Procol Harum - a white shade of pale, at Gala du Midem 1968

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @johnmatera8910
    @johnmatera8910 2 года назад +415

    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

    • @miguelservetus9534
      @miguelservetus9534 10 месяцев назад +8

      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.

    • @soniagarza6378
      @soniagarza6378 10 месяцев назад +6

      Es verdad ...pienso igual ..una época Hermosa y simple , básicos !❤ ahora de 70 años lo disfruto ......

    • @barneyronnie
      @barneyronnie 10 месяцев назад +8

      One mustn't allow chaos to destroy their own journey...

    • @MovieMakingMan
      @MovieMakingMan 10 месяцев назад +26

      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.

    • @johnmatera8910
      @johnmatera8910 10 месяцев назад

      @@miguelservetus9534 My draft number was 32

  • @happynurse8706
    @happynurse8706 3 месяца назад +301

    I'm 71 years old so lucky to have been born during the greatest era of music the world will ever see.

  • @REDMAN298
    @REDMAN298 8 месяцев назад +99

    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.

    • @rkirish4448
      @rkirish4448 3 месяца назад +3

      77 here…great period be alive! You brought on fond memories & a grin to my face. Thank you

    • @Shay2312
      @Shay2312 Месяц назад

      @@REDMAN298
      And a chuckle from me as I read the 2 posts. Because my "knucklehead little brother" had the reverb in his 1st car. He's 76 now & I'm 78. I'm only one remaining in our family that can still get away with calling him that. The arguments we've had over which singer or song version was the best. Actually those are FOND teenage memories now.

  • @peterivarsson6819
    @peterivarsson6819 8 месяцев назад +221

    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!

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 8 месяцев назад +6

      Amen Brother!

    • @catherineclemenceau7343
      @catherineclemenceau7343 7 месяцев назад +6

      que de merveilleux souvenirs

    • @sararemy4484
      @sararemy4484 7 месяцев назад +10

      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.

    • @peterivarsson6819
      @peterivarsson6819 7 месяцев назад

      I agree with you!@@sararemy4484

    • @ronalddunne3413
      @ronalddunne3413 5 месяцев назад

      have you not noticed that many of the "younger generation" here in America holds you in contempt?

  • @mariapiaguididibagno8527
    @mariapiaguididibagno8527 10 месяцев назад +780

    I am 81 years old and for me.this the best song of all the time!!! Thanks Garry!! Rest in.peace!!!❤❤

  • @kevinchenoweth5712
    @kevinchenoweth5712 11 месяцев назад +507

    one of the most beautiful songs ever written, thank God I was born in 63 and grew up with incredible music

    • @sumitgenzyme
      @sumitgenzyme 11 месяцев назад +19

      Right Kevin, we The 60s child are the most fortunate

    • @shirinbajan214
      @shirinbajan214 11 месяцев назад +14

      Yea Kevin, thank God for that. We grew up listening to some of the most incredible music tgat could be composed!

    • @JesusMagicPanties
      @JesusMagicPanties 11 месяцев назад +11

      @@shirinbajan214 Scary to think about myself to be that old geezer whatsoever. It went too fast.

    • @davidboskett5581
      @davidboskett5581 10 месяцев назад +14

      There will never be an era like it again -we were very fortunate

    • @emanueldavidfreitasviana4227
      @emanueldavidfreitasviana4227 10 месяцев назад +10

      One of the most beautiful songs ever written !!!! Uma das músicas mais bonitas já escritas !!!

  • @eleanorreyes512
    @eleanorreyes512 Год назад +469

    This song toyched my soul when i was 15 years old. I am 71 and it still touches my soul!!
    Thank you Gary . Rest in Peace 🙏 ❤

    • @tedpetry2028
      @tedpetry2028 Год назад +5

      68 here, Controvercial, and classic.....Jefferson Airplane, ELO, ELP, zepplin, Pink Floyd. How many others began in the 60's and 70's?

    • @MrJimclyde
      @MrJimclyde Год назад

      The Easy Beats "Friday on my mind"@@tedpetry2028

    • @Altered4n892t
      @Altered4n892t Год назад +6

      Me2 same age.

    • @virginiaknighten4687
      @virginiaknighten4687 Год назад +6

      73 here Sr in high school when this was popular.❤

    • @alexpetrov4737
      @alexpetrov4737 Год назад +2

      Мне 72 и со времён своей молодости балдею от этой вещи

  • @GarrBollo-cp2lv
    @GarrBollo-cp2lv 3 месяца назад +426

    2024- who is still listening thiis amazing music?

    • @steph-my3hf
      @steph-my3hf 3 месяца назад +6

      moi

    • @barriewoodhams3937
      @barriewoodhams3937 3 месяца назад +8

      @@steph-my3hf my dads favourite song lost him in 2020 come here often to listen peace and love to all xx

    • @barriewoodhams3937
      @barriewoodhams3937 3 месяца назад +4

      he would of been 21 when they played this gig ....miss ya pops xxxx

    • @raphaelmercier7993
      @raphaelmercier7993 2 месяца назад +4

      moi

    • @NicS-n5j
      @NicS-n5j 2 месяца назад +4

      Moi, mon cousin me l'a fait découvrir pour mes 14 ans en 1970 et depuis elle reste la première de ma playlist.

  • @PeterLawton-j6y
    @PeterLawton-j6y 2 месяца назад +69

    At 82 yrs, i'm still listening September 2024,

  • @justincase992
    @justincase992 Год назад +435

    Real artists, real music. I'm so glad I grew up in this era.

    • @paulmicelli5819
      @paulmicelli5819 Год назад +5

      Heard this when I was in South Viet Nam as a Combat Infantryman '68, Good old days, better in the early 60's

    • @donhosmer8159
      @donhosmer8159 Год назад +3

      It was the best of times
      It was the worst of times

    • @richardyoung7415
      @richardyoung7415 Год назад +9

      YEE, BUT THE MUSIC WAS SO SO GOOD. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @marekniedostatkiewicz2744
      @marekniedostatkiewicz2744 Год назад +1

      Me too.

    • @irenedisciullo2384
      @irenedisciullo2384 Год назад +1

      Anche io

  • @bettypays7238
    @bettypays7238 8 месяцев назад +137

    I bought this record for my lovely cousin Jackie,who sadly passed away,we enjoyed listening to it together.❤

    • @benjaminramirez3
      @benjaminramirez3 6 месяцев назад +8

      I hope Jackie and this song lives through the waves of Earth and our existence forever. ❤

    • @hectordarigo86
      @hectordarigo86 2 месяца назад

      😢😢

    • @SteveB-xz2zy
      @SteveB-xz2zy Месяц назад

      💔

    • @Joe-mz6dc
      @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад

      Betty and Jackie had great taste in music. And hearts of gold. Old souls that'll never grow old.

  • @johntonge9818
    @johntonge9818 9 месяцев назад +555

    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.

    • @larryh.3173
      @larryh.3173 8 месяцев назад +36

      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!

    • @benjaminramirez3
      @benjaminramirez3 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@larryh.3173Please do tell in more detail about where you heard it!

    • @avsalanio
      @avsalanio 6 месяцев назад +29

      I was 17 yo in 1969, I was dancing slow to this masterpiece of music with my first crush. Still remember this, everytime I hear it bringing me to tears.

    • @johntonge9818
      @johntonge9818 6 месяцев назад +25

      @avsalanio It's a song that goes deep into your soul without you realizing it.

    • @garyshamock1475
      @garyshamock1475 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@johntonge9818so true love it so much!!!

  • @SarahWoods-nb9yk
    @SarahWoods-nb9yk 8 месяцев назад +53

    One of my favorite songs of the fabulous 60's. Best time to be a teen ❤

  • @BC-ox4yo
    @BC-ox4yo 3 месяца назад +33

    Procol Harum, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, The Doors, The Roling Stones. Steam, The Animals, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Eagles Zager & Evens, Ray Charles, David Mc Williams. etc..etc.
    What a Wonderfull Time. I was borned in 1960. I am So proud and Lucky to lived during that time.
    Thank You Guys for the happiness You brought to our hearts and in our life. We Love You All Wherever You Are. We Will Never Forget You.

    • @MariTeabag-lf1ly
      @MariTeabag-lf1ly 3 месяца назад +5

      They were all individual weren’t they? Not manufactured or generic or built on looks, just talent.

    • @margotconway8605
      @margotconway8605 29 дней назад +2

      Amen

    • @BobCarney-i9x
      @BobCarney-i9x 16 дней назад +1

      Don't forget Lynyrd Skynyrd!

  • @sedekiman824
    @sedekiman824 10 месяцев назад +99

    77 here, and one of the music highlights of my life. Fabulous voice.

  • @patrickquinlan3056
    @patrickquinlan3056 2 года назад +187

    RIP Gary Brooker. Thankyou for the beautiful music.

  • @ChucksAstrophotography
    @ChucksAstrophotography 2 года назад +777

    RIP Gary Brooker. Great so see this amazing live version of one of the greatest songs ever.

    • @mirtaovejero1032
      @mirtaovejero1032 2 года назад +5

      😯😢❤️

    • @dianeluna3312
      @dianeluna3312 2 года назад +2

      @@mirtaovejero1032 eew

    • @alfredoduran1635
      @alfredoduran1635 2 года назад +16

      This song is my personal dedication to Ukraine. GO DOWN SWINGING! WHO'S HOUSE IS THIS?! GOD IS GOOD.

    • @JohnSmith-of4vh
      @JohnSmith-of4vh 2 года назад +12

      I could not agree more. You will be missed Gary but your music will live on in the hearts of music lovers.

    • @DanielJimenez-bv5dj
      @DanielJimenez-bv5dj 2 года назад +7

      Que recuerdos tan bonitos preciosa música

  • @DonCairns-lh4ps
    @DonCairns-lh4ps 18 дней назад +19

    SUPERB [ This Song will last forever.) Brilliant I was 15 years old at the time ( now 71 and it's still being played by me.)🥂👍👍

    • @aldotrombin14
      @aldotrombin14 17 дней назад +1

      Avevo 16 la mia gioventù. ❤❤😢quanti ricordi e emozioni e tanto amore.❤❤.sono felice di aver vissuto in un mondo che non c'è più. Aldo cl. 1952.❤❤❤❤😊

    • @bernicesmith1173
      @bernicesmith1173 13 дней назад

      I feel ya, I'm 80!!👍🏾👌🏾😄❤️

  • @antoninomarino9092
    @antoninomarino9092 9 месяцев назад +101

    Per me e' la piu' bella canzone di tutti i tempi.

  • @denniswilliams4495
    @denniswilliams4495 9 месяцев назад +58

    Great song...one of my favorites...being born in the early 50s...It means something to my generation....thanks

  • @NosferatuArgentino
    @NosferatuArgentino 8 месяцев назад +43

    I am 66 years old and this song started my youth. I love it!. Rest in peace Garry ! 🌹

  • @trackerzsuk2767
    @trackerzsuk2767 2 года назад +1439

    RIP Gary. This is one of the greatest rock songs ever written.

    • @ottocastillo8891
      @ottocastillo8891 2 года назад +43

      Peter Frampton said the same thing

    • @henriksentaylor
      @henriksentaylor 2 года назад +34

      And that's the absolute truth 💙👍

    • @lidiahaddad8448
      @lidiahaddad8448 2 года назад +23

      Ouço está canção há décadas e ainda toca minha alma. Essa voz é inesquecível! RIP Gary! 🇧🇷💔😢

    • @mattrogers1946
      @mattrogers1946 2 года назад +23

      Keith Reid wrote the lyrics.

    • @billwells1471
      @billwells1471 2 года назад +16

      Top 10 ever

  • @dananmckie9253
    @dananmckie9253 3 года назад +574

    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

    • @p.c.973
      @p.c.973 3 года назад +3

      ANCHE PER MIO MARITO

    • @paulosavionunesdocarmo1065
      @paulosavionunesdocarmo1065 2 года назад +6

      Viva a eterna paixão amigo. Sei do que falas.... Abraço

    • @p.c.973
      @p.c.973 2 года назад +4

      @@paulosavionunesdocarmo1065 Grazie

    • @angeljeffries2210
      @angeljeffries2210 2 года назад +4

      Indeed it is..

    • @p.c.973
      @p.c.973 2 года назад +4

      @@angeljeffries2210 Grazie

  • @Shay2312
    @Shay2312 9 месяцев назад +171

    We are so fortunate to have a music time machine to take us back again to the great music of our youth!
    Thanks to RUclips ❤

    • @andromedaunsure72
      @andromedaunsure72 3 месяца назад

      Yes

    • @AlfonsoDavila-b2p
      @AlfonsoDavila-b2p 3 месяца назад

      ❤ exelente tema 😢 algo inolbidable y ala ves muy expecial

    • @Scottiemsp1
      @Scottiemsp1 3 месяца назад

      This is and WILL ALWAYS BE my favorite song

  • @gregoryphillips3969
    @gregoryphillips3969 2 года назад +393

    The 60's 70's and 80's produced music inspired by true geniuses. This group is a just another great example. These guys are incredible.

    • @o.jfrancis9221
      @o.jfrancis9221 2 года назад +21

      MUSIC at it's BEST, not the crap we have for the past three decades.

    • @sharonnicolo3439
      @sharonnicolo3439 2 года назад +9

      So sad they are forgotten to day

    • @blacksmith7070
      @blacksmith7070 2 года назад +4

      You are very righ.

    • @Sosesao12
      @Sosesao12 Год назад +2

      É por causa da repressão

    • @hugoayala6638
      @hugoayala6638 Год назад +3

      Que música más bonita

  • @washingtonumbelino2837
    @washingtonumbelino2837 2 года назад +509

    what a voice and melody, can't stop listening to this classic, pity we don't have bands like this anymore these days 💔 😢

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 2 года назад +20

      great bands great songs, i miss those days. many people back then have passed away, where did the time go ?

    • @zdcyclops1lickley190
      @zdcyclops1lickley190 2 года назад +12

      We do. They play in bars and little clubs all across the USA. They play whatever is popular at the moment.

    • @alvaromarri9527
      @alvaromarri9527 2 года назад +6

      @@jodyguilbeaux8225 avrò ascoltata centinaia di volte ma quando la risvolto mi vengono i brividi@avevo 17anni!AAAAAHHHH

    • @lfcfan4557
      @lfcfan4557 2 года назад +11

      @@jodyguilbeaux8225 Time forgives no one, so live every minute of it with joy.

    • @lfcfan4557
      @lfcfan4557 2 года назад +2

      But we have Beyonce, 😊

  • @nielcapasso8229
    @nielcapasso8229 Год назад +23

    Gary Brooker and I were born the same year. I was born in March he in May. Due to my ginger DNA having longevity. RIP Gary your music was/is great.

    • @nielcapasso8229
      @nielcapasso8229 8 месяцев назад +1

      was born in March and was also a ginger. My DNA is also great.

    • @overthemoon9941
      @overthemoon9941 День назад

      I read recently that Gary Brooker & brilliant lyricist who never performed w.them but was at end performance ❤Keith died last year too. Search on Wikipedia..😢

    • @overthemoon9941
      @overthemoon9941 День назад

      attended every o e their concerts …Wikipedia had good info both ❤

  • @rickardborowicz427
    @rickardborowicz427 2 года назад +274

    In 1967 I was 8 years only, but this song is the one of greatest rock songs who was ever written! Thank You Procol Harum! RIP Gary Brooker

    • @donnarupert4926
      @donnarupert4926 2 года назад +5

      @Rickard Borowicz….I also was 8 years old in 1967!! Awesome 😎 song!! R.I.P. Gary 💔🕊

    • @oberschlesier5718
      @oberschlesier5718 2 года назад +1

      @@donnarupert4926 +++ In 1967 I was 8 years old in Silesia! + Free Silesia! +++

    • @broandrew
      @broandrew 2 года назад +4

      I beat you I was 10. LOL One classic song, deep in our memories of life. Music will last forever in this life and more so in the next. PTL

    • @michaelfolchetti4624
      @michaelfolchetti4624 2 года назад +5

      I was 16!

    • @marilynnjacobsen1077
      @marilynnjacobsen1077 2 года назад +3

      I was 15 and in love 😍

  • @evangelinemitchell4519
    @evangelinemitchell4519 Год назад +126

    Beautiful voice that got better and better as he gets older. RIP Sir Gary Brooker . Thank you for the music. ❤️

    • @drtimoshea4087
      @drtimoshea4087 10 месяцев назад +2

      And Robin Trower kept the spark alive for many more decades

  • @andrewhollands805
    @andrewhollands805 22 дня назад +6

    62 myself this was music nothing compares today , RIP Gary and thank you for wonderful music A+++++++++

  • @graemekornicki6810
    @graemekornicki6810 2 года назад +474

    I am so glad that this rare performance still exists, a live version with full ending, people will be viewing this in 100 years time.

    • @seanfinnerty1689
      @seanfinnerty1689 2 года назад +15

      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.

    • @РинатНафиков-ю8ь
      @РинатНафиков-ю8ь 2 года назад

      Так точно !!!

    • @GrandMerc89
      @GrandMerc89 2 года назад +1

      @@seanfinnerty1689 Very true

    • @josephineananda
      @josephineananda 2 года назад

      Where's the third verse?

    • @anunaug2121
      @anunaug2121 2 года назад +1

      Who's play organ

  • @franabreu7594
    @franabreu7594 4 года назад +316

    I love Gary Brooker. I love Procol Harum.

  • @AldrovandoCamargoNeves
    @AldrovandoCamargoNeves 10 месяцев назад +18

    Classic old beautiful song. Good music never dies. Fortunately, I lived in that era.

  • @minatempest1707
    @minatempest1707 2 года назад +235

    It is now October 2022. And this song still pulls you in its magic. Wonderful. Eternal.

    • @ld3511
      @ld3511 Год назад +1

      Hmm 2/23 and I feel the same! Much Love!

    • @PrincessWowNetwork
      @PrincessWowNetwork Год назад +2

      Yes!!! One of the most amazing songs ever… that voice ❤❤❤❤

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 11 месяцев назад +1

      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 !!!

    • @MrCooper-ti7ti
      @MrCooper-ti7ti 11 месяцев назад +1

      Monday 22 January 2024🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18:51

  • @veritasveritas4452
    @veritasveritas4452 4 дня назад +3

    At 66years young, I believe I was brought up in the best era for music. It was real music. Oh the memories. ❤

    • @neilwood8190
      @neilwood8190 2 дня назад

      And you are correct. The 60s and 70s more than any other era had music that was not sweet to the ear and had meaning.

  • @Diegodidacful
    @Diegodidacful Год назад +49

    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.

  • @oldladylovesBruno
    @oldladylovesBruno Год назад +113

    I will never get tired of this song. And the organ is so soulful. I just love this.

  • @johnalexander3356
    @johnalexander3356 2 месяца назад +5

    One of my all time fav. songs from the 60s. Thank you Gary BrookerR.I.P and Robin Trower. So amazing how Garys voice hardly changed a bit.... listen to this then go right to their 2006 preformance in Denmark with the complete orchestra behind them.... I was born in 63 so it was probably the late 70s or early 80s before I discovered them. True music never goes out of style....

  • @rosebud1958
    @rosebud1958 3 года назад +160

    I was only Ten years old at the time of this great song, But I remember it as a teenager growing up. Brought a tears to my eyes with the beautiful memories growing up. Love this song to this day. Peace n Love to all.

    • @lilajagears8317
      @lilajagears8317 3 года назад +5

      I was also 10 when this great song was released.

    • @ruudversteege2901
      @ruudversteege2901 3 года назад +7

      Me 8. Man. This is one of the best songs ever made. IT never never never notes me.

    • @ruudversteege2901
      @ruudversteege2901 3 года назад +2

      Notes=bores...sorry

    • @robcale8165
      @robcale8165 3 года назад +1

      Another ten year old. Are you married?

    • @lilajagears8317
      @lilajagears8317 3 года назад +2

      @@robcale8165 If that was a attempt at humor you failed.

  • @bossdeman
    @bossdeman Год назад +84

    Tears flowing freely ... Touches my soul everytime ....RIP to Gary. You were an angel.

  • @ИринаЛабор
    @ИринаЛабор 2 месяца назад +15

    Таких шедевров давно уже не пишут, и вряд ли напишут. Таких певцов давно уж нет и больше не будет. Грустно.

  • @LungVan1011
    @LungVan1011 2 года назад +328

    One of my all-time favorites. RIP Gary Brooker.

    • @gordonbryce
      @gordonbryce 2 года назад +12

      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.

    • @sharondavis8003
      @sharondavis8003 2 года назад +10

      Love Whiter Shade of Pale. My all time favorite song 🇺🇸🙋🏼‍♀️

    • @munaramu5491
      @munaramu5491 2 года назад +6

      Потрясающая музыка , вечная, память и благодарность всем, кто написал музыку и слова, исполнителю, я часто слушаю и плачу от от прекрасных эмоций.

  • @gillyphipps4457
    @gillyphipps4457 Год назад +48

    Still gives me chills after many decades … fabulous👍

  • @pagano1905
    @pagano1905 9 месяцев назад +17

    Getting emotional as I reminisce one of the best ever songs and feeling proud that I grew up up in those marvelous irreverent years❤

  • @nancylewis9723
    @nancylewis9723 2 года назад +136

    I love Gary. What a powerful voice. I am so sad he's passed.

    • @roystapleton699
      @roystapleton699 2 года назад +4

      Did see his LIVE open concert in Scandinavia a few years ago with an orchestra as backing??? Awesome

    • @jackwalker1822
      @jackwalker1822 2 года назад +3

      Everyone applauds his songwriting genius but the way he sings this song in this clip is fantastic. And he sang it great for many decades after.

    • @burningchrome70
      @burningchrome70 2 года назад +3

      Sad to see him go but happy he stayed with us so long.

  • @BillboardPenguin
    @BillboardPenguin 2 года назад +703

    We lost Gary Brooker today. May he rest in peace.

  • @jdwilkins2000
    @jdwilkins2000 9 месяцев назад +23

    This song forever changed how I listen to and appreciate music, thank you Procol Harum!!

  • @albertomartinez2345
    @albertomartinez2345 7 месяцев назад +99

    I AM 65 AND STILL LOVE THIS SONG AS IF I JUST HEARED IT YESTERDAY, WOW GREATE 🎵 ❤❤❤

  • @НатальяСавельева-у9э
    @НатальяСавельева-у9э 9 месяцев назад +23

    Всегда плачу, когда слушаю эту песню. Ностальгия

  • @treborsilver
    @treborsilver 9 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @paulrisrael
    @paulrisrael 2 года назад +17

    Great song sums up the sixties. Fabulous era to grow up in so much great music. RIP Gary Brooker

  • @irenepayzant3710
    @irenepayzant3710 2 года назад +26

    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.

    • @degreuneful
      @degreuneful Год назад

      Nice...i was 12 years young...

    • @mstwilight1612
      @mstwilight1612 Год назад +1

      Wow. What a vivid memory. I”d like to have been there

  • @suelanprates5808
    @suelanprates5808 Год назад +25

    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.

  • @terrylong6457
    @terrylong6457 Год назад +68

    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.

    • @virginiaknighten4687
      @virginiaknighten4687 Год назад +1

      I was 17 also. Senior year of high school. Oh the memories😊

    • @robertknowles2699
      @robertknowles2699 Год назад +1

      ​@@virginiaknighten4687And Virginia, college English had me read ( The Miller's Tale is mentioned in this song ) part of Chaucer 'The Canterbury Tales .'

    • @virginiaknighten4687
      @virginiaknighten4687 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@robertknowles2699 okay. That is a very interesting fact.

    • @sophiaswierczynski4583
      @sophiaswierczynski4583 10 месяцев назад +2

      im 17 right now loving this song

    • @virginiaknighten4687
      @virginiaknighten4687 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@sophiaswierczynski4583 you have great taste in music 🎶

  • @pauldelve5793
    @pauldelve5793 2 года назад +88

    Saw them in 1972, one of the greatest songs ever, and still playing it today. Sleep well Gary, and thank you for the music.

    • @dina113east
      @dina113east 2 года назад +2

      You were fortunate to have the opportunity to see them in person. Can you tell us where this was and anything you can about it?

    • @pauldelve5793
      @pauldelve5793 2 года назад +5

      @@dina113east It was at the Hammersmith Odeon around 1972, slightly vague on the year, that's age for you!

  • @JamesDolen-dn6wz
    @JamesDolen-dn6wz 7 месяцев назад +62

    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!

    • @sararemy4484
      @sararemy4484 7 месяцев назад +6

      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.

    • @antonionavarro651
      @antonionavarro651 3 месяца назад

      Un tema ....INOLVIDABLE....grandes músicos...

  • @marcmarc7571
    @marcmarc7571 Год назад +36

    Cette chanson traversera tous les siècles et procurera toujours les mêmes émotions.

  • @Truth3377-
    @Truth3377- 3 года назад +138

    His singing is so effortless… you can tell he is so talented and gifted. God bless him! Amen 🙏

    • @marcosantoniosilva4513
      @marcosantoniosilva4513 3 года назад +7

      ola Gisele otima tarde de segunda feira 25/10/21 realmente essa inesquecivel musica so nos faz lembrar e recordar de magnifico tempo onde o amor era mais verdadeiro mais sincero onde podiamos dancar juntinho que tempo foi esse onde essa inesquecivel musica marcou uma geracao limita hoje em 2021 so nos resta ouvir e relembrar desse magnifico tempo saludos enorme amiga 😆😆😇😇😇😢😢😢😘😘😘👀👂👂👂👀👀👂👂👂👀👂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏direto de caraguatatuba litoral norte de Sao Paulo Brasil 💘💘

    • @markstitzer6828
      @markstitzer6828 3 года назад +15

      He's amazing what a voice and so young

    • @josbruls
      @josbruls 3 года назад +5

      His voice is still outstanding! ruclips.net/video/oao13TosnHI/видео.html

    • @medicalnegligence
      @medicalnegligence 3 года назад +5

      No doubt one of the best.

    • @christianebonnaves5783
      @christianebonnaves5783 3 года назад +2

      Yes this song is wonderful for the fight to the Vietnam war

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад +4

    My mind is boggled at how stunningly amazing this is.

  • @josephbrashears8558
    @josephbrashears8558 2 года назад +221

    That organ is haunting. I can describe it no other way. Everything about this song is, literally, classic. It should be heard by generation after generation. I hope this song never dies.

    • @realist8082
      @realist8082 2 года назад +13

      Haunting is the perfect word for the entire song, not just the organ, although it does basically carry the song. I've become obsessed with it.

    • @f.w.2054
      @f.w.2054 2 года назад +14

      A great band effort, but the Hammond organ of Matthew Fisher does make the song. Too bad he had to go to court to win the royalties he so richly deserved!

    • @cjgoulet
      @cjgoulet 2 года назад +11

      The vocals are scary good. The organ is great. The drum fills compliment the organ beautifully. RIP Mr. Brooker

    • @manoelsouza381
      @manoelsouza381 2 года назад +6

      @@cjgoulet 1966 eu tinha 12 anos ja escutava esta musica o dia todo nos radios. Hoje c 67 anos escuto ela na internet o dia todo com eles etambem c mt outros artistad ê só saudade e nada mais.

    • @cjgoulet
      @cjgoulet 2 года назад +5

      @@manoelsouza381 Nostalgic yes. I'm just about as old as you and can remember studying at night and hearing these songs, pretty much all so much better than today's. I used to drum in the 70s and 80s. These old songs are truly great as I sit and relearn fills in my mid 60s. Buenos dias.

  • @mikewoods8565
    @mikewoods8565 9 месяцев назад +24

    I cannot thank you enough for showing us this footage.
    Thank you to you and those who preserved this moment

  • @harveypage7198
    @harveypage7198 8 месяцев назад +31

    I am 70 years old and the song has stood it's time. Love Gary Booker and the entire band.

  • @kiltedwolf2
    @kiltedwolf2 2 года назад +23

    Another singer/performer from my youth now gone. They're all leaving. Brilliant song. Never tire of hearing it.

  • @sherievans2617
    @sherievans2617 2 года назад +58

    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!

  • @dulcerush735
    @dulcerush735 8 месяцев назад +44

    Beautiful 🤩 67yrs old love love the 60s-70s music

    • @francescacollu2635
      @francescacollu2635 5 месяцев назад +1

      Anche io, io ho 62 anni e queste sono le vere canzoni e music he che prima asctavamo e oltrettutto l'eta' sempre stupende riscoltarle un abbraccio a tutti voi amanti della musica Vera un abbraccio dalla Germania 🥰🥰

    • @NorryJones-kg1se
      @NorryJones-kg1se 5 месяцев назад +1

      I like moody blues one

  • @alfredoduran1635
    @alfredoduran1635 2 года назад +78

    One of the most incredible songs one will ever hear.

  • @veekatore8983
    @veekatore8983 2 года назад +46

    One of the best concerts was Robin Trower in 74 and playing Bridge of Sighs... Man the talent in this band!.. RIP Gary and thank you..

    • @johntomasik1555
      @johntomasik1555 2 года назад +3

      I didn't get to see Trower until the late 1980's (saw him twice at the D'Anza in Riverside). Always loved his music, and he was equally fantastic live. Whenever I play his stuff, my son absolutely loves it.

  • @marielocigno8801
    @marielocigno8801 9 месяцев назад +21

    ❤UN CHEF-D’ŒUVRE ♥️👍😪🙏🏻🌹🖤LES PLUS BELLES ANNÉES 🌹♥️🕯️

    • @anacerezo-sh5us
      @anacerezo-sh5us 2 месяца назад

      Quiero leerla en castellano porfavor

  • @CarlosHernandez-gb3rq
    @CarlosHernandez-gb3rq Год назад +68

    This is one of the songs that really affected me in my childhood and still does to this day. Thank You Procul Harum!

  • @hugheskc
    @hugheskc 2 года назад +86

    RIP Gary Brooker - one of the all time great voices ❤️

  • @shaykatz5648
    @shaykatz5648 Месяц назад +3

    RIP Geary Brooker & thank you for sharing your incredible vocal talents by creating 1 of my all time favorite songs. Im a 78 year old boomer

  • @gyulabognar9560
    @gyulabognar9560 2 года назад +36

    For the tenth thousand times, I still listen to and enjoy it as much as the first time. It is right up with Beethoven's 5th Symphony as a classic.

  • @ruibengalita5512
    @ruibengalita5512 Год назад +82

    I’m 75 years old…, and this song is still my number one ❤.🎼🎹🎸 Love it❤

  • @TheKingofTheSwing
    @TheKingofTheSwing 6 месяцев назад +16

    Listen my grandmother and grandfather who are still alive today born in the 40es and 50es pushing 90 they raised me there is something about growing up without phones without computers my grandmother and an old Ford truck as I was a small child blaring from the speakers of a tape player I got schooled in music history at a young age and didn't even know it until i got older and found a passion and love for music in general as i get older I appreciate how amazing these musicians of the 60es playing these insane instruments from other countries and amazing voices when fall usually comes as i live in michigan i usually play a lot of older music and it really comes from what I was hearing at 6 7 years old in that truck and getting rides to school just always reminds me of a way different time and appreciate being creative as these musicans of the era were just so creative and innovative with art and sounds that can warm the heart or make you feel sad even or happy or even love i feel i got to experience alot of that era being born in the 80es and my grandparents are going to die eventually one day i just dont want that era to die out with them as it was passed to me just wish that whole era of people could live on cause this world moves so fucking fast and those times it felt slow you enjoyed life and experienced things much different back then just glad I got to see what its like to have to just even open a book to learn something and even going to the upper peninsula in the woods camping it was just a different lens of seeing the world in those times the sounds the colors the vibration of life shit sucks now lol 😆😆😆 but this music takes me to those times for sure i miss it as of now iam in my mid late 30es and appreciate and cherish those memories thank you for the 60es sincerally an old soul...fuck even the drugs from that era wooow at least they were real 😆😆😆

    • @carrie471
      @carrie471 4 месяца назад

      You are so lucky to have such amazing Grandparents. I am a Grandma and my 21, 16 and 14 year old grandchildren LOVE all my music. Always have. Even tho they're miles away at least one of them will text me once a week "Hey Gram! Send me some tunes!" Makes me smile every time. Btw .. they all love Procal Harem just as much as their ole Gram does.

  • @garthvance739
    @garthvance739 2 года назад +38

    There are just some songs that are perfect. This is one of them. RIP Gary.

  • @RodBurkholz
    @RodBurkholz 2 года назад +108

    This is one of humanity’s best songs. What a gift of sound. The emotion sensors it touches. That synth. Jeez.

    • @EmmaPeelman
      @EmmaPeelman Год назад +17

      There were no synths in 1968, what you hear is a Hammond organ

    • @ld3511
      @ld3511 Год назад

      💯

    • @amnoneylath
      @amnoneylath Год назад

      @@EmmaPeelman en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ

    • @EmmaPeelman
      @EmmaPeelman Год назад +1

      @@amnoneylath And what is your point in sending me this link, Ari?

    • @plantdesigns7889
      @plantdesigns7889 Год назад +8

      Not just a Hammond, but running it through a Leslie.

  • @krystynapluta4007
    @krystynapluta4007 13 дней назад +2

    Emocje sięgają zenitu..
    Pamiętam utwór z lat 1974,,non stop przyprawia o ból głowy..
    Przepiękne wykonanie❤

  • @ruudversteege2901
    @ruudversteege2901 3 года назад +47

    One of the best songs ever made. Still brilliant in a thousand years from now..

  • @paulmccuytney
    @paulmccuytney 3 года назад +86

    Gary Brooker's soulfull voice and Matthew "monk" Fisher's Hammond organ still gives me goosebumps. Since it's release in the summer of love (1967) one of my alltime favourites.

  • @maireadphelan5007
    @maireadphelan5007 3 месяца назад +2

    I was 5 years old. This song was normal for me. Grew up listening to all the greats. Thank you Mama and Dad and my brothers and sisters.

  • @lukehoneythunder
    @lukehoneythunder 2 года назад +86

    Always my favourite song, always will be.
    RIP Gary Brooker.

    • @FRATZROCKET
      @FRATZROCKET 2 года назад +4

      Luke, check out Live in Denmark 2006. Just insane.

    • @jannipakos1614
      @jannipakos1614 2 года назад +3

      @@FRATZROCKET postet to facebook....amazing...RIP..Mr.G.B.😥🌹😪💔🕊

    • @michalstarogarski6077
      @michalstarogarski6077 2 года назад +3

      My dog is dead tragedy car colission 2005 y I cry, day, and day. This song, memory my worst day.

    • @jannipakos1614
      @jannipakos1614 2 года назад +4

      @@michalstarogarski6077 💔😥🙏☹️🕯🌈🫂

    • @namcat53
      @namcat53 2 года назад +1

      @@michalstarogarski6077 Music and time will help.

  • @None4you2day
    @None4you2day 2 года назад +125

    One thing most people don’t know about Gary is that he was not only a great singer but at least to me was a very nice and generous person who helped me when I really needed it and he offered without me even asking!

    • @Bojangles5-2
      @Bojangles5-2 2 года назад +7

      I hope things are better for you, mate.

    • @vendinawashington4692
      @vendinawashington4692 Год назад +1

      Love his voice it never changed

    • @JamesDolen-dn6wz
      @JamesDolen-dn6wz 6 месяцев назад

      He was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) because of his extensive work for charity. MBE is a big deal in Great Britain.

  • @albertomagdua7109
    @albertomagdua7109 Год назад +28

    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!

    • @garyjones4321
      @garyjones4321 9 месяцев назад +1

      what does god have to do with it?

    • @jaydee4009
      @jaydee4009 5 дней назад

      You do know that you could buy a replacement tape (or CD, or download....)??

  • @carrizogerman
    @carrizogerman Год назад +15

    Beautiful music will never die. It takes me to those times when listening to great composers was a daily gift.

  • @andreasmith7109
    @andreasmith7109 2 года назад +47

    R.I.P. Gary Brooker. My favorite song of all times. A masterpiece that even earned the praise of John Lennon - once noted as saying he wished he'd written it.

    • @philwillett9102
      @philwillett9102 2 года назад +2

      @Knut Rosetten Yea, but the original lyrics sucked

  • @SailorBlue1492
    @SailorBlue1492 Год назад +14

    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?

    • @texanfournow
      @texanfournow 4 месяца назад

      Me too. I first saw Robin in 1974 in Detroit. Bridge of Sighs was a hot seller. Speaking of hot, during that 1974 concert, the band was surrounded by a wall of Marshalls, one of which caught fire--but Robin kept playing while roadies attempted to extinguish the fire. Good times. And Robin is still at it!

  • @meanagh
    @meanagh 3 года назад +41

    12 years at the time. Such a timeless and wonderful song.

  • @flemingcourt
    @flemingcourt 2 года назад +22

    A handful of songs have turned the world on its ear - this is one of them.

  • @bengalgangster
    @bengalgangster 6 месяцев назад +5

    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

  • @gayleschulz4022
    @gayleschulz4022 2 года назад +17

    Great song - haunting melody! These 60's bands had great singers - never fully realized it until years later!

  • @bettyandrews9571
    @bettyandrews9571 Год назад +28

    RIP Gary. One of the greatest voices and songs ever

  • @sarabaldridge1000
    @sarabaldridge1000 4 месяца назад +2

    I just came upon this video about a week ago. I've never listened to or known of this band the they're truly something. For days I would wake up with this tune playing in my head over and over.

  • @mariaconsuelo9686
    @mariaconsuelo9686 2 года назад +75

    Com essa musica maravilhosa , eu volto a minha infância, eu tinha 9 anos , tempo bom , recordo a minha mãezinha, Deus amado que saudades !

  • @paolasaggese3339
    @paolasaggese3339 Год назад +12

    Non mi stanco di riascoltare questo gruppo straordinario....sono diventata fan che avevo 12 anni..,ora ne ho 67 e mi emozionano come allora....

  • @caryturangan9637
    @caryturangan9637 Месяц назад +2

    I used hear this song when I was a little child, and now I’m 49. this song is one of the best songs or the best ever composed!

  • @NYWaters
    @NYWaters 2 года назад +144

    Sad to think that the musical talent of Gary Brooker and drummer BJ Wilson are with us no more. They were part of an amazing group.

    • @kathyrizzi8754
      @kathyrizzi8754 2 года назад +5

      What happen to BJ Wilson?

    • @NYWaters
      @NYWaters 2 года назад +1

      @@kathyrizzi8754 drug overdose put him into a coma for several years and then he passed away much to soon.

    • @kathyrizzi8754
      @kathyrizzi8754 2 года назад +3

      @@NYWaters I’m sorry to hear this about BJ. 😪♥️thank you for answering my question, so sad!😭🌹

    • @Lorevillegas1
      @Lorevillegas1 2 года назад +3

      So do i

    • @leighstreet8298
      @leighstreet8298 2 года назад +1

      He also was the drummer for the rocky horror picture show soundtrack.

  • @lindamann6171
    @lindamann6171 Год назад +14

    This is my all-time favorite song, 1967 the beginning of an Era of the best songs , that have never faded away they are still favorites today.

    • @gaylecole9777
      @gaylecole9777 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, in my opinion, 1967 was the year that produced the best songs ever. 1968 and 1969 were a close second.

  • @massimobiondi5548
    @massimobiondi5548 6 месяцев назад +1

    splendid song. Many, many years ago, I'm now 71, I was waiting to dance with my best favorite girl, an afternoon, we were young students, she was - to me- wonderful. I remember that she danced with me just some time and I was very proud, but then someone suddenly introduced 'here, you have strawberries!' and she said 'wow ... strawberries... !' stopped dancing, leaving me alone... what a defeat of my potential love!... so I remember with a blend, (positive) nostalgia the song... and the memory of her, beautiful, never loved, they are times flown away...

  • @olszaltot
    @olszaltot 3 года назад +43

    This is the one of the most beautiful masterpieces,

  • @jayatissa6028
    @jayatissa6028 2 года назад +57

    This single is a masterpiece. It shall remain evergreen forever. RIP Gary