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While writing my last review on Procol HarumвЂ™s вЂњA Whiter Shade of PaleвЂќ I took it upon myself to re-listen to all the Procol Harum songs I have on my computer, which was not very many, so I re-listened to my copy of their debut album, the only album of theirs I own, and when that failed to satisfy I took to youtube and listened to вЂњShine on BrightlyвЂќ and вЂњA Salty Dog,вЂќ thus I was satisfied. Procol Harum will forever be known for the hit single A Whiter Shade of Pale, the mammoth symphonic rock hit which fused Matthew Fishers playing of a Bach melody with Gary Brookers moody, soul. 'Song for a Dreamer' is a tribute to late Jimi Hendrix from. It was guitarist Robin Trowers last recording with the group until The Prodigal Stranger (1991). Tour, on 3 April 1971.3 The UK release was on 11 June 1971. Broken Barricades is the fifth studio album by English rock band Procol Harum, released the same week they began their U.S.

Although noted for its baroque and classical influence, Procol Harums music also embraces the blues, R&B and soul.Procol Harum s early-70s bassist Alan Cartwright died on March 4, 2021, at the age of 75. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'. Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in 1967, which contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock.

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Procol Harum is a typical band for someone like me to really enjoy, highly experimental and artistic, while also finding a way to be jarring and confusing to music critics and fans alike. I had never even heard of Free a month ago just image what I will stumble across next? What will you discover from the past, the present or the future in your ever growing music collection? This is what it is all about, this is what you want as a music lover, this is what I live for.Procol Harum were involved in the creation of symphonic rock and roll, which in turn makes them responsible (at least partially) for the creation of progressive rock, to which I am forever grateful. Great music never dies and the longer you listen and the deeper you dig into the chronicles of classic rock, or any genre, you constantly discover new wonderful things. This is the sort of perfect song for a music in review, a band that very few people remember and even fewer talk about have a great gem of a song (several in fact) that few fans remember and effectively none of which talk about.I consider it an honour to point to songs like вЂњMouthful of GrassвЂќ and have people listen to it, likely for the first time. вЂњMouthful of GrassвЂќ is not FreeвЂ™s most popular song, it is utterly absent from any of their greatest hits compilations, it is not a song of theirs that gets a great deal of appreciation or love from fans and critics alike, hell Free is largely a forgotten band these days.

The following year Procol Harum released their second album вЂњShine on BrightlyвЂќ and the year after that they released вЂњA Salty Dog,вЂќ both respectable progressive rock albums yet both received negative reviews from critics at the time their great sin? No one song was as good as вЂњA Whiter Shade of Pale.вЂќThere are two takeaways from all this. Nonetheless the point is this, the success and popularity of вЂњA White Shade of PaleвЂќ is so great that it completely overshadows everything else Procol Harum ever did.The power of Procol HarumвЂ™s sudden success would effectively serve as a negative thereafter. Released of Procol Harum self titled debut is very different from the UKвЂ™s, similar to many early Beatles albums, and most modern releases of their debut album include вЂњA Whiter Shade of PaleвЂќ as a bonus track.

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The song title appears in the chorus:Apparently Keith Reid overheard at a party once someone saying to a woman вЂњyouвЂ™ve turned a whiter shade of pale,вЂќ which is a fairly eloquently thing to say to a drunk woman at a party, whom presumably was feeling a little worse for wear. If you listen to just a violin version of Bach's classic you can hear the similarities between it and 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' a little more easily, better yet just here is an organ version:The lyrics, now that I pay a little closer attention to them, appear to be little more than a fabulous poetic description of a drunken seduction. It is a very relaxing song that has a real talent at putting one into the mood of a calm trance it real easy going, you might even say groovy.I should like to say that there are very few songs in rock history where the organ plays the role of lead melody, but that would be untrue, there was actually quite a bit of experimentation with the electric organ being used in this fashion in early progressive rock, I am reminded of Emerson Lake and Palmer, all of a sudden.Another reason the melody is so fantastic likely resides in the fact it takes direct inspiration from Bach's 'Air on the G-String.' I had not noticed this for a long time because most version of 'Air on the G-String' I listened to included the full orchestra and too lost in the sounds was I to pay closer attention to just the melody on the violin or I really like guitar and piano versions of the song. The instrumental side of the song is lead by a steady and calm drum beat and the melody is dominated by the electric organ, which creates something of a rocky and watery feel to the sound, kind of like a riverвЂ™s stream, at least that is where my mind has always wandered to, a lot of Procol Harum songs are nautical in them.

However I have read that Keith Reid, and possibly the rest of Procol Harum has explained that they have never read вЂњThe Canterbury TalesвЂќ so it is unlikely they were making any effort to draw a connection to it.In summary Procol HarumвЂ™s вЂњA Whiter Shade of PaleвЂќ is a fantastic example of early progressive rock, a highly eloquent tale of drunken seduction, and a song so beloved that other great songs by the same band are often over looked.

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