A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

[U2yutu]

Love the song, video doesn't fit. Video too silly

[paulypaulification]

I like "Reflections Of Charles Brown" by Ruperts People better than this. I know that most of you guys never heard it before. Will be worth your time to look it up!!

[bigdsears]

In the days before they even heard of rap...

[kangadillo]

This song always put me in a dreamy state of mind.

[SukDiaxw172]

hehe i am rich now

[micheltennil]

Quand l'immense talent de Procol Harum rejoint le Génie de Bach (Choral du Veilleur pour la partie de l'orgue, Aria de la Suite en Ré BWV 1068 pour la mélodie) ... Epoque mythique malheureusement révolue...

[TheHeartmindsoul]

@micheltennil -D'accord . La musique de Bach est tellement belle avec la musique de Procal Harum.

[briandedora]

To Aetila: How long have you been "noticing" bannanas... just lay down on this couch and we can talk about it.

[Pedrozambujal]

youtube should have a "love" button, like is not good enouf for this song :/

[pete26785]

those essex hippies were right

[vuduchile70y]

i am going to make sure this is the first song my first child listens too. and hopefully they too will listen and enjoy the music their father had introduced to them. thanks dad!

[szzmm]

The guy looks like Anthony Kiedis.

[lifevorce]

Nehru jackets--Paisley shirts---definitely like that!

[FastPonyGT]

Can anyone think of an appropriate word to describe this tune? I don't think one exists..at least one that would do it justice.

[jjaegerman]

@FastPonyGT Epic

[Pedrozambujal]

the youtube has a big problem, the dislike button....

[timtaylor2001]

This is what true artists sound like, every member of the band playing a instument not a machine playing repeating tracks all throughout the song like the mondern singers do.

[puremale2010]

Forget the video, there was none in the 60s. The audio is enough to bring back memories.

[Suprememan71]

One of the greatest song ever written

[Brusselpicker]

No it's Picadilly Circus.

[TheCarolsarratt]

Check out the clothes! Great song.

[Ultrablastic123]

Genius song

[FireSwordProductions]

272 people are a darker tint of black

[rostovron]

great song.

[guanajo7]

this video is like a time machine. all those people walking around. whats that place called? I know its London. is it picadilly circus?

[211441815]

@guanajo7

I think it's picadilly square, not circus

[WhitstableWilliams]

@211441815 It's definitely Piccadilly Circus, although there's a glimpse of Trafalgar Square. Hasn't changed much, apart from the traffic!

[AtojTony]

this is music! más de 9 millones de reproducciones!

[dave01702]

Absolute perfection! 

[kingmoepi90]

Radio Rock Revolution brought me here!

God damn, i miss these times ...

[pontello3]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sids60sSounds]

Just read they made three videos for this song in '67. The first was filmed at Witley Court in Worcestershire. Shame no mention of where this one with the church was shot

[RollieMcFly27]

My mother loved this song!!!

[railroadtie69]

I wish I lived in the 60s decade where rock n roll had it's best days. I find a lot of those rap hip hop songs overated these days which tend to be forgotten after. The rock n roll bands back then are too good to be forgotten same with newer rock bands. I like classic rock and new rock and whiter shade of pale is a great classic.

[railroadtie69]

Great 1960s music. I am 26 and I would much rather listen to rock n roll over rap or hip hop any day. I like all rock even the new rock nowadays like red and shinedown.

[129shot6]

I'm a Soul, R&B man but when I heard this song on a Top 40 radio show back in 1967. I was blown away. This is some bad shit. I love that organ and those virgins leaving for the coast. Yes sir.

[idelta777]

I once played this song to my english class as a listening test (I live in Mexico btw) and everyone was like "What the hell is that shit?" I think I was born in the wrong era ;_;

[tysonfor1]

I reckon even people who are listnin to this for the first time get a feeling of nostalgia.

[egigol]

Super great song. I love this song....yes.

[gamnster]

when you make love to her I will put this song;)

[mg23gerard]

Which one is Robin Trower?

[rayjr62]

@mg23gerard at 00:54, he is the one standing (wearing the light pink colored shirt) directly behind lead singer Gary Brooker.

[juninhogatinhom]

E TEM GENTE QUE CURTE MICHEL TELÓ

[5star555555555]

I saw them at Ravinia opening for Tull a couple years ago. The crowd went mad when the organ started.

[decky04123]

they don't make music videos like that any more

[MaLuFaMa4]

Meravigliosa! :'-)

[kingboru2]

PROOF....the original is always the best!

[cieslachaosu]

This song is based on Air on G string by J.S.Bach, but will anyone call this piracy or rather great music???

[swede1one]

@cieslachaosu Greatness!

[BlueCarp]

Thanks for posting. Just FYI, it's "as the miller told his tale."

[mrclarkful]

Why can't music make you cry and laugh at the same time anymore.... cheers mates

[Aetila]

Amazing song...but why does a guy got (in orange shirt in the background) a big protruding banana in his pocket? :-) (at 0:55 )

[kangadillo]

@Aetila Because he's happy to see us!

[PineyCreekGhost]

9,000,000 + plays. Im about 10,000 of them. :^)

[nicag17]

Epic track

[Millard234]

Wondrous

[Whenchy]

How could you dislike this? Must be retardation-caused mis-clicks.

[Sintorz]

269 peoples dislike this song? They don't know music.

[stevengreen81]

@Sintorz i totally agree with you there.... this song is jus amazing

[pmoyer50]

@Sintorz : I agree with you. However, a lot of the viewers probably grew up during the MTV era and weren't living during the fantastic sixties. Back then I didn't need videos to enhance the songs. With my eyes open or closed I saw some really great stuff.

[paulypaulification]

@Sintorz Yea,seriously they have no soul. You must look up "Reflections Of Charles Brown" by Ruperts People if you have never heard it. It is very much forgoten

[GUIDOBRAT]

If EVER there was a record and a band that I cherished in my youth it was this one...the unmistakable Procol Harum and their Magnum Opus "A Whiter Shade of Pale" This song played continuously during the Summer Of Love..1967....it was as much a non-stop fixture as "Light My Fire" & Sgt. Pepper were also that year....utterly indelible in the minds & hearts of millions of ppl of my generation...a song as familiar to us as our own family is...

[MrTitian]

how can be 269 who dislike?

[1luiszepol]

love it!

[odysseynz]

A soulful magic

[bfandreasyt]

A modern shade of Chaucer and Bach this is. Utterly brilliant like most early Procol Harum.

[MegaFunnymuffins]

sorry meant can't describe how amazing this song is

[MegaFunnymuffins]

words can describe how good this song is

[Cadizhead]

Great song!

[levyelegino1]

This was made way before video! They were using film in camera's, it took much more effort,but it seems to me it was worth it, nothing as psychedelic as the original sixties stufff!!!

[pasi0]

Whisky and this song seem to go well together - rock ' roll forever people!!!

[Vilverin1]

"... and at that moment, i thought we were infinite.."

[duchesschase]

this song is so fantastic

[FrancoSierraVJ]

Dr. House sent me here, thank you very much!

[paulken11]

i was too young to remember this being released.... but ive listened to it a million times

[AssassinateThisEzio]

I am going to play this right before the internet gets shutdown. :'(

[2883franco]

bella melodia

[chuck1010100]

did steve winwood ever play with procal harum

[AnonymousTheMusician]

beautiful just perfect

[terracore]

Could have used more cowbell.

[Syndicate93]

In 300 years this song along with Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys will be remembered in the same way as Mozart, Bach and Beethoven are being remembered today. Music that leaves no one untouched will always stay in our hearts.

[letigalvao]

This song is perfect... makes me have tears in my eyes.

[smiwytube]

This is what Im gonna hear walking up the steps to Heaven

[Wellch]

I am not in my teens or 20s but much older than that. And I like this song too. If our younger generation likes it, Great for them to appreciate it. When I was a teenager, I tried listening to music that was my own parent's favorites. I even found some in the 1800s that maybe my great grandparents liked...such as Steven Foster's song Beautiful Dreamer

[AnormalmentePensante]

Every one should love this song. It tastes of life.

[bosarate2]

namidaga decyau!!!

[hankloveification]

Almost 9 million hits!!!! What does that tell you!!!!! Great song and era, time and break. This is a thinking song, just like Kashmir by the mighty ol' mighty Led Zeppelin. This song should have been 7 minutes or longer to make you think longer. Love this tune, it always makes me think and think, and relax.

[hankloveification]

Very, very heavy song. I love being a musician and writing all day when I can.

[kraven1411]

A W E S O M E

[BrandonSchleifer]

This is the same song from the Pokemon Center.

[ltJDoe]

прекрасно! можно кончить

[DelPellezin]

apparently I was born the day this came out ... I can live with that

[zhenni22]

Charlie led me here.

--Perk Of Being A Wallflower

[bridgetown1966]

i love videos from before they knew how to make videos

[modhiab]

best organ ever

[MrMcpimpy]

Music Tech AS ... ugh

[kalterit32]

kokekaa  mahtavaa fiilis

[Kovalrad]

A poet's dreamweaving chicane....

[OfShadowandSubstance]

I will never be able to hear this song without thinking of magical mushrooms serenading Tony with it.

[kisska1112]

Like this if The 10th Kingdom brought you here. ;)

[OfShadowandSubstance]

@kisska1112 Hell yes!

[TheBlackCountryLad]

' As the miller told his tale'

An allusion to Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales.

What a nerd I am. Sorry,everybody.

[theuprocker]

@TheBlackCountryLad Actually Reid has refuted this in interviews, plainly stating he had never read or heard of the line, but appreciates the sychronicity.

[TiHh91]

Essa entrou na lista das 10 +!!!

[MrRazorblade999]

Great song but the lyrics are so random and nonsensical it's hilarious.

[quertyb0y5]

@MrRazorblade999 im not 100% sure, but i think this song is based of the sinking of the Titanic

[MrRazorblade999]

@quertyb0y5 Ah, wouldn't that be a relief...Personally I think it's about birth or maybe death. My friend is positive it's about football...Whatever...Damn!

[quertyb0y5]

@MrRazorblade999 yea, whatever floats ur boat i guess =P

[JimmyWhiffler]

If you love this (as I do!), please for the love of God look at Bach's - Air on a G String, and then all of the rest of his music while you'e at it. :)

[brightstarlites]

Love this! Thanks for making this video!

[MyHabia]

amazing...

[SCOTFRE3]

Great song.Simples.Say no more!!!!!!!!!!

[Imp3rf3ctAng3lXOXO]

this melancholy tune is beautiful. people are all caught up on what the lyrics mean, but ya know what, they sound great, thats all they have to do

[smecking]

'Her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale'. Shakespeare would envy that line.

[jicm2005]

THE DRUMS AND THE KEYBOARD

[22Pattihrafn]

@jicm2005 its an organ :)

[kaya2204]

He has Anthony Kiedis's moustache

[grabbenmedgravlaxen]

@kaya2204 i had the exact same thought

[david250587]

Incredible! This is call music!

[Greenockianx]

Still the dog's doo dahs!

[tiborvivi]

266 ppl have absolutely no idea what GOOD and VIBRANT music is...

[habbo12r]

EAEI"

[JohnnyLemonhead]

Everyone make sure to listen to the King Curtis version of this classic if you haven't already.

[Juliecr95]

I heard this song a long time ago, and i just remembered that and start to looking for it and here i am. It's beautiful ..

[asturesteban]

1967...thank u for all the best

[dalgroves10]

I have consumed plenty of whisky, and, here I am, listening to one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Peace and Love xx

[Antietam64]

@dalgroves10

Icke då hade du inte suttit på f............. och coment, då kunde dom lira

[redrounin]

@dalgroves10 music such as this always inspires me to consume plenty of whiskey, why just earlier this evening i remember listening to tuesday's gone and consuming my fair share of the spirit.

[sgtcrab1]

@dalgroves10 In large part J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite N° 3 in D Major

[VAMPIREGODDESS57]

@dalgroves10 sounds like a perfect time. ur my hero!

[HardstyleDomination]

Such an nice music

[Memorex996]

266 are waiters that brought drinks and weren't given tips



[rafaellopezmontes]

manchester, heaton moor 1998

[tedknott1]

An absolutely awsome piece of music. Memories of the Orion Pub in Withington Manchester in the summer of 1967

[Vvewa]

nissan silvia commercial

[Groth1175]

I'm 400 years old and I think today's music is shit compared to Gregorian chants.

[Chouldentfindanygood]

@Groth1175 Nice. One of the most epic comment on youtube

[bensimps123]

@Groth1175 i get pissed off people saying there ages as well ,funny comment

[Groth1175]

@bensimps123 Same here it really does get old, but its also encouraging that so many young people seem to appreciate good music, so I don't want to discourage them too harshly.

[2MrGrumpy]

@Groth1175 best comment I've read on you tube! :-)

[davidlee723]

@Groth1175 Damn this must be the most epic win comment i've ever read on youtube.

[Rafzorz1]

@Groth1175

i think gregorian chants are older than that

[Groth1175]

@Rafzorz1 They are! I was making a light jab at people who say "Im 13-15, and I like music from the 70s or earlier"

[kmeighoo]

@Groth1175 Perhaps the funniest and most subtle joke I ever read on YouTube. I am in awe. Too bad you had to explain it.

[theuprocker]

@Groth1175 HAHAHAHAHA

[princejoseph80]

@Groth1175 i'm not 400 years old.. i'm 31 years old...and i like this tune...alot...the thing with music today...it's not music...it's merchandise.....once Michael Jacksons Thriller went off ...it was the end of music...it was money...

[Groth1175]

@princejoseph80 Good music still exists, even in America, it just takes a little more work to find. Popular music is mediocre because it is produced by an industry that has discovered mediocrity is the best way to maximise profits.

I don't want to sound like a cliché hipster type, but I would say avoid popular music dig a little deeper and find some of those really great indie bands, that's where creativity still lives.

[Jakeman1260]

266 people are feeling VERY seasick

[kenco124]

i swear on my own life if Youtube block this video! that peace and love can go out the window as soon as i enter there office! because this is honestly my favourite song of all time! <3

[bill2p]

Great song, although a truly horrible video (film actually). But don't put down the Monkees. They were what they were, but their music had lyrics that made sense and catchy melodies. There was a good reason why they sold so many records even though everyone knew they were manufactured. Mike Nesmith was a talented song writer and recording artist long before the Monkees (one of his songs was "Different Drum" recorded by Linda Ronstadt). And he went on to have a long career in the music industry.

[sgeir92]

I'm 13 years old and music these days stinks! everybody just listens to justin bieber and lady blah blah not real music like this!!!

[mskills420]

@sgeir92 you want a medal, or what?

[sgeir92]

@mskills420 Are you trying to make a mockery of me?!?!? You better not!

[Macbruber]

@sgeir92 DUDE!! YOUR LIKE THE FIFTHY BILLIONTH PERSON TO SAY THIS!!

WE FUCKIN GET IT

[bensimps123]

@sgeir92 shut up you little twat no one gives a shit about your age

[TheChristopherluke]

" The Big Chill "

[MANULOVEHURTS]

maravilhosoooooooooooooo!

[letigalvao]

God... only one word: awesome!

[WytZox1]

Never fully understood the lyrics but a great song nonetheless.

[agassizbeekeeper]

@WytZox1 Same here but I love the song.

[persevere67]

i just woke up and this song was playing in my head, one of my all time favorites, came out the year i was born.

[go2mikerenzi]

very cool

[diegohp6666]

PIRATE RADIO YEAHHHHHHHH

[videocache1]

one of the best songs of all time...just incrdebile really...but the video has got to be among the worst I have seen,,, such a bad job.

[yallowrosa]

che vestiti ridicoli

[imbalanceband]

240p We meet again!

[goodolarchie]

Just the percussion-backed organ is enough to propel this song to one of the best rock songs of the 60's.

[ginzy65]

@goodolarchie i agree this song was up there with the best of them.I saw them live in 1969 in flushing meadow park.anyone no the name of that arena?

[hesteaeble]

Paul McCartney's mustache on sgt. Peppers.... 

[insomnia759]

it is iconic, says everything about that wonderful age, the world is shit now, and I have no faith in the young with their fucking mobile phone obsession and clogging up the alleys at Westfield Shopping Centre and generally unable to even speak English, like, like

[cs100443]

i lived a that time il was wonderful ,i love this song , the lyrics are fantastic ,it brings back memories that had gradually buried deep in my hearth ,music is pleasant to be executed, a feast for the cars

[kenco124]

"and here's a very long song and i hope im here at the end of it" ive got to admit i cried at that part :') i love both the film and the song but the song more ;)

[anndchelt]

My sister Geraldine Meenan Bassett died suddenly yesteday. She thought this really cool. Her favourite song. RIP Gerry love you xx

[kenco124]

@anndchelt May all your thoughts of your sister be happy and that they travel to her where ever she may be =) and may she R.I.P....

[Pfalzbild]

ich liebe diesen song...er erinnert mich an meine jugendzeit, an kellerpartys und an hübsche girls.....:-)

[brkitdwn]

that's quite a package the one is sporting, right about 104.. lol