can any of the older lads tell me what the lyrics of this song means?

[scothunter 12,609]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allegedly when this song first came out.john lennon listened to it all day and said was the best song he ever heard?

 

why does it keep not putting my vid up?anyway the song was a whiter shade of pale

Edited May 6, 2011 by scothunter

[mad al 146]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale

[scothunter 12,609]

  On 06/05/2011 at 09:44, mad al said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale

 

 

cheers al that explains it mate.was listening to it thinking,what the f**k does this mean lol.great tune btw sticks in your head.

[dytkos 17,861]

Acid mate, acid. L.S.D.

 

Cheers, D.

[RicW 67]

Of Course it was drugs. So was everything else in the Summer of Love. So they tell me, I was there so I can't remember.

[j316 119]

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[stabba 10,745]

think it was a sex thing tbh....was number 1 the month and year i was born

[micky 3,325]

  On 06/05/2011 at 09:40, scothunter said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allegedly when this song first came out.john lennon listened to it all day and said was the best song he ever heard?

 

why does it keep not putting my vid up?anyway the song was a whiter shade of pale

It was a nonsense song,just a few words cobbled together with no meaning,the name Procal harum was some type of Egyptian cat.

Great tune though, and as for the summer of love,

Thats something those birds in mini skirts made up, and whispered in your ear when they were trying to get your trousers off.

[martin 332]

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/procol+harum/a+whiter+shade+of+pale_20111595.html

[keepitcovert 842]

Want a druggy sixties song try beatles lucy in the sky with diamonds self explanatory really. Best one was white rabbit jefferson airplane GRACE SLICK the hippie godess what a girl.

[comanche 3,104]

I think the songwriter was just on form . Probably picked up a grain of an idea or a decent one-liner and rolled with it,adding anything that complemented the slightly laid back and surreal theme . It may or may not have been meant to convey any particular message but it gives the impression of some bizzare ,spaced-out party with a bit of erotic hanky panky thrown in ..... Or is that just me ?

 

Its a bit like Hotel California . What's it about man?. Is it a damning indictment of modern society and greed ?.

The Eagles say it means what you want it to . They just cobbled together a combination of words that worked well together .

 

A lot of the best songs come to be by chance formulation. Try too hard to write a classic and the results are usually forced or pretentious .

 

Motorhead probably were'nt aiming to produce a classic when they simply chucked every gambling cliche they could fit into a three minute song and came up

with the infamous Ace of Spades

Edited May 6, 2011 by comanche

[scothunter 12,609]

  On 06/05/2011 at 16:28, comanche said:

I think the songwriter was just on form . Probably picked up a grain of an idea or a decent one-liner and rolled with it,adding anything that complemented the slightly laid back and surreal theme . It may or may not have been meant to convey any particular message but it gives the impression of some bizzare ,spaced-out party with a bit of erotic hanky panky thrown in ..... Or is that just me ?

 

Its a bit like Hotel California . What's it about man?. Is it a damning indictment of modern society and greed ?.

The Eagles say it means what you want it to . They just cobbled together a combination of words that worked well together .

 

A lot of the best songs come to be by chance formulation. Try too hard to write a classic and the results are usually forced or pretentious .

 

Motorhead probably were'nt aiming to produce a classic when they simply chucked every gambling cliche they could fit into a three minute song and came up

with the infamous Ace of Spades

 

 

i read the wickipedia that was posted on the song.it said he was at a party and he heard someone saying to someone.your a whiter shade of pale and it stuck in his head.also says it was about sex.

[mad al 146]

  On 06/05/2011 at 09:47, scothunter said:

  On 06/05/2011 at 09:44, mad al said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale

 

 

cheers al that explains it mate.was listening to it thinking,what the f**k does this mean lol.great tune btw sticks in your head.

 

 

yes agreed a crackin tune, look up the version Annie Lennox did

[Moll. 1,770]

  On 06/05/2011 at 16:28, comanche said:

the infamous Ace of Spades

:clapper:

[dytkos 17,861]

  On 06/05/2011 at 16:12, keepitcovert said:

Want a druggy sixties song try beatles lucy in the sky with diamonds self explanatory really. Best one was white rabbit jefferson airplane GRACE SLICK the hippie godess what a girl.

 

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