Procol Harum - a white shade of pale, at Gala du Midem 1968
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2017
- Procol Harum at Gala du Midem. 27 January 1968
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
LIVE on ORTF, France and transmitted by Eurovision to some
countries
This show has not been included on any officially released video or DVD
I am 81 years old and for me.this the best song of all the time!!! Thanks Garry!! Rest in.peace!!!❤❤
❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭
Linda canção ❤
🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤
i'mabout half that and I love it
❤
one of the most beautiful songs ever written, thank God I was born in 63 and grew up with incredible music
Right Kevin, we The 60s child are the most fortunate
Yea Kevin, thank God for that. We grew up listening to some of the most incredible music tgat could be composed!
@@shirinbajan214 Scary to think about myself to be that old geezer whatsoever. It went too fast.
There will never be an era like it again -we were very fortunate
One of the most beautiful songs ever written !!!! Uma das músicas mais bonitas já escritas !!!
It was 1968 and I was waiting for a bus in Detroit at about 1AM. It was a warm misty night. I had just broken up with my girlfriend and this song was playing in my head. A car passed by with its windows down and "A whiter Shade of Pale" could be heard on the radio. It was sad and uplifting at the same time. I always stop and listen whenever I hear it playing, capturing that moment in time forever.
Nice! My story’s not quite as evocative as yours, but I remember the exact moment when I heard it as it came out, and that time and place will be forever associated with this masterpiece. That perfect organ melody grabbing you right away… then the phenomenal vocals and lyrics… wow.
I can imagine an old movie from back then with your description. Thanks!
@@larryh.3173Please do tell in more detail about where you heard it!
This song toyched my soul when i was 15 years old. I am 71 and it still touches my soul!!
Thank you Gary . Rest in Peace 🙏 ❤
68 here, Controvercial, and classic.....Jefferson Airplane, ELO, ELP, zepplin, Pink Floyd. How many others began in the 60's and 70's?
The Easy Beats "Friday on my mind"@@tedpetry2028
Me2 same age.
73 here Sr in high school when this was popular.❤
Мне 72 и со времён своей молодости балдею от этой вещи
What we see and hear is music history. One of the absolute best songs of all time. Those of us who belong to the older generation and were there from the beginning will never forget!
Amen Brother!
que de merveilleux souvenirs
So thankful that I am part of that generation that was there from the beginning. I remember exactly where I was and who I was with the first time I heard this song. Wonderful memories.
I agree with you!@@sararemy4484
What a beautiful time of life to be a teen!
People were beautiful people back then!
ALL the great Musicians came from that era!
So Beautiful,,,,,,I wish I could go back in Time! Makes me cry!
Speak the Truth
It was an amazing time.
But what was your draft number?
In 68 we lost Bobby, Martin.
Massive riots. Chicago was chaos during the Democratic Convention.
We had the tet offensive, Russia crushed the Czech Spring,
Not the greatest time.
Es verdad ...pienso igual ..una época Hermosa y simple , básicos !❤ ahora de 70 años lo disfruto ......
One mustn't allow chaos to destroy their own journey...
The BEST music in world history! The 60s & 70s brought us the most diverse, amazing music by so many wonderful bands. I can’t even name one of today’s singers or bands that would even make the top 100 if they performed back then. It’s all autotuned, pitch-corrected blandness with a dozen half naked background dancers. Look at the Super Bowl halftime show last night (2/11/24). It was a horrendously bland performance. I could’ve been on that stage and received raving applause because people today don’t know anything other that mediocracy.
@@miguelservetus9534 My draft number was 32
I AM 65 AND STILL LOVE THIS SONG AS IF I JUST HEARED IT YESTERDAY, WOW GREATE 🎵 ❤❤❤
😁Same age as you! I agree 100% w/your comment! ☮
I'm 70,still know every word,and miss the time when we dance in the Discos 😢😊
This song was before disco came around…thank god
Real artists, real music. I'm so glad I grew up in this era.
Heard this when I was in South Viet Nam as a Combat Infantryman '68, Good old days, better in the early 60's
It was the best of times
It was the worst of times
YEE, BUT THE MUSIC WAS SO SO GOOD. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴
Me too.
Anche io
First heard this song when I was 14. I could make no sense at all of the words. The singer sounded like he was dying. But I loved the organ playing. I'm 71 and it is the favorite song of my life. How many songs have sold more than 10 million copies? Thank you Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, bassist David Knights AKA The Undertaker, session drummer Bill Eyden and producer Denny Cordell!
I had no idea what half the lyrics were the first time I heard it but I knew I loved it. When it came on the car radio we would turn the volume sky high and sing along with the words we did know. So glad I was part of the generation that had the best music ever.
We are so fortunate to have a music time machine to take us back again to the great music of our youth!
Thanks to UA-cam ❤
I bought this record for my lovely cousin Jackie,who sadly passed away,we enjoyed listening to it together.❤
I hope Jackie and this song lives through the waves of Earth and our existence forever. ❤
I`m turning 75 and this makes me feel young. We`d listen to this on our tubed am radios. Then hi-tech came along and we`d install reverbs in our cars. Going over bumps sounded like a thunderstorm.
One of the greatest songs of the year, one of the greatest songs of all time.
Sadly we had 2 decades of amazing bands..that period will never be repeated..
Beautiful 🤩 67yrs old love love the 60s-70s music
RIP Gary. This is one of the greatest rock songs ever written.
Peter Frampton said the same thing
And that's the absolute truth 💙👍
Ouço está canção há décadas e ainda toca minha alma. Essa voz é inesquecível! RIP Gary! 🇧🇷💔😢
Keith Reid wrote the lyrics.
Top 10 ever
77 here, and one of the music highlights of my life. Fabulous voice.
Great song...one of my favorites...being born in the early 50s...It means something to my generation....thanks
I am 70 years old and the song has stood it's time. Love Gary Booker and the entire band.
what a voice and melody, can't stop listening to this classic, pity we don't have bands like this anymore these days 💔 😢
great bands great songs, i miss those days. many people back then have passed away, where did the time go ?
We do. They play in bars and little clubs all across the USA. They play whatever is popular at the moment.
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 avrò ascoltata centinaia di volte ma quando la risvolto mi vengono i brividi@avevo 17anni!AAAAAHHHH
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 Time forgives no one, so live every minute of it with joy.
But we have Beyonce, 😊
I love Gary Brooker. I love Procol Harum.
Me also
Wonderful...
No one else sounded like them. Truly unique
SHOW.
TEMPOS GUE NAO VOLTA MAIS SO. DEUS
Beautiful voice that got better and better as he gets older. RIP Sir Gary Brooker . Thank you for the music. ❤️
And Robin Trower kept the spark alive for many more decades
One of the most beautiful timeless songs I’ve heard or grew up with
Yet as the years have gone on I’ve grown old and weary but by lord this song stays young it just never grows old or tired
Amen.
The Melody is by Bach
Ah, the decades of my youth. So many great bands producing incredible music. I can only describe this song as ‘haunting’. I never tire of listening.
Inoubliable 😢
Oui comme vous je ressens la même force de la vie avec une ☝️ émotion ❤vibrante intacte quel bonheur 👌
I am so glad that this rare performance still exists, a live version with full ending, people will be viewing this in 100 years time.
It's a derivation of Bach and a perfect example of how music transcends time. I won't hear it in 100 years, but I am surely glad to have the chance now.
Так точно !!!
@@seanfinnerty1689 Very true
Where's the third verse?
Who's play organ
The 60's 70's and 80's produced music inspired by true geniuses. This group is a just another great example. These guys are incredible.
MUSIC at it's BEST, not the crap we have for the past three decades.
So sad they are forgotten to day
You are very righ.
É por causa da repressão
Que música más bonita
I was 20 years old in Spain, when I first heard White Shade of Pale in the radio. For me, that song in one of the best song´s at 60´s... The voice of Gary is extraordinary beautiful.
I am 66 years old and this song started my youth. I love it!. Rest in peace Garry ! 🌹
RIP Gary Brooker. Thankyou for the beautiful music.
RIP Gary Brooker. Great so see this amazing live version of one of the greatest songs ever.
😯😢❤️
@@mirtaovejero1032 eew
This song is my personal dedication to Ukraine. GO DOWN SWINGING! WHO'S HOUSE IS THIS?! GOD IS GOOD.
I could not agree more. You will be missed Gary but your music will live on in the hearts of music lovers.
Que recuerdos tan bonitos preciosa música
Getting emotional as I reminisce one of the best ever songs and feeling proud that I grew up up in those marvelous irreverent years❤
Tears flowing freely ... Touches my soul everytime ....RIP to Gary. You were an angel.
We lost Gary Brooker today. May he rest in peace.
🙏🌈🎶💕✨🕊
WE LOST HIM TODAY, BUT NOT FOREVER!!!!! 🤘🏼😠🇧🇷
80th rip
That's so sad 😢
J'adore je vous aime depuis toujours ❤
One of my favorite songs of the fabulous 60's. Best time to be a teen ❤
I will never get tired of this song. And the organ is so soulful. I just love this.
I think it's a JS Bach melody ...
Très belle mélodie que de souvenirs ❤
It is now October 2022. And this song still pulls you in its magic. Wonderful. Eternal.
Hmm 2/23 and I feel the same! Much Love!
Yes!!! One of the most amazing songs ever… that voice ❤❤❤❤
And in 2024 Lucy Thomas recorded and released her version of this song and killed it !! Such a beautiful singer, yet she performed this song and owns it now !!!
Monday 22 January 2024🏴 18:51
In 1967 I was 8 years only, but this song is the one of greatest rock songs who was ever written! Thank You Procol Harum! RIP Gary Brooker
@Rickard Borowicz….I also was 8 years old in 1967!! Awesome 😎 song!! R.I.P. Gary 💔🕊
@@donnarupert4926 +++ In 1967 I was 8 years old in Silesia! + Free Silesia! +++
I beat you I was 10. LOL One classic song, deep in our memories of life. Music will last forever in this life and more so in the next. PTL
I was 16!
I was 15 and in love 😍
I’m 75 years old…, and this song is still my number one ❤.🎼🎹🎸 Love it❤
Classic old beautiful song. Good music never dies. Fortunately, I lived in that era.
One of my all-time favorites. RIP Gary Brooker.
Yes, he caught the restlessness of the British youth in that time period and for better or worse they went on to shake the world-it is an enigma, why the English brought in such revolutionary changes, indeed R.I.P. Gary.
Love Whiter Shade of Pale. My all time favorite song 🇺🇸🙋🏼♀️
Потрясающая музыка , вечная, память и благодарность всем, кто написал музыку и слова, исполнителю, я часто слушаю и плачу от от прекрасных эмоций.
RIP Gary Brooker - one of the all time great voices ❤️
Still gives me chills after many decades … fabulous👍
Per me e' la piu' bella canzone di tutti i tempi.
I love Gary. What a powerful voice. I am so sad he's passed.
Did see his LIVE open concert in Scandinavia a few years ago with an orchestra as backing??? Awesome
Everyone applauds his songwriting genius but the way he sings this song in this clip is fantastic. And he sang it great for many decades after.
Sad to see him go but happy he stayed with us so long.
One thing most people don’t know about Gary is that he was not only a great singer but at least to me was a very nice and generous person who helped me when I really needed it and he offered without me even asking!
I hope things are better for you, mate.
Love his voice it never changed
He was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) because of his extensive work for charity. MBE is a big deal in Great Britain.
Gary Brooker and I were born the same year. I was born in March he in May. Due to my ginger DNA having longevity. RIP Gary your music was/is great.
was born in March and was also a ginger. My DNA is also great.
This is one of the songs that really affected me in my childhood and still does to this day. Thank You Procul Harum!
One of the most incredible songs one will ever hear.
Another singer/performer from my youth now gone. They're all leaving. Brilliant song. Never tire of hearing it.
RIP Gary. One of the greatest voices and songs ever
I was seventeen. To this day I still love this song. One the my all time favorites. But as time goes by, it means so much more to me. A lifetime has gone by.
I was 17 also. Senior year of high school. Oh the memories😊
@@virginiaknighten4687And Virginia, college English had me read ( The Miller's Tale is mentioned in this song ) part of Chaucer 'The Canterbury Tales .'
@@robertknowles2699 okay. That is a very interesting fact.
im 17 right now loving this song
@@sophiaswierczynski4583 you have great taste in music 🎶
Great song sums up the sixties. Fabulous era to grow up in so much great music. RIP Gary Brooker
I was only Ten years old at the time of this great song, But I remember it as a teenager growing up. Brought a tears to my eyes with the beautiful memories growing up. Love this song to this day. Peace n Love to all.
I was also 10 when this great song was released.
Me 8. Man. This is one of the best songs ever made. IT never never never notes me.
Notes=bores...sorry
Another ten year old. Are you married?
@@robcale8165 If that was a attempt at humor you failed.
I remember my daughter..4 years old then in 1984,she submerged my tapes in water including Whiter shade of Pale..!Yet,the memory lingers! Then in 1997,I became a songwriter..God is Great!
what does god have to do with it?
63 years old , high school dances , this was the slow dance song, when this came on it was time to find your girl, a totally amazing song , what memories
Always loved this song, the melody, the rhythm, the soul. So much soul …. Back in the day … there was no fancy mixing and pitch adjustments…. Pure talent , musicianship and genuine live vocal performances …. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Sheri💐💐
Simply beautiful music
Saw them in 1972, one of the greatest songs ever, and still playing it today. Sleep well Gary, and thank you for the music.
You were fortunate to have the opportunity to see them in person. Can you tell us where this was and anything you can about it?
@@dina113east It was at the Hammersmith Odeon around 1972, slightly vague on the year, that's age for you!
This song forever changed how I listen to and appreciate music, thank you Procol Harum!!
Listen my grandmother and grandfather who are still alive today born in the 40es and 50es pushing 90 they raised me there is something about growing up without phones without computers my grandmother and an old Ford truck as I was a small child blaring from the speakers of a tape player I got schooled in music history at a young age and didn't even know it until i got older and found a passion and love for music in general as i get older I appreciate how amazing these musicians of the 60es playing these insane instruments from other countries and amazing voices when fall usually comes as i live in michigan i usually play a lot of older music and it really comes from what I was hearing at 6 7 years old in that truck and getting rides to school just always reminds me of a way different time and appreciate being creative as these musicans of the era were just so creative and innovative with art and sounds that can warm the heart or make you feel sad even or happy or even love i feel i got to experience alot of that era being born in the 80es and my grandparents are going to die eventually one day i just dont want that era to die out with them as it was passed to me just wish that whole era of people could live on cause this world moves so fucking fast and those times it felt slow you enjoyed life and experienced things much different back then just glad I got to see what its like to have to just even open a book to learn something and even going to the upper peninsula in the woods camping it was just a different lens of seeing the world in those times the sounds the colors the vibration of life shit sucks now lol 😆😆😆 but this music takes me to those times for sure i miss it as of now iam in my mid late 30es and appreciate and cherish those memories thank you for the 60es sincerally an old soul...fuck even the drugs from that era wooow at least they were real 😆😆😆
There are just some songs that are perfect. This is one of them. RIP Gary.
Sad to think that the musical talent of Gary Brooker and drummer BJ Wilson are with us no more. They were part of an amazing group.
What happen to BJ Wilson?
@@kathyrizzi8754 drug overdose put him into a coma for several years and then he passed away much to soon.
@@NYWaters I’m sorry to hear this about BJ. 😪♥️thank you for answering my question, so sad!😭🌹
So do i
He also was the drummer for the rocky horror picture show soundtrack.
Robin Trower, a very young man here! What a band to be born from and move on to his solo career. Magical times. I saw him first on his solo tour when no one knew him, just came out with Bridge of Sighs and opened for Ten Years After. Think this must have been 1974?
Es muß eine wundervolle Zeit gewesen sein ✌️ 👍 🥰 😍 🤩 😇 😻. Herz♥️❤️lichen Glückwunsch all denen die diese Zeit authentisch erlebt und gestaltet haben!
🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ Werden wir die folgenden Generationen dieses Erbe weiter führen können? 🌹🌹
Oder stampfen wir dieses tolle Erbe in Grund und Boden?
Im Moment sieht's ganz danach aus...... 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
Gesundheit und Frieden die diese Musik 🎶 lieben! ❤️♥️😇
Gary Brooker's soulfull voice and Matthew "monk" Fisher's Hammond organ still gives me goosebumps. Since it's release in the summer of love (1967) one of my alltime favourites.
A handful of songs have turned the world on its ear - this is one of them.
Cette chanson traversera tous les siècles et procurera toujours les mêmes émotions.
Non mi stanco di riascoltare questo gruppo straordinario....sono diventata fan che avevo 12 anni..,ora ne ho 67 e mi emozionano come allora....
The quintessential anthem of the psychedelic rock area. Rest in peace, Gary Brooker!
I was 16 when this song came out, we were in Campbeltown Scotland on vacation, they were playing it from a ship in the harbour, you could hear it all over town. Still remember it, after 55 years . Great song.
Nice...i was 12 years young...
Wow. What a vivid memory. I”d like to have been there
I cannot thank you enough for showing us this footage.
Thank you to you and those who preserved this moment
Recordar é viver, dancei muito essa música nos bailinhos de funde dr quintal, era D+, os amigos, as minas, as cubas, os haifais, etc, éramos felizes e sabíamos. Abs a todos q curtiram essa época é estão vivos, tenho 67 anos hoje.
One of the best concerts was Robin Trower in 74 and playing Bridge of Sighs... Man the talent in this band!.. RIP Gary and thank you..
I didn't get to see Trower until the late 1980's (saw him twice at the D'Anza in Riverside). Always loved his music, and he was equally fantastic live. Whenever I play his stuff, my son absolutely loves it.
This is one of humanity’s best songs. What a gift of sound. The emotion sensors it touches. That synth. Jeez.
There were no synths in 1968, what you hear is a Hammond organ
💯
@@EmmaPeelman en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ
@@amnoneylath And what is your point in sending me this link, Ari?
Not just a Hammond, but running it through a Leslie.
Theres something so good and pure to me about the way music sounded in the later 60s and early 70s its sounds just the right way music should to me and this song encapsulates that perfectly.
❤UN CHEF-D’ŒUVRE ♥️👍😪🙏🏻🌹🖤LES PLUS BELLES ANNÉES 🌹♥️🕯️
His singing is so effortless… you can tell he is so talented and gifted. God bless him! Amen 🙏
ola Gisele otima tarde de segunda feira 25/10/21 realmente essa inesquecivel musica so nos faz lembrar e recordar de magnifico tempo onde o amor era mais verdadeiro mais sincero onde podiamos dancar juntinho que tempo foi esse onde essa inesquecivel musica marcou uma geracao limita hoje em 2021 so nos resta ouvir e relembrar desse magnifico tempo saludos enorme amiga 😆😆😇😇😇😢😢😢😘😘😘👀👂👂👂👀👀👂👂👂👀👂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏direto de caraguatatuba litoral norte de Sao Paulo Brasil 💘💘
He's amazing what a voice and so young
His voice is still outstanding! ua-cam.com/video/oao13TosnHI/v-deo.html
No doubt one of the best.
Yes this song is wonderful for the fight to the Vietnam war
For the tenth thousand times, I still listen to and enjoy it as much as the first time. It is right up with Beethoven's 5th Symphony as a classic.
This is a Procol Harum historical masterpiece . M . Fischer wearing a druid robe playing the organ was perfect as was his playing .
Should've figured it was a band member and not Emperor Palpatine.
Beautiful music will never die. It takes me to those times when listening to great composers was a daily gift.
R.I.P. Gary Brooker. My favorite song of all times. A masterpiece that even earned the praise of John Lennon - once noted as saying he wished he'd written it.
@Knut Rosetten Yea, but the original lyrics sucked
One of the best songs ever made. Still brilliant in a thousand years from now..
This song was and still is successful in Brazil. It was one of the first songs I learned to play on drums. Sensational!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
This is my all-time favorite song, 1967 the beginning of an Era of the best songs , that have never faded away they are still favorites today.
Yes, in my opinion, 1967 was the year that produced the best songs ever. 1968 and 1969 were a close second.
This is the one of the most beautiful masterpieces,
That organ is haunting. I can describe it no other way. Everything about this song is, literally, classic. It should be heard by generation after generation. I hope this song never dies.
Haunting is the perfect word for the entire song, not just the organ, although it does basically carry the song. I've become obsessed with it.
A great band effort, but the Hammond organ of Matthew Fisher does make the song. Too bad he had to go to court to win the royalties he so richly deserved!
The vocals are scary good. The organ is great. The drum fills compliment the organ beautifully. RIP Mr. Brooker
@@cjgoulet 1966 eu tinha 12 anos ja escutava esta musica o dia todo nos radios. Hoje c 67 anos escuto ela na internet o dia todo com eles etambem c mt outros artistad ê só saudade e nada mais.
@@manoelsouza381 Nostalgic yes. I'm just about as old as you and can remember studying at night and hearing these songs, pretty much all so much better than today's. I used to drum in the 70s and 80s. These old songs are truly great as I sit and relearn fills in my mid 60s. Buenos dias.
素晴らしいです…‼もう半世紀以上も前の曲なのでが、今聴いてもいい歌です…‼
この曲に（青い影）という邦題を考えてくれた方もすごいと思っています…‼
B・Jウィルソンを観た時、胸がドキドキしました。けれど若くして亡くなったと知り悲しかったです。歳を取られてからステージに上がっている方が沢山いらっしゃいますが、B・Jはどんなおじいさんになっていたのでしょう。それを見ることは叶いません。昔の映像でしか観られないので尚更、それが宝物に思えます。素敵な素敵なB・J、大好きです。
This single is a masterpiece. It shall remain evergreen forever. RIP Gary
1967 - The Summer Of Love.
This track was THE sound of that year.
Всегда плачу, когда слушаю эту песню. Ностальгия
His voice was eternal!!💖
Just Divine this Hammond organ,love it
12 years at the time. Such a timeless and wonderful song.
Never gets old. Truly a timeless song.
One of my favorite songs. The percussion is awesome.
I keep watching him sing this song. I’m heart broken that he passed away, damn, he was such a good singer with class and good looks. Life goes so fast, he was only 3 years older than myself. 😪😭 RIP Gary Brooker.♥️🌹Nobody will ever sing this song as good as Gary.😭
For a modern cover, look up Lachy Doley's version. I'm a staunch fan of this song ( and Procul Harem) and think he more than does it credit.
❤️💞🫶👏❤️✝️🙏RIP
So very well said thank you Kathy. .. The video is most amazing...Bravo to utube for helping us share! May his music live on forevermore °.•~\|< > May it help to heal this complicated world for us all as well as the future generations to come...
Always my favourite song, always will be.
RIP Gary Brooker.
Luke, check out Live in Denmark 2006. Just insane.
@@FRATZROCKET postet to facebook....amazing...RIP..Mr.G.B.😥🌹😪💔🕊
My dog is dead tragedy car colission 2005 y I cry, day, and day. This song, memory my worst day.
@@michalstarogarski6077 💔😥🙏☹️🕯🌈🫂
@@michalstarogarski6077 Music and time will help.
Wunderschöne Musik aus den 60'er Jahren, die zum Träumen einlädt .
Vielen Dank für das tolle Video !
Iam 74 year old , I live in Argentina I live this song
One of the greatest rock songs ever! Rest well, Gary . . .