Talk:A Whiter Shade of Pale

Annie Lennox version

from Archives: "This article completely ignores the single release that Annie Lennox had with the song... I understand not wanting vaguely notable covers in a long, long list but this was actually a widespread physical release. 12.162.122.6 (talk) 20:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)" There was a partial list of cover versions which was deleted as arbitrary and lacking notability. But this little Annie Lennox entry is a lonely orphan and doesn't set out why this version is notable - can someone add that? Are there not other covers that are noteworthy also? (Sorry, not my field!) Davidships (talk) 19:33, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

ICI Duluxe paint TV commercial in the UK in 1980s

LOL, the compilers totally failed to mentioned a version of 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' was used in the ICI Dulux paint TV commercial in the UK in around the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was the best remembered use of the song/music and anyone over 45 years old will immediately recall the Dulux paint spot on hearing the song. Compilers, please include something about this in the main article. Thanks. 1.36.62.17 (talk) 16:59, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Lyrics

The repeated lyric, "As the miller told his tale" is quite important to the lyric content. The "tale" referred to is titled "The Miller's Tale" and appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It adds to the idea that the woman's face becomes more pale, as the subject of the miller's tale, in Chaucer, has often been considered quite bawdy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericursus (talk • contribs) 23:05, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I think this is definitely relevant information. Added to the Lyrics section, regarding the 'literary references'. It matters because one of the points of the article is that it was unusual to have a song like this in 1967... SuperWiki (talk) 10:31, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I've removed the statement that "the chorus focuses on Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale")" for the following reasons:

• There is only a single line reference to The Miller's Tale in the Chorus. In the full set of lyrics there are quite a number of references to classic literature.
• procolharum.com has some interesting articles about the lyrics. One important thing to note is that Keith Reid hadn't even read Chaucer before writing AWSOP.

Question of dates

It states that "a whiter shade of pale" was No1 one from 8th June 1967- 19th July 1967. I however contradicts a wikipedia page stating that "all you need is love" by the Beatles was No1 from July 7th 1967 for 3 weeks!!

Can you please tell me what song was No1 on the 15th July 1967.

Kind regards,

Scot — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.128.163.90 (talk) 16:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Missing version

Johnny Rivers version of A Whiter Shade of Pale should have been cited in the article. It is absurd to the fact that an article about this song have omitted the version whose success almost exceeded the original one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.102.149.108 (talk) 19:04, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Recording and Personnel

Hello. The last sentence of the section Recording and Personnel seems incomplete. Did Procol Harum ever include this song on an album in the UK? Com Incense (talk) 06:29, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

It's on an album called - Live at Union Chapel which, as the name suggests, is a live version of the song rather than the more famous original recording. This version is also a verse longer.

Oblivion

The song was featured in this recently released movie starring Tom Cruise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.70.193.16 (talk) 17:14, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Crescendo

Something cannot 'reach a crescendo'.

Procul Harum

i always was lead to believe that PH were a Dutch band not English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.47.92 (talk) 12:03, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

They are from Southend-on-Sea