A Whiter Shade of Pale....

I first heard "A Whiter Shade of Pale" in London in my late teens. Today, almost six decades later, this masterpiece evokes the same emotions as it did when I first heard it.... just how can a song be so perfect... the first time...and every time I hear it since...I sit silent and transfixed, totally lost in the song. All the good, the bad, the sad, and happy things that have happened in my life ever since...all these things fill my head and I am happy, sad, troubled, and feeling good all at the same moment...that is what A Whiter Shade of Pale does to me....and will always do to me until I leave this earth. I want this song to be played in my last conscious moments on this earth...so that I can again think, for the last time, all the good, the bad, the sad, and happy things that have happened in my life.