@@LordRaiden86 That´s the beauty of real music played by musicians rather than computers...and if he´s out of tune...it´s by a barely detectable fraction.
Yeah, Steve Rubell (the owner of the club) was a piece of work. Sometimes he'll let everybody in, pick and choose, or let no one in make them stand out there for hours...
Yeah, they were on the guest list and everything, but apparently Nile and 'Nard were judged to tip the crowd too black. Story is that Nile sang a song on a cab ride with very different lyrics, and Bernard came up with a bassline that turned it into a song.
"everybody dance" and "dance dance dance: yowza yowza yowza" are two funky songs. (Similar title's, much different songs to each other) People make fun of "disco" but they forget that there needed to be many great songs that legitimized the genre in the first place.
It didn't matter what Club, what time of day, what the crowd looked like. It didn't matter! Club might have been dead for hours...this song came on, everyone danced. Clubs with 'Twister' mats painted on the floor...it got wild.
You are hitting me right in the heart today!!! Chic and Donna Summer...these were my first introductions to music. I was a little Disco Diva in diapers. Seriously, you're killing it today! And I'm going to keep on pressing you to check out TV on the Radio, I really think you'll love them.
Massively under age, starting at age 12, I would take the Amtrak train to NYC from Delaware to hang out with my cousins. My uncle Leo had a fancy high rise apartment on the 21st floor on 8th Street and Broadway in the Village. I would come up for the weekend by myself. The apartment had thick, dark carpeting and mirrors and art deco furniture and art deco decorations everywhere. They even had a harpsichord covered in mirrors. In the living room my cousin Darius had a DJ set up. Two turntables and a mixer. Amazing speakers, it was like our own private club. That's where I first heard Le Freak. But, insane as it sounds, my cousin Rebecca would dress me in spandex pants and an oversize Tee shirt and low heels. Then she would make me up like a model, since she happened to be a model. Then the sunglasses, a cigarette and I was good to go! Where did we go? For disco, we would go to Inferno, Darius and his friends liked it there. It was near Union Square Park. Rebecca and I would often go to the famous Studio54. It cost $15 to get in. In 1978 that was a lot of money. Everyone just called it, "Studio." Another fun place was downtown, The Mudd Club. Very New Wave. I went to a record release party for The Talking Heads on night. The was my favorite club. CBGB was disgusting and that's even before you got to the bathroom. The whole club was like a bathroom. Bands were right there in your lap, but it smelled and was rank. One night my cousin had dressed me really sexy in this v neck spandex cat suit. Some guy wouldn't leave me alone so my cousin slammed me up against the wall behind me and backed up to me so he couldn't touch me. My cousin was drunk and high. She yells, "What do you think you are doing to my cousin? She's only 12 years old!" My immediate thought was, now we will get kicked out because I'm under age. Why would I care? That place was a dump! On a different note Mr Jamel. When I felt ready to have sex, which was in the 80s not the 70s, we all used birth control. Everyone I knew used birth control. My parents taught me about birth control. I don't think as many babies were the result of this, probably my favorite disco song of all time, as you think! I imagine an endless amount of pleasure, climaxes and such were, however! On yet another note, don't you think that it's strange that band did such a boring performance? Couldn't they choreograph something? Coordinate some outfits? I wish KC and the Sunshine Band could have given them some coaching. Maybe they were all about sounding good in the recording studio. Because that, they did amazingly. Chic - Good Times was the first song where the instrumental was played endlessly between two turntables so that the DJ or others could rap over it. I figure you knew that but I had to mention it. Chic were very important to Disco but also to what followed.
We did call this Freak Out whenever we asked our teacher to put this on the record player back in the 70s (Elementary School)! Usually if we had indoor recess or at the end of the day if we behaved ourselves.
The Midnight Special was one of the only ways we could see our favorite artists perform. And they sang live. No lip singing. Thanks for the memories brother. ✌️
Everybody Dance by Chic, another great song by this amazing group. It contains one of the craziest bass lines you will ever hear by the late great Bernard Edwards. The iconic Nile Rodgers is so responsible for so many great songs and artists who he wrote for and helped develop. I can’t say enough about him , the legacy of hit music he has made and continues to make for us. Chic is the perfect name for this group.
Finally! CHIC! I truly LOL'd when you thought Wolfman Jack was Michael McDonald. Whenever I see the Wolfman it takes me right back to those days. He was so cool. He even ended up having a cartoon because us kids loved him so much. I think he howled through you. Anyways, "I Want Your Love" is my favorite Chic song, but I'm sure you'll get around to all of them. Nile Rodgers (bassist) is still around. He tweeted last week that he got an operation to fix his eye that he'd gone blind in. He also recently did a livestream on Instagram with his good friend John Taylor from Duran Duran. Nile is practically a member of that band because he worked on so many of their songs. Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder are responsible for so much of the great dance music back then and even today through the influence of the songs they co-wrote and produced. If you head down that rabbit hole it will be a fun and funky adventure.
I read this song was written as a big “f-off” (The working title was actually F-Off 😆) to Studio 54 after being invited to the nightclub by Grace Jones but not being admitted in because they weren’t on the guest list (they were already a well known group at this point). Needless to say, it was a big laugh when this song was played at the club and they performed it at Studio 54 live. Lol.
Nice One Jamel. Glad you reacted to this one. Some other songs from them "Good Times", "Dance,Dance,Dance", "I Want Your Love", "Everybody Dance". if you haven't already?
This song was so popular and loved. It was played every night at discos even when other songs came and went this was the song that always played. In my early twenties I used to go out almost every weekend to the disco clubs and it was so much fun.
I'm loving the midnight special Mondays and soul train Saturdays. If you love harmonies, like I know you do, check out the Eagles. Seven Bridges Road, Take it Easy, Witchy Woman. Excellent harmonies. They actually are on record for taking pride in their harmonies.
@Nick Oh my goodness! One of my absolute favorites❤❤❤ I LOVE THAT MAN AND EVERY SONG BILL WITHERS SANG. My boyfriend would attempt to sing it to me...my middle name is "DAE" . Lovely Dae was my nickname 😁✌❤
Midnight Special used Real Musicians playing Real Instruments - that's what was soooo great. I'm sure they had some lip-sync's, but mostly it was Real. This wouldn't keep up for long, though... performers spent so much breath and energy dancing and gyrating that they couldn't/wouldn't stay within a microphone's range, and were simply too exhausted by even 30 minutes of this to 'perform real'. From here, lip-sync'ing and pre-recorded instrument tracks became 'necessary'.
Back in the day, Top of the Pops, the premier British pop music TV show at the time, had a rule that you could either play live and lip-sync or sing live to a backing track. It couldn't be all live. I guess they just didn't have the technology to reproduce what the kids were tuning in to hear and didn't want to take the chance The last thing they wanted was a letter starting "Dear BBC, I was disappointed ..." Yes, a letter. I'm talking pre-internet.
@@Russ_Keith Affordable mix-board technology sucked until the mid-70s. Mikes, amps, PA systems - everything contributing to recording and sound reproduction was incredibly limited. That's why even a 4-track recording system was used 1 track at a time, then overlaid with Track 2's separate layer onto the separated Track 3. TV studios were built to have 1 or 2 mikes into a recording or reproduction 'board' and sound levels were set in concert with each other - basically mono-tracked or same-tracked from 2+ inputs. Amps, mikes, etc were simply too much for their systems back then. It was a fascinating time where innovation was mostly "What can I get by with?"
@@ollietsb1704 Thanks for the info. It's an interesting insight. Things hadn't improved much by the mid 80s when I got into home recording through a series of incidents too long and boring to get into. But to the point, the first generation of affordable digital synths had just appeared and I got myself a Casio 1000 (I think) - 88 full size keys but no weighting or touch sensitivity, a Yamaha TX something drum machine and the rest was analog. There was a 6 channel mixer and a 4 track cassette recorder and I would fill up 4 tracks then bounce those into stereo while adding a live track at the same time. I had a couple of guitars, a couple of harmonicas and some bongos along with some effects pedals. Rinse and repeat till it was done. I used metal cassettes to reduce signal loss and tape hiss and played to a metronome so I could add the drum track last and it would still be crisp. That all lasted a year until life took over my time but I was happy to have produced a few tracks that were borderline passable but were mostly useful as a learning experience and finally the one track that actually fulfilled the ambitions that were in my head when I started. So I'm very familiar with "What can I get by with?" Happy days. And amazingly all of that stuff is still in my loft.
Check out David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”. It features Chic guitarist, Nile Rodgers (amazing) in rhythm and Guitar legend, Stevie Ray Vaughn on lead. Listen to the full length album version... the single edit cuts out most of the guitar solo as well as the horns.
Mr. Jamel it would make my stars twinkle just a little bit brighter if you would consider reacting to The S.O.S Band. Just the way you like it Just be good to me Weekend girl Take your time, are just a few of my faves. Thank you for entertaining us!
Nile Rogers is the man. I saw him a couple of years ago in Seattle. He walked through the front door, high fived me and walked into the venue. He stood on stage shaking everyone's hands to say thanks for coming out to the show. He must have stood on stage for 30 minutes.
Nile Rodgers is a genius. He made hits not just for Chic but also Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, INXS and many more. The combination of Nile Rodgers signature guitar riffs and Bernard Edwards incredible bass lines are just amazing. Had a radio show in my youth called Le Freak named after this song. Saw Nile Rodgers live a few years ago. What a dance party!
You’d love just about anything from Nile Rodgers. Not just from Chic, he wrote and produced for everyone back in the day - Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, INXS, Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran - and he’s still doing it today. I saw Chic and Earth Wind and Fire last year. Truly awesome concert!
Love your channel! This came out when I was in middle school and played in the band. It started out with "1,2". Sometimes when our band leader would start us off saying "1,2", we would all say "Awwwww, freak out". I don't think he found it nearly as entertaining as we did! Also, I remember this band coming to the Delaware state fair years ago, probably some time in the 70's. My sister and I were there with our ponies for the horse show. They came rolling into the fairgrounds in a big limo! My sister and I snuck over to where they were setting up so we could sneak a peek at them. Good times, good times! Sorry for the long comment, but I figured you would enjoy it.
Woo! I bought this song it actually was an album size vinyl record. Thank you Jamel for a fond memory of my dancing days. May I make a small request from 909 Ontario, CA the song is called "Vehicle" it is performed by a band called "Ides of March". Trust me on this one that the song is right on Que with today's repertoire. Monday's are something to look forward thanks to you and the happiness you bring to the world.
Nile Rogers wrote this song after being denied entry to Studio 54. “Freak out” was originally “Fuck off” but when he realized he had a hit he changed the lyrics.
If you react to The Jefferson’s, please make sure to watch the episode where Tom tries to act more “Black”, as his wife, “Helen” is black, and Tom is White. Hysterical 🤣🤣🤣
"Freak Out!" My mind went right back to those skating rink Saturdays when I was a kid! The flashing lihts, the loud music, the DJ yelling at te kids going the wrong way! LOL Great times!
Le Freak, massive dance floor hit of yesteryear that still has the ability to get people moving. Chic were and are still a fantastic group led by the mighty Mr Nile Rogers, who has a massive catalogue of hits that he has written for Chic and many more. All hail the mighty Nile Rogers
Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards were THE hitmakers. Just a massively talented team. They wrote, produced, and played most of the instruments on hit songs by many other artists. (Bowie, Madonna, Pointer Sisters, Sister Sledge, Daft Punk.) Nile Rogers is still touring and is still brilliant. I saw him play in Oakland a couple years ago and it was a joyful party- young, old, everybody dancing nonstop.
This reminds me of my childhood. My dad used to let me take a radio to bed with me and I'd tune it in to Radio Luxembourg for the Emperor Rosko show. He would always play disco and jazz funk and I used to lie there wishing I was old enough to be at all of the exciting parties that were going on somewhere in the world. I heard this song for the first time on that channel. Such memories.
With Chic (active 1976-1983), Bernard Edwards created era-defining hits such as "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Everybody Dance", "Le Freak", "I Want Your Love" and "Good Times". Edwards also worked with Nile Rodgers to produce and write for other artists, using Chic to perform everything musically and vocally except lead vocals. Those productions with Norma Jean Wright, Sister Sledge, Sheila and B. Devotion, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis, Debbie Harry and Fonzi Thornton led to more hits such as "Saturday", "He's The Greatest Dancer", "We Are Family", "Spacer", "Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" and "Backfired". In the song "We Are Family," Kathy Sledge gives Edwards a brief shout-out, singing "Yeah, come on Bernard, play...play your funky bass, boy!". As a lone songwriter/producer, he gave Diana Ross her Top 15 hit, "Telephone" off of her 1985 platinum "Swept Away" album released on RCA and Ross' international label, Capitol-EMI. Edwards released a solo album, "Glad To Be Here" in 1983, and in 1985 he was instrumental in the formation of the supergroup Power Station. The band's first album was produced by Edwards and featured Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John and Andy Taylor as well as singer Robert Palmer. Edwards followed this by producing Robert Palmer's hit album Riptide. He continued to produce artists throughout the 1980s and 90s, including Diana Ross, Adam Ant, Rod Stewart, Jody Watley, Grayson Hugh, Air Supply, ABC and Duran Duran.
This was my JAM back in the day, can still do the "freak." This is the first time I've ever seen the live version, they all still sound bomb to me. Thanks for sharing Boo.
Bernard Edwards was a huge influence on me in becoming a bassist in high school. Geddy Lee was definitely my bassist idol, but Bernard Edwards taught me the importance of playing with great precision, especially in listening to the bass part in songs like “Good Times.” RIP Bernard, we never met but because of you I had many great times playing bass in a mediocre garage band in low or no paying gigs during high school; memories that now at 55 years old I wouldn’t trade for anything.
I loved this song so much ! My uncle had a strobe light and my cousins and I had the most fun times creating our own "disco" dance floor. This song had a new groove worn in the album we played it so much!
I love this song, it was disco at its best! It’s all about dancing and living that life and even mention Club 54! That classic Nile Rogers guitar is everything! Chic was a hit making machine and Nile Rogers went on to produce hits for David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, Mick Jagger, and many more! ❤️❤️
Nile Rodgers and Bernie Edwards were effing geniuses! Great musicians, great song writers, great producers. After Chic, they went on to produce albums for some of the greatest artists of the 80s, including Diana Ross, David Bowie, and Madonna. Everything they touched turned to gold. Sadly, Bernie passed away. Nile is still around and making great music.
Nile Rodgers is the genius mind behind lots of great big hits from the 70's to the 2010's. From Madonna's Like a Virgin, David Bowie's, Let's Dance, to Daft Punk's Get Lucky. The guy is a god of rhythm!!
