FIRST TIME REACTION To Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006
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You think 2006 was a long time ago? This came out in 1967 and was a HUGE hit for them in the UK and beyond.
One of my favorite songs from the late 60's.
Having been around when it came out I was thinking the same thing haha
...and ever SINCE!!
One of my lovy dovy songs when I grew up.
Maybe worth doing a reaction to another excellent song by them, A Salty Dog. See the following link to watch it set to video clips from the movie Mutiny on the Bounty... 'really' very good! ua-cam.com/video/yUcAEdkWxXM/v-deo.htmlsi=lcE_xEfzjYPhCzrv
So tired of hearing people with a little talent being called legends nowadays but here Gary Brooker you are a true legend. RIP Mate.
Gary was not only boundlessly talented, but boundlessly humble. We will miss you mate.😢❤
This was my favorite song when it came out in '67 while I was growing up in the UK. I bought the album and turned my friends on to it after moving to the US later that year. Let me just interject here, that the piano is in fact a stringed instrument. It's also considered a percussion instrument, but Mike is the one who should be embarrassed, not Jess.
Indeed. Rest in peace,sir.
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My mom loved this song !!!!!
The legends are lining up to leave us and there are NO new ones taking their places.
You have just been educated by listening to masterclass created in 1967. Our generation was blessed with OUTSTANDING music that transends generations 🙌
This is so true.
And very young Americans and Brits are covering The Beatles and the rest.
There's a lovely band called Razed Wrong,on Utube.
They've covered Here Comes The Sun.
I was stopped dead when I heard it.
I used to sing it with a mate in a Sunday nite pop up music venue.
Great Times,Golden Age.that was 48 years back.
We used to get sooo drunk.
80s generation here i was 10 and ive loved this song since then and always will
I'm so sick of you boomers and your survivorship bias. Guess what ya old coot, EVERY GENERATION has it's good music, it's great music and it's downright garbage music. Even your precious 60s (a decade of which has amazing music).
Made in the days when music was all about individual talent, rather than marketing.
I was 14 years old when I first heard this song back in 1967...I'm 71 now and I've loved this song since that first time and I still love it now. RIP Gary.
Ditto, I have only this week had my 72nd birthday. A great song which I first heard at the Silver blades ice rink in Birmingham. I loved skating to this with my dance partner.
@@Ruddigore bloody hell, I was 72 in Jan, and I used to go to Silver Blades with my wife (girlfriend then), I hated that place, all of the slush later on in the day! We used to go to Bearwood more often than SB’s!
@@Ruddigore I am 73 and from Anniston Alabama originally but went into the US Army in 1970 and only went back to Alabama for visits over the years. After I retired I moved to the Philippines and still here.
@@DarrellW_UK I used Bearwood from time to time, and Tudor Grange.
70 here and still love this song!
I'm 70yrs old now and was lucky enough to be born at the right time when all this great music was being made. To see you young ones discover and appreciate this music is brilliant, keep up the great work on your channel, been subscribed for a while now. Love to both.
Me too
Yes, me too!
What was it about the 1940s that turned out such brilliant musicians? There were so many of them, including Gary Brooker: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Blackmore's Night), all the Beatles, all the Shadows (of "Apache" fame) and many many more.
Maybe I'm biased, having been born in 1946! 😉
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven."
Wm. Wordsworth
@@TheDagda1000 It was a great time to be young, the fashion but more importantly the fantastic music. I really love it when the young ones such as Jess and Mike appreciate it. I love their reactions.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. Now that makes me feel old LOL
Me, too.... ❤
I was 11 - still know every word x
That year my brother lefted to go in the service also he had just gotten out of highschool that year.
Music doesn’t get any better than this…an absolute masterpiece
In the history of all recorded music, only 47 recordings have EVER sold more than one hundred million copies. The original 1967 version WAS one of those 47. ❤
Retribution for Jess… a piano IS considered a stringed instrument because when you press the keys, the hammers strike… yup, you guessed it… strings! Great reaction, you two. ❤
NOOOO
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Yep, there's about 230 strings in a piano!
I've had the same overstrung upright piano (Daneman model made in 1915) since I was a child. Good as digital pianos are these days (and I have one), I doubt any such model
will have the same longevity. Pianos are marvelous expressive instruments, considered both string and percussion instruments.
Piano is considered both stringed and percussion. 😜
Edit: oops, Steve already said that
Actually a piano is considered a percussion instrument.
One of my all time favourite songs, which I bought in 1967. Gary was an amazing singer and to still be able to belt it out 50 years later, I think proves that. RIP Gary ❤.
I'm one of the lucky people born in the early 50's, and grew up with the best music of the 60's and 70's. What a time to be young, it was incredible. Unfortunately, so many singers are now gone from our lives. RIP to them ALL.
You are not alone 👍
When Peter Frampton was asked what he considered the perfect song, he immediately responded "Whiter Shade of Pale"...a modern masterpiece based on Bach
I met the first love of my life dancing to the original version of thisI was 17 at the time and Iam now 75 I have never forgotten Pam
Great Story
Those of us who were born in the 50s have so many musical memories, all great too.
You know you’ve made it when a Symphony Orchestra plays your songs!
Probably one of the finest orchestras in the world too - check out their versions of western film themes too they are magical too. This looks like Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen such a wonderful city too ❤
@@stephenhickman304the concert is at Ledreborg a manor house in central Zealand. Can’t be Tivoli with the wood in the background. They had summer concerts for a number of years, but I think corona did them in sadly
@@kristofferholst6053 Thanks for the update, I'm not sure why I thought it was Tivoli but now I know where hopefully I can check out if the Danish orchestra is playing in a venue like that as soon as possible . I not only love Procol Harum but the orchestra and the choral singers too .
I've just realised I went to the Vikings museum in Roskilde ( a stones throw away a few years ago ) . We went out in a Viking trading boat - if you haven't been there/ done this I can highly recommend it , it was exhilarating rowing out into the ocean and dropping the sail.
I saw them (as a very lucky, spoiled kid) in concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. We got to stay after the show while they played this 2 more times to get things right for the TV recordings.
I am 70 and this still hits hard what a time to grow up in.
Just a reminder for the youngsters doing the reacting, this performance was THIRTY NINE years after the song was a massive UK hit.
I feel so privileged to have been a teenager in the 1960s. The range of music was amazing.
Paul McCartney said on May 15, 1967, I met Linda Eastman, who later became my wife in March 1969, at The Bag O’Nails. It was on this occasion that Paul heard “A Whiter Shade of Pale” for the first time."Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song.
True story!!
@@patticrichton1135 Yes it's true, I think Linda was the love of his life.
Wtf. Paul only heard it 2 years after it was a massive hit?
That beautiful voice never failed. RIP Gary, well done. Let your youthful heart tell you what it's all about.
my girl and I used to sit and listen to this band- married 1968. Have been together nearly 60 years.Takes us back!
RIP Gary , one of my alltime favourites. Released 57 years ago
I was 10 years old when I first heard Procol Harum. Everytime I listen to this song It made me feel very nostalgic and now I am about to turn 67, it bring tears to my eyes. Thank you
Turning 68 here in a few months. So I hear you.
october 15 for me and i will be 67 as well. happy birthday!
Turned 67 in May of this year!
I so agree! 🥰Turned 67 in November. Remarkable memories of age 10- that's for sure!
66 here and yes I tear up.
I heard this first aged 16....I'm 73 now...Good to see they had the sound of the Hammond Organ...Iconic !
Loved this for over 50 years! R.I.P Gary.
This song was released in 1967 and was great but this live version is stupendous as the choir and orchestra added a richness to it. Gary Brooker's voice aged like a fine wine. R.I.P Gary.
Absolutely. The concert orchestra and choir add a fullness and richness to the song.
The live version in Paris in 1968 is astonishing [it's on You Tube]. They were so out of it, and so into it at the same time. It's like Dada, on film, forever...
So pleased you finally got around to listening to this, Gary Brooker had the most beautiful voice, which only improved as he aged.. RIP Gary, you live on....♥
not bad for a group from the sixties who can still turn out that quality all these years later !
1967 in Britain was a golden age of popular music. The beatles were at their peak. The Stones, the Who, Kinks, Hiollies, early Pink Floyd with Syd Barret, etcetc etc. And many " one hit wonder " groups like this making classics. The creativity was stupendous. Can never be beaten.
I feel 1967 was *the* best year in the history of recorded music.
Just to clarify your typo if they want to look them up, it was The Hollies.
🇨🇦 And NOT a one hit wonder group ! Do some research ! 🇨🇦
@@Royal_BLT I am 78 from Manchester. I lived it . I know. Not one in a thousand teen or twenties could name anything else by the group.
Procal Harum were certainly not one hit wonders, they recorded many songs and albums.
Proper music, professionally performed, no attention-seeking, no adulation. Quality. If music has to be hyped up, it can't be that good.
Simply a beautiful piece of music . Right to my soul
Fabulous. I heard the original when it was released back in 1967, and it blew all our minds. It still does. 😊👍❤
Ah, the sound of the Hammond organ brings back such 60's vibes!
Seems it was a Hammond B-3 usually had a Leslie speaker with it.
You want to know what it feels like to feel old? This song was actually released 57 years ago! I was a young kid but remember my mum buying it and repeat playing their album..a definite British classic. 😊✌🇬🇧
In 1967, this song knocked the Beatles off the number one spot. Just so you know, 1967 was the year that had the best hits of all time. End of discussion!
The Brits invasion.
The song was used in a paint advert.
Try Deacon blue. Scottish band.Had some great hits in the 80s.loaded live dignity,Love and regret live.
I think every single person on that stage, regardless of what they were playing, were proud of the performance they put forth. And they should be. He sounds better on this version than the original recorded version as far as I'm concerned. A great performance of a beautiful song.
This song first came out in 1967 during the Summer of Love. It was their first recording released. It is truly a masterpiece made even more so with the inclusion of the orchestra and choir. I'm 73 now and it hits as hard today as then. Thanks for reacting.
This is the greatest live performance ever in my book, I’m as old as this song and heard it all my life , but this tops everything
Rest In Peace mr booker I can imagine what you’re singing with the angels
First heard this at the age of 13 and loved it ever since. BLOODY HELL just realised that was fifty seven years ago! 😱👍🇬🇧
Beautiful music to cry to, amazing vocals.
This song represented so many happy souls with flowers in their hair. In 1967 I was 6 years old but I was already breathing in that ideological revolution that would forever change the world in which we live. Rest in Peace Gary Brooker. ✌🏻🕊️❤️✨🌟
I grew up hearing this song - an all time classic! Gary Brooker giving it (sadly recently departed, RIP).
This was the top slow dancing song when I was in high school. The organ did make it feel like the ceiling was going to fly away.
Yes, we knew the greatest music when I was a teen. Woodstock, concerts, love and flower power . ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was five years old when Procol Harum released A Whiter Shade Of Pale in 1967. My parents always left the radio on. All those great songs I used to hear on the radio.
Brilliant classic never get tired of listening to this song
" A Whiter Shade Of Pale " was the debut record for Procol Harum and was released in May of 1967.
In June of 1967 the song reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and remained at the top spot for six weeks.
I first heard this as an 18-year-old in the Far East serving in the military. It brings back great memories. Thanks for your responses, guys. x
I just love seeing how younger people hear and react with awe in the beauty and introquet blending of different kinds of music and voice to make such a beautiful sound without computer technology. Brings a lump to my throat and tear to my eye Everytime! ❤🥹
Everyone always pauses right after the instrumental in the beginning before he starts singing, and it kills the vibe.😂
This was a massive hit in the UK in 1967, it was way before its' time. I don't think anyone of us knew what he was singing about but we loved it all the same.
I was at a disco in the sixties and when this was played we all stopped dancing and clapped. It was amazing.
At my cousin’s wedding I got to dance with my aunt to this a few months before she died, such a special special song
R.I.P Gary Brooker - A haunting song that's never left my soul since 5/1967 when it dominated the airwaves.
We were so privileged to live through the 60's when real musicians played real raw music live in pubs and clubs around the country and not just see manufactured tracks online. You could also see top bands live every week not just twice a year at concerts costing you a months wages.
I listen to this song, for nearly 50yrs, Its ageless, Gary Brooker has the same quality in his voice as he did back then, amazing. great vid cheers.
There may be some snow on the roof but the fire's burning hot inside. First released in 67 and he's still got it.
Classic master piece of a song you don't get songs that good anymore especially with all the instruments in it.
There are songs you hear all the time growing up that was one of them. It takes you back in time to the wonderful time of growing up, the days we begin to miss especially as time take people away from you.
Another great reaction ❤️❤️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
🇨🇦 This original song in 1967 became an anthem for all #Boomers ! Still is ! Procol Harum consists of a Drummer, an Organist, two Guitarists and Gary Brooker on Piano ! 🇨🇦
Thanks!
Conquistador and A Salty Dog/An Old English Dream.
From the same concert are great as well.I put the scaffolding up at Stonehenge.🤣 Procul Harun (roughly meaning “far beyond these things”) So as I was told cheers both.
1967 and I was painting the bottom of my father's boat in Poole Harbour England and this sound came floating across the water from somebody's radio. I had never heard anything like it and it then seemed to be Number 1 in the charts all Summer. I stopped playing guitar and switched to organ ;-)
Born in ‘71 grew up with the best music! And al without autotune!
Thats why the 60’s 70’s and 80’s created the best music.
I'm so thankful that I was born in the 60s. I was raised on this glorious music... and I've educated my daughters born in the 80s to appreciate it too.
This is simply brilliant 😊
In one hundred years time people will listen to this the same as we listen to classic today
❤ Jess, ❤ a piano is most definitely a stringed instrument! Without the strings, no music could be made! It’s also a percussion instrument since the strings are played by striking hammers instead of directly with the fingers. The piano is generally considered to be both a stringed and a percussion instrument.
I was 12 when this came out in 1967 and I still remember all the words. The lead singer Gary Brooker, RIP sounds as good in this concert as he did then.
This was played on the organ at my brothers funeral in 1969. It still moves me to this day . He died so young......
My first concert was Procul Harum live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra...I was 18. All these years later I still live in Edmonton.
Wonderful. Imagine being there at this gig.
Imagine that this song is travelling with all my life from my childhood to today. And imagine that on every important party when you dance with your favorite girl that piece of art helps you to keep her closer and stronger...
"The piano can be classified as both a percussion and string instrument" Says The Rochester Conservatory of Music. So you are half right Jess.
I was a dj when this was released. I played it before we got into the dance records. The place went quiet and people thought I had lost it. It became my most requested song at the end of each night. It gave me great satisfaction to know that I could recognise a great song before anyone else.
I was a freshman in college when this came out, so I have loved it for 57 years! We had the best music to grow up listening to in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and the beginnings of the 80’s. You have a treasure trove to explore.
I have loved this song since it came out in 1967. I grew up in the best time for music.
Please do go and find the original video of this song from 1967. I am 73 and lucky enough to remember this record being released and falling in love with the group and their music. ❤
Absolutely, certainly not as grand, but incredible in its own right.
"video" ????? I honestly do not remember "seeing" any music back in 1967, when the original version came out? I used to listen to music on the radio. I was 12, so could not afford buying records back then. I did buy the album years later, though.
My first 'rock' concert was to see Procol Harum at the age of seventeen with some school mates back in 1976. What a great experience.
R.I.P . Gary thanks for the Memories
You guys are hearing all the songs I was fortunate enough to grow up with. I’m 65 and it’s like time travel for me. ❤
Of all the top 10 songs ever this one is ALWAYS in there! RIP Gary
This came out when I was a kid. I’m 66 now and it’s still a true masterpiece! Music like this will never be made again!
Such a beautiful song. Thank you. 🎉🎉🎉
No auto tune just pure talent
❤😂❤ It's not a circus tent!! Meant to be medieval🏰knights and damsels times recreation for the event! Very suited to the music and beautiful area in Denmark where this venue is!!! 🥰
This song is a masterpiece, has been for decades. This performance is too.
I was 18 in high school when it came out. It was a big hit for a few years back then. I m now 75. Gary just passed a few years ago. I still love this song as much today as I did back then when Gary s band only had 4 or 5 players in it. It didn t sound as theatrical as this version but a young Gary Brooker (23 maybe ? ) and his band still sounded great back then. One of my all time favorite songs in my lifetime.
Also …. the original with him as a young lad is on You Tube if you want to see it from 1967.
This was my time. I grew up with music like this. It was fantastic then, and even better now. RIP Gary Brooker!
I remember buying this song on release . This is by far the best production.
Snap.
Gary Brooker was a singular talent, the kind of talent that only comes along once every few generations. At least once a week I find myself wishing I could hear this song for the first time again.
The tune may sound familiar because it is based on Bach’s ‘Air on the G string’. One of the most famous and popular pieces of classical music.
RIP Gary - a classic masterpiece. I still remember the first time I heard this, back in '67.
I was lucky enough to see Procol Harum in the mid 1970's when they were on tour in the UK. Yet another fantastic band of that era who were musically talented and homegrown! We were so lucky to experience all the talented musicians when we were growing up!
Thanks for your reaction and sharing it with us. Best wishes from the UK 😊
Ditto, but in New Zealand! 😊
So refreshing to see the performers ,especially Brooker, and the orchestra putting their heart and soul into the music. They are happy to be there. We may never see music like this in the future.
I've never known a time when this song wasn't regarded as a classic and I remember watching the moon landings.
😂😂that was a great movie!
This song has been ordered to be played at my funeral. One of the best songs ever. RiP Gary. Your beautiful voice will live on forever.❤❤❤
Gary Brooker and Procol Harum released this song in May of 1967. I started university in June and the song became one of the iconic songs of the period and an important track in the sound track of my late teens and early 20s. Brooker was in his mid-60s at the time of this performance.
I remember listening to this in the sixties. He voice was great even in his sixties.
The intro probably sounds familiar because it is by Bach. IMO this song is the ideal marriage of perfect classical music and modern rock sensibilities. It is simply beautiful.
Bach's 'Air on a G-String' only they transposed it into C.
I first heard the original version in 1967 when I was 6 on the radio I've loved it ever since, great reaction.