Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 02 - Shine On Brightly

[djwolf12]

Abba is in the R&R Hall of fame and Procol Harum is not. Am I living in the Bizarro world?

[harley5571]

I like Procol Harum..they have about 5 good songs..to put them in a classs with the Beatles(like 50 gold) or the Stones etc..is overstating their music.

[pml22]

Amazing as it seems, Procol Harem was appreciated, but relegated to secondary status--- there was that much unbelievably good music pouring out at the time. I remember buying Electric Ladyland and BS&T's Spinning Wheel in the same week.

Perhaps because of that Procol Harem's music stands fresher today and not over-played.

[soundbodycenter]

What a great song...

[TheBacmaster]

A group like Procol Harum comes around only once in a lifetime!!!

True masters of all time!!!

[aequanimus63247]

Gary Brooker's pub in Surrey, if he still owns it, is a nice homey kind of pub... good pub food and, although I missed the Wed. night jam I hear it s where Ringo's All Star's practice....

[mightycujo]

These guys still sound so great even after 40+ years. Probably even better.

[tblkcd052951]

Best opening song of all-time for the Best Band of All-Time (Trower era).

I personally like "Home' a little more than this album, but it's damn close.

Saw 'em so many times, 10+, first 3 times with Trower ... at the Eastowne in Detroit circa 1971, Johnny Winter jammed with them after -- Trower much, much better.

[TheLourdes2009]

Was Robin Trower in the band when they did this song?

[OlRetro]

@TheLourdes2009 - I'm not 100% positive, but I believe so. Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)

[DrMarianus]

@TheLourdes2009

Yes, Trower was the guitarist. I think he left right after Grand Hotel. As a drummer, I would like to point out how great Procol Harum drummer BJ Wilson was. This was a very virtuosic band.

[DrMarianus]

@TheLourdes2009

Yes, Trower was the guitarist. I think he left right after Grand Hotel. As a drummer, I would like to point out how great Procol Harum drummer BJ Wilson was. With the addition of Fisher on keyboards, this was a very virtuosic band who also happened to score the orchestral parts on their albums.

[mullwharchar]

@TheLourdes2009 yes, but he left between Broken Barricades and Grand Hotel

[martianshoes]

"....some signpost that is not there...."

[y54tub]

the mannequin is my English teacher in my senior year (1972), a prolific woman , Beowulf, MacBeth, etc.............love you Carol....hugsssssssss......kis­ses where-ever you are

[hcgnDane]

shine on brightly is no doubt the best LP ever produced. All the numbers are perfectly connected and are in fact one single perfect presentation which can never be reproduced, or matched.

this music is so good that that even the classical masters would have been impressed.

hc

[serengiv]

@hcgnDane same feeling here ...in the class of the best Beethoven symphonies

[vveq]

@ 1:52 - 2:10 notice how the backing music track pans slowly from left to right.

There are many times when in fact my brain becomes befuddled.

[satanel77]

Just seen them in Bad Krozingen, Germany.

Procol Harum at it's best! GREAT old band!!!

This amazing song was the opener.

[thestoryplease]

four of us took strong doses of LSD lay down and put this on. no way to describe what happened...but life changed, opened, fear gone, all the dreck we drape ourselves in washed away ... and the joyful search began

[DoctorPatient]

@thestoryplease - ahh, yes: a select group of friends walked into the Fillmore East one wonderful early 70's summer night to see this band, and the impact of hearing them open their set with this song has always been appreciated and never forgotten ... if I recall, that psychoactive substance you mentioned figured rather significantly into the evening's festivities, too ... much of the Fillmore audience was shining brightly that night, even when we weren't looking

[TheGB1950]

@thestoryplease I remember being at the Fillmore East and at times the "fumes" where enough to get you high. I saw Procol Harum in 69 or 70 they were recording live at the time (they asked s to all be "nice" , I do remember them doing shine on brightly., live but at 60 my brain my be befuckeled...

[hrlaser]

@TheGB1950 - I saw them at the Fillmore West in 1970.. they were top-billed.. their "warm up" bands were Blodwyn Pig, and Leon Russell and the Shelter People.. Bill Graham took my ticket at the door.. talk about "fumes".. one of the move unbelievabely perfect concerts I ever attended..

[punditpete]

I was born in 1966 and would to have been born a few years earlier so that I could have seen this era of music in all its glory.

I love Procol,BJH,Tull,Deep purple Floyd etc etc 

[drmularkey]

This is, without a doubt, is among Procol Harum's (Gary Brooker and Robin Trower) finest work. I bought htis album in 1968 and it is just as incredible today. I turned my rockstar son on to album this when he was 13 and it still blows his mind when he hears it.

[mobyboy]

this whole album is wonderful track after track !

and only 5000 views.

[maennlichen]

@mobyboy I totally agree with you, I think this is the best album ever made. It changed my life ...

[d1sailer]

it still makes me close my eyes and dream..

[d1sailer]

These Guys were doin this stuff 40 years ago.....

[maida1982a]

timeless music; as good if not better than when it came out 40+ years ago. progressive, intelligent, beautifully composed and expertly arranged, sung and played. that's procol to me...

[1614BB]

This is the set list when PH played at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia June 1970. I'll never forget that show. Still There'll Be More Wish Me Well The Devil Came From Kansas The Dead Man's Dream Your Own Choice About To Die Juicy John Pink Nothing That I didn't Know A Salty Dog Whisky Train Whaling Stories Encore A Whiter Shade of Pale

[astronorm111]

@1614BB You never forget talent, they never do a bad show...(Awesome show band,) You gotta see them do In "Held Twas In I".

[OlRetro]

I saw them in St. Louis & Toronto. I do a rendition of this song, & I've got to be in top form to do it. Break out the strong coffee for this one! Regards, The '62 Mathew St. Band (1 Man-Full Group Retro)

[prjacobs1]

Just to date myself:) I saw Procol Harum play the entire Shine On Brightly @ the Fillmore East in 1968, just after the record had been released. They came on stage in the dark and opened with this song!

[1614BB]

A great band, Saw them at the Electric factory in Philly 1970 right after they released the Home album. Incredible show.

[chippy783]

I envy you. Saw them after salty dog and they never played "devil.. Was Piggy... a favorite?

[jeffreygodspeed]

Procol Harum should be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame!!!!!

[spacepatrolman]

Progressive rock groups like procol harum and the moody blues go over the rock and roll hall of fames head they only comprehend dowop .

[CAS1xtz]

@jeffreygodspeed -> PH is too good for the slugs that are the R&R Hell of Flame!

[jeffreygodspeed]

@CAS1xtz You got that right!

[PhukIT1865]

@jeffreygodspeed you mean they're not? that goes to show you how meaningless that institution has become

[spacepatrolman]

@jeffreygodspeed good idea its going to be a tricky affair to get them in they dont seem to like british rock groups if the moody blues get in they can and vice versa the pretenders got in so why not

[jeffreygodspeed]

Procol Harum should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[mobyboy]

I wish people would appreaciate more of this band - put them in a respectible place with the beatles , kinks & velevet underground - they deserve it !!

[pml22]

@mobyboy Agree, and so much of their music is as fresh today as it was back then. It has not aged like most other bands.

[Goupul7]

@mobyboy Thats Right!!!!!!!!.....

[GeminiOsirisDream]

FYI : Matthew Fisher sang the segment

" In The Autumn Of My Madness ," he's

not credited, but played some of the

more complex piano on this song as

well as the rest of the LP

[wa0000]

Oops... You already did post 'In Held Twas in I'...

Thank you _very_ much.

[wa0000]

Thank you for posting this little treasure! The quality is quite good. Please consider posting 'In Held Twas in I'..! Gary Brooker: vocals, piano Robin Trower: supersaturated guitar Keith Reid: words Matthew Fisher: organ, circus organ Dave Knights: bass B.J. Wilson: drums

[spacepatrolman]

This was their secound lp but their first on A&M .