Comments on: Chic's "Le Freak" and post-punk http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JustJen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1554780 JustJen Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1554780 I got mine from http://www.alibris.com - a collective of 50+ North American & UK mom&pop booksellers. And I get to simultaneously support small businesses AND regularly feed my reading matter addiction! Enjoy! I got mine from http://www.alibris.com – a collective of 50+ North American & UK mom&pop booksellers. And I get to simultaneously support small businesses AND regularly feed my reading matter addiction! Enjoy!

]]> By: chadmulligan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1553006 chadmulligan Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1553006 I *love* James Chance and the Contortions. If I could be at any music scene in history, I would have definitely hung around the No Wave movement between 1978-1982. I was too young, alas. I *love* James Chance and the Contortions. If I could be at any music scene in history, I would have definitely hung around the No Wave movement between 1978-1982. I was too young, alas.

]]> By: umeboshi http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552996 umeboshi Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552996 Mutant disco! Crass commercialism as an ironic artistic stance! Do they go into ZE Records, my favorite home of this stuff? James Chance/White/Black? Or my favorite bit of post-punk WTF, Captain Sensible from The Damned doing a funky rap number - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Gj8earX_w Mutant disco! Crass commercialism as an ironic artistic stance! Do they go into ZE Records, my favorite home of this stuff? James Chance/White/Black? Or my favorite bit of post-punk WTF, Captain Sensible from The Damned doing a funky rap number - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Gj8earX_w

]]> By: 4midori http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552968 4midori Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552968 Nile Rodgers' autobiography is a great read.  Chic was cited by Duran Duran's bassist as an inflence too. Nile Rodgers’ autobiography is a great read.  Chic was cited by Duran Duran’s bassist as an inflence too.

]]> By: Pirate Jenny http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552704 Pirate Jenny Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552704 Awwwwww man, don't tell me I have to buy it again--I don't have it handy, but I assume I have the US edition also. I really enjoyed it, though. Awwwwww man, don’t tell me I have to buy it again–I don’t have it handy, but I assume I have the US edition also. I really enjoyed it, though.

]]> By: GeorgeMokray http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552457 GeorgeMokray Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552457 Story I heard is that Nile Rodgers and other members of the band were trying to get into Studio 54 and were barred.  They started making up a song that began with  "Fck you...." although Rodgers didn't quite say that in the interview. Story I heard is that Nile Rodgers and other members of the band were trying to get into Studio 54 and were barred.  They started making up a song that began with  ”Fck you….” although Rodgers didn’t quite say that in the interview.

]]> By: chadmulligan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552378 chadmulligan Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552378 The whole Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing is absurd. If they were honest about the whole thing, they would have to redefine what the Hall of Fame is about and start over. The whole Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing is absurd. If they were honest about the whole thing, they would have to redefine what the Hall of Fame is about and start over.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552371 franko Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552371 i love abba, but hear, hear. couldn't agree more. i love abba, but hear, hear. couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552340 David Pescovitz Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552340 Wow, I guess I'm reading the US version. Bummer! Thanks for the info, Jen! Wow, I guess I’m reading the US version. Bummer! Thanks for the info, Jen!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552332 niktemadur Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552332 Chic should be in the Rock & Roll HOF.  The fact that Abba is in there and Chic isn't is ridiculous. Chic should be in the Rock & Roll HOF.  The fact that Abba is in there and Chic isn’t is ridiculous.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552296 tristan eldritch Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552296 Sound and image quality is poor, but here is two of my all-time axe-heroes playing Le Freak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKYUr9robI Sound and image quality is poor, but here is two of my all-time axe-heroes playing Le Freak:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKYUr9robI

]]> By: chadmulligan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552210 chadmulligan Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552210 Thanks for the info. I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet so your post was very useful. Muchas gracias! (Edit) Thanks for the info. I haven’t gotten around to picking it up yet so your post was very useful. Muchas gracias! (Edit)

]]> By: JustJen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552199 JustJen Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552199 Are you reading the US or UK edition of Reynolds' book? I ask because I specifically got the UK version after listening to Henry Rollins (on Nerdist: http://www.nerdist.com/2012/09/nerdist-podcast-henry-rollins/ ) discuss the conversation he had with the author after reading a bit of the US edition AFTER he'd already read the UK one, and how Reynolds told him he was asked by the publisher to "dumb it down" for the American readers... Are you reading the US or UK edition of Reynolds’ book? I ask because I specifically got the UK version after listening to Henry Rollins (on Nerdist: http://www.nerdist.com/2012/09/nerdist-podcast-henry-rollins/ ) discuss the conversation he had with the author after reading a bit of the US edition AFTER he’d already read the UK one, and how Reynolds told him he was asked by the publisher to “dumb it down” for the American readers…

]]> By: Grey Eyed Man of Destiny http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552190 Grey Eyed Man of Destiny Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552190 While you're in the mood... http://grooveshark.com/s/Making+Love/4ylj0c?src=5 <b>Moderator note:</b> This link takes you to a page which requires a confirmation to leave. While you’re in the mood… http://grooveshark.com/s/Making+Love/4ylj0c?src=5

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]]> By: chadmulligan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/09/chics-le-freak-and-post.html#comment-1552174 chadmulligan Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186026#comment-1552174 And Chic recordings were primo material for the first wave of rappers--the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" (which recycled "Good Times") is probably the most classic example. And Chic recordings were primo material for the first wave of rappers–the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” (which recycled “Good Times”) is probably the most classic example.

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