different. It conjures up imagery and emotions that I cannot articulate. My dad's band was called THe Sabres. They were a very talented group in the Carolinas, and cut several records that achieved decent success. But when I hear this I go racing back to these fading images. The sights and smells of the bars in Charlotte, NC in the late 60's. My dad played in the "Topless bars", and the band succumbed to the grind of playing every night in the bars of Charlotte, and stopped recording. The 1960's for a child were magical, limitless and free. The Summers were endless days of wonder and imaginative. I can still remember staying out way past dark on hot Summer nights running around the neighborhood with no worries, only the reckless abandon only a child can enjoy. I feel so sorry for kids today, especially with this lockdown. Anyway, my apologies. I just wanted to say something about this song.....
Exactly. almost spiritual the songs these legends created somehow actually change and inspire so many of us average guys
You don't need to apologizes anybody.Your comment is great and I love it.I like when somebody talking about good old times it makes me happy,sad and very nostalgic.Don't worry people who live back then and some others like me understand you very well.That was good old times and you should be happy that you was young back then😀😀😀😀😀
Yeah, no need to apologize. Was great reading that story. Cheers.
This song reminds me of a Christmas in my childhood, maybe when I was 4yrs old...or 5 but it feels so happy, makes me feel warm and safe in the world, music will always play a big part in my life, thanks to a music loving family.
What a great story!! I was born in 1981 and I had a very wonderful Carefree childhood but I can only imagine how it was growing up in the sixties
One of the most beautiful songs ever!!!!
Never ages.
This music is with humanity forever...the purest diamond...I am happy that we love the same thing all over the world...there will be no war!
this song for Peter R de Vries
R.I.P GARY BROOKER, i am listening to whiter shade of pale at the moment
with heavy heavy heart,goodbye mr. brooker you gave us wonderful music.
This song is a legend.
Too bad they don't make them like that today.
No doubts about it
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Si
Da ascoltare ad occhi chiusi.
È pura magia.
Yes I think this song is genius
@@graziadesilvi4811 si Grazzie bellisima
Sending a simple and honest psychic hug to all of you who are listening this with nostalgic memories of parents, brothers, sisters and dear friends. Blessed Be to you all!
too hard,Dude :)
Thank you Naledi!
Sad loss, this song is an all-time classic. I have loved listening to this great song over the years....
Music like this will never go out of style and will never die, a masterpiece will be recorded for history!
Oooh, I remember well.
I was 21 in '67.
What a time.
Thank you, Gary Brooker.
🥀.. and R.I.P.
so was I
Wonderful band
I was also 21 in ‘67…and 5 years later I was there in London for a month. Those photos make me feel I am there again in Trafalgar Square, and in the downtown streets.
I was 12 - What a Time!
Were you in Tamariu - Dolphin Club?
my dad showed me this song. He died on Saturday. It's been one of my favorite songs since he showed me it but now it's my go to. Love you Dad.
So sorry for your loss, this song will be another great memory.
@@derekm2368 thank you
rip
It's so nice of you to remember him with the music he loved.
Absolutely a great work of art.❤
Liam.
My mother absolutely loved this song. She would sing out loud, whenever it came on. She had such a beautiful voice. I will always remember her when I hear this song, and all the beautiful memories. I love you mom. I miss you like hell.
Hey mate feel your pain we all miss our mum's.
Lost my mum in 2016 she was a soft soul from the 60s a special time indeed.
😂 My mom is 77
This was a song my little sister loved. Me too, but I never bought the album, so I guess it meant more to her.
@@SUGAR_XYLER It's scary to see your mom getting old, and thinking than she might be gone soon, tell her every day how much you love her, that's the most important thing !!!
Wonderful memories of '67. Surely one of the greatest songs ever. Sleep well Gary, and thank you. RIP
R.I.P. Gary you will be missed
signature tune for radio stations of Malaya,Singapore and HK in the late 1960s.
So sad to hear the passing of Gary Brooker, this song takes me back to the school summer holidays of 1967.
I was 10 and this song seemed to be forever on the radio one of my all time favourites, a classic. RIP
This beautiful song makes me cry for a better time with memories of days and nights spent with good people that had hopes and dreams that are now gone and faded to the sands of time.
I feel you
It was definitely better days back then ! ✌☮
Just keep dancing ur hopes and dreams are alive as long as ur alive
Damals war die Welt noch in Ordnung
Große Klasse, auch heute
Xavier Smith no, the sixties were when things were the best, it’s the eighties crowd who turned everything into the present day crap you probably enjoy so much
An iconic tune from the sixties has aged so well.
I am flat out saddened to hear of Brooker's passing. My very first slow
dance in Junior High with Dana Mongueu was to 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'
an unforgettable song and a most unforgettable dance with Dana. Love
this song ever since. It just hovers forever in my consciousness.
Just read it in the german news. 76, man that is too young by todays standards.
Me too, man:)!
@@DasIllu you are right. Unfortunately he had been ill for some time... sig!!!😰😰 🙏🙏
Hey Mark, you owe it to yourself to find Dana Mongueu and tell her you remember those times. I too went to dances with my high school sweetheart and danced to great songs like this. When I found Debbie Barrows she was living in Key West and battling cancer. We communicated for a year before she died of that awful disease. All the best to you. gb
I can't see the keyboard for the tears.
A timeless classic that still sounds fresh today!
This song was played at our wedding 42 years ago today as my husband Frank loved it and didn’t want “traditional” church music. He died suddenly almost seven years ago and I miss him every day 💚
I just can't figure how hard it can be...
Hold on, and don't lose yourself...
All I wanna send to you is a warmer shade of love ;)
Sorry
RIP.,I m old drummer from Warszawa.
I walked down the isle to this song played on a large church pipe organ. We also did not want the traditional wedding march!
Annette, that's funny you mentioned this, not funny haha funny because....my brother died as well in 1992, took his life. My brother and his band played this song all the time in our house in the basement in the 60's. I think of him still every single time I play this song. I listen to this song at least a few times a week, i feel I have to. I also love it to pieces. Did you see the Live version from 2006 in Denmark yest with the lead singer Gary Brooker? Boy oh boy he can still sing this!! And I also want to say I am So Sorry for your loss. Take Care now....
The kind of nostalgia that can tear one apart.
Man that is a FACT!
Hard facts
I don’t know what it all means, but it’s haunting.
Teška nostalgija...
I’ve lost my mother and father and my dear wife and this song brings them back. Love everyone please! It’s never to late. 🙏🏻
This song takes me back to another, precious time in my life. Loved PROCOL HARUM!!! R.I.P. my friend.
I was on sea as a seafarer once. Just an apprentice. I had a great relationship with the Chief Engineer. Funny bloke, he would sign off my tasks for a bottle of rum. Then, another apprentice joined. Good kid, only problem he had was he was getting seasick quite often. We were in the officers mess for dinner, when he would turn all pale and throw up again. At that moment, the Chief Engineer started to smile, and decided that "a whiter shade of pale" would forever be this apprentic' song. Good ole days.
My father passed away on August 16th,1967. I was only an infant at that time, one day I was playing this song in front of my mother and she told me this was one of the last songs my father was singing before he died. he was also enjoying the release of the Beatles Sgt. Peppers.
Isn't it powerful when songs like this from the 60's still make an impact on our lives. Music from the 60's and 70's is when music was Music.
Greatest church-organ riff in history .... one of the most memory invoking songs of all time, also a pleasant reminder how fast time is passing.. Rest In Greatness G. Booker!
A classic from the greatest decade ever, 1960s.
Martin Featherstone a great decade but the 1980s better
@@MarkWright1963 lol, no. 80's was mostly dance and lightweight pop music. I like some of it, but 60's and most of the 70's music is the real deal.
@@alrivers2297
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Yea, amazing song, I recall they all went all to court several years ago.
Basically about “writing writes”.
Another person who should have, but couldn’t as was out of “copyright ” was - J. S. Bach.
If you listen to his “air on G string” it’s actually more based on that.
So the song actually is much older than 1967.
@Xavier Smith Actually it was the parents of those young people who saved the world by fighting WWII. Those young people shit all over everything their parents had accomplished.
From the second it starts you can't help but be emotional.Incredibly moving song
Alex La canzone preferita di John Lennon 😉
Yes it is amazing and very emotional song.
Or hear Bach....
Oh My God... My childhood. It all came flooding back! What a beautiful memory. What a beautiful sound. I miss all of it. When life, and the world made sense...
Things seemed simple and more fun - but we were all younger. Hopefully the teenagers of today can look back as we do but looking at an i phone all day doesn't seem so exciting!!
Agree! We enjoyed REAL life experiences vs virtual. Also felt good when we actually faced adversity/challenges and conquered them. Fearless!
@@nadinewheeler6972 Life was so simple in many ways - OK no mobile phones which as we had never had them we never missed them. In the year of WSP I was running a beach club in Spain. Came back to UK and built a computer company. But still look back on that wild year with happy memories - even if I was heartbroken every 2 weeks when the two week holiday ladies went home!! (until the next bus arrived!!)
@@richardlewis5316
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU 👍👍👍👍 👍 THANK YOU FOR SHARING 👏👏👏👏👏
RIP Gary. You belong to the ages but your music will live forever.
I live in Indonesia, I heard this song since 1970 when I was 17 years old. 50 years have passed, now I am 67 years old, I still hear this song as often as before. Not boring, is one of the old songs that I like.
Do you remember when Deep Purple came to your country in 1975?
Considering this song boring is a sin
You are not alone. It´s my alltime Fav since 1973...I´am 56 now
It's a good song & it's deeply ingrained in our culture.
Я тоже не знаю песни лучше этой)
A masterpiece in music history, Gary Brookers voice brings me to heaven
This is my wife and I song. It was on the radio on one of our first dates and has been in our hearts ever since 1/23/1987. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
Плачу, я повернулася у 1967 рік!!! Моя щаслива юність, живі тато, мама, село моє рідненьке. Слухали по Голос Америки. Крємль глушив, щоб не чули, а ми слухали!! Космічна музика!
Best song of all time. Period. No argument.
*_PROCOL HARUM "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"_*
*_60's the best Song_* 🎵🎵🎵🎹🎸
*_Wonderful Voice Sir. Gary Brooker._* 👍😎
Formidable
The Woodstock generation pass silently. What dreams of world peace and love, never attained are slipping away with them.
This classic song was played at every high school dance that I attended in the early 1970s, and the screams of the young lovely girls when the band played this song was highly anticipated by guys like me, knowing that I could grind away to it in the arms of a sweet, young innocent teen girl. Today, what song is played at high school dances today that any young teen would wait for? RAP CRAP? HIP-HOP/PIG SLOP? How sad that today's youth doesn't have any really great music to dance to or to listen to! You wonder why America is about to fall by the wayside! GOD HELP US ALL!
This song brings back so many memories... I wish I could go back to those times.
One of the greatest songs of all time!! I just love it!!
Encore eux . Jamais je les oublierai, ils font de partie de ma vie. Je les admire et j'ai en moi cette nostalgie quand j'étais qu'une gamine et que je partais en vacance, en Normandie, j'entendais cette chanson à la radio de la voiture cela me rappelle mon enfance et surtout la liberté de l'expression.
I never get tired of listening to this song, one of the best ever....
We think the same 😀
@@helenakatic1690 Yes, we do......
Ditto 💕
Saw Procol Harum in Melbourne in the '70s's, one the most memorable concerts ever.
Been listening to music from 1957 but this song blew mind on first hearing. Nothing like it prior to 1967. Rog. Pacific sunset records .
In 1967 I finished the first elementary class in Poland as a kid, but this song was always with me. Thank You Procol Harum. RIP Gary Brooker.
If there was one song that summed up not just the summer of love, not just 1967 but the late 1960s, it is this masterpiece. One of the greatest songs of all time, hauntingly beautifully and powerful. A Whiter Shade of Pale is simply timeless and like I said it is musical masterpiece. RIP Gary Brooker and thank you.
incredible. I will listen to this even when I'm 99.
Un chez d œuvre retraçant cette sombre époque de la guerre du Vietnam merci Procol Harum et Mr Gary Brooker !,,,,,',, I am found of this sound and melody!
RIP Gary Brooker - loved this song when it came out in the late 60's.
RIP Gary. Thank you for the beautiful music. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
I could listen to this over and over .. best song ever
Totally agree one of the most beautiful songs ever❤️
My dad was murdered...2 months ago😪😪😪😪This was, and will always be his song😪😪😪😪😪
Miss you dad!!!!😪😪🤗🤗
Really!? That's awful! I'm so sorry. I hope this song can give you a connection to your Dad and may the memories of him be forever good.
@@peterkellock7825 Thank you Peter😭Today marks exactly 3 months. Listening to it again, and will probably do every 16th of each month😪
Hard times. Thanks for your condolences.
My condolences.. so Murdered by?
Sorry. Rest in peace your beloved father
So sorry for your terrible loss; at least I hope the murdener is in prison 🙏🏼🌹
So many many happy memories as a teenager wouldn't change it best ever songs in the sixties xxxxx
I was 9 years old when this came out in the USA. A haunting song, I was hooked for life. Now some 50 plus years later it's melody is still haunting. I can say it is still my all time favorite song.
Yes, an awesome song that never gets old. Such memories!
In an interview with Peter Frampton he said that this is his favorite song of all the time
This song was a favorite song during the Vietnam War, GI's would listen to. As military dependent in 1972 flying over Japan to join my father the plane had military members on their way to Vietnam. They were playing this song some of the guys were emotional. At 13 years old I didn't understand it, but I later I did. These soldiers (white, black and hispanic) knew they were going to a war zone and did not know if they would come back alive.
It isn't very often that I am moved to tears at the news of the death of a complete stranger. The news of Gary Brooker's passing was definitely the exception. For 50 years I've loved that voice....and all of the music of Procal Harem. Such an incredible musician. It's sadly very unlikely that we will ever hear the likes of Gary and Procal Harem's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
This song came out when I was 16 years old. I loved it then and it has endured as one of the best songs ever. Period . I have been privileged to live for almost 70 years and consider music to be one of the blessings given to us all.
I was born 1968 in Poland is song my parent's i grove up with this song i love Procol Harum.ENGLAND never be like 1970 i am here 16 years i see
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It truly is.
Che nostalgia ascoltarla adesso e ricordare i tempi in cui eravamo ragazzi.....bellissima💕😷
bellissimi anni
Yesterday all The Dutch radiostations played this song at the beginnng of the farewell ceremony of a very beloved Dutch journalist who is murdered. Goosebumps. ❤️ Peter R. de Vries🌹
as a person living in a third world shithole like me (Chile) I cant believe that you guys have to deal with that shit, not even here the drug lords touch the press or the politicians (admittedly most of them are already sold to them)
Kept it classy.
And still... I'll never be the same, hearing this song..
Always will remind us, of him❤️
Country music fan here and I recognize this as one of the greatest songs of all time
I loved this song when I was 16 now I am 65 and I love this song too 😎👍
One of the icons of the 20th century..nothing like it before or since...unique and timeless...🌹
this aint a song.....its a way of life
My lovely father loved this song, and now i miss him, i hope my dad listen this song too in heaven when i miss him 😥
I can remember when my dad bought this album and brought it home and played it for us kids:) Great Memories! September 1967, I was 6 yrs old and fell in love with it have loved it ever since.
I am a product of 1977 and this type of music has always been special to me. My Dad brought me up on Country and the Oldies and I can say that this still outlasts today's music by far.
One of the greatest songs ever written in 1967... I was in high school when this song showed up May 12th 1967... It became A one song fast... It never lost being one of the best songs out there ...R I P 1945-2022 , Gary Brooker
One of the greatest songs of all time , it never gets old and remains one of the long lasting hits still played on classic fm online etc, so beautifully orchestrated 🌹
The organ melody is so nostalgic
Hammond! Queen of instruments! Dear, sweet Ken Hensley too!
Its Bach bro )))))))
@@LifeinRussianVillage-LifeMazur No, it's not - but Bach undoubtedly influenced it )))
@@jingshelpmaboab AH ok thanks just sound like a Bach ))) anyway best of luck !!!!
@@jingshelpmaboab Air On The G String
Gary Brooker 😍 and his voice - like no other. ❤🎶
Used to listen to that song every day in 1967. It was number one. It's still number one to me...!
great time
Saw them several times in Montreal, a real treat, thank you so much for REAL music
This song overwhelms me with a sense of melancholy. I was a little girl in 1967, so this music was not exactly "my generation", but it was still very much a part of my experience . . .of time past . . . and there is no turning back. :-(
Me too. I am about the same age as you. When I was little I thought this song was mysterious sounding and made me feel sad. The 60s were a great time to be a little kid.
✌ I was 3 then and never heard this song until a few years ago thanks to TH-cam
Not your generation! Neither mine, I was born in the 70s, and still love this song, discovered it in the 90s. A classic. And the lyrics! Very smart.
:-(
The music here is great however the singer has a terrible voice . His voice ruined this track . I would rather listen to the music without the singers voice .
Me and my husband skated to this song/music by Procol Harum back in the 70’s at a skating rink place called The Terrace in Toronto, Canada. Actually when this music played, they would announce that only couples would be allowed to skate. So memorable...sadly as I write this my husband now suffers from Dementia. He’s had it for over 6 years now. It is gradually getting worse, each day that passes by is a blessing for me, however difficult it is. This song is truly so dear to my heart.
My sister I understand what you are going through. The person in front of you looks just like the the one you shared love and life with, but they aren't there. I know some day there will be a cure for and I am trying to help find it. Both my folks suffered from it and I am in a study locally to help find a cure. I just hope my small contribution can help find the key. We can only hope that when the key is finally in the lock those that have it will be freed and can love those that care about them again. Be well and safe, peace to you and yours.
A true, timeless classic that never grows old. Thank you for all the incredible music you left us, Gary. R.I.P. Gary Brooker
The song is a True Classic from 1967 and I was 16 ! Still get the chills when I hear it, now.
This is one of the great song from The 60 When people sing and the lirics meant something , thank you for this When London was A beautiful place ,❤️❤️❤️❤️
Iain Botham Definitely not ! I like all the great singers ,and groups if the music and the lyrics good ! We have few good band even now , but I don't like rapp no matter who is rapping ,
Iain Botham but nothing can touch the sixties it was the good old days ! We head the best time of our life ,it was wonderful , ❤️🇬🇧
You're so welcome. Look at London now.
This was a simpler time, and the music made it comforting.
That's the only thing left now.
Quelle est la personne qui ne ressent aucunes émotions aprés l'écoute de cette chanson, même en 2022 ? J'aime beaucoup également " Conquistador " de ce groupe fantastique.
RIP Gary Brroker . You'll be missed but never forgotten ! Thanks for one of the best songs ever written in this world !
Parking on a country road in my boyfriend's dad's dodge, just listening and getting to know each other. We've been married 48 years now.
I was 9 when this hit the airwaves and it never gets old. This is perfection.
RIP Gary :( my heart is broken another legend is gone forever . You will be missed , what a voice :(
This song was number ONE ☝️ all time favorite song in the NAM s era and the World music. ❤️😊👍📀
We should never forget the poor soldiers that suffered in Nam.
We never to be forgotten our heroes 🇺🇸 from NAM s era and the World that they / we protect our freedom ❤😊🇺🇸👍💯👏
Ok I'm coming here to share my memories. This song makes me very emotional for two reasons. First, this is a song my mum always played and asked me to play at her funeral whenever she died. Unfortunately, she passed away about 10 years ago, when I was 20. She was a music lover and since I was a kid she would play all her 60s and 70s favourites. In order to overcome the sadness attached to it, I tried to re-own it. I'm a lover of the 60s and 70s, musically and aesthetically. Six years ago I moved to London to fulfil my dream of studying music and try to revive that atmosphere this clip shows I loved so much. Not too long after starting the course, around October, I went to an open mic and performed this song with a fellow musician. A few days later, I saw perform this gorgeous guy who had Gary's vibes in the video, but gingery, absolutely dressed as if he had come out from the 60s. I instantly told myself I had to meet him. We fell for each other and he became my boyfriend for almost three years. He was a rock musician too and we lived some unforgettable times in London going to his gigs, playing and listening to our favourite music (we had the same taste) and just trying to feel as if we were a couple from that time. We were very happy together for quite long. Sadly, love ended on his part and I left London to came back to my country. I haven't experienced yet a time as beautiful as the fall of 2014, neither I've found love again. I wish things could be as special as they were back then, but I'm afraid I can't feel as excited and innocent about life as before. I come here now and again to rekindle that beauty and cry a little bit over that time of my life I wish I could live again. I didn't live in the 60s but those were "my musical sixties" in "swinging London".
thanks for sharing this.
My Mother introduced me to this song when I was in high school during the early 90's. I was big into GnR, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and the new grunge rock during that time. When I heard this song, I was blown away and fell in love with it. I introduced it to my friends and they all thought that it was awesome as well. Here I am 30 years later still listening, and with a 9 y/o son that hears this song and story quite often.
oohh just hear in radio ...my tears...for this wonderful voice ...ever love this song ***in memoriam ***
Matthew Fisher''s Hammond organ is essential for the heartache that pervades this great song. So many covers of this tune miss that emotion.
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It makes the whole song originality!!!
and the "Leslie " loudspeaker ...
@@nikosmarsellos3894 Yes, everyone forgets the rotating Leslie.
Sitting in the living room listening to this on a pair of Klipsch Lascala’s, magical.