Gregorama
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: May 18, 2004 - 11:16 | |
mapple wrote:Reading through the comments here, I guess I'm in the minority as I really don't like this. Maybe it grows on ya after a while?  Maybe the rest of us boomer types liked it because it was better than watching the TV and seeing Hee Haw or the Monkees, or watching soldiers get killed on TV. (Deja Vu?)
Stuff like this, compared to the white bread world a lot of us lived in in middle class America in the 60s or 70s was refreshing to hear, in a world where conformity was overwhelming.
Not all art rock has survived as well as this.
I always loved this guy's voice, yet still couldn't tell you his name... |
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steeler
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I guess you had to be coming of age with "prog" music to like it now. But, I agree with other comments that Procul Harum just seemed somehow profound. I can also see how others would think it overblown.
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rulebritannia
(Sussex countryside, England) | | Posted: May 05, 2004 - 07:11 | |
Monkeysdad wrote:My dad bought me this cassette when I was 12, thanks Dad! I bought this for me when I was 15! Thanks, me! Actually, this isn't my favorite PH, but still a song that stirs deep contemplation. |
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mapple
(Mpls) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2004 - 09:33 | |
Reading through the comments here, I guess I'm in the minority as I really don't like this. Maybe it grows on ya after a while? |
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Monkeysdad
(Chatsworth, CA) | | Posted: Apr 09, 2004 - 14:55 | |
My dad bought me this cassette when I was 12, thanks Dad!
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Red_Dragon
(somewhere in the great midwest) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2004 - 16:01 | |
a true classic...excellent
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throwback
(Bailey, CO) | | Posted: Dec 10, 2003 - 17:33 | |
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Pusherman
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2003 - 11:05 | |
Apparently, I'm swimming upstream here...but this is marginal. The drama? Seagulls? Maybe, again, I'm lacking the historical perspective. |
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MsJudi
(TX) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2003 - 22:14 | |
OMG, thank you RP |
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Spliff
(Mountain Home, AR) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2003 - 11:41 | |
Excellent! Quiet desperation.
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bluedot
(long beach, CA) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2003 - 12:25 | |
a couple of things about procol harum.
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first, when they did this song, their guitarist
was robin trower! he contributed some guitar-driven
songs that were very cool in this "prog" context.
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second, procol harum is STILL TOGETHER! click here
to check out a daily-updated procol harum website:
http://www.procolharum.com/
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ChanceM3
(Piedmont, CA) | | Posted: May 05, 2003 - 14:23 | |
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epod34
(Brooklyn, NY) | | Posted: May 05, 2003 - 14:22 | |
Originally Posted by Mack:
trip the light fandago - baby
right on  |
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Mack
(London) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2003 - 09:37 | |
trip the light fandago - baby
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brianlj
(Cambridge) | | Posted: Feb 23, 2003 - 03:55 | |
'Music to contemplate by.'
Excellent. |
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tonyp2
(Honolulu, HI) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2002 - 21:15 | |
1973: rock began to spiral out of its dominant orbit. Somewhere in the background Procol Harum was playing. It seemed intelligent, persuasive.
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GregX59
(Omaha, NE) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2002 - 09:56 | |
I remember thinking this was pretty cool about 25 plus years ago. It did not age well. Pretty good arrangement, but the lyrics are so cliched and trite.
I guess it was the chemicals back then...
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waryofthis
(Doraville, GA) | | Posted: May 02, 2002 - 19:58 | |
yes and beautifully sung lyrics, very prog rock indeed
Originally Posted by vaxcrasher:
Nice to hear this from something than my personal music collection - good pick! |
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vaxcrasher
(Plano, TX) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2002 - 09:24 | |
Nice to hear this from something than my personal music collection - good pick!
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lily33
(Uniontown, PA) | | Posted: Jan 05, 2002 - 19:30 | |
really, really liked this. i was surprised when i looked that it wasn't very old genesis, and instead is procol harum.
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Dog_Breath
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2001 - 14:50 | |
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Cy
(Gardena, CA) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2001 - 09:04 | |
Wow, I haven't heard this one in about a hundred years. Thanks RP! :)
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