I’m 18 years old and i can’t express how much Keith has made life worth living. I’m ready to move into college in a couple of days but with Elp and the nice at my disposal I can do anything.
Good comment. It is what I listened to when I went to college (100 years ago-albums and cassettes) along with Patrick Moraz (album I), Yes, Rick Wakemen and many others. For some reason ELP helped me concentrate better with headphones while I did homework in college.
Are Longa Vita Brevis was one of the greatest ever albums of the period. . Loved The Nice. Saw them a couple of times in small venues in the days when you could actually catch a world class band in a club or hotel for small change. This is the best early film I’ve seen of these guys.
As a teenager I was looking for a way to express the pain of an abusive childhood. I played the piano but classical music didn’t move me. Then a friend played me Five Bridges. It was a revelation. THAT’S what I wanted to play! So I’ve been playing jazz rock ever since, and I’m able to express my real feelings. Thank you, Keith - I don’t know where I’d be without you!
I hope you're able to receive this 2 years later but good on you. We find our own little itty bitty cubicle niche and that's all we require. You can have superficial friends and millions of acquaintances but when you are sitting there and get that reverence in your head and body, there ain't nothing like it! As the song says,"keep pushin' on."
For me, the single most cool thing on UA-cam is the sheer amount of great footage of The Nice which is here. Much, much more than I would have ever dreamed existed.
@@mjtgoughA wonderful document of an amazing band. First saw them live as a youth in 1968. It was a small ballroom and my first live gig, which was a knockout punch and left my ears singing for an hour afterwards. The legacy of the mix of rock, classical and jazz was a lifetime love of that genre (R. I. P. Lyle Mays).
I think Keith composed the intricate classical and jazz piano contribution to the composition. He composed and performed it. Not sure why that needs and explanation but maybe it does. The actual performance really is a masterpiece regardless.
Keith opened my mind about the blending of classical and rock, to the point I taught a class in an elementary school where my mother taught. As an old drummer, he completely changed my way of thinking abut music. I became a huge classical fan. I was blessed to attend his tribute concert in Los Angeles at the El Rey and discovered I was amongst the music industry elite. Spoke with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter in the line at the restroom, and what a great guy he is. Jordan Rudess flew in from NYC to play Tarkus, then flew back for a concert the next day. Keith was more than an icon, he was a face on the Mount Rushmore of keyboardists, most likely in the first position. His work with The Nice was groundbreaking and led to ELP and the whole progressive movement. Thanks for sharing this video!
There's a Zappa interview from 1969 when he was touring with the Mothers in England and he was asked what English bands he liked and he mentioned only one, The Nice.
Today's music missed the background and classicial training of someone like a Keith Emerson...and the desire to push the envelope, fuse style...and just see what you get with the music. It's what made the 60's and 70's bands so interesting. No one did a better job of that than Keith. Miss you...glad we are getting more of your legacy. Most of us in the States never saw you except for ELP.
it's less than today's music. It's the people that control the output of media and AIs deciding what you'd like to hear/watch. Pop music and charts are terrible nowadays, and since music production is so easy, it lets uncreative and unskilled people write music. However, on the opposite end of the spectrum, it lets creative people easily start writing and creating. I'll let you quantify if that's a good thing or a bad thing. With that being said, Keith was an exceptional keyboardist and stage performer. That's an understatement, to say the least. No other performer has brought me as much joy as watching him throw an organ around while his bandmates watch and smile (or cringe at the sound of a L-100 Hammond organ grinding its gears). Emerson, Lake and Palmer is my all time favorite band. Lyle Mays was another one who's at the top. He wasn't a very out-there guy with performances (neither was the band), but he was a genius when it came to improvised piano, especially the harmony. You should check him out in "Pat Metheny Group" sometime.
I saw The Nice once - when they reformed in 2003 for a dozen UK shows. I saw them at The Liverpool Philharmonic and I met Keith and Lee after the show. Sadly now Brian and Keith are no longer with us. RIP my friends
'She Belongs To Me' includes quotes from: Elmer Bernstein - "The Magnificient Seven" Main Title Theme; J. S. Bach - Partita no.3 in E for solo violin BWV 1006; J. S. Bach - Prelude III in D BWV 850 (from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' - Book I).
I wish he hadn't been tormented by the aging process. He knew so much about music and composition. Maybe he could have become a professor or something. I can't imagine the loneliness he felt at that fateful moment. Kind of like Robin Williams, maybe Prince/MJ. Such a tragedy. But he left us with killer music. RIP Keith.
Good comment. I have the same impression. Apparently it all started with his hand injury by motorcycle accident circa 1993 but Lake was one to state he already showed signs of depression back in the days of Works. The mind of geniuses is always restless, they suffer loads in this world.
EVERYTHING IS SO SAD...I KNOW WE ALL DIE, BUT EVEN NOW IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT THAT HE DECIDED TO LEAVE JUST LIKE THAT, THE WORLD WHICH SIMPLY ADORED HIM...OR MAYBE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT...GELU BATIR, ROMANIA, DEC 2020
@@pmoris4405 It started earlier in the mid Seventies. Also his first hand injury was in 1988 when he broke his hand in a motorcycle accident. Unfortunately his successive operations on his hand in the 90's worsened the nerve damage.
I agree. His girlfriend stated that it was abusive comments on social media by so called "fans" of Keith of his diminished live playing that led to his suicide. They are not fans of Keith. They are ignorant primate trash, with no moral compass. If Karma is real, I hope they fall off the rails and have a negative life altering experience.
I listened to The Nice back in the day as they were so different and more interesting than anything else. I actually didn't know of anyone else where I lived who knew of them. They also became my entry point into classical music
"She Belongs To Me" recorded live at the Fillmore East is the greatest rendition of this Bob Dylan cover Keith Emerson and the NICE ever did. I bought the LP in 1970 at the age of 15, at a record shop in Dearborn MI, off Military street called Dearborn Music and later the cassette at a music store (anon.) in Vancouver, Canada, 1973.
Yes! Emerson is extraordynary keyboard player and composer. R. I. P Keith .I look E.L.P. in Italy 73-74 with P. F. M as a front group. Italian version of E.L.P they signed to Mantycore first. Then I was 14 years old and I traveled by boat Zadar-Ancona . Zadar is on Adriatic coast at Croatia . Ancona Italy visa-vi Zadar.. My firast realy big concerte.
This shot was made by the Norwegian State Television directly for TV at their studio with the state of the art equipment availabe at the time. The same evening The Nice played a live gig at the most popular live stage in Oslo......which a slightly less inhibited stage performance, complete with military battle knives sunk into the Hammond keyboard & thrown across stage into the PA speakers, barely missing the poor Lee Jackson.
I saw them back in 1967. Keith was throwing knives at the Leslie cabinets, placing knives in the keyboard to keep the note going on forever. Lee using a bow on the bass was not "Rocket science" but back in the days it had a heavy impact on the audience. THE NICE inspired Rick Van der Linden to start "EXCEPTION". Another great band introducing classic music into moderne rhytm music. And why not mention "Hansson & Karlsson" while we are talking.
I saw them throwing knives etc back in 67. they were on before the Pink Floyd who were followed by Hendrix. I was 15 and walked out unable to speak and clasping Jimis autograph
People may have a pop at Lee Jackson, but his playing on Rondo was perfection. Made the music gallop. Greg Lake could never match him, when ELP did same tune.
I actually freaking LOVE Lee's vocals - whatever imperfection or gruffness he had in his voice, to me it only added to the humanity of whatever the message of a given song was. He was fantastic both in The Nice and Refugee - songs like 'Five Bridges chorale' and 'Credo' are so touching for me. Lake was a fantastic singer in his own right, but sometimes maybe even 'too' perfect ;)
Wow this is incredible footage! Keith was way ahead of his time. A shame the cameraman didn't recognize that, and didn't manage to get a view of his face for the entire 30 minutes of the video.
The Nice was a very special group in my honest opinion ahead of there time..jazz classical some blues influence but a very competent group..there after ELP..and the rest is history.
Sure I saw them at least twice, first time on tour with , Elmer Gantry, Amen Corner, Pink Floyd, The Move, top of the bill....... Jimi Hendrix 1967, cost 7s 6d ..... those were the days.
Wow! By the way, how was Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera live? I’ve heard a few of their songs and like them. But they seemed to lean heavily on studio effects. How did they manage live?
I put Roto's on my first bass in the 70's ( a '68 EB-3) cuz I was all agog with John Entwistle. Now that EEEEEVVVVV-ery body plays 'rounds', I find myself missing the traditional flatwound bass sounds. It's sum'm we don't hear often enough these days.
Where do all the hours of practice go now that this is over half a century ago? Its amazing that we have UA-cam to watch stuff like this in pretty crisp quality but I wish I was there at the time. It seems too good to be true that these people got together and performed music this rich in feeling and melody on a few albums, a few years worth of live appearances and some TV appearances and then just split up.
actually synths were developed much earlier. moog's version came out in 1964. but it's true the minimoog arrived in 1970 as the first "affordable" and portable synth. emerson used a modular moog when ELP was formed in 1970, and added the mini to his tour rig when it was released
Rik K In a 1997 interview Emerson told he borrowed Mike Vicker's modular moog in 1969 for one gig with orchestra. He recalls audience intrigued having no clue where those strange sounds were coming from. After the show he said "I must get one of those". The rest is history.
I was lucky enough to see the Nice on their first solo tour after they stopped being Pat Arnold's backing band and sessioning. Keith Emerson and Brian Davison were stunning, but I always had great reservations about Lee Jackson, not just his voice but also his bass playing. Still, he did a job, I guess. But on the otherwise excellent Refugee album with Patrick Moraz, Lee's voice in both Credo and Grand Canyon Suite is dire. I know that he's a great guy and has achieved more than most of us could dream of, but he was a limiting factor. I also saw Keith long before the Nice in Gary Farr and "the new ORGANISED" T-Bones, and he was obviously in a different league from 9/10s of contemporary musicians. His death was unspeakably sad. His legacy is that he introduced classical music to a generation for whom it was an oddity, in many cases. Brian was just great, far better than given credit for.
I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason they did a lot of Dylan covers was that people were used to hearing those songs sung in Dylan's wheezy voice - so hearing Lee mumble and shout his way through them wasn't a stretch.
@@Baribrotzer, could be. I don’t want to take away from the band how great they were live, but I just have real reservations. There were some very good songs - Lee just couldn’t do them justice.😳
Poor Lee; he could hardly help his voice! As for his bass-playing, by today's standards, when the levels of musicianship are way higher, he maybe compares badly, but he provided a solid underpinning to Keith. Brian was seriously underrated - a brilliant drummer. Together, they were The Nice. If you love The Nice, you love each of these guys.
@@QHarefield the levels of musicianship are higher by today's standards? I'm sorry either that's a misprint or you're doing some s h i t way better than what I had in the seventies.
@@edljnehan2811 My point was that back in the day, only Keith Emerson could play his own works, only Tony Banks could play his own works, and so forth. However, these days, there is virtually no shortage of people who can play their works equally as well.
Where did this footage come from - its amazing - a great version of Hang On and a great version of She Belongs. New stuff keeps appearing - Excellent work . What we do without UA-cam ?
Er.. Are you incapable of reading ??.. I'm pretty sure it says that it comes from NORWEGIAN TV... Yep.. No doubt about it... NORWEGIAN TV... how about that....You cretin.
Another idiot... Look - just because this a fairly dumbed down site called youtube doesn't mean that you have to be a total moron to be on here... If you want to back the intelligence of someone who can't read NORWEGIAN TV at the heading do so but I don't have to go along with total stupidity just because you do... So fuck off.
Remembering Keith Emerson born on November 2, 1944. He was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and composer. He was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock super-groups. Keith Emerson played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960's. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Emerson
@@jeffj9322 very good Jeff. Of all of the Bands I remember from 1970s Keith Emerson with the nice and ELP had to be the most non-commercial person on the planet. He hated that term. Knowing that isn't it hard to believe that they came out with an album called love Beach. Haha
@@edljnehan2811 lol on Love Beach! I seen ELP in concert in both 1977, and 1978 in Providence, Rhode Island when I was 15, and 16 years old respectively! They were anything but "Commercial!" The Term "Commercially Successful " would apply more to the Earnings They Were Expected to Produce from Their (Keith Emerson) Performances, and Record Sales! Popularity wise, they (ELP) was able to Fill Arenas with Capacity Audiences with no problems in the 1970's at least! Unfortunately Progressive Rock took a nose dive in the 1980's in Favor of Arena Rock!
@@jeffj9322 I'm from St Louis I saw ELP in St Louis 1971 1974 1977 Journey opened up for them. Twice in 78 again in the late '90s and a couple times in the early 2000s. I'm probably a little older than you. Arena Rock actually was coined in the early seventies when Frampton Comes Alive came out. Progressive rock was pretty much over by 1979 due to Disco, Punk, and the British Rock hair bands. By the '80s I was frustrated with the progressive scene so I started listening to Metallica, Slayer, Steve Morse, who I love back in the seventies as well Joe Satriani and Steve Vai amongst others. The only progressive rock that hung in there toward the end we're Rush Alan Parsons and of course UK.
@@edljnehan2811 They could have had Placido Domingo or Luciano Pavarotti for all I care; it would not have improved The Nice. And, while CP is a magnificent drummer, The Nice could not have contained him.
@@QHarefield hello are you awake. Did you take your medication? Does the home let you out for walks? Hahaha you're right those two couldn't have improved the nice however Carl Palmer and Greg Lake certainly could have. Why do you think that band disband it? Keith Emerson realized that they were just average musicians and one had a very mediocre singing voice. Emerson carried that band and decided rightfully so that to further advance he needed Superior musicianship to compliment his own excellent plane. Hence we have Emerson Lake and Palmer. I don't know what you mean by your statement the nice couldn't have contained Carl Palmer. But Mr Palmer was light years ahead of the nice. Now before you begin your reply keep in mind that I'm old school as well I was around back then and I have an IQ near genius. Hahaha
We had no video on this in the States when it came out, only vinyl recordings. I thought Keith was playing the mighty C-3 with waterfall keys. Much harder to do the windmills on a dinky L-100. Also not a full 61 keys.
The first band Tony Stratton Smith managed. He went on to form the Charisma label which signed Genesis, Van Der Graff Generator, Audience and others. I saw those three bands at free concerts in the Lyceum London.
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I’m 18 years old and i can’t express how much Keith has made life worth living. I’m ready to move into college in a couple of days but with Elp and the nice at my disposal I can do anything.
Good comment. It is what I listened to when I went to college (100 years ago-albums and cassettes) along with Patrick Moraz (album I), Yes, Rick Wakemen and many others. For some reason ELP helped me concentrate better with headphones while I did homework in college.
Welcome to music. I've listening Emerson and his exploits for fifty years and will never stop. He's my life's soundtrack.
I feel the same way. I'm also a young adult and ELP and The Nice have a special place in my life, along with all my other favorite music.
Right there with you at age 22, I’d love to get in touch!
@@flowersbyphone2554uma pena não chegar mta coisa aq no Brasil
For those of us who are older, The Nice is still a breath of fresh air, daggers notwithstanding.
One can understand, Kith Emerson mad fun of the three accord rock music 🙂
Are Longa Vita Brevis was one of the greatest ever albums of the period. . Loved The Nice. Saw them a couple of times in small venues in the days when you could actually catch a world class band in a club or hotel for small change. This is the best early film I’ve seen of these guys.
As a teenager I was looking for a way to express the pain of an abusive childhood. I played the piano but classical music didn’t move me. Then a friend played me Five Bridges. It was a revelation. THAT’S what I wanted to play! So I’ve been playing jazz rock ever since, and I’m able to express my real feelings. Thank you, Keith - I don’t know where I’d be without you!
it's a kinda sad ...classic music has his charm
Music must be personal if it is to be communicated, otherwise, what’s the point?
Are you German?? Ha ha ha!
It’s ironic that you like this music. The first piece is from “Karelia” suite by Jean Sibelius- not a jazz rock artist.
I hope you're able to receive this 2 years later but good on you. We find our own little itty bitty cubicle niche and that's all we require. You can have superficial friends and millions of acquaintances but when you are sitting there and get that reverence in your head and body, there ain't nothing like it! As the song says,"keep pushin' on."
these guys were so ahead of their time ..three awesome musicians sharing one stage ! RIP Brian and Keith 🙏🏻
For me, the single most cool thing on UA-cam is the sheer amount of great footage of The Nice which is here. Much, much more than I would have ever dreamed existed.
I totally concur. It's astounding that so much quality footage keeps popping up. This is one of the best live documents of Keith ever.
Rik K . Yes. That's true for me too.
@@mjtgoughA wonderful document of an amazing band. First saw them live as a youth in 1968. It was a small ballroom and my first live gig, which was a knockout punch and left my ears singing for an hour afterwards. The legacy of the mix of rock, classical and jazz was a lifetime love of that genre (R. I. P. Lyle Mays).
A Sibelius classic taken to a new level. Hats off to these progressive rock musicians
9/2023 - Hang On To a Dream is a stand-out masterpiece.
une cinquantaine d'année plus tard ils sont toujours aussi présents dans nos têtes ! RIP Mon cher Keith ! je ne t'oublierai jamais
Hang On To A Dream is a masterpiece. Bravo Keith 👏🏽🎶❤️🎹
They did not write it is by Tim Hardin : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hardin
@@Jlipnicki I was referring to Keith’s performance
I think Keith composed the intricate classical and jazz piano contribution to the composition. He composed and performed it. Not sure why that needs and explanation but maybe it does. The actual performance really is a masterpiece regardless.
"Hang on to a dream" was my absolute favorite music for a long time! And I'm still hangin' on ... !
Keith opened my mind about the blending of classical and rock, to the point I taught a class in an elementary school where my mother taught. As an old drummer, he completely changed my way of thinking abut music. I became a huge classical fan. I was blessed to attend his tribute concert in Los Angeles at the El Rey and discovered I was amongst the music industry elite. Spoke with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter in the line at the restroom, and what a great guy he is. Jordan Rudess flew in from NYC to play Tarkus, then flew back for a concert the next day. Keith was more than an icon, he was a face on the Mount Rushmore of keyboardists, most likely in the first position. His work with The Nice was groundbreaking and led to ELP and the whole progressive movement. Thanks for sharing this video!
There's a Zappa interview from 1969 when he was touring with the Mothers in England and he was asked what English bands he liked and he mentioned only one, The Nice.
So?
@@nicksm7980 Ditto for me on your reply. Transylvania Boogie is great but Frank's opinion is completely worthless.
Today's music missed the background and classicial training of someone like a Keith Emerson...and the desire to push the envelope, fuse style...and just see what you get with the music. It's what made the 60's and 70's bands so interesting. No one did a better job of that than Keith. Miss you...glad we are getting more of your legacy. Most of us in the States never saw you except for ELP.
Try Nightwish or Epica or Within temptation.
it's less than today's music. It's the people that control the output of media and AIs deciding what you'd like to hear/watch. Pop music and charts are terrible nowadays, and since music production is so easy, it lets uncreative and unskilled people write music. However, on the opposite end of the spectrum, it lets creative people easily start writing and creating. I'll let you quantify if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
With that being said, Keith was an exceptional keyboardist and stage performer. That's an understatement, to say the least. No other performer has brought me as much joy as watching him throw an organ around while his bandmates watch and smile (or cringe at the sound of a L-100 Hammond organ grinding its gears). Emerson, Lake and Palmer is my all time favorite band.
Lyle Mays was another one who's at the top. He wasn't a very out-there guy with performances (neither was the band), but he was a genius when it came to improvised piano, especially the harmony. You should check him out in "Pat Metheny Group" sometime.
@@NoahtheEpicGuy sad but true.
"Today's music". There are plenty of artists who are well trained and also pushing the envelope. So much! The Past is cool but don't give up on Today!
You can't name one. No one can! The music/movies before my lifetime was 10000x better. It's just the way it is. Heads or tails. @@danashane
Wonderful to hear bits and pieces of later pieces within in this earlier material.
Brilliant! Love it. I was right back in The Marquee, 50+ years ago.
I missed the original Nice (too young) but caught Emerson's naughties tour with the original guys plus Dave Kilminster. Epic. Truly epic.
Thank-you for putting this up! What musical brilliance.
I saw The Nice once - when they reformed in 2003 for a dozen UK shows. I saw them at The Liverpool Philharmonic and I met Keith and Lee after the show. Sadly now Brian and Keith are no longer with us. RIP my friends
saw them in 69 at fillmore east. they opened for ten years after. then later on the tape was used as side two on their album.
I was at the 2003 Watford Colosseum show. I thought they were excellent. I'll never stop listening to their stuff.
Phil Jamieson
I wasn't expecting to hear them play ELP songs when The Nice reformed in 2003.
@@Atom-56 Yeah. Neither was I.
A little Van Halen thrown in as well....Bad move ?
In Keith già sorgeva il germe del genio... per sempre leggenda❤️
Incredible quality footage of a great band
Fantastic trip back in time! Great image and sound quality courtesy of NRK!
Love your black Sabbath profile pic. They did proggy stuff also. I especially loved You won't change me, dirty women and All moving parts.
'She Belongs To Me' includes quotes from:
Elmer Bernstein - "The Magnificient Seven" Main Title Theme;
J. S. Bach - Partita no.3 in E for solo violin BWV 1006;
J. S. Bach - Prelude III in D BWV 850 (from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' - Book I).
Fabio Palms
Thanks for the information.
"Elmer" hahaha...
back in the day when a few rock drummers sounded jazzy... nice !
YES, BRIAN DAVISON WAS PERFECT FOR THIS TRIO
I wish he hadn't been tormented by the aging process. He knew so much about music and composition. Maybe he could have become a professor or something. I can't imagine the loneliness he felt at that fateful moment. Kind of like Robin Williams, maybe Prince/MJ. Such a tragedy. But he left us with killer music. RIP Keith.
Good comment. I have the same impression. Apparently it all started with his hand injury by motorcycle accident circa 1993 but Lake was one to state he already showed signs of depression back in the days of Works. The mind of geniuses is always restless, they suffer loads in this world.
EVERYTHING IS SO SAD...I KNOW WE ALL DIE, BUT EVEN NOW IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT THAT HE DECIDED TO LEAVE JUST LIKE THAT, THE WORLD WHICH SIMPLY ADORED HIM...OR MAYBE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT...GELU BATIR, ROMANIA, DEC 2020
@@pmoris4405 It started earlier in the mid Seventies. Also his first hand injury was in 1988 when he broke his hand in a motorcycle accident. Unfortunately his successive operations on his hand in the 90's worsened the nerve damage.
I agree. His girlfriend stated that it was abusive comments on social media by so called "fans" of Keith of his diminished live playing that led to his suicide. They are not fans of Keith. They are ignorant primate trash, with no moral compass. If Karma is real, I hope they fall off the rails and have a negative life altering experience.
A person can take only so much nerve pain.
I listened to The Nice back in the day as they were so different and more interesting than anything else. I actually didn't know of anyone else where I lived who knew of them. They also became my entry point into classical music
Pklshpu, a 1,000 thanks. This is pure gold. Greetings from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
52 year ago I left the NE, but the NE will never leave me! Always loved this music.
"She Belongs To Me" recorded live at the Fillmore East is the greatest rendition of this Bob Dylan cover Keith Emerson and the NICE ever did. I bought the LP in 1970 at the age of 15, at a record shop in Dearborn MI, off Military street called Dearborn Music and later the cassette at a music store (anon.) in Vancouver, Canada, 1973.
She Belongs to Me was the song that got me to be a lifelong fan. Have gone deep into their catalog and it’s all great listening.
Used to love Dearbon rnusic
my true thank you for uploading this, the teen in me is still sooo affectionate to the nice before elp.... i loved their double live reunion album
This looks like it was shot last week!! What clean video. I love how this sounds at 9:00.
Yes! Emerson is extraordynary keyboard player and composer.
R. I. P Keith .I look E.L.P. in Italy 73-74 with P. F. M as a front group. Italian version of E.L.P
they signed to Mantycore first.
Then I was 14 years old and I traveled by boat Zadar-Ancona . Zadar is on Adriatic coast at Croatia . Ancona Italy visa-vi Zadar..
My firast realy big concerte.
This shot was made by the Norwegian State Television directly for TV at their studio with the state of the art equipment availabe at the time. The same evening The Nice played a live gig at the most popular live stage in Oslo......which a slightly less inhibited stage performance, complete with military battle knives sunk into the Hammond keyboard & thrown across stage into the PA speakers, barely missing the poor Lee Jackson.
I saw them back in 1967. Keith was throwing knives at the Leslie cabinets, placing knives in the keyboard to keep the note going on forever. Lee using a bow on the bass was not "Rocket science" but back in the days it had a heavy impact on the audience. THE NICE inspired Rick Van der Linden to start "EXCEPTION". Another great band introducing classic music into moderne rhytm music. And why not mention "Hansson & Karlsson" while we are talking.
I saw them throwing knives etc back in 67. they were on before the Pink Floyd who were followed by Hendrix. I was 15 and walked out unable to speak and clasping Jimis autograph
Hansson och Karlsson = the best you can get !!!
And Keith is a copycat of Don Shinn = don't miss him...
RIP Rick Van der Linden. The White Ladies is a masterpiece.
People may have a pop at Lee Jackson, but his playing on Rondo was perfection. Made the music gallop. Greg Lake could never match him, when ELP did same tune.
Imagine a band with Jackson on bass and Lake on vocals
I actually freaking LOVE Lee's vocals - whatever imperfection or gruffness he had in his voice, to me it only added to the humanity of whatever the message of a given song was. He was fantastic both in The Nice and Refugee - songs like 'Five Bridges chorale' and 'Credo' are so touching for me. Lake was a fantastic singer in his own right, but sometimes maybe even 'too' perfect ;)
Master of Hammond Organ- R.I.P. Keith and Brian
Fantastic Band!
It' great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!
I started watching that with the sound still off, and still recognised it!
Very Very Very Nice. Love it
Wow this is incredible footage! Keith was way ahead of his time. A shame the cameraman didn't recognize that, and didn't manage to get a view of his face for the entire 30 minutes of the video.
Just Brilliant. Thanks for putting this on here.
Amazing! ... I love it 💙💙💙
Уникальная запись, Спасибо NRK. Отличное качество и режиссура. Mange Tack.
Almost 50 years ago as I write this... amazing. I was about 10, discovered them about 9 years later
I still remember the first time I heard "the thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" album. Changed my whole trajectory in music.
13:39 - The bottle on the piano strings... GENIUS!!
Best thing I’ve ever seen in my life
Wonderful and complete!
That's my music since 52 years....
I didn't know there was video of this! I love this song by the Nice! I have the recording with an orchestra, it's brilliant!
What a fantastic post.
Thank you 👍
The Nice was a very special group in my honest opinion ahead of there time..jazz classical some blues influence but a very competent group..there after ELP..and the rest is history.
Sure I saw them at least twice, first time on tour with , Elmer Gantry, Amen Corner, Pink Floyd, The Move, top of the bill....... Jimi Hendrix 1967, cost 7s 6d ..... those were the days.
Wow! By the way, how was Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera live? I’ve heard a few of their songs and like them. But they seemed to lean heavily on studio effects. How did they manage live?
I put Roto's on my first bass in the 70's ( a '68 EB-3) cuz I was all agog with John Entwistle.
Now that EEEEEVVVVV-ery body plays 'rounds', I find myself missing the traditional flatwound bass sounds.
It's sum'm we don't hear often enough these days.
Awesome! thx - soglad i got to see/hear this so early on in his career - very fresh sound
Where do all the hours of practice go now that this is over half a century ago? Its amazing that we have UA-cam to watch stuff like this in pretty crisp quality but I wish I was there at the time. It seems too good to be true that these people got together and performed music this rich in feeling and melody on a few albums, a few years worth of live appearances and some TV appearances and then just split up.
Thank u for posting this
Keith Emerson .geniale nessuno mai potrà superarlo. Mi dispiace un sacco che sia stato sottovalutato.
Keith is not undermistited. He is best kyboard player of all time. In what space you living.
Just before the synthesizer was invented by Mr. Moog.
What a great band they were!
actually synths were developed much earlier. moog's version came out in 1964. but it's true the minimoog arrived in 1970 as the first "affordable" and portable synth. emerson used a modular moog when ELP was formed in 1970, and added the mini to his tour rig when it was released
@@rjw8631 Apparently Emerson got his first Moog just before The Nice broke up, but he never used it with them as far as I know.
Rik K In a 1997 interview Emerson told he borrowed Mike Vicker's modular moog in 1969 for one gig with orchestra. He recalls audience intrigued having no clue where those strange sounds were coming from. After the show he said "I must get one of those". The rest is history.
This was the first big international consert I ever saw, it paralized me.
9:44 How does he do it? Flippin’ amazing!
Spettacolare! 😮
So many of us also remember this as the theme tune to a U.K. current affairs TV show.
Just an utter class act.!!
Very nice
Un groupe extraordinaire !
counterpoint is a wonderful thing
Mr Emerson just so ready for the Moog
Rispetto per questo super gruppo❤😊
Saw the Nice at Wolverhampton civic Hall in 1970.
Little bits of elp here!!
top quality sound and vision, what else?
Great footage!
Keith Emerson, garantía de buena música, todo un talento musical, para ser recordado por siempre.
Auch sehr geil, Sehr gute Musiker. Ich bin kan Fan von Jazz. Aber das ist hervoragend!
Thanks for sharing !
Great to piece together bands and be how to they formed over time
thanks to NRK for the vision just quality top to bottom and
I was lucky enough to see the Nice on their first solo tour after they stopped being Pat Arnold's backing band and sessioning. Keith Emerson and Brian Davison were stunning, but I always had great reservations about Lee Jackson, not just his voice but also his bass playing. Still, he did a job, I guess. But on the otherwise excellent Refugee album with Patrick Moraz, Lee's voice in both Credo and Grand Canyon Suite is dire.
I know that he's a great guy and has achieved more than most of us could dream of, but he was a limiting factor. I also saw Keith long before the Nice in Gary Farr and "the new ORGANISED" T-Bones, and he was obviously in a different league from 9/10s of contemporary musicians. His death was unspeakably sad. His legacy is that he introduced classical music to a generation for whom it was an oddity, in many cases. Brian was just great, far better than given credit for.
I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason they did a lot of Dylan covers was that people were used to hearing those songs sung in Dylan's wheezy voice - so hearing Lee mumble and shout his way through them wasn't a stretch.
@@Baribrotzer, could be. I don’t want to take away from the band how great they were live, but I just have real reservations. There were some very good songs - Lee just couldn’t do them justice.😳
Poor Lee; he could hardly help his voice! As for his bass-playing, by today's standards, when the levels of musicianship are way higher, he maybe compares badly, but he provided a solid underpinning to Keith. Brian was seriously underrated - a brilliant drummer. Together, they were The Nice. If you love The Nice, you love each of these guys.
@@QHarefield the levels of musicianship are higher by today's standards? I'm sorry either that's a misprint or you're doing some s h i t way better than what I had in the seventies.
@@edljnehan2811 My point was that back in the day, only Keith Emerson could play his own works, only Tony Banks could play his own works, and so forth. However, these days, there is virtually no shortage of people who can play their works equally as well.
I saw ELP twice and of course very good but never had the dynamic of NICE. I also saw Nice at Bath. Some memory to stay with me. into my seventies
Wenn ich the nice höre, bin ich in höheren Dimensionen.
Suite Karelia...The Nice ..que gran Grupo precursores del Rock progresivo..
Keith Emerson the phenomenon thx
Funny though that they mentioned or filmed the wonderful concert they played in Ossiach/Austria in summer of 1969, thank you NICE
The King!
Thanks Propylaen
Where did this footage come from - its amazing - a great version of Hang On and a great version of She Belongs. New stuff keeps appearing - Excellent work . What we do without UA-cam ?
From a concert at (the now closed) Club7 in Oslo, recorded and broadcasted by Norwegian TV in 1969. It made my day!
Er.. Are you incapable of reading ??.. I'm pretty sure it says that it comes from NORWEGIAN TV... Yep.. No doubt about it... NORWEGIAN TV... how about that....You cretin.
@@EnosEverything Your tone is totally uncalled for..
Another idiot... Look - just because this a fairly dumbed down site called youtube doesn't mean that you have to be a total moron to be on here... If you want to back the intelligence of someone who can't read NORWEGIAN TV at the heading do so but I don't have to go along with total stupidity just because you do... So fuck off.
@@EnosEverything I think ticktack1 asked where Pklshput got that footage from!
Keith Emerson que loco !!!
Remembering Keith Emerson born on November 2, 1944. He was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and composer. He was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock super-groups. Keith Emerson played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960's. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Emerson
Commercial? I don't know if that's the right word.
@@edljnehan2811 I'll agree with you on that on! Information is from Wikipedia pages, so it's what ever way they wish to write it I guess?
@@jeffj9322 very good Jeff. Of all of the Bands I remember from 1970s Keith Emerson with the nice and ELP had to be the most non-commercial person on the planet. He hated that term. Knowing that isn't it hard to believe that they came out with an album called love Beach. Haha
@@edljnehan2811 lol on Love Beach! I seen ELP in concert in both 1977, and 1978 in Providence, Rhode Island when I was 15, and 16 years old respectively! They were anything but "Commercial!" The Term "Commercially Successful " would apply more to the Earnings They Were Expected to Produce from Their (Keith Emerson) Performances, and Record Sales! Popularity wise, they (ELP) was able to Fill Arenas with Capacity Audiences with no problems in the 1970's at least! Unfortunately Progressive Rock took a nose dive in the 1980's in Favor of Arena Rock!
@@jeffj9322 I'm from St Louis I saw ELP in St Louis 1971 1974 1977 Journey opened up for them. Twice in 78 again in the late '90s and a couple times in the early 2000s. I'm probably a little older than you. Arena Rock actually was coined in the early seventies when Frampton Comes Alive came out. Progressive rock was pretty much over by 1979 due to Disco, Punk, and the British Rock hair bands. By the '80s I was frustrated with the progressive scene so I started listening to Metallica, Slayer, Steve Morse, who I love back in the seventies as well Joe Satriani and Steve Vai amongst others. The only progressive rock that hung in there toward the end we're Rush Alan Parsons and of course UK.
superb.
I think I prefer this band to ELP! I want to watch this all night! It’s just a great band, regardless of genre 🦋
Oh wait ... maybe I love both bands. And King Crimson. 💗
No question! Oh sure, ELP were great but these guys were something else - the real deal. They had a vibe that ELP never managed.
@@QHarefield I don't know about the vibe but they most certainly lacked Greg Lake's voice and Carl Palmer's awesome percussion.
@@edljnehan2811 They could have had Placido Domingo or Luciano Pavarotti for all I care; it would not have improved The Nice.
And, while CP is a magnificent drummer, The Nice could not have contained him.
@@QHarefield hello are you awake. Did you take your medication? Does the home let you out for walks? Hahaha you're right those two couldn't have improved the nice however Carl Palmer and Greg Lake certainly could have. Why do you think that band disband it? Keith Emerson realized that they were just average musicians and one had a very mediocre singing voice. Emerson carried that band and decided rightfully so that to further advance he needed Superior musicianship to compliment his own excellent plane. Hence we have Emerson Lake and Palmer. I don't know what you mean by your statement the nice couldn't have contained Carl Palmer. But Mr Palmer was light years ahead of the nice. Now before you begin your reply keep in mind that I'm old school as well I was around back then and I have an IQ near genius. Hahaha
Magnificent
We had no video on this in the States when it came out, only vinyl recordings. I thought Keith was playing the mighty C-3 with waterfall keys. Much harder to do the windmills on a dinky L-100. Also not a full 61 keys.
Great Sound
the nice what a band so good live
The first band Tony Stratton Smith managed. He went on to form the Charisma label which signed Genesis, Van Der Graff Generator, Audience and others. I saw those three bands at free concerts in the Lyceum London.
Wow!
On my 3rd birthday ❤
what revelation! a drummer playing with Keith who doesn’t speed up and slow down.
Keith is really into his hats.
Cool to see a bow being used on an electric bass guitar.
Suspect my dad could have watched this as a teenager in Norway... Nonetheless, this must be one of the best quality clips of the Nice live....?
astrein ..amazing