the Nice - Rondo ( original album version )

[metalheadnick555]

This is such an awesome song! I didn't even know the main section was based off of a jazz song (Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo a la Turk") until my jazz history professor played it and I was like "holy shit. that's the Nice". Granted, Brubeck's version could have benefited from the Bach Toccata in the middle section.

[m06een00]

Quite a bit of Bach's Tocata and Fugue in D Minor used in here.

[touaregk]

kinda reminds of Deep purple's improvisation on "Mandrake Root" at times.

Pretty amazing and innovative stuff

[paulc118]

Yeah, me too. I wore out the grooves on the LP. Don't forget Tarkus was 10/8 time.

[evap8]

I haven't heard this since I was 18! I am 60 now and it's still so good!

[bogeybast]

"Autumn To Spring" (Charisma) shares 6 songs in common with "Emerlist Davjack" (Columbia). "Autumn To Spring" contains 3 additional songs, including 'America'; "Emerlist" only a couple: 'Rondo' & 'War & Peace.' I haven't thought about this or listened to this music in decades. It's so pleasant to be reacquainted with these gems, thanks to you.

[kuj4z]

MMr reminds me off ff7

[kilderok]

@kuj4z Ditto! This is totally the boss battle music from that game.

[SoapyTitsWank]

The Knife - Genesis

[GuyWithNoName67]

Isn't the original album version 8:22? That's what it says on Wikipedia...

[smurfinpsp]

Blue Rondo a la Turk on which this piece is based is by Dave Brubeck and is not based on Mozart at all, rather on the traditional turkish rhythm 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2/3 tis an awesome tune, and so is this in its own way

[kick0u7thejams]

Ahhhhhh this song makes me feel nice

[Yogiphildas]

Absolutely love this track. It is also the track that inspired Genesis in writing The Knife!

[vintagezigg]

NICE !

[JELOYU]

the first time i hear this song,i was 11 years old.Wonderful.(its good to have a hippy daddy^^)Pink Floyd Rullezz^^

[caravaneriam]

Saw them in Dundee in 1968.It was a concert where everyone went for it.

Simply brilliant night.

Im sure the band members will remember it.They had girl friends with them and it was some concert.

The concert hall managers had to pull the plug on the concert because it was a night in if they hadn't.

There was a huge hammond organ in this hall and Keith Emerson played "oh i do like to be beside the seaside" on it.Brilliant..Everyone went crazy.

[canthinkverywell]

dude, there's a whole minute missing...

[feedboi]

Saw The Nice at the Fillmore in 68...never will be a year like that again....the energy of the universe was in play every day. An epipheny a nanosecond back then..glad I was in the way of the wave...

[LukasFin]

How woderfully this rollercoaster movie fits to Keith Emersson's organ playing. Very special to look at it and listen to that awesome audio.

[Bigmac520]

Great version, thanks for the post.

[larteonceagain]

The Nice and Purple has a lot in common in this piece.

Just amzingingly good.

[metal4massacre]

ts amazing how advance the piano was... the guitar is just starting to catch up

[Davesax1965]

Absolutely correct. From what I remember, Joe Morello (Dave Brubecks' drummer) had been in Morocco and had listened to the locals drumming in 9/8 time. They came back and wrote Blue Rondo a la Turk in 9/8. (They were all into unusual time signatures - Take Five is written in 5/4.)

[lilypics]

Keith Emmerson Dave O'List, Jacka Jackson and Brian 'Blinky' Davison - The Nice. A fantastic band who played progressive rock that went right through you! Listen to 'The Five Bridges suite' based on Newcastle, where they did much of their early work. Keith Emmerson brought the house down in Newcastle 2 years ago, despite his hand problems - old masters never age........ The whole album 'The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack' (taken from their names) is timeless.....

[Wazabooz]

Shaikale you're close but Brubeck's piece is in 9/8 (a rather arcane time signature to be sure).

The bit at 4:35 -- I could've sworn I have also heard Rick Wakeman playing that.

Well this is making a rainy Monday much more fun... thanks for posting.

[trichoone]

Glad you liked it Wazabooz , i see what you mean about the piece , it does sound a bit like a section of 6 wives from Rick another great keyboard man .

[metalheadnick555]

@Wazabooz It's very possible that Wakeman played it, but that section was actually from Bach's "Toccata in D Minor"

[RatherLargeAllan]

This record got banned at parties I attended - when people danced to this the furniture got broken!!

[neubus2]

the nice aurait du vivre sous louis 14!!!

[Eldryzif]

One of the first hard prog rock... epic.

[Vharlid]

absolut toppppp

[octopusinthepiano]

@goldsprocket - >.> blue rondo a la turk was NOT composed by mozart. its a dave brubeck piece which always assumed to be based on a mozart piece.

[goldsproket]

@octopusinthepiano... my dear pussy, listen to piano sonata No.11 in A, K.311

(alla turca), by mozart, sorry you lacking the euro education, .....would not hurt though

[Shaikale1]

he said based, anyways it sounds nothing like Turka , also rondo is 3/4 beat and la turka is 4/4 !! Amadeus is by far my favorate composer, though emmerson is our time's legend of Hammond!!! and what a memorable moment in music The Nice!!

[djupvulva]

the only thing I noticed,.. is that it is terrible, really terrible crap music

[goldsproket]

Rondo a la Turka was written by Mozart,

Keith never intended to hide anything, he just had fun mixing Classic with Rock, saw their last Concert in1969, to bad you were not there, read up my friends

[TerrorUschi]

one of the best songs I've ever listened to.

heard it first in Rote Sonne and been looking for it ever after.

thanks

[iamastormtrooper]

this is one of those covers Keith Emerson never gave any credit to the original composer so few people know that this is'nt really his work, the original song is blue rondo a la turk and was made by Dave Brubeck Quartet and that was in 9/8 so theres a difference between the two. i think this version is really great but i recommend you all to listen to the original score for it's really a fine piece of music

[trichoone]

thats very interesting my friend i will have to listen to that .

[elausraliano]

@trichoone You mean, you'd never heard the Dave Brubeck version before!!?? I first heard it at home, my father was a Dave Brubeck fan and I remember him not being too impressed with this version. We had the ususal argument,"but Dad, music has to evolve", etc. good memories!

[Voluespa]

@elausraliano, Please, Blue Rondo al la Turk was written by Paul Desmond, and not Dave Brubeck, - like Take Five. It's also written by Paul Desmond!

Greets

[musicfromhell]

I wonder if Emerson actually thought that people wouldn't recognize that bit from Bach's "Fugue" in the middle as well? Hahaha.

[rowfantpav]

He did the same with the intro to 'America'. How many people recognise the 4th movement from Dvorak's new world symphony?

[Hyardacil]

@iamastormtrooper Not to mention J. S. Bach? :P

[iamastormtrooper]

@Hyardacil did Bach Compose Blue Rondo? or what do you mean?

[Hyardacil]

@iamastormtrooper There is a very short passage of Fugue in D minor thrown in there.

[iamastormtrooper]

@Hyardacil oh i i dont remember have'nt listend to this in a while now but now that i think about it, i remember him play Bach with his arms backwards...

[warmhurt]

The Brubeck composition is well-known -- I'm sure lots of people have figured it out.

[iamastormtrooper]

@warmhurt

yeah... still, for those who don't... everyone haven't heard everything. but your right

[mythicword]

I saw this, up close and personal at a Gig in Manchester. blew me away and still sends shivers

[trichoone]

I agree with you my friend does the same to me even now , thanks for your comment .

[wolverine84]

One of the greatest "unknown" albums of all time, The Nice The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack!

[richq11]

I still have my original copy

[rowfantpav]

I first heard this in 1968 on acquiring TTOED on my 15th bithday. Since then i have never tired of listening to this studio version. It's one of those tracks that, the more you listen, the more you hear.

And for anyone who thinks that Davy O'List was not missed when he left the Nice then listen to this again on CD through earphones. All through the track, that dirty guitar sound is growling away in the background and it adds more punch than you realise - it's brilliant!

[uweoehlke]

Thats the "real" Metal

[captainsoul1953]

My friends and i used to do" idiot" dancing to this...fortunately no footage exists!

Jim

[lakalakaloka]

GREAT VIDEO TRICHOONE!!!

[trichoone]

thankyou

[Walchensee53]

This is a good progressive rock rendition of a Dave Brubeck jazz standard.

[Dimagg1973]

They plaid a concert in a gig that included Deep Purple at London, University College UK 15 Feb 1969.

[boiledrootbeer]

What is "ELP"?

[DeathTimer]

Emerson, Lake & Palme

One of the first supergroups of progressive rock

The members are:

Keith Emerson (The pianist of The Nice)

Greg Lake (Singer and bassist/guitarist of King Crimson)

And Carl Palmer (Drummer of Asia and Atomic Rooster)

[boiledrootbeer]

Oh, I've listened to Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Didn't know their origins. Kind of neat.

[KapnKoolio]

I remember seeing these guys in Chicago in 1968 or 69 -- they didn't have a guitar player, just 3 guys, and they blew the roof off the place. Did they work much without a guitar player? (IMO nothing was missed.) They warmed up for somebody else, I forget who. I'd never heard of The Nice before, but I'll always remember them after that nite.

[anonymusum]

The record was made with a guitar player who later left the band and was not replaced. Since then they played as a trio what Emerson continued with ELP. For me the most underrated band configuration in the rock genre.

[charliefaq]

Davy O'List ?

[anonymusum]

Right !

[motherbrain86]

both the nice and ELP kick arse

nobody could man the synths and keyboards like Keith emerson

[3bar]

The more I listen to ELP, the more I love The Nice. Their music was better. No synths. Not so "serious". Just my humble opinion.

[meowzer999]

I'd tend to agree. In an interview Emerson said the Nice were more experimental than ELP...I think in ELP the *egos* got in the way too often

[seeyouinhell2times]

OMFG!!!!!!!!the title of this song is the same with my surname!!!!!

[trichoone]

nice to meet you Ms Rondo .

[seeyouinhell2times]

nice to meet you too Mr.Nameless.

[FergusonTO35]

Bravo!!

[angelicb4me]

ive bin alive so long i recognised all you guys' references, blue rondo a la turk-brubeck, haven't heard mozart, must do, thanks, more elp, nice, etc the better on here.

[tuerii]

wtf is the silver star !! and music is really nice

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Love the part where they rip through portions of Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D moll!!!! Some Beatles goodies in the mix also..... This is joyful, awesome stuff. Again, thanks for posting.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

WAAAY cool, man!!! A real musical roller-coaster ride. Thanks for posting it!!!

[lakalakaloka]

BShasAJAHJA!! I'll just listen to it! my comment is that I had some of my best parties with ELP

[tartas2001]

the original piece is: blue rondo a a la turk by dave brubeck quartet

[trichoone]

thanks for that info but one thing is sure it can't sound anything like this .

[zalenka]

'The' original is Rondo Alla Turk by WA Mozart

[tartas2001]

it's based on rondo alla turk but it is not the piece itself

[zalenka]

You can certainly pick out the melody as such but other than that this is pure edge of ur seat creation at it's best!

Cheers from Oz.

[PAULLONDEN]

Nice thoughts of EmerList DavJack

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[dreamsofoddity]

Just gone out to buy "The Best of The Nice".

So much for YouTube/Internet killing music.

I shall forever see rollercoasters when I hear this though LOL

[trichoone]

you hit the nail on the head there my friend thats what its all about we are all finding music that we may never have come across without this formula rock on You Tube .

[MANCATDRZ]

commeny from DR.Z "Saw the Nice at the GRANDE RIVEARA aka the Grande in exile. Great show"

[Siddartha157]

I've been looking for that song for months ! It appears in the german movie "Rote Sonne" by Rudolph Thome I saw this summer...

[trichoone]

sorry you couldn't find it sooner I have updated the title to help in future -trichoone .

[benia88]

si perde la musica con questo Roller Coaster...

[noddyspuncture]

For some ELP tribute videos search for- Noddy's Puncture ... we have a CD out that features Mr. Emerson playing with us...!

[jonsilence]

Great concept.....this is a classic song and one of my all time faves. Best performance by far IMO is the live 'Rondo 69' version recorded at the Fillmore. Unrivalled organ performance by Emerson. And yes, I'll put this on at 6 min till midnight on my next birthday!

[Kasskat]

'one of those people' is also a great nice song. I love the way lee jackson sings like a dalek on it!

[puddypuss]

ever since I was 15 ( 38 years ago ) I have put this track on at 6 minutes to midnight on the eve of my birthday so the climactic ending occurs at the dawning of the day.

[trichoone]

that seems an interesting thing to do

[puddypuss]

it just seemed to embody a kind of mystique and positive energy when I was that age that has stayed with me. there was also a childrens programme called the tyrant king that used lots of atmospheric pieces by the nice, pink floyd, and others that conveyed that feeling too.

[FloydNIN]

could you send me some of your tracks from the nice?

[Carlito1988]

My favorite band of ALL time!!

[GoblinGirl]

I like the Rondo '69 version best (off The Nice's 3rd album, called "Nice"). That's just Emerson, Jackson, and Davison.

[Eldo850]

The Nice was a terrific band! Thanks for posting this.

[trichoone]

They was a good band thats for sure and i have others to put up if i get around to them .

[captainbeefeart]

reprise de blue rondo à la turk de dave brubeck

[captainbeefeart]

blue rondo à la turque de dave brubek

[penka19]

idolo Keith Emerson

[trakmac]

Wow!! What an absolute classic - I really love Lee Jackson's constant thumping bass riff.

[betover68]

That would be great thanks in advance

[betover68]

great band, great compo. Impossible to conceive music like this will be ever made again. Does anybody know whether 'The Cry of Eugene' ever turned into a clip ?

[trichoone]

I have that i'll put it on my list .

[skoebiedoe]

thanks thousands for this great blast from the past.

Keith at his very best, a classic.

[trichoone]

Thanks i didn't think there were many of us left who remembered them from the response

[skoebiedoe]

be patient friend. it may take awhile, but when people find out about this pearl, more replies will come in.

btw, for me it worked the other way around! i first got to know The Nice, & after that ELP.