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Novum words competition

Win a signed album or a pair of VIP passes


Early info about Novum, 2017's new Procol Harum studio album, is in the BtP / Gary Brooker interview which broke the news 
 


Now that the radio-edit of Sunday Morning has been broadcast, there’s excited speculation among fans about what the rest of the new album's song-words will be like.

So here’s a little bit of fun which might land you a signed copy of the album, or a meet-and-greet session with the band for two.

There are eleven songs on Novum.
 

BUSINESSMAN

CAN’T SAY THAT


DON’T GET CAUGHT
 
THE ONLY ONE I TOLD ON YOU
IMAGE OF THE BEAST
 
LAST CHANCE MOTEL NEIGHBOUR


SOLDIER
 

SOMEWHEN
SUNDAY MORNING
 

 

And here we offer you twelve sung lines (one each from a Novum song, and one from an unrelated song)

 


A


Who made you do your homework?
 


G


I’m never alone
 


B


The flowers in his garden laugh at me


H


I rest my defence
 


C


Slowly creeping up the rungs


I


I think of all the bad times
 


D


My life before her was some kind of hell


J


Every day another turn of the screw
 


E


If you blaspheme about my schemes


K


Eternal buildings turned to dust
 


F


I know I’m quite elusive


L


Creepy priests, iconic heroes
 

 

 

Your task:

 

To find the odd-one-out … in other words, find the line that belongs to a song whose title is not listed above.

 

How am I going to do that?

You could use your skill and judgment (trying to match the flavour of each line to the content suggested by one of the titles)

 

Or …

 

You could just have a shot in the dark, giving yourself a one-in-twelve chance of being right.
Get a ‘significant other’ to enter as well, and you’ll have a one-in-six chance.
Or a neighbour, if you’re a craver after more.

 

The prize?

A pair of VIP passes for one Procol Harum concert of your choice during the Novum tour (starts 6 May).
NB these VIP passes will entitle you to meet and greet the band after the show … but they won’t get you into the show … you’ll need to buy concert tickets in the regular way for that, of course

 

Or …

If you can’t make any live shows, a CD copy of Novum signed by the band.

 

How to play:

Just send one letter of the alphabet (from A to L inclusive) to ‘Beyond the Pale’ c/o
webmaster@procolharum.com

 

For example, if you think ‘I’m never alone’ isn’t heard in any of the eleven songs listed above, send us a message saying ‘My single-letter answer is ‘G’’.

 

Simple!

The competition will close on St Patrick's day [17 March 2017] at 23:59 GMT, after which a glamorous assistant (subject to availability) will pluck the winner’s name from the BtP Homburg.

Thanks to Chris Cooke for the prizes here


Competition winner and answers


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