#procul harum

[music-interpretation-review]

Very Best Cover Tournament Redux

The first tournament this blog ran was for the the Very Best Cover, but in all the polls, we never voted on the frank comparison of each cover versus the original version. This special feature will allow voters to determine which version of the song is better: its original incarnation, or the cover that competed in the tournament.

Note that some of the original recordings will be deep cuts the listener is unfamiliar with, because a cover (whether the one that competed in the tournament, or another) is more famous.

Which is better?

A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harum

A Whiter Shade of Pale by MainSqueeze

Voting ended onJan 24

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Procul Harum (1967)

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Procol Harum, Fillmore East, NYC 1968 photo by Elliot Landy

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Procul Harum, tho. Man, is this not one of the greatest songs?

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SONG OF THE DAY

Song: A Whiter Shade of Pale

Artist: Procul Harum

Songwriters: Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, and Matthew Fisher

Release date: May 12, 1967

Lyrics on Genius

One of the most perfect pop songs of all time, "A Whiter Shade of Soul" mixes 60s soul with baroque Summer of Love psychedelia and inscrutable lyrics. As the kids say today, "it's a mood."

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RIP GARY BROOKER (and of course Johann Sebastian Bach)