John Lennon once said that this was the best song ever written.

to me, this is best version ever with the orchestra.

This has to be what music in Heaven sounds like!

I heard that song, when I was eight years old, and it stopped me in my tracks. I'm an old woman now and it still takes my breath away. One of the finest songs ever written.

I'm an old man and I've lost a lot of steps along the way , so how is it possible that this man sounds 10,000 times better than when he was young ? 😢

No shame for crying for a masterpiece.

I'm 63 and have listened to this song all my life. It never gets old. I shed a tear when I heard Gary had passed this year. A true artist. RIP you wonderful soul.

I'm 71 years old and been listening to this song since it first came out and this is the best version I've heard. The song was just screaming for an orchestra. Kind of like church, isn't it!

In my lifetime one of the most majestic performances I have ever heard.😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

Cry on brother.... I'm 67 and have listened to this song at least 1000 times since 1967. Gary Brooker's voice only got better over forty years. How anyone cannot consider this a "Top 10" of all time live performances is beyond me (and I'm including Queen at Live Aid)

His voice is just as good as the original. Back in 1972 this song we chose in our wedding to walk down 'aisle' in gorgeous garden wedding in an auntie's house in Rose Park, Adelaide, Australia. Special song for me and enhanced with orchestral background. Think it is the organ that gives this song life and meaning.

I'm 60 and I still wonder why. There were so many deep songs that came out during this time what a treasure!!!!

You can't think of "Whiter Shade" without hearing the Hammond organ. And you can't think about the Hammond organ without hearing "Whiter Shade". The two are eternally linked together. There can't be one without the other.

I'm 75 and remember when it first came out! Very emotional I love it!

We are all on this rock together. Doesn't matter what side of an imaginary border you live on, we all can enjoy great music.

I’m 66 my dads 89 and we both cry together listening to this masterpiece ❤

I cry every time I hear and see this particular version of Gary singing the most wonderful song ever , I got married in 1967 , and my husband and I danced and hugged each other every time it was on , Gary passed in 2022 and my husband passed in 2022, what a sign that is , they are now together , And I cry even more now when I hear it for the two of them . 🥲🥲

My brother was a musician. At his funeral, we played this. There wasn't a dry in the house. It was his favorite song😊

I will never tire of this absolutely great, beautiful song. Never!

Not to many times when a song is perfection. This is one of those times. It's absolutely beautiful and perfection.

In 1967, the first time I heard this, a week after my mother passed, I was 14 yrs old. I knew it would be in my heart and my soul til I was very, very old. At least one time in my life I was right. Thanks Harri. ❤️‍🔥

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's reduced to tears by this. Gary Brooker's voice is incredible.

Nice to see our music last and be appreciated by younger listeners.

This is such an overwhelming performance. Stunning, too much to handle. Bravo!! RIP Gary.

RIP Gary Brooker. Thank you for blessing us with this amazing performance. There is just something so special about this song, it emotionally touches so many people and tears start to flow. It's beyond words.

One of the most beautiful performances you’ll ever see!!

I'm 65 and grew up with bands like this but this song is special. Love your reaction and grateful that you let it play.

Nothing but gratitude and sheer joy for that song and his Voice since I was 20 yrs and living in London...now 78 and still listening. Love your total immersion in this performance...special!

Witnessing that performance is the blessing of a lifetime.

RIP Gary. We miss you so badly. You never lost your voice ever. God Bless and RIP.

I'm 67 years old and have loved this song since it was first released. I was lucky enough to see them live a number of times over the decades. The last time was unexpected. My girlfriend of the time worked for a corporation with front row seats at a somewhat close venue. She told me she had tickets to see Jethro Tull for the next weekend. I didn't ask who would open for them and only found out once at the venue and halfway to our seats when I heard a couple telling their son who looked about 12 years old how he would love Procol Harum. As much as I love Tull I was more than twice as excited to have the chance to see Procol Harum again. That was in 1993 and Gary Brooker still sounded as good as he did when the song was first released, and still sounded fantastic in 2006. He was an incredibly talented man.

Harry, I'm 71 and if you want to know what the 60's were like, this song makes you feel the magic and the purity of that time, revealing it through your heart and soul! You said like it transported you back in time, exactly! The essence is of this song is pure, true and authentic by raising feelings of nostalgia and longing for a spiritual awareness even if it was before your time here on earth.

Tears, I'm 56 years old, die hard Beatles fan, this may be the best , loss for words

The world weeps for the passing of the great Gary Brooker. He without a doubt was one of the foundation stones of rock & roll. Rest in peace.

RIP, Gary Brooker, you co-wrote a timeless masterpiece. “A Whiter Shade of Pale" has been named Britain's most-played song in public places in the past 75 years!

BACH would be impressed for sure

I love to watch old bands nail it decades later.

At age 82, Whiter Shade of Pale came into my life and will aways be my most favorite piece of music. It takes me away!!!!

The voice,that organ,those drums,that orchestra,that choir....Tears of joy are the correct response❣👊

This is too emotional. He's blessed with an amazing voice. These are the kinds of music I grew up on. Unbelievable!!!!

Jesus Brooker's vocals are absolutely stunning. You got it right, Harri, his voice is like it's in a time capsule. So transplendent.

Possibly the best song ever written. John Lennon was listening to it over and over in his rolls in 67.

This song wont let you forget it even years later.it stays with you and all those memories throughout those wonderful years

That organ line goes right into your soul. Even for me as a little kid in 1967.

This version is just sublime and I won't lie gave me a lump in my throat . The intro I think is more or less the Bach piece that whiter shade of pale is based on and when Gary's piano comes in it just sent chills down my spine .The choir towards the end really lifts the song ,I've been watching this video for years and I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves because it's an incredible rendition of an already all time great song

Truly is the most beautiful song live, ever!

This is even better than the original.

This song always brings me to tears. But the end of the song when the horns come in is so celebratory as though this is what it is going to feel like when my soul returns to God and Jesus. On earth, people may cry at my passing but in heaven they will be rejoicing my arrival.

I was a teen in the sixties. This was the first song I'd play with when I ran upon a jutebox. Indeed it was a magical Era.

I cry every time I hear this. I first heard it fresh in the 60's and it had the same effect then. Powerful music and voice. The 60s and 70s had the best music the world has ever heard.

The older I get, the more I love this song!💜💜💜

Absolute masterpiece of a song and such a heart felt performance. Gary's voice just keeps getting better with age

Let those tears flow, my man! The pristine beauty of this arrangement pulls them right out of your eyeballs!

So many years later and his voice is better than ever. RIP sir!

Takes me back to 67 when this beautiful song came out. The music is unbelievable. These were young man in there 20s. Writing this music. So dam beautiful

I think Gary Brooker's voice sounds better at 60.

One thing I really appreciate about Harri , is his genuine love of music. When Harri almost choked up, I almost choked up too. 😥 Been listening to Whiter Shade of Pale for years and the lead singer made this version on par with the original recording. Raw and True talent.

“…her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale”. I mean, seriously, come on! EASILY one of the best lines ever written. And this performance…is arguably one of the best live performances of any song, ever. I’ll even go so far as to say it’s epic!

Man, thats just the right emotion for this absolute masterpiece

I don't have the words to describe how absolutely brilliant and gorgeous this song is. Fucking marvelous mwah

I love the way they add one layer after another. Best arrangement of this song ever.

In 1972, Procol Harum recorded the first album of a rock band with a symphony orchestra in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In '92 I was working in a Mexican restaurant in Edmonton and it was my first night closing the kitchen alone. I was waiting for midnight when I could close up, and I heard 'Conquistador' coming from the bar area. I had never heard a bar band cover this song and had to see who it was, so I poked my head from the kitchen and there was a bunch of people on stage in tuxedos, some with jeans from the waist down and tails above. It was the twentieth anniversary of the original concert and they were back in town for a repeat performance and came to my bar afterwards to party. It was an amazing night.

Whats that they say any one can sing .. oh really.. well here is the real deal , a world class vocalist of genuine excellence, sublime songwriting, and a superb heavenly arrangement. All involved inspired to reach that illusive further level of performance. Utterly fantastic and loved as much as when I first heard it as young lad.

Procol Harum was one of the most iconic bands from the late 60s and 70s and I should know I was there it was a great time to be alive

Gary Brooker - a true musical genius. Note the way he looks to the orchestra before he starts to sing.

In the late 60's to 70, there were some tunes that had no antecedent ...to wit.... Whiter Shade of Pale, Crystal Blue Persuasion, Alright Now, Green Eyed Lady and Spirit in the Sky to name a few. What a flowering of musical genius and what a great time to have been alive...

I had the same reaction Harry! I was in Air Force Tech School in 67 when this first came out and thought it was a haunting song. But then I heard this 2006 version and was just blown away! The singer just died the last year or so. I think his name was Gary Brooker. What a fitting piece of music to be remembered by!! PEACE....

Chills still after hearing this song for 55 years.

I heard Procol Harum and Gary Brooker perform live in 1973. This performance is even better than their performance back then. Such a rich voice and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra was simply perfect. I love your reactions. It is so wonderful to see music stir your soul like it does. I'm also a huge Beatles fan (Saw The Beatles live in 1966) and I enjoy your Beatles reactions too. Rock on Brother Harri. Peace ✌

I got emotional and it's not even my era, can only imagine how I'd feel if this was an anthem of my youth. Amazing performance, tragic he's gone.

The original is sublime...yet leaves you thirsty. This one...It quenches the thirst endlessly!!!

brings tears to my eyes every damn time. one of the best songs and performances ever

They are not "rock stars", they are true musicians. Splendid rendition. Gary Brooker is the master. He can sing to me anytime.

The choir totally lifts this version through the roof...

Remember this song from the 60,s But this version blue me away,what a voice Gary had and may he rest in peace.

It's a pleasure to watch a true music lover listen to great music.

I'm glad Gary was able to record this version. This is a gift to the universe.

A modern day "Air on a G String" ! Probably the best song written and performed in the modern era! BRAVO !

I have trouble producing tears, and this version almost always brings me to cry. This is probably the greatest live performance in history. I'd give anything to have been there. Rumor has it he was battling cancer the first time when he did this.

A new masterpiece of an old masterpiece

I was a teen there in England when this came out and it affected everyone of my generation. It was before the Beatles really took off too. Yes. We all felt it was ecstatic and I never knew what the words were then, but it did not matter. We sat on a cliff one night at midnight and this was playing from a party behind us, and I have never forgotten how that felt. It took us all to some heights of emotion that we had never felt before. Yes WE CRIED too... and I still feel that now 50+ years later.

One of the best songs ever wrote timeless

We should all be enjoying music together all the time - regardless of age, race, religion, or anything else… Peace Everywhere! Free Palestine! No more Wars!

This is truly one of the greatest songs ever written, it transforms time and genre without loosing anything in translation. I am amazed every time I hear it.

Undoubtedly one of the best songs of the past CENTURY!!! Pure 60's emotion . . . It captures the unique time and space of a newfound consciousness . . . 🙏🏻

My favorite song of all time. Especially this one with the orchestra and choir. Absolutely the best.

Frederick Nietzsche "Without music, life would be a mistake"

I watch this at least once a week because my soul needs something this beautiful.

Oh my God his voice never changed

Ohh, to have been there, sitting by the water, looking at that medieval tent, listening to this !!! Amazing ! when they hit the last few notes of the ending and that choir holding on to the end, it brought tears to my eyes and I bet there were people in the audience having similar reactions. Tears must have been shed that day in Denmark . The Beatles were song writing geniuses and no one will ever knock them off their throne, but they never wrote anything of this caliber. Harri, you have got to look up and read the lyrics. They ARE the song and they WILL show you the genius of this man who wrote them and sang them . And think of this : This was written by a bunch of kids !

Hearing that vocal chorus when it starts to swell in the background grabs me every time! The original recording has been a favorite of mine since it first came out...but this...THIS...is extraordinary! Gary's vocals, the band, the orchestra, the chorus...and of course, that iconic Hammond organ! So delighted the performance was taped so we can watch, listen and experience this masterpiece over and over! Thank you Harri, for acting on your subscriber's request!👍👍👍

I am 67 Harry and I cannot tell you where this song takes me emotionally. What I do know is that the 60s were the most beautiful times, especially for me, living in London when it was the most wonderful place to live.

I'm 66 and have loved this song as long as I can remember..it's not just the lyrics or the music it's the whole experience..you've helped me describe how I've always felt..the saddness, the beauty and the place it takes you..as you were saying that I was thinking...yes! that's exactly how I feel. I've always loved the original but this one is so beautiful..enhanced.

…iconic beautiful song.A Voice made in heaven. Thanks Gary..

Magic. It has to be magic because it’s the only explanation that fits.

Also fighting the tears every time I hear it. The same when I hear God only knows.

This is one of those songs which will never age, never be old. Gary was an amazing vocalist and artist, he will be missed but left this beautiful work of art.

One of, if not the best live performance ever. And let me say, I would not have been able to stay in my seat.

Absolutely incredible. The entire band has aged like fine wine, getting even better with time.

Harri this song is timeless. It was my older brothers and sister-in-laws song, We played it at his funeral, I miss him so much. What a comfort to hear this version. RIP GARY