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Procol Harum — A Salty Dog
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kcar
Posted: May 19, 2013 - 13:35
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

BLack Lab by ~eidolic
charles black  ©2007-2010 ~

This is my cousin's dog. he past away a couple years ago; great dog. he commissioned me to do this. he spent his life in the UP of michigan so i figured a snow scene would be appropriate. i think i went through a dozen mech pencils for this one. i didn't use any blending really so i ate up my lead pretty fast. i like it.

.


 
Wish I had half your talent. Love the eyes. 

PFM
(wherever I am)
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 06:08
 
Why replace the cook?

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 18:58
 
 Jim_Highfield wrote:
A masterpiece. Enough said.
 

Indeed!!    {#Cheers}

docentmas
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 02:20
 
Try Zuccero's version Nel cosi blu, even better

P_Xapak
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 17:53
 
I always had a soft spot for this song, from the first time I heard it. 

Jim_Highfield
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 08:16
 
A masterpiece. Enough said.

cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 23:51
 
..after Morcheeba's The Sea?..nicely played, RP!..

Burg
(Wageningen)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 23:51
 
Oh what memories that brings back! Salty days and nights

Screature
(Gatineau, Quebec, Canada)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 10:16
 
I really don't like this song I  find the music and the singers voice to be rather irritating.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 10:15
 
 lily34 wrote:
i don't know why. but this song makes me sad...tears at my heart a little bit. not that that is bad.
 
The stately rhythm and sudden minor chords are probably why. I feel the same way as you. Let's be sad together. Not that it's a bad thing, right?

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 10:12
 
i don't know why. but this song makes me sad...tears at my heart a little bit. not that that is bad.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 10:27
 
 Gregorama wrote:
It appears you had to be there to apprciate it. The hate here is pitiful. Yes, please go listen to your soulless, autotuned robo-pop.
 
Is that the only other option to this?  Seems like a small universe.

Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:32
 
It appears you had to be there to apprciate it. The hate here is pitiful. Yes, please go listen to your soulless, autotuned robo-pop.

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:25
 
Have I mentioned that this was Paul McCartney's favorite band?
Hee Hee... 

sici
(Madison, CT)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:22
 
 scraig wrote:
Tony Bennett needs to be put out to pasture.
 
Apparently you stumbled upon Radio Paradise when you really wanted a station that plays auto-tuned hip hop.

markg063
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:21
 
No morrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:20
 
love this!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:19
 
 scraig wrote:
Tony Bennett needs to be put out to pasture.

Huh? 
huh?
'Tony Bennett'?


tpwals
Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 18:49
 
One of the greatest songs ever, the cello lines are simply amazing.  When I first  heard this album in 67 I was amazed . Thanks RP for your amazing taste. Did I mention Tim Buckley  ???

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 06:09
 
Mr. President, you need to watch your sodium intake.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 15:03
 
painful

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 18:42
 
Aw, c'mon Bill, I gotta go to lunch!

And what's with all the low ratings today?  Is everyone suffering from November doldrums?


scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 10:12
 
Tony Bennett needs to be put out to pasture.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 10:11
 
This is one of those songs that has me reaching for the mute button on the third note. . . 

mike_chouinard
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 10:11
 
Brooker is one of rock's most underrated voices. I'd forgotten him until I came across Kate Bush's Aerial album and thought Steve Winwood was singing the duet with Queen Kate.


dougmbrown
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 10:11
 
The first Genesis album (the only one on Decca) was released in 1969 (Form Genesis to Revelation). Unlike later efforts, it truely sucked, as they must have wanted the group to sound like The Moody Blues. Subsequent work on Charisma fixed all that, and we enjoyed many entertaining efforts in the 70s from Genesis.

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 10:10
 
Others have also mentioned this...there is no need to repeat it.

 boober wrote:
I've mentioned this once before but worth repeating...
Paul McCartney was asked in the mid-70's who his favorite band is.....he said quickly....Procol Harum.
I want to go to Gary Brooker's pub in England and have a pint with him and listen to him sing at the piano.
 



jonsteel
Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 19:24
 
This is one of those songs that takes you back to a time and place (40 years) you can't forget!

macbags
(atlanta)
Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 19:20
 

THE LAST HOUR HAS BEEN SOUNDING POOR?  i WILL LOOK AROUND BUT ......



justsomeone
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 07:35
 
 xtalman wrote:

Maybe a little but I think they are contemporaries more then anything.  Genesis was formed in the early 70's.

 

Nope, Genesis was formed in 1967 (as was Procul Harum).



xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 09:47
 
 bindi wrote:
Tell me that Genesis was not influenced by these guys. . .pioneers, I say!   {#Clap}
 
Maybe a little but I think they are contemporaries more then anything.  Genesis was formed in the early 70's.


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 09:46
 
 moonsaura wrote:
or Peter Gabriel...

 bindi wrote:
Tell me that Genesis was not influenced by these guys. . .pioneers, I say!   {#Clap}
 
 
Um.... Peter Gabriel who was IN Genesis before he went solo? That one you mean?


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 09:46
 
 bindi wrote:
Tell me that Genesis was not influenced by these guys. . .pioneers, I say!   {#Clap}
 
Wow, no joke. At least early Genesis. Not their later pap.


moonsaura
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Posted: Nov 17, 2010 - 06:26
 
or Peter Gabriel...

 bindi wrote:
Tell me that Genesis was not influenced by these guys. . .pioneers, I say!   {#Clap}
 



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Nov 17, 2010 - 06:26
 
I like some of their songs, but this one sounds like they let the dog do the singing!{#Stop}

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 19:50
 
Tell me that Genesis was not influenced by these guys. . .pioneers, I say!   {#Clap}

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 00:59
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Was released in June '69 and here is the artwork:



Thanks so much for that, what a time it was........................

 



boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 07:19
 
I've mentioned this once before but worth repeating...
Paul McCartney was asked in the mid-70's who his favorite band is.....he said quickly....Procol Harum.
I want to go to Gary Brooker's pub in England and have a pint with him and listen to him sing at the piano.

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 07:17
 
wow, last time I heard Van the Man on the vocals from "a whiter shade of pale" , now I hear PG on this song

calypsus_1
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 00:55
 

BLack Lab by ~eidolic
charles black  ©2007-2010 ~

This is my cousin's dog. he past away a couple years ago; great dog. he commissioned me to do this. he spent his life in the UP of michigan so i figured a snow scene would be appropriate. i think i went through a dozen mech pencils for this one. i didn't use any blending really so i ate up my lead pretty fast. i like it.

.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 14:07
 
Was released in June '69 and here is the artwork:




lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 14:06
 
 Limpopoking wrote:
I'm sure Bowie gave this more than one listen {#Think}
 

Very much like this song and other better known tunes from Procol Harum.

But having read mulitple Bowie biographies and hundreds of interviews of him I have never heard him mention the band or Gary Brooker.

He was the master of sucking up - and giving a shout out - to many many influences, famous and not so famous but no mention of Gary Brooker or Procul Harum.

Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 14:00
 
this kinda thing is what gave prog a bad name.

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 11:15
 

I saw them live 1973 in Sweden, at Borgholm Castle. A nice and warm summer night, great show.



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 11:13
 
mute

markthecarp
Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 16:15
 

love all PH—my era—saw 'em live in San Diego '72 in the Civic Concert Hall—drinks were excluded but yobies were passed—PS plz less of the eastern stuff—never found that soothing



pdjpirate
(Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!)
Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 15:54
 
Permission to come aboard Captain! :)

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 06:53
 
And i said it before,,Gary is my favvo singer !

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 06:52
 
 StevenQ wrote:

Procol put out albums, not songs. A Salty Dog (the album) was and is one of my favorites of that time. They didn't crraft nice little stand alone pop tunes. You sort of had to be willing to invest some listening time. The songs don't translate well to stand-alone play for someone who is not familiar with the body of work. Somebody below said something about the lyrics being "cliched and trite". HUH? You don't have to like it, but I cannot understand this comment. If anything, Procol was accused of almost the opposite of cliched — being overyly artsy and intellectual. I really can't imagine exactly which "cliches" these lyrics are guilty of restating. Procol had some of the most "poetic" or "literary" lyrics of any group I ever heard. In short, I'm not surprised that non-comtemporaries would not like this. You sort of had to be there. (that's not the same as saying we just liked it because we were stoned (-;) I mean, it was like, far out man, you dig?
 
   I do dig {#Yes} and agree,,you StevenQ are far out,,,man !{#Cowboy}

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 06:41
 
Gary Brooker....at his best.
a 10 if I've ever heard one.