I'm 52 years old. Retired from military, been there, done that. Divorced after 27 years. Depression is a part of my life, might be forever. This song makes me cry and feel good at the same time because it gives me a good cry, for nothing and everything. I hope someone understands. God bless us all for doing no wrong but for doing what we were asked and expected to do on both sides of the fence. 😑 I hope that made sense. 🥰
Well, 52 is a good age. I believe there is still could be more good things in future than you have seen so far. You still can find the love of your life! Or enjoy being single.
I'm 75 and I still fight back the tears💔.... Got no idea what makes this music touch me so deep... I was in Vietnam when I heard this music.... Maybe that's why I feel like crying.... My friends... Gone 💔💔💔
I think the song is generally about someone learning of an unpleasant reality of which he had been blissfully unaware. And I think it resonated with people of a certain age at that time who were learning, had learned, or we're about to learn, some unpleasant life lessons.
I was in love with a girl when we were 14 in 1967. She liked me but we were so shy and never connected after that year. I went in the service in 1971 and moved across the country when I got out with a toddler son to raise myself. 40 years later I was visiting my brother where we grew up and I ran into that girl. She had lost her husband. We have been together 14 years now and it has been the best time of our lives. We have never before felt the love we do for each other.
I am 98 yrs. old, and I love this song. I might even sing it at a karaoke! (Lots of old guys still have their wits). Besides, we are not old! We were just born before you!
My husband & I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary this year & every single time I hear this moving song I remember dancing with him as teenagers with chills from head to toe gliding across the dance floor with stars in our eyes. What a fine love story we have lived! Paul is now 71 & I am 70...may there be many more Whiter Shade of Pale dances!♥️♥️
Congratulation my wife and I will this December 27 and I will dedicated this song to her withold pictures of ourself in Tic Toc ...congratulation again .
Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary 💕 nice Memories two young lovers who were meant for each other.💍 I also just recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary November 10th, 1973 - 2023 🥂
Im at 42 yrs, I am 60 he is 72 🎯 Dosebt sound so bad now, But when I was 16 he was 28 . Ya , I caught a good one. But he really hit the 💥 JACKPOT 💥 ITS BEEN HARD SOMETIMES, But worth the time 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️
Lyrics : We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick The crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said "there is no reason" And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards Would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later
When you're in your 20's your life travels at 20 MPH, 30's at 30 MPH so on and so forth.. Now that I'm in my 70's every day goes by in a blink of an eye. Make it count my friends. Make it count!
When I was in my 20's, I'd see old people with their white hair and walking sticks and just categorise them as a different species to me. It still shocks me when I look in the mirror and see I've become one of that species.
I’m 60 years old. I’ve buried my Mom and Dad both sets of grandparents and a brother. I’m not in great health myself. I’ve had a good life. Of course some struggles as well. Music has always been my driving force. I’ve played drums and piano. Stay positive even through the bad. Keep jamming. Enjoy the ride it’s over in a snap. Godspeed.😎❤️
I remember secretly watching my Mom and Dad slow dance in the living room to this beauty. They are both together in Heaven now. I hope there is a ballroom there for them to dance in. I miss you Mama and Daddy! See you soon.....❤
In the fall of 1968 I went to a dance at the union hall when the band called out a ladies choice. And so it goes... A girl I knew but little tapped me on the back. 63 years, 6 kids,12 grandkids and all the and when we hear that organ, she still smiles we hang on tight and dance slow crcles to a whiter shade
When I hear this song I am transported to a small village in Switzerland.A tall handsome, young Canadian pulling me on the dance floor.Holding me tight!So handsome that I was so shy and wondering what he saw in me.Then we went walking in the in the moonlight until the chalets looked small below us.The mountains still snow covered in summer!The crisp heady air!What a romantic evening and memory.I am 70 years old now and still remember that evening as if it were last night!
You speak of the world??? We are the children......Africa and the USA and everywhere.... God bless the whole WORLD and everyone who lives with in!!!!!!!!!!
@@user-kl8mz4wh1q”For God so loved the world 🌎 🌍🌏 He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have everlasting life. For He did come into the world to judge the world but that through Him the world might be saved.” John 3: 16-17 “He’s got the whole world in His hands!” ✋🏾🌍🌏🌎🤚🏾 🙌🏼🕊️🙏❤️🙌🏼
The first time I heard this song I was 15 and heard it on my lunch break at home for lunch. I walked back to Algebra class and could not get it off my mind. I knew then that it was a very special song. I’m a old lady now but it still brings so many emotions when I hear it. Truly a beautiful masterpiece
LYRICS: We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick The crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said "there is no reason" And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards Would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later
Procul Harum's follow up to this, "Homburg" has a similar feel, and I find it even more stirring. As is "Pilgrim's Progress" Which always chokes me up.
I am 78 years old. I did enjoy listening to this song, but even more I enjoyed reading the many memories that you all wrote. Some memories made me smile and some made sad, but I can relate to them all. My dearest friends all are gone now, but today I felt like I had friends here! Thanks.
I understand. All my close friends have passed as well. I'm 57, and all my close friends didn't make it to this age. I think of them many times while hearing the older songs. A couple of my friends were musicians and could play many of the older songs. Enjoy the music!
Hi Rosalie , some songs have a really strange effect on us ! When we are happy we love the music , but when we are sad we understand the lyrics ! 😅 ❤ Take Care Friend
This song apparently used to be the favourite of Dutch journalist and fighter against injustice Peter R. de Vries, who died on the 15th of July after being shot a week before by criminals. It's hard to explain here what De Vries meant for the Dutch (except being on the telly just all the time) but in his, too short, life he did so many good things and helped heal those who were broken before. While The Netherlands appears to be a nation in mourning this week, I hope many will come to this song in his remembrance to honour him. For me this song will forever be Peter's.
65 to 76, an era in music that has no equal in mans history, nothing even close. Nor ever will be. Thank you john for what you did to this world. You changed everthing. Everything
Well, my music was the '40s thru the 50s and we were able to dance to all of our music. Slow, jitterbug, lindy, and so on. 70s music? You just had to listen to it. There is nothing like dancing a slow dance with your girlfriend, turned wife. And just embrace each other and feel the love you have for each other. Now, those are memories, my wife of 56+ years went home. She passed on July 20th, 2020 .We danced to In The Still of The Night on her 75th birthday. Never knowing that that would be Our Last Dance. Not saying your music was bad, but you couldn't close dance alot. Well, take care and God Bless You.
If you trace the chordal element, it does a bar or two of Bach's 'Air on a G String' before it veers off. That spark was all it took. I wasn't consciously combining rock with classical, it's just that Bach's music was in me. -Gary Brooker
This song is heavier than Nights in white satin. Nearly an impossible accomplishment. And your correct. The people in 2360 will be listening to this absolutely magnificent tune with the equal admiration we do.
I agree this would be a wrong choice for a wedding song. lol If you listen to the words it’s about a girl who overdosed on drugs in a bar. In those days the phrase the millers tells his tale means to die while tripping on drugs.
Driving with my mother back in the 60's she loved this song, playing on the shitty AM radio singing along. Thank you Mom, you were the best mom a kid could ask for. 🙏
Sitting in the shade of the sandbag bunker at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, waiting for the next phase of North Vietnamese artillery or mortars, February 1968. My best buddy, who introduced my wife and I back in 1964, George Walbrdige, just burned to death in the crash of the only C-130 the Marine Corps lost in that war, stitched up the underbelly by a enemy machine gun while flying in bladders of aviation gas ... plus George and a few other Marines. "White Shade of Pale," "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, and the Animals "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place," all the songs we had on a tape recorder. In another world. In another time. In another life.
Gosh! It is that kind of song indeed. I’m 77 and most of my school mates are gone; my siblings; my husband. Wow! Lots to shed tears for, sadness and joy. Memories!🙏🏽❤️
Me too....they send me a lot of ekecteonuc stuff. I'm not against it. Have beeb dancing free sryle up to now, U'm 54..but it's not the same used ro at violoncello in orchestra since U was,10 ..😉☺🙃😘Up to16..and never stoped singing and performing. Music saved my life!!!💚💛❤💯💣💥
I met my Husband 55 years ago, in a Bar on the back Street In St. Thomas Virgin island. I was there with a friend who worked there. On the Juke Box this song was playing, as I walked in, Whiter Shade of Pale, I heard that song for the first time. It stayed with me through the years. We are still together. That Song is special to me, I heard a guy from Nigeria singing it today. I looked it up, so many versions from different Artists, singing this song. Remarkable, how some things and songs stay with you always. Love it.
Whatever meaning you may derive at from listening to the Lyrics to this Song, go with that, because it really doesn't matter, so don't overthink it. Just lay back, close your eyes, and enjoy this beautiful Masterpiece, that the Musicians and Artist collaborated together, to create. This song has always created a peaceful and relaxing mood for me!! ☺🥰
11/30/20 To @Lorraine Cortes - *So very, very sorry for your loss.* 💔😢 ~~ 2o2o has *SUCKED* in every way possible for me & for most in America, that's for sure. I lost my sig other this year on 3/10/20, 15 days before the COVID panic, hysteria & the lockdown set in. I have no more words for this loss.💔 ~~ I'll just be so glad & relieved when it's finally Jan 1, *2022.* (I've already written off 2021 as a total loss & waste! 😷👎) Hopefully by 2022 this COVID nightmare 😵 will be over with & both the battles AND the war will have been won with the development of successful vaccines in 2o21.🤞😷😷 ~~~ Meanwhile ... as we all exist in social isolation & begin forgetting what the lower half of the human face looks like 😶 ... we can all dig deep into TH-cam, *find & listen to the BEST music ever made* & live on memories, laugh to the current & biting parodies & sarcasm of #StephenColbert, #JimmyFallon, #SNL, #DaveChappelle, #SethMeyers & others & wait it out until this COVID nightmare is over. 👍
Lorraine, I was very sorry to read about your brother. I have lost 3 brothers and three sisters. The pain is more tolerable as time goes on. Take Care.
@@denisestorey6923 I am sorry to hear that and I will pray for you. I too think about it because I get tired of living with chronic pain all the time. You are in my thoughts friend 😊🩵
This song had been played today July 21th 2021 at 11:00 for Peter R. De Vries by all Dutch radiostations. He has been murdered for his believe to be honoust. He never bended a knee for criminals until bullets of a coward made him bend😢 On bended knee is no way to be free... Rest in peace Peter🙏🇳🇱
He sounds like my kind of fellow. The darkness always tries to extinguish the brightest lights,but they never put them out completely. Ben Franklin said any society that give up some of it's freedom for a little security deserves niether. This man knew that.
Everytime I am playing and listenin this song am always teary eyed.😥so many memories happy and sad.. Thank you for having this immortal song .am 65 yrs old and I love it ❤️
I began my first semester at Sacramento City College as l let my hair grow down to my ass, dropped acid, designed psychedelic anti Vietnam War protest signs Made love not war then got my 'Greetings you be drafted for Vietnam" letter 1970... returned shredded spiritually 1972 to get called vile names and spit on my uniform..
This was my husband's favorite song way back then. He's passed away now but I can see him clearly smiling as he did years ago when he played this gem over and over and over.
Lyrics: | "Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum. | We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'there is no reason And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale. And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale. And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale. END.
This song was my father's favorite, he just passed away a month ago at the age of 37, i still have a video of him singing this song while playing ukulele Everytime i listen to this song, i can't hold my tears.. miss him so much..
Gave you a thumbs up ,friend. My condolence. I am 66 and still, i listen to the song. It is beautiful. Please have your Late Dad's video put on a dvd. Cheers from SA.🇿🇦👍
My 81 year old mom is crying her ❤ out longing for my dad that passed on 2 years ago😢 this was their song ...let it out mommy😢 think about your yester years with your happy times with daddy❤2024 blessed as well as sad times with my mom❤
used to hear this song while patrolling the DMZ in Vietnam on my Armored Personnel Carrier in 1969. Though the lyric was nothing about where I was, I still associate this song with that time I spent expecting to die. If you were fighting, you weren't writing songs, you were listening to them because you grew up on rock n' roll.
My dad introduced me to this song, I absolutely love it. I'm a guitar player. This is one of my favorite songs to sing along to.i wanna learn the chords so I can play along to it as well
My not quite 13 years old granddaughter said today, “ they sure don’t write songs like they used to. “. Old soul, old school that one. I am 67. This song makes me cry, still.
Eu tenho 52 anos e, ainda hj trabalho duro pra sustentar minha família e toda vez que escuto essa música os meus olhos se enche de tantas lágrimas misturadas de saudades de um tempo que não volta mais. Mas aproveitei cada momento da minha vida junto das pessoas que amo. Enquanto houver vida vou escutando esse clássico mundial com muita alegria no coração ❤️❤️
Tenho 62 anos, sou do interior pernambucano temos 02 filhas com 29 anos, gêmeas, são meus amores. Continuamos ainda todos na mesma casa, sempre lutando por dias melhores e ouvindo belas canções como esta, que realmente nos emocionam. ❤ ❤ Um abraço Marcos Fernando, muita saúde e paz para todos !
I was in grade 10 in High School in 1967. This song always makes me want to cry. Some of the best music was written in the 1960's + 1970's. Thank you. God bless you. 💗➕💗
I was born in 80 and as amazing as my childhood was and my teens In the 90s I can only imagine how magical being a teen in the 40s 50s 60s 70s or even 80s. There was still magic mystery and discovery for us but not anymore for these children.
I am 53 . The song was produced the year I was born . My parents played this song so many times when I was a kid . Always wondered what it was about …?
I have lots of songs from the 60s up to the 90s that make me feel that way. Go on and cry. It's a beautiful thing to have feelings of nostalgia that deep. It makes you remember to not take life for granted. I'm realizing that "kush got me like" , so that's all. ✌🏾♥️🤘🏾🙏🏾
I'm 40 and this song is beautiful no matter what age you are. It's truly a masterpiece and should go down in the history books as one of the greatest songs ever written. 💖
I don't understand ... This song is about a woman who had an adulterous affair!!! The miller told his tale is a reference to Chaucer's Canterbury tales.
My mom is 72 years old and absolutely loves this song, I play it once a week for her it always puts a smile on her face, and I happen to like it too ❤️
I am 77 years my wife and I met each other 30th of May 1968 and danced with each other for the first time on this nummer. We are still together 56 years in roe of happiness . My lovely wie is not staying at home anymore cause of a brain disease and lives in a secual clinic. We still love each other very much and this year We cerebrale 52 years of our marriage A whiter shade of pale brought us together.. Two different cultures together. I was born in Indonesië she in The Netherlands . Special nummer for us
My dear dad requested this be played at his funeral back in February. I didn't think much to it as he was young, just 60 years old and I didn't think I would be burying him just yet. However, he took his life this September. For weeks I tried to find the song, we had played it together on TH-cam as he wanted me to hear it but it had disappeared from my search history. Anyway, 3 weeks after he passed I thought I would try one more time to find the song and there it was just there as I opened my search bar. This song makes me cry for obvious reasons but I feel close to my dad when I listen to it. Such a beautiful song and I'm glad he got his last wish of it being played at the funeral. God rest his soul. 💔
I used to stay up and watch a show with my dad late on Sunday nights when I was a kid in the eighties. They played songs from the 70s. I remember this song ever since then. I was mesmerised by it even as a kid and I'm thinking of my dad and my childhood now listening to it.
Oh Claire...I'm so very sorry for the loss of your dad. Your story breaks my heart. I hope you find peace and one day are able to remember only the love and not the pain of losing your dad that way. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. 🎵♥️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️♥️🎵
Oh! This brings back so many wonderful memories. This song played at every school dance and us girls would just pray that that "special" boy would ask us to dance. Then if he did you would get on the dance floor, sway to the music and for a few minutes you were in heaven.
Socrates (469-399 B.C. ): The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households.
It sounds great bcuz of original & sung from the heart of the artist. I grew up hearing it but nvr knu all the words until lyrics became available without spending xs $$$! Be blessed & safe everyone!
Just saw the news about 10 minutes ago, then came here. The song was perfect back when I heard it when it first came out and it's still perfect today (02-22-2022). R.I.P. Gary Brooker! Condolences to his family, the band and we fans. Thanks for uploading!
I was 7 years old when i first Heard this Voice and Organ...a Seed was planted and Music has ever since Played an important Part of my Identity and Gary,s Song has remained the Golden Standard. The Original Song is longer then We know !
Peter R. de Vries: On bended knee is no way to be free. Thank You Peter, we miss you. And when I hear: A Whiter Shade Of Pale; I think of You. Rest In Peace ❤️
My dad played this song when I was young. I loved it as a child but I never knew the name, plus my pops passed when I was 11 so I couldn't ask him. Needless to say I'm happy I found it!
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I'm 52 years old. Retired from military, been there, done that. Divorced after 27 years. Depression is a part of my life, might be forever. This song makes me cry and feel good at the same time because it gives me a good cry, for nothing and everything. I hope someone understands. God bless us all for doing no wrong but for doing what we were asked and expected to do on both sides of the fence. 😑 I hope that made sense. 🥰
Right there with you. Great memories through the tears!
Well, 52 is a good age. I believe there is still could be more good things in future than you have seen so far. You still can find the love of your life! Or enjoy being single.
Hopefully there is still good things in the future. God will help all of us
Blessings
Hygigf was a great boi
If you are listening to this song, let me tell you. You have a great taste in music. You are consider a friend of mine. Blessings from LA 🙏🙏🙏
Love and peace friend
From the other side of the globe
Rimero: This help's all of the world enjoy life !!! Peace Brother !!! I'm from L A also !!!
Lovin this song in Kansas City...peace and best wishes to you all!
Ergot and the miller
Love it, from Australia
I'm 75 and I still fight back the tears💔....
Got no idea what makes this music touch me so deep...
I was in Vietnam when I heard this music.... Maybe that's why I feel like crying.... My friends... Gone 💔💔💔
Ty for your service and sacrifice sir. I’m so sorry for your loss. My love and prayers are with you ❤🙏
I think the song is generally about someone learning of an unpleasant reality of which he had been blissfully unaware. And I think it resonated with people of a certain age at that time who were learning, had learned, or we're about to learn, some unpleasant life lessons.
Thank you for your service. I'm sorry for your loss. ❤
I'm so sorry
Your service is much appreciated. Glad you are home. Sorry for all the boys who didn't make it.
It's one of the great greats
I was in love with a girl when we were 14 in 1967. She liked me but we were so shy and never connected after that year. I went in the service in 1971 and moved across the country when I got out with a toddler son to raise myself. 40 years later I was visiting my brother where we grew up and I ran into that girl. She had lost her husband. We have been together 14 years now and it has been the best time of our lives. We have never before felt the love we do for each other.
I wish 🙏🏼 I have a man ♂️💜 to love me they cheat 😭😮😮😮
Sorry❤❤
What an amazing story 🥰😭 You are blessed, my friend 🤗
That is so Awesome! All of God's Best to You all!
The song strikes everyone different everyone has their own individual meaning of the song Tom it's a great song
I am 81 years old. God has blessed me because I can still enjoy singing along wit this classic.
God bless you! Greetings from Germany from Robert 👍🙋🍀
God bless you brother Lary greetings from Brazil
its so nice to know your living a good life! this tune will never get old.
Keep singing Larry, virtual hug for you.... Here's to you xxxxxxx fab track, xxxxxx
Congrats. Im 72 AND still listening these masterpiece s.
I am 98 yrs. old, and I love this song. I might even sing it at a karaoke! (Lots of old guys still have their wits). Besides, we are not old! We were just born before you!
I just turned 60, love this songs and most of the songs of the 60's and 70's. 💞
... cool ... I just became 54 ... I'm with you 😎😉
May God Bless you Jaddy!
To Irma and Joey Ibay......
Happy Birthday , I just had one.
My husband & I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary this year & every single time I hear this moving song I remember dancing with him as teenagers with chills from head to toe gliding across the dance floor with stars in our eyes. What a fine love story we have lived! Paul is now 71 & I am 70...may there be many more Whiter Shade of Pale dances!♥️♥️
Congratulation my wife and I will this December 27 and I will dedicated this song to her withold pictures of ourself in Tic Toc ...congratulation again .
Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary 💕 nice
Memories two young lovers who were meant for each other.💍
I also just recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary
November 10th, 1973 - 2023 🥂
Прекрасно..
Im at 42 yrs, I am 60 he is 72 🎯 Dosebt sound so bad now, But when I was 16 he was 28 . Ya , I caught a good one. But he really hit the
💥 JACKPOT 💥 ITS BEEN HARD SOMETIMES, But worth the time 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️
Congratulations. ❤❤👏👏
The lyricist was cremated today, aged about 77. Thank you for this masterpiece. RIP.
See u in he'll 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@robertdefusco6824Charming soab aren't you !
Thank you for writing this song.
Lyrics :
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said "there is no reason"
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
And so it was that later
There will never be another space in time I was 10 and it was on the am radio
When you're in your 20's your life travels at 20 MPH, 30's at 30 MPH so on and so forth..
Now that I'm in my 70's every day goes by in a blink of an eye. Make it count my friends. Make it count!
Truer words were never spoken. I’m 73 this year and feel time just slipping and sliding by.
When I was in my 20's, I'd see old people with their white hair and walking sticks and just categorise them as a different species to me. It still shocks me when I look in the mirror and see I've become one of that species.
For me the days drag. All by myself at 68. The years fly by.
No truer words could be spoken. Life is fleeting. Hold on to those you love...
God bless you Mathew.
I’m 60 years old. I’ve buried my Mom and Dad both sets of grandparents and a brother. I’m not in great health myself. I’ve had a good life. Of course some struggles as well. Music has always been my driving force. I’ve played drums and piano. Stay positive even through the bad. Keep jamming. Enjoy the ride it’s over in a snap. Godspeed.😎❤️
So strong 💪
hopefully gods blessings.
God bless you sir. Our Lord is with you in the good and bad days of our lives.
God love you Gayle
They just don't make music and lyrics like this anymore. Such emotion
A song that makes sense in so many different ways to so many people ! May whoever be reading this in 2023 be blessed !
And you, too, in '24!
God bless us in 2024
Brings back memories of when we were newly married and now I am a widow of 10 years. Where on earth has all that time gone. Miss him so much xx
One of my most favourite songs. This will never be forgotten, so much emotion. Who else is listening July 2020?
Me Boni brings old memories
Me!
Got my keyboard ready to learn this amazing song
FROM THE GULF COAST
still listening to this song love itttt...
who's still listening this song in 2019??please raise up your thumb
Kevin Van Hogg love it
@@terrycarter4938 ,,thank you
A class song that will never age! 👍
And I am crying too
Yes it makes me tear up.
I remember secretly watching my Mom and Dad slow dance in the living room to this beauty. They are both together in Heaven now. I hope there is a ballroom there for them to dance in. I miss you Mama and Daddy! See you soon.....❤
Gabriel , felt loved and peacfullness whatever state you are, god will bless you!
I am so sorry. May your parents dance and rest in peace. 💕
Wow transported me to old day when a listen this song in Spanish ! Loved🥰
Rest in Peace ❤
there is
I just turned 72. This piece of art is a treasure. Still gets me to this day.❤
As a (very) young man in high school, this song helped me through some hard times. Timeless.
Watch and listen to Emily Linge's cover of this on utube. All piano and very good.
@@bretthompson3865 i like a bit of organ myself.
In the fall of 1968 I went to a dance at the union hall when the band called out a ladies choice. And so it goes... A girl I knew but little tapped me on the back. 63 years, 6 kids,12 grandkids and all the and when we hear that organ, she still smiles we hang on tight and dance slow crcles to a whiter shade
Beautiful
How beautiful 😍 ❤
I love your beautiful memories
My Dad loved this song!
Very interesting.
When I hear this song I am transported to a small village in Switzerland.A tall handsome, young Canadian pulling me on the dance floor.Holding me tight!So handsome that I was so shy and wondering what he saw in me.Then we went walking in the in the moonlight until the chalets looked small below us.The mountains still snow covered in summer!The crisp heady air!What a romantic evening and memory.I am 70 years old now and still remember that evening as if it were last night!
Buenas los recuerdos hermosos y la música nunca mueren..
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful memory simply touching a genuine hopeless romantics heart, 💙💪✌️👍🙏😊💙, bless you , ...
@@milotorres6894 Thank you for listening to me!
Great to keep those memories alive
That is so beautiful !
The world was a much better place when this song was released.
Thanks for posting.
Yes..now big companies decide where new wars will start...The Iraq war was a disgrace
You can say that again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Much better? Not in the U.S. in the late 60’s. Vietnam, protests, riots, MLK and Bobby Kennedy assassinated…
You speak of the world??? We are the children......Africa and the USA and everywhere.... God bless the whole WORLD and everyone who lives with in!!!!!!!!!!
@@user-kl8mz4wh1q”For God so loved the world 🌎 🌍🌏 He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have everlasting life. For He did come into the world to judge the world but that through Him the world might be saved.” John 3: 16-17
“He’s got the whole world in His hands!”
✋🏾🌍🌏🌎🤚🏾
🙌🏼🕊️🙏❤️🙌🏼
The first time I heard this song I was 15 and heard it on my lunch break at home for lunch. I walked back to Algebra class and could not get it off my mind. I knew then that it was a very special song. I’m a old lady now but it still brings so many emotions when I hear it. Truly a beautiful masterpiece
Etched 🎶 🥁 🎹 in your memory for so long a young school girl that
You were makes you still very young at heart. ❤ God bless you.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wszystkiego najlepszego 🌹🇵🇱
I think I was 9-10
@@candicebeebe6688Two years later 1969 Woodstock 🕊🎸
The summer of love 🤍 Peace Festival ✌️ happy memories
Although you would have been quite young.
One of the greatest songs of all time. Hard to beat the late 60's and the 70's. This is classic.
Anos 60,70 só músicas lindas eu ouço todas, não deixo passar uma é por isso eu sou feliz ☺ ☺ foi a melhor época. 💕😁💕
There will NEVER be music again like the 60's and 70's.
@@kathryndoehreholmes2345 that's for sure. The 70s were the best of years. Everything was so much better. Great Music!!!🎸🎸
Im 57 ..
Nice to know you ..
BLESSINGS FROM
Cindy in Athens, Ga. USA
LYRICS:
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said "there is no reason"
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
And so it was that later
I’m 18yo and it’s December 2020. I prefer this kind of music rather than what there is today. This has emotions that you can feel and hear.
Procul Harum's follow up to this, "Homburg" has a similar feel, and I find it even more stirring. As is "Pilgrim's Progress" Which always chokes me up.
me too
#ShineOn 👏
@@StrawB0ss Now say something negative.
Who gives a fucking shit
I am 78 years old. I did enjoy listening to this song, but even more I enjoyed reading the many memories that you all wrote. Some memories made me smile and some made sad, but I can relate to them all. My dearest friends all are gone now, but today I felt like I had friends here! Thanks.
we are not alone here.
I understand. All my close friends have passed as well. I'm 57, and all my close friends didn't make it to this age. I think of them many times while hearing the older songs. A couple of my friends were musicians and could play many of the older songs. Enjoy the music!
That's so sweet, man.
I appreciate yall boomers.
Hi Rosalie , some songs have a really strange effect on us ! When we are happy we love the music , but when we are sad we understand the lyrics ! 😅 ❤ Take Care Friend
I am 77 years and I have enjoyed this song as one of my favourites from when it first was sung.
An endless classic- one of my favorites, along with Almost Paradise!
This song apparently used to be the favourite of Dutch journalist and fighter against injustice Peter R. de Vries, who died on the 15th of July after being shot a week before by criminals. It's hard to explain here what De Vries meant for the Dutch (except being on the telly just all the time) but in his, too short, life he did so many good things and helped heal those who were broken before. While The Netherlands appears to be a nation in mourning this week, I hope many will come to this song in his remembrance to honour him. For me this song will forever be Peter's.
Tomorrow at 11 in the morning, when his funeral starts, all dutch radiostations will play this song!
He was an Soldier on the right path it is hurting me that he is passed away our Dutch legend and hero R. I. P Peter R De Vries
❤
We lost an icon
❤⚘😥
My Daddy danced this with me when I was about 7 years old, it became our song….. RIP Daddy 💜
Your comment touched my heart!😉👌
Love your daddy and you. Stay blessed
Daddy R.I.P
TRUE
Beautiful memories…may God rest his soul xx
65 to 76, an era in music that has no equal in mans history, nothing even close. Nor ever will be. Thank you john for what you did to this world. You changed everthing. Everything
Well, my music was the '40s thru the 50s and we were able to dance to all of our music. Slow, jitterbug, lindy, and so on. 70s music? You just had to listen to it. There is nothing like dancing a slow dance with your girlfriend, turned wife. And just embrace each other and feel the love you have for each other. Now, those are memories, my wife of 56+ years went home. She passed on July 20th, 2020 .We danced to In The Still of The Night on her 75th birthday. Never knowing that that would be Our Last Dance. Not saying your music was bad, but you couldn't close dance alot. Well, take care and God Bless You.
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It's from the 17th Century.
I wouldn't trade those years for anything!
Bwhahahahahahahah!!!
73 years old and just reliving my time in my life... wonderful memories to hold dear to my heart.
Me too! 1951! One of my favorite songs,
How in the bloody hell did music go from this, to the unbelievable crap we have today?
Wish it was still like this
Rap.
pcpete911 Easy, stupid generations!
...with a silent C.
See what you think about M83 Outro .
I’m 70 years old and the songs of this era were insightful to say the least. This one is so beautiful... it touches my heart and every cell in my body
Me too!
If you trace the chordal element, it does a bar or two of Bach's 'Air on a G String' before it veers off. That spark was all it took. I wasn't consciously combining rock with classical, it's just that Bach's music was in me.
-Gary Brooker
@@Gjonesy9 You're right, it does. Never made that observation before.
Well,
Hey Nancy! 69 here. This 45 was the theme song of my small sweet 16 birthday party. Been loving this song a lifetime or two. Keep on keepin' on! ✌️
There are some songs you listen to ,then there are some songs you feel,this is one of them
I am now 84 and it is still my favorite!
😀
I was born in 84 and one of my favorites
Whiter Shade of Pale was simply a masterpiece that will live on for centuries.
This song is heavier than Nights in white satin. Nearly an impossible accomplishment. And your correct. The people in 2360 will be listening to this absolutely magnificent tune with the equal admiration we do.
*IS not was
Yes indeed. Indeed it is.!!!
You r’ sure...
yep
This was the wedding song for my parents. Makes me tear up any time I hear it. Rest in peace, dad.
Was my dads wedding song too x it breaks my heart x I never got to say goodbye
Sympathies Both & All Of Your families
That's a really fucked up wedding song bro 😞
I agree this would be a wrong choice for a wedding song. lol If you listen to the words it’s about a girl who overdosed on drugs in a bar. In those days the phrase the millers tells his tale means to die while tripping on drugs.
@@onniekeathleymusic Yea, thing is back then you didn't know all the backstories for many popular songs. There were no resources to look that up.
Im 33 yo, i gave birth to my first kid last week ... And we are listening to this during our sleeples nights ...
Good news ant the best for you and for you baby. From Morocco
Driving with my mother back in the 60's she loved this song, playing on the shitty AM radio singing along. Thank you Mom, you were the best mom a kid could ask for. 🙏
Sitting in the shade of the sandbag bunker at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, waiting for the next phase of North Vietnamese artillery or mortars, February 1968. My best buddy, who introduced my wife and I back in 1964, George Walbrdige, just burned to death in the crash of the only C-130 the Marine Corps lost in that war, stitched up the underbelly by a enemy machine gun while flying in bladders of aviation gas ... plus George and a few other Marines. "White Shade of Pale," "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, and the Animals "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place," all the songs we had on a tape recorder. In another world. In another time. In another life.
Ed Evans much respect to you buddy
You made me cry.
Ed........you got me in my feelings......much respect Devil Dog.....
+Ed Evans ....No kidding!!! This is serious stuff!!!!
+Ed Evans My father who was a WW2 vet used to say about combat, "You can't imagine." Thanks for your service, sir.
I'm 67yo and it's October2020. I used to listen this song during my teenager times.
@@jeb5445 Me also. This great song has a ballad kind of feel...PS, it's Nov. 2020.
You have a really good time there sir
Same,.I'll be 66 in January.
Same here, and I'm the same age as you. This was one of my favorite songs growing up in the '60's.
I'm 77, STILL listening..not the unbelievable crap they call music today..
Gosh! It is that kind of song indeed. I’m 77 and most of my school mates are gone; my siblings; my husband. Wow! Lots to shed tears for, sadness and joy. Memories!🙏🏽❤️
3;16 AM and I know what you mean.
It sounds like a dirge.
Your lucky still alive . I'm 35 now I think I can't reach my 50 I will die
Life it`s just that!
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I'm only 57 but gosh this as always been my favorite song...can't explain but I can put headphones on and put it on loop all night 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This song is on my playlist 👍
I wish we had music like this today. Truly, a masterpiece. RIP Mr. Brooker.
We DO have music like this......EXACTLY like this......whenever we want ..thanks to YT and record players xxx
Me too....they send me a lot of ekecteonuc stuff. I'm not against it. Have beeb dancing free sryle up to now, U'm 54..but it's not the same used ro at violoncello in orchestra since U was,10 ..😉☺🙃😘Up to16..and never stoped singing and performing. Music saved my life!!!💚💛❤💯💣💥
Loved it then, Love it now!!!
I met my Husband 55 years ago, in a Bar on the back Street In St. Thomas Virgin island. I was there with a friend who worked there. On the Juke Box this song was playing, as I walked in, Whiter Shade of Pale, I heard that song for the first time. It stayed with me through the years. We are still together.
That Song is special to me, I heard a guy from Nigeria singing it today.
I looked it up, so many versions from different Artists, singing this song.
Remarkable, how some things and songs stay with you always. Love it.
God was riding right through his Heart! Forever song!
They just can't create music like this anymore, music that never dates. Outstanding talent.
instablaster
true. Very true
It’s Bach really. And even Bach relied on his wife, Anna Magdeleina, to create his best stuff!
they absolutely can
J.S.Bach my friend ....and yes he is immortal/ athanatos!
Whatever meaning you may derive at from listening to the Lyrics to this Song, go with that, because it really doesn't matter, so don't overthink it. Just lay back, close your eyes, and enjoy this beautiful Masterpiece, that the Musicians and Artist collaborated together, to create. This song has always created a peaceful and relaxing mood for me!! ☺🥰
Need to give JS Bach credit on this. The music, not the lyric was written by him.
Lead him to, Conquistador.
It explains a lot.
We are all at war with dark forces.
Hate is their rituals, their chanting.
Well put.
I will never forget the great times I had back then. Love this song. My generation was the best.😊
I dedicate this song to my younger brother at 54 yrs whom died of alcohalism and Covid. Rip Gregory Burrows💖🀄🙏
11/30/20 To @Lorraine Cortes - *So very, very sorry for your loss.* 💔😢 ~~ 2o2o has *SUCKED* in every way possible for me & for most in America, that's for sure. I lost my sig other this year on 3/10/20, 15 days before the COVID panic, hysteria & the lockdown set in. I have no more words for this loss.💔 ~~ I'll just be so glad & relieved when it's finally Jan 1, *2022.* (I've already written off 2021 as a total loss & waste! 😷👎) Hopefully by 2022 this COVID nightmare 😵 will be over with & both the battles AND the war will have been won with the development of successful vaccines in 2o21.🤞😷😷 ~~~ Meanwhile ... as we all exist in social isolation & begin forgetting what the lower half of the human face looks like 😶 ... we can all dig deep into TH-cam, *find & listen to the BEST music ever made* & live on memories, laugh to the current & biting parodies & sarcasm of #StephenColbert, #JimmyFallon, #SNL, #DaveChappelle, #SethMeyers & others & wait it out until this COVID nightmare is over. 👍
Sad sorry for your lost. Covid.
I'm so sorry for your loss 😭 may he rest in peace
Lorraine, I was very sorry to read about your brother. I have lost 3 brothers and three sisters. The pain is more tolerable as time goes on. Take Care.
So sorry for your loss
John Lennon said this was the most beautiful song he ever heard
He sure did. Sat people right down and made them listen to it .
So did Peter Frampton.
It's Bach, of course it's beautiful.
He did indeed say that. And if you read what else he said about it, you'll know it really was John Lennon saying it...................
So did Ozzy!
I’m 48, suffer depression and this song touches my soul. ❤
Bless you Mrs. Cross
Wishes from Italy 🇮🇹
You’re not alone. Many of us do and this song goes right to our hearts. Love to you ❤❤❤
Man look a pastor in a church and ask him to pray for you. Depression is a devil disease. Search help . God loves you
I'm so sorry 😞I know the feeling, I'm battling suicidal thought 's
@@denisestorey6923 I am sorry to hear that and I will pray for you. I too think about it because I get tired of living with chronic pain all the time. You are in my thoughts friend 😊🩵
I’m 66 years old and NEVER get tired of this song 🎶
Same way here .
Ever trip the light fandango??
Me, either.
Me too
I'm 70 & still love this song.
This song had been played today July 21th 2021 at 11:00 for Peter R. De Vries by all Dutch radiostations. He has been murdered for his believe to be honoust. He never bended a knee for criminals until bullets of a coward made him bend😢
On bended knee is no way to be free... Rest in peace Peter🙏🇳🇱
❤️
🙏 do not know him, yet. Now I will find your story. Thank you for sharing this. 🙏❤️ ~ USA
He sounds like my kind of fellow. The darkness always tries to extinguish the brightest lights,but they never put them out completely. Ben Franklin said any society that give up some of it's freedom for a little security deserves niether. This man knew that.
he must have been a good man if he liked this
SALUTE !!!
When music still told stories you could relate to .... and the voice pierced through every layer of your being. 🙏🏻
Masterpiece 🌹
Does the lyrics tells a story anymore.
Yes, the one you make up.@@claudiaclarkr6025
Ived loved this song since I was 11 years old, which was 54 years ago. It's just a magical work of art.
I thought that am the only one in 2023 to listen to this😊
One of the most beautiful songs and melodies ever written. So many memories.
Patricia Brooks, concordo plenamente com voçê, essa é a música da minha vida.
Grande abraço!
Bach lives on
I snuck into a bar when I was 16 and this was the first song I ever slow danced to. I remember his name, every thing about him. A life long memory
Everytime I am playing and listenin this song am always teary eyed.😥so many memories happy and sad..
Thank you for having this immortal song .am 65 yrs old and I love it ❤️
I began my first semester at Sacramento City College as l let my hair grow down to my ass, dropped acid, designed psychedelic anti Vietnam War protest signs
Made love not war then got my 'Greetings you be drafted for Vietnam" letter 1970... returned shredded spiritually 1972 to get called vile names and spit on my uniform..
This was my husband's favorite song way back then. He's passed away now but I can see him clearly smiling as he did years ago when he played this gem over and over and over.
Spoly, your husband is still right next to you. He wants you to know that he loves you just as much.
@@thomasodetto4670 What a sweet reply...thank you so much.
❤️😢
Very moving
we remain spiritually in all the things we used to love
Lyrics: | "Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum. |
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, 'there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well've been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale. END.
❤
I am 74 and i love to here these oldies bringing back sweet memories ❤️😊
To me too.
Peter R de Vries, you were a hero, we will never forget you. 💔
❤⚘😥
On bended knee is no way to be free 😭
❤️ Peter, held
Gone too soon
🙏💗
This song was my father's favorite, he just passed away a month ago at the age of 37, i still have a video of him singing this song while playing ukulele
Everytime i listen to this song, i can't hold my tears.. miss him so much..
Gave you a thumbs up ,friend. My condolence. I am 66 and still, i listen to the song. It is beautiful. Please have your Late Dad's video put on a dvd. Cheers from SA.🇿🇦👍
Bless you and your DAD.
Don't hold them back. Let them flow.
I don't know how you will take this, but if you really want to, you will meet him again in this life or another life..
Irza Aulia and he knows how much you truely loved him
Can't help myself from listening to this all the time. My son was born in 1967. Great year❤
My 81 year old mom is crying her ❤ out longing for my dad that passed on 2 years ago😢 this was their song ...let it out mommy😢 think about your yester years with your happy times with daddy❤2024 blessed as well as sad times with my mom❤
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used to hear this song while patrolling the DMZ in Vietnam on my Armored Personnel Carrier in 1969. Though the lyric was nothing about where I was, I still associate this song with that time I spent expecting to die. If you were fighting, you weren't writing songs, you were listening to them because you grew up on rock n' roll.
@Blessed With A Perfect Life acknowledged. My condolences for your terrible loss.
Thank you for your service to our country, this song is beautiful and thanks to you and everyone who served 🙂
@@sharonklugh3663 acknowledged.
Thanks for serving our country. I was just a kid then, but this music is burnt into my soul too.
Thank you for your service Sir. I missed Viet Nam by a couple of years, but I think of you guys all of the time.
I'm just crying and clicking on thumbs ups! You're never alone when there's music like this!
Doing and feeling the same, Jeff
Amen brother
I love this song and have the original 45. I listen to my favorites every day! Great music will never die!
My dad introduced me to this song, I absolutely love it. I'm a guitar player. This is one of my favorite songs to sing along to.i wanna learn the chords so I can play along to it as well
I’ve been through a lot .. I do believe that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.. Loved this song..
My father's favorite song. It was released on the day I was born. He died today. I am weeping as I listen.
That's beautiful, and I'm sorry for your loss, God bless you and your family
God bless you my brother ❤
Sorry for your loss hang in there
One of the best songs ever written.💗
Yes I agree with you.
@@baldemaraperez2299 So do I
I agree totally Susan…..
Sure is!
2020 ! A new year yet stuck with the old golden song. Anybody with me?
This song can heal my soul..
@@anandaadinda7795 Yes! Any day...
Tiarenla: It is a very good song really, one that makes one think. It has been one of my favorites of all time. Regards and have a nice day.
@@jmrodas9 Thank you! Regards & good day and good year to you too.
Me.
My not quite 13 years old granddaughter said today, “ they sure don’t write songs like they used to. “. Old soul, old school that one. I am 67. This song makes me cry, still.
Eu tenho 52 anos e, ainda hj trabalho duro pra sustentar minha família e toda vez que escuto essa música os meus olhos se enche de tantas lágrimas misturadas de saudades de um tempo que não volta mais. Mas aproveitei cada momento da minha vida junto das pessoas que amo. Enquanto houver vida vou escutando esse clássico mundial com muita alegria no coração ❤️❤️
Tenho 62 anos, sou do interior pernambucano temos 02 filhas com 29 anos, gêmeas, são meus amores. Continuamos ainda todos na mesma casa, sempre lutando por dias melhores e ouvindo belas canções como esta, que realmente nos emocionam. ❤ ❤
Um abraço Marcos Fernando, muita saúde e paz para todos !
I was in grade 10 in High School in 1967. This song always makes me want to cry. Some of the best music was written in the 1960's + 1970's. Thank you. God bless you. 💗➕💗
I was born in 80 and as amazing as my childhood was and my teens In the 90s I can only imagine how magical being a teen in the 40s 50s 60s 70s or even 80s. There was still magic mystery and discovery for us but not anymore for these children.
I am 53 . The song was produced the year I was born . My parents played this song so many times when I was a kid . Always wondered what it was about …?
I have lots of songs from the 60s up to the 90s that make me feel that way. Go on and cry. It's a beautiful thing to have feelings of nostalgia that deep. It makes you remember to not take life for granted. I'm realizing that "kush got me like" , so that's all. ✌🏾♥️🤘🏾🙏🏾
@@tonyawallace5297 ❤amennn
Class of 1970!
I'm 40 and this song is beautiful no matter what age you are. It's truly a masterpiece and should go down in the history books as one of the greatest songs ever written. 💖
Number one on the hit parade the day I was born :) I have to agree!
Goodmorning ! Fijne dag toegewenst! Groetjes aan iederéén van de muziek ❤🇳🇱🌹🎼👋😘
My favorite song, it picks me up whenever I am down.
I'm 20 and this is one of my favourites
So much memories ♥️💙💔💙♥️😥😥😥
Great song and still so deep and strong. Very moving. I was 12 when came out and now 68 but it still hits home.
I agree❤
🏳️🌈
This song makes me cry every time…the words, the melody itself..nothing like this song…
This is a great song by a band I think was underrated. Even John Lennon said he felt this one of the best songs ever written.
I heard this was Paul McCartney's favorite song. Everybody loves it. Except the rap listeners.
Based on JS Bach's organ theme.
It is actually
Researching more - the organ theme is in a Bach Style, but not borrowed directly from his music.
@@chrisnolan5607 yep its "air on a g string", but its not an exact copy and done very tastefully
This song is a classic. It stands the test of time.
No music today could compare to this great song.
I don't understand ... This song is about a woman who had an adulterous affair!!!
The miller told his tale is a reference to Chaucer's Canterbury tales.
YES IT IS AND DOES!!!!!!!
Boa 😉☺️
I agree with that. 😁
Time stands Still when I hear this song!
I'm back in the early 70's!
So true,Time stand still!
I was 17 when this was released, best song ever. It'll be heard at my funeral that's for sure.
Hope you are there to enjoy it.
На своих похоронах нужно слушать молитвы священника о своем упокоении ,а эту музычку до !!!!!!!
My mom is 72 years old and absolutely loves this song, I play it once a week for her it always puts a smile on her face, and I happen to like it too ❤️
And she is grand. And Thank you my Son , Andrew
GOD BLESS YOU BOTH. YOU WERE CORRECT.
That's so awesome. God bless.
i am 79 yrs this beautiful song plays,it still puts a smile on my face..i love this old song.
Play it more than once a week.
Same here. My mother is 72 too. And this is one of her favourite song...
Hier dankzij Peter r de Vries. Rust zacht held.
Ja peter was een goede man 🥀⚰️😔🙏🏻😢
Gone too soon
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Rust zacht Peter R De Vries 😢😢😢
Me too 😥
I am 77 years my wife and I met each other 30th of May 1968 and danced with each other for the first time on this nummer.
We are still together 56 years in roe of happiness .
My lovely wie is not staying at home anymore cause of a brain disease and lives in a secual clinic.
We still love each other very much and this year We cerebrale 52 years of our marriage
A whiter shade of pale brought us together..
Two different cultures together.
I was born in Indonesië she in The Netherlands .
Special nummer for us
This song is on my playlist 👍
I'm 55 years old, just started learning to play drums using this song, a very beautiful song☺
I'm not really into this kind of songs but Kim Taehyung listen to this.... this is so good.
Do you know what this sing is about?
U don't have to forcefully like it just becuz v likes it :)
It's okay.. Taetae just helped you to explore your taste in music 💜
i have a feeling he’s an old soul at a very young age like me the very moment i knew he love vintage items.
@@roseblink4275 i ended up liking it! and my mom liked it too! 😭 she told me she knew this song for years now.
My dear dad requested this be played at his funeral back in February. I didn't think much to it as he was young, just 60 years old and I didn't think I would be burying him just yet. However, he took his life this September. For weeks I tried to find the song, we had played it together on TH-cam as he wanted me to hear it but it had disappeared from my search history. Anyway, 3 weeks after he passed I thought I would try one more time to find the song and there it was just there as I opened my search bar. This song makes me cry for obvious reasons but I feel close to my dad when I listen to it. Such a beautiful song and I'm glad he got his last wish of it being played at the funeral. God rest his soul. 💔
I used to stay up and watch a show with my dad late on Sunday nights when I was a kid in the eighties. They played songs from the 70s. I remember this song ever since then. I was mesmerised by it even as a kid and I'm thinking of my dad and my childhood now listening to it.
I'm sorry you lost your dad. He was young.
I’m sorry for your loss…, god bless you and rip to your father
So sorry for your loss, I know what it means to lose a father. He had good taste, I bet he was a nice bloke x
Oh Claire...I'm so very sorry for the loss of your dad.
Your story breaks my heart.
I hope you find peace and one day are able to remember only the love and not the pain of losing your dad that way.
You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.
🎵♥️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️♥️🎵
I'm 65 years old, and this brings back memories, especially now that my husband passed away in 2022 , I,m in tears right now
If I lived near you I would call and hug you and we both could be in tears.
Great.songs.and.musicians.like.this.should.never.be.forgotten.fact.im.still.listening.this.great.in.2024.
My father's favorite, dead at 55, mom gone 3 years prior, 51. Played at dad's funetal, I know he heard...
❤️
Bless you
My father's funeral was this past Wednesday and this song was played.
How sweet.
My dad died at 54
@@sallybutton6237 Thanks Sally miss them so much..
RIP Gary. Absolutely fantastic song. A true masterpiece.
🙏🥺💙
My favorite song ever
I am listening to this now as a litle tribute to him! What a marvelous Classic of all times ! R I P Gary!!!🙏
This song is timeless. 💯
Who's Gary?
Oh! This brings back so many wonderful memories. This song played at every school dance and us girls would just pray that that "special" boy would ask us to dance. Then if he did you would get on the dance floor, sway to the music and for a few minutes you were in heaven.
I am born '89 and was a child of the 90s. My grandparents and parents taught me the music i love today. Why is music like this not made anymore?
It is because we are living in end times. True talent can no longer thrive in this age.
Socrates (469-399 B.C. ): The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households.
Who's listening to this song July 2020
I am.
Beautiful song
Hell yes, my parents used to listen this song, so I grew up listening it for 30 years 🥂
I am
Always nothing better!!! A Viet Nam of course.
2020. Still better than most "modern" music.
Better than most music of that era! That's saying a lot.
I just love the melody of this song♥️♥️♥️
Not bad for 300 years old
It sounds great bcuz of original & sung from the heart of the artist. I grew up hearing it but nvr knu all the words until lyrics became available without spending xs $$$! Be blessed & safe everyone!
Same song, Willie Nelson
I'm 64 yrs.old still listening 🎶
Gary Booker's voice got better with age. I loved it in '67 even more now. I tend to get emotional every time i listen to it like so many others do
This song will never fade. A masterpiece.
Not to many bands could make the Hammond Organ sound great .
grate for making love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's mostly based off the music by Bach's Air, so it's already a masterpiece
@@EduardoGarcia-vu5ts There is a very well-done organ-violin duet which starts with Bach and ends with "Whiter Shade of Pale."
Just saw the news about 10 minutes ago, then came here. The song was perfect back when I heard it when it first came out and it's still perfect today (02-22-2022). R.I.P. Gary Brooker! Condolences to his family, the band and we fans. Thanks for uploading!
Look up a version he did in 2004 he’s sat at the piano in a red jacket might help you find it if you’ve not seen it. Brilliant.
Such a classic...brings back so many great memories !
Love that song. Rest in Peace.
Same here, I always thought it was Winwood singing this. Dumb me, but still learning 50 years later.
Rest in peace dear man.
Canzone stupenda, che merita la medaglia d' oro, e che a distanza di oltre 50 anni suscita ancora forti emozioni.
I was 7 years old when i first Heard this Voice and Organ...a Seed was planted and Music has ever since Played an important Part of my Identity and Gary,s Song has remained the Golden Standard.
The Original Song is longer then We know !
This is just one those song's. Brilliant. It grab's you. Doesn't let go. No matter your age. Timeless.
DBM, I agree with you. I have never heard an organ solo hold on to you like this. Whenever I hear this song, it takes me prisoner.
i m resetting the melody to new lyrics
I agree, it just captures you. Timeless indeed
Or do you mean timele’s’s?
Transcendent.
Peter R. de Vries: On bended knee is no way to be free. Thank You Peter, we miss you.
And when I hear: A Whiter Shade Of Pale; I think of You.
Rest In Peace ❤️
❤⚘😥
To my knowledge, this is the prophesied generation, who will never pass away.
❤amen❤
My dad played this song when I was young. I loved it as a child but I never knew the name, plus my pops passed when I was 11 so I couldn't ask him. Needless to say I'm happy I found it!
There is no feeling quite like finding that song we liked as a child but never could look up because we didn't know the name.
I will never forget this beautiful and very sad song. 😢❤