The Nice mit "America“ in Hits à Gogo (Erstsendung: 02.09.1968)

Rund acht Jahre von 1967 bis 1973 bot Hits à Gogo einen Überblick über die internationale Popszene und Unterhaltungsmusik von der Schnulze bis zur Rockmusik vom Folksong
bis zum Rock n Roll.
In dieser ersten farbigen Ausgabe vom 2. September 1968 führten die Moderatoren Suzanne Doucet und Hardy Hepp durch den Abend. Kurze Interviews mit den Interpreten machen den Zeitgeist der Generation sichtbar: The Nice gaben politische Statements gegen die gewalttägigen Zustände in Amerika ab während Doucet mit der Chansonniere Patricia über ihre Kleiderpräferenzen parlierte. Der Mini oder der Maxi Zum Schluss wurde getanzt als gäbe es kein Morgen.
Folgende Pop Videos sind zu sehen:
-Tommy James and the Shondells "Mony Mony"
-Beach Boys "Do It Again"
-The First Edition "Just Dropped In"
-Les Sauterelles "Heavenly Club"
"Hits à Gogo" entstand in Koproduktion mit dem Norddeutschen Rundfunk (NDR) und zum ersten Mal war bei dieser Ausgabe auch das Fernsehen der italienischsprachigen Schweiz dabei
Moderation: Suzanne Doucet und Hardy Hepp.
Erstsendung: 02. September 1968
(Text: SRF1)

[@briantruitt5218]

Keith Freakin' Emerson! What a classic clip. Thanks for uploading.

[@christiansuper5057]

And he looks so young. What a talent. RIP

[@user-dc4wm6ok7r]

Ich liebte immer dieses Stück und habe es bisher nur auf einer alten LP gehört. Nun Live und in Farbe - Ich bin absolut begeistert.

[@WhiteCamry]

The best bit of all is that they're playing live instead of miming along to a record.

[@brotzmannsax]

I saw the Nice at the Fillmore East with this band, unbelievable footage, Keith Emerson's daggers and all.

[@Rondo2ooo]

Wie geil ist das denn! Super Programm und Atmosphäre und natürlich die Anfänge vom goldenen Zeitalter des Prog Rocks.

[@9750939]

Too groovy for words! I was obsessed by the Nice in the late 60s.

[@luckyWaiting]

Excellent!!! God save the great Keith Emerson!

[@brianhammer5107]

You know he's dead - a suicide? And an atheist, as was Greg Lake. So, no.

[@BetamaxFlippy]

Incredible video that's being preserved here!

[@AllTheBestCO]

I know. It has such brilliant qualities of visuals and sound. I love it. ☆☆☆☆☆

[@kengruz669]

Inspired and mind blown at an early age by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, and here, many years later, I'm treated to a beautifully-preserved German broadcast of "The Nice" playing their take of "America." Keith almost single-handedly dragged "keyboardist" out of the ghetto of a band's uncool, and here gives us musical glimpses of what would later be heard on "Tarkus" and "Brain Salad Surgery."

[@danielscott1749]

I was 12 in 1970 when a friends older brother induced me to The NICE. Thanks Paul where ever you are!

[@thommyh.4492]

I was 14 then, the same happened to me.

[@lucianocatarin9176]

Keith Emerson my Heroes Forever and ever,sure with Greg Lake and Carl Palmer,from Treviso Italy

[@FishinChickin]

"You kids WILL listen to Bernstein and LIKE IT!!"

[@wildatlanticman128]

The day before I was born...still love this music! Thank you.😎👌🏼

[@ACooke108]

Where has this clip been all of my life? First saw them at the Fillmore East in 1969. By then David O'List had left the band.

[@brotzmannsax]

Did you see the shows of them with Ten Years After & Family?

[@tomtrana3449]

The Nice, here with David O'List on guitar. btw. Brian Davison was a fantastic drummer.

[@donkeyshot8472]

not that it shows here much, though...

[@vincentdavis3453]

Back in those days, women were so heavenly and beautiful.

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Um, reality check, mate. Humans are exactly the same as they were 50, 60 and hundreds of years ago. I'm thinking that you might just be a little hung up over women not having to shake their arses in the same way that they had to when you were young. And I seriously doubt that you are any older than I am. Get a grip, old dude.

[@peterbland7227]

That Emerson kid has a bright future ahead of him.

[@winniemiles]

Simply stunning video, and as a sweet bonus... a young, handsome Italian anchorwoman, Marina Morgan!!!!

[@mauricebederon869]

Super, in restaurierter Qualität!

[@AllTheBestCO]

Very cool! I'm glad that this came up in my thread. The video quality and sound is extraordinary, for the period! I'm digging this! Thanks for the posting!

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very good.........................................................................

[@spookytooth2044]

Saw the Nice in January 1970 just before they broke up. I saw them, The Family and Chicken Shack all at the same gig for 21/- (that’s £1 and one shilling when an LP used to cost about £2!). What a fantastic Friday night that was. And next morning I purchased the newly released ‘Witch’s Promise’ by JT. I was about 16 and what a great time it was to live!

[@douglasb5046]

A guinea haha

[@mccypr]

Awesome! Thanks! 🙂😎

[@horstali100]

Das war noch innovative mutige Musik, und toll, das so etwas damals auch akzeptiert wurde! Wenn ich vieles modernes dagegen höre; Techno, Hiphop, Rap...ohje!

[@cathydowns5442]

Ja ja, früher war alles besser! Dieses Rentner-Gelaber ist einfach unerträglich...

[@horstali100]

Ja manchmal tut die Wahrheit weh!❤❤😂

[@troysvisualarts]

Absolutely amazing wild performance, always liked their rendition of "America" and Keith's wild organ playing and him putting those knives into the organ and going wild and crazy with his playing adds to the intense awesomeness of this performance, and love the psychedelic choreography of the camera work on this show, the did it nice and effectively despite not using the electronic video effects that were actually available in the late 60s! Love how they poured colour paint at the beginning of the show too, simple but very effective!

[@randlerobbertson8792]

Magnificent. I was 10 years old.

[@thommyh.4492]

Und ich zwölf….

[@musicstewart9744]

Most of the kids in the audience are thinking “What the hell. I can’t dance to this. “

[@sixtieskid062]

This would have made a great scene in the movie "Easy Rider". Just imagine Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson walking into a discotheque, and there are The Nice jamming to "America".

[@kengruz669]

I know you must be referencing the chaotic performance in the club scene where the "Yardbirds" are playing in "Blow-up" (1966.) At least that's where my mind went upon reading your comment and picturing "The Nice" in a similarly raucous scene.

[@mikegraves9682]

The intro song is Flights of Fantasy by The Ventures

[@seattlebeard]

I love a good tune you can hum when you're moving through your day.

[@MikeH_PR]

"Why did you put these knives in the organ?". This is a fantastic clip.

[@ronrice1931]

"Now's the time on Sprockets when we dance!" :) That's Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer on keyboards, by the way.

[@theswordofkings7549]

“Would you like to pet my monkey?”😂

[@edljnehan2811]

No, why you could have knocked me over with a feather.😅 really😅 duh😢

[@myfavorites9686]

Ich habe sie mal in London gesehen und gehört in den zechziger Jahren. Ganz tolle Grupe

[@ngumbao6252]

Nice Music and very nice Grannnnnnnys

[@Gauchothedog]

Yeah…..🙏😎 cheers 😅🎉

[@lincbond442]

Amazing performance! Keith was already a superstar back then.

[@nordlicht666]

🤣👍👍 das ist mal ein anderer schnack als bei ilja richterr. 👍👍😎

[@user-nc5tb5go3d]

It was brilliant way back then and nothing has changed , only my waistline and dark hair now a shocking white no baldness either a full head of hair thick and warm during the winter. I am 72 years young.

[@ACooke108]

Wow!

[@johnned4848]

This is great!!!

[@edljnehan2811]

The great Keith Emerson. There is no substitution😊

[@ponkoffmusic]

KZbin Gold! ❤❤❤

[@katiaorsini1263]

Un giovanissimo Keith ❤

[@deanwolfechannel]

yah man, Emerson was a visionary

[@thetruth2429]

Unfassbar interessant.

[@borniturnschue9800]

Ich habe nachgeforscht. Bei der Dame bei 0:44 könnte es sich um Monique Krieger handeln. Sie war damals Ansagerin beim Schweizer Fernsehen.

[@donkeyshot8472]

the only rendition of the nice`s "america (from west side story)" I have ever seen with the inimitable davey o`list (later a founding member of roxy music) on guitar!

[@yesman2755]

Very rare colour footage featuring Davy O’List on guitar. Most of the early clips I’ve seen even with O’List have barely spotlighted him. Incredible. What a great original band they were. And to think they were PP Arnold’s backing band just prior to this. I wonder if there’s any footage of them with her. Believe they were listed a PP Arnold and Her Nice.

[@vanprahl]

I think, it must be said "Inevitable", in german "unvermeidlich" ❤.

[@radi2449]

heftig, Keith geht ja echt ab 😅✌️

[@sinusiridum551]

Grandeeeeee...Keith!!!! R.I.P.

[@viniciusantoniocavalari8395]

Keith Emerson smashing!

[@oddmagnestandnes4462]

Ausgezeichnet

[@woodyjagla328]

😎💪😎

[@Gauchothedog]

Good ol‘ wooden Leslie cabinet!😊

[@Gauchothedog]

❤

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Video really starts @ 2:37.

[@walklikeaman263]

Par Excellence!

[@silvercoins]

In seven days I will be exactly one year old )

[@vlad2838]

Ironically, the knives used by Emerson were ‘Arbeit Adelt’ given him by Lemmy (later of Motörhead). I wonder if the talking heads on this clip picked up on that.

[@suesswein_music]

They only translate

[@scotth1992]

Keith Emerson. The King Is Dead; Long Live The King!

[@GrocMax]

Unfortunately, they entirely missed the point of the song 'America' from West Side Story. And......does everyone know by now Lemmy was their roadie and provided the knives?

[@tilomusser6919]

Da gab es nen guten Gitarristen der fehlt leider, das solo von Ihm (David O"List) fand ich damals so toll

[@wimweender1306]

😅❤❤❤❤❤

[@FedericoDLP]

The Nice before Keef Emerson got Greg Lake to sing.

[@sabineuddin6966]

Ist das die ganze Sendung ? Wo gibt es denn alle Folgen von den Sendungen ???

[@juliusschwencke142]

..oh boy. The dolly daggers..

[@sabineuddin6966]

Könnt ihr auch die Sendungen von Spiel ohne Grenzen mal hoch laden . Aber bitte vollständige Sendungen ja . Danke

[@vitavomloehberg]

Flipper und Daktari bitte auch ! Und „seine große Stunde kam, immer wenn er Pillen nahm“ 😂

[@texasfreedomlover4730]

Only one keyboard for Keith?? 😊

[@user-kn5lf8vb7c]

I didn't know Emerson invented punk. Interesting look back at this time in rock and politics, but for a piece of music built on this West Side Story theme, I prefer the Yes version. Yes also tore up Something's Coming from that musical's score. The introduction music for whatever show this was merits another listen.

[@edljnehan2811]

Yes is America was written by Paul Simon. This version was written by Leonard Bernstein. And of course nobody can match Keith Emerson not even Rick Wakeman😮

[@user-kn5lf8vb7c]

@@edljnehan2811 Yes bassist quotes a lyric from the Bernstein in their version, and offered a whole track based on another title from that popular musical, but I take your point. I find Emerson's version unrecognizable, but maybe that's because I'm not a Bernstein fan, and wouldn't know the difference.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@user-kn5lf8vb7c check out the movie West Side Story and I'm sure you'll recognize it from there.

[@dee_seejay]

10:30 *_"America is Pregnant with Promise and Anticipation but is Murdered by the Hand of the Inevitable"_* ♫ hmm...well it may have survived the 20th Cenury but that statement remains highly prescient I'd say.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I feel like this was a blueprint for early YES.

[@edljnehan2811]

Of course it was. All of the members of yes especially Rick Wakeman were fans of the nice. Steve h o w e actually filled in as guitarist for the nice on occasions. Furthermore when ELP formed yes we're there opening act😮

[@MrThelonius10]

For sale....Hammond B3....gently used....lovingly cared for by its previous owner

[@cleomirferraripraca2929]

Keith in Natura!!

[@dons2635]

The intro music- is that recorded for the show or is it from an existing recording? Is there a name for that intro song?

[@vcrretro]

I think it's called "Flights of Fantasy" by the beat-group Wonderland. In the Hits à Gogo Show broadcast of February 26, 1969, it is mentioned at the beginning by the moderator. I can't find much information on the internet about this track, it was probably never released on disc and only recorded as the theme song for the show.

[@angah82]

​@@vcrretro It's actually by the Ventures. It can be found in their 1968 album of the same name.

[@vcrretro]

@@angah82 Yes it's true actually, I found it on YT too. Here is the link to the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpS0nZ6qfL-Ym6c

[@davgroom]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpS0nZ6qfL-Ym6csi=oKls4Z7Jo8xyh2zB

[@realist1982]

Keith in jung ❤ und mit Messer😂

[@vitavomloehberg]

Die haben doch alle Hasch gespritzt ! 😂✌🏻

[@user-xp5dv1me6e]

HENDRIX on keyboards!!!!!

[@stephenchappell7512]

I guess this inspired him to do his reworking of the Star-Spangled Banner the following year

[@buckaroo1949]

Rock Pile, Toronto, 1968/69.?

[@jameskennedy721]

Keith acts out on a helpless musical instrument

[@manoftheworld1000]

Tolles Dokument! - _"Sendung für junge Leute!"_ 🤣🤣🤣

[@johndrx165]

No 2 minute pop tune here! Classic.

[@thetruth2429]

"America is pregnant with promise and anticipation but is murdered by the hand of the [unavisible]" ? Meinte er "invisible" oder "inadvisable" Synonym "unadvisable"? Vielleicht auch eine Wortschöpfung aus beiden Worten?

[@jkruss9999]

...of the inevitable

[@guidosarducci209]

If I'm not mistaken, on the studio album that little couplet was associated with the song Dawn, and it was Dawn, not America that was pregnant with promise and anticipation.

[@borniturnschue9800]

Wäre interessant, wer die erste Sprecherin in diesem Ausschnitt war. Sie sieht fast gleich aus wie Paola.

[@OnlyNewAgeMusic]

Suzanne Doucet

[@borniturnschue9800]

@@OnlyNewAgeMusic Danke für die Info. Ich habe allerdings die Frau ganz am Anfang im gelben Kleid gemeint. Bei 0:44 Sekunden.

[@borniturnschue9800]

@Sportwagen Josef Was für eine Tessinerin? Suzanne Doucet ist Deutsche. Die Ansagerin im gelben Kleid ist Monique Krieger und kommt aus der Deutschschweiz. Paola ist St. Gallerin, ist aber nicht im Ausschnitt zu sehen.

[@binxbolling]

Music from West Side Story.

[@harrynewiss4630]

wow what a find this is Rather loose translation at the end mind

[@popogast]

0:44 Wie steif sahen die denn aus. Da halfen auch die kurzen Kleider nicht. Gut, dass ich noch sehr jung war und auch kein Fernsehprogramm außerhalb Deutschlands sehen konnte. In Farbe. Außerhalb Deutschlands nehme ich zurück. Kann sein, dass das in Deutschland zu sehen war, aber meine Eltern besaßen noch kein Farbfernsehgerät. Ein bis zwei Jahre später fand ich Gefallen an der Minimode.

[@resitupfer7950]

That certainly wasn't a video recording, that was film, my dear VCR

[@vcrretro]

At the beginning of the 1960s it was already possible to record on video. It was also called 2" Quadroplex MAZ. Here is an article about it: www.kinomuseum.de/exponate/2-zoll-ampex-maz/

[@resitupfer7950]

@@vcrretro yes, possible, but not in this quality. Look at the highlights... They would have believed in an electronic miracle back then, like the ones you see in the film.

[@vcrretro]

@@resitupfer7950 I don't know how to convince her. But it was definitely a professional MAZ recording on magnetic tape. It doesn't have the poor quality of a VHS tape, but it matches the quality of the picture sent directly. Even U-Matic, which was better than VHS, significantly worse than 2" Quadroplex. I have the source material in 576i and upscaled it to 1080p.

[@resitupfer7950]

The problem was the tube cameras. Recorded with film, dubbed on 2 inches, would be an option. No matter, the main thing is that it is a well-preserved contemporary document. And by the way, the 2" tapes are now all broken.

[@vcrretro]

@@resitupfer7950 It's not a bad thing that the 2" tapes are broken. They were replaced in the 1980s and 1990s by newer Betacam SP or Digital Betacam tapes. These in turn were digitized a few years ago and are in the station archive as professional MXF files.

[@carlosmorell7071]

Emerlist Davjack

[@sooty951]

Knives supplied by roadie Lemmy

[@JanJurk]

It's a bit of a shame that Davy O'List got a bit overpowered by the presence and volume of Keith Emerson. His guitar solo is barely audible.

[@guitarcomet5]

As good as Keith was, I never cared for ELPs music. Lucky Man was an exception, but again, not in my top 100 bands.

[@neokio.f]

For who doesn't want to miss the orig. end statement 9:22 So true, still today, violence makes America great again ??? 😮 That's the road to success ??? - Can't think of such blury mindsets and success. Eat the money, but don't advise me.

[@clovergrass9439]

That is one creepy intro.

[@geoffreydowen5793]

Vorksprung dorch teknic

[@wernerspitzenberger6916]

i loooove all this progressive rock things. real music compared to all this chart-shit. thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Doofe Sendung, starker Song.

[@atlasking6110]

Davy O'List was an atrocious guitar player.

[@grahamtaylor3093]

W

[@vince8367]

The Nice мне больше нравится чем ELP

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Dreimal "zum ersten Mal" im offenen Satz. Und wieso versteht die deutsche Frau kein Wort Oesterreichen Dialekt?! Genau wie bei den Englander und ihren Schotten. Unsinn. Ich bin selber Ami und kapiere alles.