I am still watching the entire Internationales Essener Pop & Blues Festival, 9, 10 & 11 October 1969 on another channel. This is the first time I've ever skipped a Pink Floyd performance. "Careful with that Axe Eugene" at this festival just had me giggling. And there were a lot of keyboardists at this festival. Jon Lord being one of them.
But then Keith Emerson. The Nice's whole performance at Essener I had to find on its own. Keith Emerson was just something else. His whole sound, whether it was piano or organ, was just different than everyone else there. His playing was just all over the map. Jazz. Ragtime. Classical. Blues. Swing. Everything he did spoke in some other musical language. And then he'd mess with that sound even further. You wouldn't think dragging a knife over a piano string would produce such a sound, but he did it. There was Jimi Hendrix. There was Chris Squire. There was Keith Emerson.
Lee Jackson & his Vox teardrop bass= 5 notes that are discernable....ever. Poor Lee; always maligned !! I love Blinky's approach to drumming- jazz with a rock attitude. And Keith ? What hasn't been said ?.... 🚬😎👍
TOTALLY agree !!! I couldn’t watch after awhile. WHY in hell did they do that back then ??! There’s many other examples of this filming / production technique, and unfortunately, I’ve seen it on other ELP videos too. Sorry, for me anyway, it ruins it. It would’ve been great to see Emersons’ technique but it’s wasted on someone’s impression of an acid trip. 😮
I know!!! I could hear that plain as day when watching the entire festival. There were a lot of keyboardists there at the 3 day festival including Rick Wright. Jon Lord. But as soon as Keith played, it was just noticable. Like clearly. This man was just on another level. He pulled from so many different genres in one performance. You think it's Jaz, but then it goes to Ragtime. Then it's classical until it hits hard blues. He was just this library of the piano world. And his sound. His sound was just something else.
Keith Emerson the master of disaster the boss with the hot sauce the king of Sting the boy with the Tonka toy😮 just my way of saying God on the keyboards😊
I think Keith was such a major driving force in this band, O’List would have barely stood a chance to shine. If you look at very early footage with him, he looks like he doesn’t wanna be there, he’s almost hiding himself at the back of the stage. Guess he was shy/reticent or whatever but it was the complete opposite of what this band stood for. Shame though cause I loved their first album featuring O’List, and also he was great on “America”, one of the greatest 45’s of all time.
Also, I feel that looking at it 50 years after the fact, I prefer his organ playing and sounds compared to some of his over-the-top Moog sounds. The best are still classic (Lucky Man, Tocatta...) but some sound too unwieldy.
Are you kidding Davison it's incredible every way equal to Palmer. Great drummer especially moving on with Refugee. One of the most underrated drummers o. ROCK. Even Emerson admitted later on how much he underestimated Davisons talent.
I am still watching the entire Internationales Essener Pop & Blues Festival, 9, 10 & 11 October 1969 on another channel.
This is the first time I've ever skipped a Pink Floyd performance. "Careful with that Axe Eugene" at this festival just had me giggling.
And there were a lot of keyboardists at this festival. Jon Lord being one of them.
But then
Keith Emerson.
The Nice's whole performance at Essener I had to find on its own. Keith Emerson was just something else. His whole sound, whether it was piano or organ, was just different than everyone else there. His playing was just all over the map. Jazz. Ragtime. Classical. Blues. Swing. Everything he did spoke in some other musical language. And then he'd mess with that sound even further. You wouldn't think dragging a knife over a piano string would produce such a sound, but he did it.
There was Jimi Hendrix.
There was Chris Squire.
There was Keith Emerson.
I can't believe how much incredible footage of The Nice keeps popping up. Yet another amazing Keith performance I've never seen before.
And even with excellent sound! I hate those smartphone recordings from the 60s! ;))
Lee told me Keith was assembling quality footage with a view to releasing a DVD
Great book Mr Hanson!!
Thank you for your prodigious effort in celebrating this special time in musical history
maybe Keith was in better shape than with ELP
Keith was a monster, but so was the rest of the band. This is a fierce show.
Keith was a fabulous pianist!
Sono sempre i meglio che se ne vanno r.i.p keit
KE was already so fully developed as an artist by this point!
Great! Music from a time where it all was about music!
Keith Emerson showing his essence since before ELP
A great band.Really great band
He was a genius.
A great concert love the Nice they were sensational especially the organ wizard keith Emerson a giant
Lee Jackson & his Vox teardrop bass= 5 notes that are discernable....ever. Poor Lee; always maligned !!
I love Blinky's approach to drumming- jazz with a rock attitude.
And Keith ? What hasn't been said ?....
🚬😎👍
Can definitely here the influence the Nice had on the Genesis album Trespass. Especially The Knife
Gabriel admitted The Knife was influenced by The Nice
Indeed
Bombastic Performance 🎉❤.
Such a great performance, why, OH why did the people recording this make it almost unwatchable, constant camera angles, a real headache.
Because it was the Sixties. 😎
TOTALLY agree !!!
I couldn’t watch after awhile. WHY in hell did they do that back then ??! There’s many other examples of this filming / production technique, and unfortunately, I’ve seen it on other ELP videos too. Sorry, for me anyway, it ruins it. It would’ve been great to see Emersons’ technique but it’s wasted on someone’s impression of an acid trip. 😮
@@djwak59that was the Psychedelic era and that's what they thought was cool back then. This is the era I grew up in so I remember it well😮
All these lords and wakemans are just schoolkids beside Keith ...
I know!!! I could hear that plain as day when watching the entire festival. There were a lot of keyboardists there at the 3 day festival including Rick Wright. Jon Lord. But as soon as Keith played, it was just noticable. Like clearly. This man was just on another level. He pulled from so many different genres in one performance. You think it's Jaz, but then it goes to Ragtime. Then it's classical until it hits hard blues. He was just this library of the piano world. And his sound. His sound was just something else.
it remains amazing how many great filmed performances have been devastated by idiotic film direction and editing
Exactly! I could not WATCH this video, just listen to....
Interesting that around 1:30 in, that Kieth plays the same melody he uses in I Believe in Father Christmas.
Einige Filme genieße ich
gern ohne Bild, die anderen
lieber ohne Sound .
Amazing, Thanks!
the one and only keith emerson my fav musican ever
Sensacional!
The fact I can see shit stains on the keys at 6:33 is a testament to how far restorative technology has come
Did someone forget to tell the sound guy there was a singer on stage? Oh yeah, that's right -- Emerson.
That organ needs a smoke after that one.
Keith Emerson the master of disaster the boss with the hot sauce the king of Sting the boy with the Tonka toy😮 just my way of saying God on the keyboards😊
Umm...wow!
What is the tune at 1.30 that Keith brings into been this jam?
Troika from Lieutenant Kije by Sergei Prokofiev
@@brunosamppa Later, Greg Lake incorporated this theme into his I Believe In Father Christmas at Keith's suggestion.
No Dave?
I think Keith was such a major driving force in this band, O’List would have barely stood a chance to shine. If you look at very early footage with him, he looks like he doesn’t wanna be there, he’s almost hiding himself at the back of the stage. Guess he was shy/reticent or whatever but it was the complete opposite of what this band stood for. Shame though cause I loved their first album featuring O’List, and also he was great on “America”, one of the greatest 45’s of all time.
Hang On To A Dream...Country Pie...sorry, in a sense, a better 'band' than ELP
I agree. Not to diss ELP, but there is something more "organic" to the Nice.
Also, I feel that looking at it 50 years after the fact, I prefer his organ playing and sounds compared to some of his over-the-top Moog sounds. The best are still classic (Lucky Man, Tocatta...) but some sound too unwieldy.
Agree, the Hammond was a monster, the sound more embodies the musical energy of the times than a lead guitar even. Keith is the undisputed master.
The bass, percussion and singing are at best just adequate. I can see why Emerson moved on to ELP.
Brian Davison was an outstanding drummer. More supple and fluid than Palmer.
Are you kidding Davison it's incredible every way equal to Palmer. Great drummer especially moving on with Refugee. One of the most underrated drummers o. ROCK. Even Emerson admitted later on how much he underestimated Davisons talent.