Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum | The Midnight Special

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @carlisle3469
    @carlisle3469 8 месяцев назад +1432

    Here it is 2024 and I'm 76, and tears are streaming from my eyes at this 60 year old tune. Formidable!

    • @h.-j.muller350
      @h.-j.muller350 8 месяцев назад +38

    • @PabloC.c-w6m
      @PabloC.c-w6m 8 месяцев назад +26

      Tengo 60 años
      Y recordando a mi hermano, guitarrista de esa época !!

    • @wp996duc
      @wp996duc 7 месяцев назад +59

      Yes, I'm 68 years old...
      What a masterpeace, so wonderful.

    • @mariajosemedeirosrenault3882
      @mariajosemedeirosrenault3882 7 месяцев назад +24

      Maravilhosa ❤❤❤

    • @zeppelinbk
      @zeppelinbk 7 месяцев назад +20

      😢😢😢🙏♥️

  • @impudentdomain
    @impudentdomain 7 месяцев назад +768

    We lived in a golden age of music but we didn't know it then.

    • @conniebauer4128
      @conniebauer4128 7 месяцев назад +8

      💯

    • @lastofthev8interceptors411
      @lastofthev8interceptors411 7 месяцев назад +23

      Didn't take us any longer than the beginning of the 80s to figure it out though

    • @guitardee1
      @guitardee1 7 месяцев назад +19

      Absolutely such a wealth of memories

    • @joeylopez1509
      @joeylopez1509 7 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@conniebauer4128your absolutely right ma'am from the Philippines

    • @emmaherringer3384
      @emmaherringer3384 6 месяцев назад +8

      This is so true. We took it so much for granted but at the same time growing up during this golden age of music, I feel so 2:35 blessed! It is indescribable.

  • @joycegullett80
    @joycegullett80 8 месяцев назад +730

    I'm 70 and this song never grows old.

    • @Thefutureooksbight
      @Thefutureooksbight 8 месяцев назад +10

      7-13-1953 👍

    • @mackydog99
      @mackydog99 8 месяцев назад +11

      6/12/1953 I too have always admired Procol Harum and the song Whiter Shade of Pale............and I can also appreciate why one of my all time favorite guitarists, Robin Trower, found his way finally in a keyboard dominant band!

    • @josephineananda
      @josephineananda 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@mackydog998-5-53

    • @geoffthomson1686
      @geoffthomson1686 8 месяцев назад +11

      I'm 71 and I agree :)

    • @davidrenz5886
      @davidrenz5886 8 месяцев назад +8

      10/11/53🙂....

  • @danmeadows3859
    @danmeadows3859 8 месяцев назад +447

    Damn,I wish I could go back and relive my childhood again. I miss the’60s & ‘ 70s so bad😟

    • @johnsudar5567
      @johnsudar5567 8 месяцев назад +21

      I know how you feel. I miss them too. I guess our task is to keep the spirit alive. Peace

    • @marinecorpswarrior915
      @marinecorpswarrior915 8 месяцев назад +26

      I would gladly climb into a time machine and go back even for just a day.

    • @kimerickson1353
      @kimerickson1353 8 месяцев назад +13

      Ditto

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 8 месяцев назад +9

      My regret on the Friday night 8pm Eastern live chat is when the episode is over the Way Back Machine returns me to today. I wish there were a "just stay here" button on it! 😊

    • @leticiacederberg7989
      @leticiacederberg7989 7 месяцев назад +10

      So many of us feel the same

  • @jmack619
    @jmack619 8 месяцев назад +521

    Gary Brooker nailed that tune till the day he died !!! Thank you Gary and co.

    • @Madkid73
      @Madkid73 8 месяцев назад +36

      Saw a live gig from not long before he died and his voice blew me away.

    • @helenhess1603
      @helenhess1603 8 месяцев назад +14

      He sure did

    • @vanessa4u4evr
      @vanessa4u4evr 7 месяцев назад +13

      For real, real. In fact, I saw him perform this in his mid-60s, and he sounded BETTER! His voice got better and stronger with time!

    • @jmack619
      @jmack619 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@vanessa4u4evr so special when we get these heart touching moments. RARE !!

    • @kaytowsey8150
      @kaytowsey8150 7 месяцев назад +6

      He did..beautiful man!

  • @taffyjones281
    @taffyjones281 8 месяцев назад +277

    The minute Gary sings that first line, I'm transported back to the summer I was 15! A true classic.

    • @penboyasgod6103
      @penboyasgod6103 4 месяца назад +1

    • @TownsquaresofTexas
      @TownsquaresofTexas 4 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely!

    • @constancelena
      @constancelena 3 месяца назад

      BRAVO! AWESOME ❤🎉WOW! FANTASTIC CLROCK OLDIE, A CLASSIC ROCK OLDIE

    • @charleypalmer7922
      @charleypalmer7922 2 месяца назад

      Great slow dancer song enabling you to smooch and squeeze her bum😂😂😂😂😂😊

    • @ireneuszkos5041
      @ireneuszkos5041 Месяц назад

      Moja mama też krochmalila biała pościel.

  • @rbking9296
    @rbking9296 8 месяцев назад +266

    Very rare that you have a song and it’s singer that just keeps sounding better and better throughout the span of over 50yrs but Gary Booker did it…..RIP Mr. Gary Booker and thank you for what is truly a timeless classic

    • @sheercerebralpower
      @sheercerebralpower 8 месяцев назад +7

      Brooker

    • @sallymarkey3759
      @sallymarkey3759 4 месяца назад +4

      I feel like I was at the Danish concert, it was so real and so transporting.

  • @kelvinsmerdon3975
    @kelvinsmerdon3975 7 месяцев назад +455

    This is real music not the rubbish they have today, A true timeless classic

    • @frankma5270
      @frankma5270 2 месяца назад +3

      Totally agree.

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 Месяц назад +2

      I mean, there are still good music. Just not mainstream if that's what you meant

    • @kelvinsmerdon3975
      @kelvinsmerdon3975 Месяц назад

      @@aebhosor4835 yes that's true

    • @telwood15
      @telwood15 20 дней назад

      Real music.

  • @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472
    @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472 8 месяцев назад +243

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

    • @donaldhenson5520
      @donaldhenson5520 4 месяца назад +3

      Yes! And as a song writer and musician, you are a true believer and I worked on it to create another version
      Now I will never do that again, with a classic that perfect. Wasn't country or any variation of any category. Just my style of me playing music. ty.

    • @telwood15
      @telwood15 20 дней назад

      Without doubt.

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 8 месяцев назад +241

    This track is an evergreen. Even after all these years, A Whiter Shade Of Pale sounds so fresh. Procol Harum has an incredible body of work. I saw Procol Harum 4 times live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and this song was part of the set list. What an fantastic singer Gary Brooker is. May B.J Wilson, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright and Keith Reid rest in peace. Cheers! ✌️

    • @MrMegaFredZeppelin
      @MrMegaFredZeppelin 8 месяцев назад +7

      Hey Dwayne😃ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

    • @dwaynewladyka577
      @dwaynewladyka577 8 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@MrMegaFredZeppelinHello Fred! Cheers, and ROCK ON! 🖐✌️

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yaman conquistador!

  • @robmatlock7675
    @robmatlock7675 8 месяцев назад +333

    I like this version better than the studio version. They are so talented that they don't need a mixing and overdubs to sound Great! 👍

    • @triciaaw4539
      @triciaaw4539 8 месяцев назад +14

      Yup - this is "as is" - no help from anything. Pure talent.

    • @paolacimone4882
      @paolacimone4882 8 месяцев назад +3

      Infatti..........❤🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️

    • @julietaalfonsodelgado8096
      @julietaalfonsodelgado8096 8 месяцев назад +5

      🎉🎉🎉🎉 recuerdos gratos de mi bella y feliz juventud, musica, colores , moda, minifaldas, contraculturas, mis amigos, y para completar mi dicha esta bella melodia se escuchaba en la radio . Año 1968.desde Colombia con❤❤❤❤❤❤🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨💐💐💐💐💕💕💕

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@julietaalfonsodelgado8096 ♥️👍

    • @toninoukraino7499
      @toninoukraino7499 7 месяцев назад

      G​@@triciaaw4539

  • @DrummingMan1
    @DrummingMan1 8 месяцев назад +83

    This drummer, demonstrates one of the greatest shuffle skills I've ever heard!

    • @TroyWindhorst
      @TroyWindhorst 8 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed! Wish we could’ve seen more of him in this video.

    • @avrillo
      @avrillo 8 месяцев назад +1

      Agree, BJ Wilson was their long term drummer, who after Procol Harum disbanded went on to workwith Joe Cocker across the United States.

    • @vivianadediana
      @vivianadediana 4 месяца назад

      Siete meravigliosi 😊 bellissima canzone...mi riporta indietro nel tempo, queste erano canzoni, non quelle caotiche di adesso

    • @royalstar650
      @royalstar650 2 месяца назад

      Yes, and Mathew Fisher was/is an amazing organist.

    • @P.DuncanMonk
      @P.DuncanMonk 12 дней назад

      @@avrillo He never played any song the same way twice in live performance. In my late teens I was an aspiring drummer the 1st time that I saw Procol. I was awestruck at B.J.s feel behind that basic kit. Little did I know at the time B.J. had moved to the US and settled in Oregon after meeting a girl from Eugene. We lived 70 miles from each other and I would have paid damn near any price to have been able to study under the great B.J.Wilson. Rest in peace BJ.Wilson in Corvallis Or..

  • @rossen2468
    @rossen2468 13 дней назад +7

    I was born in 1968. It's nearly the end of 2024, and I'm still listening to this overwhelming, beautiful song.💙 I love my era.

  • @GeorgeTodd-j3n
    @GeorgeTodd-j3n 28 дней назад +11

    This song is one of the top 5 songs of all time. It will last forever.

  • @karaDee2363
    @karaDee2363 3 месяца назад +99

    I'm sure I'm not the only one that wishes I could go back in time and relive our childhood during the 60s and 70s. I would give anything to experience it again

    • @lilli7300
      @lilli7300 3 месяца назад +2

      A chi lo dici: Io non faccio che pensare a quegli anni sempre anni meravigliosi semplici non avevamo niente,ma avevamo tuttooooo con queste splendide canzoni 🎶 indimenticabili:anni 60 e 70 gli anni più belli della nostra vita.

    • @Ermenasce
      @Ermenasce 3 месяца назад +2

      Me too

    • @jonwatkins5184
      @jonwatkins5184 2 месяца назад +3

      You can always go back in time, mindset, and you'll be there. Enjoy! Wasn't it a lovely ride?

    • @JosephCampos-g9j
      @JosephCampos-g9j 2 месяца назад +3

      Yes me too

    • @michaelsmith2733
      @michaelsmith2733 2 месяца назад +1

      @@jonwatkins5184 Nope , we can never go back. We all ned

  • @osilva2367
    @osilva2367 7 месяцев назад +242

    My sisters dedicated this song to me when I was little, and I lived in the hospital and was rarely home.
    I love this song and it reminds me of a very dark time that I survived even when doctors said I wouldn't live to 5 years old.

    • @paganoski1
      @paganoski1 7 месяцев назад +5

      Auguri ,auguri, per tutto...
      Ascolta questa canzone nella interpretazione di una cantante di appena 20 anni LUCY THOMAS ...è una meraviglia

    • @rosigrottker1871
      @rosigrottker1871 7 месяцев назад +5

    • @Opetheric
      @Opetheric 7 месяцев назад +3

      Now you'll gotta learn to think for yourself by losing a mask. Why would you restrict your oxygen

    • @meshmexico
      @meshmexico 5 месяцев назад +3

      I'm happy to know you can hear this song today.

    • @Katsem
      @Katsem 2 дня назад +1

      I love your story. The impact of music cannot be overstated. Love heals. Your sisters’ love for you surely played a major role in your survival. And this song must have had special meaning to all of them to dedicate it to you. I don’t know why they chose this particular song, but it does touch many in a deep way. So glad you made it.

  • @Coney572
    @Coney572 8 месяцев назад +182

    l will never tire of listening to this Masterpiece

  • @janownes9676
    @janownes9676 6 дней назад +2

    This song will always remind me of those who escaped for a moment but had no way of knowing it would be for eternity.🙏😇🌹Never judge anyone.The fine line is always different for another.Beautiful song.

  • @DavesGarden1714
    @DavesGarden1714 8 месяцев назад +64

    A Whiter Shade of Pale is one of the best songs ever to be performed,wrote by the master Gary Brooker and Keith Reid

    • @larschristensen9367
      @larschristensen9367 8 месяцев назад +5

      - and not to forget Matthew Fisher.

    • @DavesGarden1714
      @DavesGarden1714 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@larschristensen9367 Certainly not,all the members of Procol Harum were very talented singers

    • @larschristensen9367
      @larschristensen9367 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@DavesGarden1714 , and my point was that M.F co-wrote it.

  • @markglabinski526
    @markglabinski526 8 месяцев назад +83

    Thank you Midnight Special for this post. Such a great classic once again from my youth. Great time to be alive.

  • @SivaGovender-f2g
    @SivaGovender-f2g 2 месяца назад +5

    I am 73 yrs and listening to this song from 1967 and everything I hear this song tears run down my face.

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 8 месяцев назад +86

    Great songs never fade.

    • @Washington-Dreaming
      @Washington-Dreaming 8 месяцев назад +7

      Unfortunately bad songs seem to overstay their welcome ;-)

    • @garyolshan4177
      @garyolshan4177 8 месяцев назад +3

      yes, like boston' debut masterpiece sounds as great today as it did in '76.

  • @imranimran-ry3kt
    @imranimran-ry3kt 4 месяца назад +114

    Here we are in Aug 2024...... And the song is still evergreen, classic !!

    • @DonizetiMartin
      @DonizetiMartin 2 месяца назад +1

      A mais bela de todas!!!

    • @GalinaMartinova-dx7xt
      @GalinaMartinova-dx7xt 2 месяца назад +2

      @@imranimran-ry3kt 2024 October!❤️❤️❤️❤️ Bulgaria!

    • @ronmacko8176
      @ronmacko8176 26 дней назад +1

      November 2024, Las Vegas

  • @dadaevan
    @dadaevan 8 месяцев назад +202

    Back when music WAS music, this was the pinnacle.

    • @Thefutureooksbight
      @Thefutureooksbight 8 месяцев назад

      Since 1990 music died. Who are the great ones since 1990? There’s too many great ones to list before 1990. I’m not gonna pick favorites here but who has been outstanding to us since 1990 no one everything was out of tune you have that big Amazon made up country western to popular star running around the country now she sucks she stinks. I heard her when they cut the mic and her singing. I think better in the shower than that big tall talent you know who I’m talking about.

    • @vincebalosky771
      @vincebalosky771 7 месяцев назад +5

      Amen brother to that!!!

  • @leshalliday2015
    @leshalliday2015 Месяц назад +6

    Love it 74 year old and my best song ever

  • @angicom1464
    @angicom1464 27 дней назад +1

    Love you gary, you were my favourite pianist ever!

  • @smokerise
    @smokerise 8 месяцев назад +83

    One of those really great old songs you don't quite understand, but you love it anyway.

    • @paullevine1813
      @paullevine1813 8 месяцев назад +2

      Sometimes you need to find out what some of the words desribe & mean to get the songs meaning as we do with this classic . Same sort of thng with Traffic's John Barleycorn must Die. Some just miss the fact it's about the problems with alcohol in older times & now as well .

    • @cindipossidento5688
      @cindipossidento5688 7 месяцев назад +3

      I really don’t need words, I love orchestral music, choirs etc.
      The oboe ? Wow what an instrument, just beautiful.
      Gary’s voice is awesome 😘

  • @MrAmesj
    @MrAmesj 10 дней назад +2

    I loved this song from first hearing it. A great contribution to society.

  • @dougkabler3032
    @dougkabler3032 15 дней назад +4

    When you hear that opening organ riff you know exactly what song this is. It is magnificent.

  • @IamKlaus007
    @IamKlaus007 7 месяцев назад +164

    From the days when real music was made into timeless masterpieces.

  • @bulbabulba7190
    @bulbabulba7190 2 месяца назад +27

    IM 71 AND TEARS IN MY EYES. MAGIC SONG MAGIC GARY MAGIC PROCOL HARUM FOREVER IN MY HEART AND SOUL. REST IN PEACE GARY.

  • @MCW1955
    @MCW1955 8 месяцев назад +46

    That Hammond and Leslie are goosebump inducing.

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 месяцев назад +1

      Who was Leslie?

    • @MCW1955
      @MCW1955 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@maureenmannion6748 a Leslie is a speaker with a rotating driver inside that can spin at a variable rate and is used with a Hammond organ to make that wonderful Hammond sound. Sometimes you can see one onstage with the speaker driver spinning inside.

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@MCW1955 Thanks!

  • @robertlangley1664
    @robertlangley1664 19 дней назад +4

    I think people of my generation will understand what song means to us , we remember being young happy and free . They say if you remember 1960s you were not there, I remember and I was there thanks to my mum dad for getting together we were a special generation

  • @SperindioAdriano
    @SperindioAdriano 5 дней назад +1

    Questa è vera musica!Oggi canzoni così belle non ci sono più!

  • @jessedean1014
    @jessedean1014 8 месяцев назад +65

    Ya ever watch these videos on TMS and think, “So that’s what those guys looked like….”
    RUclips, and channels like this make my internet bill worth it.

    • @smokerise
      @smokerise 8 месяцев назад +8

      The music is the ONLY good thing about RUclips.

  • @Bob-bt2hh
    @Bob-bt2hh 22 дня назад +1

    J’ai toujours les larmes aux yeux en écoutant ce chef d’œuvres

  • @RoyEnloe
    @RoyEnloe 7 месяцев назад +73

    I am 82 brings back memories

  • @Jeff-ej4wp
    @Jeff-ej4wp 7 месяцев назад +103

    Slowed danced to this in 73 in the darkened high school gym with a cute blond girl in a barely there, backless halter top, wearing strawberry perfume. Heaven!!

    • @vinobody
      @vinobody 7 месяцев назад +3

      these slow dance memories are unforgettable

    • @Jeff-ej4wp
      @Jeff-ej4wp 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@vinobody Yep, cheek to check, toe to toe and everything else in between lined up.

    • @sargentpepper8931
      @sargentpepper8931 7 месяцев назад +4

      Strawberry fields forever .

    • @carolbaughan8768
      @carolbaughan8768 6 месяцев назад +1

      I loved strawberry oil! Best days ever! When did we get old? Sneaked up on us!

    • @Jeff-ej4wp
      @Jeff-ej4wp 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@carolbaughan8768 That was a popular scent. To this day I get wood when I eat strawberries. LOL

  • @lauriebarnes2999
    @lauriebarnes2999 8 месяцев назад +47

    One of my all time favorite songs ever! What a timeless classic! Thanks, The Midnight Special!

  • @hans-hassostamer7883
    @hans-hassostamer7883 2 месяца назад +26

    This song attended me through my youth, I know every phrase. This is live, but so close to the original, wonderful. I'm 74.....becoming young again.

    • @husytadziad8296
      @husytadziad8296 Месяц назад

      Oryginał, to jest właśnie na żywo. Pozdrawiam z za żelaznej kurtyny z dreszczami na plecach.

  • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
    @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 8 месяцев назад +89

    Matthew Fisher was the creator of the beautiful organ solo. Unforgettable..

    • @nathalieplum2137
      @nathalieplum2137 8 месяцев назад +6

      It's quite indecent that he had to fight so much to get his copyright. I mean the organ line IS the song, even if it was borrowed from Bach.

    • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
      @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@nathalieplum2137 Yes, Bach' s variations. Fisher si a great musician..

    • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
      @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 8 месяцев назад +1

      I like very much a song called 'The wreck of the Hesperus ' , Fisher 's composition (A salty dog album).

    • @josephgavron1099
      @josephgavron1099 7 месяцев назад

      Seldom played it the same way twice

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 месяцев назад

      Was it a young fisher playing on this set?​@@CarlosRosas-kg3hq

  • @gyorgyidamacseknepolt3591
    @gyorgyidamacseknepolt3591 25 дней назад +1

    Imádom! Régi szép idők!

  • @seph4667
    @seph4667 15 дней назад +4

    The greatest song ever composed.

  • @janicetrimmell6897
    @janicetrimmell6897 8 месяцев назад +42

    Every one of the 100's of times I've heard this song, I have the same emotional response. Being able to see this wonderful performance is awesome.

    • @barryrahn5957
      @barryrahn5957 8 месяцев назад +5

      It does open up something quite wonderful in you - doesn't it? It makes you want to cry in a good way!

    • @captainmoretokin2172
      @captainmoretokin2172 7 месяцев назад +1

      Only in the 100's? Slacker. LOL I get emotional too every single time. I listen to this at least once a month . i like to listen to Conquistador with WSof P too.

  • @rockahbilly76
    @rockahbilly76 3 месяца назад +9

    One of the most satisfying tunes of the 1960's.

  • @johnschoonover5914
    @johnschoonover5914 2 месяца назад +8

    Sometimes music speaks what you feel inside. This music is the closest thing we have to a time machine. 2024!!!!

  • @marysemichelle6304
    @marysemichelle6304 7 месяцев назад +36

    Je l'écoute et réécoute encore et encore, sans fin et sans jamais me lasser de cette chanson ! Merci pour ce partage. (76 ans ce mois ci)....

  • @effiemooney8477
    @effiemooney8477 8 месяцев назад +21

    Damn, the best soul touching song everTY!!! ❤😢😊

  • @MM_in_Havasu
    @MM_in_Havasu 8 месяцев назад +80

    Oh hell yes. Rock In Peace, Gary Brooker. This song will always be one of my all-time favorites.

  • @terryrunyon891
    @terryrunyon891 Месяц назад +1

    Great song! Sure brings back some great memories!

  • @lightblueeyedgirl1442
    @lightblueeyedgirl1442 8 месяцев назад +20

    I haven't heard this song since maybe the 80s. It gave me goosebumps reminding me of the late 70s. And, his live singing is unbelievably fantastic.

  • @margaretbrady9158
    @margaretbrady9158 7 месяцев назад +32

    I'm 65. I grow up listening to this wonderful song.love this band...

  • @nigelbranchett7718
    @nigelbranchett7718 4 месяца назад +13

    2024 and I yearn for those days that we will never see the likes of again. At least I lived it but my heart still wants it!

  • @PeggiandSteve
    @PeggiandSteve 7 месяцев назад +41

    I’m 73 and can’t believe I am hearing your very special band. Thank you

  • @skygazer858
    @skygazer858 7 месяцев назад +133

    I certainly grew up in the absolute best time for music.

  • @utusolihin97
    @utusolihin97 Месяц назад +1

    When i was kid i nearly bored heard this song turned in most local radios. But now i'm longing for that time

  • @laurenval2370
    @laurenval2370 2 месяца назад +12

    What a great legendary song! It has stood the test of time in every way❤

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 8 месяцев назад +22

    Classically gorgeous song!
    Many years ago my friend walked down the aisle at her fancy wedding to this, sans the vocals. She was so beautiful in her tall white hat with her veil falling all around, can still picture it & gives me chills. The groom was red dirt-folk rock singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave, he’s passed on R.I.P.

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 8 месяцев назад +5

      Sweet, fantastic memories!

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 8 месяцев назад +4

      Beautiful memory, thanks for sharing it

  • @edieking4753
    @edieking4753 8 месяцев назад +86

    All of the older music is connecting with the younger generation, which makes me happy!

    • @barbaranowman8031
      @barbaranowman8031 7 месяцев назад +4

      You are so right my 36 yr old son listens to music I (65 yrs old) grew up on..😁🤗

  • @paulettebattesti6634
    @paulettebattesti6634 Месяц назад +1

    Inimitable, toujours aussi beau et efficace. Rien de mieux.. ❤❤❤ What à wonderful song !!! Perfect...

  • @Mo_Taser
    @Mo_Taser 8 месяцев назад +33

    There's a live video of Procul Harem that I think was filmed in Denmark not that long ago. On it, Gary Brooker, at more than 70 years old, does the best vocal I've ever heard him do of this song. It's astounding.

    • @paulcheeseman9307
      @paulcheeseman9307 8 месяцев назад +7

      He also does the best version of A Salty Dog at the Denmark gig, makes the hairs stand up. This guy could sing until the sad day he passed, not many can say that....

    • @andrewkarp5067
      @andrewkarp5067 8 месяцев назад +4

      That performance also featured the great drummer Mark Brzezicki.

    • @cindipossidento5688
      @cindipossidento5688 7 месяцев назад +2

      That is my favorite !!!!

  • @barryrahn5957
    @barryrahn5957 8 месяцев назад +21

    Such a lovely song. It just opens up such deep wells of emotion.

  • @edgardobravo7351
    @edgardobravo7351 8 месяцев назад +86

    Probably one of the best songs ever written. Bach 's still a groove. Ain't it?

    • @alainfabre5821
      @alainfabre5821 7 месяцев назад +2

      Bravo!!!

    • @Verschlungen
      @Verschlungen 6 месяцев назад +2

      "Well, you see, we nicked it from Bach" one of them said. Something to that effect.

  • @MsLinda0703
    @MsLinda0703 Месяц назад +1

    This song hits me deep in my roots. My mom was from Alabama and Dad from New York . We lived in California but both taught me of their roots. I am 100 percent American because of them. What a great An
    Mercian song!

  • @earlanderson5841
    @earlanderson5841 7 месяцев назад +36

    Wow I am 74 and this brings back so many memories. This is great music.

    • @claudiooliveira2882
      @claudiooliveira2882 6 месяцев назад +1

      Beautiful music
      I am 75!!

    • @nitalopes515
      @nitalopes515 6 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely magical I'm 80 yrs old but when I listen to this kind of music 🎶 my heart becomes young 😊

  • @georgefulton7012
    @georgefulton7012 7 месяцев назад +228

    Used to listen to this while “making out” with my girlfriend on the couch. We’ve been married now for 48 years.

    • @tonymatheson8122
      @tonymatheson8122 5 месяцев назад +9

      @@georgefulton7012 Congratulations on your 48 years of marriage same as us March 1976.

    • @izregistered
      @izregistered 4 месяца назад +4

      Very cool. Very. Cool.

    • @elanyacoleman9862
      @elanyacoleman9862 4 месяца назад +3

      Bless you forever ❤️ !

    • @ginajennings1664
      @ginajennings1664 4 месяца назад +5

      We are still going strong too, march 19th 1979

    • @laraquisaid8769
      @laraquisaid8769 4 месяца назад

      @@tonymatheson8122idem !

  • @garyvandecar2580
    @garyvandecar2580 7 месяцев назад +19

    Gary Brooker is a musical legend, One of the greatest song writers of the rock and roll era. Gary Brooker and Keith Reid created magic with Whiter Shade Of Pale.

  • @paullacroix3585
    @paullacroix3585 7 месяцев назад +12

    I was 12 years old. I danced with a girl for the very first time to this song in my middle school gym. That was 56 years ago. This song still gives me goosebumps. And I obviously I love it.

  • @usmc-veteran73-77
    @usmc-veteran73-77 8 месяцев назад +25

    We miss ya Gary. November 1973, when this aired on The Midnight Special I was one month from graduating boot camp at Parris Island. Plt 395 India Co, 3rd Bn. Oct-Dec 1973.

    • @chase9812
      @chase9812 Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for your Service. Peace to you Brother

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Месяц назад +1

      @chase9812 Thank you, Chase. I always tell people the same thing. It was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

    • @chase9812
      @chase9812 Месяц назад

      @usmc-veteran73-77 I didn't serve but my Dad did. Army Sargent Louis Edward Coker. 92 Passed 1/19/21. My Google name is not my name 🙃

  • @SassessConvino
    @SassessConvino 5 месяцев назад +12

    I am 95 and I love whiter shade of pale by the moody blues 🥶🧢🦋 fav band and fav song .👍 2009 whose listening 🕊️

  • @JoyBoga
    @JoyBoga Месяц назад +10

    Hi..I am 66 year..still listening this song..

  • @dbrinkm1
    @dbrinkm1 6 месяцев назад +10

    At 77 remember this epic song like it was yestereday...as a junior at Illinois State University.. Gary what a great song and memories...we miss you ! RIP !

  • @catalinamargomyers9970
    @catalinamargomyers9970 7 месяцев назад +49

    The room was humming hareder as the ceiling flew away..... ❤❤❤ this song so happy to be apart of the generation of fabulous music

  • @moniquewooding1778
    @moniquewooding1778 Месяц назад +5

    😭😭😭 I’m with you bud, makes me well up! Love it forever!

  • @jennymacallan9071
    @jennymacallan9071 8 месяцев назад +33

    As an English teacher, I appreciate the reference to the Miller's Tale. Well done.

  • @MikeS29
    @MikeS29 5 месяцев назад +12

    One of the greatest songs of the 20th century. This song will live forever.

  • @davidwiner8571
    @davidwiner8571 Месяц назад +4

    Wow ive always loved this song it just reminds me im old now and my good years are behind me and its so sad😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @juanmartinmartinezcadena3547
    @juanmartinmartinezcadena3547 Месяц назад +4

    I’m 68 years old. Its my song favorite

  • @RayTuttle-of5qd
    @RayTuttle-of5qd 7 месяцев назад +28

    Timeless classic first time I heard this song I said daaayuuum I could hear it a million times and never get tired of it RIP Gary Brooker

  • @MagBog2303
    @MagBog2303 Месяц назад +2

    Piękny głos. Piosenka której można słuchać wiecznie ❤❤

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 8 месяцев назад +33

    One of the best songs ever. I love that suit jacket Gary was wearing here. Cool print. 😎💜

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 месяцев назад +3

      I watched an interview with Gary where he said all the guys had to go buy good clothes right after Whiter Shade of Pale became a hit. The Shabbir dressed band group descended on the fancy men's clothing shops in London. Thought it was so down to earth to admit they had to get new clothes now that they had a hit!

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад +2

    Absolutely stunning performance.

  • @Katsem
    @Katsem 8 месяцев назад +125

    Thanks for posting this. So great to see a live version from back in the day. What a song. Perfect voice. I can’t imagine anyone else singing this song.

    • @marinecorpswarrior915
      @marinecorpswarrior915 8 месяцев назад +7

      I've heard others try but no one else can really do this song justice. This is the only version that can put a lump in my heart😢

    • @ericstandefer9138
      @ericstandefer9138 8 месяцев назад +3

      Annie Lennox does an honorable job.

    • @fabrikk60
      @fabrikk60 7 месяцев назад

      Steve Winwood in his prime, maybe. It would sound different of course, but Stevie had undeniably awesome pipes. (They're still pretty good today, considering.)

  • @jonwatkins5184
    @jonwatkins5184 Месяц назад +2

    I just finished a series called The Offer, and the ending song was Whiter Shade of Pale! This song, Gary Brooker and Procol Harum, is the best made! 🎺🎵🪕🥁🎸✨

  • @theresamhook6592
    @theresamhook6592 4 месяца назад +4

    August 2024 and though I was only 7 in 1973 this song is still as awesome now as it was then. The best songs are from the 60s, 70s, and 80s...ha ds down!

  • @jimbaumgarn3638
    @jimbaumgarn3638 4 месяца назад +6

    One of the true all time classics. I have been listening to this song for over 50 years and I still love it!

  • @FloydDwiggins-p3u
    @FloydDwiggins-p3u 8 дней назад +1

    I used to sneak out of bed to watch this every Saturday night at midnight. I was pre teen.

  • @demonrouge3338
    @demonrouge3338 6 месяцев назад +5

    That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale.
    My all-time favorite line of any lyric ever written.

  • @dougkauble4707
    @dougkauble4707 Месяц назад +1

    Simply majestic!!

  • @janelloyd4332
    @janelloyd4332 8 месяцев назад +19

    Gary Booker RIP will remember you as one of my teenage favourites

  • @franciscoduarte5932
    @franciscoduarte5932 7 месяцев назад +17

    Lo mejor de los 60. Lo viví ., lo bailé en Valparaíso en fiestas liceanas. Hoy , a los 70 años, al escucharlo nuevsmente, vuelvo por breves instantes a vivir ese ayer

    • @g.o.8943
      @g.o.8943 2 месяца назад

      ❤mir geht's genau so 🙏🙏😪

  • @freespiritsuzy
    @freespiritsuzy 8 месяцев назад +18

    What a voice!

  • @shirleydowd7102
    @shirleydowd7102 Месяц назад +2

    Loved it from day one xxxx

  • @coinneachmaclellan3121
    @coinneachmaclellan3121 8 месяцев назад +14

    This was a favourite song of a good friend, John McConnell, and I always think of him when I hear it...his life ended tragically and too soon but he was one of those people you were glad to say that you knew...

  • @justinjoseph6966
    @justinjoseph6966 Месяц назад +1

    This is pretty awesome considering that this was already a six year old song by 1973! One of my favorite classic tunes!

  • @isaiassilva3615
    @isaiassilva3615 7 месяцев назад +27

    I'm from Brazil and never forget this song inside me. Love só much

  • @alexalexalex797
    @alexalexalex797 8 месяцев назад +32

    This is one of those “more than a song” songs. ✌️

  • @h.-j.muller350
    @h.-j.muller350 8 месяцев назад +38

    Das ist Musik, die heute kaum noch jemand in dieser Form auf die Bühne bringen kann 👏👍🙏🕊

    • @GerardFrenchy59
      @GerardFrenchy59 8 месяцев назад +4

      Da bin ganz deiner Meinung 👍Grüße aus Frankreich 🇫🇷 🎶 🎸

  • @garlandrucker-lv9gf
    @garlandrucker-lv9gf 7 месяцев назад +10

    73 here what a great time it was to be able to grow up with kind of great songs

  • @IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse
    @IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse 8 месяцев назад +15

    Absolutely amazing !
    Never seen this