Procol Harum - A Salty Dog, An Old English Dream live in Denmark 2006 // REACTION!!!
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- Procol Harum - A Salty Dog, An Old English Dream live in Denmark 2006 // REACTION!!!
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First Time Hearing PROCOL HARUM - A Whiter Shade of Pale // A CLASSIC MASTERPIECE // REACTION!!! I had to get the lyrics of this CLASSIC MASTERPIECE.
• First Time Hearing *PR...
BIOGRAPHY
Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues, R&B, and soul.
In 2018 the band was honoured by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was inducted into the new Singles category.
History
Formation
In 1966, after Southend-on-Sea-based group The Paramounts were unable to generate any follow-up success with their UK top 40 single "Poison Ivy", the group disbanded. Their frontman Gary Brooker decided to retire from performing and focus on songwriting, and his old friend Guy Stevens introduced him to lyricist Keith Reid. In April 1967, after several months writing together while failing to find any artists interested in performing their songs, Brooker and Reid decided to form their own band which would use their songs as their sole material. Brooker, in addition to vocals and the piano, was also proficient in the organ, trombone, cornet, piano accordion and Bengal flute.Paramounts drummer Barrie "B. J." Wilson agreed to stay on and rehearse for the new group and auditions brought them bassist David Knights and two members of George Bean and the Runners, Richard Brown (guitar) and Alan Morris (organ). But the lack of gigs and money led to the dispersal of this grouping before they even got out of the rehearsal hall, with only Knights staying on.
They next teamed with organist Matthew Fisher, who had left Screaming Lord Sutch's backing group The Savages and advertised for work. Reid said he was right for Procol Harum just from talking to him and decided before hearing him play. Guitarist Ray Royer was chosen after the group placed an advertisement for players and were inundated, so the band "really grilled the applicants" to find "someone with the right state of mind." Reid said bassist David Knights had also been chosen in a similar manner to Fisher, in that he was right for the group "as a person", and had an original playing style.[12] Drummer Bobby Harrison completed the line-up, after the group had tried out up to nine drummers by this point. Reid said Harrison was the first that the band "could really work with", and had a sense of humour that helped balance out the more serious personality that Reid and the rest of the band had. The band chose Stevens as their manager.
The group named themselves after a male blue Burmese cat, which had been bred by Eleonore Vogt-Chapman and belonged to Liz Coombes, a friend. Stevens suggested the group name themselves after the cat, which the group immediately accepted. However, the cat's pedigree name was in fact Procul Harun, the Procul being the breeder's prefix, but the name was taken down over the telephone, causing a misspell. Although people informed the band that the name is Latin for "beyond these things",[10] this is incorrect as the correct term would be procul hīs.[18]
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" and debut album (1967-1968)
The group in late 1967
In April 1967 the group entered Olympic Studios in London to record their debut single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale". They were joined by session drummer Bill Eyden in place of Harrison (though Harrison did play on the B-side "Lime Street Blues"), producer Denny Cordell and sound engineer Keith Grant. With a structure reminiscent of Baroque music, the song features a countermelody based on J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major (or more closely the chorale prelude "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645) played by Fisher's Hammond organ. An enthusiastic response from listeners of the pirate radio station Radio London prompted Deram Records to rush-release the single for 12 May 1967. It was an instant worldwide success, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks and the same spot in eleven countries. In three weeks, it became the fastest selling record by a new group. In the US, it peaked at No. 5 and the song has since sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Around the same time, Cordell suggested that Jonathan Weston be brought in to co-manage the band with Stevens.
Procol Harum played their first live gig at London's Speakeasy club on the day "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was released. They performed a set of mostly Brooker/Reid songs mixed with covers of Bob Dylan, The Rascals an - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I was a massive Procol Harum fan from age 11 (Whiter shade of Pale was No 1 for 6wks) and am still a Procol fan forever or till I pass over. I swear PH stopped my young potential to get depression. I had tears of joy just seeing them live in Bham and later London. Gary was the kindest speaking to me and his speaking voice is like honey too. BJ Wilson was my favourite drummer and will be forever. Keith Reid is for me the Best Lyricist, just beautiful.
His voice is HEAVENLY !!!
This woman looks like this song makes me feel ❤
His voice is Truly ONE IN A MILLION !!!
WHAT A DELIGHTFUL PERFORMANCE. I love his voice.
Magical voice
My first time hearing this amazing song.. Loving this powerful voice 🙌🏾
So many people only know A Whiter Shade of Pale from Procul Harum, but this song about a ghostly pirate ship has always been one of my favorites. I especially like the guitar sounding like seagulls.
Most PH songs are fairly new to me. However, I do remember that Pandora's Box was one of my favourite songs by anyone in my childhood.
A Whiter... has been huge in the British Isles since the 1960s.
I saw PH many times as a 5 piece band in the late 1960's. They were always epic and Gary always sounded fantastic.
I love your reaction to this somewhat forgotten masterpiece of a song about a ghost ship.
Such a great and sad song! Thank you for that people always do the same song but he have so many great song!
INDEED Gilles!!
You can't go wrong with Procol Harum feel free to react to more I will certainly view for sure.
Thank you very much Jeffrey, i appreciate your kindness. Will certainly do MORE PROCOL HARUM
Beautiful voice
YEAP SISSY
아름다워요!!! 멋져요!!! 사랑해요!!! ❤❤❤❤
That is easy for you to say !
The Procol Harum songs I heard have nautical themes Britain has great seafaring tradition. I read speculation that A Salty Dog is sailing into the afterlife thus "No one left alive".
Absolutely inspired idea to add a choir chanting Latin in the background. In fact I could see a complete reimagining of the song based on this version. It would be fabulous.
The instruments 🙌🏾💪🏾
Bravo💯❣️
🙌🏾🧘🏾♀️
I first saw Procul Harum in 1973 , thirty three years later Gary Booker's voice only sounds better
Waiting
What I like about Procol Harum is that there's no running around on stage, the musicians don't dress stiffly, there are no cheap gestures and played-out riffs. Instead, there is the magic of music and poetry. It's rocky - mostly rock - but there are different flavors and tastes spun. Nevertheless, it's blues, different blues, not in the literal sense, of course.