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Song «A Whiter Shade Of Pale» von Procol Harum.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1967 05 12 (Single UK), 1967 06 (Single US), 1967 09 (Album US)
Label: Deram DM 126, Deram 45-7507, Deram DES 18008
Songwriter Gary Brooker & Matthew Fisher & Keith Reid
Produktion: Denny Cordell
Genre: Pop - Progressivepop - Baroquepop, Rock - Psychedelicrock - Psychedelicpoprock

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Die melodisch dominante Hammondorgel (eine Hammond M 102) dieses Songs ist von Johann Sebastian Bachs «Air» aus seiner Orchester Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 inspiriert (siehe David Bennett: Songs Inspired By Bach (10. Mai 2020).
Matthew Fisher gilt als 40%-iger Mitautor dieses epochalen Songs, seit er 2009 vor Gericht Recht bekommen hat.

Personen und Querverweise

Procol Harum
Gary Brooker
Matthew Fisher
Keith Reid
Denny Cordell

Lyrics

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 well've been closed 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 And so it was that laterà