In Conversation with The Hitmaker | Nile Rodgers | Talks at Google

[@bignardo95]

for how ever long Nile Rodgers can talk, i could listen. The stories and points of veiws are as GREAT as the music!!!

[@Tigerex966]

It's knowledge. I hope he stays off drugs, because we do not need to lose him like so many other celebrities.

[@brainsareus]

@@Tigerex966 I'd hope so too, but that's his life and issue, not ours... be loving, not intrusive.

[@miguelpanta]

yes! he is an amazing guy. plus he has his pick rdy the entire time, truly my man!

[@buckyblends]

What an awesome guy Nile Rodgers is.. I watch everything I can find with him

[@josealexandrearaujoalan851]

What a legend. Great songwriter, arranger, producer and above all a wonderful person. God bless Nile!

[@jeffahearn]

I just saw Nile at the Byron Bay Blues Fest and he blew me, my wife and daughter off the charts. Such a humble, honest vibe from the man, but with energy flowing to the audience with waves of his passion and joy of playing these songs. We were so lucky to be on the rails and were mere metres away from him and his funky Chic crew. He mentioned the press called them a "covers band" and then reminded the crowd about a few artists and tunes he'd penned and/ or arranged, and we're talking a only few. Thank you Nile and your influence on our world of sound, in the past, present and future. and as a musician/ educator I will pass on your legacy. Much love.

[@fiddlestix3025]

Nile -one of the nicest, most genuine guys, with a heart of gold…endlessly inspiring to me. And man, his funny stories 🤣😂😊

[@sandersonbr18]

I could be here listening to nile all day. Such an amazing man. the greatest hitmaker!

[@jasonstrader3942]

Half these people in the audience probably have no idea whom Nile is. They should be standing this man is legend.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Fantastic interview. An engrossing hour. Nigel Rodgers love of music is truly infectious.

[@rileyyoung5935]

You can tell he's such a music fan that he can't believe his success and that he has all these cool stories. I could talk to this dude for hours and hours.

[@carlbenson6412]

Thank you for running this...I have been a serous Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards fan since I was a 13 year old in '77 who saved up my paper route money to buy the 1st Chic album...I was teased back then on how much of a fan I was of all of their music...I followed them to the other artists that they both produced into my early 20's...I have never met Nile & pray that I get a chance to since I can't meet Tony Thompson & Bernard Edwards (I'd love to meet Alfa Anderson & Luci Martin also)...great venue & thanks again.

[@godscience7821]

carl benson same here, a little before my time but my dad played their albums and at a young age I knew they were special. They were tapping into something, that thing that special musicians tap into

[@leetate1963]

Wow, very similar to myself. I was 14 in the 9th grade towards the end of 1977. At that time, I liked Chic's first single "Dance, Dance, Dance", but I had no idea how special they were until a couple of months into 1978 when I heard "Everybody Dance". Then in the summer I heard their production on Norma Jean Wright's " Can't wait till Saturday".... I've been a life long fan since...

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Nile is, without a doubt, currently one of the FINEST, FUNKIEST guitarists in the music business today. Every musician should listen to him!

[@MartinDauer]

The interviewer is a typical tech guy, not a music person. He would run any conversation with anyone similarly…. On the flip side Nile is again very entertaining, brilliant and clear in his passion for music

[@cassiodimande4992]

The more he talks the more i'm blown away. I recognized Nile from different pictures/videos but this is the first time I've actually looked into who he is. To think i'm only watching this because I got a turntable, found a copy of The Chic Organization going cheap on ebay, recognized the name "Chic" and decided to look up "who this Nile guy is". His repertoire is on another level! This man is responsible for the funkiest and most uplifting funk/disco music I've heard in my life that I didn't even know he was a part of creating.

[@Tigerex966]

Excellent. Bernard Edwards RIP!

[@turvus2]

You could listen to Nile Rodgers talking for hours and every second will be interesting. Not many people who are that deep, insightful, eloquent.

[@n.j.rihari813]

Nile is the man, up the funky feel he's the bomb ❤️

[@ShoreTars]

Just bloody awesome! What a guy! I recently bought the new Hitmaker, if I can get anything like these sounds from it I'll be in heaven!

[@cfwolnia]

I love 'Talks At Google' !!! I had no idea who Niles Rodgers was and am flabbergasted. Best question came from the girl who asked about the guitar, kudos! It's the musician, not the instrument that makes one great. Love that he plays a '59 "not to factory specs" guitar! Cheers

[@rde4017]

That's fun! ☺ Love our Nile XXX

[@johnlindsaygreen8547]

I never knew what Nile's musical background was. Glad he talked about it 🎵🎶🎼

[@twitterblackdove]

Love you Nile! #RightOnRightOn

[@youtubed3951]

living legend

[@Allenbass7]

I think I heard him say "If your Music makes you feel really good, hopefully it will make other people feel really good too" and "Now that's fun to play!"... definitely some other parts in there too

[@shasha-muse6054]

carl Benson you and I must be around the same age, I am now 55 and I used to do the same thing. I would buy sweatshirts and have the word chic ironed on them. I even learned how to play the bass like my hero bernard, got a group together and dressed like chic. Even though i never met them or got the chance to see them in concert, They were very instrumental in My teenage years and kept me out of trouble to the point my friends would call me weird because I did not want to hang out with them, just play chic music. they would walk past me and say hey sharon....chic chic and start laughing. yeah I know I was on a mission but if I had it to do all over again, i wouldnt change a thing. Thanks for your comments my brother in chic.🎶🎶🎶

[@comprehensivethoughts2774]

great LEGEND

[@godscience7821]

Legend. Genius wish I had his ears as a producer

[@deborahshort5124]

Big love from Beantown!

[@bmanwells4200]

This is a great interview.......

[@lilogon2969]

Nothing but cool 😎 🤔May be a great musician, nice person, too. Could listen to him for hours.

[@aljanet1514]

Interesting guy... interesting life! Harmonically awesome ❤

[@brainsareus]

A genius.....and, a sweetheart

[@peterthart531]

The fact that he likes bebop makes me respect him even more :-)

[@sy84]

Simply the Best…..!

[@mouradloubar4606]

bravo brother

[@deweypug]

Love Niles!!

[@nico3641]

I wonder if the kids at Google in the audience picked up on the references to Hendrix, Live Aid, Lionel Richie, Eric Clapton, etc?

[@Carolina_Panthers145]

Legend

[@andro3041]

How do you interview him and not know that his parents were heroin addicts before asking a question about them omg that hurt to watch

[@dantedt3931]

They didn’t Google him.Shocking.

[@leslieseale9761]

Glad you said this. I got a weird vibe from this interviewer, like not really interested.

[@dE3Lov]

They blurred out the Fender Stratocaster logo on the headstock. Weird.

[@wolfbracket]

The interviewer is so pitiful. Damn he had no clue who he was interviewing. Damnit its Nile Rodgers! Put some respect on it Google!

[@MrAitraining]

Yeah. He's too young also. . Need to have lived the 70's and 80's to really dig what Nile has done and ask good questions from it.

[@michelesimms-burton208]

I agree. And age has nothing to do with it. The interviewer works for a company that gathers and aggregates information. Somebody could have conducted research on Rodgers for him. Disrespectful.

[@g6ter1]

Meh, the interviewer being young and not as knowledgable about Nile makes it much more accessible to a young generation, who is not as knowledgable about Nile. Also, google gave him a nice sized check as they do with their google talks guests.

[@bigkeezo]

People will complain about anything

[@DominicRulikowski]

A great performer, song writer, adapter, guitarist, resurrector of people's careers, etc, but Google the sound on this interview is terrible. It's tinny, Niles braids seem to rub on the mic, and they could do a lot better than this with the audio. But what a legend is Nile Rodgers.

[@bevmchugh5903]

What a great guy

[@WriteousBible]

class act

[@alexanderteuman7273]

Sesame Street. 24 minutes, kill the problem. Wow. Magic-

[@michelesimms-burton208]

I hate when interviewers don't do their research!

[@ljsmixbox44]

I wonder if Nile Rogers knew Prince enough to jam together

[@2wayplebney]

Wow! Nile worked with Sesame Street! He must have met Wally, one of the original Sesame Street Band members. His best friend was the Snuffleupagus. I met Wally in South Andros, Bahamas, where he was bonefishing. We spent several evenings talking about music. I would love to do the same with Nile. Wonder if he likes fishing?

[@bp5269]

NILE ROGERS = COOL BROTHER

[@annakat03]

Poor guy... he wasn't able to really listen to Nile anymore after that "Did your parents push you" mishap :(

[@nitedrive2956]

So, is the one of the endless perks of working at Google?! Shesh.

[@ChemistryAmsterdam]

Was the interviewer on helium?

[@vapeymcvape5000]

Hillarious that Nile's hair is scratching the mic the entire time. Google audio guys suck.

[@planetice]

12:26 "I was on acid, so"

[@bukitkatilmp]

So artist A is Madonna, right?

[@rula42]

44:40 Is that Harry Potter?

[@Arcnite]

Who is this interviewer??! Jesusss christ

[@geaux-hard]

My thought were the same. Obviously time management was a real big issue for him. If you know Nile, you know he answers all questions with a story. i would think they would factor that in before hand.

[@MrAitraining]

He's too young. For me, you have to have lived the 70's and 80's to appreciate Nile and relate.

[@sufyanghani9022]

@@MrAitraining why can't someone like me who's 18 appreciatie him. I'm a Guitarist and I love these musicians and hearing their stories

[@MrAitraining]

@@sufyanghani9022 I didn't mean it like that. I meant the interviewer which is what the original post was saying. it helps when you can relate to the times when interviewing someone like Niles. . I didn't mean the music.

[@spark20]

Another pretentious ivy league dork executive.

[@Rayquesto]

16:40

[@jasonalpha]

The microphone crackles a lot.. otherwise great interview

[@mklgboo]

😌

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

One cool dude, as cool as Keith Richards,who is also a dude. Love listening to his sexy deep talk.

[@beepst]

"I don't really know any cool hippie anti war songs on clarinet" LOL

[@eliprado]

Title of the interview: Cool vs. not cool

[@Reprodestruxion]

Actually those chords are from China girl

[@gregmize01]

Bob Clearmountain on production and delay!

[@englishcountryside4581]

Is that his real hair?

[@VizionHeiry]

yes it is

[@englishcountryside4581]

Vizion Heiry * Goes well with his sweet smile 💖

[@OldWaveKid]

"artist a" possible Prince 😂

[@RANDY4410]

Nile Rodgers said in the We are the world video that they turn around to look at him that is not true at all he wasn't even in the picture and i don't think he was even in the studio and no one turn around i dont know why he made that up.

[@Tigerex966]

there are many camera angles, please link us to the video you are referring to.

[@veronicamatchett8227]

I fail to see why you felt the need to mention that - as if anyone but you would care about something as trivial as that

[@ezmima1175]

Soooo you were there???

[@OnKeyboards]

Just checked the live aid video... at least three people turn around just like Nile described.

[@bigkeezo]

Good ball

[@rotazd]

As cool as Nile is, I always thought he has a face like a Labia

[@muahh514]

im screaming

[@TennTones]

nerds getting off with trying to figure out how art works and how it can be quantified into a box so they could re-create it. Then came AI. Total failure lol.

[@cyberspage...3834]

Nile never speaks of Bernard Edwards, the Bassist who crafted one of the greatest Bass lines ever, GOOD TIMES, why is that so? If you guys had your differences, let by-gones be, R.I.P. Mr. Edwards!!!

[@undango]

he often refers to Edwards as being the most talented musician he ever worked with.

[@user-zw7oe4jv3j]

He worshipped Bernard, he never said anything bad about him. It probably makes him sad to think of his passing. The few times the topic was brought up in interviews he got noticeably sad.

[@lptomtom]

Edwards' death was very hard on Nile, they didn't "have their differences", he probably still misses his old friend, that's all

[@williwombat1066]

Not so. He does speak of 'Nard in plenty of interviews. He played on the songs, but Nile IS the face of Chic today.

[@bignardo95]

Cyber Spage... if you ask him about his boy trust me, a 1 hour Q&A is not nearly long enough!!!

[@Alexisgreenleaf]

you can tell hes lying

[@Tigerex966]

how? what does it profit him? why?

[@RANDY4410]

He is great in what he do and did but Nile exaggerated a lot of his stories to make his self sound good but has nothing to back up the stories he tells.

[@Tigerex966]

can you be more specific on which ones and back up the story you just told?

[@ricardotijerina886]

U r just a 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@Alexisgreenleaf]

great producer but. habitual liar he never lived in L.A. when he was a kid never cut school for 75 days , notice he couldn't. name one movie he saw and having the lapd. cop. give a 7 year old black kid. a ride to the theatre in the sixties yea right in another interview when he was 14. him and timothy leary drove from ny to san francisco hey kid you wanna go on a trip were already on a trip to sf. no take this pill . total bs

[@Tigerex966]

How do you know? I am sure we all embellish stories, and he may have in his older age now, especially coming from a drug addiction background of acid and cocaine, and his parents heroin. Why would he lie? Sesame street apollo grandparents jimi hedriks catholic school movies notes police? He does not have to impress anyone? He has a remarkable story no matter?

[@veronicamatchett8227]

wow, that's awesome, you are so impressed with Nile that you're following his life story - wonderful, not all of us have the time as most of us work

[@ezmima1175]

I have met Nile and I know musicians in his band. Nile is super down to earth and loves to tell a good story. He had been telling his band a story about how no one showed up to the chic concert in Oakland in the 70s because EWF was in town. My father actually worked as a rodee for that show and told me the same story. When I met his band and told them, they were in total shock that it was true. Nile has no reason to lie, he’s a genuine person.

[@markdavis3306]

Willie Magana well, like it or not he has done a lot of great producing and performing. I have seen your name on a marquee, but I have seen it on the back of a toilet seat. Adios!