This song is a true gem of rock history. When first released in 1967, of course without orchestra, it was a beautiful song from Procol Harum. This was a couple years after I graduated from high school, but I fondly remember it. I listen to it often. I found this on KZfaq several years ago and listen often. One of the most amazing songs ever writen. As mentioned before his voice has hardly changed as all. I can see you are enjoying it also. Thanks for bringing it back one more time. I'm sure the orchestra enjoyed playing it also.

In my opinion, this is the best live performance of any song EVER. The original studio recording is a masterpiece but this particular live performance elevates it to another stratosphere. No other way to describe it.

RIP lead singer Gary Brooker thank you for this Masterpiece!

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum front man who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” has died. He was 76. R.I.P Gary Brooker.

One of my favorites of all time ...R.I.P Gary Brooker

This song is pure beauty, it’s been moving me to tears for 50+ years. This version is even more powerful than the original. Sometimes if and when the stars align it’s possible to create perfection. This performance was such a singular moment. I’m grateful for having been blessed with the experience. TY

Nice reaction. I am 65 years old and this version of this song has become my favorite song of all time. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes. We all read the emotion on your face. That was the power of this masterpiece.

This is. What great sounds like for the ages. It can’t be topped.

So lovely to see a beautiful young lady enjoying and appreciating music from my youth. Bless you

this must be the best live performance ever , absolutely Beautiful, everything just falls in to place , the orchestra fits in and the choir both make it feel as though they belong to this masterpiece of a song how lucky are we that this beautiful performance took place before Gary passed away, i think he left us with the best ever version of this wonderful song RIP Gary Brooker , let the Angels enjoy ,

Words are not powerful enough to describe a masterpiece like this one.

R.I.P. Gary ... I was lucky to see your band 12 times ...Thanks for the ride!!!

Gary composed the music. Said he was noodling around with a Bach piece on piano , he messed up and out popped this. Pure genius

See the righteous Brothers, you've got that loving feeling

Real music performed by real artists is what this song is. A real performer will take you on a journey and bring you back. I am so glad you enjoyed the song it really is the best version of this song. I saw them live twice in the late 70s and the shows were awesome.

This is the reason I love the internet. Introducing new people to beautiful old music and old people beautiful new music.

This must be the 20th reaction to this version of Whiter Shade Of Pale that Ihave heard and it gets better every time. RIP Gary.

I pray that this is what heaven sounds like. Thank you be blessed.

Sad news to report as lead singer Gary Brooker has passed after a battle with cancer...RIP Gary and thank YOU...for this gem.

I was a sophomore in college when this rock classic was released. This song immediately affected me, and this arrangement is beyond description.

This is a fitting epitaph for Gary Brooker who died recently of cancer. I always thought it ironic that this beautiful, emotional music was pretty much the opposite of what was implied in Keith Reids brilliant lyrics! Thats probably why they were such a great band! I love your heartfelt reaction to this song, and have shed tears over it just like you for decades!

A masterpiece is correct. Perhaps the best live performance ever.

Beautiful performance. RIP Gary Brooker.

Sadly Gary passed away this week ..This was by far the best live performance of a rock ballad .Awesome voice GaryRIP 🙏🌺🌺

This song touches ever emotion in me! Taking me back to the age of 13! Love it so!!! Nothing better!!

one of the best in music history, great review

Considered by many in the music industry as one of the great songs ever.

one of the greatest ever performances of all time. anywhere.

This type of song hits you from the beginning, but it also grows on you the more you hear it.

It is beautiful to see that this epic song from a band from the 1960's still has the power to evoke such emotions from someone as young as you even so many years later. Some music is just timeless and this is a wonderful version of the song

When you listen to this beautiful performance it's like you've gone through therapy and you've been helped.

One of the most beautiful, (and enigmatic), songs ever written; sung by one of the most beautiful rock voices I've ever heard.

I clicked on this video and I’m so grateful that you kept quiet throughout this masterful performance. I’m so wary of reviews of this specific live set as half wits constantly chirping and interrupting it completely ruins it.

This song shows off so amazingly well the absolute power of music to move us!

There are few things as compelling in this world as a beautiful woman enraptured by good music.

I was 21 or two when this first came out in the late sixties, i think. it still moves me today as it did then .

My favorite song of all time. The sound of that Hammond organ with full orchestral backing is just Devine. Thank you Sarah for not talking over it like many others do. Loved your comments and I'm glad it still has a magical effect on young people today as it did on me when I was young.

I’m no so lucky to have grown up with this music , thank you for playing it again

this song is a masterpiece

I've been listening to this song my whole life but have never heard this live version.... goosebumps

A mere youngster at 61 when he gave this performance, his voice doesn't appear to have changed since I first heard this on my old Dansette as a single in 1967.

You could almost feel and hear the angels flying above

This song always makes me emotional ❤🤍

Great music is a real and true time machine .

Thank You for taking Back to the 60s!!!!!

In a class of its own....nothing touches this

On the positive side, Human beings can create so much amazing beauty and love, like this masterpiece....

I have loved this song since I was eight years old, and the love just grows stronger every year, your reaction to it moved me to tears, you are a lovely person xxx

I heard it when it was first released. And I had the same reaction you are having. And I have that reaction every time I hear it. And I'm even moved to tears. I listen to it about once a month. It's stunning even without the orchestra, which was an added bonus at this event. It is a masterpiece and Gary Brooker was a treasure.

Heaven in a song

What a beautiful reaction to this masterpiece. Thank-you

This song is so beaut it can make you feel emotional for sure. Just amazing.

One of my favorite songs growing up. Thank you reacting to it.

I'm 65 now and lucky. I grew up with this music and other great bands like Procol Harum. Happy a young person has discovered it. Please look for moe. I promise you it will be worth it.

In 1967 I was on an all-expenses paid trip to S-E Asia,courtesy of Uncle Sam... this was played on the ship's speakers on the way there. Invoking memories.

Brought tears to my eyes... Takes me back to a much better time!

Watch the original, which in and of itself is a masterpiece, and then rewatch this performance. Tears flowing down my cheeks.

I forgot how much I loved this song. Lots of sweet memories attached to this.

The world most perfect song.

Thanks! Your own response to Luciano Pavarotti was a joy to watch. Whenever I need something uplifting, I love to watch you both-

Hey, Sarah! This song is still incredibly powerful after all these years. It was released in 1967, the year I graduated from high school. It has been one of my favorites ever since. The most amazing thing to me is how little Gary Brooker's voice has changed. At your leisure, find the original recording and compare it to this performance from 15 years ago. Still eagerly awaiting your reactions! You rock!

RIP Gary Brooker. That was an amazing performance 🙏🙏🙏

This is my favourite rendition of his song. His voice has just gotten better and his songs songs are timeless. Thanks for posting this, Sarah. Cheers from Canada 👍🥶😎🇨🇦🏹

I love watching people fall in love with this song/performance!! Great reaction!!💜💜💜🎶🎼🎵🎤🎸🥁🎹🎙

Gary Brooker was good in 1968 when PH released this hit. But he was like fine wine. As he got older, he got better. He was great in this performance. There aren't many artists that can sing as well or better at this age. Many must change their delivery style and not hit all the notes the same, as they did when younger. Gary didn't change anything and hit the notes better than he did in his twenties. I never tire of watching someone watch this performance the first time. The wide open eyes, and the wide open mouth are a dead giveaway that they loved it.

We will miss you Mr. Brooker. Sarah, all first time listeners to this 1967 classic have just been ‘schooled’ to what the roots of rock, blues, jazz, big band, folk and country produced their fruits in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. There are so many more pioneers from that era, too many to mention, but keep searching and you will be captured by the lyrics, melodies, guitar riffs and more. This is probably my favorite version of the song I used to listen to on my round Panisonic AM radio. Remember back then, Dolby, surround sound and stereo were dreams but in R&D, as was FM radio. Curtis-Mathis was the best (price for a blue collar family) console one could buy with a B&W tv and a turn table to play 45’s and albums. How times have changed. Those of us out there remember when tv had only 4 or 5 channels that signed off at midnight and was just ‘snow’. BUT radio was on all night and forever.

I carried the song with me at my young age and never let it go

one of the best perfomance ever

Beautiful genuine reaction Sarah. Take care and best wishes from the UK.

As a reactor, you're in a class by yourself. Thanks for the honesty.

Saw Procol Harum in London 1967 and Gary Brookers voice is ageless.

Hi Sarah, Thanks a lot for sharing your beautiful and enchanting reaction. Love from me in Germany to you in Germany

It's rather bemusing to me to see someone who could be my great-grandchild discovering Procol all these many years later. Yes Sarah it was a band. Look it up! It was/is a really big deal in the 60s culture but outlasted that until recent years with Gary continuing to play concerts from time to time. He was The Man of Procol and whilst other people came and went he was always the star. That said, all due praise to the ineffable Keith Reid who wrote all of the Procol's incredible songs. A Whiter Shade of Pale was one of the first "rock" songs to explore the experience of taking an LSD "trip". Keith describes it in such an inventive way! Oft times on one of these trips you would order a "drink" and instead get "a whole tray"! "While the ceiling flew away"!!

Your reaction to this piece is beautiful. You listen with your whole being. Thanks for the lovely daybreak.

I was around when this song came out and for me, I never really understood the lyrics but the melody was just very soothing and this live version was better than the recording that came out as is most music for me. Live music is never the same and therefore more personal, but especially seeing it live. This is a classic.

I was 13 when this came out, I loved it then and I love it now. If you can fined the original version when it was made as a single you'll get a different feel for it, this was a way I didn't think of it being made, but it's was beautiful. Xx

I so much appreciate your reaction to this beautiful old song. God bless, and RIP mom.

Thank you so much for reacting to this Sarah. It truly is a song that can bring out emotions. Although I've heard it many, many times it still gives me tingles and I never tire of both the original and this beautiful version. Cheers from Canada!

I like how you don't talk over the song. I can see by your face that you appreciate it.

Absolutely loved your reaction! What a beautiful soul you are! 🙂

Sarah , you must hear ' A Salty Dog ' from this concert and also Conquistador . When I was in high school about 1968 I bought their album ' Shine On Brightly ' and fell in love with their style of music . It was a purchase bought on just a hunch and it paid off , big time .

Love watching you discover songs I have known so well and loved for so long ….. Enjoy.

You're right Sarah, one of the truly great song to drift away. Danke schön und grüsse aus den Niederlanden!

Loved your reaction! You never interrupted this fantastic performance

A+++ reaction..so respectful..🙏

I think there are 43 songs that have sold over 10 million physical copies. This is one of them.

A beautiful version of a song that has been a favourite of mine since it was first released in 1967 (I was 13).

This isn't a song this is a religious experience

Hi Sarah 😌... did I see a tear in your eye... it's a beautiful performance...I know how you feel... from a bygone era...a simpler time then... your name means princess...

you got soul. We all feel like you feel. makes me feel the same way about my family. the most beautiful song in the world.

how cool that the first listen brought tears. be it the words or the melody or the music or the voice or the vibe or the ...

This piece is such an absolutely beautiful masterpiece. When I found out the meaning behind the piece it became so much more magnificent.

Watching your reaction was beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.

like all music from the 60s ten times better than anything you hear now, but this is absolutely Brilliant , this is the best live performance ive ever heard , sounds just lilke he sang it back then, thank my lucky stars i wasd born in the early 50s and had the good fortune to hear all these grat songs the first time round, still love listening to them, especially great songs like this

What a brilliant review of a timeless classic done be a beautiful youg woman who really understands and knows her music ❤️👍

Thank you for having the grace to 'listen' to this beautiful song before commenting on it. So many people who have made a live reaction video to this song, have consumately butchered it, by their repeated innane interruptions, as if the vacuum of their silence might cause their reality to implode. There is much truth in the expression, "empty vessels make the most noise". It is not an easy song to understand and everyone will have their own personal take on what it has come to mean for them. But at its heart it is a 'girl-leaves-boy' story.that possesses a majestically-rendered sorrow and tragedy, as portrayed in such devastating lines as, "And although my eyes were open, They might just as well have been close." RIP Gary Brooker. As you say, a masterpiece !!

I love your reaction to this performance … I have watched it several times. Thanks for posting your observation.

Today my eyes are full of tears. RIP Gary

A forever classic

Your reaction is exactly how I react to this song (and especially this version) every. single. time. Well done Sarah, you made a subscriber today!!!