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Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker Now A Whiter Shade of Pale

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Gary Brooker, who as leader of veteran, English progressive rockers Procol Harum paved the genre’s path in the latter 1960s with his Bach-infused “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” and decades of subsequent work mixing multi-faceted, esoteric flavorings, English folk, and American blues, has passed away from cancer. Brooker’s death was on February 19th, but was not publicly announced until the 22nd. Brooker was 76. More

I was always more a fan of “Conquistador” – Dr. Tar

26 Comments on Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker Now A Whiter Shade of Pale

  1. April of ‘72 I just turned 15 and was delivering the morning papers when I spotted an envelope by the side of the road with 2 Procol Harum tickets. I remember they were $4.50 each. My folks wouldn’t let me go so I ended up selling them to my buddies older brother for ten bucks. R.I.P. Gary Brooker

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  2. I remember Percy Sledge doing “Whiter Shade” back in 60’s and have always thought PH was covering. Youtube has Percy version, but his Wikipedia bio doesn’t even mention it. Any amateur historians around to enlighten me?

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  3. Whiter Shade of Pale has one of the most moving melodies I’ve ever heard in a pop song. From the time I was a kid listening to it on the radio, I would start to tear up. Don’t know why

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  4. Believe it or not, there was a disco version back in the late 1970’s of A Whiter Shade of Pale by an English chick named Chris Bennet. She posed nude for the album cover, looking white, pale, and ghastly. However, her great knockers made a guy forget that she looked white as a corpse. I used to stare at that cover and boogie down.

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  5. @AssieLover ~ it’s based on a story in the ‘Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer
    don’t bother looking it up … it’s in Middle English, hardly understandable & astonishly boring

    I tried to get into it … I swear! I really, really did!

    all in all, a pleasant tune, ‘but nothing to get hung about’ … Bach needs to sue …

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