Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum | The Midnight Special

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  • @carlisle3469
    @carlisle3469 8 місяців тому +1485

    Here it is 2024 and I'm 76, and tears are streaming from my eyes at this 60 year old tune. Formidable!

    • @h.-j.muller350
      @h.-j.muller350 8 місяців тому +40

    • @PabloC.c-w6m
      @PabloC.c-w6m 8 місяців тому +29

      Tengo 60 años
      Y recordando a mi hermano, guitarrista de esa época !!

    • @wp996duc
      @wp996duc 8 місяців тому +63

      Yes, I'm 68 years old...
      What a masterpeace, so wonderful.

    • @mariajosemedeirosrenault3882
      @mariajosemedeirosrenault3882 8 місяців тому +25

      Maravilhosa ❤❤❤

    • @zeppelinbk
      @zeppelinbk 8 місяців тому +21

      😢😢😢🙏♥️

  • @danmeadows3859
    @danmeadows3859 8 місяців тому +470

    Damn,I wish I could go back and relive my childhood again. I miss the’60s & ‘ 70s so bad😟

    • @johnsudar5567
      @johnsudar5567 8 місяців тому +22

      I know how you feel. I miss them too. I guess our task is to keep the spirit alive. Peace

    • @marinecorpswarrior915
      @marinecorpswarrior915 8 місяців тому +28

      I would gladly climb into a time machine and go back even for just a day.

    • @kimerickson1353
      @kimerickson1353 8 місяців тому +14

      Ditto

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 8 місяців тому +9

      My regret on the Friday night 8pm Eastern live chat is when the episode is over the Way Back Machine returns me to today. I wish there were a "just stay here" button on it! 😊

    • @leticiacederberg7989
      @leticiacederberg7989 8 місяців тому +10

      So many of us feel the same

  • @jmack619
    @jmack619 9 місяців тому +553

    Gary Brooker nailed that tune till the day he died !!! Thank you Gary and co.

    • @Madkid73
      @Madkid73 9 місяців тому +37

      Saw a live gig from not long before he died and his voice blew me away.

    • @helenhess1603
      @helenhess1603 8 місяців тому +14

      He sure did

    • @vanessa4u4evr
      @vanessa4u4evr 8 місяців тому +14

      For real, real. In fact, I saw him perform this in his mid-60s, and he sounded BETTER! His voice got better and stronger with time!

    • @jmack619
      @jmack619 8 місяців тому +5

      @@vanessa4u4evr so special when we get these heart touching moments. RARE !!

    • @kaytowsey8150
      @kaytowsey8150 8 місяців тому +7

      He did..beautiful man!

  • @joycegullett80
    @joycegullett80 8 місяців тому +753

    I'm 70 and this song never grows old.

    • @Thefutureooksbight
      @Thefutureooksbight 8 місяців тому +10

      7-13-1953 👍

    • @mackydog99
      @mackydog99 8 місяців тому +11

      6/12/1953 I too have always admired Procol Harum and the song Whiter Shade of Pale............and I can also appreciate why one of my all time favorite guitarists, Robin Trower, found his way finally in a keyboard dominant band!

    • @josephineananda
      @josephineananda 8 місяців тому

      ​@@mackydog998-5-53

    • @geoffthomson1686
      @geoffthomson1686 8 місяців тому +12

      I'm 71 and I agree :)

    • @davidrenz5886
      @davidrenz5886 8 місяців тому +8

      10/11/53🙂....

  • @impudentdomain
    @impudentdomain 8 місяців тому +800

    We lived in a golden age of music but we didn't know it then.

    • @conniebauer4128
      @conniebauer4128 8 місяців тому +9

      💯

    • @lastofthev8interceptors411
      @lastofthev8interceptors411 7 місяців тому +24

      Didn't take us any longer than the beginning of the 80s to figure it out though

    • @guitardee1
      @guitardee1 7 місяців тому +21

      Absolutely such a wealth of memories

    • @joeylopez1509
      @joeylopez1509 7 місяців тому +6

      ​@@conniebauer4128your absolutely right ma'am from the Philippines

    • @emmaherringer3384
      @emmaherringer3384 7 місяців тому +9

      This is so true. We took it so much for granted but at the same time growing up during this golden age of music, I feel so 2:35 blessed! It is indescribable.

  • @taffyjones281
    @taffyjones281 9 місяців тому +295

    The minute Gary sings that first line, I'm transported back to the summer I was 15! A true classic.

    • @penboyasgod6103
      @penboyasgod6103 4 місяці тому +1

    • @TownsquaresofTexas
      @TownsquaresofTexas 4 місяці тому +1

      Absolutely!

    • @constancelena
      @constancelena 4 місяці тому

      BRAVO! AWESOME ❤🎉WOW! FANTASTIC CLROCK OLDIE, A CLASSIC ROCK OLDIE

    • @charleypalmer7922
      @charleypalmer7922 3 місяці тому

      Great slow dancer song enabling you to smooch and squeeze her bum😂😂😂😂😂😊

    • @ireneuszkos5041
      @ireneuszkos5041 2 місяці тому

      Moja mama też krochmalila biała pościel.

  • @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472
    @charlottevictoria.hubbard7472 9 місяців тому +258

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

    • @donaldhenson5520
      @donaldhenson5520 4 місяці тому +3

      Yes! And as a song writer and musician, you are a true believer and I worked on it to create another version
      Now I will never do that again, with a classic that perfect. Wasn't country or any variation of any category. Just my style of me playing music. ty.

    • @telwood15
      @telwood15 Місяць тому

      Without doubt.

  • @rbking9296
    @rbking9296 9 місяців тому +282

    Very rare that you have a song and it’s singer that just keeps sounding better and better throughout the span of over 50yrs but Gary Booker did it…..RIP Mr. Gary Booker and thank you for what is truly a timeless classic

    • @sheercerebralpower
      @sheercerebralpower 8 місяців тому +7

      Brooker

    • @sallymarkey3759
      @sallymarkey3759 5 місяців тому +4

      I feel like I was at the Danish concert, it was so real and so transporting.

    • @rowanwhitewolf5712
      @rowanwhitewolf5712 2 дні тому

      @@sheercerebralpower
      Respect Mr. Booker Rip in knowing this brought joy to many

  • @kelvinsmerdon3975
    @kelvinsmerdon3975 8 місяців тому +473

    This is real music not the rubbish they have today, A true timeless classic

    • @frankma5270
      @frankma5270 3 місяці тому +3

      Totally agree.

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 2 місяці тому +2

      I mean, there are still good music. Just not mainstream if that's what you meant

    • @kelvinsmerdon3975
      @kelvinsmerdon3975 2 місяці тому

      @@aebhosor4835 yes that's true

    • @telwood15
      @telwood15 Місяць тому

      Real music.

    • @tinasassi5171
      @tinasassi5171 14 днів тому

      Sono d'accordo ❤❤

  • @robmatlock7675
    @robmatlock7675 9 місяців тому +345

    I like this version better than the studio version. They are so talented that they don't need a mixing and overdubs to sound Great! 👍

    • @triciaaw4539
      @triciaaw4539 8 місяців тому +14

      Yup - this is "as is" - no help from anything. Pure talent.

    • @paolacimone4882
      @paolacimone4882 8 місяців тому +3

      Infatti..........❤🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️

    • @julietaalfonsodelgado8096
      @julietaalfonsodelgado8096 8 місяців тому +5

      🎉🎉🎉🎉 recuerdos gratos de mi bella y feliz juventud, musica, colores , moda, minifaldas, contraculturas, mis amigos, y para completar mi dicha esta bella melodia se escuchaba en la radio . Año 1968.desde Colombia con❤❤❤❤❤❤🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨💐💐💐💐💕💕💕

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 8 місяців тому +1

      @@julietaalfonsodelgado8096 ♥️👍

    • @toninoukraino7499
      @toninoukraino7499 8 місяців тому

      G​@@triciaaw4539

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 9 місяців тому +248

    This track is an evergreen. Even after all these years, A Whiter Shade Of Pale sounds so fresh. Procol Harum has an incredible body of work. I saw Procol Harum 4 times live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and this song was part of the set list. What an fantastic singer Gary Brooker is. May B.J Wilson, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright and Keith Reid rest in peace. Cheers! ✌️

    • @MrMegaFredZeppelin
      @MrMegaFredZeppelin 9 місяців тому +7

      Hey Dwayne😃ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

    • @dwaynewladyka577
      @dwaynewladyka577 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@MrMegaFredZeppelinHello Fred! Cheers, and ROCK ON! 🖐✌️

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 9 місяців тому +2

      Yaman conquistador!

  • @DrummingMan1
    @DrummingMan1 9 місяців тому +85

    This drummer, demonstrates one of the greatest shuffle skills I've ever heard!

    • @TroyWindhorst
      @TroyWindhorst 8 місяців тому +2

      Agreed! Wish we could’ve seen more of him in this video.

    • @avrillo
      @avrillo 8 місяців тому +1

      Agree, BJ Wilson was their long term drummer, who after Procol Harum disbanded went on to workwith Joe Cocker across the United States.

    • @vivianadediana
      @vivianadediana 4 місяці тому

      Siete meravigliosi 😊 bellissima canzone...mi riporta indietro nel tempo, queste erano canzoni, non quelle caotiche di adesso

    • @royalstar650
      @royalstar650 2 місяці тому

      Yes, and Mathew Fisher was/is an amazing organist.

    • @P.DuncanMonk
      @P.DuncanMonk Місяць тому

      @@avrillo He never played any song the same way twice in live performance. In my late teens I was an aspiring drummer the 1st time that I saw Procol. I was awestruck at B.J.s feel behind that basic kit. Little did I know at the time B.J. had moved to the US and settled in Oregon after meeting a girl from Eugene. We lived 70 miles from each other and I would have paid damn near any price to have been able to study under the great B.J.Wilson. Rest in peace BJ.Wilson in Corvallis Or..

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 9 місяців тому +89

    Great songs never fade.

    • @Washington-Dreaming
      @Washington-Dreaming 9 місяців тому +7

      Unfortunately bad songs seem to overstay their welcome ;-)

    • @garyolshan4177
      @garyolshan4177 9 місяців тому +3

      yes, like boston' debut masterpiece sounds as great today as it did in '76.

  • @karaDee2363
    @karaDee2363 4 місяці тому +111

    I'm sure I'm not the only one that wishes I could go back in time and relive our childhood during the 60s and 70s. I would give anything to experience it again

    • @lilli7300
      @lilli7300 3 місяці тому +3

      A chi lo dici: Io non faccio che pensare a quegli anni sempre anni meravigliosi semplici non avevamo niente,ma avevamo tuttooooo con queste splendide canzoni 🎶 indimenticabili:anni 60 e 70 gli anni più belli della nostra vita.

    • @Ermenasce
      @Ermenasce 3 місяці тому +3

      Me too

    • @jonwatkins5184
      @jonwatkins5184 3 місяці тому +5

      You can always go back in time, mindset, and you'll be there. Enjoy! Wasn't it a lovely ride?

    • @JosephCampos-g9j
      @JosephCampos-g9j 3 місяці тому +5

      Yes me too

    • @michaelsmith2733
      @michaelsmith2733 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jonwatkins5184 Nope , we can never go back. We all ned

  • @osilva2367
    @osilva2367 8 місяців тому +243

    My sisters dedicated this song to me when I was little, and I lived in the hospital and was rarely home.
    I love this song and it reminds me of a very dark time that I survived even when doctors said I wouldn't live to 5 years old.

    • @paganoski1
      @paganoski1 8 місяців тому +5

      Auguri ,auguri, per tutto...
      Ascolta questa canzone nella interpretazione di una cantante di appena 20 anni LUCY THOMAS ...è una meraviglia

    • @rosigrottker1871
      @rosigrottker1871 8 місяців тому +5

    • @Opetheric
      @Opetheric 7 місяців тому +3

      Now you'll gotta learn to think for yourself by losing a mask. Why would you restrict your oxygen

    • @meshmexico
      @meshmexico 5 місяців тому +3

      I'm happy to know you can hear this song today.

    • @Katsem
      @Katsem 20 днів тому +1

      I love your story. The impact of music cannot be overstated. Love heals. Your sisters’ love for you surely played a major role in your survival. And this song must have had special meaning to all of them to dedicate it to you. I don’t know why they chose this particular song, but it does touch many in a deep way. So glad you made it.

  • @dadaevan
    @dadaevan 8 місяців тому +205

    Back when music WAS music, this was the pinnacle.

    • @Thefutureooksbight
      @Thefutureooksbight 8 місяців тому

      Since 1990 music died. Who are the great ones since 1990? There’s too many great ones to list before 1990. I’m not gonna pick favorites here but who has been outstanding to us since 1990 no one everything was out of tune you have that big Amazon made up country western to popular star running around the country now she sucks she stinks. I heard her when they cut the mic and her singing. I think better in the shower than that big tall talent you know who I’m talking about.

    • @vincebalosky771
      @vincebalosky771 8 місяців тому +5

      Amen brother to that!!!

  • @imranimran-ry3kt
    @imranimran-ry3kt 5 місяців тому +118

    Here we are in Aug 2024...... And the song is still evergreen, classic !!

  • @jessedean1014
    @jessedean1014 9 місяців тому +67

    Ya ever watch these videos on TMS and think, “So that’s what those guys looked like….”
    UA-cam, and channels like this make my internet bill worth it.

    • @smokerise
      @smokerise 9 місяців тому +9

      The music is the ONLY good thing about UA-cam.

  • @Coney572
    @Coney572 8 місяців тому +187

    l will never tire of listening to this Masterpiece

  • @Jeff-ej4wp
    @Jeff-ej4wp 8 місяців тому +105

    Slowed danced to this in 73 in the darkened high school gym with a cute blond girl in a barely there, backless halter top, wearing strawberry perfume. Heaven!!

    • @vinobody
      @vinobody 8 місяців тому +3

      these slow dance memories are unforgettable

    • @Jeff-ej4wp
      @Jeff-ej4wp 8 місяців тому +2

      @@vinobody Yep, cheek to check, toe to toe and everything else in between lined up.

    • @sargentpepper8931
      @sargentpepper8931 7 місяців тому +4

      Strawberry fields forever .

    • @carolbaughan8768
      @carolbaughan8768 7 місяців тому +1

      I loved strawberry oil! Best days ever! When did we get old? Sneaked up on us!

    • @Jeff-ej4wp
      @Jeff-ej4wp 7 місяців тому +3

      @@carolbaughan8768 That was a popular scent. To this day I get wood when I eat strawberries. LOL

  • @skygazer858
    @skygazer858 8 місяців тому +134

    I certainly grew up in the absolute best time for music.

  • @IamKlaus007
    @IamKlaus007 8 місяців тому +165

    From the days when real music was made into timeless masterpieces.

  • @markglabinski526
    @markglabinski526 9 місяців тому +86

    Thank you Midnight Special for this post. Such a great classic once again from my youth. Great time to be alive.

  • @Mo_Taser
    @Mo_Taser 9 місяців тому +33

    There's a live video of Procul Harem that I think was filmed in Denmark not that long ago. On it, Gary Brooker, at more than 70 years old, does the best vocal I've ever heard him do of this song. It's astounding.

    • @paulcheeseman9307
      @paulcheeseman9307 9 місяців тому +7

      He also does the best version of A Salty Dog at the Denmark gig, makes the hairs stand up. This guy could sing until the sad day he passed, not many can say that....

    • @andrewkarp5067
      @andrewkarp5067 8 місяців тому +4

      That performance also featured the great drummer Mark Brzezicki.

    • @cindipossidento5688
      @cindipossidento5688 7 місяців тому +2

      That is my favorite !!!!

  • @smokerise
    @smokerise 9 місяців тому +83

    One of those really great old songs you don't quite understand, but you love it anyway.

    • @paullevine1813
      @paullevine1813 8 місяців тому +3

      Sometimes you need to find out what some of the words desribe & mean to get the songs meaning as we do with this classic . Same sort of thng with Traffic's John Barleycorn must Die. Some just miss the fact it's about the problems with alcohol in older times & now as well .

    • @cindipossidento5688
      @cindipossidento5688 7 місяців тому +3

      I really don’t need words, I love orchestral music, choirs etc.
      The oboe ? Wow what an instrument, just beautiful.
      Gary’s voice is awesome 😘

  • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
    @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 9 місяців тому +90

    Matthew Fisher was the creator of the beautiful organ solo. Unforgettable..

    • @nathalieplum2137
      @nathalieplum2137 8 місяців тому +6

      It's quite indecent that he had to fight so much to get his copyright. I mean the organ line IS the song, even if it was borrowed from Bach.

    • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
      @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 8 місяців тому +5

      @@nathalieplum2137 Yes, Bach' s variations. Fisher si a great musician..

    • @CarlosRosas-kg3hq
      @CarlosRosas-kg3hq 8 місяців тому +1

      I like very much a song called 'The wreck of the Hesperus ' , Fisher 's composition (A salty dog album).

    • @josephgavron1099
      @josephgavron1099 8 місяців тому

      Seldom played it the same way twice

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 8 місяців тому

      Was it a young fisher playing on this set?​@@CarlosRosas-kg3hq

  • @GeorgeTodd-j3n
    @GeorgeTodd-j3n Місяць тому +17

    This song is one of the top 5 songs of all time. It will last forever.

  • @DavesGarden1714
    @DavesGarden1714 8 місяців тому +64

    A Whiter Shade of Pale is one of the best songs ever to be performed,wrote by the master Gary Brooker and Keith Reid

    • @larschristensen9367
      @larschristensen9367 8 місяців тому +5

      - and not to forget Matthew Fisher.

    • @DavesGarden1714
      @DavesGarden1714 8 місяців тому +2

      @@larschristensen9367 Certainly not,all the members of Procol Harum were very talented singers

    • @larschristensen9367
      @larschristensen9367 8 місяців тому +2

      @@DavesGarden1714 , and my point was that M.F co-wrote it.

  • @MCW1955
    @MCW1955 9 місяців тому +47

    That Hammond and Leslie are goosebump inducing.

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 місяців тому +1

      Who was Leslie?

    • @MCW1955
      @MCW1955 7 місяців тому +2

      @@maureenmannion6748 a Leslie is a speaker with a rotating driver inside that can spin at a variable rate and is used with a Hammond organ to make that wonderful Hammond sound. Sometimes you can see one onstage with the speaker driver spinning inside.

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 7 місяців тому +2

      @@MCW1955 Thanks!

  • @RoyEnloe
    @RoyEnloe 8 місяців тому +75

    I am 82 brings back memories

  • @rossen2468
    @rossen2468 Місяць тому +15

    I was born in 1968. It's nearly the end of 2024, and I'm still listening to this overwhelming, beautiful song.💙 I love my era.

  • @Katsem
    @Katsem 8 місяців тому +127

    Thanks for posting this. So great to see a live version from back in the day. What a song. Perfect voice. I can’t imagine anyone else singing this song.

    • @marinecorpswarrior915
      @marinecorpswarrior915 8 місяців тому +7

      I've heard others try but no one else can really do this song justice. This is the only version that can put a lump in my heart😢

    • @ericstandefer9138
      @ericstandefer9138 8 місяців тому +3

      Annie Lennox does an honorable job.

    • @fabrikk60
      @fabrikk60 8 місяців тому

      Steve Winwood in his prime, maybe. It would sound different of course, but Stevie had undeniably awesome pipes. (They're still pretty good today, considering.)

  • @edieking4753
    @edieking4753 8 місяців тому +88

    All of the older music is connecting with the younger generation, which makes me happy!

    • @barbaranowman8031
      @barbaranowman8031 8 місяців тому +4

      You are so right my 36 yr old son listens to music I (65 yrs old) grew up on..😁🤗

  • @edgardobravo7351
    @edgardobravo7351 8 місяців тому +87

    Probably one of the best songs ever written. Bach 's still a groove. Ain't it?

    • @alainfabre5821
      @alainfabre5821 8 місяців тому +2

      Bravo!!!

    • @Verschlungen
      @Verschlungen 7 місяців тому +2

      "Well, you see, we nicked it from Bach" one of them said. Something to that effect.

  • @effiemooney8477
    @effiemooney8477 8 місяців тому +22

    Damn, the best soul touching song everTY!!! ❤😢😊

  • @hans-hassostamer7883
    @hans-hassostamer7883 2 місяці тому +28

    This song attended me through my youth, I know every phrase. This is live, but so close to the original, wonderful. I'm 74.....becoming young again.

    • @husytadziad8296
      @husytadziad8296 2 місяці тому

      Oryginał, to jest właśnie na żywo. Pozdrawiam z za żelaznej kurtyny z dreszczami na plecach.

    • @eminiman4393
      @eminiman4393 50 хвилин тому

      Do you know sometimes Gary sang all 4 verses Keith wrote?

  • @leshalliday2015
    @leshalliday2015 Місяць тому +7

    Love it 74 year old and my best song ever

  • @JoyBoga
    @JoyBoga 2 місяці тому +12

    Hi..I am 66 year..still listening this song..

  • @janicetrimmell6897
    @janicetrimmell6897 9 місяців тому +42

    Every one of the 100's of times I've heard this song, I have the same emotional response. Being able to see this wonderful performance is awesome.

    • @barryrahn5957
      @barryrahn5957 9 місяців тому +5

      It does open up something quite wonderful in you - doesn't it? It makes you want to cry in a good way!

    • @captainmoretokin2172
      @captainmoretokin2172 8 місяців тому +1

      Only in the 100's? Slacker. LOL I get emotional too every single time. I listen to this at least once a month . i like to listen to Conquistador with WSof P too.

  • @lauriebarnes2999
    @lauriebarnes2999 9 місяців тому +48

    One of my all time favorite songs ever! What a timeless classic! Thanks, The Midnight Special!

  • @seph4667
    @seph4667 Місяць тому +5

    The greatest song ever composed.

  • @rockahbilly76
    @rockahbilly76 4 місяці тому +9

    One of the most satisfying tunes of the 1960's.

  • @georgefulton7012
    @georgefulton7012 8 місяців тому +229

    Used to listen to this while “making out” with my girlfriend on the couch. We’ve been married now for 48 years.

    • @tonymatheson8122
      @tonymatheson8122 5 місяців тому +9

      @@georgefulton7012 Congratulations on your 48 years of marriage same as us March 1976.

    • @izregistered
      @izregistered 5 місяців тому +4

      Very cool. Very. Cool.

    • @elanyacoleman9862
      @elanyacoleman9862 4 місяці тому +3

      Bless you forever ❤️ !

    • @ginajennings1664
      @ginajennings1664 4 місяці тому +5

      We are still going strong too, march 19th 1979

    • @laraquisaid8769
      @laraquisaid8769 4 місяці тому

      @@tonymatheson8122idem !

  • @MM_in_Havasu
    @MM_in_Havasu 8 місяців тому +80

    Oh hell yes. Rock In Peace, Gary Brooker. This song will always be one of my all-time favorites.

  • @MrAmesj
    @MrAmesj 29 днів тому +4

    I loved this song from first hearing it. A great contribution to society.

  • @robertbenko6629
    @robertbenko6629 18 днів тому +4

    I still play this song because greatness never fades away

  • @earlanderson5841
    @earlanderson5841 7 місяців тому +36

    Wow I am 74 and this brings back so many memories. This is great music.

    • @claudiooliveira2882
      @claudiooliveira2882 7 місяців тому +1

      Beautiful music
      I am 75!!

    • @nitalopes515
      @nitalopes515 7 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely magical I'm 80 yrs old but when I listen to this kind of music 🎶 my heart becomes young 😊

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +22

    Classically gorgeous song!
    Many years ago my friend walked down the aisle at her fancy wedding to this, sans the vocals. She was so beautiful in her tall white hat with her veil falling all around, can still picture it & gives me chills. The groom was red dirt-folk rock singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave, he’s passed on R.I.P.

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 9 місяців тому +5

      Sweet, fantastic memories!

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 9 місяців тому +4

      Beautiful memory, thanks for sharing it

  • @moniquewooding1778
    @moniquewooding1778 2 місяці тому +6

    😭😭😭 I’m with you bud, makes me well up! Love it forever!

  • @bulbabulba7190
    @bulbabulba7190 3 місяці тому +29

    IM 71 AND TEARS IN MY EYES. MAGIC SONG MAGIC GARY MAGIC PROCOL HARUM FOREVER IN MY HEART AND SOUL. REST IN PEACE GARY.

  • @janownes9676
    @janownes9676 25 днів тому +4

    This song will always remind me of those who escaped for a moment but had no way of knowing it would be for eternity.🙏😇🌹Never judge anyone.The fine line is always different for another.Beautiful song.

  • @SivaGovender-f2g
    @SivaGovender-f2g 2 місяці тому +8

    I am 73 yrs and listening to this song from 1967 and everything I hear this song tears run down my face.

  • @laurenval2370
    @laurenval2370 2 місяці тому +13

    What a great legendary song! It has stood the test of time in every way❤

  • @nigelbranchett7718
    @nigelbranchett7718 4 місяці тому +14

    2024 and I yearn for those days that we will never see the likes of again. At least I lived it but my heart still wants it!

  • @PeggiandSteve
    @PeggiandSteve 8 місяців тому +41

    I’m 73 and can’t believe I am hearing your very special band. Thank you

  • @lightblueeyedgirl1442
    @lightblueeyedgirl1442 9 місяців тому +20

    I haven't heard this song since maybe the 80s. It gave me goosebumps reminding me of the late 70s. And, his live singing is unbelievably fantastic.

  • @marysemichelle6304
    @marysemichelle6304 8 місяців тому +37

    Je l'écoute et réécoute encore et encore, sans fin et sans jamais me lasser de cette chanson ! Merci pour ce partage. (76 ans ce mois ci)....

  • @margaretbrady9158
    @margaretbrady9158 8 місяців тому +33

    I'm 65. I grow up listening to this wonderful song.love this band...

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 9 місяців тому +33

    One of the best songs ever. I love that suit jacket Gary was wearing here. Cool print. 😎💜

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 8 місяців тому +3

      I watched an interview with Gary where he said all the guys had to go buy good clothes right after Whiter Shade of Pale became a hit. The Shabbir dressed band group descended on the fancy men's clothing shops in London. Thought it was so down to earth to admit they had to get new clothes now that they had a hit!

  • @jennymacallan9071
    @jennymacallan9071 8 місяців тому +33

    As an English teacher, I appreciate the reference to the Miller's Tale. Well done.

  • @shirleydowd7102
    @shirleydowd7102 Місяць тому +2

    Loved it from day one xxxx

  • @dougkabler3032
    @dougkabler3032 Місяць тому +4

    When you hear that opening organ riff you know exactly what song this is. It is magnificent.

  • @paulettebattesti6634
    @paulettebattesti6634 Місяць тому +2

    Inimitable, toujours aussi beau et efficace. Rien de mieux.. ❤❤❤ What à wonderful song !!! Perfect...

  • @anitawright7169
    @anitawright7169 8 місяців тому +49

    This song is so awesome! He still sang that good until His passing a couple of years ago. I was 8 years old when this song came out. Loved it then and still love it now. ♥

    • @marcoscamargo7763
      @marcoscamargo7763 8 місяців тому +6

      Realmente, uma época puramente mágica, cheia de grandes energias de paz e amor. Eu tinha meus 6 anos e nunca mais deixei de adorar essa canção, um dos Hinos do Amor e da vida.

    • @triciaaw4539
      @triciaaw4539 8 місяців тому +3

      @@marcoscamargo7763 Eu também fui. E concordo com seu comentário 💖

    • @roselifranca8326
      @roselifranca8326 8 місяців тому +3

      Trilha sonora da minha vida

    • @helmaameling3740
      @helmaameling3740 8 місяців тому +2

      @@marcoscamargo7763❤❤❤

  • @tommclaughlin5354
    @tommclaughlin5354 2 місяці тому +4

    Memories abound!

  • @barryrahn5957
    @barryrahn5957 9 місяців тому +21

    Such a lovely song. It just opens up such deep wells of emotion.

  • @usmc-veteran73-77
    @usmc-veteran73-77 9 місяців тому +25

    We miss ya Gary. November 1973, when this aired on The Midnight Special I was one month from graduating boot camp at Parris Island. Plt 395 India Co, 3rd Bn. Oct-Dec 1973.

    • @chase9812
      @chase9812 Місяць тому +1

      Thank you for your Service. Peace to you Brother

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Місяць тому +1

      @chase9812 Thank you, Chase. I always tell people the same thing. It was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

    • @chase9812
      @chase9812 Місяць тому

      @usmc-veteran73-77 I didn't serve but my Dad did. Army Sargent Louis Edward Coker. 92 Passed 1/19/21. My Google name is not my name 🙃

  • @robertlangley1664
    @robertlangley1664 Місяць тому +7

    I think people of my generation will understand what song means to us , we remember being young happy and free . They say if you remember 1960s you were not there, I remember and I was there thanks to my mum dad for getting together we were a special generation

  • @LECKA0051
    @LECKA0051 Місяць тому +4

    2024 Im 47 still remember the first time I hear this song I was so young

  • @antoniocalzetta3881
    @antoniocalzetta3881 Місяць тому +1

    Sempre e per sempre meravigliosa

  • @davidwiner8571
    @davidwiner8571 2 місяці тому +4

    Wow ive always loved this song it just reminds me im old now and my good years are behind me and its so sad😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @utusolihin97
    @utusolihin97 2 місяці тому +1

    When i was kid i nearly bored heard this song turned in most local radios. But now i'm longing for that time

  • @johnschoonover5914
    @johnschoonover5914 2 місяці тому +8

    Sometimes music speaks what you feel inside. This music is the closest thing we have to a time machine. 2024!!!!

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 8 місяців тому +30

    One of the best songs ever released, bare none.

  • @333wheeler
    @333wheeler 9 місяців тому +23

    Sometimes you only need the one massive hit song to become legends ! Sort of in the Nights in White Satin bracket this one.

    • @rickharris4513
      @rickharris4513 9 місяців тому +4

      Hard to follow it, nothing else will ever quite measure up. And, they certainly created some incredible tunes in it's aftermath.

    • @CarlDraper
      @CarlDraper 9 місяців тому +6

      Moody Blues had more than 1 big hit though

    • @doniezzi6474
      @doniezzi6474 9 місяців тому +3

      Yeah the moody blues more than one hit

    • @dwaynewladyka577
      @dwaynewladyka577 8 місяців тому +2

      Procol Harum also had more than one hit song.

  • @MsLinda0703
    @MsLinda0703 Місяць тому +2

    This song hits me deep in my roots. My mom was from Alabama and Dad from New York . We lived in California but both taught me of their roots. I am 100 percent American because of them. What a great An
    Mercian song!

  • @dougkauble4707
    @dougkauble4707 Місяць тому +2

    Simply majestic!!

  • @garyvandecar2580
    @garyvandecar2580 7 місяців тому +19

    Gary Brooker is a musical legend, One of the greatest song writers of the rock and roll era. Gary Brooker and Keith Reid created magic with Whiter Shade Of Pale.

  • @Bob-bt2hh
    @Bob-bt2hh Місяць тому +2

    J’ai toujours les larmes aux yeux en écoutant ce chef d’œuvres

  • @juanmartinmartinezcadena3547
    @juanmartinmartinezcadena3547 Місяць тому +4

    I’m 68 years old. Its my song favorite

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc 2 місяці тому +2

    Absolutely stunning performance.

  • @MagBog2303
    @MagBog2303 Місяць тому +3

    Piękny głos. Piosenka której można słuchać wiecznie ❤❤

  • @VincenzaScaccianoce
    @VincenzaScaccianoce 5 місяців тому +2

    MAGICA!!! ❤❤❤

  • @catalinamargomyers9970
    @catalinamargomyers9970 8 місяців тому +49

    The room was humming hareder as the ceiling flew away..... ❤❤❤ this song so happy to be apart of the generation of fabulous music

  • @MikeS29
    @MikeS29 6 місяців тому +12

    One of the greatest songs of the 20th century. This song will live forever.

  • @konradkarlovichmekhelson1803
    @konradkarlovichmekhelson1803 5 місяців тому +8

    I was a little boy in 60-th who could not even know what the music is…. I’m 62 now … it is favorite one of mine. It amazes me every single time I listen to it…..unbelievable

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 9 місяців тому +26

    Beautiful 🌹
    This song immediately transported me back in time to the dance floor... What a beautiful time in my life.
    Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖

    • @boinknook
      @boinknook 9 місяців тому +4

      I have the original drumless version of this. I have a ludwig green drumset just like that one! 1:49 I converted it electronically, it's like drum karaoke! OMG! so much fun drumming to this and with headphones I don’t disturb the neighbors. Sounds great!!🤗

    • @that70sgirl90
      @that70sgirl90 9 місяців тому +3

      @@boinknook Excellent... keep on playing! Thank you for sharing! 😊

  • @gregorybankit7881
    @gregorybankit7881 8 місяців тому +16

    I still remember this song playing at one of our high school dances and had a crush on a girl wanted to dance 🕺 with her shy and someone else did and still think of her to this day how I missed out dancing with her such a great song. I'm 65yo now

  • @demonrouge3338
    @demonrouge3338 6 місяців тому +5

    That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale.
    My all-time favorite line of any lyric ever written.

  • @SperindioAdriano
    @SperindioAdriano 23 дні тому +2

    Questa è vera musica!Oggi canzoni così belle non ci sono più!

  • @freespiritsuzy
    @freespiritsuzy 9 місяців тому +18

    What a voice!

  • @merk9569
    @merk9569 8 місяців тому +27

    It's been years since I read a factoid about this song. It said that it is the most requested song to radio stations worldwide. I regret that I didn't share it with my uncle when I read it. As a teen, listening to it while my family was on vacation, my uncle made fun of it. He claimed that the lyrics made no sense. I was about 16; he was in his late 30's. That was in 1968. I still have to stop whatever I am doing when it begins to play.

    • @maureenmannion6748
      @maureenmannion6748 8 місяців тому +4

      You were wiser than your Uncle. It's not the words that make this song touching and powerful. It's the melody and the arrangement. It has the quality of a hymn to me. Cheers!

  • @paullacroix3585
    @paullacroix3585 7 місяців тому +12

    I was 12 years old. I danced with a girl for the very first time to this song in my middle school gym. That was 56 years ago. This song still gives me goosebumps. And I obviously I love it.

  • @stancohen7701
    @stancohen7701 11 днів тому +1

    I am 82 an listen to it at least 2-3 or more times a week !!!!!!!!!

  • @leberhueriba1230
    @leberhueriba1230 3 місяці тому +6

    I was a little boy when I heard this song for first Time in my country (chile)

  • @alexalexalex797
    @alexalexalex797 9 місяців тому +32

    This is one of those “more than a song” songs. ✌️

  • @ParkerPlaza
    @ParkerPlaza 8 місяців тому +12

    All time classic....

  • @janelloyd4332
    @janelloyd4332 8 місяців тому +19

    Gary Booker RIP will remember you as one of my teenage favourites

  • @michaelhickerson6732
    @michaelhickerson6732 2 місяці тому +3

    Right on

  • @RayTuttle-of5qd
    @RayTuttle-of5qd 8 місяців тому +28

    Timeless classic first time I heard this song I said daaayuuum I could hear it a million times and never get tired of it RIP Gary Brooker