FIRST TIME Hearing Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (Live In Denmark) || Where Have I Been?!

[@setonhillstudios]

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[@andrea-v2s]

do yourself a big gift and listen to Procol Harum performing A Salty Dog (An Old English Dream with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and choir at Ledreborg Castle, Denmark in August 2006) the same gig as this performance. the song is a masterpiece and Gary Brooker (the singer) is unbeliavable. you will thank me for the suggestion.....i'm sure.

[@lightatthecape2009]

His voice is far better than when he was younger.....like fine wine!!! Its richer and more nuanced.

[@CharCanuck14]

"Conquistador" from the same concert, as well as "A Salty Dog" is amazing. Another one of my favourite Procol Harum songs is "Whiskey Train" (studio version) which also showcases Robin Trower's incredible guitar along with a massive dose of cowbell.

[@AgentSmith-ck9xi]

Gary was NOT the same singer when he originally sang this in the 60s. This is a completely different level, his voice got better and better over the decades as well as his phrasing and expression. Listen to that original recording by Procol Harum, he's vocally lightyears beyond that stage he was in at that time.

[@lightatthecape2009]

@@setonhillstudios i absolutely agree...and the first album I purchased was Procol Harum. He was always a great singer, but, he was much better latter in his life. This live performance with the orchestra, is imo the best!

[@pamelariker5525]

Stunning! The 1960's - best decade for music, in my opinion. True artists!

[@jeanluney1362]

THIS is the music of my youth. NOTHING today can touch it. IT IS A MASTERPIECE.

[@SylviaCovington-g1i]

We may be old, but we had the best music. And we are young at heart and mind when we hear these songs.

[@setonhillstudios]

Definitely a ton of great music in this era for sure!

[@nightwishlover8913]

I agree there - I'm 71 (UK)

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Yes😢but Time has no mercy! Greetings from Germany

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@nightwishlover8913 Ditto..,well, nearly!! (I'll be 71 in early August '24) Sitting here in South East London enjoying Procul Harum still. R.I.P. Gary Brooker.

[@philipashley9723]

I second your comment, 'we may be old', I'm 80, I used to listen to records played by the Pirate Radio ship, Radio Luxumberg, berthed in the English Channel, in the 50s, 60s. The BBC had a music monopoly then, and only they could play records. Great music in those years. 😁

[@beverleysmith133]

That was a concert where Procol Harum was backed by an orchestra. This is always the concert that people hear when they are asked to listen to the song for the first time. It was epic. You were witnessing heaven.

[@AlbertoBerio]

This is an english band from the sixties. A whiter Shade of pale, is considered one of the best songs ever written, according to Rolling Stone.This song is from 1967.

[@bella-xp7qd]

I believe Gary Brooker was 62 during this performance. He passed away at 76 from cancer 2022. Procol Harum is the name of the band.

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for the info!

[@lightatthecape2009]

​​@@setonhillstudiosFirst album I bought was Procol Harum and I still have it....

[@valeriasarmento5590]

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[@dannyramirez890]

I was a junior in high school in 1967 when I first heard Procol Harum.It was on vinyl.I played this song over & over when I lost my first girlfriend.That's when I got heavy into smoking pot & doing coke.But you know what, I'm 75 now and still think about about her.I cry like a baby.God Bless to all who hear this.😢❤💕🐢🙏🇺🇲

[@jodyholland5687]

You were witnessing greatness. I’m 75 and been a fan since 1967. Saw them in Nashville. The Eagles opened for them!

[@brainawayfilms1687]

They didn't just share the bill - they hung out, too. Chris Copping (organist) introduced The Eagles to the then hip drink, tequila sunrise. They would go on to write a song of that name on their 'Desperado' album :)

[@popeye807]

Yep, us oldies had the BEST music!

[@Pomdownuder]

yep us old bastards had some great music, from the time when singers could sing and musicians could play. Talent over technology. This is childhood memories

[@WilliamWarlick]

Absolutely the truth, I'm 67, and I was blessed to witness the greatest music ever long years ago. Listened every day to a multitude of talents. Sparse to locate any music remotely similar in these barren times.

[@davidmcc8727]

Everyone in the U.K. of a certain age knows this song as part of their youth. The music of the 1960s and 70s was incredible

[@vojager52]

jeder in Germany auch

[@beverleysmith133]

The band is Procol Harum. The lead singer is Gary Brooker, and I HAVE to listen to him every month. I heard this song when it first came out in the 60s. Brooker is a treasure.

[@jgibs6251]

I'm 77; we listened to a ton of great music. R.I.P. Gary.

[@TheSteelheader7]

I am also 77, and enjoy going back when music was real .

[@Eurynomea]

Gary Brooker always had that blissful tobacco & Whiskey patina to his voice. My siblings were much older than me (15, 14, & 8 years my senior), so I grew up with this music from the 60's on upward. It's during that period that we changed and evolved into a whole new realm of the "legendary" as a society. I'm grateful for the wealth that lives in memory now. I don't think that we put out too many artists like this to carry the torch. R.I.P, Gary.

[@janetpope1455]

Same here, I'm the youngest of 10, born in '62, my oldest sibling was born in '48 so I too, was exposed to the best music across several decades.

[@johnhitchens2265]

Procul Harum were one of the first bands to play with orchestras. They formed in the 60's. Conquistador is there next-best known tune

[@setonhillstudios]

Gotcha, thanks for the info!

[@JohnHazelwood58]

@@setonhillstudios Conquistador is my fav track of the band ...

[@davidwilliams8457]

I was born in1952, I was 15 years old when I first heard this amazing record. It is still my all time favorite record.

[@roberttreborable]

@@davidwilliams8457 Me too we grew up in an amazing Time for music.

[@vickithomas7976]

RIP Gary Brooker

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

What I love about this is the fact that the orchestra is so supportive without ever taking over.

[@cherylmack1260]

Gary Brooker. 40 years of blessing us with his voice.

[@freddarby2329]

40 Years More like 55 years

[@Gloren50]

Gary Brooker and Procol Harum released this song in May of 1967. It quickly became part of the sound track of my life the summer of 1967, my first term at university. It's an iconic song from the late 1960s. This live version with the orchestra and chorus is phenomenal. One of the great songs of the 20th century.

[@helenannetillyer9975]

He sings it just as well there as he did when they 1st brought it out in the 60's

[@GloriaPetersen-t2p]

Magic pure magic I grew up listening to the best music

[@kidpoker007]

This was a monster hit growing up in the 70's in the USA

[@lazyj616]

Procol Harum was a band and believe me the band back in 1967 had just 4 in it the organist & lead guitar singer of course & drummer and they were just as good back then.

[@marcieharreld286]

This song was #1 in the world in 1967!!!🎵🎼🎶💜🔥🤘🥳🥳🥳

[@allenrogers9319]

For 6 weeks.

[@SharonChartier-c9x]

This performance brings me to tears!!!!!He aged so well❤

[@nancysmith38]

This came out in 1967-I was 10 but had teenage brothers that always had the radio on so I grew up on their music- and am so thankful. Such great music back in the day

[@Kimberliss42]

I was right behind you.. I Have four older brothers that introduced me to the best..

[@lindataghon5712]

I first heard this song when I was 10 and I cried. Now 65 years later I am still crying!

[@vojager52]

nicht nur dir!!

[@kidpoker007]

It's of the greatest Melodies in rock music

[@MarkoMakela-kk7qf]

Funnuly enough this song has in it's melody very strong influence from Bach's 'Air'. Also Bach had many very powerful other picies like Toccatta and Fugue

[@jimbatten1927]

This and Knights in White Satan were always a reason to crank up the radio! Great songs, great artists, great times.

[@glennelfmann3143]

Procol Harum were an English progressive rock band from Southend-on-Sea. Formed in April 1967, the group originally consisted of vocalist and pianist Gary Brooker, guitarist Ray Royer, bassist David Knights, keyboardist Matthew Fisher, drummer Bobby Harrison and lyricist Keith Reid.

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for the info!

[@jodyholland5687]

When did Robin Trower replace Ray on guitar? After Robin left Procol, did Dave Ball replace him?

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

​@@jodyholland5687 Robin Trower played on the self-titled debut album, released, in September 1967, just not on this song which was recorded earlier that year in May. He stayed with the band until 1971.

[@carolynmcdaniel6254]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Love. This was in my Day..

[@davidpalmer7175]

Love to see people hearing classic 60s-80s music for the first time. You have good taste.

[@setonhillstudios]

What’s not to love? It was a great era for music for sure!

[@davidpalmer7175]

@@setonhillstudios Each decade was a musical experiment that worked.

[@kimmycook2698]

I remember this song as a kid...this and Moody blues was my moms go to on rainy days.

[@bryanCJC2105]

This song always makes me cry. I don't know why. This song is older than I am but I've heard it many times. Something about it is so beautiful and the melody just grabs your heart and squeezes it.

[@setonhillstudios]

Definitely a good one!

[@frankmerris8821]

i concur

[@BabsR]

One of my fave songs from way back when, its one of those you can not hear for years and still remember every word. We really did have the best music growing up.

[@setonhillstudios]

Such a great tune with an amazing hook! The performance on this was unreal!

[@billboyd9028]

You have to appreciate the sound techs/sound engineers for keeping Gary Brookers awesome voice out in front with all of those mics for the backup choir and on the instruments... plus they're in an outdoor setting, so the engineers did, I think, a spectacular job keeping the clarity and keeping Gary Brooker up front! Sound techs don't often get recognition... but here I think it's a must...

[@setonhillstudios]

💯 absolutely, they did a phenomenal job

[@Knors666able]

To tell the truth I don't think anyone who heard this song back in 1967 had the faintest idea what the lyrics really meant, but I do remember going into my local record shop & buying the single as I'd never heard anything quite like this song before.

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

been a fan of Gary Brooker since the Broken Barricades album back in 1972. the older I get the more he's missed. RIP dear Gary

[@loisr3970]

Yep, and singing like a master 40 yrs after it came out in 1967. Knew you would enjoy this one. Gotta check out the older video's. Great reaction Cheers It's FriYay😅

[@setonhillstudios]

Definitely glad I check it out!

[@trishafreitag780]

Not many songs have a later version that sounds better than the original. This one is phenomenal! The addition of the orchestra and choir make it so much more special....I get chillls every time I listen to it. The lyrics? Hahahahahaha it's the first psychedelic-inispired song.

[@solesurvivor1761]

agree!!!! as good as or better than the original. This version is abit slower but still super fine!

[@36Ravel]

RiP Gary Brooker, we all miss you

[@kevinkool3]

I was 16 in 1967 when this song was a big hit on AM radio in the DC metro area. The video of the group back then roaming through London is epic...the fashion, architecture, statues, vehicles...definitely worth viewing.

[@roberttreborable]

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum, was/is the song of the decade in the Sixties 1967 How soon we are all forgotten ... he's Gary Brooker, the group were Procol Harum... P.S if I had been there I would be out of me seat giving a standing ovation..

[@jeffreythaw3333]

One of the best songs ever written! Gary Brooker is dearly missed.

[@setonhillstudios]

Such a great tune! 🎶

[@richardmartin9565]

The song got better with age. I've watched this often.

[@rob8872]

My band used to do some PH songs. Great stuff.

[@setonhillstudios]

That’s awesome! 😁

[@Linda-w8d]

This song sold over 10 million singles....only one of 46 ever to be in that honor roll !

[@dagmar.6954]

Love this song. I actually prefer the studio version from the 60's as it is the one I grew up on. This live version is very good though as it shows how powerful Gary Brooker's voice was even as he got older. "Conquistador" is another great song by Procol Harum. Sad to hear of Gary's passing recently.

[@setonhillstudios]

It was a great performance for sure and thanks for the suggestion on the other tune!

[@boroblueyes]

Conquistador would be a great, next song.

[@boroblueyes]

I do believe that he sings it better in this show than he did in the 70's when I saw them.

[@graziacagna7223]

Chills.......and some tears......

[@bberger5902]

This was a popular song for those great slow dances in the early 70’s. Bringing back some great memories!

[@marikacooper3133]

Procol Harum big hit 1967 and well known to anyone in Europe

[@Ozarkprepper643]

I'm 72 the song brings back many memories. 🚜🤠🐂

[@setonhillstudios]

So awesome!

[@kaychristensen4394]

One of my fave tunes from back in the day. 😎

[@kippwieland6464]

The singer, Gary Brooker, passed a few years ago. He wrote most of Procol Harum's music to lyrics written by Keith Reid. This song was a blessing and a curse for the success of the band. It was a world-wide phenomenon that just could never be achieved by them or most any group. However, even after several line-up changes, Procol Harum continued to write, record, and perform up until Brooker's death. I was fortunate to see one of their last shows. Please do yourself a favor and deep dive their material. Much of it is Baroque influenced, but also the could hit hard. There was only one Procol Harum.

[@sudicalwig]

Bach and Brooker are interlinked through this beautiful melody

[@richardcummins5465]

You NEED to search the original, 1967, to fully appreciate THIS MASTERPIECE. This is one of the TOP TEN selling records OF ALL TIME. Over one hundred million sales World Wide.

[@jeffpetrimoulx6806]

My oldest brother traded ( I don't remember which ) an album with a friend for this album. I feel in love with song, right away. I love seeing you young kids get exposed to what I grew up with.

[@mikeross14]

Hard to believe Robin Trower was an early guitarist for Procol Harum!!

[@drumbelly]

Great reaction again, thanks! Gary Brooker’s voice still gives me goosebumps.

[@felixnorman9562]

I need to hear this at least once a month! Listen to the original, in order to understand it completely!

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

This song came out in 1967 & this performance is much later. The song reminds me of my senior prom 1971. LOL A nice long, slow song, to dance with my honey. LOL

[@harlech52]

this song was very popular with the troops during the Vietnam conflict

[@richard7crowley]

One of the most award-winning and best-selling and most-covered songs in rock music history. It is musically based on a famous tune by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Air from his Orchestral Suite No. 3 2. Air, BWV 1068, (AKA the "Air on the G string") Elsewhere here on KZbin is an interview with Gary Brooker where he says "If you trace the chordal element, it does a bar or two of Bach's 'Air on a G String' before it veers off. That spark was all it took. I wasn't consciously combining rock with classical, it's just that Bach's music was in me." Check out other KZbin videos that discuss the many modern popular music hits that were inspired by or based on (or ripped-off) J.S.Bach and other "classical" composers.

[@mojobag01]

There are 47 songs that have sold over 10 million physical copies. This is one of them.

[@setonhillstudios]

So awesome!

[@joeyhernandez1899]

Movie and winner of the superbowl!!!😅🎉

[@mikedineen7857]

Great song great reaction

[@suepringle6642]

The lady on the oboe has unbelievable lung capacity! I played oboe and it takes a lot of power to make a decent sound...yet she held clear notes in succession with a beautiful tone for what seemed to be at least a full minute. Wow!

[@Berrylucy50]

Meaning is beyond my brain❤

[@vanessa4u4evr]

I was 11 when this song hit the airwaves in 1967. It was a hit in all jonres and circles of secular music. It just had that nostalgic, crossover magic energy to it. Rest in Peace Gary. ❤❤

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for sharing! Such an amazing song!

[@wolfgangwolf6060]

Procol Harem - a group. This song is based on Bach's Air For A G-String. Check out their song Conquistador. They rock out.

[@norkannen]

Known this one nearly all my life. And i am Norwegian 🤗😎🇧🇻

[@ellensrensen4333]

Beautiful voice and orchestra ❤❤

[@lindanoreika893]

The best! Glad to have lived it.

[@johnniekight1879]

The most played song on British radio ever. Saw them in '68 and '91

[@nancysmith38]

He’s been singing that since the 1960’s! Remember it from the day.

[@richardcummins5465]

Great reaction buddy, thanks so much .

[@setonhillstudios]

Appreciate that! Thanks so much for hanging out!

[@dekk640]

This came from time when the young people of America took on the establishment and as a sixteen year old I was totally tuned in. Unfortunately we never saw it through, we need the young people of today to pick up the banner and make this world a better place. Though I am from the UK I have always supported and championed the Love and Peace generation I am 71 years old now but the message is as strong if not stronger today.

[@Billydoesyoutubenow]

When I’m buried and this song isn’t played. I will dig myself out and request it, for me ❤

[@setonhillstudios]

😂🤣😂

[@Billydoesyoutubenow]

@@setonhillstudios Haha. That was fun to write. Thanks for the comment. I’m 53 and don’t react a lot. Best to you

[@setonhillstudios]

@@Billydoesyoutubenow Well glad you are enjoying the channel and thanks for hanging out! Have a great day! 😄

[@deannajones3849]

Love this song!

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Keep checking out the 60’s music, you’ll have the Boomers coming here…Peace ☮️👍👏👏👏💜

[@Linda-w8d]

This was released in 1967, and we were in the first throes of the Vietnam War. My friends and I had graduated from high school and all our boyfriends and uncles were being drafted and dying in that darn country weekly. We would meet at one another house weekly, play the grooves off this record, and cry over the ones we lost that week. A beautiful song and I'll NEVER forget it, but it brings back such a sadness to me every time I hear it. Just subscribed to your channel. Looking for some great music....thanks for what you do.

[@timlacreta8221]

If you like this, I direct you to the Moody Blues with orchestra performing "Knights in white satin"

[@setonhillstudios]

We’ve actually covered it here on the channel! It’s incredible! On our homepage you can find it under the playlist ‘Bands • Groups.’ Thanks for hanging out!

[@RalphWigg1]

Much of the chord progression is based on Bach's Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major... 'Air on the G string'.

[@MarkKlass]

It fun to watch someone who hasn"t heard so much of the music from the sixties and seventies. Procal Harem was the name of the band and they have quite a repertoire of music and it's well worth looking into. Especially their first album, Procal Harem and their third, A Salty Dog.

[@setonhillstudios]

Sweet, I’ll have to check those out!

[@willeforsberg]

This is a good song with Procol Harum !

[@psychmike1717]

Vale Gary Brooker. RIP. Missed.

[@susanhall4063]

You haven’t heard it cuz you’re young! Check out all 70’s music. You will be shocked!

[@tinanichols203]

This song released in the late 60's. The original video from back then is on KZbin Lead singer is Gary Brooker.

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for the info!

[@cadymauro5792]

I absolutely love this song. I cry every frickin time. I just help it. No matter where i am

[@edgarsnake2857]

I saw PH many times as a four-sometimes-five piece group way back when at Fillmore East and other venues around Long Island New York. Believe it or not the band kept its gravitas even as a rock band. They always sounded great. And people sometimes forget that Robin Trower is on guitar. As for the 'confusing' lyrics, I believe the song is a psychedelic fantasy. Another epic song by PH is: 'A Salty Dog.' It's about a ghost ship and its sailor's souls sighting land, signaling an end to their long quest to make it home again.

[@Hisseefits]

The title track from the album A Salty Dog also has incredible vocals.

[@doughartley3513]

A salty dog has great songs as well. I wish more people would listen to it.

[@hopeklemann1]

it is a group... it's a beautiful song, and if I remember correctly, Paul McCartney in an interview said that this was his very favorite song.

[@setonhillstudios]

That’s so cool!

[@doughartley3513]

It was John Lennon’s favourite as well.

[@titodevera3100]

Gary Brooker was 60 during this live performance. he died from cancer in February 19, 2022 at the age of 76. he left with a lega 6 of great songs.

[@lindaleon6108]

Procol Harum was a band back in the 60s and 70s.

[@dlbeal]

Check out their song The King of Hearts

[@pasleymusic]

Great song!!! ❤

[@pasleymusic]

I imagine you have listened to the original by now if not please do. Whiter shade of Pale: with the continuous organ is so haunting and should be played in a play list with Mama's and the Papa's California dreaming, the Animals Rising Sun, and Simon and Garfunkles' Bridge over Troubled Water for max effect.. lol

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

I just rewatched The Good the Bad and the Ugly where you asked about the orchestra. This is the same orchestra - they have played a lot of filmmusic.

[@peebeedee6757]

Everybody seems to show this 2006 rendition, THIRTYNINE years after Gary Brooker first cut through everything at the time, Beatles included. It is said that John Lennon was driving his car in London when he first heard it, had pull in to the side of the road, stop and just take it in.