The Nice - Brandenburger (Live 1969)

[claudiodelfuoco]

Brandemburger concert n° 3 .... very modified.

[marmas58ink]

Really great quality considering the time period (as others have doubtlessly said).

Always surprises me when things like this turn up. I imagine more often than not whole vaultfuls of old performance videos have been just tossed out... luckily some are preserved.

[blackandtanful]

ｷｰｽ･ｴﾏｰｿﾝの６９年、ｻﾞ･ﾅｲｽ､ﾊﾓﾝﾄﾞ一辺倒時­代､それなりのしっかりした素養を見せつけたﾊﾞｯﾊ"ﾌﾞﾗﾝ­ﾃﾞﾝﾌﾞﾙｸﾞ組曲”（ﾗｲヴ)

[superguitarras111]

que genial keith ..gracias por existir...el idolo de mi infancia

[rudymoog]

yes, this is one of the parts of the suite Ars Longa Vita Brevis, second Nice album, 1968.

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

A masterpiece. And a very very rare and valuable video. 1,000,000,000 thanks, Kryl0v !!! Greetings from Rio!

- c.a.t.

[Julian53847]

Saw Nice live at the Locarno in Coventry 1968/9, one of the two. At College in Coventgry College of Education at the time - amazing; does anyone know who was with them that night, playing Sabre Dance and can I find that on You Tube?

[beebfader]

@Julian53847 : Sabre Dance was covered by Dave Edmunds' Love Sculpture at that time, I'm sure it's on Youtube....

[djwak59]

Thanks so much for posting this !

Back in high school, in the 70s ( ! ), I was a keyboard player in several basement bands, and a HUGE fan of Keith Emerson. It was stuff like this that inspired me to play back then.

Thanks go out to Keith for the inspiration, and thanks again for the great footage !

[ACooke108]

Great find. Other than the Beatles, two groups changed my life when I saw them live in the 60's: The Who and The Nice.

[InterstellarJoe]

Brandenburg concerto nr. 3 as an excerpt from 'Ars longa vita brevis' 1968.

[rushyeskansas]

Keith is one of the greatest, no doubt ... if with The Nice, ELP or solo ... he is a pioneer of prog rock! Awesome ... this old footage is priceless! THANX for posting!

[3bar]

One dislike?!? Really??? Come on!!!!!

[Hecateize]

great! its wonderful this versions of classicals for rock bands.

[apleasantsymmetry]

That is one very tasty brandenburger!

[dragonslayers118]

Keith Emerson so looks likes Nigel Tuffnal from Spinal Tap HAHA

[dosware]

BTW, Keith is brilliant. I'm sad only a few recall his brilliance. Get his latest live album with Mark Bonilla...it's the best Emerson since the mid 70's.

[dosware]

10, 000 views....pathetic. What has the world come to artistically. Not much, I'm afraid. When the younger generations start looking back for inspiration, we know the fall of Rome is near.

[MARCHBALI]

is he Keith Emmerson brother ?? 

[Kryl0v]

@MARCHBALI

No, it IS Keith Emerson.

[Sterndi1]

@Kryl0v Guess that was an ironic question. ;-)

[MRHYDELIVE]

...the beginning of Keith the Great.....

[Heath75032]

This is the piece that turned me on to Bach at the age of 16.  Thanks Keith.

[Heath75032]

Believe it or not i have this on the original vinyl LP

[blackandtanful]

あった!あった!～ｷｰｽ･ｴﾏｰｿﾝ率いるTHE NICE､ﾊﾞｯﾊ"ブランデンブルグ協奏曲"～(笑)(#^.­^#)

[MrSKINFLICK]

Many people were desparate after the second world war about the Nazis and asked the world: How could this happen to a country which had composers like Bach ?

I could also ask the world why silly hypocrites and banal assholes are almost everywhere in the world.

God bless Bach an his music revolution back then - and he was no snob - like the Nazis - but open-minded to everything - even new at old age !

[Kilchattan7]

an' ol Python Lee before his Broken Dream too

[thatmuse76]

@Kilchattan7

Actually no relation to Python Lee Jackson as I had made that mistake in the past. Lee Jackson was in Jackson Heights in the 70's and then with a semi-reformation of the Nice with Patrick Moraz called Refugee in 1974.

[3bar]

This is Fantastic!!! You have made my day. This is one of the best and most underated bands ever.

[thewordofgord]

thanks so much for this rarity! Great that they would attempt this piece without the orchestra from the original. It's the orchestra that really gives it its drive.

huge Nice fan, saw them twice in 68/69,

wordofgord

[zobielamouche1]

i used to smoke cannabis to this music

[tarbuck1]

un fucking believable- the musicianship ship here is almost second to none- im 25 now and come from a different age, when music now is so pathetic and revolves around tv reality shows rather than knuckling down rather than earning your stripes over a number of years without the aid of television and even radio. My dad introduced me to this and i havent looked back since

[tarbuck1]

absolutely amazing

[yarduag2008]

Keith , déjà un immense talent !

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

This is pure gold!

- c.a.t.

[8888sam]

its called BRANDENBURGER after bach's brandenburg concerto no.3 in G mov. 1

[movingwaves]

Wow! This takes me back! Just glorious! Thank goodness for YouTube and Kry10v, huh?

[Kryl0v]

@movingwaves

Hehe, yeah.

[SuperMagicBoy]

@movingwaves isnt ur name a Focus album ? ;)

[JohnWhapshott]

Fantastic!! Thank you so much for posting! Where's the wrong note in the solo? I've noticed other wrong notes of Keith's (usually 1 in every million!) but I can't spot one here. I was fascinated by his hand-written music too - and I was wondering why he turned over at one point near the end, when it seemed to be a recapitualtion of what he'd played before. Still, he is the pioneering genius - the rest of us just humbly follow!

[jonsilence]

Fantastic...never seen this footage. Wow!

[karnevilj]

ASTOUNDING!!

[TheHammond1986]

for who "unseen"?

for me, for example - well-known usual video.