O sétimo episódio de “História das Canções” traz “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, música de estreia da banda britânica Procol Harum, num single lançado em maio de 1967. A canção já foi considerada a mais tocada em espaços públicos e em meios de comunicação do Reno Reino Unido no Século XX.
Apresentamos estas e outras histórias, além de novas leituras da canção com:
Eric Clapton, Johnny Rivers, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Tyler, Annie Lennox, Rosinha de Valença, El Puma, Deep Purple, Pholhas, Legião Urbana e Carlos Santana & Steve Winwood.
A Whiter Shade of Pale
We skipped the light fandango Turned some cartwheels across the floor I was feeling kind of seasick
When the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder And the ceiling flew away
When I called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was later
When the miller told this 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" That I wandered through my playing cards
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| Gary Brooker/Keith Reid /Matthew Fisher
And could not let her be, no One of 16 vestal virgins Who was leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open They might just as well have been closed And so it was later
When the miller told this tale He said that her face at first just ghostly And then turned a whiter shade of pale
And so it was later When the miller told this tale He said that her face at first just ghostly
Then turned a whiter shade of pale Oh, just a whiter shade of pale Then turned a whiter shade of pale |
Texto (em inglês) para quem quiser aprofundar-se na história desta canção:
Procol Harum: The epic story of A Whiter Shade of Pale
By Marcus Gray (Classic Rock) published 8 June 2023
https://www.loudersound.com/features/procol-harum-a-whiter-shade-of-pale