Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale, by Steve Stav

I’ve said this before, but it bears revisiting. My father – who was a “square” in the late 60s, musically – once replied with this when I asked him what the iconic song of his generation was, looking back. I was surprised that he knew this song, to begin with. Though it was recorded in ’67, I consider it the decade’s epitaph. Man, what a unique classic. That organ…

– Steve Stav