A One Hit Wonder

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Jimbo357mag

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A One Hit Wonder like you have never heard before. A classic romance song from 1967.
 
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM

Many people have tried to figure out the meaning of the song. If you would like to wade into the speculation and the controversy here is a link.

http://www.procolharum.com/awsoplyrics.htm
 
I don't get tangled up in 98.73% of pop song lyrics.

I recall reading that Robert Plant scribbled down the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven, easily one of the most-famous songs in the past 50 years worldwide, in less than ten minutes while bandmates worked out the last bits. He said the quart of Jim Beam helped.

Actually Procol Harem weren't 'one-hit wonders'. I even had two 8-track albums...
 
Colonel Daddy said:
Have always liked the music, but could never understand 75% of the lyrics.
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Kinda like "All Along the Watchtower." :lol:
 
Snake45 said:
Colonel Daddy said:
Have always liked the music, but could never understand 75% of the lyrics.
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Kinda like "All Along the Watchtower." :lol:
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If listening to Bob Dylan mumbling it out, I understand. Hendricks, however, sings the lyrics plainly, compared to what I always thought I heard & googled lyrics.

After I got a computer I've found out that I may not want to know the perfectly correct lyrics or meaning of a song. For 20 years my favorite Led Zep song was nearly ruined to me by reading the lyrics & looking up the meaning of some very unfamiliar words.

"Inna godda davita" lyrics are reasonably plain to me. The title? No.

But, to this day, no one has ever deciphered the lyrics of Louie Louie

Jimbo, I don't know about the chart numbers or sales, but it played a lot in the day, Procol Harums Conquistador. A powerful song with powerful lyrics.
 
gunzo said:
Jimbo, I don't know about the chart numbers or sales, but it played a lot in the day, Procol Harums Conquistador. A powerful song with powerful lyrics.
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That's right! I thought they had at least one other big-ish song. Yup, heard that on the radio many times, both back in the day and on modern "classic rock."
 
gunzo said:
But, to this day, no one has ever deciphered the lyrics of Louie Louie
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Hi,

Not even the FBI, if popular lore of the mid-'60s is to be believed! ;)

Although in watching video available today of The Kingsmen doing it, and trying to read their lips, I tend to believe they used the original (not obscene) lyrics by Richard Berry, as their lead singer Jack Ely maintained until his death.

Rick C
 
The lyrics of Louie Louie are easily found by anyone with a Google.

In fact, I read them in a book decades ago, long before the interwebs. The book was about all sorts of famous "mysteries," or something of the sort.
 
Maybe I should have said a one-of-a-kind song from the 60's instead of a one-hit-wonder.

Here is another old favorite.

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrM2fxnkxjA
 
gunzo said:
Snake45 said:
Colonel Daddy said:
Have always liked the music, but could never understand 75% of the lyrics.
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Kinda like "All Along the Watchtower." :lol:
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If listening to Bob Dylan mumbling it out, I understand. Hendricks, however, sings the lyrics plainly, compared to what I always thought I heard & googled lyrics.

After I got a computer I've found out that I may not want to know the perfectly correct lyrics or meaning of a song. For 20 years my favorite Led Zep song was nearly ruined to me by reading the lyrics & looking up the meaning of some very unfamiliar words.

"Inna godda davita" lyrics are reasonably plain to me. The title? No.

But, to this day, no one has ever deciphered the lyrics of Louie Louie

Jimbo, I don't know about the chart numbers or sales, but it played a lot in the day, Procol Harums Conquistador. A powerful song with powerful lyrics.
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You do know that the real lyrics are "In the Garden of Eden" don't you?
 
caryc said:
You do know that the real lyrics are "In the Garden of Eden" don't you?
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Yeah, I figured that out about 90 seconds into the first time I heard it back in, what, around 1967 or '68 or whatever.
 
"You do know that the real lyrics are In the Garden of Eden don't you?"

Saying or trying to say "In the Garden of Eden" under heavy influence of drugs &/or alcohol, according to one or more sources.
 
As for Bob Dylan....

"You know no one can butcher a Bob Dylan song like ..... Bob Dylan." that's one I made up and am proud of after gong to a number of his concerts...

But he is a great poet... almost as good as Hank Williams was.
 
One toke over the line by Brewer and Shiply . Never heard anything else from them. Most people know the words. Very few know who did it.
 
lol Not exactly a 'one hit wonder' for sure. They have two dozen albums out there at least. Don't bet everything you know on American radio as far as success goes! ;)
 
Jimbo357mag said:
Maybe I should have said a one-of-a-kind song from the 60's instead of a one-hit-wonder.

Here is another old favorite.

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrM2fxnkxjA
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My all-time favorite female singer. 'Tamborine Man", 'Christopher Robin', and so many others.
 
Poco Oso said:
One toke over the line by Brewer and Shiply . Never heard anything else from them. Most people know the words. Very few know who did it.
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I have the 45rpm. The flip side is "Oh Mommy, I Ain't No Commie." :)
 
Psb1911 said:
The Iron Butterfly drummer was 16 years old when they did Inna Gada Da Vida!
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It wasn't the drummer. The lead guitarist, Erik Brann, was 17. I saw them twice. One time Led Zeppelin warmed them up in Jan. '69 :mrgreen:
 
CGDustDevil said:
lol Not exactly a 'one hit wonder' for sure. They have two dozen albums out there at least. Don't bet everything you know on American radio as far as success goes! ;)
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Had to look up their"discography". I've honestly never heard any of those others listed. I'm afraid all I listen to, here in America, is American radio. :wink:
 
Poco Oso said:
CGDustDevil said:
lol Not exactly a 'one hit wonder' for sure. They have two dozen albums out there at least. Don't bet everything you know on American radio as far as success goes! ;)
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Had to look up their"discography". I've honestly never heard any of those others listed. I'm afraid all I listen to, here in America, is American radio. :wink:
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Steve - Gary Booker (Organ, vocals) has been performing for years with and without Procol Harem. Robin Trower came from that band, and is still out there fronting his own band. They've contributed a lot of music, but haven't been as successful here as other countries.

Trouble with radio here is they play the same stuff over and over. I stopped listening to music radio years ago because they would only play standard 'hits'. I heard "Got No Satisfaction" for the 14 millionth time and decided to put a .357 pill through the radio! :idea: :shock: (That's a true story, BTW... I'm a lot calmer these days... But I no longer pay attention to radio ;) )

Back in the 1960s - 80s, there were what were known as "AOR" stations, on FM that grew out of a some of the University FM Stations. (Album Oriented Rock) You'd hear stuff that was never played on the "HOR" (Hit Oriented Rock) stations, and those are the ones that I always tried to find. Fewer commercials, wide variety of material. I don't know if any AOR stations still exist or not. Lots of people listen to satellite channels now which offers a much broader variety of music.

Mrs Rugerhound doesn't like my talk stations, and she insists sometimes on hearing music. Listening to the local stations, I could go back in time 40 years and hear the very same play lists. But it makes for a few very wealthy rockers. lol

Regards, Pete
 
CGDustDevil said:
Trouble with radio here is they play the same stuff over and over. I stopped listening to music radio years ago...
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That is why people bought the albums. I hardly ever listened to the radio but had a heck of a lot of albums and tapes.
 
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