Circula en Youtube este interesante reportaje sobre la legendaria canción 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' de Procol Harum, de 1967, que muchos consideran el germen del género del rock progresivo posterior.
El vídeo, obra de Gino Saico, explica:
"'Con su blanca palidez' de Procol Harum está considerada como una canción iniciadora del rock sinfónico, pop barroco. Delicia de tema mezclado con sutiles notas tomadas de una suite de Bach, y con una de las letras más ambiguas de esos tiempos, que supo imponerse como una balada de respeto, y halagada por grandes artistas como los Beatles, Beach Boys entre otros. Hoy recordaremos la historia de la canción que cambió el rumbo en la historia del rock, galardonada, reproducida más veces en radio, etc. A Whiter Shade of Pale. Escribe al final en los comentarios como conociste esta canción, y qué te parece".
Canción original:
Letras del tema:
We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda' seasick
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 a mirror told its 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
would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might 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..
