Nile Rodgers

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🗓️ 21 May 2013

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Nile Rodgers played guitar on the new Daft Punk single, but decades before that he launched a string of hits with the group Chic, including "Le Freak" and "Good Times", and went on to become a songwriting and producing superstar. He was behind Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out", David Bowie's "Let's Dance", Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and many more. Now, he reflects on decades of hit writing, collaborating, and the meaning of music in his life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm D.W. from Houston.
0:01.8	Hi, I'm Kristen from San Francisco.
0:04.4	Hi, I'm Graham from Vancouver, Canada.
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0:19.0	Yes.
0:21.2	I'm Jesse Thorn. Nile Rogers was there for the very start of disco.
0:25.2	His songs can be big almost over the top.
0:27.2	Sheaks, LaFrique, Diana Rossas, I'm coming out.
0:30.5	That was kind of the point.
0:31.8	But when Rogers is crafting a song, he also pays attention to the little things.
0:36.1	Take one of his first hits with Sheik, everybody dance.
0:38.6	Everybody dance.
0:40.6	Doo-doo-doo clap your hands.
0:42.6	Clap your hands.
0:44.1	And I remember I played that for Bernard Ed was the first time,
0:46.7	and it was all complicated with these hip jazz chord changes.
0:49.9	And he said to me, uh, my man, uh, you know, it's happening.
0:55.2	But, uh, what does doo-doo-doo mean?
0:58.0	And I said, well, you know, it's the same thing as la la la la.
0:59.9	He said, well, why don't you say that?
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