Procol Harum at Gala du Midem. 27 January 1968 Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France LIVE on ORTF, France and transmitted by Eurovision to some countries This show has not been included on any officially released video or DVD
What we see and hear is music history. One of the absolute best songs of all time. Those of us who belong to the older generation and were there from the beginning will never forget!
So thankful that I am part of that generation that was there from the beginning. I remember exactly where I was and who I was with the first time I heard this song. Wonderful memories.
First heard this song when I was 14. I could make no sense at all of the words. The singer sounded like he was dying. But I loved the organ playing. I'm 71 and it is the favorite song of my life. How many songs have sold more than 10 million copies? Thank you Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, bassist David Knights AKA The Undertaker, session drummer Bill Eyden and producer Denny Cordell!
I had no idea what half the lyrics were the first time I heard it but I knew I loved it. When it came on the car radio we would turn the volume sky high and sing along with the words we did know. So glad I was part of the generation that had the best music ever.
What a beautiful time of life to be a teen! People were beautiful people back then! ALL the great Musicians came from that era! So Beautiful,,,,,,I wish I could go back in Time! Makes me cry! Speak the Truth
It was an amazing time. But what was your draft number? In 68 we lost Bobby, Martin. Massive riots. Chicago was chaos during the Democratic Convention. We had the tet offensive, Russia crushed the Czech Spring, Not the greatest time.
The BEST music in world history! The 60s & 70s brought us the most diverse, amazing music by so many wonderful bands. I can’t even name one of today’s singers or bands that would even make the top 100 if they performed back then. It’s all autotuned, pitch-corrected blandness with a dozen half naked background dancers. Look at the Super Bowl halftime show last night (2/11/24). It was a horrendously bland performance. I could’ve been on that stage and received raving applause because people today don’t know anything other that mediocracy.
I`m turning 75 and this makes me feel young. We`d listen to this on our tubed am radios. Then hi-tech came along and we`d install reverbs in our cars. Going over bumps sounded like a thunderstorm.
It was 1968 and I was waiting for a bus in Detroit at about 1AM. It was a warm misty night. I had just broken up with my girlfriend and this song was playing in my head. A car passed by with its windows down and "A whiter Shade of Pale" could be heard on the radio. It was sad and uplifting at the same time. I always stop and listen whenever I hear it playing, capturing that moment in time forever.
Nice! My story’s not quite as evocative as yours, but I remember the exact moment when I heard it as it came out, and that time and place will be forever associated with this masterpiece. That perfect organ melody grabbing you right away… then the phenomenal vocals and lyrics… wow. I can imagine an old movie from back then with your description. Thanks!
I was 20 years old in Spain, when I first heard White Shade of Pale in the radio. For me, that song in one of the best song´s at 60´s... The voice of Gary is extraordinary beautiful.
Robin Trower, a very young man here! What a band to be born from and move on to his solo career. Magical times. I saw him first on his solo tour when no one knew him, just came out with Bridge of Sighs and opened for Ten Years After. Think this must have been 1974?
I was 16 when this song came out, we were in Campbeltown Scotland on vacation, they were playing it from a ship in the harbour, you could hear it all over town. Still remember it, after 55 years . Great song.
Always loved this song, the melody, the rhythm, the soul. So much soul …. Back in the day … there was no fancy mixing and pitch adjustments…. Pure talent , musicianship and genuine live vocal performances …. Thanks for sharing!
It's a derivation of Bach and a perfect example of how music transcends time. I won't hear it in 100 years, but I am surely glad to have the chance now.
And in 2024 Lucy Thomas recorded and released her version of this song and killed it !! Such a beautiful singer, yet she performed this song and owns it now !!!
I was seventeen. To this day I still love this song. One the my all time favorites. But as time goes by, it means so much more to me. A lifetime has gone by.
@@virginiaknighten4687And Virginia, college English had me read ( The Miller's Tale is mentioned in this song ) part of Chaucer 'The Canterbury Tales .'
Ainda contemplo o teu lindo rosto e volto no tempo. Eu era apenas uma garota quando ouvi essa música pela primeira vez. Hoje, com 73 anos de idade ainda a escuto, fecho os olhos e me transporto. Obrigada Gary Brooker, você mora no meu coração.
One of the most beautiful timeless songs I’ve heard or grew up with Yet as the years have gone on I’ve grown old and weary but by lord this song stays young it just never grows old or tired
Recordar é viver, dancei muito essa música nos bailinhos de funde dr quintal, era D+, os amigos, as minas, as cubas, os haifais, etc, éramos felizes e sabíamos. Abs a todos q curtiram essa época é estão vivos, tenho 67 anos hoje.
I saw them in 1967 in Boston at the psychedelic supermarket they were 2 hours late whiter shade of pale was just becoming a big hit they blew everyone away this song will be heard 50 years from now it will never be forgotten
I remember my daughter..4 years old then in 1984,she submerged my tapes in water including Whiter shade of Pale..!Yet,the memory lingers! Then in 1997,I became a songwriter..God is Great!
Theres something so good and pure to me about the way music sounded in the later 60s and early 70s its sounds just the right way music should to me and this song encapsulates that perfectly.
Yes, he caught the restlessness of the British youth in that time period and for better or worse they went on to shake the world-it is an enigma, why the English brought in such revolutionary changes, indeed R.I.P. Gary.
------------- nowwaitaminute ......if you don't mind inquire ------ happy tears from laughing -- or sad tears from crying.....or both ....inthatcase may happy be the latter.....one of band members was invited to RSVP social event (party) ......blue blooded gals was complimenting each other about their creamy white complexions (knowing UV light can be adversary) ....he overheard the conversation snippets......n wrote the song.....rest is history .....
63 years old , high school dances , this was the slow dance song, when this came on it was time to find your girl, a totally amazing song , what memories
Contaba con 17 años, corría 1968, década. Década de la contracultura, modas, minifalda, amigos inigualables, mis estudios, música , de este gran conjunto.hoy al evocar gratamente con mesura, belleza, y elegancia, bendigo al dador de la vida y de la historia haber vívido tan bella época. Adiós 60s, 70s, 80d, 90s , 2010s, y 2021, aún en pandemia del Covid19, bienvenidos año 2022, con su blanca palidez, y brillo. Procul Harum Desde Dellh Holanda abrazos para todos. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I remembered at the early seventies at high school and U parties, when boys would invite the girls they liked and danced for the last few songs, and this was usually one of the last few. Brings back good old memories. Thanks for the sharing of this precious piece
En mi juventud hacíamos fiestas en casa de algun colega o en el terrado de nuestras casa, lo llamábamos "guateques" y esta canción nunca faltaba. Era al final de los 60 y principios de los 70.
