| 词条 | Conquistador (Procol Harum song) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Conquistador | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Procol Harum | album = Procol Harum | released = September 1967 | format = | recorded = June 1967 Olympic Studios, London | studio = | venue = | genre = Psychedelic rock | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=42}} | label = Regal Zonophone (UK) Deram (US) | writer = Gary Brooker, Keith Reid | producer = Denny Cordell | tracks =
}}{{Infobox song | name = Conquistador | cover = ConqustadorProcolHarum.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Procol Harum | album = In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | released = 1972 | format = 7" single | recorded = November 18, 1971 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton | studio = | venue = | genre = Psychedelic rock, symphonic rock | length = 5:02 4:16 (single edit) | label = Chrysalis | writer = Gary Brooker, Keith Reid | producer = Chris Thomas | chronology = Procol Harum | prev_title = A Salty Dog | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = Grand Hotel | next_year = 1973 }} "Conquistador" is a song by the British psychedelic rock band Procol Harum. Written by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, it originally appeared on the band's 1967 self-titled debut album. It was later released as a single from the band's 1972 live album In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. It is one of the band's most famous and popular songs and their third Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (after 1967's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Homburg"), peaking at number 16. Background and compositionThe song's lyrics were written by Keith Reid, and its music was composed by Gary Brooker, who also sang. It was featured on the band's 1967 album, Procol Harum.[1] The song is unusual in that the music was written before the lyrics; according to Reid, "99 out of 100 of those Procol Harum songs were written the words first, and then were set to music." He explained that Brooker had written a piece of Spanish-flavored music before the band had officially formed, and Reid decided to write lyrics about a conquistador.[2] In August 1971, Procol Harum was invited to perform with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Edmonton, Alberta. "Conquistador" was added to the set with little time to spare, and the orchestra had no time to rehearse. Nonetheless, they began the concert with the song, and the concert was captured on the album In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, of which "Conquistador" was the lead single.[3] Lyrics contentThe narrator of "Conquistador" addresses the body of a long-dead conquistador in a desert setting. He at first jeers the desiccation and desolation of the corpse, but regrets his mockery and offers pity for the lonely and futile fate of the conquistador, "You did not conquer, only die." The refrain consists of the morose couplet: {{quote|I could see no maze to unwind with which the selection closes just before its instrumental trumpet coda, which gives it a mariachi-esque but mournful sound. The song is featured heavily and with great importance in the movie New York Stories in Martin Scorsese's opening short film, Life Lessons. Release and receptionBesides "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Conquistador" was the band's highest charting single. It peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 29 July 1972, exactly five years to the date after "A Whiter Shade of Pale" ascended to its #5 peak, and helped catapult the album into the top five.[3] "Conquistador" peaked at #22 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] The song was generally well received by music critics. Bruce Eder of Allmusic praised it as "the most accessible song" on Procol Harum Live In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, adding that "nothing else [on the album] matches it for sheer, bracing excitement."[3] It was listed on Dave Thompson's 1000 Songs that Rock Your World.[5] Personnel1967
1972
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Notes1. ^{{cite web| last=Eder| first=Bruce| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/procol-harum-mw0000040750| title=Procol Harum review| work=Allmusic | publisher=Macrovision Corporation| accessdate=July 12, 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15264| title=Conquistador by Procol Harum| work=Songfacts| accessdate=July 12, 2012}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| last=Eder| first=Bruce| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-concert-with-the-edmonton-symphony-orchestra-mw0000767676| title=Live In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra review| work=Allmusic | publisher=Macrovision Corporation| accessdate=July 12, 2012}} 4. ^1 Roberts 2006, p. 440 5. ^Thompson 2011, p. 138. 6. ^Go-Set National Top 40, January 31, 1968 7. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|format=doc|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} 8. ^Flavour of New Zealand, 16 October 1972 9. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 29, 1972 10. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|format=doc|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicandyears.com/year/1972 |title=Best of 1972 songs and music, on |website=Musicandyears.com |date=12 November 2010 |accessdate=13 July 2017 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916000000/http://www.musicandyears.com/year/1972 |archivedate=16 September 2011 |df= }} 12. ^{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}} References
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}
|first= Dave |last= Thompson |year= 2011 |title=1000 Songs that Rock Your World |publisher= Krause Publications |location= Iola, Wisconsin |isbn= 1-4402-1422-0}} External links
8 : Songs with lyrics by Keith Reid|1967 songs|1972 singles|Procol Harum songs|Songs written by Gary Brooker|Live singles|Chrysalis Records singles|Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer) |
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