tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post2541677493428884189..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: Nile Rodgers - Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove Martin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-29589703965169794822013-12-14T19:58:55.529-05:002013-12-14T19:58:55.529-05:00Nile's publicist has been busy since 2010. Fi...Nile's publicist has been busy since 2010. First, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-chic-organization-box-set-vol-1-savoir-faire-mw0002060906" rel="nofollow">the CHIC Organization box set</a> came out. Then came the ultimately disappointing autobiography. And then this year with Daft Punk and "Get Lucky", his profile was all the way turnt up past eleven. The record companies pounced: <a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/6sZ5jPYnA1MNpIthbegn3e" rel="nofollow">a set of original Chic 12"s on vinyl</a>, <a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/4U39tozW3wIggoyLptJxAV" rel="nofollow">a digital Studio Albums Collection</a> and not one but two multi-artist anthologies titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=up%20all%20night%20chic&sprefix=up+all+night+chi%2Cpopular&rh=i%3Apopular%2Ck%3Aup%20all%20night%20chic" rel="nofollow">Up All Night!</a> It comes as somewhat of a missed opportunity that his two solo albums weren't given the super deluxe edition treatment.<br /><br />If CHIC is not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame this time around, there is absolutely no use in even having a Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.<br /><br />Where were we?<br /><br />Oh yeah, in the Land Of The Good Groove. There are enough interesting riffs and grooves to fill a couple maybe even three songs but the drugged out at the time Rodgers unwisely sprinkled them across the album's eight tracks. CHIC was always sophisticated funk, the kind of uptown getdown that was both sexy and classy. Left to his own devices, Nile's "solo" stuff (c'mon, he still had Nard and Tony as he did more often than not on all of his efforts) was neither sexy nor classy. It comes off like a failed attempt to beat Prince and Rick James at their own game of stone cold sexy when he's not even in their league. (Gonna type sexy a few more times: sexy, sexy, sexy.)<br /><br />One of my great Nile Rodgers what if's is what if he had produced an Earth Wind & Fire album when they were both in their 1978-1982 heyday?HERChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361888365133381438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-15843784870304914682013-12-14T11:02:41.489-05:002013-12-14T11:02:41.489-05:00Niles Rodgers is a musical genius. I don't thi...Niles Rodgers is a musical genius. I don't think this album is terrible, but it has two problems: 1) Nile isn't a great singer, and 2) it ain't Chic. <br /><br />My favorite tracks are Land Of The Good Groove, Beet, Rock Bottom, and Most Down. <br /><br />My complete take: <a href="http://markscds.blogspot.com/2012/05/nile-rodgers-adventures-in-land-of-good.html" rel="nofollow">http://markscds.blogspot.com/2012/05/nile-rodgers-adventures-in-land-of-good.html</a>Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004375650529185768noreply@blogger.com