Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006 Reaction!

[@tinaroney7295]

SHUT UP!

[@HighlyCombustibleReacts]

How about it's MY channel and I'll do what I want. If you don't like it, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! The original video has ALWAYS been available for you to watch for absolutely FREE on KZbin. Feel free to NOT announce your departure either, this ain't no airport sweetie!

[@suzettebakelaar]

What is the reason for this comment? I just don't get it. If you don't want to see a reaction video, don't watch it. Go and watch the original (link in the description) ! Have a great day!

[@tinaroney7295]

Hey! U say ur channel is ?! Lol....highly combustible?! Y💥

[@woutjemusters]

@@tinaroney7295 do you also give a course 'how to troll on KZbin?!' 'cause you are one of a kind.

[@tinaroney7295]

@wout musters Guess I will chalk all my “trolling back talking” to my McCoy 1/2 ! It is quite a force at times!

[@artiemeyer8803]

This song was originally released in 1967. This takes it to a whole new level with the orchestra. You need to react to A Salty Dog from this same concert. It's incredible!

[@patriciabutton558]

It's not new to us who grew up in the 60s RIP Gary your music will live on xxxx

[@magidog8582]

exposed his heart and soul with his last......."AND SO IT WAS"....

[@bandycoot1896]

Some sad news, I'm afraid. It was announced on on 19th February 2022 that Mr Gary Brooker had passed away. Very sad RIP

[@tropenkindje1]

One of the best songs of the sixties. The Voice of Gary Brooker is still amazing. You should also listen to the original version from 1968

[@agnetamalmqvist9075]

Yes you should!!!!

[@davidhattman7649]

One of the best songs EVER written

[@paulcharles5128]

One of the best songs, and in the opinion of many, THE best song ever written. Yes, he should listen to the original from > 1967

[@joelspaulding5964]

One of the best songs. Full stop.

[@toddstevens13]

The Danish Symphony Orchestra backing up PH, are a kick ass Orchestra and have a multitude of Mind blowing recordings of their own. A good place for you to start would be the Musical Theme from the Movie "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly". part of their Clint Eastwood, Spaghetti Western Theme Music Symphony's.

[@simondalzell9673]

Best piece of music I've EVER heard. I'm 58.

[@laureltaylor4535]

Agreed

[@jetfromholland4533]

This song is one of my favourite oldies…and this version is beautiful.

[@ittopitto4300]

I heard that the lyricist wanted to create a musical form of modern art. Many have tried to determine what the lyrics mean. All have failed, but the song is beautiful and as it was allegedly based on J.s. Bach's 'Air on a G-string', it is definitely worth listening to. The lyrics have taken parts of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' a traditional racy book which dates to 1386, it is still in print, and other places too. So we have this which was first performed in 1968. Many of the more senior generation will remember this from their younger days. Just like me, and still love it, just like me. Excellent reaction.

[@785boats]

yeah. I was just a pre teen youngster back then. But remember it well. Mum played it a lot on the old record player.

[@windmill10]

yep!

[@geoffwebber7085]

On a different note to this wonderful classic....how about 1970s british Glam Rock...the Sweet with BALLROOM BLITZ...the promo version

[@wgsips]

Such a great song!! Timeless! 💜🎶

[@clifffan3]

This is a beautiful song. I always liked this song. This is a song from the late 60 S

[@spreekstem]

It’s actually a shame you didn’t know the original before listening to this. I’ve known the original my whole life and was flabbergasted hearing this version for the first time. I think it may have taken me at least an hour to stop crying afterwards. 🥺

[@clarelwc2849]

Omg same here!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Wolverines77]

I have now listened to this version over 200 times since discovering it earlier this year. My brother and I discovered the original in 1978 and while it has remained a Top 10 song of mine over the next 43 years it became my brothers favorite. My brother accidentally overdosed on pain meds because he was scared of ending up back in the hospital for months on end again and thought the adverse effects would go away. He was dead by the next morning. This was just over 6 years ago and God do I wish I had known of this version to play at his wake. Sometimes I flat out cry and others I contain it to a single tear, but this version makes me cry every time I hear it. The angst in Gary's voice of 35 years of "life" blasts through those beautiful lyrics and blends into a perfect balance that I now realize that life is, no matter where you live, what you believe... Just THANK YOU to everyone involved in this production, it has literally made my life bearable again. A very long story that I will not bore you with...

[@spreekstem]

I’m very sorry for your loss, Chris. ❤️

[@janetsilverhawk7204]

Same here, I was 11 when it first came out. Gary's voice just keeps getting better.

[@raymondcarroll3876]

You Too huh!?😉😂😭

[@ronnyseffinga7950]

We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'There is no reason' And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later

[@rtwbikerider]

As if the meaning of this song isn’t cryptic enough, there were two more verses that never made the cut. Lyricist Keith Reid’s words are still a mystery to all 54 years later. There is a nautical theme involving a mermaid running through it, I think. “If you want to have a hit, you gotta make it fit. So, they cut it down to 3:05.”

[@ronaldolson3214]

Rest in peace Gary Brooker

[@lonniekramlich6241]

It was the early 70s when I first heard this song, a rock ballad that I immediately fell in love with. Skip to 35 or 40 yrs later.....they turned it into a symphonic master piece!!😎🤘👌

[@karin7544]

So beautiful and live!

[@Doaria]

Brings me back to the 60's, love it

[@moniquebol1411]

Always liked this song so much. Very dreamy and this version is so spectacular with all these different kinds of instruments. And I do love the setting that was played in.

[@ronnyseffinga7950]

the lyrics are very cryptical, some say drugs were invovled, even after many years Procul Harum never revealed the mystery

[@RobertDeMartin]

You just listened to greatness!!!!!! Two genre's meeting in Denmark and this was the result. And his voice is incredible. By the way, he sang the original back in 1967 and his voice is better right now (2006)!

[@Miobambino]

This was grandads favourite song and the original was played at his funeral. I miss him so much 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❣️

[@hedwignl8118]

You don’t see it often that a voice stays as full as his does after so many years… This song is always in the “top 100 of all time”. Amazingly done by Gary Brooker and Procul Harum!

[@pebblehilllane]

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" has sold in excess of 10,000,000 copies which is a remarkable feat, especially for a song released as a single. Only about 40 songs in history have ever achieved this great feat. In 2004 the song also made it onto the top 60 of Rolling Stone’s notable ranking of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1998, it was inducted into the highly-distinguished Grammy Hall of Fame. And in 1977 the Brit Awards gave it the distinction of being The Best British Pop Single 1952-1977, an accolade it shared with “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) by Queen. Also in 2018 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame changed its criteria, allowing singles to be inducted into the institution as opposed to only musicians themselves. And “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was amongst the first songs to be enshrined therein. The success of this song has led to “a whiter shade of pale” being adopted as a common phrase in the English lexicon.

[@timspeakman4555]

Very special song to me as went to number one in the UK the day I was born. A great version of a classic song.

[@tompickles9798]

An absolute classic from the 60s and still awesome. The band never divulged the meaning of the words & that's what gives this an edge & mystery to me anyway lol Great reaction as always

[@BommeltjeNL]

One or two years ago they were in a Dutch TV show where they explained the song and words. Will try to find that on KZbin and post it here.

[@BommeltjeNL]

Found it. Have a look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpeaZIutn798fLM

[@terryengland1880]

I think it's based on the miller's tale from the Canterbury Tales by Jeffrey Chaulser.

[@JamesDolen-dn6wz]

On a British radio show the interviewer asked Gary about the meaning of the lyrics. He simply replied “It’s a love song.”

[@ingridwatsup9671]

Wow ….memory lane ….that’s a beautiful oldie!

[@HighlyCombustibleReacts]

Yes it was!

[@richierich4538]

Some songs are so beatiful, they bring tears to your eyes. This song is one of the best examples of that!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fredbarnes2049]

Wow he really took care of his voice. This song is beautiful and has always called out for the full treatment. Glad to see it got it. Great reaction Highly!

[@annettebuckens2311]

Classic! Beautiful !!

[@dirtdawg5385]

Your face watching this is priceless. 😁 Great reaction. 👍

[@emmap1250]

Slowdancing in high school …🥰. Magic!

[@HaveMonkeyWillDance]

Dude, my aunt was married to their manager. Family story goes that The Man poked his head round Diane's door when she had flu, and said 'Fuckin' 'ell, Di, you look like a whiter shade of pale'. Diane always swore it was true, and that they got the theme from Bach because it was always playing in her flat. That's the story anyway, and I'm sticking with it.

[@Loy72bob]

I was 17 when this came out…loved it then ..Love more now…RIP Mr Brooker

[@annegreen9499]

Love this song. I've played it at so many weddings & funerals both. It means a lot to a lot of people I think. The lyrics are criptic & nobody really knows exactly what they mean. Prog Rock really pushed the boundaries of music at the time & there was so much cool experimentation. The melody is strongly influenced by JS Bach & some of the lyrics were inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, but more than that's really just speculation as far as I know. There's something wonderful about the Hammond Sound tho & this versions use of the orchestra takes it to another level. It's fab to listen to Procol Harem & a song from 68 still being enjoyed for the great composition it is today. Great reaction as always. Peace, love & happiness to all. xx

[@toddstevens13]

You Must do their Ying to this songs Yang from this concert, one of their other Monsters which is a full blown rocker, "Conquistador"

[@beckylawler2768]

Gary Brooker of the band Procol Harum wrote and first performed this song in 1967 with his six piece band. You can find this version on youtube. His voice is so much better now than it was back then. I had been reading online that the meaning of this song had to do with a sexdual encounter gone awry but I disagree totally. Although some of the lines don't make since to me, it is obvious that the guy is performing before an audience and he's higher than a kite. He's feeling sick and wants to quit but the crowd called out for more. "The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away" is the effects of whatever drug he has taken. "When we called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray." He's performing in a nightclub and drinks are served on a tray. I agree a lot of the song is mish-mash but Gary explained that. He said that he was high when he was writing it and some of the lines just fit the space he was trying to fill so he put it in. He's still a genius in my book. The music omg!!!

[@daleennis3140]

The lead singer Gary passed away on February of 2022 I was 19 years old in 1967,this song is a classic,it's amazing in ,2007 he sounded the same way he did in 1967.RIP Gary,you were amazing,and loved by millions.

[@jaccovalkenburg79vdaal]

Thanx Paul ..better than this is almost inposible .. 😍😍🤘🎸greets jacco

[@hilarywilkes7853]

Have always loved the original but when I finally saw this version for the first time it gave me goosebumps, still does and brings tears to my eyes. Haunting and beautiful ❤

[@EdytaTanski]

One of the most beautiful songs ever.

[@-Mieke]

Ah beautiful😍

[@BommeltjeNL]

I was 9 when this song came out and when my time comes and I need to go a level higher I want to 'hear' A whiter shade of pale and the other one Nights in white satin. When I hear these songs I'm instantly back in my younger years. Thanks for this one 👍 Btw: I wanted to request this one but I couldn't decide between this version and the original. You definitely should do a reaction on the original. Oh, a few years ago PH was in a Dutch TV show where they talked about the song and the words: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpeaZIutn798fLM And go here to hear the original: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHYppWsZ8pjgpY And... am I the only one who sang "Turn NO whiter shade of pale" and "the MIRROR told it's tale" 😂

[@patverum9051]

Still a well-kept secret....WTH does it mean?? Great song nonetheless.

[@frankphillips5660]

MASTERPIECE. Loved Gary Brooker's voice to this in 1967 and it's even better 40 years later in 2006! This song was HUGE and everybody knew this song in the 60's. One of the best songs ever and with this added orchestra and chorus with this incredible arrangement made this an almost spiritual event. Seen this video countless times and never get tired of it.

[@chrislee1907]

I was lucky enough to see the band in 2017 fifty years (and a day) after this song was released. What a band! Anything from this concert is brilliant, but a real surprise is one of their much less well known songs, Sympathy For The Hard Of Hearing.

[@Billydoesyoutubenow]

No one truly knows what this song ❤ is about. Double, triple meanings and simple meaningless times mixed together.

[@ittopitto4300]

R.I.P. Gary, thanks so much for the music.... it'll live on in our souls.

[@marcieharreld286]

A Timeless Masterpiece!! I was 15 when this song was "born"!!! And I'm beyond grateful that I've gotten to experience for the last 54 years!!!!💜💜💜💜🎶🎼🎵🎸🎧🥁🤘🤘🤘

[@manoellima4367]

Gary Brooker, a legend! 😢

[@MarthaSpherical]

Aww golden Oldie 👌 love it and brings great memories. Great request Jacco.

[@Farsider3955]

👍 I enjoyed your comments throughout this live performance….don’t listen to the haters. Great reaction video! First time viewer here (🤔 just might have to subscribe if you do more of this quality) 👍 I have some comments, interpreting the lyrics of this song which gives it even a deeper dimension - I will share that at the end of this - (and sorry for this detailed commentary, but I think you will find it helpful if you listen to the song again and/or share it with others). Gary Brooker’s incredible singing in this live performance matched - or perhaps even exceeded - the quality of the original 1967 recording that took place 40 years earlier. The band’s name comes from a couple of possible sources. One of the band members in ‘67 had a cat named Procol Harum. This is Latin for “Far beyond these things”…. Personally, I think they named the band after the cat. 😁 This song and about 3 or 4 others defined the sound and the scene that was the “Summer of Love”. Unfortunately, that beautiful era only lasted about three years…. Innocence lost - marked by another outdoor concert in December ‘69 at Altamont - The Rolling Stones - they hired the Hells Angels motorcycle gang to be their “security” force - 4 people died that night. However, great music continued to come out from the late 60s all through to the mid 90s. But 1967 through Woodstock 1969 was magic. There has been much debate/misunderstanding regarding the lyrics. I believe I can unlock the mystery for you. The lyrics are mostly metaphorical. The song is about a young couple who are attending a party perhaps at a ballroom - maybe even on a ship. They were either entertainers for the crowd, or they were just part of the crowd dancing….”We skipped the Light Fandango” but instead did cartwheels across the floor, implying that they were having a great time, perhaps even on their way to getting drunk. The room seem to be shaking apart as they “ordered another drink”, but the waiter brought a tray of many drinks. As the night wore on, the young man was fast becoming interested in having a more private intimate time with this young girl…. But yet even through her near drunkenness, she sensed it, and became frightened. As the young man shuffled through his “playing cards” - a metaphor for looking for that winning hand to convince her to go with him - she again was unable or unwilling to give into him. Even as he told her stories, and lies about himself to impress and take advantage of her she knew she was potentially headed for trouble as “The truth was plain to see”. The vestal virgin metaphor clearly implied that she was young, inexperienced, and not ready for what she feared was his ultimate intent. But he kept on with his tales and lies, and he “would not let her be”…..ramping up the pressure on her to give in. This frightened her tremendously. I have heard, but I cannot confirm, that Gary Brooker and his cowriter actually wrote two more verses, that were never recorded. We will probably never hear the end of that story. Again, I want to say your reaction video was wonderful and genuine. Well done

[@kevinradu2183]

Constantly interrupting...ruins the whole performance....why can't these people patiently listen to the whole song. Geeesssh

[@chris...9497]

You really should go back & give a listen to the original "Whiter Shade Of Pale", released in 1967 when the man you saw singing was himself only 22 years old. In this 2006 performance he was 61 years old, and his voice is remarkably the same. Today, he is 76 years old, still writing music, recording, and TOURING. But really, go listen to the original. It's iconic and worth the listen.

[@romanazzitube]

Step 1 - Orchestra prelude Step 2 - Gary Brooker and orchestra Step 3 - Gary Brooker + orchestra + band (Procol Harum) + choir “A WHITER SHADE OF PALE” was released by Procol Harum in 1967 and it was their first single ❤ RIP Gary Brooker 1945 - 2022 *PROCOL HARUM is a latin expression that means "beyond these things"

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[@handsome-brute2666]

When u die and go to HEAVEN..this is what u 👂 hear at the Golden gates🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎹🎹🙏👼👼👼👼

[@larairina3922]

I don't know if l already subscribed here. This song, made by Bach (The music ofcourse, a long time ago, say 300 years.) is perfect. I.m.o And in the opinion of Procol Harum. This, the classic music turning into the modern style, the choir lifting it up and the band itself, especially his voice makes it perfect to me. More beautiful than beautiful.

[@chris...9497]

There is temptation to interpret the lyrics; my advice is Don't. Or at least don't think it can be nailed down; be satisfied with just having an opinion. Interpretation of art is personal, and the lyricist approaches lyric writing as 'art'. In an interview, lyricist Keith Reid said he approaches lyric writing like Salvador Dali approaches painting, in surrealist terms. They aren't meant to be definable. They're meant to be the capture of a mood. All his lyrics have that same Daliesque quality, of being at first glance very realistic, very present-world, but on further scrutiny it's an insubstantial dreamscape, refusing to be literal. It's a Mood.

[@williamrich4311]

From Canterbury Tales...based on the Miller's Tale...

[@terryengland1880]

I think it's based on the miller's tale from the book called the Canterbury Tales by Jeffrey Chaulser

[@n.tenbroeke2564]

What you need for understanding the lyrics is the key to the context of the words. If you have this key every line falls in place and the text makes sense completely... (cliffhanger)

[@j.lahtinen7525]

The lyrics to this are cryptic indeed - I think they are meant to be kind of like a Dali painting, surreal with familiar elements. There are some references that you can catch if you are knowledgeable on history and old classic literature - "as the miller told his tale", probably refers to "miller's tale" in the Canterbury Tales. It was a tale in which the Miller (quite drunk) regaled the audience with a tale of a carpenter's wife who cheated with a clark. "One of 16 vestal virgins" - vestal virgins were priestesses of the Roman goddess of the hearth, Vesta.

[@julielevinge266]

Think their just out of it in a club, skip light fandango ( no lights on) reference to coke, ( od face at first just ghostly turns a whiter shade of pale) Is said millers tale is about coke but I think it refers to Chaucer’s Millers tale that tells of all human weaknesses, greed, stealing, revenge ect

[@denisvulliez2064]

You should check out "Conquistador". They also did it with an orchestra. The Edmonton Symphony in Canada.

[@artistjoh]

Wonderful song about sexual seduction, but always tinged with the sadness that two guys took the writing credits (and the millions in income,) while the guy who created that incredible Hammond organ part that the whole song revolves around was denied his rightful co-writing credit. Took him decades before he won in the courts and given his due, and while he can't get past royalties, he gets his one third share from then on, which is still a lot considering how many times the song gets covered. Greed makes some people treat others very poorly.

[@SharonS-fn2ym]

This version has a lot more classical music in it than the original it this is beautiful. Gary’s voice changed very little.

[@tatzantwos]

Actually the lyric was written to confuse record companies and radio stations. Lol this was a slap in the face of conventional thinking. Lol. Became an anthem for civil disobedience

[@Erock503]

I don't know what it's about, but it makes me think of a story where he's out partying with his lover, and they drive home and she gets killed in a car accident. one of 16 vestal virgins, who were leaving for the coast And although his eyes were open, they might just as well been closed. She said there was no reason, and the truth was plain to see. He wandered through all his playing cards, he would not let her be. And so it was that later, as the miller told their tale that her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale.

[@ronaldolson3214]

Love your reaction to whiter shade of pale you have been officially been transported

[@ronaldolson3214]

Some years ago I saw Gary Brooker along with Bill Wyman from the rolling Stones and others at the amphitheater

[@carlajimenez5483]

You have to go back to 1968 and see it. Amazing song nice reaction

[@97bowie97]

If you've never heard of Procol Harum or the song A Whiter Shade Of Pale, you're probably too young 😉. I used to listen to this song so many times, actually from the beginning when it came out. At that time, I didn't know what it meant, I was young, it's a song of mixed sentences, put together very well. The general consensus is that “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” is a snapshot of a drunken sexual escapade gone wrong.

[@garycox3205]

The story of this song is to long write, I would suggest everyone look it up and read, very worth reading.

[@andrewandjoanhart7882]

The lyrics are from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

[@marzmarch]

You need all four verses to start to grasp the depth potential to the lyrics. Four verses could consume a season of translations.

[@thorstenwestheiderphotogra7722]

The lyrics are about the sinking of a ship.

[@norpfuseman1485]

Dude your voice and cadence is like Mitch Hedberg.

[@damienmaynard8892]

Vietnam reminder.... Great song, mystical lyrics! Fun to play on piano too!..... "Miller told his tale" - Miller beer? Glen Miller? Doro Pesch sang a cover of this song - might be worth you checking out?

[@45rpmSINGLES]

The miller told his tale is from Canterbury Tales , a book written in 1392

[@julielevinge266]

Chaucer’s Millers tale was about all human weakness, greed,lust,revenge ect?

[@Rogier7305]

Gary Brooker died only a few months ago. Sad.

[@jeanninecondo3616]

Honey your reactions are the best. You can see on your face how interested and surprised and genuinely listen to the song. Thank you

[@janetveazey7212]

He died recently, so sad in the UK. God bless 🙏🙏🙏 you

[@mromneyobama]

It's one of those songs that have an ejaculative moment.

[@Toadhall22]

The lyrics are poker card hands making a story

[@laureltaylor4535]

Music masterpiece

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

This was played at my prom in 1969

[@ronaldolson3214]

I carried the song with me since I was a young boy

[@entwood]

Glad you got off the island, Gilligan.

[@ronaldolson3214]

Then goes and there's another talent that comes in grows

[@ronaldolson3214]

Talent like this comes and goes and leaves other talent to come and grow

[@teresatorres3612]

GRINGO FOME QUERIAS UN REGETON?

[@65presleychick]

This is just a haunting performance.

[@davidtullis2810]

The original he played the guitar

[@MrsMillwall]

Drugs, about being stoned

[@spacefanatic]

This song was released in the 1960's by Procol Harum of which Gary Brooker was the singer. This is him years later and his voice is just as good as on the original version. The original was released in my youth but I think I prefer this version with the orchestra and his voice which has aged like a good wine.

[@JacobBax]

The original album was recorded with an orchestra from Berlin I think

[@patriciabutton558]

You didn't expect that did you xxx

[@Se_190]

That WURLITZER❤

[@patricklemeur6360]

ok! GARY BROOKER !!!!

[@kimberlystark3944]

It's a thing of beauty!