Procol Harum - a white shade of pale, at Gala du Midem 1968
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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 !!!
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!
I AM 65 AND STILL LOVE THIS SONG AS IF I JUST HEARED IT YESTERDAY, WOW GREATE 🎵 ❤❤❤
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
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
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
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
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
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 ❤
I bought this record for my lovely cousin Jackie,who sadly passed away,we enjoyed listening to it together.❤
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
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
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
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 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 👌
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
RIP Gary Brooker. Thankyou for the beautiful music.
We are so fortunate to have a music time machine to take us back again to the great music of our youth! Thanks to KZhead ❤
Sadly we had 2 decades of amazing bands..that period will never be repeated..
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, 😊
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
77 here, and one of the music highlights of my life. Fabulous voice.
I’m 75 years old…, and this song is still my number one ❤.🎼🎹🎸 Love it❤
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.
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.
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
RIP Gary Brooker - one of the all time great voices ❤️
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 ❤
Still gives me chills after many decades … fabulous👍
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.
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.
Tears flowing freely ... Touches my soul everytime ....RIP to Gary. You were an angel.
RIP Gary. One of the greatest voices and songs ever
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 😍
A handsome young Gary Brooker. Maybe 23 years old here. Here we are 53 years later. Just an as absolute song for the ages….Bridges 3 generations.
And to this day no one can sing or remember the entire lyrics.
Que temaso , esa música está en mi adn , que bella estapa de mi vida .
Siempre esperaba con expectación esta canción para bailarla con mi chica favorita cuando tenía 17 años. Hoy tengo 69 y todavía tengo un recuerdo vivísimo.
Back to the 60s real life
@@AlfonsoSegundo791 j 'avais 6 ans
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.
This is one of the songs that really affected me in my childhood and still does to this day. Thank You Procul Harum!
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
One of the most incredible songs one will ever hear.
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 🎶
it is my favorite nevar stop listening
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.
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
Cette chanson traversera tous les siècles et procurera toujours les mêmes émotions.
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.
Just Divine this Hammond organ,love it
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!
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?
His voice was eternal!!💖
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.
There are just some songs that are perfect. This is one of them. RIP Gary.
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.
I am 66 years old and this song started my youth. I love it!. Rest in peace Garry ! 🌹
The quintessential anthem of the psychedelic rock area. Rest in peace, Gary Brooker!
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.
Classic old beautiful song. Good music never dies. Fortunately, I lived in that era.
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.
This single is a masterpiece. It shall remain evergreen forever. RIP Gary
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.
Per me e' la piu' bella canzone di tutti i tempi.
Beautiful 🤩 67yrs old love love the 60s-70s music
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
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@@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.
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.
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?
Getting emotional as I reminisce one of the best ever songs and feeling proud that I grew up up in those marvelous irreverent years❤
This is the one of the most beautiful masterpieces,
12 years at the time. Such a timeless and wonderful song.
Never gets old. Truly a timeless song.
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.
Another singer/performer from my youth now gone. They're all leaving. Brilliant song. Never tire of hearing it.
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.
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, session drummer Bill Eyden and producer Denny Cordell!
Great song. It always takes me back. His voice is amazing.
Great song sums up the sixties. Fabulous era to grow up in so much great music. RIP Gary Brooker
One of the greatest rock songs ever! Rest well, Gary . . .
This Song Touched So Many HEARTS WHAT GREAT MEMORIES 💕
Beautiful music will never die. It takes me to those times when listening to great composers was a daily gift.
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...
One of the best songs ever made. Still brilliant in a thousand years from now..
Will always bring tears.....love this so much!!!🎼🎵🎶💔🌹🥀🏴
True.
------------- nowwaitaminute ......if you don't mind inquire ------ happy tears from laughing -- or sad tears from crying.....or both ....inthatcase may happy be the latter.....one of band members was invited to RSVP social event (party) ......blue blooded gals was complimenting each other about their creamy white complexions (knowing UV light can be adversary) ....he overheard the conversation snippets......n wrote the song.....rest is history .....
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。
His singing is so effortless… you can tell he is so talented and gifted. God bless him! Amen 🙏
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He's amazing what a voice and so young
His voice is still outstanding! kzhead.info/sun/osWoYZeMpqWke4E/bejne.html
No doubt one of the best.
Yes this song is wonderful for the fight to the Vietnam war
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
Non mi stanco di riascoltare questo gruppo straordinario....sono diventata fan che avevo 12 anni..,ora ne ho 67 e mi emozionano come allora....
One of my favorite songs. The percussion is awesome.
One of the most brilliant songs ever composed!!
@Knut Rosetten not really.
@Knut Rosetten here yt was comparison. Not much common really. Same tunes, no.
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
One of my favorite songs of the fabulous 60's. Best time to be a teen ❤
Всегда плачу, когда слушаю эту песню. Ностальгия
A handful of songs have turned the world on its ear - this is one of them.
Thanks Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher and Keith Reid for this masterpiece.
I was nine when I first heard this . What an errie emotional song almost like a funeral dirge. It never gets old , always hits the same spot in my heart.
Ainda contemplo o teu lindo rosto e volto no tempo. Eu era apenas uma garota quando ouvi essa música pela primeira vez. Hoje, com 73 anos de idade ainda a escuto, fecho os olhos e me transporto. Obrigada Gary Brooker, você mora no meu coração.
Gosh, lots of babies were made with this romantic song❤Thank you and Rest in Peace!
Great song - haunting melody! These 60's bands had great singers - never fully realized it until years later!
This song forever changed how I listen to and appreciate music, thank you Procol Harum!!
This song was and still is successful in Brazil. It was one of the first songs I learned to play on drums. Sensational!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Every time I hear that song I have shivers. A great memory.