I love Procol Harum. I found them initially through "Grand Hotel" and their live concert album from Edmonton, Alberta. What a thoughtful, introspective, and endearing band. "Homburg" is so haunting to me in so many ways. Not 25 years out of WWII, the London backdrop appears both world-weary and optimistic. Keith Reid was such an extraordinary lyricist.
@eleanorreyes512 Жыл бұрын
This song came out when i was 15 years old in 1967. It still sings to my soul today in my 70s. There will never ever be singers and entertainers like these again!! NEVER EVER!!!
@nortledorfus6 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite bands. This is a fine time piece of a documentary.
@Lloydskasisal1239 жыл бұрын
One of the finest Bands in the world!
@timhancock66264 жыл бұрын
Salty Dog was one of our "never lend, never give away " albums at school when it came out. I still play and sing along to Pilgrims Progress on my piano, it's a lovely song.
@pablosabato4608 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest bands from across the Pond
@John42ification9 жыл бұрын
ABC needs to run this again! Would make a great Christmas special!
@kw191937 жыл бұрын
Nothing too confusing about the dating of this -- winter of 1970. Between Home and Broken Barricades. Cheers!
@sunrajah9 жыл бұрын
really brilliant interviews w/ Gary Brooker and Keith Reid on the creative process they used ..... I love where Brooker and Reid are talking about putting the lyrics and music together and Brooker comments that he usually gets Keith's lyrics in the mail .... & Keith talking about the relationship between the writers ...... and poets/lyricists just being regular people -- mostly ......
@paulw29968 жыл бұрын
+sunrajah .......and now it has come to an end.....
@sunrajah8 жыл бұрын
+Paul W -- well, not the general idea .... "it will live forever" .... la dee dah, la dee dah .... sorry for the moment of maudlin sentimentalism, I was overpowered by it ...... PS is your reference that one or other of them is dead, are they??
@sunrajah8 жыл бұрын
+Paul W -- I just checked online, no death date for either .... what a relief (even if they aren't working together anymore
@paulw29968 жыл бұрын
+sunrajah Correct. They are not working together any more.
@sunrajah8 жыл бұрын
+Paul W -- well, that's sort of like performance-enhancing-drug abuse in professional sports -- it may be true, but it's hardly news ...... (unless I am unaware of some alliance post, say 1979 or thereabouts)
@АлексейГлазунов-м2ш10 ай бұрын
Гениал ьно слушаю 50 лет спасбо
@patrickward81445 жыл бұрын
Ye Gods, I keep watching this every week and still never get fed up. God bless BJ.
@petermay54889 жыл бұрын
It's all a bit dreary, but how wonderful to see this version of the band provide insights into what makes it all work. One unique element of this band (my favorite) is that the lyricist is considered a member of the group. Keith is as important to the final product as anyone and takes a keen interest in how his words are used. And his efforts are well served indeed. Thanks for posting.
@madeleinehague6487 жыл бұрын
Agree. Most of the songs I hear these days - I cannot make out the lyrics, or else they are really hollow and repetitive. (Especially hip hop)
@philerrup99488 жыл бұрын
32:39 Gary Brooker "A lot of pop is very superficial". What was 1970 is still very true today.
@franklinelias52108 жыл бұрын
I love this band!
@nickweiserfolz5 жыл бұрын
What a band they were and stil are! Admirable! Nice that Keith Reid is mentionned quite often. Without his somber lyrics the band would not have become what it became.
@jamestreible45458 жыл бұрын
They were an awesome band.
@paulw29968 жыл бұрын
+Lewd, Rude and Crude Old Dude: They still are an awesome band!
@sjaka707 жыл бұрын
I love this Video I love these songs Keith Reid is my good buddy .I me him through John Tiven We even did a song together with Steve Cropper
@wombleafc10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, it brilliant!
@aliasreco4 жыл бұрын
I recorded this audio from TV somewhere in 1972. Stunning program.
@farnaud33 Жыл бұрын
Procol Harum est probablement un de mes groupes préférés. Certainement celui que j'ai le plus écouté, celui que j'ai vu un grand nombre de fois en concert j'ai vu et lu tellement de choses sur eux mais ce programme je n'avais jamais vu! Je suppose qu'il s'adresse aux hardcore followers (et qui comprennent l'anglais aussi.)
@joachimzegke93014 жыл бұрын
they are so genius...it is music from heart and soul
@divingduck19709 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you!
@susansabenorio34462 жыл бұрын
Rip thank you for the wonderful music i love you
@madeleinehague6487 жыл бұрын
Wonderful group of musicians. Today, you just get "the look", do what management tell you to do, get some songs other people wrote, auto-tune in the studio and bingo - you're a star. (A very hollow one.)
@FredQuann-vs1qh2 ай бұрын
I really loved seeing and hearing this
@djpjwajtgjm9 жыл бұрын
Sencerely thank you for sharing.
@froundfroude86544 жыл бұрын
Melbourne TV special. 1969
@SuperBongo5010 жыл бұрын
I've got a great idea guys...let's go out in the dead of winter and mime your songs and Gary, don't forget to wear the hat your mum knitted for you as a Christmas gift! This is really fun and I love these guys but everything really is Spinal Tap, isn't it?
@finylvinyl668 жыл бұрын
They were about as non-Spinal Tap as any major band I can think of.
@randypotter73797 жыл бұрын
No, it's nothing like Spinal Tap.
@annblacker64016 жыл бұрын
You're quite silly. Spinal Tap? These guys have brains. That's why they're good.
@thewordofgord9 жыл бұрын
excellent. more Keith Reid footage than I've ever seen!
@ericminch7 жыл бұрын
Did I miss the interview with BJ Wilson? When was it? One of rock's greatest drummers, and I was looking forward to hearing him talk about his art!
@richardaregood11335 жыл бұрын
He died in 1990.
@marcfedak5 жыл бұрын
@@richardaregood1133 , he did mention that he learned drums in a cadet drum corps. He probably had gotten down a lot of drum rudiments/ "paradiddles" from that.
@marcfedak5 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric, starting around 5:05, he did mention that he learned drums in a cadet drum corps. He probably did a lot of drum rudiments/ "paradiddles" that helped him later on.
@tullic810 жыл бұрын
Don't know where you found this Paul but it's great. Many thanks!
@paulw299610 жыл бұрын
Found it on a (ahem) torrent site this morning and thought the band's fans would like to see it.
@haroldchernofsky8 жыл бұрын
+Paul W thanks
@soldatosg8 жыл бұрын
Saw this on tv in the 60s and been looking for it ever since. Thanks so much.
@hanslorentz6418 Жыл бұрын
This is only about the time 1967-1972. So much more append after 1972...
@smoovegittar8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting - great!
@robertholdsworth8372 жыл бұрын
I assume Keith is pretending to play organ on Piggy Pig Pig, the credits on the record gave Chris credit for both bass and organ.
@carlbacklund78867 жыл бұрын
the Beatles before the beatles
@SuperNevile9 жыл бұрын
So this was after Matthew Fisher left and Chris Copping joined (1969) so must be about 1970 because Robin left 1971. So Robin was a little premature in saying the electric guitar had been taken as far as it could, especially as Jimmy Page was to take it even further.
@paulw29968 жыл бұрын
+SuperNevile 1970
@tblkcd0529518 жыл бұрын
+SuperNevile disagree wrt Page ... Stevie Ray 10 years later, now you're talking. At the time, tho, there was a feeling that rock was coming up to hitting a wall (ala the point of view of Lester Bangs in "Almost Famous"). It was true in a way, as the singer-wongwriters took over in the 70's, more or less, and rock veered into glam more or less. (As far as Page-n-co, the critics never saw them as a creative force for the genre (that I recall), and I agree ... for one thing they were horrible live the times I saw them.) But, thinking back, I loved Trower, Frampton, Peter Green back in those days ... Mick Taylor ... the guys just a smidge under Clapton and Hendrix and Jeff Beck.
@SuperNevile8 жыл бұрын
+tblkcd052951 Thanks. Out of that crew, only saw Peter Green live in 1985. Was not expecting very much of him at that stage, but it was a wonderful set.
@tblkcd0529518 жыл бұрын
+SuperNevile Rock suffered (IMO) when he went off the mental cliff ... I'll never forget going to see Fleetwood Mac, looking forward to seeing Green play and sing again - only to have Christie McVee out there, and her hubby doing an Elvis impersonation ... we weren't expecting that and I was horrified (lol). BTW, Green did an acoustic version of Robert Johnson's songs 10 or so years back, which IMO was better than Clapton's version that came out soon after (again, IIRC, I recall that Green's came out first).
@SuperNevile8 жыл бұрын
+tblkcd052951 It was unthinkable that a band that was releasing records like "Oh Well", "Green Manalishi", and "Man Of The World" would eventually turn into another version of.....ABBA. Incidentally, the structure of "Black Dog" was inspired by "Oh Well", although I prefer the self aware lyrics of the latter.
@froundfroude86544 жыл бұрын
Wilson❤️
@bethzaidarivera95187 ай бұрын
Que lindo precioso❤
@willemaartman28699 жыл бұрын
become a member of I AM PROCOL HARUM on my FaceBook-Page
@lorenasilvanapasquetti29066 жыл бұрын
Purtroppo non conosco la lingua inglese e non ci ho capito nulla. Comunque questo documentario e' strepitoso. I procol harum mi piacciono da sempre sono un gruppo raffinato. Ho riconosciuto nella ragazza che e' con loro in tre fasi del documentario la donna che è tuttora la moglie di Gary Brooker 🙄💗🌸💝
@clipstone9 жыл бұрын
I'd date this 1970.
@janethohener93563 жыл бұрын
Island my husband listen dumb and I was just getting out teenage hurt the brotherhood and I love that song it made it all understandable
@musicplateau17 жыл бұрын
Trower saying on this film that, looking back, it was no big deal joining Procol Harum ..... ?
@chipstoecklein23408 жыл бұрын
Copping and Knight are the backbone,
@robertholdsworth8372 жыл бұрын
Knight was gone by this point, Copping recorded both bass and organ after Matthew Fisher and Knight left, at least for a while.
@randypotter73797 жыл бұрын
Is it on, Tommy?
@deheckler8 жыл бұрын
What bout Matt Fisher?! Ahh I be flashing back!
@jamisondavid1007 жыл бұрын
Robin said goodbye to the Les Paul shortly after this film was made. He was right, rock was full to the brim with virtuoso electric guitarists at the time, and no one ever took it further than Hendrix.
@davidoran1234 жыл бұрын
Growing up on this, no wonder I am the say I am;
@walburg117 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if Wilson was the drummer in Whiter Shade of Pale.
@brötzmannsax5 жыл бұрын
No? Who was, Ringo?
@cikitamg99174 жыл бұрын
it was bobby harison
@marlasinger10898 жыл бұрын
2nd song, starting at 2:15, sounds like Randy Newman.
@jamisondavid1007 жыл бұрын
Procol Harum listened to Randy Newman.... at least Keith Reid did. He said the lyrics to "Devil Came From Kansas" were inspired by Newman's "Beehive State".
@mimimamalion7 жыл бұрын
Outside Topeka is a little town called Stull. On top a hill in Stull sits a church and a graveyard. Folklore has it that this site is one of the seven gates to hell.
@Classic.Hits-335.artists7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what CD has "A Wind's Raging through the Post" (or Piggy Pig Pig?) @16:56?
@mijlaid5 жыл бұрын
The album was Home. Came out in 1970.
@gj86835 жыл бұрын
34:47 the really trippy part
@kermit34217 жыл бұрын
Damn...nothing on their best song "A Salty Dog"
@ayunara-ayu4 жыл бұрын
5:02 ❤️
@Silver_Miner5 жыл бұрын
Shame that Fisher is missing
@Themanwhocameback29 жыл бұрын
I think it was all that beer that caused Gary to fill out, over fill out, so quickly, after the group's success. See him in that original Whiter Shade promo film: he's positively thin.
@perellobetpllobettt7 жыл бұрын
49:09
@DanielSpillane-hz5hd Жыл бұрын
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@DanielSpillane-hz5hd Жыл бұрын
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@sidecar1474 жыл бұрын
awe mat Fisher.........whiter shade of pale.........Brooker had to pay him his dues .......