While we're on the Nile Rodgers tip, I have to mention my favorite
Niles' moment. The apex of rhythm guitar solos on "Come Down" by
Material off of 1982's "One Down". This was a visionary combination of
talents, including Nile Rodgers, Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Archie Shep,
Eno, and a 14 year old Whitney Houston!
On May 7, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Robert Taylor wrote:
He also produced Duran Duran's Notorious album - I am sure he has
plenty of other skeletons in his closet
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Bean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:57 AM
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) [OT] Chic meets Madonna
No question these guys are/were genii (Bernard R.I.P.). Interesting
though to note that Nile produced Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' - does
this make you re-evaluate the song (i.e. it's up there with Bowie's
'Let's Dance', or is it a career blip)?
You wrote:
Kent's absolutely right about C'est Chic. One of my top albums
of all time -- the acme of pop music, at a time when pop music
went through one of its periodic nosedives and was just as bad as
today. One of my favorite unknown tracks is on there --
"Sometimes You Win."
This album struck the right balance between ease and funk,
creative melodies, vocals . . .
And did I mention those basslines??!!
Fred
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