Good Times Are Back! Nile Rodgers and Chic Sign New Deal, Album On the Way

Showbiz*411 (Hollywood on the Hudson) ^ | February 2, 2015 9:19 am | by Roger Friedman

[skeeter]

I imagine freaking out comes a little harder for them these days.

[9thLife]

[9thLife]

But you never lose the groove.

[CivilWarBrewing]

I pray that rap will someday just GO AWAY. It’s garbage and has reduced ‘music’ to the lowest of the low level. Perhaps a revival of the ‘70’s black bands or even disco will slowly extinguish rap once and for all. I HATE RAP!!!!!!!!

[9thLife]

I think attrition among rap artists is off the charts. A very hazardous profession; they seem to die young. Worse than coal mining.

[John S Mosby]

Great— what’s next Danny Terrio’s show revived to today? Disco just marginally better than rap, but just as mindless.
No, what’s needed is Duke Ellington and some serious melody and dancing.

[9thLife]

I can't call Nile disco (I see them gathering stones to throw at me now) -- le Chic was more a rock-funk band.

Notwithstanding that, I agree with your conclusion, though I wouldn't mind some KC and would relish Sly.

[John S Mosby]

Earth Wind and Fire, can do. And I’ll go you the original George Clinton and Funkadelic.

Personally, am a Booker T. and the MGs, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn type for that kind of R&B.

[SamAdams76]

It's been 37 years since Chic's break-out year in 1978.

[doorgunner69]

Who?

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

The title “Freak Out” was originally “F—k Off” because the band wasn’t allowed to enter Studio 54.

[9thLife]

It's been 37 years since Chic's break-out year in 1978.

Something about seeing it in black and white like that...

[CopperTop]

Yessir, I'll have a dab of those.
And heap on a l'il "Mother's Finest" to finish it off!!

There's no race, or time constraints, for truly good groove. d;^)

[Snickering Hound]

It ain't Chic without Bernard Edwards on bass and he's been dead 20 years.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I was a two-year-old in 1978.

It blows my mind too. I remember preschool and nursery school from 34,35 years ago but it feels like it’s been 100 years ago.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Born in 72 here. Not just 100 years ago but another country, another world entirely. This music—what it felt to be FREE.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Not your Mothers’ kind of Freak Out. ;)

[Windflier]

I was a two-year-old in 1978.

Freepers certainly do come in all age ranges. I was 25 in 1978. I well remember Nile Rogers and Chic. Not really my bag, but they were cool.

[CrimsonTidegirl]

I am glad to hear this news. I was born in December, 1970 (yes, i’m old) & Chic was one of my favorite childhood bands. It’s a shame that Bernard Edwards isn’t around but I’m a fan of Nile Rodgers. I guess that is one of the reasons that I love the Daft Punk song “Get Lucky”.