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A haunting, or perhaps melancholic, melody with strange lyrics is one of my alltime favorites. Coincidently, it from the Brits who I number among the best in the movie business. Surely, a few of you remember Alfred Hitchcock who gave us some great suspense thrillers.
The song is "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Brooker/Reid released in 1967. The lyrics below are those in a version sung by Sarah Brightman on her LaLuna album.
"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
And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, af 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 throught 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"
I still have the three ticket stubs from February 19, 2004 for "An Evening With Sarah Brightman" which my daughters, Michelle and Rose, treated an aging father to one of his favorites at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The ticket stubs and a poster of Sarah Brightmen still adorn a wall in my pantry. A strange place, you may say, but three times a day I recall the happy time of "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
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I will send you some cool Spanish websites for you to take a look. Didn't I send them to you earlier or maybe I sent it to someone else?
feliz 5 de mayo! margaritas!
