How come you can listen to this song a million times and still get teary eyed and emotional. Memories flood in, tears flood out! Music “back in the day” was “BEST OF THE BEST”. It’s 2024, I’m not 67 and it’s a large pill to swallow. Where did our time go? Oh to be back in the day!
Here I am in 2024, at 67 years old. This is and will always be one of those songs and bands that touch my heart like no other. Awesome doesn’t even come close….. superb , no. I have no words. Hope we have kinder, bluer skies soon in the USA. ✌️
Me a 67 year old man, 2:46 am. Can't sleep looking at my beautiful wife she’s been battling breast cancer. I broke down, tears came flooding to my eyes. You see this is our song. 43 years with my soulmate.
Love this song and group! I'm 76 and I listen at least 7-10 a month. My husband passed in 2020 and this was our song. He died from dementia, but he recognized this song as ours till the day he died. We were 18 and so in love,still miss and love him!
@@mannya.6163 I was not born when the band released the song. And I didn’t hear until the Big Chill came out in the early 80s. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened since. I bought the soundtrack back then and I’ve probably listened thousands of times. This performance is just next level amazing to me. So haunting and beautiful.
I cannot u still have this on Vinyl so do I , I listen to this recording often it is so Amazing with orchestra , There is no music today that can maatch the 60,s , 70,s , and part of eighty's , I sometimes I wish 18 again and in my college days !! ??
I'm 70 years old myself. Scatological language aside, I couldn't agree more. By the way, I heard it through the grapevine that Mr. Brown has got a lovely daughter. Or it could be the Mrs. At my age, the hearing is about shot. I heard it over and over and over again, but the Beltone is in bits and pieces. I'll stop now (in the name of love).
Born in 1957 about to turn 67 even in the early acid days didn't make sense of the lyrics and now as an older man still don't make sense of the lyrics yet this song is part of my soul. Every time it comes up on my playlist, I think there must be 1 million people that feel like me
Who's listening 🎶 in June of 2024? I know I am. I'm 66yrs old now and grew up listening to the best ROCK N 'ROLL EVER MADE! Who can agree with that? Back in those days it was certainly a fantastic party time. This song 🎵 👌 brings me back to my youth. Who grew up during that ROCK N 'ROLL era?
You're the same age as my "child bride". I listen to this every few weeks just to re-center myself after a tough day. One of the best songs from the best age of rock and roll. I remember very well when this first came out and have always thought it to be one of the songs in my life's soundtrack. Gary's voice aged far better than most and this concert was during the time I thought was his best. We lost him a couple of years ago and the world lost a great talent. Hope you are well and are having your best life. JP
69 years old. Young people, for the most part, don’t understand what they missed. It was a magical time for our age group… and the music kept getting better. This takes me back to an innocent, maybe naive, time. We somehow survived it all, so badly wanting to grow up and spread our wings…..now longer for those days ….”although my eyes were open , they just might as well been closed……”
I have been crying every time I listen to it, because I was in the Vietnam during this time of era. I survived in the middle of the conflict. I'm now 74 and in the back yard of my daughter house and got tears in my eyes again listening to it. I'm proud to serve the United States Air force for 20 years. This song was produced 1967
I'm 21. A lot of people are commenting about how they grew up with this song, but I think it's important to know that young people, though we may not have the nostalgia, are still discovering great music like this from generations before us. Songs like this truly are timeless.
I was born in 1955. I remember hearing this song for the first time on the school bus, believe it or not. Our driver played the AM radio over the PA system on the bus for us if we behaved. I've loved since long before I ever really knew the meaning of the lyrics, but I always had the right idea. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know new generations are enjoying it! I was so fortunate to have a seemingly unending supply of great music growing up. I'm 67 and still listen to so many favorites on a regular basis. 😊
Yes young man, back then they have no electronic or apps to correct the voices during recording, So what u hear live is exactly like that of the recording. And his voice here sounded exactly like he recorded on vinyl.
I’m 67 and it’s 2024 and my eyes fill up for the loss of all the people no longer in my life, for those bygone times never to be known again and the loving memories that fill my heart as if they happened yesterday. The depth of this song, my favourite of all time, touches my soul so deeply there are no words to truly describe what I am feeling. I am moved beyond what is comprehendible.
If you are listening to this song. Let me tell you. You have an excellent taste of music. You can consider yourself a friend of mine. Blessings from LA 🙏🙏🙏
I am listening and my heart is breaking! This is too much! I was 14 when I listened to this for the first time in my life! I could never sleep until I heard it at 2am, on Radio Luxembourg. no wonder I never went to school until the next day. But I did and always fell asleep.
I’m 74 and still listening to this … I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to hear this when it first came out and then all the years after the fact to enjoy this beautiful music … we were lucky!! ❤🇨🇦
I just listened to this. I am 71 now and my Wife is 62. Took my tablet downstairs and hooked it up to my stereo system. Asked my wife for a dance. Took her a minute to get up. We went downstairs put our arms around each other and swayed to the music.
Shame?? Shame should be felt when, insultig, hurting, killing, stealing, but listening to this makes the difference to listening to trash, bullshit noise (called music, which is of course not) and real good harmonic tunes like this..
My children are a little bit older than you and throughout the years we show us our music, this is a form of expanding horizons. A lot of titles I listend to when I was younger have created certain stiles and it is good to know them. I love the ones wich still work. And I love to listen to creative new music.
...Listening...again...Nov. 11, Veterans Day.. served 68-70, 82ND All-American (""AA"") AIRBORNE DIVISION...turned 76 on the 6th...for those who believe that GOD created all things...he created music as well...this compilation with full compliment of chorus and orchestra...is a touch of that heavenly creation...taking us back to a more innocent time in the world...and our lives...blessings.........
I am in tears after reading all these comments! We are not that different and why can’t we have peace on earth! Thank you so much Mr. Brooker! RIP!🙏🙏🙏❤️
Je to tím, že dnešní většina mládeže je zmatená. Možná záleží na generacích, které zažily skutečnou přirozenou lásku, která má spoustu podob, aby v současné mladé generaci tu skutečnou lásku k bližnímu a skutečný soucit a respekt, to vše postavené na intuici obnovily/probudily. Kéž všechny bytosti myslí srdcem. 🤍💎
I have been a professional performer and studio recordist for over 40 years and whoever was responsible for this mix deserves, in my opinion, an award for such an outstanding master. Clamp on some top quality cans and you can hear every instrument. Just superb - and so was the brilliant meld of orchestra, choir, and pop. I am so glad I have livged through this musical time.
@@southparklimo At the moment “Hard Day’s Night” is on TV. I can remember going to the picture show and being beside myself. So in love with those boys!
@@virginiaknighten4687 Oh yeah, most girls were. All of those Beatles and Rolling Stones concerts were the beginning of Rock and Roll and many bands eveolved after that, And I bought many of those albums
I understand. I was a baby when it was first recorded. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. But that wasn’t until I got into music as a teenager.
I'm 72, and i think i've seen this video and heard this song a zillion times, and that is never enough...time is ever running, we should enjoy every milissecond of our journey in this grain of sand called Earth, 'cause we're born here and here we'll be vanishing some day.
This was our song in high school. My boyfriend and I would drive around all night playing it. One of the most brilliant songs ever made. Now here comes the sad part. After 2 years of dating, my boyfriend and I broke up. I was devastated but went off to college. After several months, I heard this very song being played as I walked out of the school. I thought ,what the h???.... There, in the parking lot, was my ex-boyfriend, playing this song for me. I ran to his car and asked him what he was doing. He told me to hop in the car so we could go talk. I was elated to see him and talk to him. We've been married for 46 years now and it's still our song.
I got Goose bumps and teared up reading your story. My husband and I had 51 years together before he passed away nearly 10 years ago. We were the quintessential Canadian couple. He was a Mountie, and I a nurse, and we both worked across Canada and in the High Canadian Arctic. I thought our story was romantic, but, like I said, your story gave me tears and chills. May you have many more years together.
God Bless you,May you continue to have good health ...Yeah! l can't hear this song without crying... It brings back sad memories of friends long gone from this life.... because of a tainted blood transfusion...I watched him deteriorate from AIDS... I would sit with him at his home while he lay in his bed hooked up to a Morphine drip....begging me to increase his dosage & end his life. This song played at his funeral . The room was packed and this was the saddest experience l ever had....l have not gone to funeral since ...this was in the 80's.
A man of my age 73 shouldn’t be crying as I am right! Life has went by at such a fast pace! I missed some of the excitement but I have enjoyed so much great music! This one is right up there with the top. R.I.P. Gary. Your song will never die
Dear one….I’m 72….I saw them at Fiddler’s Green in Denver….probably in 1983……so much more intense in person…grabs your heart and gut….even if you don’t take the time to understand the lyric’s story…..but , it’s a very interesting story.❤️🙏
He looks old for his age, but he is only 61 here. Many musicians are still perfoming well at that age. Actors even better. Liam Neeson was older than Gary here when he was doing Taken 3 and a lot of other action movies. Sometimes age is really just a number.
My father died last christmas after a horrible time of sufferring Alzheimer. One of the songs during the cremation was this one on my request. It was fantastic and quiet a relief. Listening again; tears comin' to my eyes. Bye dad.
Sorry for your loss. It’s a kick in the teeth. I thought I was ready, but even knowing how it would end I was incredibly ill prepared. Dementia, Alzheimer’s…what ever form it takes steals whatever time you thought you would have with your father. Now I worry if it comes for me.
I’m so sorry my friend for your loss and I know your Dad isn’t gone he’s still with you every day and my mom just passed a couple of years ago with similar issues my father as well and I have to believe that they are with God and that they are not suffering anymore 😢😢😢sending prayers for you and your family and the peace that surpasses all understanding 👍🙏😇❤️
The year was 1967 when this was released. The year I met and married my beloved Mario. He passed away just 10 months ago after being ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. This was our song...always played on every anniversary 50 in total. I found a beautiful orchestral version of it and had it played at the end of his funeral mass. It always tugs at my heart strings! I play it now to remember all the happy times. Beautiful!
Same here. Just last week this was the version to be the last song from 3 to be played at my father's funeral. He loved it and sang it really well himself. Love you dad more than words can describe. 😓
It’s very difficult to find the words to describe this superlatives performance of the classic song. The original version is great, but this version with orchestra and choir, and the added classical segment, is just off the scale. This is the kind of great music that spans generations and genres. This is a once in a lifetime experience. A brilliant masterpiece!
Totally agree with you. Have a listen to reflections of my life by dean ford produced by Joe tansin. Totally stripped back bring tears to me n I'm 54 years old.
As we get older ( I am 73), a little piece of each of us dies with the passing of those who have shaped who we are and what we turned out to be. Gary Brooker is one of my 'shapers', and I am eternally grateful for his shaping. I saw Procol Harum at the Eastbourne Festibal in1973/4, along with Yehudi Menuhin and Victoria de los Angeles, and I will always treasure all of those memories. Thank you, my friend, for what your music has done for all of us - you have made our lives sing.
Great story. I was only 13 yrs old back in 1968, when this was a hit. I loved it and still do. I lived by radio just to hear this song... there in the Hills of West Virginia, USA. Gary will be missed, One of the Best
@@usmc-veteran73-77 Semper Fi, Marine. I'm a few years younger than you but the music of Gary Brooker and Procol Harum still warms my heart. May he rest in peace.
My God they don't make music like this anymore. It's all gone. We just have garbage anymore compared to what we had in the 70s. Here I am 61 years old in 2024. STILL SOUNDS GREAT.
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 Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
I am at the same age. This song was the last song that I fell in love right after hearing it. My beloved song started with Supper Bird, I was just started to learn Eng, from this you should have known that I was from non English back ground. The music ( super bird) caught me, plus I could understand most of the lyrics, I like it so much so I went to buy the translated songs book to learn more about this song. I have couples more songs in my memory, but to make it shorter I have to go straight to this song. I move to Australia in 1995 when I heard this song , the instrument version, for the first time. It was the sound of Organ that struck me, then I searched for the song and listened to the regular song with the lyrics. I learn more English from this song😂😂😂. I love it until now, never get bore listening to.
No. It never will. I only wish after listening to it hundreds of times all these years that I knew what it was truly about. It’s one of my all time favorite songs❤️
I'm almost 72 and have loved this song since it was released ....memories come flooding back of happy carefree teenage years..I will never tire of this song
This is one of the most beautiful songs and Gary Brooker has an incredible voice. The Hammond B3 will never be replaced by any other sound. I listen to this at least once a week. LOVE IT SO MUCH.
I feel the same. This is a masterpiece. I play this for my friends after they play dubstep and rap but they always tell me thank you for this after hearing it.
High school in the mid 70's when I first heard it. Wow, this song pretty much brings back so many memories. To be young again with our friends and family. Memories and babies, memories and babies...
28th September 1983. I danced with the love of my life to this song, just the two of us, 5am, as a night club closed in Mallorca. We were both young and after a year together, we went our own ways for 25 years. Early 2008, and recently divorced, I heard this on the radio so sent her a message through social media. She was recently divorced. We've been together ever since. The power of a single song can last a lifetime.
Still listening in Oct. 2022. Such a beautiful rendition!!! Didn't think it was possible to improve this song! He sounds incredible! Brings me to tears!!!
I was 16 years old the first time I heard this masterpiece. Tonight I`m celebrating my 71th birthday and found this version. I´m in heaven, what an outstanding version.......
Always liked this song, but as I age it held much more meaning to me. No sure why,why, It makes me think of all of my family and friends who have passed . To me it is one of the greatest songs of all time. RIP Mr. Brooker...
4:05 Me a 64 years young lady love this song. My generation is blessed to had artists that have reached down in their souls to perform from their hearts.
It's mid September, 2024. I see a comment I'd left from 6 years ago here, about lifting my hand at 5:51, just like Gary does, every time I listen to this, and I smiled seeing it............................because I've listened to this song, this version, this video probably a thousand times in that 6 years, and still lift my hand at 5:51! This song makes me cry, at 64 years old, and I've never known why.
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 Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
That's correct, Gary had one powerful unique voice! No one can ever match him, only copy him! He's now officially in that Heavenly Rock & Roll Band. God be with you Gary, and comfort his family & friends.
He had a voice so beautiful for the first time I listen to this beautiful song, I fell in love, rest in peace, may the Lord gives comfort to your family 👪, we will miss you, you will not be forgotten! ❤️
The original is great, but this version is just a masterpiece . Great performance , I have to say I’ve never heard it performed better .Amazing vocals , amazing musicians , just truly fantastic . RIP Gary , I absolutely loved that . ❤️😊
I'm not ashamed to say this song made me cry as a kid because it was so beautiful and melodic. Whenever the song came on at home, I had to find a private place in the house so I could enjoy this song and cry in peace. I thank God for this timeless classic.
It helps in a number of ways. It helps you release a lot of frustrations. And it’s always nice to hear a relaxing story, set to music. It especially makes me happy to see that sheepish grin that he gives at the end of the concert. He KNOWS how much people will be enjoying his music hundreds of years from now. A lot of very, very lucky people got to see his live concerts. ❤
I’m pushing 74. I think I got teary-eyed when I first heard this song and I am damn sure teary-eyed now. No apologies for it. Why oh why can’t they make music like this today? I thank the good Lord I was around to hear it when it was new and I thank Him again for letting me continue hearing it today. RIP Gary! I know there are Angels in Heaven loving you each time you sing this.
I've never seen this recording of the song. Beautiful! Like others..Tears. It has been a favorite from my youth . I'm now in my mid 60s and it still brings tears
Actually, I think there is a vocal correction software on his voice here. At 2:56, it doesnt sound natural - you can hear the autotune/correction in action when he sings "pale". I thought it was fully live too until I listened a little closer.
I guess you could call that old organ sort of fake? as in electronic. Amazing they still have it :-) to make that original sound. But an amazing performance indeed.
I'm 59, watching this and balling like baby. My wife asked me what was wrong. I had no words to give her. I experienced so many emotions, sadness, joy, elation, grief........This is one of the greatest live performances of any song ever written. Thank you Gary and may you Rest In Peace.
Very good! My job took me to 82 different countries, 1/2 of which tourists were not a priority. Also, I'm old enough to really appreciate that fact that I lived during a time..."when people didn't stop living for fear of dying"☆ .
My husband died 4 months ago. He would have been 74 today. There's never been music as great as our generation's. If he were alive I would ask him to dance to this with me....
Maureen, love and hugs to you. I lost my darling wife less than 2 years ago at 58 years young. Heart and liver failure. WE danced to this too. Only problem was it's a bit slow for anything but getting ready for bed !
I turned 74 on April 7th.....I close my eyes...and I am back in the arms of the first "girl" I ever loved...and we are now married coming up on 49 years this August,
My god...this performance is almost 16 years ago and the original was released the year I was born in 1967...and it is STILL better than 99.9% of what has been made since!!
1967 , I was 29 and my oldest daughter was just born, when I heard for the first time this song. I said to my dear wife "Love this is one for eternity". I wish I could say it to her again in 2021, but she passed away in 2017. I thank God we were 55 years together.
I am sooo sorry for you loosing your dear wife!! It s a pity and I hope that you have overcome your deep sorror. Sorry, I am German and my Englisch isn' t perfect. You know what I mean. I cant say how deep it is in my feelings that you have lost somebody special. Es tut mir so leid. Greetings from North of Germany
I'm 75 years old.I remember seeing him live at the Monterey Pop Festival, His name is Gary Brooker.He passed 2 years ago.The band was called Provo Harem.❤😢R,I,P, GARY.🙏
Music like this just does not exist anymore. This is beautiful and his vocals never failed him even at this age. Such a great performance! R.I.P. Gary Brooker
@@hakanborjesson5428 *_My view to the Song. 52 shares of Grey.. .Whiter. Shade of Pail....About a death transition into the abyssal plain through the moon processing the soul ::soulJouney :: with plenty of karmic resonance frequency of N O T KarmaMayNotSuitYa_*
Met my wife at this concert married the same year she died 5 years ago so this track brings her back to me each time I play it , thanks so much Brooker
My dad's favourite song . He has passed away (72) 11/09/22. Last Easter he played me this song and he was so excited. I didn't know it is "our" last Easter and song. RIP Dad. Will see you later...
Listening in October 2024. Was watching a move named New York Stories, Life Lessons with Nick Nolte. He's an artist and plays A Whiter Shade of Pale to motivate him. First time heard this wonderful song in a movie. Turned off the movie to listen to AWSoP on YT. For some reason this song by Procol Harem touches my heart. Sad most of the group has passed away. Fisher is still among us I think 😂
RIP - Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band's 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of cancer. He was 76 - Must be one of the very best songs of all time thank you guys for all the memories
Saw him at small venue at CW Post College on Long Island back in late 1967 or early 68. My first concert…..incredible experience and still with me. RIP Gary Brooker!
How come you can listen to this song a million times and still get teary eyed and emotional. Memories flood in, tears flood out! Music “back in the day” was “BEST OF THE BEST”. It’s 2024, I’m not 67 and it’s a large pill to swallow. Where did our time go? Oh to be back in the day!
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@@lindapearcr3138 This song was timeless and "old" the day it first played on the air.
Has the same effect on me after all these years. Memories of my bachelor days.
It touches my heart and soul every time, I'm writing this tears streaming.
Because it's a masterpiece!
I'm 83 and it's 2024 and I'm still listening--hope to see 85.
Oh boy, keep listening my man. Today is all we have. Tomorrow is another song.
You will be there at 85, and you enjoy it even more. Good luck sir.
❤ you will!!!
Hi from idaho
you know, you will get your want
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Brooker died from cancer at his home in Surrey on 19 February 2022, at the age of 76 his music, that voice, lives on.
Thank you Gary.
I think of his wife often and hope she's doing well. I think she and Gary were happy together.
🙏❤️
Til we meet again.
In the next life..
Sure does great voice
Dang? No no know know. Bluer shade of blue. Too many cartwheels cross dat flo. Stick to light Fandango !!!!
Here I am in 2024, at 67 years old. This is and will always be one of those songs and bands that touch my heart like no other. Awesome doesn’t even come close….. superb , no. I have no words. Hope we have kinder, bluer skies soon in the USA. ✌️
This song has always been magic.
I’m a month shy of 78 and still love this!
Listening and loving this. Age 66. This is beautiful.
Ditto that from South Africa ❤
i hope so too.
Me a 67 year old man, 2:46 am. Can't sleep looking at my beautiful wife she’s been battling breast cancer. I broke down, tears came flooding to my eyes. You see this is our song. 43 years with my soulmate.
Sorry, man. You make tears come in my eyes. Loved that song when it came out. Danced a lot to it. I'm feel very sorry for you, man.
You two certainly have great taste in music. Stay strong Mark. I’m so sorry your wife is going through this battle.
Prayers and all thoughts good, to you and her, from this day forward, my friend.
Keep up Mark. Love to your wife and you. It's ok to cry. Denis from Québec city.
Hi Mark Guy..Wide awake and listening to music when I should be zzzz. Just came across your post...I had a double mascetomy c
I’m soon to be 81 in 2024… still listening… don’t know for how long… but still loving it! ❤️
You have great taste.😊
i m 88
Happy birthday 🎈🎉 love your taste in music
Happy birthday! You will be a 100🎉and something in good health
Keep on keeping on.
It's November 2024, I'm 75, still love this beautiful song.
Lord it so beautiful with a full orchestra. Thank you! I love this song. Who else is listening in 2023?
Me!
me
I will be listening in 2033, God willing.
I am... at 63 and have been since I was a little kid.
When i buy a new phone, I came here for testing.
Love this song and group! I'm 76 and I listen at least 7-10 a month. My husband passed in 2020 and this was our song. He died from dementia, but he recognized this song as ours till the day he died. We were 18 and so in love,still miss and love him!
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May his sweet memories comfort you.
Sei grande! Tuo marito ha avuto la fortuna di avere una donna grande!
Wow a lifetime of love, how incredible ❤
I'm sorry for your loss but you still have your memories and that beautiful song that was your and his .
I’m listening again in February 2024. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful.
AMEN BROTHER. I was born in May ‘55.
It's very good with the orchestra
Me too, was Born in 1956
Still amazing and haunting on 3/1/24. As it will always be.
@@mannya.6163 I was not born when the band released the song. And I didn’t hear until the Big Chill came out in the early 80s. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened since. I bought the soundtrack back then and I’ve probably listened thousands of times. This performance is just next level amazing to me. So haunting and beautiful.
I’m 70…it’s 2024. Blessed to have “our” music! The hits of the 60’s-70’s! Best music of all time!!
Every generation says that. It's because we all attach our best times to being young and the music that was around us at the time
@@gearoftones8585 I was just a kid so I missed most of it, but there will never be another 1960's - 1970's!
I am 72. Totally agree. Stunning musical period.
3 × YES ✌️👍.
@@gearoftones8585Not all generations
Listening at age 71 in February 2024. One of my all time favorite. I have the original album. You never forget these words, it’s like yesterday!
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I had my first close dance with a guy with this song. Brings back many memories!!!
I cannot u still have this on Vinyl so do I , I listen to this recording often it is so Amazing with orchestra , There is no music today that can maatch the 60,s , 70,s , and part of eighty's , I sometimes I wish 18 again and in my college days !! ??
How I long for those days....71 now, where did the time go??
its not ending. rather a begining. amen brother
I'm kinda sad that I'm getting old now but Holy shit boys and girls we had the finest music in our youth. Would not trade that for anything.
You got that right! I'm 67 and that comment nails it!
Same here. I'm 72 and aging sucks, but I'm so glad I was there for all the great music of the 60's and 70's.
We sure did! I’m 71 and so many songs from the 50s, 60s or 70s always brings back memories from a moment in time.
I'm 70 years old myself. Scatological language aside, I couldn't agree more. By the way, I heard it through the grapevine that Mr. Brown has got a lovely daughter. Or it could be the Mrs. At my age, the hearing is about shot. I heard it over and over and over again, but the Beltone is in bits and pieces. I'll stop now (in the name of love).
I'm 67 and the sentiment is the same! From Rome, Italy
Born in 1957 about to turn 67 even in the early acid days didn't make sense of the lyrics and now as an older man still don't make sense of the lyrics yet this song is part of my soul. Every time it comes up on my playlist, I think there must be 1 million people that feel like me
Born in 1957 as well. I’m one of those million people that feel like you!
❤ yes!!!
Finally got it.listen very careful.
It weaves through.but is very clear.the story.
I would think there are billions of us ❤❤❤❤
@@RLS424 Always seemed pretty obvious to me!
Listening in October of 2024 at age 75. Our music still feeds our souls. We had the best of all.
Yes,....I always tell my dauther....
Sorry, my time was the best!
I'm 74..
65 and our time was the very,very best of time.
Hallelujah!!
Who's listening 🎶 in June of 2024? I know I am. I'm 66yrs old now and grew up listening to the best ROCK N 'ROLL EVER MADE! Who can agree with that? Back in those days it was certainly a fantastic party time. This song 🎵 👌 brings me back to my youth. Who grew up during that ROCK N 'ROLL era?
You're the same age as my "child bride". I listen to this every few weeks just to re-center myself after a tough day. One of the best songs from the best age of rock and roll. I remember very well when this first came out and have always thought it to be one of the songs in my life's soundtrack. Gary's voice aged far better than most and this concert was during the time I thought was his best. We lost him a couple of years ago and the world lost a great talent. Hope you are well and are having your best life. JP
69 years old. Young people, for the most part, don’t understand what they missed. It was a magical time for our age group… and the music kept getting better. This takes me back to an innocent, maybe naive, time. We somehow survived it all, so badly wanting to grow up and spread our wings…..now longer for those days ….”although my eyes were open , they just might as well been closed……”
@@timb2048 Well said. I echo that. I'm 66. We lived during the best of times!
61 here. We had the best of it all😊
I turn 65 in September and we had wonderful music back in the day.
I am 72 and this is an example of why my generation had the best music. Nothing today compares with this.
그럼요.건강하세요
Amen. No argument here.
oh yes my friend
Ich bin 69 J. Meine Güte noch, was für ein tolles Stück / Liedgut ?! Einfach klasse !!!
Amen. Precisely.
I have been crying every time I listen to it, because I was in the Vietnam during this time of era. I survived in the middle of the conflict. I'm now 74 and in the back yard of my daughter house and got tears in my eyes again listening to it. I'm proud to serve the United States Air force for 20 years. This song was produced 1967
Thank you Leo, thank you sir ❤
God bless you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💯❤❤❤ and to protect US 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Manny ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ blessings 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💜
So thankful for what you did, with no appreciation at the time. Hope you are enjoying your "easy" years, and time with your family.
I Lost your replie 😮😮😮
Thank you so much for your service to our country!
I'm here in 2024 loving this. He still has the voice he did in the 60s. Beautiful. Oh yeah, I'm 74
I'm 21. A lot of people are commenting about how they grew up with this song, but I think it's important to know that young people, though we may not have the nostalgia, are still discovering great music like this from generations before us. Songs like this truly are timeless.
I was born in 1955. I remember hearing this song for the first time on the school bus, believe it or not. Our driver played the AM radio over the PA system on the bus for us if we behaved. I've loved since long before I ever really knew the meaning of the lyrics, but I always had the right idea. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know new generations are enjoying it! I was so fortunate to have a seemingly unending supply of great music growing up. I'm 67 and still listen to so many favorites on a regular basis. 😊
Yes young man, back then they have no electronic or apps to correct the voices during recording, So what u hear live is exactly like that of the recording. And his voice here sounded exactly like he recorded on vinyl.
You have the nostalgia to look forward to!
Glad to know that younger people are appreciative of the older music. I’m 64,and I love most music, new and old. It makes life better 😊
Exactly, 19 years old here. Already started a record collection.
2024. Can't believe he's gone 2 years this Feb 19.
Love you Gary and this beautiful song. Always will.
Rest well, you genius. 🌹
Hey Liz, know what you mean, 'she said there is no reason' but we have to go on. Garry.....
Yes pour les belles chansons des années seven teez
I am so grateful to have been born mid 50's cause the best music was written and performed in the 50's, 60's. and 70's....a bit of the 80's!!
So true.
Totally agree 💪🍾🥂🚀
Seems like only yesterday but a life time ago - gone in the blink of an eye
Me too!
I was born in 69 and still love the music from those decades plus the 90’s and early 2000’s it’s now I’m kinda not impressed with at all!!
This entire performance will still be enjoyed a hundred years from now as it approaches mystical perfection ....
I'm 65...it's 2024. Blessed to have grown up with the most amazing music ever!
Me too. Very lucky.
I am 76 years young and still listening to this very good music....by the way 60's and 70's were the best.....👍
Also 65 in 2024...we grew up with the best music. I love this rendition. So beautiful 🎶
71 and you should hear my huge "B" side music from this era, Still wells me up--even the hard driving., beer house rock-n-roll.
I’m 70 and I think we had the best music ever. Today’s music doesn’t compare!
I’m 67 and it’s 2024 and my eyes fill up for the loss of all the people no longer in my life, for those bygone times never to be known again and the loving memories that fill my heart as if they happened yesterday. The depth of this song, my favourite of all time, touches my soul so deeply there are no words to truly describe what I am feeling. I am moved beyond what is comprehendible.
I know just what you mean Angelina, Growing old is both an achievement and a sadness. Enjoy your music.
64 in 24 still loving this timeless classic and crying..
I'm in my 60s and feel the same. This song goes straight to the soul. ❤
I'm 71 I never found out what this song was about was it cocaine?
Goosebumps always, but love the original better, those organ chords
If you are listening to this song. Let me tell you. You have an excellent taste of music. You can consider yourself a friend of mine. Blessings from LA 🙏🙏🙏
Greetings from UK Ramiro.....I listen to this song a lot.....it’s simply perfect ...those people in that crowd that day witnessed perfection
Greetings Ramiro from the west coast of Ireland. Music doesn't get any better than this.
@@billymerriman2620 thanks blessings from LA 🙏🙏🙏
I played this song so many times from trying to learn the drums. And still, the song never gets old.
I am listening and my heart is breaking! This is too much! I was 14 when I listened to this for the first time in my life!
I could never sleep until I heard it at 2am, on Radio Luxembourg. no wonder I never went to school until the next day. But I did and always fell asleep.
73 and listening in October 2024. My favorite song of all time.
QUÉ SUERTE !!
Ya, saya mendengarkannya diakhir bulan oktober 2024 ini pada saat usia saya 70 tahun...❤
I'm 41, listening since 20...im with you
God bless me with too lot of years in my life❤
I’m 74 and still listening to this … I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to hear this when it first came out and then all the years after the fact to enjoy this beautiful music … we were lucky!! ❤🇨🇦
I just listened to this. I am 71 now and my Wife is 62. Took my tablet downstairs and hooked it up to my stereo system. Asked my wife for a dance. Took her a minute to get up. We went downstairs put our arms around each other and swayed to the music.
Thank you for sharing. I am 63 and this still moves me. We had amazing music. Peace and happiness.
what a beautiful thing. keep at it . just now you two are back on the floor
You little darlings You!!! Giggle!
I"m 60.5! Good Luke!
I am 75, and this song still makes me weep. I can picture the two of you dancing together, just beautiful!
I am 18 and have absolutely no shame listening to this masterpiece on repeat.
100 살까지, 건강하고, 공부 열심히 하세요 좋은 노래도 듣고. 행운을 빌어요
good choice
Shame?? Shame should be felt when, insultig, hurting, killing, stealing, but listening to this makes the difference to listening to trash, bullshit noise (called music, which is of course not) and real good harmonic tunes like this..
Timeless masterpiece. The only shame would be if you had never heard this before. Rock on and share it with all your 18 year old friends.
My children are a little bit older than you and throughout the years we show us our music, this is a form of expanding horizons. A lot of titles I listend to when I was younger have created certain stiles and it is good to know them. I love the ones wich still work. And I love to listen to creative new music.
"What a beautiful song" --1967
"What a beautiful song" --2019
"What a beautiful song"--3050
Exactly
This is what eternity sounds like. Take this masterpiece into your soul. Allow it to remind you what forever will be.
Saludos estás en lo cierto
Yes a beautiful song in 3050, but will mankind exist so long ?
In the year 2525.. Zagar and Evans
...Listening...again...Nov. 11, Veterans Day.. served 68-70, 82ND All-American (""AA"") AIRBORNE DIVISION...turned 76 on the 6th...for those who believe that GOD created all things...he created music as well...this compilation with full compliment of chorus and orchestra...is a touch of that heavenly creation...taking us back to a more innocent time in the world...and our lives...blessings.........
I am in tears after reading all these comments! We are not that different and why can’t we have peace on earth! Thank you so much Mr. Brooker! RIP!🙏🙏🙏❤️
Je to tím, že dnešní většina mládeže je zmatená. Možná záleží na generacích, které zažily skutečnou přirozenou lásku, která má spoustu podob, aby v současné mladé generaci tu skutečnou lásku k bližnímu a skutečný soucit a respekt, to vše postavené na intuici obnovily/probudily.
Kéž všechny bytosti myslí srdcem.
🤍💎
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Free mason's legacy ...
❤
This group were Freemasons and totally dedicated to God. I think it’s what connects us all, young and old.
I have been a professional performer and studio recordist for over 40 years and whoever was responsible for this mix deserves, in my opinion, an award for such an outstanding master. Clamp on some top quality cans and you can hear every instrument. Just superb - and so was the brilliant meld of orchestra, choir, and pop. I am so glad I have livged through this musical time.
I agree. With my headphones or iPods it just sounds utterly stunning!
I use headphones every night and listen to good quality music like this. I grew up in the 60's
@@southparklimo me too. Graduated in 68. I saw a neon sign that read “No Music...No Life.” I wish I had it.!
@@southparklimo At the moment “Hard Day’s Night” is on TV. I can remember going to the picture show and being beside myself. So in love with those boys!
@@virginiaknighten4687 Oh yeah, most girls were. All of those Beatles and Rolling Stones concerts were the beginning of Rock and Roll and many bands eveolved after that, And I bought many of those albums
Listening to this in January 2024- this beautiful piece of music has been with me throughout my life. I love it more than I ever did😍😍😍😍
Think all us boomers will have a lump in our throat listening to this , so many great memories of our teenage years
Listening right now.
I understand. I was a baby when it was first recorded. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. But that wasn’t until I got into music as a teenager.
@@garyevans5533my senior year of high school 😢
me too❤
I'm 72, and i think i've seen this video and heard this song a zillion times, and that is never enough...time is ever running, we should enjoy every milissecond of our journey in this grain of sand called Earth, 'cause we're born here and here we'll be vanishing some day.
Dear Lord we were lucky to have some of the best musicians on the planet in our lifetime. Still listening after all these years..
Amen Amen!
Yes, amen...
Amen !
True!!!
Yes true for me in Australia as well. I am now 73 and still listening but comes with tears now. Good tears!
This was our song in high school. My boyfriend and I would drive around all night playing it. One of the most brilliant songs ever made. Now here comes the sad part. After 2 years of dating, my boyfriend and I broke up. I was devastated but went off to college. After several months, I heard this very song being played as I walked out of the school. I thought ,what the h???.... There, in the parking lot, was my ex-boyfriend, playing this song for me. I ran to his car and asked him what he was doing. He told me to hop in the car so we could go talk. I was elated to see him and talk to him.
We've been married for 46 years now and it's still our song.
I got Goose bumps and teared up reading your story.
My husband and I had 51 years together before he passed away nearly 10 years ago.
We were the quintessential Canadian couple.
He was a Mountie, and I a nurse, and we both worked across Canada and in the High Canadian Arctic.
I thought our story was romantic, but, like I said, your story gave me tears and chills.
May you have many more years together.
@TheDulcifer God Bless you both.
that is AWESOME enjoy your life !!!
Why'd you have to go and make me cry?
❤best love story ever😊❤
WHO’S LISTENING TO THIS MASTERPIECE IN NOVEMBER 2021? LET US KNOW.
I am. In the Hudson Valley, New York, US. It's beyond beautiful!
Me too from South Dorset, UK. Love the orchestral backing. Utterly Magnificent!
I am just listening to this song. Why?
Here from NW Tennessee just heard this on House
I'm listening to the best rock song ever in Vilnius, Lithuania
I’ll be 64 next month, this classic will always be on my playlist ☘️
Also me! Happy birthday!
God bless you
i just wanna let Mr. Brooker know that people in 2021 are still listening to this masterpiece.
it was a mystical song when it came out...and in some ways it still is.. beautiful stuff.
I'll listen ...it is one of my favorite song
Music composed by Gary - lyrics written by Keith Reid ...
Yes, of course!
😘
I am 95 and this still brings tears to my eyes
Imperishable music, tears are all included! Be rich in your heart and enjoy every moment of happyness, with great love from Holland, Oebele ✌🏼❤
i am 225 and still listen to this
Same at 79
No offence. You will soon be free. Bless you. I am still waiting
God Bless you,May you continue to have good health ...Yeah! l can't hear this song without crying...
It brings back sad memories of friends long gone from this life.... because of a tainted blood transfusion...I watched him deteriorate from AIDS...
I would sit with him at his home while he lay in his bed hooked up to a Morphine drip....begging me to increase his dosage & end his life.
This song played at his funeral .
The room was packed and this was the saddest experience l ever had....l have not gone to funeral since ...this was in the 80's.
Not ashamed to admit this version caused me to shed a few tears. Absoulutely magnificent.
Da bin ich absolut bei Dir !!! Einfach wunderschön!!!
I get goosebumps watching it, it is so touching and bring back good times.
This performance could break toughest heart,its beyond words, beautiful.
Always be the best,Bach would so love it.
This is right up there with Levon’s performance during _The Last Waltz_
Absolutely adore this song. Im 67, and the memories of this time period are incredible. I could listen to this daily. Its September 2024.
A man of my age 73 shouldn’t be crying as I am right! Life has went by at such a fast pace! I missed some of the excitement but I have enjoyed so much great music! This one is right up there with the top.
R.I.P. Gary. Your song will never die
🥺
Good for you you have a great ear for music Almost the same age you and I getting there anyways !! Lol
This song will register in our consciousness, transcending, time, and physical body!
If I can cry over the oldies at age 73 so can you. Go to town and give it hell.
Dear one….I’m 72….I saw them at Fiddler’s Green in Denver….probably in 1983……so much more intense in person…grabs your heart and gut….even if you don’t take the time to understand the lyric’s story…..but , it’s a very interesting story.❤️🙏
How is it possible for Gary Brooker's voice to be this good at this age? This is a perfect song. So good.
That's what I always wondered of! Until his last few months, he performed this song as exactly as it was performed in 1967! genius!!
He looks old for his age, but he is only 61 here. Many musicians are still perfoming well at that age. Actors even better. Liam Neeson was older than Gary here when he was doing Taken 3 and a lot of other action movies. Sometimes age is really just a number.
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He's a example of a Rolls Royce or fine wine!
good vocalist when get older get rasp and bit darker voice , which add the "experience" listening their music
My father died last christmas after a horrible time of sufferring Alzheimer. One of the songs during the cremation was this one on my request. It was fantastic and quiet a relief. Listening again; tears comin' to my eyes. Bye dad.
I'm so sorry, it's a hard loss.
😢❤
Sorry for your loss. It’s a kick in the teeth. I thought I was ready, but even knowing how it would end I was incredibly ill prepared. Dementia, Alzheimer’s…what ever form it takes steals whatever time you thought you would have with your father. Now I worry if it comes for me.
I’m so sorry my friend for your loss and I know your Dad isn’t gone he’s still with you every day and my mom just passed a couple of years ago with similar issues my father as well and I have to believe that they are with God and that they are not suffering anymore 😢😢😢sending prayers for you and your family and the peace that surpasses all understanding 👍🙏😇❤️
I recently told my son I wanted this song played at my funeral. Sorry for your loss.
I’m here listening in October 2024…❤
Me too! I just turned 81 years old. It still speaks to my inner space.
@@ronlandini974-the music from the 60s & 70s takes me back in time. We didn’t know just how good we had it back then. 😊ah, the memories.
What a privilege these folks had to hear this in person. Stunning. Still listening in 2024!
74 years old. Been watching this video periodically since I discovered it some years ago. I never gets old!
2024 and well beyond
The year was 1967 when this was released. The year I met and married my beloved Mario. He passed away just 10 months ago after being ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. This was our song...always played on every anniversary 50 in total. I found a beautiful orchestral version of it and had it played at the end of his funeral mass. It always tugs at my heart strings! I play it now to remember all the happy times. Beautiful!
Pamela Colombi Sorry for your loss :(
blessed you both, life as is own ways, but love is stronger than anything ..
I was born in 1967...
I hope the music gave you some comfort in the midst of your sadness.
Same here. Just last week this was the version to be the last song from 3 to be played at my father's funeral. He loved it and sang it really well himself. Love you dad more than words can describe. 😓
It’s very difficult to find the words to describe this superlatives performance of the classic song. The original version is great, but this version with orchestra and choir, and the added classical segment, is just off the scale. This is the kind of great music that spans generations and genres. This is a once in a lifetime experience. A brilliant masterpiece!
Such an awesome comment…the song is from my Senior year in High School…What a beautiful memory.
Once in a lifetime is perfect. Truly a world class performance!
I first heard this song when I was 17, I'm about to turn 66. Peace.
I agree
A stroke of genius
Lost my mom last year the day after Christmas. She absolutely loved this song, wanted it played at her service. She would have totally loved this. ❤❤😢
Rest in peace Gary Brooker. Your beautiful voice will never die.
그럼요.
I swear this is one of the best live performances of any song ever recorded.
Totally agree with you.
Have a listen to reflections of my life by dean ford produced by Joe tansin.
Totally stripped back bring tears to me n I'm 54 years old.
ano, je to vzácný prostor potkání se s krásou
Yes very powerful
It is...definitely is
I agree! From Brazil.
As we get older ( I am 73), a little piece of each of us dies with the passing of those who have shaped who we are and what we turned out to be. Gary Brooker is one of my 'shapers', and I am eternally grateful for his shaping. I saw Procol Harum at the Eastbourne Festibal in1973/4, along with Yehudi Menuhin and Victoria de los Angeles, and I will always treasure all of those memories. Thank you, my friend, for what your music has done for all of us - you have made our lives sing.
Great story. I was only 13 yrs old back in 1968, when this was a hit. I loved it and still do. I lived by radio just to hear this song... there in the Hills of West Virginia, USA. Gary will be missed, One of the Best
Im 64 and LOVED IT WHEN IT CAME OU!!!
This site is about Old Time Mountain Music.
I too was shaped by this wonderful music. I know how you feel...patricia
@@usmc-veteran73-77 Semper Fi, Marine. I'm a few years younger than you but the music of Gary Brooker and Procol Harum still warms my heart. May he rest in peace.
My God they don't make music like this anymore. It's all gone. We just have garbage anymore compared to what we had in the 70s. Here I am 61 years old in 2024. STILL SOUNDS GREAT.
Hey I am 72 and it still sounds great to me too. As we said back in the 60s, keep the faith baby
He was a pure genius, such a moving singer and a truly innovative composer in rock music! RIP Gary Brooker!
This song brings back so many happy memories of a time period, which will never come back. Rip Gary
My word! He still had the pipes in that video! Wished I could have been there.
Outstanding Mr Brooker!
Cancer is such a bitch. Took him way to soon….
You know when you didn’t grow up in an in an era and then you kind of get it.
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 Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
great song, but you did know that it was based on Bach's Air ? He even admitted to that
I'm 65 almost 66 and I play this song more than a few times a year. It breaks my heart and makes me cry. I never tire of it.
I am at the same age.
This song was the last song that I fell in love right after hearing it. My beloved song started with Supper Bird, I was just started to learn Eng, from this you should have known that I was from non English back ground. The music ( super bird) caught me, plus I could understand most of the lyrics, I like it so much so I went to buy the translated songs book to learn more about this song. I have couples more songs in my memory, but to make it shorter I have to go straight to this song. I move to Australia in 1995 when I heard this song , the instrument version, for the first time. It was the sound of Organ that struck me, then I searched for the song and listened to the regular song with the lyrics. I learn more English from this song😂😂😂. I love it until now, never get bore listening to.
RIP Gary Brooker. Your song will never be forgotten.
Tak samo życie
I met him in Nov. 2007, after one of most touching concert of my life for less than hundred guests, amazing ❤
No. It never will. I only wish after listening to it hundreds of times all these years that I knew what it was truly about. It’s one of my all time favorite songs❤️
I'm almost 72 and have loved this song since it was released ....memories come flooding back of happy carefree teenage years..I will never tire of this song
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME! WHO IS STILL LISTENING TO THE GOOD STUFF IN 2024? 💜👍😊
This is one of the most beautiful songs and Gary Brooker has an incredible voice. The Hammond B3 will never be replaced by any other sound. I listen to this at least once a week. LOVE IT SO MUCH.
Robbie I couldn't agree with you more. Definitely the greatest song ever made followed by knights in white satin by the moody blues.
James from Texas!
I’m with you...My hands-down all time favorite.
Intemporal song ❤❤❤
This has to be one of the best live versions of a studio song I've ever heard. Great performance
Agree
oh man, that drummer and organist!
Best Version EVER!!!
Simply beautiful ❤
@@likadamoosic8475 THE SINGER!
GARY BROOKER!
It’s late August 2023 and I am listening to this masterpiece, I don’t know why but tears fill my eyes each time hear it ❤❤❤
I share the same feelings!
YEP, welcome to the beauty.
Indah, syahdu dan ada rasa sedih yg berat
Of course they are, that’s the beauty of the song.
I feel the same. This is a masterpiece. I play this for my friends after they play dubstep and rap but they always tell me thank you for this after hearing it.
High school in the mid 70's when I first heard it. Wow, this song pretty much brings back so many memories. To be young again with our friends and family. Memories and babies, memories and babies...
28th September 1983. I danced with the love of my life to this song, just the two of us, 5am, as a night club closed in Mallorca. We were both young and after a year together, we went our own ways for 25 years. Early 2008, and recently divorced, I heard this on the radio so sent her a message through social media. She was recently divorced. We've been together ever since. The power of a single song can last a lifetime.
Congratulations to you both. Beautiful story.
Doing actions as well
Oh my God, congrats. to you, both. And I hope you two live together forever with only happiness~
THIS IS AWESOME!! CONGRATS!
Such a story is so beautiful. 😍
What a performance, what a song, and what a voice.....R.I.P Gary Brooker ❤
The man could sure sing .no tech tricks like today's rubbish .On tour singers dont sing live they use backing tracks .FAKE CAUSE IT IS ...
Greatest song ever rip Gary play this song weekly ❤😢
@@gregghawkins4397 😁
Theorgan makes a great difference, Beautiful.
Still listening in Oct. 2022. Such a beautiful rendition!!! Didn't think it was possible to improve this song! He sounds incredible! Brings me to tears!!!
Me too your grace!
Same here!!!💕💕💕💕
It is absolutely stunning!
Same here
Me as well.
September 2024. I’m 86 and still carried away by this rendition of timeless music 🥰🥰
I was 16 years old the first time I heard this masterpiece. Tonight I`m celebrating my 71th birthday and found this version. I´m in heaven, what an outstanding version.......
Happy Birthday to you.
I'm 64 and I feel you.
@@junesanders463 Thank You June. I don´t like being an oldie. In my brain I`m still an hippie with long hair floating in the wind. Peace & Love
Happy birthday !
@@mariahurley6 Hi, thanks a lot!
Hang in there my brother
One of the greatest live performances I’ve ever heard.
Yes. This is something special.
One of the best live performances... he was wonderful ❤️
Brings me to tears as he voice sounded just as wonderful as the earliest music videos. So moving: the lyrics, music & Gary's voice. ❤😢 RIP
without a doubt
Always liked this song, but as I age it held much more meaning to me. No sure why,why, It makes me think of all of my family and friends who have passed . To me it is one of the greatest songs of all time. RIP Mr. Brooker...
4:05 Me a 64 years young lady love this song. My generation is blessed to had artists that have reached down in their souls to perform from their hearts.
Geweldig
It's mid September, 2024. I see a comment I'd left from 6 years ago here, about lifting my hand at 5:51, just like Gary does, every time I listen to this, and I smiled seeing it............................because I've listened to this song, this version, this video probably a thousand times in that 6 years, and still lift my hand at 5:51! This song makes me cry, at 64 years old, and I've never known why.
❤😢
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 Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
So spot on! Thank you, aloha from Maui.
In 50 years you didn'r realize that the name of the band is Procol Harum?
That's correct, Gary had one powerful unique voice! No one can ever match him, only copy him! He's now officially in that Heavenly Rock & Roll Band.
God be with you Gary, and comfort his family & friends.
He had a voice so beautiful for the first time I listen to this beautiful song, I fell in love, rest in peace, may the Lord gives comfort to your family 👪, we will miss you, you will not be forgotten! ❤️
Same
Listening to it in 2023 and it's as sweet as it ever was. Rest in peace Gary Brooker. So many legends have passed on without anyone to replace them.
And today's music mostly sucks. None like this masterpiece.
They are legends because they can not be replaced
I'm 82 years old, and this song brings back great memories. It's timeless!
Be being young sir with your memories. 😊
Keep going big son. Sky’s the limit
i am 207 yrs. old and the song still resonates for me!
He's an angel
Best song ever written. I absolutely love it.
If we are still hear I will always listen to this song until I’m 90 years old only 25 more years. Th you Gary
93 million views.
Even with the Beatles and the Stones this is possibly the greatest song of the 60’s.
What a voice…RIP Gary Brooker 😢
Nearly 95 million. Magnificent
Best song of all time
Without a doubt, Unchained Melody dropped a lot more panties,,,
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95 million now
The original is great, but this version is just a masterpiece . Great performance , I have to say I’ve never heard it performed better .Amazing vocals , amazing musicians , just truly fantastic . RIP Gary , I absolutely loved that . ❤️😊
I AGREE
Full agree
Totally agree. There was an emotion to this version that I don't completely understand. So beautiful.
100 % talent
So powerful and moving! Impossible to describe in words.
The comments on this are so deeply touching I know I am among friends I haven’t met.
That's Profound~!!
You are right, David! Greetings from good old Germany!
Greetings from South Africa, friend.
I guess it was Lennon that got the question if there was any song that inspired him. And he answered A whiter Shade of Pale.
Greetings from Thailand
Yes you are greetings from the great state of Texas.
Just turned 81 and this song still makes me cry. I’m not sure why, but nothing today can touch this performance….
I'm not ashamed to say this song made me cry as a kid because it was so beautiful and melodic. Whenever the song came on at home, I had to find a private place in the house so I could enjoy this song and cry in peace. I thank God for this timeless classic.
It helps in a number of ways. It helps you release a lot of frustrations. And it’s always nice to hear a relaxing story, set to music. It especially makes me happy to see that sheepish grin that he gives at the end of the concert. He KNOWS how much people will be enjoying his music hundreds of years from now.
A lot of very, very lucky people got to see his live concerts. ❤
This is a religious experience
Understandable
I’m pushing 74. I think I got teary-eyed when I first heard this song and I am damn sure teary-eyed now. No apologies for it. Why oh why can’t they make music like this today? I thank the good Lord I was around to hear it when it was new and I thank Him again for letting me continue hearing it today. RIP Gary! I know there are Angels in Heaven loving you each time you sing this.
I've never seen this recording of the song. Beautiful! Like others..Tears. It has been a favorite from my youth . I'm now in my mid 60s and it still brings tears
No vocal correction software. No fake instruments or sounds. Just talent.
Actually, I think there is a vocal correction software on his voice here. At 2:56, it doesnt sound natural - you can hear the autotune/correction in action when he sings "pale".
I thought it was fully live too until I listened a little closer.
Fabulous
my next cover : check it out !
I guess you could call that old organ sort of fake? as in electronic. Amazing they still have it :-) to make that original sound. But an amazing performance indeed.
agree, from indonesia....favo...bali
I'm 59, watching this and balling like baby. My wife asked me what was wrong. I had no words to give her. I experienced so many emotions, sadness, joy, elation, grief........This is one of the greatest live performances of any song ever written. Thank you Gary and may you Rest In Peace.
I'm 58. I know how you feel Mike.
@@simondalzell9673and I'm 73 and feel exactly the same.
Totally agree with you
Mike , you are certainly right about this song,it's a keeper for all times.
Your comment brought tears to my eyes.
65 and still listening in 2024.a classic!!!!
This is the music that will last forever as long as humanity exists.❤
2021 and still here !!! Who's with me ?
Yup same here. Love this version. Happy New Year.
1-4 -21 right with ya.
You will never walk alone Tim Terry. Vocal, harmony, organ solo, drum rolls, orchestra man what better song do you need than this.
One of the best songs. 1/14/21
Yep, Toddy from Perth Western Australia is listening....
I'm 63 and I feel blessed to have lived in a time when music was art and when people didn't stop living for fear of dying.
I'm 56 and you are absolute right ! ❤
I’m 63 too my friend. Share your sentiments exactly.
Very good! My job took me to 82 different countries, 1/2 of which tourists were not a priority. Also, I'm old enough to really appreciate that fact that I lived during a time..."when people didn't stop living for fear of dying"☆
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It’s still art, believe.
Lucky we all got beyond 27 x
This masterpiece was number 1 the day I was born, 57 years later I’m still listening to it 🤩🤩
My husband died 4 months ago. He would have been 74 today. There's never been music as great as our generation's. If he were alive I would ask him to dance to this with me....
Dance on Maureen...Dance on :-)
😊😊I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 💋the song but when last did you play it
Maureen, love and hugs to you. I lost my darling wife less than 2 years ago at 58 years young. Heart and liver failure. WE danced to this too. Only problem was it's a bit slow for anything but getting ready for bed !
I turned 74 on April 7th.....I close my eyes...and I am back in the arms of the first "girl" I ever loved...and we are now married coming up on 49 years this August,
Beethoven, Mozart, Gershwin Porter, Basie
My god...this performance is almost 16 years ago and the original was released the year I was born in 1967...and it is STILL better than 99.9% of what has been made since!!
Amen, Norm.
Quite correct
That’s why they’re called classics. Beautiful.
A Masterpiece, the anthem to the Wonderful Magical 1960s. We had everything.!
@@richardscally694 The summer of 1967, a magical time for pop/rock music, never to be outdone.
1967 , I was 29 and my oldest daughter was just born, when I heard for the first time this song. I said to my dear wife "Love this is one for eternity". I wish I could say it to her again in 2021, but she passed away in 2017. I thank God we were 55 years together.
Really is music stayed for eternity,I heard this song for the first time was 15 years old and love was fulminant
My son was born in June 1967, and this will always be his song. A wonderful memory.
she knows
I am sooo sorry for you loosing your dear wife!! It s a pity and I hope that you have overcome your deep sorror. Sorry, I am German and my Englisch isn' t perfect. You know what I mean. I cant say how deep it is in my feelings that you have lost somebody special. Es tut mir so leid. Greetings from North of Germany
God bless you!! I too lost my sweet daughter ❤ in 2017 December 23 2017. Unfortunately she got lost in big Pharma..
I'm 75 years old.I remember seeing him live at the Monterey Pop Festival, His name is Gary Brooker.He passed 2 years ago.The band was called Provo Harem.❤😢R,I,P, GARY.🙏
RIP Gary Brooker. Thank you for giving the world this glorious song.
Absolutely! It truly is, a glorious piece of music , oh those WERE the days, weren’t they? 💌
Music like this just does not exist anymore. This is beautiful and his vocals never failed him even at this age. Such a great performance! R.I.P. Gary Brooker
Over 50 years later and Gary Brooker's voice sounds as good as ever.
That´s amazing ....Thx!
He still sounds great.
150% on point.
Incredible, most oldies lose pitch or strength, but he's still got it.
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*_My view to the Song. 52 shares of Grey.. .Whiter. Shade of Pail....About a death transition into the abyssal plain through the moon processing the soul ::soulJouney :: with plenty of karmic resonance frequency of N O T KarmaMayNotSuitYa_*
❤ 63 years old in 2024 still listening to and loving this song 🎵 So many memories flooding back every time
Met my wife at this concert married the same year she died 5 years ago so this track brings her back to me each time I play it , thanks so much Brooker
peace to you.
@@georgetraylor314 thank you
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@@luiszanichelli8728 thanks for your reply
Oh,no. You have my condolence. Music is great because it reminds you of happy experience with her.
My dad’s favorite! He passed away this year, but I play this song for him everyday!
Bless you, I’m so sorry. This is a great song for remembrance
My dad's favourite song . He has passed away (72) 11/09/22. Last Easter he played me this song and he was so excited. I didn't know it is "our" last Easter and song. RIP Dad. Will see you later...
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Listening in October 2024. Was watching a move named New York Stories, Life Lessons with Nick Nolte. He's an artist and plays A Whiter Shade of Pale to motivate him. First time heard this wonderful song in a movie. Turned off the movie to listen to AWSoP on YT. For some reason this song by Procol Harem touches my heart. Sad most of the group has passed away. Fisher is still among us I think 😂
I’m almost 70. Still one of the most beautiful, musically brilliant and haunting melodies I have ever heard in my life!
@susanpayne6107 yes, agree. Was that Fisher on organ or one of Denmarks Orchestra members?
RIP - Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band's 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of cancer. He was 76 - Must be one of the very best songs of all time thank you guys for all the memories
Saw him at small venue at CW Post College on Long Island back in late 1967 or early 68. My first concert…..incredible experience and still with me. RIP Gary Brooker!
At 61, I've enjoyed this most of my life. Just grabs me then carries me thru every word!
The song was 55 years ago and he was only 22 years old when he composed it. Amazing.