"Good Times" Personally, I have always had more problem with the louts who shrieked "Disco Sucks" while putting the torch to albums -- which presumably they had purchased? -- than with "disco" itself. Besides, I think of Chic as existing well above and beyond any of that. Giorgio Moroder's four-on-the-floor throbbers seem to me the better example of the disco that was said to suck (but doesn't). Chic came with a lot of rock band trappings, based on superb guitarist Nile Rodgers and supple bassist Bernard Edwards and music played in real time. I know artists like Bob Seger, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, or Meatloaf are possessed of infinitely more rock gravitas than Chic. But this is the stuff I turn to when I need a lift, and it rarely fails.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1977-1979)
"Good Times" Personally, I have always had more problem with the louts who shrieked "Disco Sucks" while putting the torch to albums -- which presumably they had purchased? -- than with "disco" itself. Besides, I think of Chic as existing well above and beyond any of that. Giorgio Moroder's four-on-the-floor throbbers seem to me the better example of the disco that was said to suck (but doesn't). Chic came with a lot of rock band trappings, based on superb guitarist Nile Rodgers and supple bassist Bernard Edwards and music played in real time. I know artists like Bob Seger, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, or Meatloaf are possessed of infinitely more rock gravitas than Chic. But this is the stuff I turn to when I need a lift, and it rarely fails.
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