We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as wellve been closed
She said, Im home on shore leave,
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, you must be the mermaid
Who took neptune for a ride.
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love
Then laughter is its queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed Tags :hendrixwhothedoorsrollingstoneskinksbeatlesbobdylantriplsdpsychedelicwoodstockhippystonedpoisonivy
Original 16mm Scopitone conversion, from the
'summer of love' 1967 hit record, remuxed and
refurbished for FLV YT format. I fixed audio
as well. Sound engineer of this famous mono
mix was Keith Grant.
Vocals and piano played by Gary Brooker,
Matthew Fisher played the Hammond organ, and
the lyrics were written by Keith Reid.
You can find them here:
http://procolharum.com/w/w9901.htm Tags :WhiterShadePaleProcolHarum1967GaryBrookerMatthewFisherKeithReidsummerofloveRobinTrower
British rock legends Procol Harum are
captured here at their finest, in concert at
London's Union Chapel. It was the last night
of a tour that had taken them from London
through Europe, Japan and North America and
back again to London and the band celebrated
with a truly magical performance of the
rarely heard full version of the immortal A
Whiter Shade Of Pale.
This performance is taken from the full
length concert DVD "Live at the Union
Chapel", available from Eagle Vision now. Tags :proculharumwhitershadeofpaleclassicrockmusicguitarlightfandango