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sykokiller11 t1_je5ldb4 wrote

When I was a kid I told my mom how much I liked “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and that it made me happy somehow. She told me it was her favorite song when she was pregnant with me and listened to it all the time. I am sad now. Rest in peace.

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maruffin t1_je6itp6 wrote

A Whiter Shade of Pale is a great song, and it has a great trivia item: In the song, what turned a whiter shade of pale?

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[deleted] t1_je6jk89 wrote

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GMN123 t1_je6kkwx wrote

At first, just ghostly

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maruffin t1_je6nahd wrote

Yes. And I always wanted to know why she turned so pale. Was it the Miller’s tale?

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cloughie t1_je751jx wrote

I think A Whiter Shade of Pale is the best song. Musically, lyrically, thematically, emotionally it’s just on another level that nobody else has reached.

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HarryT_CVN75_A4W1 t1_je7gdar wrote

Procol Harum has as much in common with The Monkeys and The Archies as a normal band. They were formed/created after "Whiter Shade of Pale" was a hit.

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LoneRangersBand t1_je8afaf wrote

Not really, the band that did Whiter Shade of Pale mostly left after it came out, but the lineup that reconvened and did the debut album put out Conquistador and A Salty Dog, and still had the one/two/three punch of Brooker/Trower/Fisher with Reid writing the lyrics.

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