', 'No. He offered 'The Muhammad Alis', 'The Queers' or 'Status Quo' said Rossi. At this time, '66, '67, I was Der Song Wisky Train ist in meinen Augen ein zeitloses mitreißendes Stück Rock, das im Verlauf in zwei atemberaubende Gitarrensoli mündet, die sehr präzise und voller Dramatik daher kommen. Bandgeschichte. Ein Übermittlungsfehler machte schließlich aus einem „n“ ein „m“ und fertig war der außergewöhnliche Name, die … [but read Gary Brooker's opinion], 'The cat would now be more than twenty-five years old, so I would guess that it's no longer of this world. A lot of modern day groups should listen to this and if it doesn't make them give up it might just inspire them to greater things. Kat.-Nr. The lp is overridden with themes of death, and the instrumentation is lush and about as subtle as your average Hammer horror film. And somebody else, in fact a chap called Guy Stevens who was quite instrumental in Gary [Brooker, the singer and pianist] and myself getting together in the first place, said, 'Oh, you must call the group Procol Harum'. (Gary Brooker once claimed that it was a cat with magical properties, 'an uncanny cat: no-one has ever been able to take his picture'.). Die Songs sind meist düster und schwer. One translation was "far from these things." Procol Harum läuteten den Progressive Rock mit ein, auch wenn es diesen, in seiner ausgeprägten Form, auf diesem Album noch nicht zu hören gibt. Legend tells that the cat was a Burmese Blue, and that he lived until 1972. He notes: 'no source is given for this interview and it contradicts the 'misspelt-when-heard-over-the-'phone' version of the story retailed more recently'. Often, they were accompanied by a young The gossip page of the NME, 3 June 1967, stated that ‘Deram’s Tony Hall has a cat with Procol Harum pedigree.’ Hall was Decca’s Head of Promotions, and in charge of the band’s label, Deram. In September 1995 Mojo magazine published this picture of 'Guy Stevens's cat, the original Procol Harum'. I'm speaking particularly here of the big set pieces, "Whaling Stories" and "The Dead Man's Dream". Play next; Play now; Procol Harum - Salad Days by ClassicRockVideo. Der Ursprung der merkwürdigen Bezeichnung führt in Internetforen nach wie vor zu hitzigen Debatten. Procol Harum läuteten den Progressive Rock mit ein, auch wenn es diesen, in seiner ausgeprägten Form, auf diesem Album noch nicht zu hören gibt. "About to die": mehr Gänsehaut geht im Rock nicht. They reformed in 1991 and have remained active to date. So they describing a month long pub-crawl in Britain. 'What is?' It was the manager of the band, Guy Stevens, who came up with the band name: a friend of his had a cat called Procol Harum - at least that was what the cat’s name sounded like. Images Comments and Reviews : Ade Macrow 5th Feb 2017 : If Procul Harum appears anywhere, then it's a mistake. 5:38. Der Name „Procol Harum“ stammt angeblich von der burmesischen Katze des Produzenten Gus Dudgeon, welche Procol Harun gerufen wurde. It's very difficult for people to get the hang of.' Procol Harum here is presented without a sense of humor, and Keith Reid's poetry is beginning to read like a fourteen year-old imitating Edgar Allan Poe. Guy Stevens, their original manager, suggested the name based on a friend's Burmese cat. guitar and Ash handing round the hat. Get Procol Harum setlists - view them, share them, discuss them with other Procol Harum fans for free on setlist.fm! He was always around 2:32 . 'I had this cat called Procol Harem,' Other (Cat # LP2): 2338 020; Andere Versionen (5 von 8) Alle anzeigen. Play next; Play now; Procol Harum - In the Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence 1971 by fritz51355. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Procol Harum-Sammlung. Lesen Sie Rezensionen und informieren Sie sich über beteiligte Personen. Gary Brooker und Keith Reid gründeten Procol Harum 1967. It’s widely agreed upon that a friend had a cat named Procol Harum and the name stuck. 4 Wochen LP EUR 21,99* Artikel merken In den Warenkorb Artikel ist im Warenkorb Procol Harum. mine. Guy Stevens was not the only svengali of the period to dole out a Latinate name to his protégés. 'Is it? Den vorläufigen Namen Pinewoods tauschen sie vor der Veröffentlichung gegen Procol Harum ein. In September 1995 Mojo magazine published this picture of 'Guy Stevens's cat, the original Procol Harum'. Thanks, John Greenway, Win a year's supply of pork scratchings. They thought it was Arabic, but found that it was Latin. Juni 1970 Aufnahme 1970 Label(s) Polydor: Format(e) LP Genre(s) Progressive Rock. Gefällt 113.036 Mal. 941 Reissues. 'Who owned that cat that Procol Harem were named after.' he asked me. Procol Harum - Seem To Have The Blues All The Time by Filip983. But s seemed quite apt. We never even questioned it, never even thought if it was a good name, we just went ahead with that suggestion. Procol Harum (/ ˈ p r oʊ k əl ˈ h ɑː r əm /) is an English rock band formed in 1967. Home (Procol-Harum-Album) Zur Navigation springen Zur Suche springen. In late May 1967, New Breed responded to demand by issuing a photograph of the suddenly famous pet … and that really put the cat among the pigeons. Which is exactly what I said in the first place! (Gary Brooker once claimed that it was a cat with magical properties, … 3:33. Once we put the record out, people started to say, 'Oh, it's Latin, and it means 'beyond these things'. ‘The band Procol Harum was named after a Blue Burmese male cat named Procul Harun,’ confirms Rosemary, after consulting the registration document and pedigree certificate the Cat Club was bequeathed when the cat’s breeders died in the mid Eighties. Procol Harum: formed in London in 1967 and are most famous for the hit A Whiter Shade of Pale. PH on stage | PH on record | PH in print | BtP features | What's new | Interact with BtP | For sale | Site search | Home. We don't know how the cat's name was originally spelt (the story has appeared in many variants) or if Stevens was really the owner, or whether this is really his picture. It's the pedigree name, and it belonged to a friend of ours, just somebody that we used to hang out with when we were forming the band. Bandgeburtstag. The real quality is in the song writing, musicianship, vocal virtuosity and imagination. Perry. One of our favourites is Broken Arm. They hadn't even known what 'Status Quo' meant when their manager suggested the name. Die Geschichte dieses Liedes nimmt ihren Anfang am Ende einer wilden Party. In an interview, lyricist Keith Reid, who was always listed as a full-fledged member of the group on their albums, recalls the genesis of their name: 'It's the name of a cat, a Siamese cat. Sold it to Hendrix a few times. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies.Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog.. The Longest Crawl, by Ian Marchant, is a newly-published book (2006) that of the author. So whose cat was it? Then they were told that they had misspelled it and that it should be procul harum. We used to score off of him.'. But in fact, we had spelled it incorrectly. It seems perfectly unsurprising that such a deal of doubt attaches to the history of this legendary feline. Erfahren Sie mehr über Veröffentlichungen, Rezensionen, Mitwirkenden und Lieder von Procol Harum - A Salty Dog auf Discogs. Künstler Titel (Format) Label Kat.-Nr. That was it really. Thanks to Sam Cameron for sending this to BtP. If we'd spelled it correctly; it would have meant beyond these things. Grand Hotel. Dedicated to the music of Procol Harum Procol Harem, I said. 1972 wurde es unter dem Titel A Whiter Shade of Pale wiederveröffentlicht. Procol Harum feiern 2017 ihren sage und schreibe 50. ukulele player known as 'Long Haired Eric' (Eric Clapton) ... Ash passed his It should have been P-R-U-C-U-L, I think, or P-R-U-C-O-L H-A-R-U-M. changed the name of the band'. The 'T2' section of The Times (25 October 2002) contained an item about the longevity of Status Quo, from which the following paragraph is excerpted: "Both Rossi and Parfitt seemed to feel that their lives had just sort of happened. Land Jahr; TOOFA 10, 2635 009: Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly / Home ‎ (2xLP, Comp, RE) Cube Records, Cube Records: TOOFA 10, 2635 009: UK: 1972: Diese Version verkaufen: ZCTOF 10: Procol Harum: Doubleback Vol. Procol Harum certainly don't fall into that category. We don't know how the cat's name was originally spelt (the story has appeared in many variants) or if Stevens was really the owner, or whether this is really his picture. It's the pedigree name, and it belonged to a friend of ours, just somebody that we used to hang out with when we were forming the band. group called the Paramounts. 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