The 70s ( Archived) (1,003)

I saw these guys with Rick Wakeman in 1976. It cost $14 for two tickets, lsd was $2, an ounce of weed cost $10, tuinols cost $3; and you could get a room full of people lost on $10 worth of angel dust.

$44 used to be enough to take a date to a concert, and party for 24 hours!

All I remember anybody singing at that concert, was the word, "Conquistador." lol


What a different world we lived in...



Procol Harum - Conquistador Lyrics


Conquistador your stallion stands in need of company
And like some angel's haloed brow
You reek of purity
I see your armor plated breast
Has long since lost its sheen
And in your death masked face
There are no signs which can be seen

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

Conquistador a vulture sits, upon your silver sheath
And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed
And though your jewel-encrusted blade
Has not been plundered still
The sea has washed across your face
And taken of its fill
And though I hoped for something to find

I could see no maze to unwind
And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

Conquistador there is no time, I must pay my respect
And though I came to jeer at you
I leave now with regret
And as the gloom begins to fall
I see there is no, only all
And though you came with sword held high
You did not conquer, only die
And though I hoped for something to find

I could see no maze to unwind
And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind
And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

Songwriters: Gary Brooker / Keith Reid