Nektar - Remember The Future

[sturoc0]

Lip syncing on this one. Watch how softly the drums are played. Also the dead giveaway is the track is from the studio Lp.

[dharmaseed]

Wow, Ron Howden (the drummer) was left-handed? I didn't know that!

[fretboardyoda]

I've got this on vintage vinyl, and it sounds absolutely brilliant!

[Billiam886]

@fretboardyoda I've been listening to Nektar since 77', Found the LP (Remember the Future) while I was in Germany for a few yrs. LOVE-IT Even my gf. Loves it, (just hearing it for the first time in her life) One of the Only C.D.'s I would pay Full price for I'll tell you that...........lol

[kell4809]

man this brings back memories :)

[Big77Jim]

Break out the black lights and posters.I have always loved these guys and feel they where one of the more undrerated psycedelic bands of all time.It kind of makes me want to smoke some Thai stick and fly away with that bluebird.

[Saral6781]

A performance of the entire album is available on a DVD recorded in Germany called Blue. It cam out around 2005. In addition to all of Remember the Future, there's plenty more, plus a bonus disc of an acoustic performance. Well worth viewing! Saw them two years ago, and they're still going strong, although Albrighton didn't seem in top form that night.

[MucusMcTard]

Ah,,,the famous light show that they did not bring to New York, Pity.

[belfastclrq]

Jamiroquai and others owe some money to this guys..

[danephillips]

I remember back in the day hearing this for the first time was awesome .Was with some friend in the car and it played we loved it ...

[mato52]

Without a doubt, their masterpiece. I recently transferred the LP to a CD. Forgot how good it was. They should tour and play the entire album verbatim.

[rarebanana]

@lessthanhannahx why you braggin you brat. were here to enjoy some music. SHIT.......I'M MEXICAN you don't hear me saying that

[borgduck]

@rarebanana Good for you! I'm a Martian. You don't hear me saying that.

[borgduck]

@rarebanana Just thumb him down, & get your friends to do the same.

[borgduck]

@rarebanana Thumbed you up, mate!

[rockaway07866]

I was able to see Nektar multiple times here in NJ as for awhile they were based in Madison, NJ. Once even in New York at the Wolman arena with Starcastle (a Yes sound alike group).

They were one of the most interesting prog bands at that time.

Very technical and inventive. The only downside was that the record that was released in the US was usually an album behind what they had released (and played in concert) at the time.

[coniglius]

Anyone know what type/model guitar it is that Roye plays? Looks like maybe it's an Epiphone Sheraton with Filtertons, but does anyone know for sure what he used?

[coniglius]

@everyone. No one knows huh?... or cares is probably more like it :(. So it looks like in fact it's a Sheraton and presumably a '65 since Roye mentions that was one of his guitars in an interview. So now what's that weird bridge on the guitar? I suppose I can just ask him on his myspace page!

[UtopiaPoet]

@coniglius

Did you ever find out what kind of guitar he is playing. I saw these guys at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium back in 1975 or 1976. Not certain. but in any event, i could have sworn the guitar he was playing had eight strings.

[coniglius]

@UtopiaPoet Yep I contacted Roye through myspace. So it is a '65 Sheraton that he had repaired and refinished. The unusual bridge was an addition so that indeed the guitar could accomodate 8 strings, which he used on the RTF tour. Man you got to see them live? I'm seriously jealous. I doubt they'll make it out to the states again these days but one could only hope.

[TheRebalancer]

They were friends of mine when I was 20 yo, they lived in Germany close to my home town........Jürgen Munic

[jeffthepoet]

@TheRebalancer Great guys. Roye, Derek, Ron, and Vinny are on Facebook as friends. "Let it grow."

[jaytuck]

Good to hear. Thanks for your note and interest. Unfortunately I have no other video - just "Remember the Future" and "Good Day", both available here on YouTube. I also have active contact with Roye and Mo.

Cheers, Jay

[jaytuck]

This is my video ! I shot this for North German Television back in the Seventies !!!

Still friends with Nektar.

[Nucleozoid]

@jaytuck Well thanks Jay, that was great. Nice job.

[gurdil19]

@jaytuck yeah nice job mate! :P

[jaytuck]

I made this film. Did it for North German Television (NDR) back in the Seventies.

[jaytuck]

Hey, I made this film. It was produced for Freitagsmagazin in the local television division of NDR, Hamburg !!

[jolieoupas]

@jaytuck

hi , i'm a surviver from the seventies. i lived in bonn, godesberg back then., the club they played regulary was called underground and i have seen them therequite often . jupppie schaefer was the owner.

i wonder if you know of any films actually made there.? 1974,75?

the club was quite famous. is there chance you know it?

[jolieoupas]

@jaytuck

hi there . i survived nektar a few times in 1974 or 75 or76?

they plaid quite often in bonn, bad godesberg,

club was called underground (juppy schaefer owner) . i was wondering if you know of any footage actually made there? in this club. thank you for this one!

[leithp]

13 and love Nektar?

There is hope for the future!!!! :-)

[Jeromemariaud]

@leithp Hey...my son near 13 loves Nektar so much... yes, there is hope if parents show them the way to keep ears open.

[Jeromemariaud]

@leithp 

[kujo839]

This was ny favorite song for a long time. Nektar is cool! " Remember the future" is one of their best musical pieces and timeless. A wonderful masterpiece.

[slabsidebass]

saw them live many times in and around NYC in the early '70's-sure wish they'd get major financing so they could do it again in America!

[ig1705]

El mejor grupo de rock de Alemania.

Espectacular !!!

[FranciscodeOrellana]

This is my favorite of NEKTAR, The DVD live they have is so good!

[yestopographic73]

So many thanks for this upload ! Never seeen this footage

[klippspringer]

they did´t have much credit in germany, cause they were far into what germans thought it was american mainstream. not bad from today view.

[nilssonbla]

Burg Herzberg Festival 2010 <3

[rohbear1]

Great video, and I love Nektar, still have the original vinyls. :-) But I am the only one who thinks the LP was dubbed on top of this video? It's too perfectly like the original...

[cunningstuntsofpower]

Palladium shows, The Beacon in the 70's, those were the days.

[Anirml]

Nektar got the same Philosofi in there music as Yes! =)

[dwemmy]

Fantastic shots of Mick Brockett (lights). You truly get a feel for why the band considered him a full fledged member. nice.

[revup67]

Saw then at the Palladium in NYC several times in the mid 70's and also on youtube.

[nukonukopunch]

Saw them on youtube.

[candalyn928]

Saw them in May in NY, Philly (twice, one acoustic) and Virginia. You can get their new live CD "Fortyfied" from the website nektarsmusic.

[tickettyboo1]

Saw them at Dundee Uni late '74 I think just b4 Down 2 earth came out and they blew me away. Loudest gig I ever heard. Made the likes of Zep & Purple sound tame by comparison

[chelm3113]

Saw them at Leeds Poly in 73. An amazing evening I still remember

[VenusGrnys]

They just did ROSFEST here with Barclay James Harvest. I saw them in 74 in New Jersey. Excellent show and album.

Thanks!

[Bilko2720]

@VenusGrnys

Capitol Theatre in Passaic? Mee too!

[VenusGrnys]

No, I was talking about Glenside, PA......and I couldn't go this year. However, I did see them in '74 at the Trenton War Memorial. (not sure what it's called now) That was an exceptional show!

[tidynation]

thank you

[gulopo]

viva peron

[jimittenbach]

They are still around and sound great. I saw them in Virginia a couple of weeks ago.

[borgduck]

Brit-KrautRock????

[MissGothic13]

All of you lucky dudes out there who saw this great band can say thanx to the "Gods of music". It was 1975 when I discovery them and their music, thanx to Circus magazine.The music has help me believe in the power of positive thinking and a better future. Thank you again Nektar for creating great music.

[Nellydyson]

Bro' this was such a gotod time. in history Saw them in '75 & '76 at Cambridge Corn Exchange. A bit whacked on Mandys but still love it.

[LEHIGHDRIVE]

1974 for me...advertised as the 1999 Show. and it was, at the time. .. Tower Theater Phildelphia, PA USA

Spoke with the Sound And Special Effects crew. A lot of Slide Show Projection Effects. colored Oil between plates of glass in motion

[nux1966]

I saw nektar at the St. Paul Theater MN in 1978...I was 18. One of the best...sadley I don,t remember alot "too high" What a Waste!

[pennytraitor]

First saw Nektar at a Man concert in Watford town hall with a mate Mike Thomas back in '73. Man were playing their Back to the Future tour and I think Deke Leonards Iceberg were also there. All three bands jammed at the end, it was awesome! I think todays bands think jamming is something that happens when their car gets stuck in gear! ;0)

[sixsixxsixxxx]

@pennytraitor nothing like an old fart adding his ignorance

[pennytraitor]

@sixsixxsixxxx LOL I think you've fallen out of your pushchair!!

[liberalmoron]

I was 14 years old 36 years ago and this was the first concert I saw. I will always remember it. Time runs to darn fast.

Thanks for posting!!

[nikolica86]

da da

[lessthanhannahx]

im 13 now and i love nektar, theyre great

the full version of this song is brilliant

[mickmos]

@lessthanhannahx no one gives a fuck how old you are

[borgduck]

@mickmos Just thumb him down, & get your friends to do the same.

[lessthanhannahx]

@mickmos fight me, asshole.

[mickmos]

@lessthanhannahx calm down you little fag, no one thinks your tough

[eightycargo100]

where is the video ??????

[ccttkk]

my first concert, didnt even understand it. now I'm an old man, sounds better now!

[jdepiola]

As far as I'm concerned..The Nektar sound and light show was the best execution of a concert I have ever seen. i am a musician and enjoyed every musical journey they took me thru. My dream was to be in their band, but Larry fast and Taff beat me to it.

[Bflocathy]

oh wow i love nektar! had several of their albums, and would listen to them on a daily basis, gettin high and the whole bit

[joealanouf]

same here. remeber the future was my first nektar album . i loved it so much. them and wishbone ash

[gillan5]

As a Teenager I saw the quite often since I am from Darmstadt (Hessia, Germany) and Darmstadt more or less was their hometown. The light show was immense; maybe you can do that with a tiny computer nowadays. Zappa once gave them a shit sound as they opened for him, later in the tour he through them out because they were better then him. Same happened to Golden Earring who opened for the Who. Nektar made a big mistake in going to a big label and to the USA.

[VenusGrnys]

I have to agree with you about both Nektar and Golden Earring. Most people only know one tune by Golden Earring...Radar Love. While it was a great tune, the entire Moontan album was stellar. And I just got the Japanese import of Remember the Future on CD since it's hard to come by and all my vinyl was stollen in'87 and it's been quite difficult to replace some of the out of print stuff. You really have to go searching for it....

[gillan5]

Here in Germany you can buy the Nektar CD`s. If you are looking for another one, just let me know.

[VenusGrnys]

thanks....why didn't I think of that??? haha

[72Z15SS]

Wow this is old! Does anyone want to buy the 8-track of this? LOL... I think I actually wore it out to be honest...

[soundchaser7]

my compliments to the band, also. The first time I heard of Nektar was in 1973 (or 74) in San Antonio. A flyer on the windshield of my car told of a concert by a band from Germany : Nektar. It promised to be one of the most stunning performances of the decade, both musically and visually..laser light show..holograms dancing on your head. Less than a year later, I was turning my friends on to this album & "Recycled". I still share their music with friends.

Great fuckin band, guys.

[giveitsomerice]

Hi dude,

"Recycled" was the first ever album I bought when I was 13 and I played it on my cheap turntable until it was nearly ruined. Like "The Scorpions", who come from Hannover (no, it is not hangover :-)), they had no chance to get famous in their own country and went to the US.

Now that I found them on YT again and read your comment I'm glad they did so.

Greetz to the US

[salemrush]

Far out!

Astralman

[harkerlana]

By the way: Am I the only one who thinks that the song, "It"s all over now" off the RECYCLED album is one of the best songs ever?

[sandusky434343]

Good call on "It's all over now". Great song. There's also a good live version on the Live in New York double cd.

[harkerlana]

Do you believe it was my gutless way of ending an affair by playing that song to my, then love.

I've grown up since then but never enough to stop loving Nektar.

As underrated a band as you will ever find

[eduborgescruz]

NEKTAR My favorite band...I started to like prograssive (and rock and roll) lintening NEKTAR...

Ed from Brazil

[Nashhha123]

My dad is the bass player. Derek "mo" Moore

he is a wonderful/talanted man and i loved watching him when the band did a tour a few years ago

[steveplaysdrums22]

Nashhha123 Your dad is such a great bass player. This band was/is amazing. Used to practice to this song and listen to it into the night as well as Remember The Future. Great seeing NeKtAr alive and well!!!

[clearneat]

virtual greetings to all the band members, and their kids - great to come 'that near' to the band so inexpectedly. My favourite were probably 'Sounds like this' - rebought it after 30 years, on CD. Now it stays side by side with Lou Reed's 'Rock and Roll Animal'. A good frame of reference to put woodstock, the Doors, the 60ies and all good stuff, up to today, in between.

Cheers.

P.S: what about a Woodstock of 60ies music (only original films projected to mega screens)?

[KISSklas]

you should convince him to get Nektar to Norway:D

[GecSword]

Dude, your dad is one of my all-time idols!

I wish he'd come to south florida, I'd be first to get tickets!

[FreemansfromHambur]

Hello Nassha, greets to ur family and all the rest from Alain and Jamie Freeman( Son and Grandson from the wonderfull/talented Keyboardplayer"Taff" Freeman)

[harkerlana]

Your dad was in one of the most underrated bands of all time.

Please tell your dad that he was part of a great time in my life.

Love to your father and to NEKTAR as a whole.

You should be proud.

[beefheart67]

disco my ass nektar is such a heavy band and i wish they would bring back these old light shows

[IamJoeDestruction]

Just for your clarification, I wasn't referring to Nektar as being disco, not by a long shot, these guys kicked some major rock & roll ass. It was just a joke, an old chant, maybe you had to be a rock & roller in the 70's to get it. (Refer to videos on "Disco Demolition".)

ROCK ON!!

[IamJoeDestruction]

I also have Captain Beefheart on vinyl too! And Zappa, love that vinyl!

[maguihkrause]

Adoro...Haaa os bons tempos do puro rock.

[Bilko2720]

Still got all my Nektar on 8-tracks! Saw them in '74. So awesome.

[IamJoeDestruction]

Wow, I still have this on high quality vinyl, never saw the video though, thanks for posting it. It's really sad how many great bands there were (and are) that people don't remember anymore, or that don't get recognized. Meanwhile plastic people products like the Britney Spears's of the world everyone knows, how sad.

ROCK & ROLL AND DISCO SUCKS!!!!!

ROCK & ROLL AND DISCO SUCKS!!!!!

ROCK & ROLL AND DISCO SUCKS!!!!!

ROCK & ROLL AND DISCO SUCKS!!!!!

ROCK & ROLL AND DISCO SUCKS!!!!!

[dja7118]

I had this on vinyl in the 70's, but lost it in a nasty divorce in the 90's. Thanks for the upload and the memories

[lothy59]

i had this on vinyl 74.. last year i was listening to radio.. ears perked up. who is this sounds familiar.. i now have it on cd.. wow what a memory.. this band is great.. alot of diversty here.. nice

[ayubtawasne]

Recuerdame de mi 18 años,en mi ciudad Rio de Janeiro/Brasil.Una epoca muy especial,de recuerdos magicos,con mi chica.

Dale "Nectar" SIEMPRE..

[richardd2063]

Bought back to the future on vinyl after i read about them in record collector mag, never looked back, if you think this is a pretty good track download the lyrics on net,really deep stuff and check out some of their other stuff, happy xmas everyone

[suffertrip]

i started listening to them after i stumbled upon a tab in the ocean on vinyl, at a garage sale, i already knew about them but never heard them, because iron maiden covered king of twilight, just had to hear the original, since then they are one of my fav. bands all time, i have all the albums except for last few the 70's shit is all you need though

[Doumbeks]

Does Nektar have a website? Myspace? Something? Anything??? "It's All Over" is my FAVORITE Nektar song ever. It's on the album "Recycled" a masterpiece!!!

[ladybluerose]

there is a "new" nektar(new members) an since thats been up all there old stuff has only been up here and yes they rock

I saw them live three times.

[Stevesupcom]

This was one of the best bands ever!!! There's a new band that's just as great - Porcupine Tree - check out all their videos/music you can find here. I'm sure you'll love it!!!

[clearneat]

thanks for the hint, heared of these, going to check.. it's about time some fresh meat gets into the good trails

[Exron]

Awesome! It's been 30+ years since I've seen them.

[edvadosvba]

Well, they're touring Germany and Europe right now. Call your local clubs! Tell them you want to see them!

[clearneat]

yes, me too, I were 17 or some, heard 'em in Bad Godesberg, summer 70ies. I wish I were back there whit the experience of today, thought..

[Mikaeloettli]

wonderful!! everytime i see it.

[ja4nice]

Really the best psychodelic playing since ,like , the beatles and other apple type songs.

[biberwurz]

a tab of the ocean , please posting

[sabianone]

yes where is the tab?is it in! the ocean? perhaps,..and where is grand alliance?...royes sideband?

[trakmac]

Ah yes! Nektar how I remember them back in the 1970's. It's so great to see 'Mo' on bass and 'Taff' on keyboards as well as Roye(vocals and guitar) and Ron(drums) who, of course, are still in the band.

[DrLux]

The kings of the psychedelic era, together with Syd Barett and Pink Floyd. They have 9 official albums. Collect it all and you will never regret. :)

[weird73]

wonderful old straight rock in its best thks for ptting it into the utube