Procol Harum: Difference between revisions

* [[Dying Dream]]: "The Dead Man's Dream"

* [[Epic Rocking]]: "In Held Twas In I"

* [[Fake Band]]: Originally. Brooker and Reid recorded "Whiter Shade", and had to assemble a band when it hit.

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Their popularity in the United Kingdom faded quickly after their first single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and from then on they toured mostly in the United States (in the late 1960s) and continental Europe (from the 1970s onward).

* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: According to [http://www.procolharum.com/young_cat-claude1.htm this page], the band's first manager, Guy Stevens, happened to look at a pedigree certificate for a cat named "Procul Harun", and immediately suggested it as the band's name. (The cat's owners actually called him "Claude"; "Procul Harun" was only a name chosen by the cat breeder. The "Procul" part was the breeder's registered prefix, and "Harun" is an Arabic equivalent of "Aaron".)

* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Mentioned in the lyrics of "Monsieur Armand" (re-recorded as "Monsieur R. Monde" - see [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] below), with the "other" person telling the narrator that the former is Jekyll and the latter is Hyde.

* [[Koan]]:

{{quote| '''Pilgrim:''' I wish to know the meaning of life, father.<br />

'''Dalai Lama:''' Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it? }}

** "Conquistador" did well in the U.S; and their album sales made up for any lack of success on the pop charts.

* [[Rock Me, Amadeus]]: The middle section of "Repent Walpurgis" comes from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s ''Prelude No. 1 in C major'' (BWV 846).