My wife loved this song....She listened to it....a week before passing from cancer 1.13.24......age 77.....Rest in peace my Michelle ❤ I quit my job and cared for her along with hospice until her last breath..She was quite a lady and partner...Thanks for all the Love...She believed in this motto, "be like a bee always give"
I met my husband in 1970. We moved in together in the fall of 1971. He was/is a huge fan of Procol Harum and I had never heard of them. About once a month I put on my earbuds and listen to this song many times. It’s been a wonderful 54 years. Rest in peace Gary Brooker. You were amazing and you live on. ❤
I understand. I'm 62. Remember my older sisters playing this on a little record player in our room. Was during the Vietnam war. Their boyfriends were deployed. Was about 5 y.o.
We never knew his draft number. He would later tell us that he was saved from the Vietnam War because the USAF Academy had accepted a poor boy into their school. He ended up flying the refuelers in the sky. 14 yrs after his young death of advanced prostate cancer the Academy cadets flew to honor him. Then to learn these cadets paid for the missing man formation to fly over his grave. The pilot that breaks away to fly to heaven was another USAF Academy pilot. If you ever heard of sully. The man who landed the plane on the Hudson River was also a graduate of 1973 USAF Academy pilots. One day this precious brother will lead me to heaven. God knows this is my request and behind him is the brother that died the same year and month. He got hep c while in the Vietnam conflict. Yes the government was going to pay for his liver transplant. Now they can cure hep c. Memories of a little sister who has wonderful memories. I don't cry much more The tears could have filled buckets. Honor to every soldier ❤
Simply a beautiful piece of music. Today's music will never even come close to what we had back then. I'm 63 and feel we had the best music, ever, growing up.
At 75 this takes me back to a time in my life that has sadly gone and will never be repeated, there was hope and enjoyment with new attitudes and outlook.We faced nuclear annihilation but eventually this faded away by the end of the 1980s. The lunacy has now returned with events in Eastern Europe.
I love ❤ this song 🎵 it reminds me of special times. Two pivotal males in my life, love this song...my eldest brother and husband. It will always remind me of them, my teenhood with a singing brother and my marriage with a sentimental husband 🥰 Oh... such beautiful and precious memories are embedded in my mind of how we used to dance slowly to this song. At the time, my boyfriend singing softly and chatting to me. The rest is loving history 🥰❤️😘
What a wonderful post, and what a wonderful memory. I remember slow dancing to it too, when I was too young to know what it was about or what was supposed to happen when you slow danced with a girl. . . But it moved me in some way I couldn't explain and can't now, except that that's what some music does. And it still moves me, it really does. 'Singing softly and chatting to me' - that almost made me cry, and I hope you've been very, very happy.
We chose this song to be our marriage song. My wife was entering the church while a band played it with violins and organ. It was 21 years ago. Today we watched the filming again with our kids (teenagers already). We all cried. It's too emotional!
I bet it was wonderful! My friend did the same using church organ~no vocals. Still get goosebumps picturing her in her fancy dress w/tall white top hat~veil flowing all around her. Groom was folk musician Jimmy LaFave May he R.I.P.
My grandmother met my grandfather on her birthday when she was 16. She danced a slow dance with my grandfather to this song. They fell in love and got married a few years later. Their wedding music was this music. Every year on their wedding anniversaries, this music was played. In 2018, my grandmother passed away in the night near my grandpa. At her funeral we played this music. My grandpa often listened to it when he felt lonely. He passed away on December 24, 2024, my grandmother's favorite day. At his funeral we played this music one last time as the coffin was lowered, it was like a reunion for them in heaven. This music was the symbol of their love. It was thanks to their slow dances that they fell in love. I could never listen to it without thinking of them. I miss them a lot, I hope they are dancing to this song in heaven. Take care of your loved ones 💞
1967 in my opinion is arguably the greatest year for music. This song is near or is at the top. Not about a bunch of words thrown together that means nothing. It's simply about a ROMANTIC INTERLUDE.
The photography accompanying this video is interesting. Ruins...A Man in Black following/stalking...explosions in what maybe Vietnam... Vietnamese being rescued by soldiers with guns...N. Vietnamese after Americans left...the singer Gary descending dressed in black and white observed by Man in Black...is it descent into the unconscious?...or fleeing life... Possible keys to unlocking lyrics?
@@pablokaufervinent8012 NOT a ripoff of Bach. During the court case when Matthew Fisher sued Gary for a share of the compositional royalties he stated openly that his organ melody was inspired by Bach’s Sleepers, Awake but also by a few other pop riffs. The judge, himself a trained classical musician, agreed that it was Fisher’s original work. His decision was upheld by the appeals court and the House of Lords. So there is no dispute about Fisher’s organ melody. As for Brooker and Air On A G String, he had never heard Bach’s work. He was inspired by a TV cigar commercial which was in fact influenced by Air On A G String . But to say that the whole composition is a ripoff of Bach is simply misinformed as the court decisions reflect. A similar mistake is made by those who accuse the entire four verses of lyrics by Keith Reid as being a ripoff of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales because of the single line “as the Miller told his tale”.
The best song for me ever, I was a young lad in the 60tys, But this song will stay there for me till I die, It's just the words, Don't ask me why Maybe it's my youth, I am now 72, Hope some other guys feel the same,
A "78 year old bloke",,,I love the way the Brits use of English,,, here in America we've lost that!,,,it's just euphemism s and "sound bites",,,now there's another stupid euphemism,,,, thank you for your great music 🎵 of the 60's Britain.
@@--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.2508Gary was influenced by Air on a G string but didn’t know it at the time. He based his part on a cigar commercial which was indeed influenced by Air on a G string. Matthew Fisher’s organ melody was partially inspired by Bach’s Sleeper’s Awake but was in fact original. The judge in the court case ruled in Fisher’s favor. He was also a trained musician. The court of appeals agreed that Fisher wrote his solo but denied him any royalties because he had waited too long to sue Gary. The first judge awarded him royalties from the date he filed his lawsuit. The House of Lords agreed completely with the original judge.
Dedicated to my beloved father who passed away at 09/01/2023, i miss you every single day and i m going to miss you till the day i leave my last breath, this was one of your favs, hope to see you one day again and embrace you so deep and firm so you ll never have to leave again.......
I just lost my mother 5 mos ago… I struggle mightily, 1 thing that helps me, Would she want you to dwell on missing her??? Shits hard, it broke me. Am a Mommas boy 2…
I’m 46. I probably heard this song the very first time at about 8 or 9 years old. It’s haunted me with its beauty my whole life. I love reading the comments from people 30 and 40 years older than myself that were stirred in youth and also followed in life by this piece. 💙
I'm italian and when i first heard this masterpiece i felt in love like butter on the sun. Nobody was able to tell me either the name of the song or the band and i happen to forget about it. On my mother's 50th birthday my brother gave her a cd as a present. It was the very best of the ver PROCOL HARUM, cd player started, speakers blared and EVERY ATOM OF MY BODY SWELLED. Finally i reunite with that music that so much stroke me many years before.
I also love this masterpiece so much. I couldn't remember the title of this song for a long time but I reunited with it recently.. since then I've been listening it again and again.
Same here, I remember when I was a young and in love 16 year old in 1977 hearing it for the first time. Years later I finally figured who it was. At 62, I still love to listen to it and reminisce the the 70's.
1967....the Summer of Love.....brings back nostalgia thanks to such great songs as this one by Procol Harum. I'm in my 70s now but I can never forget that fantastic era
So many of us in our 70s have never forgotten the beauty of this song and the love's we have connected to it. Rest in peace 🙏 to the ones we have lost.
Just turned 70 on the 16th. I loved this song from the beginning. Still do. I can't imagine how I'm still here. One thing I remember about this song, it was one of the misheard lyrics for me. Where they sing, ' as I wander through my playing cards...' I heard, As I wander through my thinkers! Lol. I just thought it was a way of saying brain. Much love and peace to you.
I'm I'm 68 I love this song Always have. It brings back so many memories of so many friends. Unbelievable they are all gone I would love to talk to just one of them. We used to have so much fun reminiscing
I’m a Jamaican in my 60s , I’m now living in the USA, whenever I hear this song I have flashback to Jamaica back in those days were very good, I miss those days.
Music is the only language without any barriers. When I heard this song for the first time 40 years ago, I fell in love with the music right away, even though I could not understand the lyrics. 40 years later this song is still fresh like spring rain. Rest in peace Gary Brooker and his beautiful voice. His music will live forever
So true everyone feels same about t hmm is blessing of a song blessed we r to know it love it an all good memory's it gives us back as we listen t it man h d is good this is god
I always put it rewind n rewind in times it makes me cry, don't know why but it does. This may sound stupid but i picture what it would've been like to have been married to him. I love him, i was born in 1962.
In all reality it should be a double Platinum song in today's world. I believe the problem would be that most of the listening audience nowadays has no idea about this music or the era that spawned it, pity for them!
This song reminds me of my best friend because he played this song all the time over the years. He died in 2018. I miss you Jake. It's amazing how certain songs can instantly remind you of someone.
I turned 13 in September of 1966. My father had just gone to Vietnam in July. We were living in El Paso, Texas. This song came out in 1967 ( recorded in April of 1967 and released on May 12, 1967) . It colored the turbulent times with its somber tone and unique signature.
The best song ever made. I’m 43 years old and I fell in love with this masterpiece the very first time I heard it sometime in the early 90’s. Wasn’t born in 67 when this song came out but I can confidently say that it still evoke the same feeling, that most of you had when it came out in your day. I love it and to me it’s the best song ever made in the history of music on planet earth
Same here. I'm a little older than you are. when I was listening to 60's classic songs in my youth long after they had been released, this song did - as you say - evoke the same feeling that people experienced back in the day. That is the power of this song especially. No matter how many times I hear it, I love it and experience the feelings all over again.
Ce morceau passait en 1968 dans les fêtes scolaires de fin d'année. J'avais 6 ans et je regardais les "grands" de 12 ans qui se trémoussaient dans une danse collé-serré et je regardais ma maman d'un air étonné. Aujourd'hui les slows n'existent plus, ma maman est partie mais la mélodie, elle, d'une telle beauté, restera éternelle.
Moi. J avais 8 ans c était la belle époque quoique 68 fut un Désastre. La gauche a tout pourrie surtout en 1981. Nous en subissons les conséquences il n y a pas que Macron.
Just You I love this song and others! I was 13yrs old (now 71yrs) living at Ft.Eustis Army Base, Va. when l first heard this song. Also watched TV Where The Action Is and Shingid, when Sonny and Cher sang this song. I ran to my Dad and begged him to pls buy me the full albumn, which l still have! Now, watching U-Tube, been playing this song, repeat even; crying every chance as l keep remenescing my youth..kudos to Cher, l look forward to read her new autobiagraphy! Geri DeLeon Diaz, Guam 11/24/24
I love this song god gave me a great family now I'm doing chemo for cancer 4 kids a wonderful wife of 40 years and 11 grandchildren.im fighting it hard as I can I hear this song bout everday.gary Brooker RIP
When I was a teenager, I had a gig playing the organ in church. I was a magnificent pipe organ, and I remember belting out this song on it during practice. Sublime.
Saya menyukai lagu ini sjak usia 13 thn yaitu tahun 1974 dan sampai saat ini tahun 2024....entah ratusan ribu kali mendengarkan lagu ini... Terima kasih proccol harum...
Walking down the street in Iowa City, IA one afternoon in the early 1980s and past the Salvation Army Thrift Store, a B3 sat in the window. Someone had donated it and the SA had it for sale. $75 in perfect condition! I bought it to learn this piece.
It's highly debated why Bobby and Ray left, but I think Gary wanted to reunite The Paramounts, so Robin and BJ "rejoined". Hopefully your uncle made a little money from WSOP, but apparently a session drummer was used (Bill Eyden). It was cool to see him on the video!
This song was one of my mom's favorites, and I grew up hearing it often. It never fails now to bring her back to life in my memory. I can see her listening, eyes closed and a smile of contentment on her face.
Not very many. Music is not evil. We all enjoy it and it is the one universal gift that appeals to everyone. Enjoy it while you can. Hopefully, there is music in heaven. We can only hope 😀👍🎹🥁🪘🎸🎷😀💜💛💙💖❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You go back in time and the violence of the country and racial tensions they don't know what violence was until you see it growing up. JFK, MLK, and RFK, shocking to see the waste of the humanity and good people.
The is the best version of this for me. Even better than the live show in Denmark. Because it's what we heard on the radio back in the day. And the terrible footage of the war still makes me cry sixty years later. That war even became part of us who didn't go there. The music helped us deal with sadness of the many young men who were gone fighting. Gary Brooker looks so young here. It was our youth. And there will never be another time like that when music was so much a part of us. Almost a physical extension of who we were.
Without sounding morbid... This stunningly beautiful song is in my will for my funeral. I've got years yet. The only song that makes me cry every time I hear it. Totally amazing
This song was played when my first love breath his last as he gave into stage 4 cancer goodness how I miss you ,but just like you said I know that are in heaven waiting for me
THE VOICE SILENCED..... In 1967, the VOICE was there, and it was so enchanting that it stole and influenced several generations. I, as a boy, was there with my ears glued to the radio. 39 years later, in 2006 in Denmark, he would show the world that the VOICE still belonged to him, and it was very engaging. But 16 years after that classic performance, Gary Brooker finally silenced his VOICE. It is yet another icon of world music, informing us that we are once again orphans of musical genius. RIP - Gary Brooker - 05/29/1945 - 02/22/2022
The music they played , easy listening, compare, now, the first time heard this song back in 1974 , is was teenage,of 16 , and still plays their music, he'll be missed, and the others
This is one of the greatest popular songs ever written. RIP Gary Brooker -- you will be missed. It is also uncanny to hear how similar this and his 2006 Recording in Denmark sound. That is staying power!
Saya Ganda Hutabarat berasal dari Indonesia, kelahiran 1966. Lagu ini saya ketahui dari papa saya dan menjadi lagu kesukaan saya. Menurut saya lagu ini tercipta dari sebuah group band yg terdiri dari orang-orang jenius.
@@michelewalmacq2913 Che bello come la musica ci può riportare indietro nel tempo. Quanti ricordi, sono pagine della nostra vita che ricorderemo per sempre. Niente rimpianti però, le pagine migliori le dobbiamo ancora vivere. Questa canzone sarà eterna, ti arriva al cuore 💓💓💓
John Lennon used to smoke weed in 1967 listening to this song on repeat driving along the English roads from Surrey to Sussex. It was one of his favorite songs ever.
I was born in 1969 and this song grew with me. Listening to it I have the impression of listening to it for the first time with the same feeling... it always carries me away
This awesome song touches deep within me in a depressive way, yet a melancholy way. I was a Senior in High School in Chicago when this great hit made the big charts.. I was living with Mom & Dad & 2 sisters while 2 brothers were serving (1 in Viet Nam & the other in Germany) & my oldest brother living on his own ... this was his fav song ...such turbulent times back then, yet such interesting, fun & memorable life changing times they were... today's music can't compare to back then when music like 'Whiter Shade of Pale' was at it its best!
funny I saw this comment, I was a few years younger maybe 12, in the chicago burbs. we've lived through many intense experiences in this great time of change...
Saw them at the Auditorium -- possibly the last rock concert that the Auditorium ever hosted, and the concert of 100 LIFETIMES, will not forget it if I live to be 100.
When song writing was a real craft and the power of the Hammond organ was rightly valued. One of the greatest pop/rock songs ever written. Might as well be a different world now.
Since I first heard it, it has already become one of my favorite songs. I am Japanese. It seems that there are many other people who like this song besides me. There are many people who have the same sensibility.
It goes through you immediately when you hear it. A deep sense of sadness shared by all, it is a beautiful piece. I'm Scottish and saw you are Japanese so I wish to share another song that made me feel this way. A Japanese album called Lovesongs and Lamentations - Shimoda Itsuroh 飛べない鳥、飛ばない鳥 - 下田逸郎 Especially the song 'Everybody anyone'
This was one of my Grans favourite songs. Thanks to my mum dad and aunt I've got a good and very varied taste in music. Gut I wasn't around in the 60's and 70's music's lost its soul in the last 20 years slowly moving away. If you ha ent seen the live version in Denmark I recommend going over right now! You'll be blown away. Rest in Peace Gary, thanks for keeping my gran with me with this song ❤️
RIP Gary Brooker. Realmente ha sido la melodia que evoca mi ser pero, sin embargo crusara el ubral de esta vida y nos acompañara en nuestra sensibilidad por siempre, como una sombra.
Algo Rythm Evocative, Soul searching, all encompassing this was THE GREAT GARY BROOKER ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED VOICES EVER IN MUSIC, REST IN PEACE GARY, YOU SHARED YOUR INCREDIBLE VOICE AND TALENT WITH THE REST OF US AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFULL AND BLEST TO HV HAD YOU AND YOUR MAGICAL VOICE AND MUSIC. R.I.P. R.I.P. R.I.P
Questa é senza dubbio la canzone più evocativa nella storia del pop nonostante che la famosa classifica Rolling Stone non la considera nemmeno tra le prime 50. Ma le classifiche come quelle sono molto discutibili mentre il capolavoro dei Procol Harum ispirati da un certo Johann Sebastian Bach rimane ancorato in cima alla storia del pop, nel cuore di milioni e milioni di persone, di intere generazioni e di migliaia di covers.
J'avais 17 ans lorsque je l'ai écoutée la première fois ,et maintenant j'ai 63 ans vraiment j'ai les larmes aux yeux ,je crois que c'est la meilleure chanson au monde.
J'en avais 16 et l'entendais au juke box de la piscine et mes sixties et début 70 cela a forgé mon amour pour cette musique et les chansons des années 50. Avant aussi, il y en avait de très, très bien voir du côté Américain, Hispano-Américain, des reprises, etc. J'espère que je n'ai vexé personne. Je suis un chasseur de musique et de cover pour moi et non pour en faire le commerce. Les pays asiatiques ont d'excellents interprètes comme la Russie également.
Un tube de l été 67 avec à Whiter shade of pale , thé sun died ... Julien Clerc débutait avec La Californie ...mes 18 ans . Plein d images inoubliables de vacances .
My all time classic favourite song. This song came out during my teens & it's always as good as it was .. one of the most beautiful & soulful song 🎵 in my memory
Watched the video of Gary Booker singing this song live in Denmark in 2006. The man still sounded perfect after nearly 40 years. The great singers I grew up with are going quickly and it's depressing knowing that not only are they getting old but I have to come to the realization that I'm getting old also. RIP Gary!
Filmed at the atmospheric ruins of Witley Court, a huge burned out Victorian mansion near Kidderminster. It's now owned by the National Trust, the house has been stabilised and the fountains restored to operation... well worth a visit!
Como não amar uma composição atemporal dessa? Eu vivi esse tempo, esse magnífico Verão do Amor, lá naquele mágico ano de 1967. Eram tempos de guerra e das canções de amor e paz, cantadas pelas pessoas com flores em seus longos cabelos. Hoje, estou aqui, chorando de tanta saudade de uma época simples e de tantos sonhos. Adeus, meu caro amigo Gary Brooker, e muito agradecido, por tudo oque fez na história da música.
@@inezcupello8791 sim , viveu 76 anos, nasceu em Londres no dia 29 de maio de 1945 e faleceu em 19 de fevereiro de 2022 na mesma cidade, foi casado desde 1968 com Franky Brooker o casal não teve filhos, a causa do falecimento dele foi câncer .
My wife loved this song....She listened to it....a week before passing from cancer 1.13.24......age 77.....Rest in peace my Michelle ❤
I quit my job and cared for her along with hospice until her last breath..She was quite a lady and partner...Thanks for all the Love...She believed in this motto, "be like a bee always give"
Sorry for your loss 🙏 😔
:(
😢So sorry for her passing 😔
Sorry for your Loss 🙏🌹💐🌺
She has great taste in music God Bless 🙏🌹
I met my husband in 1970. We moved in together in the fall of 1971. He was/is a huge fan of Procol Harum and I had never heard of them. About once a month I put on my earbuds and listen to this song many times. It’s been a wonderful 54 years. Rest in peace Gary Brooker. You were amazing and you live on. ❤
Que buniteza gente.. música linda 😊
Très joli témoignage ❤️
One you can listen to in a loop
Tu esposo era buena gente
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Across many Generations this song will remain a masterpiece until the end of this planet.
Agreed .... sticks in my mind like yesterday. Classic.
I concur!
This song will never get old!
Anch'io sono d'accordo con te!!!
Ulubiona piosenka Beatlesów
Its December 2024. This song makes me cry for days gone by. They will never return. 😢
The Greatest song of all time.
Dec. 23 2024 and this song is a terrible beauty.
@@amonty4022 One of them
I understand. I'm 62. Remember my older sisters playing this on a little record player in our room. Was during the Vietnam war. Their boyfriends were deployed. Was about 5 y.o.
We never knew his draft number. He would later tell us that he was saved from the Vietnam War because the USAF Academy had accepted a poor boy into their school. He ended up flying the refuelers in the sky. 14 yrs after his young death of advanced prostate cancer the Academy cadets flew to honor him. Then to learn these cadets paid for the missing man formation to fly over his grave. The pilot that breaks away to fly to heaven was another USAF Academy pilot.
If you ever heard of sully. The man who landed the plane on the Hudson River was also a graduate of 1973 USAF Academy pilots.
One day this precious brother will lead me to heaven. God knows this is my request and behind him is the brother that died the same year and month. He got hep c while in the Vietnam conflict. Yes the government was going to pay for his liver transplant.
Now they can cure hep c.
Memories of a little sister who has wonderful memories.
I don't cry much more
The tears could have filled buckets.
Honor to every soldier ❤
Simply a beautiful piece of music. Today's music will never even come close to what we had back then. I'm 63 and feel we had the best music, ever, growing up.
Yall really did! I'm 53, but love the music of my parents' generation
I'm 43 and I agree!
Just the melody is correct and good, but song is terrible, no tiene ningún sentido. From CHILE friends.😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Very true my fren
A master piece
It brought tears to my eyes,looking back at that era was the very best,I’m feeling very emotional,I had my darling husband then,
Todays music is terrible , raps and craps , what happened to America we known ? Sad 😔 Hello from Istanbul 🇹🇷
I'm feeling just like you!! 👍🏴
God bless Diane . X
Know how you feel. Bless you. Love is the greatest thing.
I was married to an angel,for 50 years ; she is back in heaven now. God we loved our music!!!!!!!
I still remember the first time I heard this, instant love...still loving it at 79 years old. I listen to it often and it speaks to my soul.
I try not to over do it.
@@system3008 😆😆
I admire your taste for the best of music it certainly is a flashback an a masterpiece that hits home ❤️
At 75 this takes me back to a time in my life that has sadly gone and will never be repeated, there was hope and enjoyment with new attitudes and outlook.We faced nuclear annihilation but eventually this faded away by the end of the 1980s. The lunacy has now returned with events in Eastern Europe.
Me to
Who is here in October 2024. Love this song and listen to it often. Takes me back to the best time of my life.
Me, 82.
from mexico
I just recording my own version of it and posted in on RUclips. One of my all time favorites
Россия здесь❤👍🔥🤘
Me..2024
I love ❤ this song 🎵 it reminds me of special times. Two pivotal males in my life, love this song...my eldest brother and husband. It will always remind me of them, my teenhood with a singing brother and my marriage with a sentimental husband 🥰 Oh... such beautiful and precious memories are embedded in my mind of how we used to dance slowly to this song. At the time, my boyfriend singing softly and chatting to me. The rest is loving history 🥰❤️😘
What a wonderful post, and what a wonderful memory. I remember slow dancing to it too, when I was too young to know what it was about or what was supposed to happen when you slow danced with a girl. . . But it moved me in some way I couldn't explain and can't now, except that that's what some music does. And it still moves me, it really does. 'Singing softly and chatting to me' - that almost made me cry, and I hope you've been very, very happy.
Yes GOOD Song .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 88
Ma jeunesse
A great song! I'm 73 and still enjoy the music from the past! Those songs always had a meaning! ❤
i'm not 73 and i still like some of the songs from you past 😆
Cathy was my wife died in car accident last year. We listened this masterpiece together....🙏💙🏴
yes indeed, im 76,been on this song since it came out...classic songs never die..
I am 71 and still have great memories of each song! ❤
Eulnglidis curbani eu ofereço essa música ao exército Marinha e aeronáutica da a todos os soldados hó guais respectivamente países os quais pertensao
We chose this song to be our marriage song.
My wife was entering the church while a band played it with violins and organ.
It was 21 years ago.
Today we watched the filming again with our kids (teenagers already).
We all cried. It's too emotional!
Congratulations! :)
I bet it was wonderful!
My friend did the same using church organ~no vocals. Still get goosebumps picturing her in her fancy dress w/tall white top hat~veil flowing all around her. Groom was folk musician Jimmy LaFave May he R.I.P.
Vou me casar com ela❤🎉🎉🎉
Beautiful organ music for sure but for many of us, it was symbol of the anti Vietnam War campaign.
Very true. When I hear CCR that is where my mind goes, too. @@hughmckay8786
My grandmother met my grandfather on her birthday when she was 16. She danced a slow dance with my grandfather to this song. They fell in love and got married a few years later. Their wedding music was this music. Every year on their wedding anniversaries, this music was played. In 2018, my grandmother passed away in the night near my grandpa. At her funeral we played this music. My grandpa often listened to it when he felt lonely. He passed away on December 24, 2024, my grandmother's favorite day. At his funeral we played this music one last time as the coffin was lowered, it was like a reunion for them in heaven. This music was the symbol of their love. It was thanks to their slow dances that they fell in love. I could never listen to it without thinking of them. I miss them a lot, I hope they are dancing to this song in heaven. Take care of your loved ones 💞
❤😊❤
What a beautiful story..
1967 in my opinion is arguably the greatest year for music. This song is near or is at the top. Not about a bunch of words thrown together that means nothing. It's simply about a ROMANTIC INTERLUDE.
Ano.60.e.0.as.musica.etrou.para
Fica.no.coracoa.dajuventude.da.epoca.obrigado.kelgfkida
The photography accompanying this video is interesting. Ruins...A Man in Black following/stalking...explosions in what maybe Vietnam... Vietnamese being rescued by soldiers with guns...N. Vietnamese after Americans left...the singer Gary descending dressed in black and white observed by Man in Black...is it descent into the unconscious?...or fleeing life...
Possible keys to unlocking lyrics?
0:49 you know this is a ripoff of Bach righr? I would say the original year of composition in the 1700s was a little better.
Music and cars! What a year!
@@pablokaufervinent8012 NOT a ripoff of Bach. During the court case when Matthew Fisher sued Gary for a share of the compositional royalties he stated openly that his organ melody was inspired by Bach’s Sleepers, Awake but also by a few other pop riffs. The judge, himself a trained classical musician, agreed that it was Fisher’s original work. His decision was upheld by the appeals court and the House of Lords. So there is no dispute about Fisher’s organ melody. As for Brooker and Air On A G String, he had never heard Bach’s work. He was inspired by a TV cigar commercial which was in fact influenced by Air On A G String . But to say that the whole composition is a ripoff of Bach is simply misinformed as the court decisions reflect. A similar mistake is made by those who accuse the entire four verses of lyrics by Keith Reid as being a ripoff of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales because of the single line “as the Miller told his tale”.
The best song for me ever, I was a young lad in the 60tys, But this song will stay there for me till I die, It's just the words, Don't ask me why Maybe it's my youth, I am now 72, Hope some other guys feel the same,
Ditto, feel the same way about that song. I guess it's our age. Still has a way of tugging at my heart. Full of nostalgia.
Yes
We do my friend. I was listening to it alot as well.
Yep! I was 8th grade when this song was recorded. It was a whole new style of rock. We played it constantly..
I am 72 as well. This song brings back great memories. They just don't make songs like this anymore.
This bloody song ALWAYS makes me cry. And I'm now a 78 year old bloke. Still does. Absolutely Magical. ❤
Sinto o mesmo
A "78 year old bloke",,,I love the way the Brits use of English,,, here in America we've lost that!,,,it's just euphemism s and "sound bites",,,now there's another stupid euphemism,,,, thank you for your great music 🎵 of the 60's Britain.
😢@@marccano5061
Yeah, it gets me every damn time. So haunting.
I CRY TOO! :(
Who's here because this is a beautiful soul stirring song❤.
It's strange how it takes you back to a magical time but keeps that magic alive today. ♥
No se ingles pero siempre me ha gustado escucharlas, son de mis tiempos
mysterious, sad, melancholic, and haunting.... what more do you want of a memorable melody? One of the most enduring songs!
Que descripción tan precisa y acertada ❤
Excelente descripción de ésta obra de arte.
The melody is hypnotic with a classical feel to it
@@johnbatch9276 sounds like Air on the G string by J.S Bach
@@--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.2508Gary was influenced by Air on a G string but didn’t know it at the time. He based his part on a cigar commercial which was indeed influenced by Air on a G string. Matthew Fisher’s organ melody was partially inspired by Bach’s Sleeper’s Awake but was in fact original. The judge in the court case ruled in Fisher’s favor. He was also a trained musician. The court of appeals agreed that Fisher wrote his solo but denied him any royalties because he had waited too long to sue Gary. The first judge awarded him royalties from the date he filed his lawsuit. The House of Lords agreed completely with the original judge.
Well I am just 66, but I am so grateful that I grew up in this period and music wise I am still stuck in the 60's 70's and 80's.
Tan bonita. Como tan triste equi librio
63. The same. From Laconia. 😀
You're not alone !
Me too!!!!
Same here brother,this recorded music are truly great😍😍😍
Dedicated to my beloved father who passed away at 09/01/2023, i miss you every single day and i m going to miss you till the day i leave my last breath, this was one of your favs, hope to see you one day again and embrace you so deep and firm so you ll never have to leave again.......
Eish . This life . Rip 🙏 🪦 to him
You will see him again 100%
You were blessed to have a dad that you loved so much .
I just lost my mother 5 mos ago… I struggle mightily, 1 thing that helps me, Would she want you to dwell on missing her??? Shits hard, it broke me. Am a Mommas boy 2…
@@SJ-li6ho Yes. Thanks to nanobiotechnology & engineering & mathematics!
I’m 46. I probably heard this song the very first time at about 8 or 9 years old. It’s haunted me with its beauty my whole life. I love reading the comments from people 30 and 40 years older than myself that were stirred in youth and also followed in life by this piece. 💙
King regards from Germany❤️🔥.
How right you are🙏.
I'm italian and when i first heard this masterpiece i felt in love like butter on the sun. Nobody was able to tell me either the name of the song or the band and i happen to forget about it. On my mother's 50th birthday my brother gave her a cd as a present. It was the very best of the ver PROCOL HARUM, cd player started, speakers blared and EVERY ATOM OF MY BODY SWELLED. Finally i reunite with that music that so much stroke me many years before.
Magical, haunting chords, superior vocal. Everyone loves it❤😢
I also love this masterpiece so much. I couldn't remember the title of this song for a long time but I reunited with it recently.. since then I've been listening it again and again.
When I was in Germany in the 1980s-1990s, every single bar had this on the jukebox. You have one of the best brothers in the world, my friend,
Same here, I remember when I was a young and in love 16 year old in 1977 hearing it for the first time. Years later I finally figured who it was. At 62, I still love to listen to it and reminisce the the 70's.
Awesome story that so many more have experienced with music from the past.
Anyone listening to this beautiful song in 2024... thank you for sharing!
Eu em 12 de Setembro de 2024.
☝
Aku pada 13 September 2024
Meè😂
Yes
1967....the Summer of Love.....brings back nostalgia thanks to such great songs as this one by Procol Harum. I'm in my 70s now but I can never forget that fantastic era
The best era with fabulous music.
Privilege Harum are far from being my favourite band but I love this song, it’s just so atmospheric and emotional
So am I : We really were the lucky generation and did not realise it.
Nunca pensei que esta musica fosse cantado por ser humano de tão linda que ela é, sempre pensei que viesse de alguém de outra galáxia.
Me, I was 10 years and I remember each day I'm French woman I'm come from Paris 👍♥️♥️♥️♥️
As a child was this one of the first songs I heard and brought me to the church organ. Now I have tears in my eyes. again. ... how beautiful
This song spoke to my soul when i was 15 years old. Still feeling the same at 71. ❤ 🙏
Amen
18>65
16 through 71. My teens years during Vietnam war
so I
me too, 71 also, we grew up with the very best
Brilliant. The voice, song, and lyrics. I could listen to this song a million times and never tire of it. Thank you Procol Harum!
me too
En esta hermosa mañana ya llevo muchísimas veces oyéndola y lo volvería hacer si aún las mañanas no fueran tan hermosas .
Procol Harum 👍🇬🇧
Anch' io la ascolto sempre, ogni giorno , e a 71 anni mi emoziona ancora, un saluto a tutti i fans di questo brano stupendo.
Oh yes the Song is sooo wonderful i Love it ❤
@@claudiodettorre❤
Not only one of the very best songs ever written, but the singing of Gary Brooker is incredible. Never get tired of hearing this song.
A whjte soul singer?
@Michel Nuñez ruclips.net/video/yUdb8Hy1uF4/видео.html
Agree! Very nicely said, Jack Walker!✌
日本から 同じく６３です
👍
Wonderfully written and played.
Rest in peace Gary Brooker May he live on in our hearts ❤
And his lyricist Keith Reid. Beloved by Many
Amen.
And the lyricist Keith Reid. Both sadly gone now
It makes me feel like I know everyone in the comments and we just reunited.
So many of us in our 70s have never forgotten the beauty of this song and the love's we have connected to it. Rest in peace 🙏 to the ones we have lost.
Just turned 70 on the 16th. I loved this song from the beginning. Still do. I can't imagine how I'm still here. One thing I remember about this song, it was one of the misheard lyrics for me. Where they sing, ' as I wander through my playing cards...' I heard, As I wander through my thinkers! Lol. I just thought it was a way of saying brain. Much love and peace to you.
60 and grew up with it
I'm I'm 68 I love this song Always have. It brings back so many memories of so many friends. Unbelievable they are all gone I would love to talk to just one of them. We used to have so much fun reminiscing
And yet this was it
lst ones never die / memories keep them with us papa
I’m a Jamaican in my 60s , I’m now living in the USA, whenever I hear this song I have flashback to Jamaica back in those days were very good, I miss those days.
Those were the days my friend, Trinidad and Tobago
I hope life in America has been treating u well all these years too sir.
@@benvasilinda9729 Netty is a lady !
Blijft zo goed echt waanzinnige muziek
I'm only 44 and I love this song too much for words.
Gary Brooker died at the age of 76. (R.I.P.) 02.19.2022 Cancer. A remarkable and unforgettable voice. I Love You, Gary. I Love Procol Harum. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
R.I.P 🙏
Turut berdukacita
Mr Brooker lived a full life and left us with forever memory..... RIP
I love Procol Harum
R.I.P
My birthday today! I'm 74 and reliving my youth. Love this music❤
Happy Birthday 🎉❤
Music is the only language without any barriers. When I heard this song for the first time 40 years ago, I fell in love with the music right away, even though I could not understand the lyrics. 40 years later this song is still fresh like spring rain. Rest in peace Gary Brooker and his beautiful voice. His music will live forever
So true everyone feels same about t hmm is blessing of a song blessed we r to know it love it an all good memory's it gives us back as we listen t it man h d is good this is god
True ,same here..fell in love with this song, the lyrics, AND Gary Brooker ❤️
Thanks for that one. I feel the same.
No truer words have ever been spoken, music is our love and acceptance language 🤗😊
One of the first times I heard was probably while wandering through my playing cards. Whist,rummy,cribbage,possibly. RIP Gary Brooker.
My daughter was being born when this song came out. It will always be special in my heart. I never get tired of listening to it.
She might have the same birthday as me 11 July 1967
I always put it rewind n rewind in times it makes me cry, don't know why but it does. This may sound stupid but i picture what it would've been like to have been married to him. I love him, i was born in 1962.
May 12, 1967
@@mrfish2064
Same as mine
Does your wife feel the same?
Rest in peace Gary Brooker. Beautiful song that will never get old.
Rest in peace, we'll never forget you❤
Rest in peace to a great singer ❤
I'm 71 now and loved this song. These were true musicians
You still love it, right, dontcha? I know I do.
Im still listening and im 63
Definitely one of the best records ever made. A true classic that will never go unnoticed
Com certeza ñ passara e maravilhosa musica
I remember hearing it for the first time in Europe in early 70s. Instant love ❤ forever.
Yes it is a true "classic" as it is derived form a famous classic piece of music by JS Bach Air on the G string .
@@siriosstar4789Really? How cool thanks for this, love classical music 🎼
Classic for sure.
My dad used to love this song..he died in January 2013 age 57 from sepsis and we played this song at his funeral..miss you dad 🥹❤️
He is still with you and will never leave. He misses you as well.
SAD :( but glad to hear that he loved it! bless him!
So sorry for your Loss. I’ve had it twice and I’m still here at 67 years young.
Everytime this song is played he will be alive in your memorias. He is parte of you
Lamento tu perdida!
PERO ESCOGISTEIS UNA CANCION DE DESPEDIDA QUE SL.MENOS PAEA MI ES TODO UN REQUIEM.BELLISIMA ❤❤❤❤
Seems crazy this was 55 years ago, I remember this as if it was yesterday. It would still be a hit if it was released today.
Have you seen the charts today?
Верно, очень верно..
In all reality it should be a double Platinum song in today's world. I believe the problem would be that most of the listening audience nowadays has no idea about this music or the era that spawned it, pity for them!
i suddenly feel my age(71) lol
Today is my Birthday.
I was Age 25 when this was released.
I feel just the same Today as I did then.
Time works that way.
Happily.
This is a song that I feel in love with when I was a student for over 50 years ago.
Of course I still love it.
Love you so much guys now im 76 years old , procol.harum with a whiter shade ....and homburg .....my fav songs
I play this song everyday on my keyboard ,virtual Hammond set up. I was sixteen years old in British Guiana. Yes Homborg is another masterpiece. ❤
and I danced to the same songs -- I am 76 - and we understood much sooner than any other generation before or after us
Lœ😢@@hannahtrimble252
This song reminds me of my best friend because he played this song all the time over the years. He died in 2018. I miss you Jake. It's amazing how certain songs can instantly remind you of someone.
Maybe he introduced u to this song so u could pass it onto someone else who may listen to it and think of u.
@@benvasilinda9729 That's a nice thought.
May your friend rest in peace and may God comfort you in your grief... Bless you new friend
💞
Or some time of your Life gone but never forgotten
I turned 13 in September of 1966. My father had just gone to Vietnam in July.
We were living in El Paso, Texas.
This song came out in 1967 ( recorded in April of 1967 and released on May 12, 1967) . It colored the turbulent times with its somber tone and unique signature.
I was in 1964 and I love this song
😊
in 1964 I was 16 year´s old and I´ll never forget this great song.
@@Diegodidacful - It was recorded in April of 1967 and released a month later on May 12, 1967.
@@MariaLopez-to7ru - Wasn't recorded and released until 3 years later.
60s and 70s with the exception of Vietnam. Just great music.
素晴らしい曲です♪自然と涙が出る😢
The best song ever made. I’m 43 years old and I fell in love with this masterpiece the very first time I heard it sometime in the early 90’s. Wasn’t born in 67 when this song came out but I can confidently say that it still evoke the same feeling, that most of you had when it came out in your day. I love it and to me it’s the best song ever made in the history of music on planet earth
Same here. I'm a little older than you are. when I was listening to 60's classic songs in my youth long after they had been released, this song did - as you say - evoke the same feeling that people experienced back in the day. That is the power of this song especially. No matter how many times I hear it, I love it and experience the feelings all over again.
Im 26 yet i love songs like this
Feels like im an old soul living in a modern era.
Or a young soul living in an old era leteciagarcia9821.
The composers of this song are 21 and 22 years old in 1967, just WOW!!!
Vc ñ e uma velha ouvindo music antiga , vc e um gênio q descobriu um bom gosto
@@pedronogueira9007Exactly 💯 👏
Or just a young man with good taste.
Ce morceau passait en 1968 dans les fêtes scolaires de fin d'année. J'avais 6 ans et je regardais les "grands" de 12 ans qui se trémoussaient dans une danse collé-serré et je regardais ma maman d'un air étonné. Aujourd'hui les slows n'existent plus, ma maman est partie mais la mélodie, elle, d'une telle beauté, restera éternelle.
Votre maman danse avec les étoiles et elle a 20 ans pour l'éternité
Très belle chanson cela me rappelle ma jeunesse et j'ai
76ans
@@jeanneschmitt4779 and considering what's going on nowadays don't you wish you could go back again.
J'ai 49 ans et c'est ce qui passait sur notre autoradio à la fin des années 70
Moi. J avais 8 ans c était la belle époque quoique 68 fut un Désastre. La gauche a tout pourrie surtout en 1981. Nous en subissons les conséquences il n y a pas que Macron.
Just You
I love this song and others! I was 13yrs old (now 71yrs) living at Ft.Eustis Army Base, Va. when l first heard this song. Also watched TV Where The Action Is and Shingid, when Sonny and Cher sang this song. I ran to my Dad and begged him to pls buy me the full albumn, which l still have!
Now, watching U-Tube, been playing this song, repeat even; crying every chance as l keep remenescing my youth..kudos to Cher, l look forward to read her new autobiagraphy! Geri DeLeon Diaz, Guam 11/24/24
I love this song god gave me a great family now I'm doing chemo for cancer 4 kids a wonderful wife of 40 years and 11 grandchildren.im fighting it hard as I can I hear this song bout everday.gary Brooker RIP
💚💚💚💚💚
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
When I was a teenager, I had a gig playing the organ in church. I was a magnificent pipe organ, and I remember belting out this song on it during practice. Sublime.
I best it was beautiful! I played it at a church banquet as conversational music
One of THE BEST SONGS ever written/performed AND~it sounds even BETTER in 2022! 🤩
Přesně tak
@@frantisekkovac6557 I take it, Frantisek~you agree! 😃
It was actually based on music written by JS Bach in the 17 hundreds....based on Air on the G string
¡YES! one of the greates song´s when a change the child a young man and going to the disco....
Sold over 100 million copies World Wide ❤
Saya menyukai lagu ini sjak usia 13 thn yaitu tahun 1974 dan sampai saat ini tahun 2024....entah ratusan ribu kali mendengarkan lagu ini... Terima kasih proccol harum...
This haunting organ melody follows me for 50 years now...
Me too
Vérité
Vérité
Walking down the street in Iowa City, IA one afternoon in the early 1980s and past the Salvation Army Thrift Store, a B3 sat in the window. Someone had donated it and the SA had it for sale. $75 in perfect condition! I bought it to learn this piece.
It followed me through Vietnam . twice .
The drummer is my Dads' cousin.. Bobby Harrison.. Good to see him in the original promo
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's highly debated why Bobby and Ray left, but I think Gary wanted to reunite The Paramounts, so Robin and BJ "rejoined". Hopefully your uncle made a little money from WSOP, but apparently a session drummer was used (Bill Eyden). It was cool to see him on the video!
One of the best drummers ever.
Your dad's cousin is also your cousin.
@@markthompson3449 lol.. I know, but it feels weird to think about.. I always say that.. He's 40+ years older than I 😄
This melody brings back so much nostalgia for the 60's. This song forever marked an era. PROCOL HARUM were fabulous. Unforgetable song.
I'm almost 67, and this song takes me back to when I was 11 going on 12. I loved it then, and I love it now!
This song was one of my mom's favorites, and I grew up hearing it often. It never fails now to bring her back to life in my memory. I can see her listening, eyes closed and a smile of contentment on her face.
Literally one of the perfect songs ever written. Moves me every time I really listen to it.
An Absolute Masterpiece! How many things in this wicked World can you describe as such?
Not many unfortunately 😢
Not very many. Music is not evil. We all enjoy it and it is the one universal gift that appeals to everyone. Enjoy it while you can. Hopefully, there is music in heaven. We can only hope 😀👍🎹🥁🪘🎸🎷😀💜💛💙💖❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, Procol Harum, for the most amazing piece of music of the 60’s. Love it.
🎸🎸🎙🎙👢de mi epoca 🎸🎙🎙👢Desde,Chile para los lolo de siempre ❤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Can't disagree with that. Fabulous song. Rog a child of the sixties. Pacific sunset records .
Today is 28 Feb 2022, I am 74 yrs old now and still listening this song sometimes, really a good song.
@@mokjohnsonmok1713 I am 71 and in my mind this is one of best songs ever written. The state the world is in now I'm glad I'm old.
You go back in time and the violence of the country and racial tensions they don't know what violence was until you see it growing up. JFK, MLK, and RFK, shocking to see the waste of the humanity and good people.
20代の頃にバイトしてた店の閉店時に流れるのがこの曲だった。
この曲を聴くと猛烈に当時のことを思い出して懐かしく思うと同時に
もうあの頃には戻れないんだというジレンマで苦しくなる。
ちなみに歌詞の意味は全く知らないｗ
The is the best version of this for me. Even better than the live show in Denmark. Because it's what we heard on the radio back in the day. And the terrible footage of the war still makes me cry sixty years later. That war even became part of us who didn't go there. The music helped us deal with sadness of the many young men who were gone fighting. Gary Brooker looks so young here. It was our youth. And there will never be another time like that when music was so much a part of us. Almost a physical extension of who we were.
im 31 y.o and love this song eventhough i wasnt born when this song was released.
Thanks to youtube..
This song 🎶 never gets old. A true classic.
Hello
Will never get old .Ages Like a fine bottle of wine.
1967 l was 17yrs old, still listening at 72 yrs old and still sounds fabulous
We of this song were around at a time of great music. I doubt if if we or future generations will hear it's likes again.
Yes it is with me since 1967
Without sounding morbid... This stunningly beautiful song is in my will for my funeral. I've got years yet. The only song that makes me cry every time I hear it. Totally amazing
This song was played when my first love breath his last as he gave into stage 4 cancer goodness how I miss you ,but just like you said I know that are in heaven waiting for me
So sorry ↪💐🕊
@@saharahashaart2802 it's okay his better off than us
Beautiful! It was me and my first love's favorite song! Sorry we didn't last longer together
OMG... So terribly sorry... A beautiful song to celebrate a beautiful life
Sorry for your loss alana ❤
RIP Gary. Such a great song, always brings a tear to my eye.
So true.
Amazing song 🙏🏼❤️ Says it all
Lilqli
R.I.P. Gary. 🙏🙏🙏
こんばんは
im 62 and have great memories of this song. One of my favorites
Me too
I loved this-many years ago.
THE VOICE SILENCED.....
In 1967, the VOICE was there, and it was so enchanting that it stole and influenced several generations.
I, as a boy, was there with my ears glued to the radio.
39 years later, in 2006 in Denmark, he would show the world that the VOICE still belonged to him, and it was very engaging.
But 16 years after that classic performance, Gary Brooker finally silenced his VOICE.
It is yet another icon of world music, informing us that we are once again orphans of musical genius.
RIP - Gary Brooker -
05/29/1945 - 02/22/2022
Gary died on February 19, 2022. RIP
The music they played , easy listening, compare, now, the first time heard this song back in 1974 , is was teenage,of 16 , and still plays their music, he'll be missed, and the others
❤️
@@mariarosariazaffarano598 tempos que nos saudades essa linda cação e imortal
This is one of the greatest popular songs ever written. RIP Gary Brooker -- you will be missed. It is also uncanny to hear how similar this and his 2006 Recording in Denmark sound. That is staying power!
Yes, an uncanny similarity!
I always come back to this.. 50 this year, but feel young.
Interesting,I will certantly try to find that from 2006 ;) I agree,one of the greatest song ever written !
the melody is fantastic
Saya Ganda Hutabarat berasal dari Indonesia, kelahiran 1966. Lagu ini saya ketahui dari papa saya dan menjadi lagu kesukaan saya. Menurut saya lagu ini tercipta dari sebuah group band yg terdiri dari orang-orang jenius.
Я родилась в 67 ...песню услышала лет 20 назад смотря фильм Рассекая волны..чудесный фильм о любви, страданиях,обожаю эту песню ❤
Trop beau, éternel,on peut pas s'en lasser.
Merveilleuse époque.
J'ai trop de nostalgie...
Moi aussi j’ai une telle nostalgie de cette époque.... le temps passe et ne revient pas
Fuerza Pierre ! La vida es bella
@@michelewalmacq2913 Che bello come la musica ci può riportare indietro nel tempo.
Quanti ricordi, sono pagine della nostra vita che ricorderemo per sempre. Niente rimpianti però, le pagine migliori le dobbiamo ancora vivere.
Questa canzone sarà eterna, ti arriva al cuore 💓💓💓
Moi aussi.
d'accord!ah oui nostalgie
There is just something about this song, a haunting quality, that gets in your soul.
Lemon?
the strength of this song is from Bach
To me its like being reminded about some precious that I lost long ago. And now the pain feels like it was yesterday.
Hauntingly very sad to listen, lots of tears and you don’t know why! Portland Oregon
Absolutely. It’s divine.
John Lennon used to smoke weed in 1967 listening to this song on repeat driving along the English roads from Surrey to Sussex. It was one of his favorite songs ever.
I was 17 when this song was "born"!!! So grateful I've gotten to hear it for 53 years with lots more listening to come!!!💜🎵🎼🎶🤟
Ditto Marcie sounds as good now as the summer of 1967 🎶🎵🎼😊
@@johnager9428 absolutely!!!
❤🦜🌻
Amazing song, it will remain popular till the end of time
And the end of time (WWIII) is near so enjoy while you can...
World without end e m
True words
I was born in 1969 and this song grew with me. Listening to it I have the impression of listening to it for the first time with the same feeling... it always carries me away
Class 1969❤
Best year👍
Memories… beautiful years… so easygoing… good times being young …. Those years I never forget…now 73 … those were the days …unforgettable…. 💫💫💫👏👏🎵🙏
72 here. I can relate ☮️✌️
They were the absolute best Catharin! I wouldn't trade places with a 30 year old today!❤
It's so beautiful like dreamy and expertly conducted. Every note played in the right sequence and lyrics perfectly in harmony
This awesome song touches deep within me in a depressive way, yet a melancholy way. I was a Senior in High School in Chicago when this great hit made the big charts.. I was living with Mom & Dad & 2 sisters while 2 brothers were serving (1 in Viet Nam & the other in Germany) & my oldest brother living on his own ... this was his fav song ...such turbulent times back then, yet such interesting, fun & memorable life changing times they were... today's music can't compare to back then when music like 'Whiter Shade of Pale' was at it its best!
funny I saw this comment, I was a few years younger maybe 12, in the chicago burbs. we've lived through many intense experiences in this great time of change...
❤❤❤
Yes indeed, the Vietnam war, what a cruelty by the Americans
Saw them at the Auditorium -- possibly the last rock concert that the Auditorium ever hosted, and the concert of 100 LIFETIMES, will not forget it if I live to be 100.
I was 11 in Sacramento CA. This always stays with me. Brings out the emotions and memories of growing up then.
When song writing was a real craft and the power of the Hammond organ was rightly valued. One of the greatest pop/rock songs ever written. Might as well be a different world now.
Since I first heard it, it has already become one of my favorite songs. I am Japanese. It seems that there are many other people who like this song besides me. There are many people who have the same sensibility.
It goes through you immediately when you hear it. A deep sense of sadness shared by all, it is a beautiful piece. I'm Scottish and saw you are Japanese so I wish to share another song that made me feel this way. A Japanese album called
Lovesongs and Lamentations - Shimoda Itsuroh
飛べない鳥、飛ばない鳥 - 下田逸郎
Especially the song 'Everybody anyone'
This was one of my Grans favourite songs. Thanks to my mum dad and aunt I've got a good and very varied taste in music. Gut I wasn't around in the 60's and 70's music's lost its soul in the last 20 years slowly moving away.
If you ha ent seen the live version in Denmark I recommend going over right now! You'll be blown away. Rest in Peace Gary, thanks for keeping my gran with me with this song ❤️
Yes, one of my favorites too, haunting
RIP Gary Brooker. This is singularly for me *the* most evocative song of my life, even after all these years.
RIP Gary Brooker. Realmente ha sido la melodia que evoca mi ser pero, sin embargo crusara el ubral de esta vida y nos acompañara en nuestra sensibilidad por siempre, como una sombra.
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Algo Rythm Evocative, Soul searching, all encompassing this was THE GREAT GARY BROOKER ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED VOICES EVER IN MUSIC, REST IN PEACE GARY, YOU SHARED YOUR INCREDIBLE VOICE AND TALENT WITH THE REST OF US AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFULL AND BLEST TO HV HAD YOU AND YOUR MAGICAL VOICE AND MUSIC. R.I.P. R.I.P. R.I.P
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One of my absolute favourites the melody is one of the finest of all time. R.I.P Gary Brooker ❤
One of the few songs that defines the late 1960's❤❤❤
Yes, and NO ONE CAN SING IT LIKE HIN! Annie Lennox does a great performance, but his voice is made for this song!
Happy New Year, Kerri 🇦🇺💕
Once you hear this song, life just isn't the same.
That's one of the most beautiful comments I've ever read!
@@tamarasims9056 the song has a strange vibe that touches everyone that hears it. To say that it is a classic is an understatement.
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Your so right friend it seems to take you to another place a truly great classic the song and I seemed to have grown old together
WE LIVED THROUGH THE BEST MUSICAL TIMES EVER.
Questa é senza dubbio la canzone più evocativa nella storia del pop nonostante che la famosa classifica Rolling Stone non la considera nemmeno tra le prime 50. Ma le classifiche come quelle sono molto discutibili mentre il capolavoro dei Procol Harum ispirati da un certo Johann Sebastian Bach rimane ancorato in cima alla storia del pop, nel cuore di milioni e milioni di persone, di intere generazioni e di migliaia di covers.
This has indeed been covered by a variety of artists and it is one of those songs that is very difficult to foul up!!
Can't beat this song anytime.. love it so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’m 71 and this song brings lots of memories
Same to me!!!!!
Yes e also
I'm 68 and my older brother used to listen to Procol Harum, esp this song!
My dad used to play this on his hammond b3 in the living room as a kid, I miss him.
J'avais 17 ans lorsque je l'ai écoutée
la première fois ,et maintenant j'ai 63 ans vraiment j'ai les larmes aux yeux ,je crois que c'est la meilleure chanson au monde.
I was in the same age, I'm 63 years old too 😍
J'en avais 16 et l'entendais au juke box de la piscine et mes sixties et début 70 cela a forgé mon amour pour cette musique et les chansons des années 50. Avant aussi, il y en avait de très, très bien voir du côté Américain, Hispano-Américain, des reprises, etc. J'espère que je n'ai vexé personne. Je suis un chasseur de musique et de cover pour moi et non pour en faire le commerce. Les pays asiatiques ont d'excellents interprètes comme la Russie également.
Idem
Un tube de l été 67 avec à Whiter shade of pale , thé sun died ... Julien Clerc débutait avec La Californie ...mes 18 ans .
Plein d images inoubliables de vacances .
Moi j avais 15 ans en colo 1er flirt avec Patrick Bieber j en ai 70 merveilleux souvenirs
My all time classic favourite song. This song came out during my teens & it's always as good as it was .. one of the most beautiful & soulful song 🎵 in my memory
We are a lot that misses those wonderful years that never come back
People can take a lot from you, but they can't take away a moment in time.
Only memories
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I was in the same class as David Knights at school. I am now 79 hope your still around David,god sounds mate. Thanks Ken
One of the Greg songs from a previous era that captures something completely missing from today’s music;
Emotion and soul.
Watched the video of Gary Booker singing this song live in Denmark in 2006. The man still sounded perfect after nearly 40 years. The great singers I grew up with are going quickly and it's depressing knowing that not only are they getting old but I have to come to the realization that I'm getting old also. RIP Gary!
Filmed at the atmospheric ruins of Witley Court, a huge burned out Victorian mansion near Kidderminster. It's now owned by the National Trust, the house has been stabilised and the fountains restored to operation... well worth a visit!
Chi ascolta questo pezzo nel 2024 come me ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
La ascolterò sempre,è stata una delle colonne sonore della mia gioventù.
Fantastico pezzo, la musica che non puoi dimenticare. Ora solo rumori molesti.
Obrigada por deixar traduzir ❤
Como não amar uma composição atemporal dessa? Eu vivi esse tempo, esse magnífico Verão do Amor, lá naquele mágico ano de 1967. Eram tempos de guerra e das canções de amor e paz, cantadas pelas pessoas com flores em seus longos cabelos. Hoje, estou aqui, chorando de tanta saudade de uma época simples e de tantos sonhos. Adeus, meu caro amigo Gary Brooker, e muito agradecido, por tudo oque fez na história da música.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💜❤🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 שיר באמת מקסים עם מלא זיכרונות
Żegnaj Gary
Quem morreu. Foi este que estava cantando?
@@inezcupello8791 sim , viveu 76 anos, nasceu em Londres no dia 29 de maio de 1945 e faleceu em 19 de fevereiro de 2022 na mesma cidade, foi casado desde 1968 com Franky Brooker o casal não teve filhos, a causa do falecimento dele foi câncer .
Imagino meu amigo Marcos,eu tbm amoooo ouvir essa linda música