Homburg (song)

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Name =Homburg


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Artist =Procol Harum
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B-side ="Good Captain Clack"
Released =October 1967
Format =7", 45rpm
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Writer =Gary Brooker, Keith Reid (lyrics)
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Last single ="A Whiter Shade of Pale"
(1967)
This single ="Homburg"
(1967)
Next single ="Quite Rightly So"
(1968)
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Homburg was Procol Harum's follow-up single to their initial 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Written by pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, "Homburg" reached number 5 in the UK charts.

Reid's "Homburg" lyrics contains the same surreal, dream-like imagery and feelings of resignation and futility as in the debut single. The music also features Matthew Fisher's rich and deep Hammond organ, but the piano and guitar has bigger place in the overall sound. The theme is not as clearly Bach-like as in "A Whiter Shade of Pale"; neverthe less the single was, on its release, criticised for being to similar to its predecessor. [cite book|last=Johansen|first=Claes|authorlink=Claes Johansen|title=Procol Harum. Beyond the Pale SAF Publishing, London 2000] The B side of the single is "Good Captain Clack" which was taken from the album "Procol Harum".

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