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krispyweiss · 1 year

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Former Procol Harum Lyricist Keith Reid Dead at 76

Keith Reid, the former Procol Harum lyricist responsible for “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and most of the band’s other non-instrumental songs, has died.

Reid was 76 when he died March 23 of cancer, Best Classic Bands reported, citing an email sent to Reid’s friends.

One of those friends, comedian Richard Lewis, called Reid “the humble genius” in a tweet.

“I worshipped your imagination and loved you,” Lewis said.

Though he didn’t perform with the group, Reid was a full member of Procol Harum, writing mostly with Gary Brooker, who died in 2022, but also with Robin Trower. Besides “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” those songs include “Conquistador,” “Simple Sister,” “A Salty Dog,” “Shine on Brightly” and “The Devil Come from Kansas,” which Yusuf/Cat Stevens recorded in 2014.

He often appeared in promotional photos and was credited alongside the musicians on every album, except for 2017’s Novum, the only Procol Harum album not to feature Reid’s lyrics.

Outside of Procol, Reid wrote for other artists including John Farnham, whose version of “You’re the Voice” became Australia’s all-time, best-selling song. He also co-wrote the Jeff Healey Band’s “River of No Return” with Jon Tiven.

“When it came to writing words for songs, (Reid) was one-of-a-kind brilliance,” Tiven said on social media. “When it came to being a friend, I couldn't ask for a better one. When it came to collaborating, he brought me a lyric that turned into one of my biggest (if not my biggest) songs. Shine on brightly, genius.”

Reid released his second solo album, In My Head, in 2018.

“Bon voyage, dear friend,” John Waite wrote on Facebook.

3/29/23

#procol harum #keith reid #gary brooker #robin trower #jon tiven #jeff healey #john waite #the babys #john farnham #richard lewis #yusuf/cat stevens #best classic bands

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kalimbaqueen · 9 months

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All of you who notes my posts

#best memes #meme #relatable memes #lol memes #funny memes #positivity #shitpost #love #i love you #freddie mercury #queen band #queen #classic rock

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bilbao-song · 4 months

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The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (x) ↳ requested by @doktordyper

#the police #the police band #80s #classic rock #uploads*#mygifs*#HI sorry this took 400000 years longer than i anticipated #i started like a month ago and then. Well #sgsdjghsdglsghs but here it is i hope u like it!!!! i have leftovers tbh idk what to do w those #there were so many parts that gif worthy tbh. i wanted to include the blue snowsuits but it just didnt work out that way #but like i did actually make gifs of that part so........may post separately idk!!!!!!#also im p sure these aren't in order anymore but it just looked the best this way #anyway sorry again for taking so long lmao #@ other gif request people You're Next #also send more pls i made a google form. it's fun

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livelovecaliforniadreams · 2 years

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[Summary] Winston & Schmidt, they show Nick a little video that he made after Caroline dumped him for the 3rd time. Pitiful old Nick reminds current Nick of all the ways Caroline tormented him. But all Nick can hear is it's time to grow up.

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sk8rambler · 5 months

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happy birthday jimi!! <33

#jhe best band #i love jimi and his doe eyes <33 #jimi hendrix #jimi hendrix experience #noel redding #mitch mitchell #60s psychedelia #60s psychedelic rock #psychedelic rock #acid rock #60s classic rock #60s music #60s

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j-tillow · 8 months

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Neil Peart Born 12.09.1952

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thelasthippie · 21 days

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No doubt. If u love ALL the songs of one band and anyone bores u, is one of your favourite bands.

#hippie #bohemian #rock #classic rock #led zeppelin #john paul jones #jimmy page #robert plant #john bonham #four musicians one soul #best bands ever

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jarofalicesgrunge · 4 months

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Geezer Butler performing at the Hardrock in Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 on 11 March, 1973.

📸by Fin Costello

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welcometohollyweird · 1 year

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Nikki Sixx and C.C. DeVille in 2011 on the ✨Glam-A-Geddon✨ tour

(Look at their big smiles!)

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musicrunsthroughmysoul · 6 months

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Fanny, positively grooving, during their performance of their song "Summer Song" live in 1972 on the Beat-Club (x)

#Fanny band #classic rock #pop rock #Nickey Barclay #Jean Millington #June Millington #Alice de Buhr #Beat-Club #1972 #my gifs #June's faces throughout this whole performance tbh are THE BEST :'D #also Jean the dancing bassist is my faaaaaaaaavorite you know :')

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death-by-mercury · 1 year

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What's Going On - Taste with Rory Gallagher at the Isle of Wight on August 28, 1970

#rory gallagher #isle of wight #classic rock #70s #taste #taste band #my best gifsets yet Isle of Wight ones for sure

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krispyweiss · 2 years

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David Crosby Retires from Touring

- “I’m too old to do it anymore,” he says

David Crosby is done playing live.

“No,” he told Best Classic Bands when asked: “Are you going to tour anymore?”

Crosby is 80, has had a liver transplant and just got over a bout with COVID-19.

“I’m old,” the former Byrd and CSN/CSNY member said.

“Being on a bus tour is a daunting task. It’s very hard. It takes it out of you. I’m too old to do it anymore. I don’t have the stamina; I don’t have the strength.”

Crosby, however, has been on a tear in the studio, releasing five albums since 2014 with another in the can.

As for his “thoroughly unpleasant” COVID episode, Crosby advises: “avoid it if you possibly can.”

“It makes you feel absolutely freaking awful … no fun at all,” he said.

5/12/22

#david crosby #the byrds #crosby stills and nash #crosby stills nash and young #best classic bands

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xomby · 1 year

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my band au of the unit guys has been consuming my every thought so have them feat. my room as a bg

#doctor who #classic who #mike yates #john benton #brigadier lethbridge stewart #dr who fanart #guys i swear it’s the best au on earth the brig is vocals and guitar yates plays bass and benton’s on drums #soo real #and the rockstar drama 🤭😋#my art #unit band au

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into-the-blue-and-sunny-morn · 2 years

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Brian May ★ Hammer to fall, Copenhagen July 17th 2022

#Brian may #queen band #classic rock #happy birthday brian #I still can’t belive I saw them irl #like I am still reeeeling #we were so close too I can’t #took so few pics though #this was about the only video #but I simply couldn’t focus on anything else #It was THE best live show I’ve ever seen #and adam was phenomenal too #just wow #qal #copenhagen

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thegroovywitch · 1 year

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Led Zeppelin performing at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 31, 1970.

Enter Robert Plant, lead singer. He looked like Rapunzel with a comb out. Wearing a body shirt and spray-on blue bells, he gave every straight chick and gay guy the treat of their day. Throughout the first number he seemed more involved in displaying his pelvic virtuosity than his vocal skill. While prancing in his wooden shoes, he thrust out his groin and shimmied his fanny in a delightfully outrageous manner. Finishing his first song with a sexual assualt on the microphone, Plant stood sweating amid the moderate applause of the crowd.

Seeing that his technique only had minimal success on the hip Philadelphia audience, he decided to let them hear what they came for, the LED ZEPPELIN. The rest of Plant’s numbers showed that he was a better singer than eroticist. He squeezed everything he could out of the “Lemon Song,” “Good Times, Bad Times,” “Dazed and Confused”, “How Many More Times” and “Whole Lotta Love”.

The rest of the group, to my amazement, were fantastic. Some of the guitar work by Jimmy Page was even better than the record, which is saying a lot. His use of a violin bow in playing an electric guitar produces some devastating variations which have become the ZEPPELINS trademark. Page assualts, rapes, stomps, beats, and loves his guitar into submission. The instrument seems to say, “you know I can’t do this but if you insist, I’ll try”, every time Page produces another new sound on his versatile music machine. In his solo “Black Mountainside” Page displayed incredible skill and gaged by their reaction the audience realized it.

The LED ZEPPELIN’s drummer Richard Bonham got it on in a thirty minute solo. His speed on the drums seemed to rival Ginger Baker and his rhythm seemed more practiced and accurate than the sometimes sloppy “Toad”: Bonham used drumsticks for the first fifteen minutes and then abandoned them to play only with his hands. It gave the impression of a modern revolutionary beating the war drums but whatever the impression the huge Spectrum crowd dug it, and gave him a standing, clapping, shouting, whistling ovation at the end of his half hour ordeal.

LED ZEPPELIN’s organ was prominent in their first album and a solo base guitar by John Paul Jones showed why. This number showed that the group indeed has depth and that each member can hold court to several thousand critical Philadelphians. By the encore, however, his bass was dragging, as could be seen in “Whole Lotta Love”.

At 11:30 P.M. an exhausted LED ZEPPELIN left the Spectrum stage from the last encore. They were happy. The crowd was happy (Plant made sure of that by asking them several times during the performance. The last time he asked, the notorious Spectrum roof blew off from the audiences responses.) And I was happy. Even with the Spectrum’s inferior acoustics nothing could stop them. The LED ZEPPELIN had renewed my faith in electric rock concerts with a fine performance.

— By Clark Deleon

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lesbiangummybearmafia · 1 year

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There's a lady who's sure

All that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

When she gets there she knows

If the stores are all closed

With a word she can get what she came for

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall

But she wants to be sure

'Cause you know, sometimes words have two meanings

In a tree by the brook

There's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get

When I look to the west

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen

Rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who stand looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, it really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon

If we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn

For those who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter

Oh whoa-whoa-whoa, oh-oh

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May Queen

Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run

And there's still time to change the road you're on

And it makes me wonder

Oh, whoa

Your head is humming and it won't go

In case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one and one is all, yeah

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert Anthony Plant

#led zeppelin #stairway to heaven #everyone should have this song a least one playlist #one of best songs #when I look to the west #70s rock #legendary band #classic rock #70s music #Spotify

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