I listen to this masterpiece every month... Marvellous is also the performance by Annie Lennox. I go back to the sixties and I feel the vibes I've felt when I was young....
How come you can listen to this song a million times and still get teary eyed and emotional. Memories flood in, tears flood out! Music “back in the day” was “BEST OF THE BEST”. It’s 2024, I’m not 67 and it’s a large pill to swallow. Where did our time go? Oh to be back in the day!
Here I am in 2024, at 67 years old. This is and will always be one of those songs and bands that touch my heart like no other. Awesome doesn’t even come close….. superb , no. I have no words. Hope we have kinder, bluer skies soon in the USA. ✌️
I'm 21. A lot of people are commenting about how they grew up with this song, but I think it's important to know that young people, though we may not have the nostalgia, are still discovering great music like this from generations before us. Songs like this truly are timeless.
@@mannya.6163 I was not born when the band released the song. And I didn’t hear until the Big Chill came out in the early 80s. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened since. I bought the soundtrack back then and I’ve probably listened thousands of times. This performance is just next level amazing to me. So haunting and beautiful.
I have been crying every time I listen to it, because I was in the Vietnam during this time of era. I survived in the middle of the conflict. I'm now 74 and in the back yard of my daughter house and got tears in my eyes again listening to it. I'm proud to serve the United States Air force for 20 years. This song was produced 1967
Me a 67 year old man, 2:46 am. Can't sleep looking at my beautiful wife she’s been battling breast cancer. I broke down, tears came flooding to my eyes. You see this is our song. 43 years with my soulmate.
Born in 1957 about to turn 67 even in the early acid days didn't make sense of the lyrics and now as an older man still don't make sense of the lyrics yet this song is part of my soul. Every time it comes up on my playlist, I think there must be 1 million people that feel like me
I cannot u still have this on Vinyl so do I , I listen to this recording often it is so Amazing with orchestra , There is no music today that can maatch the 60,s , 70,s , and part of eighty's , I sometimes I wish 18 again and in my college days !! ??
Love this song and group! I'm 76 and I listen at least 7-10 a month. My husband passed in 2020 and this was our song. He died from dementia, but he recognized this song as ours till the day he died. We were 18 and so in love,still miss and love him!
I just listened to this. I am 71 now and my Wife is 62. Took my tablet downstairs and hooked it up to my stereo system. Asked my wife for a dance. Took her a minute to get up. We went downstairs put our arms around each other and swayed to the music.
I am 29 years old. This has been one of my favorite songs since I was about 19 when I first heard it. To all of my older brothers and sisters that I’ve seen in the comments. We may be different in a lot of ways, but hey we connect on this song don’t we? That’s pretty beautiful to me ❤
I am in tears after reading all these comments! We are not that different and why can’t we have peace on earth! Thank you so much Mr. Brooker! RIP!🙏🙏🙏❤️
Je to tím, že dnešní většina mládeže je zmatená. Možná záleží na generacích, které zažily skutečnou přirozenou lásku, která má spoustu podob, aby v současné mladé generaci tu skutečnou lásku k bližnímu a skutečný soucit a respekt, to vše postavené na intuici obnovily/probudily. Kéž všechny bytosti myslí srdcem. 🤍💎
I'm 70 years old myself. Scatological language aside, I couldn't agree more. By the way, I heard it through the grapevine that Mr. Brown has got a lovely daughter. Or it could be the Mrs. At my age, the hearing is about shot. I heard it over and over and over again, but the Beltone is in bits and pieces. I'll stop now (in the name of love).
I completely agree. I actually like this version better and I rarely prefer live over studio. It never ceases to amaze me how incredible his voice is at this age!
I have been a professional performer and studio recordist for over 40 years and whoever was responsible for this mix deserves, in my opinion, an award for such an outstanding master. Clamp on some top quality cans and you can hear every instrument. Just superb - and so was the brilliant meld of orchestra, choir, and pop. I am so glad I have livged through this musical time.
@@southparklimo At the moment “Hard Day’s Night” is on TV. I can remember going to the picture show and being beside myself. So in love with those boys!
@@virginiaknighten4687 Oh yeah, most girls were. All of those Beatles and Rolling Stones concerts were the beginning of Rock and Roll and many bands eveolved after that, And I bought many of those albums
A man of my age 73 shouldn’t be crying as I am right! Life has went by at such a fast pace! I missed some of the excitement but I have enjoyed so much great music! This one is right up there with the top. R.I.P. Gary. Your song will never die
Dear one….I’m 72….I saw them at Fiddler’s Green in Denver….probably in 1983……so much more intense in person…grabs your heart and gut….even if you don’t take the time to understand the lyric’s story…..but , it’s a very interesting story.❤️🙏
The year was 1967 when this was released. The year I met and married my beloved Mario. He passed away just 10 months ago after being ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. This was our song...always played on every anniversary 50 in total. I found a beautiful orchestral version of it and had it played at the end of his funeral mass. It always tugs at my heart strings! I play it now to remember all the happy times. Beautiful!
Same here. Just last week this was the version to be the last song from 3 to be played at my father's funeral. He loved it and sang it really well himself. Love you dad more than words can describe. 😓
76 and still loving all the music I grew up with.. We most definitely had the best music ever. And this is just a sample of what I consider one of the best songs of my generation. What a superb rendition. Rest in sweet peace Gary Brooker..
I am at the same age. This song was the last song that I fell in love right after hearing it. My beloved song started with Supper Bird, I was just started to learn Eng, from this you should have known that I was from non English back ground. The music ( super bird) caught me, plus I could understand most of the lyrics, I like it so much so I went to buy the translated songs book to learn more about this song. I have couples more songs in my memory, but to make it shorter I have to go straight to this song. I move to Australia in 1995 when I heard this song , the instrument version, for the first time. It was the sound of Organ that struck me, then I searched for the song and listened to the regular song with the lyrics. I learn more English from this song😂😂😂. I love it until now, never get bore listening to.
I understand. I was a baby when it was first recorded. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. But that wasn’t until I got into music as a teenager.
I feel the same. This is a masterpiece. I play this for my friends after they play dubstep and rap but they always tell me thank you for this after hearing it.
Alors que nous regardons lentement les grands s'éloigner, nous pouvons nous estimer si chanceux d'avoir fait partie de cette époque. J'ai maintenant 73 ans et j'écoute encore aussi souvent que possible les nombreuses méga-chansons de notre époque.
He looks old for his age, but he is only 61 here. Many musicians are still perfoming well at that age. Actors even better. Liam Neeson was older than Gary here when he was doing Taken 3 and a lot of other action movies. Sometimes age is really just a number.
One of the most, if not the most, iconic and moving legacy performances ever filmed and recorded. I was in the music business for a long time and I’ve seen a lot of amazing performances. This is on another level.
It’s very difficult to find the words to describe this superlatives performance of the classic song. The original version is great, but this version with orchestra and choir, and the added classical segment, is just off the scale. This is the kind of great music that spans generations and genres. This is a once in a lifetime experience. A brilliant masterpiece!
Totally agree with you. Have a listen to reflections of my life by dean ford produced by Joe tansin. Totally stripped back bring tears to me n I'm 54 years old.
When I was in highschool and college I listened to this song Over and Over Over Again. It's one of my Alll-time Favorite Songs. I Never Get Tired of Listening To It! Rest In Peace Gary Brooker!
1967 , I was 29 and my oldest daughter was just born, when I heard for the first time this song. I said to my dear wife "Love this is one for eternity". I wish I could say it to her again in 2021, but she passed away in 2017. I thank God we were 55 years together.
I am sooo sorry for you loosing your dear wife!! It s a pity and I hope that you have overcome your deep sorror. Sorry, I am German and my Englisch isn' t perfect. You know what I mean. I cant say how deep it is in my feelings that you have lost somebody special. Es tut mir so leid. Greetings from North of Germany
4:05 Me a 64 years young lady love this song. My generation is blessed to had artists that have reached down in their souls to perform from their hearts.
I got to see this live on the Johnny Carson show on Friday the 13th. My brother and I had driven down to Tijuana Thursday night and went to every single bar in the city drinking at least one beer in each one. We raced back up to Thousand Oaks and got home shortly after sunrise. I went to the studio and got 2 tickets for the show that night before going home and getting a nap. Leno hosted that night and I was so psyched to see this and whiter shade live! What an awesome 24 hours!
Always liked this song, but as I age it held much more meaning to me. No sure why,why, It makes me think of all of my family and friends who have passed . To me it is one of the greatest songs of all time. RIP Mr. Brooker...
My father died last christmas after a horrible time of sufferring Alzheimer. One of the songs during the cremation was this one on my request. It was fantastic and quiet a relief. Listening again; tears comin' to my eyes. Bye dad.
Sorry for your loss. It’s a kick in the teeth. I thought I was ready, but even knowing how it would end I was incredibly ill prepared. Dementia, Alzheimer’s…what ever form it takes steals whatever time you thought you would have with your father. Now I worry if it comes for me.
I’m so sorry my friend for your loss and I know your Dad isn’t gone he’s still with you every day and my mom just passed a couple of years ago with similar issues my father as well and I have to believe that they are with God and that they are not suffering anymore 😢😢😢sending prayers for you and your family and the peace that surpasses all understanding 👍🙏😇❤️
As we get older ( I am 73), a little piece of each of us dies with the passing of those who have shaped who we are and what we turned out to be. Gary Brooker is one of my 'shapers', and I am eternally grateful for his shaping. I saw Procol Harum at the Eastbourne Festibal in1973/4, along with Yehudi Menuhin and Victoria de los Angeles, and I will always treasure all of those memories. Thank you, my friend, for what your music has done for all of us - you have made our lives sing.
Great story. I was only 13 yrs old back in 1968, when this was a hit. I loved it and still do. I lived by radio just to hear this song... there in the Hills of West Virginia, USA. Gary will be missed, One of the Best
@@usmc-veteran7316 Semper Fi, Marine. I'm a few years younger than you but the music of Gary Brooker and Procol Harum still warms my heart. May he rest in peace.
I'm 59, watching this and balling like baby. My wife asked me what was wrong. I had no words to give her. I experienced so many emotions, sadness, joy, elation, grief........This is one of the greatest live performances of any song ever written. Thank you Gary and may you Rest In Peace.
My husband died 4 months ago. He would have been 74 today. There's never been music as great as our generation's. If he were alive I would ask him to dance to this with me....
Maureen, love and hugs to you. I lost my darling wife less than 2 years ago at 58 years young. Heart and liver failure. WE danced to this too. Only problem was it's a bit slow for anything but getting ready for bed !
I turned 74 on April 7th.....I close my eyes...and I am back in the arms of the first "girl" I ever loved...and we are now married coming up on 49 years this August,
I listened to this song for the first time this year when my aunt came in to town. My grandpa past away last week and there has been a lot of emotions circling in the family. I am 20 at the moment but listening to this song in my backyard at 12 AM while my mom and aunt were tear eyed did something to me. This songs is so emotional and special and reminds me of how thankful I am to have my family
My dad's favourite song . He has passed away (72) 11/09/22. Last Easter he played me this song and he was so excited. I didn't know it is "our" last Easter and song. RIP Dad. Will see you later...
I was 16 years old the first time I heard this masterpiece. Tonight I`m celebrating my 71th birthday and found this version. I´m in heaven, what an outstanding version.......
My favorite rendition of this! I bought it online many years before RU-vid. On a mp3 player. Then years later I accidentally found my biological Father and we got to know each other. Found out this was also HIS favorite too. 🥰 that’s genetics! I only had nine years and nine months with him from another state but I played this for him over the phone many times when he was stuck in the nursing home. I miss him so much and am bawling my eyes out every time I play this video. But it is a wonderful memory with my Father. 💔❤️🩹
One of my top 5 favorites. For some reason it makes me think of my beautiful wife. She passed 3-1-2022. We had 31yrs together total of ups n downs but she was a beautiful human being in every way....... Miss her
It isn't very often that I am moved to tears at the news of the death of a complete stranger. The news of Gary Brooker's passing was definitely the exception. For 50 years I've loved that voice....and all of the music of Procal Harem. Such an incredible musician. It's sadly very unlikely that we will ever hear the likes of Gary and Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
That's correct, Gary had one powerful unique voice! No one can ever match him, only copy him! He's now officially in that Heavenly Rock & Roll Band. God be with you Gary, and comfort his family & friends.
He had a voice so beautiful for the first time I listen to this beautiful song, I fell in love, rest in peace, may the Lord gives comfort to your family 👪, we will miss you, you will not be forgotten! ❤️
Real music isn’t 2 guitars, a drummer, a singer and a piano player. This is real music. I am an expert at 78 years old. Why am I calling myself an expert because I can hear and have listened to music all my life.
First time I heard this I was cruising down the 5 in LA in my new gray 1967 Chevy 2-door hardtop. (It even had a rear speaker!) It was late at night, and even though the sound was tinny, I recognized this song was special and it’s been a favorite ever since. This version is the absolute best.
I was privileged to see Procol Harum in concert back in the early '70s, on the same bill with Ten Years After. This song always takes me back to the summer of '67, when I was visiting a friend in Southern California, and it was hard to go anywhere without hearing A Whiter Shade of Pale on someone's radio or record player. But this version elevates the original emotion of the song to a whole new level. This arrangement, with its full orchestra and chorus, gives the song an almost Heavenly air, and I have to admit, made me weep a little.
If you are listening to this song. Let me tell you. You have an excellent taste of music. You can consider yourself a friend of mine. Blessings from LA 🙏🙏🙏
I am listening and my heart is breaking! This is too much! I was 14 when I listened to this for the first time in my life! I could never sleep until I heard it at 2am, on Radio Luxembourg. no wonder I never went to school until the next day. But I did and always fell asleep.
The original is great, but this version is just a masterpiece . Great performance , I have to say I’ve never heard it performed better .Amazing vocals , amazing musicians , just truly fantastic . RIP Gary , I absolutely loved that . ❤️😊
Actually, I think there is a vocal correction software on his voice here. At 2:56, it doesnt sound natural - you can hear the autotune/correction in action when he sings "pale". I thought it was fully live too until I listened a little closer.
I guess you could call that old organ sort of fake? as in electronic. Amazing they still have it :-) to make that original sound. But an amazing performance indeed.
Still listening in Oct. 2022. Such a beautiful rendition!!! Didn't think it was possible to improve this song! He sounds incredible! Brings me to tears!!!
So sad to hear of Gary passing today. As a nerdy kid back in the sixtys, I used to design and build my own audio amplifiers. I had constructed one during my summer vacation and had received a donation of a beautiful homebuilt fm tuner from a family friend who worked for Bell Labs and carried it home 4 miles tied to my bicycle handlebars. I remember running into the basement and wiring it up on my bench to the amp and an old car antenna, waiting for it to warm up, and just tuning across the band until I stumbled upon the opening bars of this song. It might sound crazy but to this day fifty years later, I swear I heard magic. Thanks Gar!
Back in the sixties I lived in a lovely hostel in London for shop workers. Our rooms were built around an atrium and one night someone played this record really loudly so that it could be heard all around the atrium. I had never heard anything like it and have loved it ever since!
Song for the hearts of our generation, and beyond! Brings sweet tears, but don't mind. Makes me remember brother and friends that passed early on, and now more as we age. I've been listening to various recordings of it the last few months...and reading as many comments as can - there's 37,000+ here! Wonderful we can meet here even if not physically at least spiritually ✌ The best and purest song of our youth, and it still works!
I'm 53 but grew up listening to the 60s this song is without doubt my favourite song of all time,this version just takes it to another level absolutely mesmerising and beautiful with the orchestra,I listen to it nearly every day,,this will be my final song the day I'm laid to rest,just wished they had released this beautiful version ❤
RIP - Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band's 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of cancer. He was 76 - Must be one of the very best songs of all time thank you guys for all the memories
Saw him at small venue at CW Post College on Long Island back in late 1967 or early 68. My first concert…..incredible experience and still with me. RIP Gary Brooker!
It isn't very often that I am moved to tears at the news of the death of a complete stranger. The news of Gary Brooker's passing was definitely the exception. For 50 years I've loved that voice....and all of the music of Procal Harem. Such an incredible musician. It's sadly very unlikely that we will ever hear the likes of Gary and Procol Harum's music ever again. Truly original in every respect. RIP Mr Brooker.
