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* 1967 yazında listelere bir numaradan giren procol harumşarkısı. 40. yılını doldurmasına rağmen gönül listelerinde aynı rakamı rezerv etmiştir. Kır düğünlerinin ilk dans şarkısı olarak kullanıldığı sıklıkla görülmektedir.









* 1967'de procol harum tarafından kaydedilmiş, çıktığı yıl ingiltere'de 1, abd'de 5 numara olmuştur. hammond orgu da kullanılan parça, johann sebastian bach'ın air on the g string olarak bilinen d major 3. süiti ile



* sleepers awake olarak bilinen wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme



* eserlerinden esinlenmiştir. bu ve kullanılan enstruman, parçayı kulağa yatkın kılan unsurların başında gelir.



parçayı yorumlayanlar arasında,







annie lennox +



black label society



* +



bonnie tyler



david lanz



deep purple



doro



gary moore



hsas



* +



joe cocker +



marc bonilla



richard clayderman



sarah brightman +



the shadows



* +



thin lizzy



vardır.







yanına + koyduğum vokallli yorumlar kanımca diğerlerinden daha iyidir.







ayrıca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/a_whiter_shade_of_pale



* sözleri ise



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



* yorumlayanlar arasında, michael bolton, van morrison, joe cocker ve percy sledge de vardır.



* scorseseden sanatsal bir hayat dersi.



* klibi güzel olmasa da kendisi harika olan şarkı.