She said "there is no reason / And the truth is plain to see" / But I wandered through my playing cards / And would not let her be

17 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum - 1967

Canción tradicionalmente traducido al español como «Con su blanca palidez» perteneciente a la banda británica Procol Harum.  Desde su publicación en 1967 ha vendido más de 10 millones de copias, está inspirada en Johann Sebastian Bach. Convirtiendose en un clásico,  y siendo desde siempre la canción de referencia de Procol Harum a través de los años.


Tiene el honor de ser la canción que más veces se ha emitido en las emisoras británicas junto a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ de Queen.
John Lennon la escuchaba una y otra vez, Brian Wilson la imagina como su marcha funeraria y a Billy Joel le hacía viajar sin moverse del sitio aunque no la entendiera.
Sonaba distinta a cualquier cosa que ponían en la radio en aquel momento. La parte del órgano de Matthew Fisher era la parte principal del disco. Tenía un elemento de música clásica; no sabía de lo que hablaba la letra, pero me transportaba a otro lugar, era evocadora. Hay mucha música que te habla.


We skipped the light fandango
And turned cartwheels across the floor
I was feeling kind of 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 at 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 through 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 just as well have 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