Nile Rodgers

[Skyedriver]

Whenever I turn on anything musical on the TV at the moment (Trnsmt,Belldrum,Queen's birthday etc) there's Nile Rodgers and Chic going through their back catalogue. Now I don't dispute he's a talented guy, both as a musician and a producer and I do like him, he comes across well in interviews etc., but why the sudden resurgence of his 70's & 80's (Jeez is it that long ago) music? Is it just because current stuff is so poor?

[Driver101]

He has been playing everywhere this summer.

I think it will be down to the price of festival tickets. Festival tickets are about the same price as previous years, but bands are selling tickets for their own concerts for much more than before.

The line ups for festivals has been weak this year.

[cherryowen]

Skyedriver said:

Is it just because current stuff is so poor?

Largely, yes.

Nile was applying tertiary harmonies and jazz chords with upper extensions to pop tunes in the 1970's! These days, a hit tune may have just four simple diatonic chords from a given key. Example : C / Am / G / F in the key of C. I find modern examples of clever musical "pop" stuff to be Lady GaGa and Billie Eilish

[Slippydiff]

I watched all 3 episodes of this earlier in the year (unfortunately it appears to be NLA) :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097f5b2

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7477274/episodes?ref_...

The series gave an amazing insight into a massively talented individual (who appears to be a musical savant) If you can find it, it's well worthwhile watching. But failing that, I suspect a lot of the BBC 4 series is duplicated in this interview :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDAa8KT37w

[Driver101]

cherryowen said:

Skyedriver said:

Is it just because current stuff is so poor?

Largely, yes.

You think current music is poor. Your parents think your taste in music is poor, their parents don't like there taste in music.........

Niles playing a number of festivals has nothing to do with current music being poor. There are plenty of top acts out there that are huge draws for concerts and festivals.

[cherryowen]

Driver101 said:

cherryowen said:

Skyedriver said:

Is it just because current stuff is so poor?

Largely, yes.

You think current music is poor. Your parents think your taste in music is poor, their parents don't like there taste in music.........

Niles playing a number of festivals has nothing to do with current music being poor. There are plenty of top acts out there that are huge draws for concerts and festivals.

It would be appreciated if you would quote my full post, rather than snipping it to further your rather one-dimensional retort. If I can refer you to my original post of 22:41 yesterday evening, I mentioned my appreciation of the song writing skills of Lady GaGa and Billie Eilish. I also harbour an admiration for Dua Lipa's work as well as some tunes by Post Malone and Shawn Mendes, which is why I used the word "Largely" as a caveat in my post.

[Driver101]

cherryowen said:

Driver101 said:

cherryowen said:

Skyedriver said:

Is it just because current stuff is so poor?

Largely, yes.

You think current music is poor. Your parents think your taste in music is poor, their parents don't like there taste in music.........

Niles playing a number of festivals has nothing to do with current music being poor. There are plenty of top acts out there that are huge draws for concerts and festivals.

It would be appreciated if you would quote my full post, rather than snipping it to further your rather one-dimensional retort. If I can refer you to my original post of 22:41 yesterday evening, I mentioned my appreciation of the song writing skills of Lady GaGa and Billie Eilish. I also harbour an admiration for Dua Lipa's work as well as some tunes by Post Malone and Shawn Mendes, which is why I used the word "Largely" as a caveat in my post.

There is no largely about it. There are lots of big bands and artists out there. It's not because current stuff is poor that festivals are booking Niles Rodgers.