Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006 - First Time Hearing - Reaction 

You’ve just experienced a Masterpiece, give it a standing Ovation

His name is Gary Brooks. He died in 2021 at 76. He was a fucking monster💔

Mr Gary Brooker lead singer of Procol Harum. Amazing song from 1967.

I'm shocked you never heard this song. Not only a huge hit, but pieces of it have been in many t.v. shows and movies.

The 60s original studio version is amazing too 👏👏👏👏👏👍

It's the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, who invited different artists to play with them at a park arrangement. In this case the band Procol Harum. The song came out in 1967. You did already listen to that orchestra in "The Godfather" and other songs........

The meeting of two genre's at a castle in Denmark produced what music is all about, a sound that raptures the soul of a listener. Gary Brooker, an Englishman, introduced this song to the masses in 1967 and this performance in 2006 was when he was 61 years old. Sadly, he passed away last year at 76 years old. Besides Gary's voice the quality of the melody is enhanced by the special organ which must accompany the delivery of the song. The overall production was a work of art and congrats to whomever put it all together.

This is a magical masterpiece. Brilliant

The song came out in 1967 and was a big hit. Gary Brooker had a phenomenal voice. He unfortunately passed in Feb 2022 at the age of 76. He was 61 in 2006. Conquistador was another popular song of theirs but my favorite (you should react to it) is A Salty Dog from the same concert.

They were usually categorised as Psychedelic Rock or Progressive Rock. Gary Brooker himself described them as just a "blues band with some posh chords". I think his tongue must have been firmly in his cheek!

One of the best live performances from a rock song released in 1969 and added an orchestra and choir

Procol harum is a band singer is Gary Brooker.

What a beautiful song and very well performed 💜

Think “Pro-Cull Harum” for the band’s name. A wonderful song from the ‘60s. Gary Brooker is the singer from the band.

I love young kids seeing this 1st time

One of the most beautiful songs of all times.Thank you for bringing it back to me!

My favourite band of all time so pretty good was certainly an understatement to say the least.Theres plenty more great songs by the which you might find pretty good and i would say excellent.

BEAUTIFUL! Step 1 - Orchestra prelude Step 2 - Gary Brooker and orchestra Step 3 - Gary Brooker + orchestra + band (Procol Harum) + choir “A WHITER SHADE OF PALE” was released by Procol Harum in 1967 and it was their first single ❤ RIP Gary Brooker 1945 - 2022 *PROCOL HARUM is a latin expression that means "beyond these things”, but the legend tells that was a Burmese Blue cat, that belonged to a friend of the band and that he lived until 1972. The cat’s name was actually Procul Harun, but the cat’s name was misspelled. In the same concert you should also listen a great version of "Salty Dog" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3Gi7Z3-T_qQ.html ... it will be a magical experience...

Love this song. I actually prefer the studio version from the 60's as it is the one I grew up on. This live version is very good though as it shows how powerful Gary Brooker's voice was even as he got older. "Conquistador" is another great song by Procol Harum. Sad to hear of Gary passing away last year.

This was filmed at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark w-the Danish National Concert Orchestra. There are some misconceptions surrounding the meaning of the song - see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pf73XwiZIFQ.html for the interview w-composer/lead singer Gary Brooker & writer Keith Reid. Gary was founder of the band began in '67 & he passed away in Feb. 2022, Keith passed in March of this yr. It is also said that Reid was "going to reveal the true meaning before he died" but he died before he explained anything. Many people believe it was about a drunken one-night stand. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not a direct copy or paraphrase of any music by Bach but was inspired by & does reference Bach's "Sleepers, Wake!" and "Air on the G String!" As per Reid, the line "as the miller told his tale" is definitely not a reference to Chaucer's Miller's Tale. Reid has repeatedly explained he'd never read The Canterbury Tales when he wrote A Whiter Shade of Pale. Procol Harum is supposed to have been the name of a friend's cat - the name is a mis-spelling of the Latin phrase Procul Harun (roughly meaning "far beyond these things"), or that it was a corruption of Procellarm, a vast ocean on the Moon. In Roman Times Vestal Virgins were priestesses and acquired their name after Vesta. the noddess of the hearth and home to keen the home fires burnina. It was their duty to not only remain a virgin for 30 years but they were to keep Vesta's sacred fire burning. Thank you.

Hey D, their studio stuff was giant back in the late sixties and to late seventies, the height of the Progressive Rock movement. Guitarist Robin Trower played with him. A madman on that ax. Look for " Whiskey Train" , "Conquistador", "Simple Sister", and "Salty Dog" on the Tube to get just a taste of what they were about.

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GARY BROOKER!!

Pleased you've seen that I think that's the best one ever! I also love Metallica with the San Francisco orchestra concert

There are three more of those tents in Stockholm, built (in cupper) in 1787-1790. Intended to look like military tents from the Roman time, 1500 years from now. No ballons. On parties when I was in High School, 50 years from now, this song, with the very same singer, used to be "the last dance".

Procol Harum , sluchal jesz cze Moj Brat. a jest starszy , nigdy nie zapomne tego utworu.

I guarantee you know this when it originated

I really like this song so much, and I don’t even listen to this band or things like it really. I have this song on a playlist alongside stuff like the Cult and Megadeth and Rammstein lol Hey can you react to NSL (Nass, Schweiss, Lecker) by Till Lindemann or is it going to give you copyright problems? It’s a pretty long video also 18 min I think but I bet you’d really like it

Not much different from the original, great performance from a much older long haired hippie type rock n roll band

Procol Harum. The band that named themselves after their drug dealers cat.