Sérgio Luiz Gallina
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE (1967) PROCOL HARUM
Canção de estreia da banda britânica Procol Harum, lançada em 12 de maio de 1967, alcançou a primeira colocação no UK Singles Chart em junho de 1967, e permaneceu por seis semanas. Sem muita promoção, atingiu a quinta posição nas paradas americanas.
Mais de 900 gravações por outros artistas são conhecidas. A música foi incluída em inúmeras compilações sobre os sucessos da década e ainda é usada em trilhas sonoras de muitos filmes, como The Big Chill, Purple Haze, Breaking the Waves, The Boat That Rocked e New York Stories (Martin Scorsese). Em uma cena antológica de The Commitments (Allan Parker, 1991), um padre corrige um dos personagens que está executando a música no órgão da igreja em relação à letra e diz que é uma das letras mais horríveis que ele já ouviu. Na verdade, há quem afirme que a canção é resultado de uma grande "viagem".
Os créditos de composição originais foram somente para Gary Brooker e Keith Reid. Em 30 de julho de 2009, Matthew Fisher ganhou direito aos créditos de coautoria da música em decisão unânime do Law Lords.
We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray
----
And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
----
She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed
----
And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale
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