Introducing the ‘multilingual business friend’. I love the song and the lyric…even though I have no idea what it means. I think that Keith Reid loved him some Lewis Carroll, some Poe, perhaps some Salvador Dali, and most assuredly some hallucinogens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZT8vBC7dg
Not really, at least according to this article in The Forward, which I admit is the last place I thought I’d find a story about Procol Harum.
https://forward.com/culture/370234/the-secret-jewish-history-of-procol-harum/
Oops.
Here’s something from the same period that rocks a little harder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_WoEa6CGzk
If we are going down this Procol Harum road, Conquistador from 72 was one of my faves.
Hey, Waterpirate,
Thanks for turning me on to the live version of “Conquistador.” I always loved the song from their first album, but I’d never heard the live version before. It really sounds great with the orchestra.
Welcome