RAPPER FIRST TIME reaction to Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006
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RAPPER FIRST TIME reaction to Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006
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RIP to Gary. we lost him in 2022. his voice never lost it's beautiful quality.
you are so right..........this version is maybe better than the original 😭
🖤
HIs voice is so raw compared to the smooth flowing of the song. I like it better than the original although the original was smother and very good. Good enough to play the vinyl over and over...@@larryc3860
I didn't know this. RIP and thank you for the soundtrack of my life, or a part of it.
Oh man ! So sad! I'll be seeing him, soon.
Only 47 songs have sold over 10 million physical copies. This is one of them.
WOW! That's an amazing stat! Now I need to find out the others.
I also love their song "Conquistador!"
Wikipedia "Best selling singles". White christmas is nmbr 1
@@Dovey62 and HAMBURG, too!!
And don't forget that the world population was a LOT smaller back then, which actually makes it even more impressive
One thing you can count on with singers from the 60's and 70's is that they actually had mad skills in the vocal arena. No tech to make them sound better back then, they had to bring it and sing it. They knew how to take care of their vocal chords, which is why they can still sing!
#Absolute Truth
Yes, quality doesn’t need anything but itself, superb. So much a background to my life when younger 🥰
some didn't like Joe Cocker...
Joe Cocker was a VERY hard core alcoholic, that compromises everything in the body, including the vocal chords and breath control.
@@deeptime5581 We could also blasphemously mention Dylan's vocal quality...
Procol Harum is the band, it means "Beyond These Things" in Latin. Gary Brooker is the lead singer.
• The Miller's Tale is a story out of The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer in England from 1387-1400. At its most basic, it's the bawdy tale of an old and dull-witted carpenter who is betrayed by his much younger wife. This is the key to the song.
The girl is about to leave the older man ("her face at first just ghostly"). She hears The Miller's Tale and blanches at her own sexual indiscretion ("turned a whiter shade of pale"). She avoids telling him why she's leaving ("there is no reason"), and he's blind to the indiscretion ("although my eyes were open, they may just as well have been closed"). He attempts to reason with her (“I wandered through my playing cards”), and so prevent this young, supposedly faithful lover (“Vestal Virgin”) from leaving him for good ("for the coast").
This is the most literary explanation of the song I've read and given the band and the times, I think the most accurate. Thank you.
Great definition of the lyrics.
Thank you so much for connecting this to Chaucer-filled in the gaps
Whow, without the explanation, one would never guess the true meaning ,great song.
This is almost like an educator's explanation to the students.....thank you so much !
The man was 61 years old when he sung this. Sounded better than he did in 1967 when he originally recorded the song.
I am 65 and this song never gets old. I can go back in time every time I hear it. In the 60s and the 70s we had some of the best music.
I'll be 67 next month and you better believe it. I think the 80s and 90s were even better because of all the different genres of music. Best time to be alive for awesome music....
66 here, no doubt we had the best of the best when it came to music.
We deffo did!! I still luv to go back n listen to them n have the crazy playlists of yrs back to back n like to surprise meself sometimes ( not knowing who’s next) .. I can’t stick to a particular yr.. it’s always mixed yrs in every new playlist🤣🤣
That we did! I’m 70 & remember well when this came out.🥰
I'm 67 and we did have the best music.
Both A Whiter Shade of Pale and When A Man Loves a Woman are based on chord progressions from a piece by JS Bach called Air on the G-string ( the string on a violin...) I will link to it below.
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yep, Classical music was always the root of very good music
There you go again hanging up on the phrase "forced her". Seems to me some of Rap actually rapes women. Keep enjoying music without the political correct stuff. I'm sure no man took advantage of a woman because of this song. Love your videos.
I had heard that the chord progression was from a classical composer but could not remember who. Thank you for the info
The great John Lennon kept playing this song over and over when it came out in 1967. I loved The Beatles but when you listen to A Whiter Shade Of Pale with that haunting organ and superb vocals, the song never leaves you. Absolutely brilliant.
They are preforming this about 50 years after recording it! RIP Gary! Isn't this magical???
I had the honor of playing the percussion tenor triangle in the orchestra during this performance. Our entire triangle ensemble were thrilled to take part.
FANTASTIC...
Wow, respect to you ❤
Well done you all.
those are EXTRA LYRICS not on the original.
MILLERS make bread , flour maybe beer? Chaucer though.
Sweet ty for your performance :)
An absolute British classic,the world has lost this type of music with real quality performers with real music and no auto tune,today's conveyer belt music is lost to me,RIP to Gary the lead vocalist,LEGEND ❤
Worked with teen girls about two decades ago. They thought "back it up, baby" was a love song. Likely wouldn't even grasp real music if they heard it. This song was heartbreaking..
Dude. SHUT UP! you're killing the vibe of the song. It's a flow..you're murdering it
Geeeez..guessing you interrupt intense movies in the theaters, too. Yelling, throwing popcorn...you killed the entire flow, smh. Interrupted the story. Either listen to the music, or give it up.
i am 73 and i never regret this time ......led zp rolling stones deep purple black Sabah and all the other who have make the most important music in the world
im in my 50s and also listen that kind of music and love it.. Led Zeppeling Kashmir is one of my favs..
In the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum, the miller is a character who tells the story of himself and a woman who were stranded at sea, close to death, and hallucinating. The miller is the narrator of the story later in life, and describes how the woman eventually dies while he watches. 😢
Harry Dean Stanton starred in an 80s music video rendition of this. He plays a card game against the Soul Collector as his wife is dying and trades his life for hers.
She tries to play the cards to try to keep him. But alas.
Go back to see Gary and his band only perform this ( the original version )way back in 1967. It s on You Tube. You just saw him perform it almost 40 years later. Both versions are excellent. Prbly my favorite song ever. I first heard it in my last year in high school in 1967. A true Classic.
It's 1 year older than me. I heard it a lot during my 55 years. I love 60s, 70s and 80s music. I like rock, pop, R&B and country from those three decades. It's songs from my youth.
As many times as I heard this song, I never really listened to the lyrics. The music is what intrigued me most. This is like hearing it for the first time. It's pretty wild. I'm glad I got to hear the lyrics for the first time, even if I heard it all my life.
I was born in '67. My brother got back from Nam in the summer of 71. One day, I was listening to some 'bubble gum' music.... he said "oh no! No baby sister of mine is going to listen to that! You're gonna learn all the cool music!!"
We drove to the levee, he stuck in an 8 track, lane our seats back.... and jammed to the tunes!!
(Looking back, I think he always dropped a hit of acid before we threw the seats back😂)
This song always reminds me of him❤
RIP POOLTABLE❤❤❤
Welcome to the music of the 60's and 70's, pure unadulterated talent, no auto tune, the greatest era of music ever.
We have a radio station in the UK for the Boomers generation, and in each of the last three years this has been voted the greatest ever single.
John Lennon said this was the song he wished he had written.
@@maxineshaw9996 Praise indeed!
I believe that this is one of the most played singles of all time.
Have you any idea of the station number, I have a wifi world radio and would love to hear all the music, as an expat from Scotland now in Australia for 50yrs... thanks in advance 👍
This song came out in 1967! Just think, 57 years ago. Gary Brooker, the lead singer of Procol Harum, sang the original, and he STILL HAD THE PIPES ALL THAT TIME LATER. I finally got to see Gary and Procol Harum live about a decade ago, just a few years before he died. It was so cool to hear this live finally.
Yes, this song is iconic. It was a HUGE hit. It's one of the best songs of the 60s, one of the best songs of all time. That old organ playing is stellar and this performance is fantastic.
The reason you think this is familiar is because its been used in movies, maybe some commercials, documentaries etc. You chose the right video to react to. When I first saw this I was blown away too. Most singers lose that kind of power in their voices after 50 or so. Gary Brooker didn't. Listen to the original song from the album. He just had God given pipes.
Wife and I got to see him open for Jethro Tull way before we had children and got old. It was amazing.
crazy when you think how his voice actually, if possible, improved.
Well, he had the pipes -- and he also used them. That's a part of singing that people who don't do it don't seem to realize -- it's the hours and hours and hours you put in offstage, the care you take of your voice by maintaining it and learning what it needs for support. It's a lot of time and dedication that has to go along with the gift.
@@frankconley6321I bet!
I've always loved this song.. I've always heard the original, but this is just beautiful...
I was 12yrs old when Whiter Shade of Pale came out on Black and White Television in New Zealand!!! Loved it!!!
BP, I absolutely LOVE IT when you are totally "taken back" with a reaction. I was a teenager when this song came out in 1967. It blew up the airways and we played the grooves off the 45's that we all bought. Can't believe you have not heard it, but then I have watched you react to a lot of good music that you've never experienced. I am totally honored to be part of your growing education of iconic music. It saddens me to think of the thousands of others who have not been privileged to hear this masterpiece. Enjoy my friend !
You arn't wrong @blackpegasus. The voice does change with age; many artists lose their voices over time especially if they don't practice good vocal health. Seeing anyone belt like this in their golden years is just hard proof they never stopped DOING the damn thing. It's just very unusual to have a voice like that at that age without going the extra mile in training and healthy vocal habits (especially if they are still performing/touring) Kind of the same way pro athletes having to train WAY harder to stay at the same level then their younger selves.
I am 75 ,this song came out in 1967,its a classic.We list Gary Brooket 2 years ago,he was a genius
I’m 72. Still brings tears to my eyes when I hear this hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. We had the best music!
I am so glad I grew up with this music as a kid and young adult...I am almost 72 years, old now. Their voices were real and authentic.
I am 73 yrs old. I first seen them, I think in 1967. They're from I believe the UK. With the four young men, back then, they sound, just about the same as they do here, of course now with an orchestra & Choir. It looks like the same organist, Drummer, guitarist and of course singer.
Tom Jones Voice did not ever go away and he was a hell of a performer not just a singer.
Tom Jones???
He still is a great performer ❤
@@wendypow1963 Willie Nelson
@user-pt8rv4ek5e Yes, he's great too...and may be even older than Tom.
@@MicheleCampbell-t6c Yes excellent
Omg! This song brings back so many memories of my youth. And this version is just amazing!❤
I'm 41, and I loved this song as a kid. I can't imagine how magical it would be to hear this song for the first time ever as an adult.
Love seeing a younger person loving this for the first time ...i am proud
He is incredible..right? Love love your reaction....discovering music from the past is awesome!!
You should listen to the original version, too. Gary’s voice just got better with age!
The musical influences comes from Percy Sledges "When a man loves a woman" and from classical music by Sebastian Bach (suite no. 3 d-dur) Baroque period.
So yes this is very familiar because we did hear parts from this before.
I love what Procol Harum did here and this style is called Baroque Pop. Great that you enjoyed it.
Greetings from Germany 🎶
Percy Sledge covered this song
@@BrokenLady67 when a man loves a woman from Percy Sledge was released in 1966 - a whiter shade of pale was released in 1967.
@@pippavombr5856 I know that, Percy Sledge done a cover of this.
Love love this song….what an amazing voice. This song means a lot of things to me. RIP Gary.
Thank you for sharing…
I read an article once where Procol Harum wasn't even sure what his song was about. The Melody is really what people have fallen In love with over the years.
Song writers and musicians in that time downplayed their mastery of their craft. They never explained what their songs mean. Bob Dylans -Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, The Incredible String Band. They were not saying.
@@virginiaoflaherty2983Yes, I like that about this era. Because we're meant to get the meaning in ourselves, to feel it, not to have someone explain it. And it is entirely possible that the writers were inspired in ways they couldn't explain. It happens.
He was 60-61 when this was recorded. The original is from 1967. He passed (at 76) in 2022.
One of my favorite songs!!!
If you've not listened to it another classic 1960s is
Nights In White Satin
Moody Blues
Same vibe as this.
If you've not heard it highly recommend.
It's familiar because it was played everywhere growing up. I'm 47. I can hear the lyrics now, never had paid much attention to them. A classic for sure.
I get chills every time I hear this version it is amazing RIP Gary
This song was on the jukebox at my favorite dive-bar in Denver on Colfax 1991-1995😊
Just like the reaction you did recently to Nights in White Satin ......backing an iconic song with a Philharmonic Orchestra .......gets you " pure magic " . Lead singer , Gary Brooker , actually died 2 years ago , this month .
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale,” went to #1 in the UK in 1967, #5 in the US.
Beautiful Gary. This was the first 45rpm that I ever bought. I was 9/10 when this came out. I was lucky enough to see Procul Harum at the Empire Pool Wembley, when I was about 11. Being a Londoner I got to see so many wonderful musicians, at different venues all around London. RIP Gary. 🥲🏴🇬🇧
Gary Brooker passed in February 2022. He was the lead singer of protocol harem. He was 76 years old and he died is Surrey England the genre that they covered was hard rock, progressive rock, Baroque pop, rock ‘n’ roll and jazz. Gary was in the music business for 60 years.
This performance still gives me goose bumps....I was in high school when this came out.
The messages of the songs in this era were incredible. The poetry phenomenal. The talent so rich.The variety infinite and I am privileged to have lived through it!
The late, great Gary Brooker. One of the great vocalists of his time, and a great song writer and musician as well. I was so blessed to grow up with his music back in the day, my day.
I've listened to several of these "1st Time Reactions" I'm always astonished to hear so many are not familiar with this iconic song. RIP Gary Brooker
Love the look on your face when you hear these old songs.
First, a MILLER is a person who grinds grain into flour. Now, as to my feelings about this song. I was a professional musician for over 20 years and only one band that I played in ever played that song. Our Organist nailed it, and our singer did a fantastic job singing it. The one thing that I remember most was that when we played it, I really had to pay attention to what I was doing. Of the hundreds of tunes that I've played through the years, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" stands out as the most beautiful song I've ever played. It's hard to believe but the Procol Harem was a rock band from England and if you have ever seen the movie, "Rocky Horror Picture Show", the Procol Harem played all the music in that movie.
You talked about age. Have you checked out Tom Jones, he is still singing and he is in his 80's and sounds fantastic.
This is a classic from the 1960’s.
One of my all time top 10 songs. simply a masterpiece.
"Is this an old classic?" Now there's an understatement. The song was a #1 hit in the UK in the late 60s and made 10 million sales worldwide. The organ theme is a variation on J.S. Bach's Air in D, a.k.a. "Air on the G string" from over a hundred years earlier. This is a much longer and more complex orchestral arrangement than on the single and I believe Gary Brooker, the vocalist, did the arrangement himself. I'm blown away by how great his voice still was nearly forty years later.
Incidentally it's pronounced har as in car.
Brings me back to 1967, when I first heard this song during my teenage years. ❤❤❤
The song of my teens....Izmir, Turkey...70s...meaning that's when and where I first heard it. Great song, artist. One of the things I've always loved about rock music was its seamless integration with classical instruments....one of my favorite type of arrangements. 💯👍🎶🎶❤️
Whiter Shade was recorded in '67. It has a descending chord progression similar to When a Man Loves a Woman, which soul great Percy Sledge recorded the year before. I played bass with Percy a few times, he thought he'd inspired Whiter Shade, and he liked it so much he sometimes included it in his shows.
This was one of those song that goes on forever!! ❤❤
Wait till you read the lyrics and try to understand them. When I played in a band back in the day we played this song and I swear to God I couldn’t get through it without getting tears in my eyes just because of the chord structure, the tune, the meaning it just never ever let me alone emotionally and I’ve never understood why even though when hear it all the hairs stand up and I get goosebumps still. It’s just haunting, just one of the songs and his performance, this particular performance Is absolutely amazing. I could see it in your eyes that you were just gob smacked and hit with emotion. I’m so glad that Gary got the opportunity to play this song in that environment I think this was his performance of a lifetime. It’s very special. RIP Garry you will always be missed
My fav Procol Harum tune is "Conquistador". They do it live in Denmark too.
I have watched many of your reviews,and I have to tell you that I am so envious when I watch your reaction, It makes me long for that unbridled novel excitement to the greats! That you only get once, enjoy your ride!..,Thnk you.
This song always gives me goosebumps.
Possibly my all time favorite song !
Should have reacted to the original 60's version.
His voice sounds much the same, they just don't have the Danish National orchestra backing them so its more organ
@@jimwilcox2964 yes his voice is still great but I just don't like this arrangement. For me it is no longer a rock song with the orchestra. It changes it completely.
so simple yet so complex and beautiful
one of the greatest performances in music history just came on your path
❤❤this is my personal favorite version. Just chilling, and beautiful. ❤❤
Man, it´s incredible A whiter Shade of Pale... greetings...
I've known this song since it was released in 1967. It didn't have the orchestral and choral arrangements then so this is a development of the original but this is, by a long way, the most emotional musical experience I've ever had. Sadly, we didn't just lose Gary Brooker in 2022, lyricist Keth Reid passed away the following year. He was 20 when he wrote the words for A Whiter Shade of Pale. It was 1967 and they summed up the time brilliantly.
I love your reactions to all these musicians I learned of as a child! Love it.
I saw Procol Harum in 1967 maybe 68 it was a fuzzy time, I remember it well.
You really need to go back and listen to the original recording to get the true feeling of our old folks music. There is and probably never will be music like this again. I feel so blessed to have grown up in the time of great music.
Such an Anthem,in the same vain as the Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin."
You guys could learn a lot by listening to some of these classic songs. Real music. Without these guys your "music" would not exist.
I saw them and they were incredible!
The main backing music is JS Bach's Air on a G String. What a fantastic rendition.
Interesting to see the 40 year old you find and react to the songs of my boomer generation. It’s no coincidence that the rock and roll hall of fame is in the city of Cleveland, where I used to answer phones for Jim Runion on rock and roll AM KYW (later WKYC). Viet Nam was heating up, protest songs resounded, but rock and roll ruled the airwaves. I planned to work in radio, but instead volunteered for service and ended up in the infant field of computers. Love to see you react to the songs I grew up to. Keep up the good work.
From the UK…
Here is a link about the song, the singer wrote the music and the one of the band members wrote the lyrics!
With its soft melody borrowed from Bach, A Whiter Shade of Pale also founded the genre of baroque rock.
Beyond the awesome walk down memory lane, Black Pegasus’ reactions and comments are so much fun. It’s wonderful to see and hear his astounded reactions… a bit like mine so many years ago. Rock on, BP!
Loved, loved, loved your reaction ❤
It’s familiar because it comes from a place we all connect to. It’s not manufactured music. It flows from a place we all hope to connect to. It’s a gift.
I was 14 when this came out. I was an epic song among many epic songs at the time.
When you hear a song for the first time and it sounds familiar, it means it's touched your heart.
BP...everybody's Paw Paw played this song many many times. This was the stairway to heaven before stairway to heaven. Learning to play the piano and organ parts from this song made me a better musician in this modern age.
Some people are just gifted. All we can do is admire and treasure them, and the legacy they leave behind.
it was a 1967 hit I would have been 7 when he came out with it. it was a british band. It had to be in a movie.
The name Procol Harum comes from the Latin Procul Harum "far beyond these things". This first came out in 1967, this is 2006. A master performance. Just like Roy Orbison in the "Black and White Nights". Shortly after both passed away. It's like you know when your car suddenly runs better than it ever has? Then boom! It cranks out... This seems to happen with the best of the best. It's like God said "You're coming home, show them who you truly were! Let them see your gift one last time.". BTW a miller is one who grinds or mills grain. Take care my man.
Glad you found this classic bit of music.
This always takes me back to the high school dances with the Hammond organ shaking the ceiling of the gym.
You probably heard it before. Willie Nelson also covered it but you probably didn't hear that one.
Gary Brooker . A Legend . Born in London , Sadly missed.
I first heard this in the movie, "The Big Chill". Amazing movie by the way. All the great music in it was the GOAT!
The sixties and seventies were truly the best of times musically.
The song was about all the young men going for the Vietnam war , but many people did not understand the lyrics and even now lots of people are still confused about it.
But when you know and listen carefully, he was talking about the boys on the ship leaving for war
I am now nearly 76 years old and still get shivers when I hear that song, it was so profond and sad.
Gary Brooker's incomparable voice, and the song's enigmatic lyrics, make this one of the most iconic hits of the 1960s, and indeed, all time. Mathew Fisher who finally got co-authorship credit in 2006 for the song, which is derived from J.S. Bach's famous Aria on the Fourth String, contained in Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, played (on a Hammond M109) the timeless organ solo on the original 1967 recording.
you could not have possibly lived here on earth the past 60 years and not have heard this. It is iconic!!! Movies, commercials, etc
I remember this song from the 1960s.
Still great.
This is one of the absolute best songs ever written I shite you not❤
one of the best slow dance ever!!
Brought back memories. We just came back from patrol when I first heard this song playing in my radio transistor.
Goosebumps
This was one of those songs that we danced to as youngsters as slows : you should also listen to "Knights in white satin" by the Moody Blues - beautiful ! From an old lady of 76