First listen to Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (REACTION)
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Very evocative tune, like it more on a second listen.
Original Video: • 𝕬 𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝕺𝖋 𝕻𝖆𝖑𝖊...
Join the Patreon for Exclusive content and the ability to influence the channel.
/ dicondissectional
Tip Jar Link: paypal.me/Dethstrok9
If one wishes to support the channel monetarily, but would rather not join the Patreon, here is a way to do so. CZcams and Patreon both take percentages of earnings from videos, so this is a helpful way to help me keep on making videos. I appreciate it:)
Brand new Twitter, come say hi: / dethstrok9
Facebook! Updates on all my projects!
/ callofcthulhuscenarios...
Instagram!
/ dethstrok9
Cool acting page! Check out "From the Other Room"
www.imdb.me/danielprofeta
#dethstrok9 #dicondissectionalreactions #turnthatup #ineedtopauseit
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners - Hudba
Peter Frampton was asked if any one song is the "perfect" rock song, He said A Whiter Shade of Pale is THE perfect song.
Rick Beato fan here...
If you're going to listen again, check out a later live performance in Denmark that was recorded around 2009. Gary Booker sounds just as great as he did as a young man. It will grow on you.
2006
sounds better!!
the keyboard riff is inspired by the classical piece 'Air on a G String' by Johann Sebastian Bach,
Moog organ, not keyboard
@@antoniomaraspin Thank you for making me smile... :-)
It's an organ of course but an organ is also a keyboard instrument. When we hear that an organ is used in a band, then almost every time it was a Hammond organ. Moog didn't make organs. Moog is a synthesizer manufacturer. In the late 1960s the synthesizers were very big in their size and not very usable as an instrument for a band playing concerts. Much smaller and easily portable Minimoog came out in 1971. After that bands really started to use them. Minimoog synthesizer is also a keyboard instrument.
Although an organ is a keyboard it would still be better to just say it's an organ. This helps not to confuse some people. In the later years, especially after the late 1980s, sampling technology was so much developed that many keyboards (usually synthesizers) had sampled organ sounds. After that it was quite rare to use an actual organ as an instrument.
These days when people say "keyboards" it usually means synthesizers. There are also those cheap "home keyboards" available that have a tiny amount of options like a synthesizer would have but are nowhere near to a real synthesizer. Some people call only those as "keyboards". I've also seen people calling all the keyboard instruments as "pianos". Sometimes it puzzles me a bit. :-)
Well, it was fun. Take care and I hope you have a great day.
@@antoniomaraspin According to ProcolHarum.com it's a Hammond C3.
The Hammond B3 was ubiquitous in jazz & rock at the time, but this was a C3.
@@oldarpanet The Hammond B3 and C3 are essentially the same instrument, just in different cases. The B3 has a more utilitarian case, suitable for gigging and taking abuse from careless/stoned roadies between performances in different venues. The C3 (possibly C for church) had a nice furniture grade wooden case for a more permanent installation. And don't forget the Leslie cabinet speaker with electric motor driven spinning horns to add a Doppler shift effect to the sound in those archaic and glorious analog days.
Man you have to check out Gary's performance in 2006 with The Denmark Orchestra backing him !
It will completely blow you away.... his voice is even better & with the orchestra behind him...WOW !
Enjoy :
Proco Harum, Whiter Shade Of Pale.... live 2006 Denmark✌😎
48 million views can't be wrong 😉
Another Request: on the blues side
Edgar Winter & Johnny Winter playing.....
Tabacco Road live
The band is extremely talented all around but Edgar is the super☆star in this performance.... playing Keyboards,Sax & singing this great 60's blues cover.... buckle up cuz it's gonna be a wild ride ! 🎹😎🎙
Eric Burdon & War ( live ) also do an amazing job with this cover
Most definitely!! A must watch!! You'll dig it! Gary Brooker's voice will blow you away! Like fine wine, gets better with time! Love your channel! Great analogies! 👍 Keep up the good work! 🎸🎹🎤🎼🎧
I agree on the 2006 version. It’s great.
Yes the 2006 video takes it to another level, see link czcams.com/video/St6jyEFe5WM/video.html
Right on, this is a marvelous performance.
It may be better than the original - which is tough to beat!
"The room was humming harder..... as the ceiling blew away......"
I’m 64 years old and I asked my dad one time to name his favorite song. He was a talented musician and singer. His answer “Whiter Shade of Pale”. I was shocked but I felt it was about the coolest thing ever!
'as the miller told his tale' refers to the Canterbury tales by Chaucer. I know because I studied it in school. :)
Yes. And whoever reads it may turn a whiter shade of pale-- and then read the Wife of Bath's Tale.
@@theecstaticinfidelhypothes9222 I preferred A Knights Tale starring Heath Ledger 😊
The live version of this song from Denmark with the their national orchestra is outstanding, it’s unbelievable!
Check it out sometime, you can thank me later. Seriously, check it out because it’s an amazing performance! Also, I really enjoy your reactions, keep it up!
Great classic song... But my favorite is "Conquistador" when they play with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
Edit for a "surreal" song check out Robin Grower "Bridge of Sighs"
EDIT: Robin Trower...
jimmy, unless there is a parody I don't know about it's Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs not Grower, seeing as the "G" is right beneath the "T" on a standard key board it's most likely just a typing error. I also love Conquistador, you've got good taste in music (IMHO).
jimmy fortrue I bought the album. I used to play it on my brother’s quad setup! Salty dog is fantastic on the album
@@richardcramer1604 Thanks for the correction... Yes Robin Trower.
I love Conquistador as well. It seems to be forgotten, though.
Great, great album "Bridge of Sighs!"
This is one of the 5 most played and sold songs of the 60’s, one of the first masterpieces.
Can't ever get other reaction channels to react to this... and here you are!!!
Cool Beans...
I recently watched a video - Procol Harum live in Denmark and 40 years after it was first recorded, Gary Brookers voice sounds the same. Still amazing. Try "Whiskey Train" - filled with cowbell and Robin Trowers incredible guitar. "Conquistador" or "Shine on Brightly" are well worth listens to also. BTW.... It was a cat named Procul Harun.
czcams.com/video/St6jyEFe5WM/video.html
Don’t even try to break down the lyrics as the writer don’t even know what the song is about. Written in the acid tripping 60s. Good luck with that one
He said "physodeic". He's young and perhaps doesn't get it.
I said the same. If he can interpret the lyrics, he will be the first and could even let the band know what they are about.
Exactly. All the young people in these reaction videos make the same silly mistake. They analyze the lyrics and try to squeeze a message out of the songs. But the meaning of the songs are the songs themselves. They weren't written to be interpreted...but to APPRECIATE.
The meaning of this song has been debated for decades I don't remember who said it, but an artist once said "When I wrote that song, only God and I knew the meaning. Now only one of us knows." I suspect this is one of those songs that would fall into that category. I enjoy your reviews and I think you have chosen some truly great music for your channel. One thing you should realize is sometimes the video has nothing to do with the music, it is just a make a video of the band so people can see you while your music is playing.
Check out the writers song analysis on utube. Interesting. When this music came out in my era I was more into the music voice etc not origins
My take on the lyrics: We were at a 60's party, we danced, we drank. I met a girl. I tried all my moves, but she left for the coast. So the "Miller told his tale". She faded from my life.
Excellent, you should be writing Cliff's Notes!
The melody on the organ is based on the second movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, commonly called " Air on a G String".
I enjoy "A Salty Dog"
Now listen to the live version of some 30 - 40 yrs later. Will blow you away.
My first slow dance, R.I.P. Philomena. "And so it was"
The Miller is the miller from Chaucer’s Century Canterbury Tales, and "turned a whiter shade of Pale" was an overheard line, "She turned a whiter shade of pale and threw-up."
The 2006 version with the Danish NAtional Orchestra is a must if you love this song, just so you can hear how the song still has tremendous power even performed in the current day ...and how a old time singer still can sing it and move the crowd!
czcams.com/video/St6jyEFe5WM/video.html
Even better in 2006, so great!!
This has been one of my top fave songs ever since it’s release.
Beautiful song
Check out the reference to Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale." That story was so profane that it might make someone's face turn white. School textbooks would include Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, but NEVER The Miller's Tale. The band has a whole catalogue of great stuff. They were not the Beatles, but they were almost as iconic back in the 60s and 70s.
This is the best synopsis. The Miller's Tale is an enigmatic reference to an in-joke in English literature circles
Conquistador... That is the song to blow you away, it's both exciting vocally and diverse in it's delivery presentation.
The bass line is a major part of the song. It’s a classic ground bass (repetitive pattern) borrowed from Bach. It adds to the surreal trance like feel of the song.
I think "skipped" in the first line describes how they danced, not that they chose to forego the dance
I was about 13 when this came out. Brings me back to our first dances and all the excitement of it.
Psychedelia, dreams mixed with reality, surrealism! All of these were part of the experience of the times!
Bach needs his cut too!
I think this is a song that grows on you. The more you hear it, the more you like it.
This was the Beatles' favorite song back in '67 according to some interviews I've seen....
Needs some notes:
Skip the light fandango -- an old fashioned expression for dancing the night away -- painting the town red.
The miller told his tale -- reference to Chaucer, The Miller's Tale. One of the raunchier ones.
Vestal Virgins -- As you said, the holy virgins in certain Roman temples. (Not to be confused with temple prostitutes?)
The organ is Bach, or at least some of it.
If laughter be the food of love (then play on.) -- Shakespeare oops- that's in the discarded lyrics.
It sounds like he was an entertainer on a sea cruise, drinking and feeling low, but he meets and hooks up with a gal. (As bewitching as a mermaid). The other verses reference crashing into the sea bed, etc. But songs were mostly under four minutes, and this may have been too explicit for radio play.
With it's classical references, the song defied the conventional ideas of what rock, or pop could be. And it certainly sounded different from anything else on the AM radio. In a way, it opened the eyes of performers (i.e. Beatles) as to where they could go.
I saw Procol Harem in college. In fact, I saw several English accented gents unloading PH's equipment into the auditorium. The rowdy roadies had just written 'Procols Harlots' in the dust on one of the trucks and a merry chase ensued.
Their opening act was 'Gentle Giant', whose talent and performance strangely just blew Harum off the stage. Yep - one of the best concerts I've ever seen. I know this song may sound a bit dated, but it does grow on you. If you wish to dip further, 'A Salty Dog', is another very atmospheric sea piece you might enjoy (in a serious mood).
"Skip the light fandango" is undoubtedly a play on "Trip the light fantastic", which just means dancing.
Hi Daniel, Once again I love your channel. Don't know if you know who I am talking about but today is the one year passing of Ric Ocasek, lead vocalist and guitarist for The Cars. It would be so wonderful if you could react to "My Best Friends Girl" in honor of Ric. Thank You✌❤🎶
@@thingsarewhattheyseem334 Oh no, I didn't know Ocasek had died, how did I miss that?
One of the greatest Classic Prog "Radio play" songs, played on Classic Rock station continuously since 1967' !!!! That's saying something, it's just a feel good song with that great voice and fantastic Hammond Organ ! : )
This song in the TV show China Beach is probably one of the most emotional scenes ever recorded for a TV show.
Please listen to their live in Denmark 2006 version - mindblowing, with a full orchestra xxx
I was lucky enough to see this band in concert...really awesome!!
I remember hearing this a lot in junior high, even though I was 10 when it came out. (I’m only 63!) I always liked it a lot. One of so many great songs of the 60’s, my favorite decade for music. Great reaction, Daniel.
Agree - "Conquistador" is a MUST reaction track. Makes me cry.
Try.... Nights in white satin,Conquistador
@Dave..... great song man , one of my favorites even back decades ago in the 70's when I first heard it ✌😎
Conquistador is a masterpiece indeed
Nights in White Satin was Moody Blues, not Procol Harum.
"Although my eyes were opened, they might just as well have been closed." A most remarkable line that has struck me for generations.
Something not quite older than me but getting there (1968). Back in the early 70s, the Baptists went on the war path over evil rock & roll and encouraged (brow-beat) a lot of kids and parents to burn their albums. I distinctly remember my older brother and my parents having a big fight about it when he refused and told them it was hysteria. This was one of the albums. He played it for my parents. They didn't see what the deal was and relented.
Some years later, when it was my turn for that fight, it wasn't quite as bad but, they really didn't like the pentagram on Rush 2112.
@James Savik. Such a funny story ! Thanks for sharing it !
Maybe it is quite older than you - it was released 1967.
I’m 68 and grew up going to a southern baptist church and music was never mentioned. I listened to whatever I wanted. Brother was a pastor and my dad and my two uncles were deacons. But we were in California and maybe you were in the Deep South.
@@billythedog-309 I wuz born in 65. I am a geezer in training.
Now you kids get off my lawn! ;)
Grew up southern Baptist, yes that is true about music also dancing was taboo. My parents some what conservative but it took alot of talking to be able to go to the school dances. My how things have changed since the late 60s.
i see others have already done it...but "Conquistador" is a MUST.
My College roommate played this for their wedding music, as bride walked down the isle. Quite tasteful and touching, for two cool young sophisticates, back in 1973. Memories. Oh, memories!
This is one of the great songs from the 60s . Great to see film of 1960s London. Don’t try to fathom out the lyrics !! Very Bach influenced organ music.
Love this one. And I never did LSD or 'shrooms.
I love this one.
In 1966 Bob Dylan released a double sided album called Blonde on Blonde. It shook the world.
To this day it is considered the greatest album ever recorded in many circles and amongst the greatest by just about everyone else. Anyone of any significance listened to the album over and over and it influenced the entire music industry from the Beatles on down to Procol Harum and beyond, both musically and lyrically.
The closing song of the album was an 11 minute (plus) dirge entitled Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, featuring obscure lyrics, a prominent organ, solid drums and a walking bassline drifting down the scale.
THIS was the primary inspiration for A whiter Shade of Pale, PERIOD.
Green onions influenced that Dylan album.
Your channel name reminds me of another great Procol Harum song, which is Homburg of course. I like many of their songs. One that's possibly a bit overlooked is "Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)".
And Johann Sebastian Bach.
Still listen to Procal Harum, still songs on my playlist today.
I don't know how I missed this song in the 60s but heard it for the first time a couple of months ago. Loved it. Its on my music playlist now.
Something you can't pick up from a single listen is how a song will hold up over years of repeated listens. Some of the songs that I've seen not really blow away reactors are some of the greatest, longest tenured songs in rock history. This song has held up for over 50 years.
I was trying to conjure a mood as much as tell a straightforward, girl-leaves-boy story. With the ceiling flying away and room humming harder, I wanted to paint an image of a scene.” The general consensus is that “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” is a snapshot of a drunken sexual escapade gone awry.🖐🤣👋
Saw those guys in concert WAY back in the day. They were amazing. "A Salty Dog", "Hotel Grand" (which is a ghost story), and some amazing tracks off the over-looked album "Home" are very worth listening to. (PH's lead guitarist was Robin Trower, who has had his own tremendous career.)
Same here 👍 they're an awesome live band !
When this was released my older brother was in a band and his head exploded.
Annie Lennox does a beautiful cover of this song. We need some Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)!
The miller is a reference to Canterbury Tales I think. "Skipped the light fandango" is a play on "tripped the light fantastic."
But the lyrics are really poetry, with lots of white space for the reader to fill in what's missing from the story. Anyway it was a great slow dance song for people who hated soppy songs.
The most beautiful rock ballad.
Reflections of my life by the Marmalade- listen to this soon.
Sweet reaction... (1967) I at6tended their tour concert at Fillmore West in San Francisco. The mood was psychedelic, enhanced by Bill Graham's light show. One of my favorite memories from a decade of amazing music.
This has always been one of my favorite songs. I can just picture the scene in this bar with the Miller telling one of his same old stories . Thanks
We loved this song. Never really had an idea what it was about.
I thought you were going to react to Gary Brooker's singing it in Denmark in 2006 with a symphony and choir at an outdoor venue. You NeeD to react to that performance inn 2006 ( I saw it on the page you were looking at that showed Gary Brooker's face (gentleman with white hair and beard) at that performance. He was 61 at that 2006 performance and his voice had NOT CHANGED at all from the 1967 video you reacted to here, it was STILL STRONG! This 2006 video is WONDERFUL, and other reactors on You Tube who had no prior knowledge of the song, ALL were impressed and LOVED it! Some got emotional after listening to that 2006 performance in Denmark. I was 20 years old in 1967 and when I first heard on the radio when it was released, it gave me chills and I cried....it really affected me, 54 years later, it STILL gives me chills and I get very emotional. It takes me to another place, a place of calm. I LOVE this song and never get tired of it. It became sort of an anthem for those of us who were young then. The organ is what MAKES that song (Annie Lennox covered it in 1995 but there was NO ORGAN in it at all, it changed the whole song, it did nothing for me) ANYWAY, "A WHITER SHADE OF PALE" has remind one of my top 5 songs of all time. Daniel PLEASE REACT to that 2006 performance by Gary Brooker in Denmark with the symphony and choir AND that BEAUTIFUL ORGAN that runs through it. Would LOVE to see what you think of it, Thanks!!
A lot of contemporary song lyrics don't make simple narrative sense. Some are just collections of words or phrases to fit the music, but others are more like modern poetry (e.g. Dylan Thomas), using a collage of images and thoughts that draw on memories and impressions or evoke feelings and associations rather than tell a linear story. David Bowie often randomly rearranged his lyrics to let resulting word combinations create new and unexpected meanings. I think your idea of a funereal theme to this song is an interesting insight. The music and lyrics certainly fit that connotation.
I believe the song is about the night they dropped acid , played a gig and all the stuff that happened .
That’s what I used to think too.
That's my guess, sounded like a not altogether pleasant trip.
I too think "Conquistador" is too good to pass up. You think "Whiter Shade of Pale" is cryptic, wait til you hear "Conquistador." This version was a live performance that became the hit record, although you will not see them live here.
czcams.com/video/cT0loK0UEBQ/video.html
Stay away from the live versions from decades later.
I definitely think you should react to the live version of this in Denmark 2006. It's a masterpiece with the inclusion of orchestra and choir
Very interesting history of the song and band.
Old Hippie song. Acid trip lyrics.... Came out just in time for 1967 San Francisco 'Summer of Love.'
The word slow and heavy is what comes to me, but a good song. I didn’t recognize the song until you played it but I’ve heard it hundreds of times.
This single sold 10 million copies and had a unique sound. Song reached no 5 in the US on July 29, 1967. A favorite of mine done also in 1967 by PROCOL HARUM was CONQUISTADOR.
I went to a few parties in the seventies that had the same feel as this song.
Young man - as you age - and grow - you will understand it more than you can now.
In 1971, Procol Harum did a concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) and released an album. It was the first album, with an orchestra, to go gold and then platinum.
A few other bands went on and did recordings with the ESO.
Concert for George,old brown shoe,Gary Brooker keyboard, vocalist does a great job on Harrison 's song
Brooker can also be seen and heard in the movie EVITA...
Robin Trower....if you haven’t reacted to him you really should.....he is marvelous....sounds like Hendrix. Check out his song Bridge os Sighs, Rather psychedelic, or Too zRolling Stoned...more upbeat. Your British accent was pretty damn good!
the boy is really stupid
Indeed, Trower was their lead guitarist prior to going solo. For many of us rock/blues electric lead guitarists who started in the '70's, he is (he's still playing) definitely one we've ranked among "the guitar gods". He's still got it now in his seventies, and his chops and instrument control have truly refined like aged wine. He heavily uses the Univibe, a type of phase shifter pedal, to get his "watery" lead tone.
Trower after hearing Jimi Hendrix said I think I should just hang up my guitar, glad he didn't. Have seen him on lots of occasions and once with Jeff Beck and that was magic.
Day Dream is a Trower masterpiece !
+ Helene Spaulding sounding like Hendrix is not quite accurate.
Robin Trower is a Hendrix rip off.
Stupendous band! Check out they're songs "Good Captain Clack"👨✈️ and "She Wandered Through The Garden Fence"🚶♀️ oh and "A Salty Dog"🐶
And Conquistador
Great slow dance song!
While it is not obvious these days, this was a song that captured the Zeitgeist of the late sixties. Everybody loved this song
It was said that John Lennon was a huge fan.
So I was slow-dancing with a boy in a taverna on Mykonos in 1975 to this song. it never gets old.
I think you really need to check out the live version where he performed this in Denmark, backed up by an orchestra.
This is the greatest song of the 1960s.
Sometimes we don't need to know the exact meaning. Sometimes what it inspires in our own minds and feelings is enough. Thanks for the reaction.
This is one of the most famous songs ever . Many people claim they don’t know the song because they didn’t know the name or the band but as soon as they hear that organ intro they’re like “ oh that ! “ I love that !
I've been playing this on the piano/organ for decades because... it feels good to play this. Love the opposing bass line that weaves through it. Thank you Bach.
I think this song is about getting off on acid. It's about the very beginning of a trip, when you're on the edge of getting very high. Anyone remember rushes? Anyway, I read a book called "Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo" one time and all the way through the book, there were references to A Whiter Shade of Pale. It came up when the Chicano man felt he belonged neither to the white American world or the Mexican world. The song, to me, is about being in that nowhere place, between straight and high.
Slightly too young (7) when it came out to make an impact to me, but throughout the 70's and beyond, you heard it all over the place. Brooker reminded me of a little less raspier version of Joe Cocker, another artist I think you, Daniel, would love.
The song is loosely based on The Miller's Tale and other references to the Canterbury Tales.
Back to this song, though. There is something about the line "skip the light fandango" that I've noted since it was popular when I was a kid, something that is not mentioned in any of the material that you just read from about the writing of it. There is a common phrase around ballroom dancing in both the US and Great Britain, that goes back to well before world war 2. If you were telling someone that you were going to go ballroom dancing, you might say that you're going to go and "trip the light fantastic," or, you might throw a little spanglish in there and say "trip the light fandango."
I've always assumed that the line in this song that goes, "skip the light fandango" is, in part, a play on words deriving from the phrase "trip the light fantastic/fandango."
Speaking of Fandango.....there is a mid80s movie of the same name starring A very young Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, and Sam Robards. It’s now received Cult Status and is a coming of age movie. A pleasant way to spend 95 minutes plus you’ll recognize a lot of songs on the soundtrack.
I swear, every time I hear your "Wait... what?" my imagination sees a DEEPER MEANING ALERT! graphic in some kind of crazy font flashing across your reaction vid. 🤣
Keep doing these reactions. It's cool reliving through you our exact same reactions when first hearing so many of these oldies.
Skip the light fantastic is slang for dancing. Putting fandago in place was probably kinda tounge in cheek but also emphasizing the slowness maybe?
It also seems that he might be in the band as the crowd called out for more.
British 60's Music was out of this world an explosion of craft, originality, creativity and fuelled along sometimes with the LSD. when writing lyrics. A prime example of this was "The British Band = "Traffic" with the song "Hole in my Shoe"
I'd love to hear your reactio to the tv show "Firefly". I guess it was dropping into the English accent a la River Tam, brought it to mind.
And still looking forward to "America" by Simon and Garfunkel.
Thank you again for your sincere reactions. May I also suggest Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer or Scarborough Fair from the concert in Central Park. Also, Mr. Bojangles by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, not many reactions on that one. Take care, friend.
That voice never changed ... The video from 2006 in Denmark is amazing!!!!
Wow! I figured I’d know this. Did not expect it to be so familiar. 💕💕💕
Bringing Home The Bacon, one of my favorites. Probably won't get mentioned here.
Amazing time capsule view of swinging London, 1967
so much in their repertoire to explore - A Salty Dog, Whaling Stories, Grand Hotel and In Held Twas in I. Still touring today. Their fan website www.pprocolharum.com has over 7000 pages!!!
The organ puts me in a melancholy mood every time.
I just spent my time smiling through this reaction. Your analysis is very intuitive, and without specific cultural references, and working on the 'feel' of the song, lyrics and music you did a great job at attempting some synthesis. As has been stated already, the lyrics are a mish mash of concepts,. and quite honestly, you did so well with them, despite them being so Country and History specific. Chaucer, The Millers Tale, the 'Church' Pastoral music, even the Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome are woven into the very fabric of Britain. The Literary references, and the Historical ones are peppered through this stream of consciousness song,.. psychedelic fuelled potted History of Briain. Its History, Literature, Folklore, magick, mystery, Fairytales and superstitions.. The cards, the Victorian ghostly tales and imagery. As I say, its a mish mash, with no real meaning other than a 'trip' through the Country's culture spanning Millenia, back to Rome, and Pagan imagery too. I'm glad you enjoyed the song and the trip. :)
Pro-call Hair-em. This is one of those beautiful songs that has stayed with me for so many years. Robin Trower was a musical genius, I don't know why he never really became a bigger draw. This song feels like something you hear in the background on a perfect Spring day sitting in a tree lined meadow, encircled by a cloud of hazy smoke, contemplating how big and how small we truly are. I think this is more of a mood piece than a obvious clear story. Conquistador is a very good song.
So,Daniel i just subscribed stumbled on your feed watched you rat a bunch of songs,tunes,bc ur so young its awesome just to watch ur so,so,young reaction to these much older songs is simply amazing to ME u being so young I've heard all these songs ur analyzing lyrics,musics.... a million times i bought them all listen to them a million times and still to this day listen to them now and even more since I stumbled on ur site,page,what ever you want to call it..ur an awesome inspiration at ur young age to analyze the great old tunes ur facitial expression and ur inthuse are... beautiful I've subscribed.... will definitely be watching Oh one little time bit about this song I haven't seen in the 410 comments,,,,this group Gary Booker & Crue finished this song ran it into the recording studio executive at the time the exec.....I say exec.... was done for the day and wasn't interested in hearing the final recording... shut the door on the boys and said come back Monday... they all said "F" him went to Derma studios need i sa0y more