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

One can understand, Kith Emerson mad fun of the three accord rock music 🙂

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."

So?

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.

YES, BRIAN DAVISON WAS PERFECT FOR THIS TRIO

Fabio Palms Thanks for the information.

"Elmer" hahaha...

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.

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 ;)

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

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.

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 ?

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Keith is not undermistited. He is best kyboard player of all time. In what space you living.

Wenn ich the nice höre, bin ich in höheren Dimensionen.

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

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.

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.

Look at the Leslies - well stabbed!

Agreed that he's no singer, but he's not too bad on Hang On To a Dream here

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!