A Whiter Shade Of Pale . . . Procol Harum

A bleak day with the cold from down south reaching us.  It can't make up it's mind if it will rain so just a flower from the garden for the blip.
I have hit podcast heaven with The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs presented by Andrew Hickey.  He is going from 1938 to 1999.  He hasn't finished and is up to song 176 Sympathy For The Devil The Rollin Stones.  There are music samples, social history and the narrative of how the song was written, the history of the group/singer their management etc. It is just my thing.  
Did you know:   
after a party at Stevens’ house, where Stevens said to his wife that she looked tired and had turned a whiter shade of pale. Reid came up with a lyric based on that line, while Brooker started noodling around a musical idea 
The Speakeasy Club was also where Paul McCartney first heard the record, in the company of Eric Burdon and Keith Moon. McCartney decided it was the best record he’d ever heard — and that night he also met his future wife Linda Eastman for the first time. He later gave her his copy of the record as a memento of their first meeting