Now we're on to Procol Harum

[Ironpost]

Classics vol 17. I must be having a senior hippy day

[Agnomen]

1. Must be something going around -

an old hippy virus or something. Been listening ito compilations of 60's rock since yesterday morning.

[TNDemo]

2. I LOVE Whiter Shade of Pale.

Great drinking music! I heard about John Lennon and one other rock star (who was telling the tale) getting into a limo and listening to a tape of that song and how much Lennon liked it.

[johnaries]

3. Trivia: the organ background for Whiter shade of Pale is

actually Bach's Air on a G String. (A musical G-string, not the kind you pervs are thinking of!).

[rlpincus]

6. Not according to the organist

http://www.procolharum.com/mf_merseyside1.htm

Check out the rest of the site. A fantastic inet locale.

[TNDemo]

8. My son has one of those old Hammond organs in his room.

He actually used in a rock band, believe it or not. He will be home for a couple of weeks this summer and I am going to have him crank out some Whiter Shade of Pale.

[Agnomen]

4. I've had it from several sources

how totally blown away Lennon was by "Whiter Shade of Pale"

[Ironpost]

7. I grauduated from high school in '66 and it seemed like the number

one song all summer, What a summer it was.

[Last Lemming]

5. Remember seeing them in concert

back in the days when even Tom Waites was young. . .

[sendero]

9. I rediscovered that song...

... about a year ago. There was a lot of discussion about it on DU. Someone pointed me to a web site where the meaning of the song was explained by the lyricist.

As might be expected - my personal interpretation of the lyrics had nothing to do with what the lyricist put in it. This is true of a lot of good songs IMHO :)