the Nice - Rondo ( original album version )

Rondo set to some Rollercoasters of the world , hope i dont annoy anyone by borrowing their footage . The nice - Keith Emerson , Lee Jackson , David O'list and Brian Davison

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[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 .

[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 .

[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 .

[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.

[seeyouinhell2times]

nice to meet you too Mr.Nameless.

[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.

[metalheadnick555]

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

[kilderok]

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

[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