This gal has been waiting since '78 to see him & Chic play live & this is my year. I'm so excited. He's the absolute architect of so many musical masterpieces.
Have y'all done any of the group , "slave". That's where you'll hear some good bass. The guitarist is Nile Rodgers, he dose a lot of producing now. Did y'all do David Bowie's, "let's dance"? He produced that, and I think that whole album.
Good Times will absolutely give J the bass. So will “Everybody Dance” which has astonishing bass playing from Bernard Edwards! Another one to add to the list!
Pronounced "Sheek": Chic, meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. I too hit the dance floor many a time to this one 🙂
@Vicki Roman thanks so much for explaining the pronounciation and definition of the word. Are you that condescending or just assume everyone is an idiot?
@@richobrien729 Yep. Performed from a flatbed truck right in front of Studio 54 -- to express their anger at being refused entrance. And the line of people outside, waiting to get in, loved it.
Chic is SUCH a great group. “Good Times” was a big hit for them. Also PLEASE react to “I Want Your Love”. I know you’ll enjoy it. Nile Rogers (guitar) and Bernard Edwards (bass) not only wrote and produced for Chic, but a ton of other artists like, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Sister Sledge, Carly Simon, etc.
Whew. You don't get much more "70's disco groove soul" than this. In the latter half of the 1970's, this was one of the HOTTEST groups on the planet. "Le Freak" was their biggest hit, but by no means their only one. "Good Times" is instantly recognizable (and has been sampled by many artists), as is "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", and "I Want Your Love". This was just too BIG a song to avoid your ears forever. Glad you finally got to it! (Also - it's pronounced like "shiek", not "cheek". It's an actual English word that means "elegantly and stylishly fashionable".) And by the way, if you want to do another Parliament song, do "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka)".
I loved Chic! I had the 45 of Dance dance dance That's still a cool song to my 54 year old ears!😎👍 And why aren't they in the R& R Hallvof Fame?? They made some of the best Disco songs of the 70s. I bet you can still attend a party, or wedding where Le Freak of Good times is playing! Timeless Disco music!
dont forget about the court case against "the sugar hill gang" when they sampled "good times" and released "rappers delight" which put a squash on Rappers sampling music then claiming it for themselves. that is why Rappers Delight is the only record that actually has two release dates. but google only says its the latter one in the 1980. which is not true. i had it in my hands in 77-78. still got it. :) and yes I could rap the whole 15 min version by myself within 4 months without missing a beat or word. :)
Bernard Edwards was a legendary bass player. His bass lines have been sampled by a lot of rappers. If you have ever heard any Sister Sledge, that is Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards in the background.
@@Chris.Davis.2 Yeah he also was on "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out" iconic Diana Ross songs. I think "Modern Love" by David Bowie too. I know he toured with him on that tour. Some other hits I'm probably missing. Dude was a hella of a drummer.
Diana Ross as well "Upside Down" definitely hear the Mile scratch! Tony Thompson drummer for "The Power Station", along with bass and lead guitarists from Duran Duran! Robert Palmer on lead vocals. "Bang A Gong" ROCKS remake from T-Rex.
One of the best! His drums has the power of Led Zeppelin and he was chosen to play at Live Aid by Robert Plant. Why? He was self taught as a drummer. Tony Thompson learned drum listening to Led Zeppelin records and knew all of the Bonham parts. Phil Collins did not. Watch the performance.
@@calebclunie4001 The list is extensive for both of them together, and separately: David Bowie, Madonna, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, Missing Persons, INXS, The Power Station, The Honeydrippers, Deborah Harry, Norma jean Wright, Teddy Pendergrass, Johnny Mathis, Daft Punk, The B-52's, Fonzi Thornton, and many more! Luther Vandross worked with them in their earlier days.
Per Wikipedia: This song commemorates Studio 54 in New York City for its notoriously long customer waiting lines, exclusive clientele, and discourteous doormen. According to guitarist Nile Rodgers, the song was devised during New Year's Eve 1977, as a result of his and bassist Bernard Edwards' being refused entrance to Studio 54, where they had been invited by Grace Jones, due to her failure to notify the nightclub's staff. He said the lyrics of the refrain were originally "F*^k off!" rather than "Freak out!"; for the documentary "How to Make It in the Music Business", he said that 'f*^k off' was what the doorman had said to him when he slammed the door on them; first it was changed to "freak off" after Rodgers mused that they wouldn't be able to say 'f*^k off' on the radio.
I'm glad you explained the story, I just didn't have the strength to get into it all! Lol Studio 54 was legendary and notorious and it amazes me how many under 40 and especially under 30 have never heard of it.
You have to understand that this was the height of the disco era and "beats" like this were new to many people so this song got a lot of air time. Studio 54 was packed and everyone was dancing.
Chic's best known song is probably "Good Times" from 1979, which y'all have probably also heard parts of in passing, like with this 1978 one. "Good Times" has another iconic disco bass line from bassist Bernard Edwards, but a hit they had with a really crazy bassline is "Everybody Dance" from 1977. J. will love it. And that sound that J. finds a little more subdued than he'd like was typical of some of the popular disco of the time, Silver Convention, Sister Sledge, A Taste of Honey, etc, as was the use of references to high fashion like this band's name and the line in this, "Le Freak, c'est chic," French for "It's in style." Another popular disco group of the late seventies was named GQ after a men's fashion magazine and there's a hit disco song from 1979 by Sister Sledge called "The Greatest Dancer" where part of the lyrics just list designer names some guy is wearing at a club: "Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci." (This sort of thing is part of the reason some hard rock types hated disco.) There's an interesting story behind this song. The original title was going to be "Fuck Off," because the doorman at Studio 54 wouldn't let a couple members of the group in, so they went home and wrote a pissed-off song by that name. The bassline and structure were so good that they decided to make it into an actual marketable song, which they gave new lyrics and a new title after a trendy dance of the time called the Freak.
Nile Rodgers of Chic (like the French chic 'sheek') is a highly accomplished musician, composer, and music producers who has worked with many of the most iconic musicians of the day. He is still very active. He wrote/co-wrote "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge, "LIke a Virgin" by Madonna, "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, "Lay Me Down" by Avicii, and more. He produced "Let's Dance" by David Bowie, "Notorious by Duran Duran, "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk. He's still very active today.
This song was written one night when Grace Jones was performing at Studio 54 back in the 70s, and Grace invited the band to come by. When they got there, the doorman had never heard of Chic, and they weren’t on the guests list. So he told them to take a hike and stop claiming to know Grace Jones. They went back to their band rehearsal space in a huff, and started jamming. Originally, the line was “Aaaah… F*CK YOU!” Then they realized they were onto a groove and it became one of their hits after they… adjusted the line. 💃🕺
Wait, what? You've never heard Le Freak by Chic? Wha--??? Like-- how? How have you existed in this world without hearing of Chic? Like, Nile Rogers? What? I'm flabbergasted. My gast is truly flabbered.
Literally anything that Nile Rogers touches is great. I have this album on vinyl, and it's FIRE from start to finish. The songs are fun, the production and playing are super tight, and it's perfect.
Ahh yeah, I remember this came out in the late summer beginning 6th grade!! It’s pronounced “Sheek”. Nile Rodgers has also been a big time producer for many acts including David Bowie, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger and Madonna.
@@you2449 over the years he has produced or written hits for Madonna...David Bowie...Duran Duran...Sister Sledge...Diana Ross In his late seventies he continues to tour
Yes!! Danced and skated to this song so much; BEST time period of my life! MUCH more Chic to do!!! “Everybody Dance”, “Good Times”, ❤️❤️❤️ DISCO FOREVER 🛼🛼🛼
Yay!! Was hoping you'd get around to CHIC!! 💃🏼 they have other hits like, I Want Your Love, Dance Dance Dance, & Good Times! Sister Sledge is another group to check out, We Are Family, He's The Greatest Dancer, & All American Girls. Also Pointer Sisters, Automatic, Slow Hand, He's So Shy, Dare Me & Fire. Keep smiling!! 🎶🥰🎶
This song is pure pop perfection. It is one of the greatest disco songs ever!!! It was also a generational hit and the first song to go to number one three times. Simply amazing.
Nile and his buddies had been standing in line forever to get into the hottest club, Studio 54, in New York one night. They couldn't get in, were pissed off, so they went home and wrote this song in 2 seconds and it became the biggest disco hit!
Chic(like "sheek")'s got a nice sound, eh!? A long string of hits from 1977- "Le Freak" "Everybody Dance" "Good Times" "I Want Your Love" "Dance, Dance, Dance" "My Forbidden Lover" (more)
The reason the singing is so mellow is because during the disco age, Chic was probably the most classiest funky disco groups around. Chic is all about style and class. Try I want your love, or Everybody Dance.
Certainly one of the most enduring songs from the disco era. It has survived decades now and is still a fun song to listen to (and dance to I would assume).
Love watching Jay when he likes the song so much, he chair dances. It is also awesome seeing the two of you like the songs that we oldsters loved back in the day. It goes to show that good/great/fun music is ageless.
You guys need to react to "Good Times" and "I Want Your Love" by Chic as well. Chic was an enormously influential band across almost all genres. The bass line from their song "Good Times" formed the foundation of the rap song "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang. The drummer played on a ton of 80s hits like "Like A Virgin" by Madonna and "Some Like It Hot" by Power Station (you guys reacted to it, he's in the video). And the guitarist--Nile Rodgers--became a massively successful producer and produced a ton of hits over the decades.
It's "sheek" and "Le" Freak. This is one of the greatest disco hits of the era. This song absolutely filled the dancefloors. Originally written as "F*** Off" after they were denied entry to Studio 54, THE most famous disco of the 70s. It became "Le Freak" and history was made. Chic is one of the great disco bands whose influence in still felt in today's music in the form of Nile Rodgers (founding member of Chic) who is still producing people like Kylie Minogue and Daft Punk. The music of Niles Rodgers has a certain sound or "style" that once you hear it, you will recognize it in the Monster hits throughout the decades have that Nile Rodgers touch. Nile Rodgers has written and produced songs and albums for David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Madonna, The B-52s, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, just to name a few. Sister Sledge of "We Are Family" fame is one of the first groups with that "Chic" flair.
Great band, my favorite from them is "Everybody Dance", with the great line of: "Music never lets you down Puts a smile on your face Any time, any place" ;-)
One of the few "Disco" groups that played their own instruments. And as already stated, Rodgers is an excellent musician that is still active today. another good reaction! Freak OUT!!!
When I found he did the solo on Madonna's "Dress You Up" - that's a totally different sound, but I can absolutely believe it, since he was the producer for that album.
Absolute banger by Chic. J if you love the bass guitar you must check out the brothers Johnson’s Stomp! One of the best bass guitar solos in my opinion please check it out.
Nile Rogers is a genius. He played a HUGE role in creating and producing Daft Punk's 2013 album "Random Access Memories" which went platinum, hit #1 on the charts and won multiple Grammys. Well deserved, it's one of my favorite albums.
Yes. Thats Bernard Edwards with that fantastic funky bass. He also played great bass on Chic's "Good Times", which was sampled by The Sugarhill Gang on their 1979 hit "Rappers Delight"
Written the night the band went to Studio 54 and the bouncers refused to let them in. The original words were "F*** OFF!" Chic rhymes with Sheik. "Le Freak, c'est Chic." The guitarist and bassist became great producers. Guitarist Nile Rodgers produced David Bowie's Let's Dance. RIP bassist Betnard Edward's abd drummer Tony Thompson who late was in Power Station, which you have reacted to.
Omg!! Memory lane!! I was in Mazatlan Mexico at the age of 14, when me and my best friend walked into a bar at the hotel( not weird in Mexico in 1979). These guys were performing and I instantly fell in love !! To this day still jamming to this iconic band!!
Saw Nile Rodgers and Chic live in June, they are a total party! Loved it. They perform so many hits including ones Nile produced and played on for others like Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Sister Sledge, and Diana Ross... Oh and Daft Punk/Pharell
There was a dance called the “Freak” that everyone would do to this song when it played at the disco. There was a period in disco that had specific dances. You had dances like the ““Rock” and the “Dog” which were also huge in the Disco days.
Yesss, I remember doing the "le freak" dance step to this song when I was a little girl! I still remember it too! This was a very popular song we would play at our house "disco parties" with school friends.
Chic had a few huge hits. Nile Rodgers and his neighborhood friend Bernard were Chic- the female singers changed. I used to watch VHI: Behind the Music, and Nile Rodgers was on every other episode. He produced Bowie’s Let’s Dance album, and got the young, unknown guitarist (SRV) to play on it, produced Diana Ross and Madonna Like a Virgin, and rap’s 1st big hit- rappers delight- Nile’s baseline was used. Brilliant guy!
I’m glad you both dug the bass in this song. The late great Bernard Edwards was one of the funkiest in the pocket baas players there ever was, sadly he’s not talked about that much as being one of the greats. Guitarist Nile Rogers, who’s still very active, of course is talked about a lot - and rightly so - as both a great guitarist and influential producer.
WOW, this brings back so many memories, I use to call the radio station constantly to have them play this song, there was even a dance that went along with this song. AHHH FREAK OUT "lol" Love it! 💥💥💥
Love Chic! Memories as a kid trying to record this song from the radio and could never get that beginning “Ahhhh Freak Out.” 🎶 ahh…Good times! (which is another great song by them!)
When Nile and Bernard go off that is the highlight of the song for me. The synergy is incredible. Many would argue that this is one of the best disco songs of all time.
Agreed. I just adore the love and respect they had for one another which is so apparent here. Big shout out to Tony Thompson on drums too. He's holding it all down.
Can we take a moment to remember one of the baddest bass players ever born? The incomparable, the magnificently talented, the immortal funk of the late, great Mister Bernard Edwards!!! His playing, popping sound was imitated for decades. The fact that he teamed up with Niles Rogers is one of the greatest gifts from God above!!!
I agree 100% with your comment!! I will just add that I am always upset when young people say "oh I must have heard the chorus somewhere in a movie or in passing", and then go on to be "lukewarm" or even dismissal of the original that is in front of them! They rarely give real "props" to the original artists who actually created it from scratch, in order for some movie or rapper (40 years later), to take a "snippet of the song" and "claim it" as their own. Sad! It's important to always give respect to the original artists/songwriters who created the "magic" in the first place! Enjoy! Cheers, Sam.
Chic was a 70's Supergroup, they had hits coming out all the time "Everybody Dance", "Good Times", "Dance Dance Dance" and my fave "I Want Your Love" and lots more. Btw, it's pronounced in the French term "sheek" 😊
Good Times was a huge hit ny Chic but became a secondary hit when it was sampled for one of the first rapping hits by the Sugar Hill Gang. Both were huge heavy rotation Top 40 radio and billboard charting hits. Mike Rogers is one of the best bassists and music producers in the industry.
Bassist Bernard Edwards was a master. RIP. In 97 instead of going to the hospital he went on stage and performed. After the show him and Nile went to their hotel rooms. Nile went to check on him in the.middle of the nite and found him cold. He went on stage with pneumonia and died that nite. Master Bassist. His bass line helped to start Hip Hop from the song Good Times by Chic
This song is iconic and one of those songs that I could listen on an endless loop and absolutely enjoy it. Nile Rodgers created a classic with this song.
You guys need to look up the documentary stuff on Nile Rodgers and look at how many musicians he worked with- such a huge influence, and you can’t mistake a Nile Rodgers guitar riff! From Chic to David Bowie and Duran Duran all the way to Daft Punk, he’s timeless!
It's disco......and the line "just head on down to the 54 and find your spot out on the floor" is a reference to what is probably the most famous discoteque in the world, Studio 54 in New York, which had it's heyday in the 1970s......it was a very exclusive club and only the beautiful people and high end and popular at the time celebrities could get in.....the stories of sin and debauchery are many!
Niles Rodgers, one of the BEST musicians of all time. Best PRODUCER as well. Just an amazing human. And his guitar STYLE. Singular.
Agreed. Loved him on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" with Pharrell!
Woah… you get on that dance floor and “freak out”….Niles Rodgers guitar makes you freak out even more!
This gal has been waiting since '78 to see him & Chic play live & this is my year. I'm so excited. He's the absolute architect of so many musical masterpieces.
Have y'all done any of the group , "slave". That's where you'll hear some good bass.
The guitarist is Nile Rodgers, he dose a lot of producing now. Did y'all do David Bowie's, "let's dance"? He produced that, and I think that whole album.
@@dolphinbear661 I'm a little jealous. Okay, a lot.
Good old Disco... Yeah, that bass line is really nice and actually makes the song work. But that funky bass was a staple in Disco
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Good Times" and "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"!!
"Dance Dance Dance" if they show the Soul Train video has got the BEST "Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah"
Good Times will absolutely give J the bass. So will “Everybody Dance” which has astonishing bass playing from Bernard Edwards! Another one to add to the list!
I Want Your Love as well
Pronounced "Sheek": Chic, meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. I too hit the dance floor many a time to this one 🙂
It's also 'Le Freak', not 'La Freak'.
We always just called it FREAK OUT. gave us an excuse to do just that...
🤭😂😂😂
@@PaulWhytcross shush karen
@Vicki Roman thanks so much for explaining the pronounciation and definition of the word. Are you that condescending or just assume everyone is an idiot?
They should see a video of the dance to this song.
MY FIRST 45 RECORD!!!!
So Disco! So Iconic!
So New York City!
I'm glad they couldn't get into Studio 54 that night! Look what revenge they got!!!
I think it was my first 45 too 😁
Grace Jones had invited him. She had a hand in all this, too
First draft of the song wasn't "Freak Out", it was "F*** Off".
@@richobrien729 Yep. Performed from a flatbed truck right in front of Studio 54 -- to express their anger at being refused entrance. And the line of people outside, waiting to get in, loved it.
My people! Anyone care to dance?
Chic is SUCH a great group. “Good Times” was a big hit for them. Also PLEASE react to “I Want Your Love”. I know you’ll enjoy it. Nile Rogers (guitar) and Bernard Edwards (bass) not only wrote and produced for Chic, but a ton of other artists like, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Sister Sledge, Carly Simon, etc.
Don’t forget the wonderful drumming of Tony Thompson.
"I Want Your Love" -- especially the long version -- is an absolute must.
@@toddwestphal7953 Tony Thompson...The Power Station!
@@rddav1 yes.
"I Want Your Love" is a must! "Everybody Dance", and "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", too!
Whew. You don't get much more "70's disco groove soul" than this. In the latter half of the 1970's, this was one of the HOTTEST groups on the planet. "Le Freak" was their biggest hit, but by no means their only one. "Good Times" is instantly recognizable (and has been sampled by many artists), as is "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", and "I Want Your Love". This was just too BIG a song to avoid your ears forever. Glad you finally got to it! (Also - it's pronounced like "shiek", not "cheek". It's an actual English word that means "elegantly and stylishly fashionable".) And by the way, if you want to do another Parliament song, do "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka)".
It’s an English word now, but it was adopted from French.
“𝙻𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚌’𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌!” is French for “The Freak, that’s stylish.”
@@OaktownPirate510 The first French words I ever heard in my life (at age 9)!
I loved Chic! I had the 45 of Dance dance dance That's still a cool song to my 54 year old ears!😎👍 And why aren't they in the R& R Hallvof Fame?? They made some of the best Disco songs of the 70s. I bet you can still attend a party, or wedding where Le Freak of Good times is playing! Timeless Disco music!
All classic Roller Disco songs.
dont forget about the court case against "the sugar hill gang" when they sampled "good times" and released "rappers delight" which put a squash on Rappers sampling music then claiming it for themselves. that is why Rappers Delight is the only record that actually has two release dates. but google only says its the latter one in the 1980. which is not true. i had it in my hands in 77-78. still got it. :) and yes I could rap the whole 15 min version by myself within 4 months without missing a beat or word. :)
"Stomp" by The Brothers Johnson. Fun for dancing.
If you've heard "Rappers Delight", they exclusively used the music from "Good Times" by Chic. They sued Sylvia Robinson and WON.
Yes and Queen used the same bass line for “Another One Bites the Dust”
And then they started playing a bit of Rapper's Delight during Good Times. 😜
@@hustledude Only the first 3 notes are the same.
The number Rap song to make it big 1st It was Released in the summer of 1979
Do we really need this bit of information?
The Genius of the LEGENDARY Iconic Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards was a legendary bass player. His bass lines have been sampled by a lot of rappers. If you have ever heard any Sister Sledge, that is Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards in the background.
Is the drummer Tony Thompson who was drummer for Power Station?
Edit sorry, got my answer in another post, I do that a lot.😂👍🖐
@@Chris.Davis.2 Yeah he also was on "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out" iconic Diana Ross songs. I think "Modern Love" by David Bowie too. I know he toured with him on that tour. Some other hits I'm probably missing. Dude was a hella of a drummer.
@@martinwarford1389 Chic had legit talent!!
Diana Ross as well "Upside Down" definitely hear the Mile scratch! Tony Thompson drummer for "The Power Station", along with bass and lead guitarists from Duran Duran! Robert Palmer on lead vocals. "Bang A Gong" ROCKS remake from T-Rex.
Rest Easy Tony Thompson, Bernard Edwards, & Robert Palmer 🙏🏼 You will live on through your music!!
The late great Tony Thompson on drums. Also in Powerstation and played live with Led Zeppelin at Live Aid.
One of the best! His drums has the power of Led Zeppelin and he was chosen to play at Live Aid by Robert Plant. Why? He was self taught as a drummer. Tony Thompson learned drum listening to Led Zeppelin records and knew all of the Bonham parts. Phil Collins did not. Watch the performance.
Nile Rodgers is a musical genius. My high school basketball team did our pregame warm ups to this song.
Ours too!!!! 9th grade!!!
@@bakilacat1 For as popular as that song was back then it probably isn't much of a coincidence
@@VikingJeff what city u in them?
@@bakilacat1 '78-'79 would have been Chaumont, NY.
@@VikingJeff NC for me. Good times!
Nile Rodgers is one of the most talented dudes out there, he's worked with people like Madonna , Bowie , Duran Duran & Daft Punk.
Also David Bowie
Don't forget co-producer and writing partner bassist Bernard Edwards (R.I.P.), and drummer Tony Thompson (R.I.P.).
Also Diana Ross.
@@calebclunie4001 The list is extensive for both of them together, and separately: David Bowie, Madonna, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, Missing Persons, INXS, The Power Station, The Honeydrippers, Deborah Harry, Norma jean Wright, Teddy Pendergrass, Johnny Mathis, Daft Punk, The B-52's, Fonzi Thornton, and many more! Luther Vandross worked with them in their earlier days.
@@helenjarvis7755 I mentioned Bowie. I'd be here all week if I listed everyone! 🤣
This one and "Good Times' were their 2 #1 songs.
Per Wikipedia: This song commemorates Studio 54 in New York City for its notoriously long customer waiting lines, exclusive clientele, and discourteous doormen. According to guitarist Nile Rodgers, the song was devised during New Year's Eve 1977, as a result of his and bassist Bernard Edwards' being refused entrance to Studio 54, where they had been invited by Grace Jones, due to her failure to notify the nightclub's staff. He said the lyrics of the refrain were originally "F*^k off!" rather than "Freak out!"; for the documentary "How to Make It in the Music Business", he said that 'f*^k off' was what the doorman had said to him when he slammed the door on them; first it was changed to "freak off" after Rodgers mused that they wouldn't be able to say 'f*^k off' on the radio.
I was hoping someone would tell this story 🌞
Came to comments to say pretty much the same thing.
The even crazier thing is that after the song came out, I believe they were again denied entry into 54 WHILE THIS SONG WAS PLAYING INSIDE. LOL
I'm glad you explained the story, I just didn't have the strength to get into it all! Lol
Studio 54 was legendary and notorious and it amazes me how many under 40 and especially under 30 have never heard of it.
You all are my people
Bernard Edward's is a beast on the bass..R.I.P Bernard..🎸🎸🎸🎸
You have to understand that this was the height of the disco era and "beats" like this were new to many people so this song got a lot of air time. Studio 54 was packed and everyone was dancing.
Chic's best known song is probably "Good Times" from 1979, which y'all have probably also heard parts of in passing, like with this 1978 one. "Good Times" has another iconic disco bass line from bassist Bernard Edwards, but a hit they had with a really crazy bassline is "Everybody Dance" from 1977. J. will love it.
And that sound that J. finds a little more subdued than he'd like was typical of some of the popular disco of the time, Silver Convention, Sister Sledge, A Taste of Honey, etc, as was the use of references to high fashion like this band's name and the line in this, "Le Freak, c'est chic," French for "It's in style." Another popular disco group of the late seventies was named GQ after a men's fashion magazine and there's a hit disco song from 1979 by Sister Sledge called "The Greatest Dancer" where part of the lyrics just list designer names some guy is wearing at a club: "Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci." (This sort of thing is part of the reason some hard rock types hated disco.)
There's an interesting story behind this song. The original title was going to be "Fuck Off," because the doorman at Studio 54 wouldn't let a couple members of the group in, so they went home and wrote a pissed-off song by that name. The bassline and structure were so good that they decided to make it into an actual marketable song, which they gave new lyrics and a new title after a trendy dance of the time called the Freak.
Good Times never Made the top 40 here in Australia peaking at 48 there other charting tune was Dance Dance Dance peaking at 28 in 1977
Nile Rodgers of Chic (like the French chic 'sheek') is a highly accomplished musician, composer, and music producers who has worked with many of the most iconic musicians of the day. He is still very active. He wrote/co-wrote "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge, "LIke a Virgin" by Madonna, "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, "Lay Me Down" by Avicii, and more. He produced "Let's Dance" by David Bowie, "Notorious by Duran Duran, "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk. He's still very active today.
This song was written one night when Grace Jones was performing at Studio 54 back in the 70s, and Grace invited the band to come by. When they got there, the doorman had never heard of Chic, and they weren’t on the guests list. So he told them to take a hike and stop claiming to know Grace Jones.
They went back to their band rehearsal space in a huff, and started jamming. Originally, the line was “Aaaah… F*CK YOU!”
Then they realized they were onto a groove and it became one of their hits after they… adjusted the line. 💃🕺
True. True.
Kool Info!👍🏿
Well now that just changed my life
In the day! Loved rocking out to this song, haven't heard it in years, thanks guys 😍 and yes , Rogers is a genius!
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Nile Rogers was the guitarist in the Steve Winwood Higher Love video with Chaka Khan singing
Wait, what? You've never heard Le Freak by Chic? Wha--??? Like-- how? How have you existed in this world without hearing of Chic? Like, Nile Rogers? What? I'm flabbergasted. My gast is truly flabbered.
Same thought here!
Well, they’re not as old as dirt for one thing.
Literally anything that Nile Rogers touches is great.
I have this album on vinyl, and it's FIRE from start to finish. The songs are fun, the production and playing are super tight, and it's perfect.
Ahh yeah, I remember this came out in the late summer beginning 6th grade!! It’s pronounced “Sheek”. Nile Rodgers has also been a big time producer for many acts including David Bowie, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger and Madonna.
Yep. His sound is a major part of Let's Dance.
to the extent that his guitar's name is...the hit maker....in recent years he had a monster hit with Daft Punk...Get Lucky
@@rafaelrosario5331 Wow! *$$$* good for him!
@@you2449 over the years he has produced or written hits for Madonna...David Bowie...Duran Duran...Sister Sledge...Diana Ross
In his late seventies he continues to tour
Yes!! Danced and skated to this song so much; BEST time period of my life! MUCH more Chic to do!!! “Everybody Dance”, “Good Times”, ❤️❤️❤️ DISCO FOREVER 🛼🛼🛼
Yay!! Was hoping you'd get around to CHIC!! 💃🏼 they have other hits like, I Want Your Love, Dance Dance Dance, & Good Times! Sister Sledge is another group to check out, We Are Family, He's The Greatest Dancer, & All American Girls. Also Pointer Sisters, Automatic, Slow Hand, He's So Shy, Dare Me & Fire. Keep smiling!! 🎶🥰🎶
this song has one of the bass lines of any song ever!
Another song that came out around the same time as this one is called "He's The Greatest Dancer" (by Sister Sledge). Another disco gem.
I have La Freak by Chic....on a "45" record. This song was IN.... back then!!!
Nile Rodgers is indeed a genius, but Bernard Edwards was an incredible bassist. It's a shame he died so young.
I love when the newbies to these songs say...i heard this somewhere. These are great long lasting power songs. These songs are all over.
This song is pure pop perfection. It is one of the greatest disco songs ever!!! It was also a generational hit and the first song to go to number one three times. Simply amazing.
People of a certain age remember this one from the roller rink.
Nile and his buddies had been standing in line forever to get into the hottest club, Studio 54, in New York one night. They couldn't get in, were pissed off, so they went home and wrote this song in 2 seconds and it became the biggest disco hit!
With the "Freak Out" the sanitized version of "F*** Off"😂
@@bradsullivan2495 yep. I remember that 🤣
Rose Royce "I'm Going Down" & "I Wanna Get Next To You" & "Wishing On A Star"
Rapper's Delight is Chic's "Good Times". A lot of early rap used their bass and beat lines...
You've probably heard this in any of a bunch of films. What a delight - Nile Rodgers is such a legend!
Chic(like "sheek")'s got a nice sound, eh!? A long string of hits from 1977- "Le Freak" "Everybody Dance" "Good Times" "I Want Your Love" "Dance, Dance, Dance" "My Forbidden Lover" (more)
In 1979 this was the jam! We danced our booties off
Every club on earth played this and you did not stay seated when they did. Everybody danced when they played this.
That immediate recognizable guitar sound and tight af bass, completed by Tony's drums.......and you have a legend band!
It's not a take on Disco, it IS Disco! "The 54" Studio 54
The reason the singing is so mellow is because during the disco age, Chic was probably the most classiest funky disco groups around. Chic is all about style and class. Try I want your love, or Everybody Dance.
Certainly one of the most enduring songs from the disco era. It has survived decades now and is still a fun song to listen to (and dance to I would assume).
Nile Rodgers had a crazy childhood. One of the most interesting autobiographies I've ever read. Great band!
A Disco staple! They even mention Studio 54 in the lyrics.
It's just a funky iconic song to dance to during the disco Era! Great song to react to!
Nile Rodgers...respect.The man is a genius. Harmonies always on point.
Nile Rodgers is a master of music, writing, performing and producing some absolute bangers!!
Love watching Jay when he likes the song so much, he chair dances. It is also awesome seeing the two of you like the songs that we oldsters loved back in the day. It goes to show that good/great/fun music is ageless.
The late Tony Thompson (the drummer in Chic) was also the drummer in the 1980s supergroup, The Power Station.
You guys need to react to "Good Times" and "I Want Your Love" by Chic as well.
Chic was an enormously influential band across almost all genres. The bass line from their song "Good Times" formed the foundation of the rap song "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang. The drummer played on a ton of 80s hits like "Like A Virgin" by Madonna and "Some Like It Hot" by Power Station (you guys reacted to it, he's in the video). And the guitarist--Nile Rodgers--became a massively successful producer and produced a ton of hits over the decades.
@Daniel Jaimes - That bass line is epic...
This was a #1 hit on the Billboard Top 100 and R&B charts
Niles Rodgers, Bassist Bernard Edwards and Drummer Tony Thompson (Power Station, David Bowie)… Now that’s musicianship at the highest level…
It's "sheek" and "Le" Freak. This is one of the greatest disco hits of the era. This song absolutely filled the dancefloors. Originally written as "F*** Off" after they were denied entry to Studio 54, THE most famous disco of the 70s. It became "Le Freak" and history was made.
Chic is one of the great disco bands whose influence in still felt in today's music in the form of Nile Rodgers (founding member of Chic) who is still producing people like Kylie Minogue and Daft Punk. The music of Niles Rodgers has a certain sound or "style" that once you hear it, you will recognize it in the Monster hits throughout the decades have that Nile Rodgers touch. Nile Rodgers has written and produced songs and albums for David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Madonna, The B-52s, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, just to name a few. Sister Sledge of "We Are Family" fame is one of the first groups with that "Chic" flair.
Dancing all night long 🎶🎶🎶💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺🥁🥁🥁🎸🎸🎸remember this song comes out at the clubs🎺🎺🎺
Great band, my favorite from them is "Everybody Dance", with the great line of:
"Music never lets you down
Puts a smile on your face
Any time, any place" ;-)
One of the few "Disco" groups that played their own instruments. And as already stated, Rodgers is an excellent musician that is still active today. another good reaction! Freak OUT!!!
When I found he did the solo on Madonna's "Dress You Up" - that's a totally different sound, but I can absolutely believe it, since he was the producer for that album.
I absolutely LOVE Nile Rodgers ' funk guitar riffs on this song, their other hit "Good Times," and on "We are Family" by Sister Sledge.
"Le Freak" is one of those songs that has been sampled by other artists so that is why you may recognize parts of it
All the school dances and after school parties in 8th grade featured this song heavily. It's still on my playlist. Love it!
Absolute banger by Chic. J if you love the bass guitar you must check out the brothers Johnson’s Stomp! One of the best bass guitar solos in my opinion please check it out.
Agree!
Louis "Thunder Thumbs" Johnson!
Hell yes.
Stomp is insane!
You guys...you're looking at a collection of the most talented musicians around...Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards (RIP) and Tony Thompson (RIP)!
Nile Rogers is a genius. He played a HUGE role in creating and producing Daft Punk's 2013 album "Random Access Memories" which went platinum, hit #1 on the charts and won multiple Grammys. Well deserved, it's one of my favorite albums.
CHIC!!! FREAK OUT!! 😀😀....next try I Want Your Love, My Feet Keep Dancing and of course...Good Times.
Yes. Thats Bernard Edwards with that fantastic funky bass. He also played great bass on Chic's "Good Times", which was sampled by The Sugarhill Gang on their 1979 hit "Rappers Delight"
Written the night the band went to Studio 54 and the bouncers refused to let them in. The original words were "F*** OFF!" Chic rhymes with Sheik. "Le Freak, c'est Chic."
The guitarist and bassist became great producers. Guitarist Nile Rodgers produced David Bowie's Let's Dance. RIP bassist Betnard Edward's abd drummer Tony Thompson who late was in Power Station, which you have reacted to.
Omg!! Memory lane!! I was in Mazatlan Mexico at the age of 14, when me and my best friend walked into a bar at the hotel( not weird in Mexico in 1979). These guys were performing and I instantly fell in love !!
To this day still jamming to this iconic band!!
Saw Nile Rodgers and Chic live in June, they are a total party! Loved it. They perform so many hits including ones Nile produced and played on for others like Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Sister Sledge, and Diana Ross... Oh and Daft Punk/Pharell
There was a dance called the “Freak” that everyone would do to this song when it played at the disco. There was a period in disco that had specific dances. You had dances like the ““Rock” and the “Dog” which were also huge in the Disco days.
Yesss, I remember doing the "le freak" dance step to this song when I was a little girl! I still remember it too! This was a very popular song we would play at our house "disco parties" with school friends.
Chic had a few huge hits. Nile Rodgers and his neighborhood friend Bernard were Chic- the female singers changed. I used to watch VHI: Behind the Music, and Nile Rodgers was on every other episode. He produced Bowie’s Let’s Dance album, and got the young, unknown guitarist (SRV) to play on it, produced Diana Ross and Madonna Like a Virgin, and rap’s 1st big hit- rappers delight- Nile’s baseline was used. Brilliant guy!
I never get tired of hearing the work of the great Nile Rodgers!
You will love to hear “Stomp” by the Brothers Johnson, Disco and The Base.
I’m glad you both dug the bass in this song. The late great Bernard Edwards was one of the funkiest in the pocket baas players there ever was, sadly he’s not talked about that much as being one of the greats. Guitarist Nile Rogers, who’s still very active, of course is talked about a lot - and rightly so - as both a great guitarist and influential producer.
Everyone got on the dance floor when this song came on and did the freak dance !
One of my songs growing up. Boogie Oogie Oogie, next...?
WOW, this brings back so many memories, I use to call the radio station constantly to have them play this song, there was even a dance that went along with this song. AHHH FREAK OUT "lol" Love it! 💥💥💥
Love Chic! Memories as a kid trying to record this song from the radio and could never get that beginning “Ahhhh Freak Out.” 🎶 ahh…Good times! (which is another great song by them!)
Ah yes. Trying to record songs off the radio and then rewinding over and over trying to write down the lyrics! 🤭😄
@@mozzetti1 Yes! The only way to learn the lyrics lol! And what about waiting hours for your fav song to come on to record!!!
The group name is pronounced Sheek and the song is Le Freak.
“Freak out! Le Freak c’est Chic!”
When Nile and Bernard go off that is the highlight of the song for me. The synergy is incredible. Many would argue that this is one of the best disco songs of all time.
Agreed. I just adore the love and respect they had for one another which is so apparent here. Big shout out to Tony Thompson on drums too. He's holding it all down.
@@welshtoro3256 Yup. Mad respect for TT.
Ohhhh my youth. Dancing in the disco. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. ❤️
Next you have to try “Good Times,” Chic’s huge 1979 hit that has one of the most famous baselines in recorded history.
they and that song directly inspired "Another One Bites the Dust"
I believe Sugar Hill Gang (Rapper’s Delight) was sued for using the beat from Good Times without permission
This song cannot be fully appreciated without roller skates on your feet.
"Definitively not bad" For an iconic song from an iconic group? OMG !
Guess a Ferrari is not a bad car either? 😲
Beyonce is not a bad looking woman, and Casablanca is not a bad movie!
Can we take a moment to remember one of the baddest bass players ever born? The incomparable, the magnificently talented, the immortal funk of the late, great Mister Bernard Edwards!!! His playing, popping sound was imitated for decades. The fact that he teamed up with Niles Rogers is one of the greatest gifts from God above!!!
Jay: I usually agree with your reactions 100%, but what's wrong with you? "Le Freak" is one of the greatest disco/R&B songs ever made. C'mon, son...!
I agree 100% with your comment!! I will just add that I am always upset when young people say "oh I must have heard the chorus somewhere in a movie or in passing", and then go on to be "lukewarm" or even dismissal of the original that is in front of them! They rarely give real "props" to the original artists who actually created it from scratch, in order for some movie or rapper (40 years later), to take a "snippet of the song" and "claim it" as their own. Sad!
It's important to always give respect to the original artists/songwriters who created the "magic" in the first place!
Enjoy! Cheers, Sam.
One of the grooving-est grooves. Love this era of music! Disco Baby! You should do more reactions to this type of music. So fun!
Chic was a 70's Supergroup, they had hits coming out all the time "Everybody Dance", "Good Times", "Dance Dance Dance" and my fave "I Want Your Love" and lots more. Btw, it's pronounced in the French term "sheek" 😊
They really freaked the disco movement with that Bass Line and it is so strong in Rodgers work with Daft Punk. Chic just grooved into history
Good Times was a huge hit ny Chic but became a secondary hit when it was sampled for one of the first rapping hits by the Sugar Hill Gang. Both were huge
heavy rotation Top 40 radio and billboard charting hits. Mike Rogers is one of the best bassists and music producers in the industry.
Bassist Bernard Edwards was a master. RIP. In 97 instead of going to the hospital he went on stage and performed. After the show him and Nile went to their hotel rooms. Nile went to check on him in the.middle of the nite and found him cold. He went on stage with pneumonia and died that nite. Master Bassist. His bass line helped to start Hip Hop from the song Good Times by Chic
Niles Rodgers, producer extraordinaire....👍🤩👍
Another great groove of Chic is the jam " I want your love"
This song is iconic and one of those songs that I could listen on an endless loop and absolutely enjoy it. Nile Rodgers created a classic with this song.
Pretty sure this was on the DJs playlist at just about every wedding I went to from the 80s - 90s and beyond.
“Good Times” live at the Budokan is my favorite. It even has some rap in it.
Think..in the club. Louder. Everyone on the dance floor...it was fun!
You guys need to look up the documentary stuff on Nile Rodgers and look at how many musicians he worked with- such a huge influence, and you can’t mistake a Nile Rodgers guitar riff! From Chic to David Bowie and Duran Duran all the way to Daft Punk, he’s timeless!
It's disco......and the line "just head on down to the 54 and find your spot out on the floor" is a reference to what is probably the most famous discoteque in the world, Studio 54 in New York, which had it's heyday in the 1970s......it was a very exclusive club and only the beautiful people and high end and popular at the time celebrities could get in.....the stories of sin and debauchery are many!