'Le Freak' - Nile Rodgers
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Anybody read this? Great to hear about the first CHIC big song "Dance, Dance, Dance" came about, how "Fuck you Studio 54" eventually
became "Le Freak". Nile tells some great stories about Bowie, Madge "Madonna', and great coke stories if your into that. I'm not here to review the book.
became "Le Freak". Nile tells some great stories about Bowie, Madge "Madonna', and great coke stories if your into that. I'm not here to review the book.
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I'm not even a Nile Rodgers fan, and even I thought it was a good read.
I heard him interviewed last year, he was great. I forgot all about this. Stoked it's finally out. Will cop today.
8.25am, the book store isn't open yet.
I guess I was wrong.
thirty bucks!
okay with that!
Lecture: Nile Rodgers (Madrid 2011) - Part 1 from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.
http://nilerodgers.com/blogs/planet-c-in-english
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'' We downed a few bottles of vintage Dom Perignon, and a little coke, which I'd started snorting while touring on the road.
I picked up my guitar, started jamming on a guitar riff and singing the words that the stage doorman had said to us
earlier, "Fuck off," and Nard added, "Fuck Studio 54 --- aw, fuck off." He grabbed his bass and we played this over and
over, grooving and laughing. We developed the groove and even wrote a bridge, then came the chorus again:
"Awww, fuck off ---fuck Studio 54 ---fuck off"
"You know this shit is happening!" Bernard said, while pulling his sunglasses down his nose in order to achieve
genuine eye contact with me. He did this whenever he was serious, because almost everything was a joke to us.
"We can't get this song on the radio. "Fuck off" is pretty hard core for Top Forty," I said, laughing. But Bernard was serious.
And I'd learned to listen to him when he was serious. He had a great ear for hooks and realizing that this little riff and chant
sounded good, we changed "fuck" to "freak" "Awww, freak off," we sang energetically. It was horrible, but we tried to make it work.
read the book for more....
Nile Rodgers - Mixed By DJ Superix by Southern Hospitality on Mixcloud
I watched the whole lecture - 3 1/2 hours long and it was worth every minute. Such a great guy, so many hilarious anectodes. The man is eloquent, he is funny and he shows how he chucks it on the guitar. Although I'm not a musician or producer he is the living example of the right attitude to being an artist in general. Thanks for posting this. I feel blessed having seen it.