Nile Rodgers and his Chic Organization are godlike geniuses. No question about it. Chic were the smartest and coolest disco outfit who ever lived, creating some sophisticated dance floor monsters that are still light years ahead of the game.
Rodgers wasn’t keen to just sit back and turn out dance tracks though. He had an eye on the wider angle of rock and pop. He, along with his musical brother, Bernie Edwards, produced some dazzling records for other artists including Diana Ross and Sister Sledge.
And it doesn’t bring us any pleasure at all to share the news that Rodgers has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, which of course, he’s tackling with all the class you’d expect of one of the world’s finest and nicest (Nile writes about it here, on his blog).
For many, Debbie Harry was a first crush. If you’re older, just a plain ol’ crush. Either way, she’s a well assembled woman who happened to front a pretty cool band that covered a lot of ground. Disco, proto-rap, rock, punk, pop… oh, and that terrible ‘Maria’ one.
And there’s a certain tragic suicide blonde thing going on with Debbie, which makes her even more alluring. She’s been a Playboy Bunny with her boobies out, she was adopted as a baby and is generally a bit broken and trashy.
Oh, and she was nearly killed by one of America’s most notorious serial killers, Ted Bundy. Read More >>>
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Nile Rodgers and his Chic Organization are godlike geniuses. No question about it. Chic were the smartest and coolest disco outfit who ever lived, creating some sophisticated dance floor monsters that are still light years ahead of the game.
