― Tom, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Destroy: 'Let's Dance' and 'She's the Boss'.
― Omar, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
SEARCH: "Le Freak", Bowie's LET'S DANCE
DESTROY: Duran Duran's NOTORIOUS, Steve Winwood's "Higher Love"-era.
― alex in nyc, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Destroy: Remixes. It's theoretically possible to remix Chic successfully but it's not been done yet. Covers and samples are another matter.
― Patrick, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― AP, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Jack Seale, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Guy, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
That’s a very hard one.. because it depends on definitions of course. I suppose you could argue that the obvious white bands to discuss re: this question are discoist-rockers (Blondie, Roxy Music ‘Angel Eyes’, PIL). What about the Bee-Gees? Essential disco band, but aren’t they a late 60s rock hangover as well? They certainly release albums and act quite rockist (well rockist-lite!). When do we begin disco? Is Sly Stone disco? He’s more of a rock god than Chic… and very album orientated.
― Guy, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
here's a question for any who around at the time. it's obvious now that chic are critic's darlings, but what kind of reception did they get at the time?
i think they are the most rockist disco group, and for a simple reason: they played their own instruments. rodgers and edwards were highly accomplished players and, a big plus, they had a human drum machine in the form of tony thompson. instrumental virtuosity has always been big with the establishment and the interplay between all involved was dynamic and, unlike most critical darlings, funky.
and their influence on prince, talking heads, duran duran, blondie, and madonna can't be overstated.
― fred solinger, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Will, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Monday, 5 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― piscesboy, Saturday, 2 August 2003 08:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Saturday, 2 August 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 3 August 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Nile R. just tweeted this
http://www.nilerodgers.com/blogs/planet-c-in-english/203
fucking awesome
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 November 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago)
Is anyone going next Thursday at the Forum?
― owenf, Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago)
that cover is so goddamned good
― DWARF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (jamescobo), Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, that is amazing. What a line-up - who's the singer?
Also, incredible that this was them trying "to get high school prom gigs"!
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago)
WHEN THE STARS COME OUT TONIGHTAND SHINE SO VERY BRIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIIjhREA2Y
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 August 2013 17:38 (twelve years ago)
A life-size cardboard cut-out of American musician Nile Rodgers, a heart monitor, a wheelchair and a sack of potatoes are among the lost property found on Dublin’s Luas over its 10 years of existence.
― do u like green ez & jam (darraghmac), Monday, 30 June 2014 05:55 (eleven years ago)
sounds about right
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:01 (eleven years ago)
fuck me Real People is a great record
― best beloved george benson (The Reverend), Sunday, 13 September 2015 16:39 (nine years ago)
just me, or does the opening of this song (and the whole song, really) lay down as bold a gauntlet as anything by the ramones or the sex pistols?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCkRDEhQtsY
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:12 (six years ago)
two more things
1) does anyone even recall the "they shoot horses..." reference in that song anymore?2) i don't know why it didn't occur to me before that ESG owe about 85% of their shtick to Chic
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:15 (six years ago)
re #1, i guess this is a better version to post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0eIg4wZryc
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:18 (six years ago)
Agree with most everything said above but just want to single out the always swoon-inducing "Thinking of You".
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 9 February 2019 07:59 (six years ago)
what the heck is "spacer" about anyway?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Monday, 11 February 2019 20:21 (six years ago)
"Dance, Dance, Dance" is one of my favorite songs with my least favorite vocals.
In his book Nile gets into his idea of "Deep Hidden Meaning," or "DHM," but I find the concept as inscrutable as harmolodics.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 February 2019 20:35 (six years ago)
Few songs have meant more to me than "Lost In Music"
― brimstead, Monday, 11 February 2019 20:43 (six years ago)
this has got to be some sort of high water mark of human civilization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWcCl-EhRVE
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:46 (six years ago)
jfc that bass
is it just me or is there pretty much a straight lind between some of the piano chording in chic songs and detroit techno?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:48 (six years ago)
uh, straight *line
Guitar in that song is like Johnny Marr 101.
Surprisingly little live (no miming) footage of them from the late '70s on youtube..
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 February 2019 04:07 (six years ago)
Thought the revive would be about this, should be great:
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/meltdown
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 14 February 2019 08:20 (six years ago)
forgot about how much i love this not-Chic Chic song. just put on the 12-inch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjxckE2R-I0
― scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2024 17:56 (one year ago)