― HUNTA-V (vahid), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― H2-H4 (H2-H4), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 13 November 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― blunt (blunt), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Can someone please help me? I want to get back to what Nile Rodgers said in an interview (on BBC?) about that term "Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah". Didn't he say he'd been inspired by the film from 1969 called "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" If anyone can manage to find the quote of what he said about that, I'd be so grateful. Thanks.
― Bimble, Sunday, 17 June 2007 08:09 (sixteen years ago) link
The line is uttered by the emcee, played by Gig Young.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 17 June 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Also spoken by Richie Cunningham in the Happy Days "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They" episode.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 17 June 2007 13:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Le Freak, c'est Chic
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Did a Chic Org box set ever come out?
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG OMG OMG: http://www.empsfm.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=26
― Matos W.K., Friday, 20 February 2009 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
In 2007, I discovered a set of masters to the album while combing through the Warner Bros. vaults for material related to an upcoming Chic boxed set. As the producer of that project, I will be discussing both the history behind the album’s original recording and subsequent suppression as well as the current attempt to bring it back into light. I’ll also be touching on some of the challenges facing recovery projects of this sort, especially in a time where record companies are making it more difficult to search through archived material for just these kinds of forgotten recordings.
This is from the abstract for a paper at EMP '09 about Johnny Mathis's never-released I Love My Lady, produced by the Org. So fucking excited.
― Matos W.K., Friday, 20 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
woah
― Yo, I just copped dat brand new Manity Kane cd. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 20 February 2009 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
oh holy God yes.
― J0hn D., Friday, 20 February 2009 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
My feet keep dancing.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 February 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
My stomach hurts now.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 20 February 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait...where's the link to that Chic box quote????
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 20 February 2009 02:28 (fifteen years ago) link
one post above the quote
― Matos W.K., Friday, 20 February 2009 07:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh goodness, that's just to the front page for Pop Conference. The quote is from Andy Zax's abstract: http://www.empsfm.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=26&ccID=127&xPopConfBioID=1228&year=2009
― Matos W.K., Friday, 20 February 2009 07:35 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG! Sooooo go and report back pretty please!!!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 20 February 2009 08:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, I'm really glad we cleared that up. I was wondering exactly which of the zillion people contributing to this thing was actually responsible for that quote! I figured everyone on the entire board reading this must know the answer but me, and I gave up.
― Coffee Table LP's Never Breathe! (Bimble), Saturday, 21 February 2009 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Browsing iTunes this morning, I found Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove! Is it worth buying?
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Chic are incredible. Someone should remaster their original studio albums on CD as they're dainty quiet. Honestly, I would do it if I knew how.
Maybe there isn't a reasonable demand and people are simply happy with their most well-known songs on compilations..
― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:04 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
I agree.
The lack of a Chic Box-set is a tragedy too.
All the Chic stuff sounds best on vinyl, and especially 12". The Cd's sound subdued at times.
Good God! Is there a band anywhere that deserves to be heard more?
― The Broken Brothers, Friday, 22 January 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been chasing the Norma Jean album by Norma Jean Wright. The cheapest copy is $206.54 used from amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Norma-Jean-Wright/dp/B00004TS8Y
It's so frustrating.
― Popture, Thursday, 4 March 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
LP is cheap as chips
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 4 March 2010 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm really chasing the:
8. Hold Me Lonely Boy 9. High Society [12" Mix]10. Saturday Nite [Single Mix]11. Sorcerer [12" Mix]12. Having a Party [Extended Mix]
Also, interesting aside, one of the places I DJ got rid of their turntables just last week, after 18 years. It was a little disconcerting.
― Popture, Thursday, 4 March 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
popture, you can e-mail me if a .wav file i made from High Society [12" Mix] will suffice
― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 4 March 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Done. That would just thrill me to bits. Many thankyous!
― Popture, Thursday, 4 March 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Le 18 octobre prochain Rhino France sortira le boxset "Nile Rodgers presents THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOXSET VOL 1 : "Savoir Faire". Ce coffret réalisé en association avec Nile Rodgers donne pour la première fois accés aux archives du maestro. Au programme des titres de CHIC mais aussi de nombreux artistes produits par THE CHIC ORGANIZATION : Norma Jean, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Fonzi Thornton et beaucoup d'autres surprises à venir.... Titres remasterisés, versions rares, titres inédits, outtakes, remixes de Dimitri From Paris....Le tout sur 4CDs format digipack long box & livret 20 pages avec notes de pochette de Nile Rodgers. Le Graal ultime pour tous les fans !...Rendez-vous tout de suite sur le Facebook Rhino France pour découvrir 2' du remix de Norma Jean "Saturday" réalisé par Dimitri From Paris. More news soon....On October 18th , Rhino France will be releasing a 4CD boxset : "Nile Rodgers presents THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOXSET VOL 1 : "Savoir Faire". This boxset , produced in partnership with Nile Rodgers , will not only feature songs from CHIC but also from artists produced by THE CHIC ORGANIZATION : Norma Jean, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Fonzi Thornton & many more surprises to come... It will include rare versions, unreleased tracks, outtakes, remixes from Dimitri From Paris... All packaged in a 4CD remastered digipack long box, with a 20 page booklet and liner notes by Nile Rodgers. Please visit Rhino France Facebook Fanpage to listen to a 2' teaser of Norma Jean "Saturday" remixed by Dimitri From Paris . More news soon...
On October 18th , Rhino France will be releasing a 4CD boxset : "Nile Rodgers presents THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOXSET VOL 1 : "Savoir Faire". This boxset , produced in partnership with Nile Rodgers , will not only feature songs from CHIC but also from artists produced by THE CHIC ORGANIZATION : Norma Jean, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Fonzi Thornton & many more surprises to come... It will include rare versions, unreleased tracks, outtakes, remixes from Dimitri From Paris... All packaged in a 4CD remastered digipack long box, with a 20 page booklet and liner notes by Nile Rodgers. Please visit Rhino France Facebook Fanpage to listen to a 2' teaser of Norma Jean "Saturday" remixed by Dimitri From Paris . More news soon...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhino-France/336906391097
― Andy K, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Only eight years after Douglas asked for it.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Oooh nice!
― willem, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I can never see the point of remixes on releases like this.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link
60 fucking quid from Amazon fuck you god
― Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
You should be able to get it from Amazon.fr though where its EUR29.98 plus whatever postal charges they make to the UK.
http://www.amazon.fr/Nile-Rodgers-Presents-Organization-Boxset/dp/B0041T7FS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288520723&sr=8-1
― Phil Will, Sunday, 31 October 2010 10:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like a plan cheers.
― Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
This compilation really is the metaphorical bee's knees.
― get the fuck out of my mouth (boxedjoy), Sunday, 7 November 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
the Dimitri from Paris remixes aren't bad from what I've heard.
a shame there is no digital release for the UK.
otherwise I'd snap this up.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah the Dimitri 'I Want Your Love' remix is amazing.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
That remix is pretty good, but I still prefer the original, or the Todd Terje edit.
― seandalai, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Nile Rodgers fighting cancer :-(
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Saturday, 15 January 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Just saw this.
Big sads.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 17 January 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Check out this sped-up (for copyright reasons? is this a thing? I've never heard of this and doubt it would hold off copyright holders but still most songs should be sped-up including this one which always seems a touch too slow) version of "Hangin'":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbHW9GZl_0Love this comment too: "Friends we have to dance a little bit faster"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 14 February 2011 06:58 (thirteen years ago) link
The "First we shake, then we break/Your love I'm gonna take" is still intense as fuck so it works.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 14 February 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I think being sped-up stops their clever copyright infringement auto-checker.
Either way, top tune.
― 전승 Complete Victory (in Battle) (NotEnough), Monday, 14 February 2011 07:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah! Didn't know that! Clever. And funky!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 14 February 2011 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
"Theodore? You ain't hangin out with me callin me no Theodore!"
Love the mock outrage in the intro to Hangin', makes me lol everytime
― NI, Monday, 21 February 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
those dimtri from paris re-edits are just incredible, his lost in music version is probably the best thing i have ever heard. wish he'd be let loose on the rest of the chic org hits
also i saw on niles's blog today that he's in the middle of writing his autobiography - this made me cheer LOUD. out in oct 2011 but as ferg pointed out, 288 pages isn't enough, surelyhttp://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/author/?authorid=93446
ive been griping about this for ages - the fact there's no book that covers everything about chic, from start to end, covering the songwriting, production work, etc (feel the same about the cure too, or is there one?). seems insane there isn't. (that politics of disco book seemed a bit dry and not enough about chic for my tastes). im resorting to signing up to rocksbackpages for the minimum time, instapapering all the chic interviews then gettin the hell outta there
― NI, Monday, 21 February 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
That Chic book isn't very good but it's all about Chic. It covers the songwriting, the production work, etc.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 21 February 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I got the box set. The Mathis stuff isn't as revelatory as expected. The Norma Jean ("Sorcerer") and early album tracks ("Happy Man") are.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 February 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
His "Thinking Of You" remix works consistently very well with my Friday night crowd up the road, but his "Le Freak" has notably lesser impact than the original (and I've tried it several times, bah).
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
fuk yeah!
Lost in music/Saturday 1-2 punch from the chic boxset is all time.
― closed beta (NotEnough), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
How DO those productions rank?.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 September 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
The Sister Sledge record is an oddity - three all-time classic singles and then... some other songs
― Josefa, Monday, 23 September 2019 01:35 (four years ago) link
I was going to say, don't you mean four classic singles, but then I remembered Thinking Of You wasn't a single until a remix came out in the mid 90s. Overall, I get way more out of Love Somebody Today as a whole album. Also, it has Pretty Baby which is one my favourite Chic related songs ever.
― kitchen person, Monday, 23 September 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
And I totally agree about your assessment Josefa. I've heard that album many times, but I can't remember anything about half of those songs.
― kitchen person, Monday, 23 September 2019 01:56 (four years ago) link
I’d ask you to explain how Rod’s Out of Order is in the “Sound, Solid” category but ... I’m not sure I really care enough.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 23 September 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
Don't forget Rodgers & Edwards' production on King of the World by Sheila & B Devotion, especially 'Spacer'.
In 1980 alone, they produced that album, Love Somebody Today, Real People and Diana.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 23 September 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link
Norma Jean Wright's album from 78 is great too. What an incredible run of albums they had in those first three/four years.
I still think it's one of the world's biggest mysteries why the Debbie Harry sucked so much. On paper it sounds like a dream collaboration. I guess everyone involved was just burned out by then or something?
― kitchen person, Monday, 23 September 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
I read in a Nile interview a while ago that they did nearly no preproduction work and kind of went in expecting they could just wing it.
― Siegbran, Monday, 23 September 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
More like juuuuust prior to the Organisation but:
https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/missing-you
Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Robert Cotter's ultra rare 1976 album, 'Missing You' in partnership with Robert Cotter himself. Originally released on the notorious Tiger Lily imprint, the album was never properly released at the time and most of the copies were supposedly destroyed before they could hit record store shelves. The few copies that survived now command unreasonable prices. The album, recorded in New York between 1975 and 76, is also the only known recording by The Big Apple Band, which Robert Cotter was fronting at the time alongside fellow musicians Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Tony Thompson and Robert Sabino.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
Loved this story - this was in both Stereogum's 80th birthday tribute to McCartney and Uncut's new issue (“McCartney at 80,” May 2022):
"I’ve crossed paths with him many times, but I have to say the most touching one is a silly one. We played President Obama’s final party. I looked out on the dance floor. It was my very first time meeting Paul McCartney, and he was singing every one of my songs. I was thinking, ‘How weird is this.’ The very first song I ever learned how to play on guitar was ‘A Day In The Life,’ and now I’m looking out at the dancefloor and Paul’s got a dance circle with his wife and he’s singing my songs.”
― birdistheword, Thursday, 23 June 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
(This was Nile Rodgers being interviewed, of course.)
Music is the key to a summertime experience for pros and amateurs called the DiscOasis in Central Park. Its curator: the funk-disco guru and lifelong skater Nile Rodgers.
Rodgers created the playlists for the performances, which happen throughout the night, interspersed with live D.J.s (the daytime is for more relaxed skating). A longtime New Yorker, Rodgers coined his skate style as a 12- or 13-year-old on a brief sojourn in Los Angeles, when he tore up the town with other kids, performing little routines. “I had this wobbly leg way of skating,” he said. He still does, “even though I’m going to be 70. And it looks cool.”
His crew stood out even then: “We used to skate to jazz,” he said, recalling their grooves to the guitarist Wes Montgomery’s 1965 classic “Bumpin’ on Sunset.”
Fast forward 30 years, and Rodgers had largely hung up his skates. But he has been so energized by his association with the DiscOasis, which approached him for the Los Angeles event, that it reignited his devotion. Now on tour in Europe, he has been conjuring minirinks wherever he goes, one hotel ballroom at a time.
“They lift up the rugs for me and create a big dance floor,” he said. “I can skate in a little square. There’s nobody in there, because I skate at such weird hours — 4 or 5 in the morning.” (He doesn’t sleep much. As befits a disco-era fashion legend, he also has personalized skates — orange, green, iridescent — which got stuck in customs on their way to Europe. His favorite are a classic pair of black Riedells.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/arts/music/discoasis-roller-skating-nile-rodgers.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
Totally get the association of skates w Chic, now that you show me that, thanks.I got this from the bargain bin long ago, so maybe the minimal price makes me lenient, but always enjoyed Chic's Soup For One soundtrack: they get Carly singing reggae, well kind of, and it's one of the best things I ever heard her do. Also got Teddy Pendergrass, Sister Sledge, not at their best, but effective here, Fonzi Thornton earns the spotlight, the Debbie Harry track works as a change of pace, well kind of, and several fine Chic tracks, incl the long version of "I Need Your Love," same as the 12-inch single, I think though this play list substitutes the 7" edit, but still fine, ditto Nile's acoustic solo guitar "Tavern On The Green":https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC84abHuRA0&list=OLAK5uy_kBWsYtjLrTMXqTLVmCxBqMWxBBqW2okXE
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
oops--might as well show the cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC84abHuRA0
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
Yesss, here's the long version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGc3dtxsXFI
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
Soup for oneWhen you're on the run
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
RT @nilerodgers "Thank you @Celtronic #derry never let’s us down. The people of #Ireland were at the beginning of the rebuilding of our #live #concert #audience, for that I’ll be eternally #grateful - #funky #dance #music #peace #love #goodtimes pic.twitter.com/uVYgLnl5Lu"— CHIC (@CHICorg) June 26, 2022
― dow, Monday, 27 June 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
RT @nilerodgers "Catch me on @magicfm this Sunday as I do my first of four shows! I’ll be playing you some of my favorite summer songs and talking about my career highlights.Listen online, via the Magic App or by asking your smart speaker to "Play… pic.twitter.com/CQnIy9Gfec"— CHIC (@CHICorg) July 1, 2022
― dow, Friday, 1 July 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
Nile and Bob Clearmountain on making "Let's Dance" and the album---a lot of the best comments are about Chic's role, so I'll put it here first:
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-bowie-lets-dance-at-40-nile-rodgers-1235583524/
― dow, Saturday, 15 April 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
The “Modern Love” story at the end is awesome.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 16 April 2023 03:11 (one year ago) link
interesting
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 April 2023 04:31 (one year ago) link
We really do need to do that artist poll for these guys.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 23 July 2023 13:14 (nine months ago) link