FIRST TIME REACTION To Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006
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You think 2006 was a long time ago? This came out in 1967 and was a HUGE hit for them in the UK and beyond.
One of my favorite songs from the late 60's.
Having been around when it came out I was thinking the same thing haha
...and ever SINCE!!
One of my lovy dovy songs when I grew up.
Maybe worth doing a reaction to another excellent song by them, A Salty Dog. See the following link to watch it set to video clips from the movie Mutiny on the Bounty... 'really' very good! ruclips.net/video/yUcAEdkWxXM/видео.htmlsi=lcE_xEfzjYPhCzrv
So tired of hearing people with a little talent being called legends nowadays but here Gary Brooker you are a true legend. RIP Mate.
Gary was not only boundlessly talented, but boundlessly humble. We will miss you mate.😢❤
This was my favorite song when it came out in '67 while I was growing up in the UK. I bought the album and turned my friends on to it after moving to the US later that year. Let me just interject here, that the piano is in fact a stringed instrument. It's also considered a percussion instrument, but Mike is the one who should be embarrassed, not Jess.
I'm 70yrs old now and was lucky enough to be born at the right time when all this great music was being made. To see you young ones discover and appreciate this music is brilliant, keep up the great work on your channel, been subscribed for a while now. Love to both.
Me too
Yes, me too!
What was it about the 1940s that turned out such brilliant musicians? There were so many of them, including Gary Brooker: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Blackmore's Night), all the Beatles, all the Shadows (of "Apache" fame) and many many more.
Maybe I'm biased, having been born in 1946! 😉
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. Now that makes me feel old LOL
I was 14 years old when I first heard this song back in 1967...I'm 71 now and I've loved this song since that first time and I still love it now. RIP Gary.
Ditto, I have only this week had my 72nd birthday. A great song which I first heard at the Silver blades ice rink in Birmingham. I loved skating to this with my dance partner.
@@Ruddigore bloody hell, I was 72 in Jan, and I used to go to Silver Blades with my wife (girlfriend then), I hated that place, all of the slush later on in the day! We used to go to Bearwood more often than SB’s!
@@Ruddigore I am 73 and from Anniston Alabama originally but went into the US Army in 1970 and only went back to Alabama for visits over the years. After I retired I moved to the Philippines and still here.
@@DarrellW_UK I used Bearwood from time to time, and Tudor Grange.
Retribution for Jess… a piano IS considered a stringed instrument because when you press the keys, the hammers strike… yup, you guessed it… strings! Great reaction, you two. ❤
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Yep, there's about 230 strings in a piano!
I've had the same overstrung upright piano (Daneman model made in 1915) since I was a child. Good as digital pianos are these days (and I have one), I doubt any such model
will have the same longevity. Pianos are marvelous expressive instruments, considered both string and percussion instruments.
Piano is considered both stringed and percussion. 😜
Edit: oops, Steve already said that
Actually a piano is considered a percussion instrument.
1967 in Britain was a golden age of popular music. The beatles were at their peak. The Stones, the Who, Kinks, Hiollies, early Pink Floyd with Syd Barret, etcetc etc. And many " one hit wonder " groups like this making classics. The creativity was stupendous. Can never be beaten.
I feel 1967 was *the* best year in the history of recorded music.
Just to clarify your typo if they want to look them up, it was The Hollies.
🇨🇦 And NOT a one hit wonder group ! Do some research ! 🇨🇦
@@Royal_BLT I am 78 from Manchester. I lived it . I know. Not one in a thousand teen or twenties could name anything else by the group.
Procal Harum were certainly not one hit wonders, they recorded many songs and albums.
Paul McCartney said on May 15, 1967, I met Linda Eastman, who later became my wife in March 1969, at The Bag O’Nails. It was on this occasion that Paul heard “A Whiter Shade of Pale” for the first time."Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song.
One of my all time favourite songs, which I bought in 1967. Gary was an amazing singer and to still be able to belt it out 50 years later, I think proves that. RIP Gary ❤.
You know you’ve made it when a Symphony Orchestra plays your songs!
Probably one of the finest orchestras in the world too - check out their versions of western film themes too they are magical too. This looks like Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen such a wonderful city too ❤
@@stephenhickman304the concert is at Ledreborg a manor house in central Zealand. Can’t be Tivoli with the wood in the background. They had summer concerts for a number of years, but I think corona did them in sadly
@@kristofferholst6053 Thanks for the update, I'm not sure why I thought it was Tivoli but now I know where hopefully I can check out if the Danish orchestra is playing in a venue like that as soon as possible . I not only love Procol Harum but the orchestra and the choral singers too .
I've just realised I went to the Vikings museum in Roskilde ( a stones throw away a few years ago ) . We went out in a Viking trading boat - if you haven't been there/ done this I can highly recommend it , it was exhilarating rowing out into the ocean and dropping the sail.
I saw them (as a very lucky, spoiled kid) in concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. We got to stay after the show while they played this 2 more times to get things right for the TV recordings.
This song was released in 1967 and was great but this live version is stupendous as the choir and orchestra added a richness to it. Gary Brooker's voice aged like a fine wine. R.I.P Gary.
Absolutely. The concert orchestra and choir add a fullness and richness to the song.
The live version in Paris in 1968 is astonishing [it's on You Tube]. They were so out of it, and so into it at the same time. It's like Dada, on film, forever...
Fabulous. I heard the original when it was released back in 1967, and it blew all our minds. It still does. 😊👍❤
" A Whiter Shade Of Pale " was the debut record for Procol Harum and was released in May of 1967.
In June of 1967 the song reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and remained at the top spot for six weeks.
First heard this at the age of 13 and loved it ever since. BLOODY HELL just realised that was fifty seven years ago! 😱👍🇬🇧
Ah, the sound of the Hammond organ brings back such 60's vibes!
Seems it was a Hammond B-3 usually had a Leslie speaker with it.
So pleased you finally got around to listening to this, Gary Brooker had the most beautiful voice, which only improved as he aged.. RIP Gary, you live on....♥
At my cousin’s wedding I got to dance with my aunt to this a few months before she died, such a special special song
I grew up hearing this song - an all time classic! Gary Brooker giving it (sadly recently departed, RIP).
RIP Gary , one of my alltime favourites. Released 57 years ago
Brilliant classic never get tired of listening to this song
This was a massive hit in the UK in 1967, it was way before its' time. I don't think anyone of us knew what he was singing about but we loved it all the same.
I was at a disco in the sixties and when this was played we all stopped dancing and clapped. It was amazing.
I remember buying this song on release . This is by far the best production.
Snap.
This is the greatest live performance ever in my book, I’m as old as this song and heard it all my life , but this tops everything
You want to know what it feels like to feel old? This song was actually released 57 years ago! I was a young kid but remember my mum buying it and repeat playing their album..a definite British classic. 😊✌🇬🇧
❤ Jess, ❤ a piano is most definitely a stringed instrument! Without the strings, no music could be made! It’s also a percussion instrument since the strings are played by striking hammers instead of directly with the fingers. The piano is generally considered to be both a stringed and a percussion instrument.
I was five years old when Procol Harum released A Whiter Shade Of Pale in 1967. My parents always left the radio on. All those great songs I used to hear on the radio.
I first heard this as an 18-year-old in the Far East serving in the military. It brings back great memories. Thanks for your responses, guys. x
Conquistador and A Salty Dog/An Old English Dream.
From the same concert are great as well.I put the scaffolding up at Stonehenge.🤣 Procul Harun (roughly meaning “far beyond these things”) So as I was told cheers both.
Please do go and find the original video of this song from 1967. I am 73 and lucky enough to remember this record being released and falling in love with the group and their music. ❤
1967 and I was painting the bottom of my father's boat in Poole Harbour England and this sound came floating across the water from somebody's radio. I had never heard anything like it and it then seemed to be Number 1 in the charts all Summer. I stopped playing guitar and switched to organ ;-)
I have always loved this song.
My first 'rock' concert was to see Procol Harum at the age of seventeen with some school mates back in 1976. What a great experience.
The most played record on UK radio in the 20th Century wasn't by The Beatles, Elvis, Queen etc., it was Procul Harem's original 1967 version of this.
Of all the top 10 songs ever this one is ALWAYS in there! RIP Gary
I was 12 when this came out in 1967 and I still remember all the words. The lead singer Gary Brooker, RIP sounds as good in this concert as he did then.
'Procol Harum' is Latin for 'beyond these things' They took their name from the official pedigree given name of their producer's cat. (Useless trivia for the day).
It's a little more nuanced than that, according to Wikepedia... Cat was Procul Harun; correct Latin would be 'procul his'.
@@IvorH I won't argue, I didn't look it up. It was retrieved from a dusty corner of my noodle where I keep useless (and evidently inaccurate) facts 😆
@@IanDarley You did better than me.. I just knew it was something to do with a cat. 😁
You feel old? I understand. However, this was the slow dance at my high school disco hahahaha.
All discos. This one and Hi-ho silver lining were always played
I've never known a time when this song wasn't regarded as a classic and I remember watching the moon landings.
The intro probably sounds familiar because it is by Bach. IMO this song is the ideal marriage of perfect classical music and modern rock sensibilities. It is simply beautiful.
Bach's 'Air on a G-String' only they transposed it into C.
A piano 🎹 is a string instrument, it's a harp set into a box, but instead of the strings being plucked like a harp or a bow drawn across the string on a violin 🎻 or fingers across the strings of a guitar, you have felt cloth hammers striking the strings, believe it or not 🙏
The tune may sound familiar because it is based on Bach’s ‘Air on the G string’. One of the most famous and popular pieces of classical music.
I was lucky enough to see Procol Harum in the mid 1970's when they were on tour in the UK. Yet another fantastic band of that era who were musically talented and homegrown! We were so lucky to experience all the talented musicians when we were growing up!
Thanks for your reaction and sharing it with us. Best wishes from the UK 😊
Ditto, but in New Zealand! 😊
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” was, jointly, awarded “best single” at the inaugural BRIT awards in 1977 alongside “Bohemian Rhapsody”!
And both songs are unique as they both contain the word Fandango!
Now we know the secret of how to make a hit song ! 🤣@@kenford4798
"The piano can be classified as both a percussion and string instrument" Says The Rochester Conservatory of Music. So you are half right Jess.
Back in 1967 this was one of my favourites. Gary Brooker still can sing despite his age. He looked after his voice. Check out their 1967 video clip of this song in their colourful psychedelic gear.
I love the fact that if you dissect the song, you learn that it is about a break up, but listening to it, you don't have to study the actual words to get that sadness, sense of loss, and end of relationship pain. Somehow the music conveys that, even without words, which are like all great lyrics, a bit cryptic. When you hear what the song is about, most people tend to say, "That is what I thought it was about."
You just made me subscribe...lol...I've been listening to your channel for about a year now and I like your vibe, I love your reactions so now I'm on board...Love you guys...Keep Being Awesome !!!...
This was a big hit in the UK in 1967
Even today in dance halls this music gives birth to new loves 🌺
Gary Brooker and Procol Harum released this song in May of 1967. I started university in June and the song became one of the iconic songs of the period and an important track in the sound track of my late teens and early 20s. Brooker was in his mid-60s at the time of this performance.
I was born in 67' when this was released and you feel old talking about 2096.!😂😂😂😂😂.,oh how youth can waisted on the young. No, your both gorgeous people and I hope you both live long happy life's. X
I am 75 later this year and I bought this record back in 1976, and I still have it!. It didn't have a choir and orchestra then though!
Stevens also came up with the group's name Procol Harum, a mis-spelling of the Latin phrase Procul Harun (roughly meaning “far beyond these things”), which was also the pedigree name of his friend's cat. (Another explanation is that it was a corruption of Procellarum, a vast ocean on the Moon.)23 Feb 2022
When Peter Frampton was asked what he considered the perfect song, he immediately responded "Whiter Shade of Pale"...a modern masterpiece based on Bach
like others before me have said in the comments, this song was first released in 1967 - 57 years ago. Still sounds superb !!!
Great reaction, Jess and Mike!
If I remember correctly the band is named after a friends cat!
I have been waiting for this .well done my favourite version
The piano is considered to be both: a stringed and a percussion instrument! Press a key and the hammer will hit the string ... anyway!
Great song by a great band and a great reaction! If you want to checkt out another tune by Procul Harum, then give "Conquistador" a listen!
Hey guys just catching up with some posts I'm a commercial airline pilot and binge watch your videos HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY JESS 🎂 🥳 🎉 and if I may suggest I noticed you guys loved the good the bad and ugly by the Danish symphony I think you guys would love a band called the spaghetti western orchestra all my love you guys xx
I once had a question in a pub quiz:- there are only 2 songs to reach number 1 in the UK featuring the word Fandango in the lyrics; one is Bohemian Rhapsody, what is the other?
Obviously I got the answer being a big fan of 60’s music and it being in the first line of this song!
Absolute classic and can’t believe how good he still sounded in 2006 😮❤
The tent has three sisters in Stockholm, Sweden, built around 1790 in cupper. It is probably true also for this one. They were intended to look some 1800 years older - from the Roman empire.
The tent has three sisters in Stockholm, Sweden, built around 1790 in cupper. It is probably true also for this one. They were intended to look some 1800 years older - from the Roman empire.
Lots songs on RUclips are newer versions of the original this from 1967 , original was fantastic for its time,
The original was 1967. Remembef it so well.
Epic.
British of course! very dignified. I think they were formed the year i was born 1967? great song. Thanks for the live thing yesterday from Jess,s place of work, your car and home, Its not often you get to see that youtubers have legs? jolly good😀
You like Orchestra try 'Nights in White Satin' by the Moody Blues live in concert at the Albert Hall London.
The group is named after a cat, Procol Harum. 😊
Jess is correct that the piano IS a stringed instrument.
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Classic song and been covered a lot. First time I heard it was Annie Lennox's version in the 90s film The Net... The 80s supergroup Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve had a nice version too
Gary Brooker paded away last year ,RIP.
"It makes me feel old to see 2006..." Well, I bought the original album decades before 2006 and I don't feel old at all. On the other hand, I haven't bought music in decades either lol.
Time to experience Heart singing Stairway to heaven live at the Kennedy Center! Performing a Led Zeppelin song TO Led Zeppelin… talk about nerve wracking! 😅
FYI The Piano is a Percussion instrument also , though not relative to this The Saxophone is a Woodwind instrument because of the wooden reed used in the mouthpiece
The oboe is a fantastic instrument that is very difficult to play. They take a long time to produce hence their rarity. Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt playing “Gabriel’s Oboe” is well worth listening to.
Piano is a percussion instrument, great channel
A double fold-out chair as a birthday gift for Jess? What are you getting her for Christmas Mike, a new refrigerator?
Don''t panic Jess, pianos have strings. Have you seen this YT vid - 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)' ?
We have! Here's the link friend ruclips.net/video/ckScP6jiynU/видео.html
@@RNTVI left you two a comment with a song that you may not have seen the recent cover to. I really think you will be blown away by it. I’m batting 1000% so confidence is high. Especially because you appreciate older music like Pale. Today’s music just isn’t. Going back to the egg, gets better stuff. I have hope in this singer. She can bring music back. She has the voice for it. Thanks,
Joe
Worth listening to the original recording and comparing them, in a similar way to The Moody Blues song Nights In White Satin, both of them are usually reacted to in more modern live versions which are fantastic, but if you compare the modern to the original it makes you realise just how incredible it is that they still sound so good after many years have passed.
I'm 44 and this is one of my favourites 😍 x
Leo Sayer, Orchard Road is worth it guys!
I too am 70 and since the 1960s I have loved this song. FYI I go on Marella Cruises (other cruise lines are available) and their showteam do a show called Revive. Whiter Shade of Pale is one of the songs and it sounds stunning. Other songs covered include God Only Knows and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Procul Harum is supposed to be Latin for Far off sounds but that is bad Latin. It should be Procul His (according to my old Latin master). I suspect that the Band knew that but thought that Procul Harum sounded better; which it does.
Technically, the piano could be called a string instrument as the hammers hit strings to make the sound
That's what's so great about being old. I've listened to music from Dean Martin to Ren and one of my best days was seeing Queen live. Thank goodness people recorded most of it so you young people can have decades of real music to enjoy. Ban auto tuning/corrections and technology from music unless it's for a special effect.
I was 16 back in '67 when it came out. How old do you think I feel? 🤣
One of only a handful of songs to sell more than 10million copies (I believe 47). Loved your reaction! Thank you and best wishes from the Uk!
not bad for a group from the sixties who can still turn out that quality all these years later !
Hi team Gr8 pick Floor Jansen/Henrik Port on Zangers 2019
Phantom of the Opera Enjoy
The flow of this performance was majestic. Maybe you'll get that if you watch it again without the interruptions at so many pivotal moments. Interrupting a reaction video is fine, necessary even, but please consider skipping back a few seconds each time. It will enhance your listening experience and makes a better reaction to watch.
I agree. Just have to go back a few seconds to get into the groove again. 😉
@@hughjarrett4736 Thank Hugh. I've lost count of the number of times I've been flamed for the same constructive criticism - "If you don't like interruptions don't watch reaction videos" kinda thing. 🙄
@@jamesrowe3606 😉
He kinda looks and sounds like Kenny Rogers. This is a very popular song from the 60's but most people have no idea who sings it, I am one of those people.
I found songs with over a billion views that I never heard before like Rag'n'Bone Man - Human, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Like queen there's so many British bands ...
Like a lot of my generation it proves that I was one of the lucky ones to be born in this era. So many of the groups and artists that were musically "born" back in the 60's and 70's influents so so many of the artists that followed. You are Welcome. Seriously, enjoy as many of the groups and bands of that time and you will NOT be disappointed, and see how many of those that followed, were influenced and by whom.
Looking back it kind of makes you think how it was to be alive to hear Beethoven and those while they were at work. There won't be another mid 50s-mid 80s again for another century or more.
RIP Gary Brooker...
Makes you feel old? LOL I remember hearing this when it was a new hit!! (1967) Gary Brooker's voice never aged...amazing singer.
That's the first thing that struck me when I first heard this concert version, his voice was just as good then as it was all those years ago. I can remember when it first came out I was nine years old. Rest in peace Gary, your legend will live on. Sadly too many great musicians and singers are dying and there is nowhere near enough musicians and singers to replace them.
Awesome 😊
Thank you
Please consider Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Cabelle doing ‘How Can I go on’ live 😊❤
Greetings from Cape town South Africa 🇿🇦
This song always made me quite emotional but this version with the choir just makes me cry a little.
This was the music of my youth i think we had the best singer / songwriters go to ELO next
If it feels familiar, it is based on the chord progression of Bach's 'Air on a G String'.
Makes me so emotional..🥲🥲
Hi guys. If you liked this try the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra playing the theme from the Good the Bad and the Ugly. You wont be disappointed. Apologies if youve already covered it.
Saw them in '68 and in the early 90's. Thew most played song on British radio. This is the band Robin Trower ( Bridge Of Sighs ) started out with.
Don't worry I was born in 1971, you're not old, dunno if you've done it but check out John Farnham singing "Help" with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra live in Melbourne in 1989, there's piano in that!!! blessings!!!