You gotta love this man - brilliant, funny, hip and so humble. His book 'Le Freak' is an amazing human story - a triumph of talent and wit over stark adversity...
@stephengiese75492 жыл бұрын
This is the most technical interview about music that I have ever heard. He speaks about composing, guitar playing, producing etc.in detail. He could speak forever about music. He sounds like a teacher. He sounds like a musical historian. I have alot of his work which I played alot. Thanks Nile and utube.
@dkae92 Жыл бұрын
So crazy hey.. should watch the diggin in the crates episode.. awesome stories
@pco20042 жыл бұрын
Nigel is a genius. Happy the interviewer gave him space to talk too. Such gems of wisdom from a legend.
@sincro0075 жыл бұрын
Why so low on views , man this man is walking legend
@kenritch39413 жыл бұрын
Just too busy & tired, down time from the pandemic got me here.
@thetrickisirarelyrespond59453 жыл бұрын
Makes no sense. Same as that guy denying you soup.
@cbbuntz3 жыл бұрын
He's one of those guys that all music nerds know, but people who aren't music nerds don't.
@spookyvilepiano88822 жыл бұрын
@@kenritch3941 dodaditrio tá ofto
@12foot04 Жыл бұрын
Yeah this man is a legend to a select few. That’s probably great for him in the day to day. I definitely wouldn’t want to be famous to everyone. LoL I was watching this hanging on every word cuz I love this mans work, while my girlfriend walked in, and thought Tyler the creator grew dreads… I feel like that drives home my point pretty well.
@stevieh98605 жыл бұрын
I don’t even know how this works..... I’m doing a bit of research into the Honeydrippers, who Nile played with and produced, this leads me to him talking about Let’s Dance, which in turn led me here. Fascinating. Gripping stuff. Extraordinary life, extraordinary man, phenomenal talent. What a guy, with real vision, and the chops to realise it. There seems to be a refreshing lack of bullshit, just straight, matter of fact delivery. He has an ego, which he keeps in check because he doesn’t need to play up. A true rarity in the world of music. It’s brilliant to listen to him.
@positivevibez733 жыл бұрын
So for replying to your comment so late. I think your view of Nile is spot on. He really is a true talent.
@jeromemathis64492 жыл бұрын
His group was CHIC!! Start there!! 🤔
@stevieh98602 жыл бұрын
@@jeromemathis6449 In the 70s, Chic didn’t land with me. The whole Sister Sledge/ Chic stable passed me by. It’s hard to estimate how influential, how important, how damn talented they were even then. Listening now, it’s obvious. At the time, not so much.
@jeromemathis64492 жыл бұрын
💯
@FUNKINETIK2 жыл бұрын
@@jeromemathis6449 As a young kid being raised on Soul music I remember a great song ‘I’m Doing Fine Now’ by New York City. It was only a few years ago I found out that was Bernard’s & Nile’s first band (later called The Big Apple Band. P E A C E : )
@DANYALLAYNAD3 жыл бұрын
What a legend. Besides the fact of being a musical legend, a legend of a person. Could listen to him talk forever
@diggnhim22 жыл бұрын
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@diggnhim22 жыл бұрын
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@tommeredith70796 жыл бұрын
First time I ever zeroed in on Nile Rodgers, very talented, articulate, speaks his mind very effectively. I recently watched him featured on Netflix once in a lifetime.
@FUNKINETIK2 жыл бұрын
Great interview. It must be nearly 10 years ago now when I saw that Chic were performing at The Warehouse Project in Manchester also topping the bill was Detroit Techno genius Jeff Mills, immediately I realised I had 12” singles by both artists with a 30 year gap between them and so promptly bought tickets for the event. At the end of Nile’s set his manager noticed me holding C’est Chic album and asked if I would like to meet Nile backstage, my answer was of course YES. Just one other person was also invited. Backstage I noticed Nile nearby and so let the lady, who was also invited, to meet him first, I took I slight detour as I’d just spotted Johnny Marr who had joined Chic for their final song. As I reached and shook his hand I said “Mr Marr, what an honour . . . . . it was for you to be up there performing with Nile tonight” he looked at me with a momentary look of confusion and replied with a nod of the head saying “Yeah, you’re right”. I did feel a little cheeky saying that but have recently discovered, watching an interview he did for Oxford university, that he had named his Son after Nile. And so I got to meet the man who is as important to Dance music as the river is to Egypt. As you know he has a giant smile, while chatting he asked me if I would like him to sign the two records I held in my hand, as I passed him the 12” single Le Freak I said to him “I bought this a third of a century ago” to which he said with a big smile “WOW” . Such a precious memory. P E A C E : )
@dwannb6 жыл бұрын
Music God Nile Rodgers.
@Vanessa-yn4dx3 жыл бұрын
Nile Rodgers needs his own show. He is great!!!
@monkeybrain2132 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how he stays thin in shape and lucid of mind and thought.
@deanedge59882 жыл бұрын
Why have only 50,000 people seen this?
@tod3msn5 жыл бұрын
Nile Rodgers is a great talent and an amazing musical talent. Stunning talent indeed!
@sspbrazil3 жыл бұрын
Always loved Nile and his guitar style. Glad he’s still around after his cancer diagnosis.
@PaluzziGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Every time I listen to a Nile Rodgers interview I learn of yet another classic recording he produced. For those who like 'Let's Dance', Rodgers also produced Bowie's 'Black Tie White Noise' album, which for me was also a pretty darn good album that was overlooked by many.
@dkae92 Жыл бұрын
Countless hits.. like a virgin Madonna.. Duran Duran, Bowie, INXS.. he even took acid with Timothy Leary when he was 14…
@JohannesYtterstrom15 күн бұрын
How does this not have more views? Sure. It's a long interview but still. This should have millions of views by now!
@Vanessa-yn4dx3 жыл бұрын
He needs his own show!!!
@josephkrokoski50952 жыл бұрын
Nile. The man with the Midas touch. I first found interest in him when I seen the movie "Soup For One"
@jambutty22182 жыл бұрын
I read his autobiography and it’s a gift to the world. Couldn’t recommend it anymore. It’s got everything, absolutely entertaining and informative. 🇬🇧
@dkae92 Жыл бұрын
Is this ‘Le Freak’?
@digitalmusicalart34945 жыл бұрын
@54:00, my uncle's wore Playboy's in the 80's. Dope!!!
@comodisc5 жыл бұрын
"He did read the book." I'm really enjoying this well-moderated series. Niles is fascinating.
@mikespindler67123 жыл бұрын
Inspiring Nile. A Chic jazz LP would go down a storm! Don't you think! It's About Time style. I can live in hope. A pleasure to meet you in B'ham, UK.
@zivaray5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest interviews ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@walterwallace30592 жыл бұрын
i just spent an absolute unique moment watching this man.greatness!! BUT to me ...niles rodgers 's sound is also about the drums,which are amazing specially during the chic organization era..i would have liked some words about tony!! peace yall love niles forever.
@brainsareus4 жыл бұрын
I love how he is so connected to his inner child.
@discophrenia15853 жыл бұрын
Keep on flowin' Nile♥
@manmewxlsgb4 жыл бұрын
Interviewer is fantastic. Nile does all the talking.
@jonglenister81403 жыл бұрын
4:17 the way he said they talked is also how Charles Manson talks.
@ComicPower3 жыл бұрын
So much living history in him. A legend.
@manguera92 жыл бұрын
Nile showed the power of the rhythm guitar as a tool of composition ,as the beat in a song, the strumming of the guitar as main ingredient of the attraction of a song, even the best funky,soul rhythm studio session guitar player from the 60,70 never thought to make a hit with rhythm guitar.
@davidjohnston94812 жыл бұрын
Love Nile, what an awesome gem he is. A true inspiration and music legend.
@katiadunn48732 жыл бұрын
I think Hollywood should make a movie about his life. It's Soo interesting, the good, the bad, the sad, the happy moments. Everything makes sense. He earned it.
@driven64 Жыл бұрын
NILE IS SO INTERESTING AND GRAVITATING! TRULY A BROTHER WHO LOVES MAKING MUSIC AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS WHO SHARE THAT LOVE!
@mileskendall18893 жыл бұрын
Just found a new favorite.
@peterlagroove65555 жыл бұрын
Disco music is the best music in the world......
@JimmieJamOfTheDay3 жыл бұрын
And, Nile said it's Queen has been treated unkindly by history. He holds Donna Summer up extremely high, referring to her as an avant-garde artist.
@peterlagroove65553 жыл бұрын
1979 In Montréal Canada... We never has the disco sucks mouvement ...... Because Montréal was the best disco city in the World
@thomasnelson5758 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to him talk about music for days. Or just about anything. Love Nile so much
@esseen1003 жыл бұрын
That "Love Is The Message" loop that Nile says they did, Tom Moulton says he did, with Leon Huff on the organ.
@peterlagroove65554 жыл бұрын
Nile Rodgers the best disco guitarist
@tommy2capa6 жыл бұрын
this is the best one
@captainpawpawchannel3 жыл бұрын
With Bernard Edwards
@linden51653 жыл бұрын
Such a great guy, a truly kind human being.
@rosemiller75833 жыл бұрын
He ageless what a beautiful soul.
@davidchavez812 жыл бұрын
A few unforgivable gaffs on Red Bull's part but still amazing to be able to hear Mr. Rodgers explain, super inspirational.
@zivaray5 жыл бұрын
Benji B is a great interviewer!!!!!
@americareal35 жыл бұрын
He's a fucking twat.
@Drakemiser4 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's a generational thing, but dude is just staring at the floor. At least fake interest buddy!!
@ccth223 жыл бұрын
Wow he created so many masterpieces. One that rarely gets talks about is probably my favorite. “At Last I’m Free” kind of got lost with other slow drag classics.
@afrosoul13695 жыл бұрын
I love him even more
@vickynicholas69525 жыл бұрын
An absolute legend!
@Yasharala33 жыл бұрын
Cutting & Scratching changed the timing 2song's @NILE ROGERS ~ Nile & Bernard kings of funk~
@kincamell22 жыл бұрын
Much Gratitude.
@thedonbishop552 жыл бұрын
This man is an international treasure and should be protected at all costs.
@ericsilberstein6675 ай бұрын
He’s worked with a lot Alternative bands, mainly New Wave.
@PedroFerreira-ze5yp2 жыл бұрын
This guys is a fraking legend! A ton of respect!
@joglou72472 жыл бұрын
I truly feel blessed that this person has a heartbeat.
@casimirliberski4 жыл бұрын
Such a brilliant man!
@user-mm6vo1cl1d4 жыл бұрын
Nile is fucking hilarious legend
@markgeorge19805 жыл бұрын
I always hear the good side of Nile's childhood in heroin culture. The extensiveness of what he speaks of has a dark dark DARK side...I want to hear Nile speak on the "drouts" when his parents couldn't cop and had to become sick. When it's as extensive as Nile explains it's a 24 hr cycle all day everyday of cop score pop drop or become useless and sicker than you can imagine.
@johneta76654 жыл бұрын
That must be a miserable enslavement.
@acr088074 жыл бұрын
You'd like his book, then.
@FUNKINETIK2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I’ve just realised something, Nile mentions within the first minute of the interview that within one hour after the gig in Manchester he was on the plane to Madrid, I was blessed to meet him within that hour. P E A C E : ) p.s. please check out Nile’s tweet he made today 5th May (coincidentally my birthday) it’s important for the world.
@naturligfunktion4232 Жыл бұрын
RBMA is such a great resource
@nickbaires28643 жыл бұрын
Nile Rodgers fantastic dancing music
@allendavis1413 жыл бұрын
All these great black artists that they have as guest and no black people in audience. Young black adults should be their learning about their culture.
@trevorwoodley38973 жыл бұрын
Well, at least the pink vultures are there to do what they do best: "Columbus", copy, imitate, reverse-engineer, appropriate, steal.
@gumonthepants3 жыл бұрын
Inversion technique: 1:07:54
@oldskoolmusicforever0724 Жыл бұрын
CLASSIC
@aaronfrank96492 жыл бұрын
Mr. Rogers is a very bright man.
@LeslieESP212 жыл бұрын
Nile, I believe the after hours was called THE GARAGE. The Bowie connection? Anyway, wishing you great health and prosperity, always. Thank You for speaking your TRUTH, sharing is caring. Be well and keep shining your light. Purely, Leslie
@allen3945 ай бұрын
Nile = MR. COOL ❤❤❤
@RobBaartwijk3 жыл бұрын
It's very interesting but PLEASE buy proper microphones. First in the Trevor Horn video, now in this one. Just buy wireless or something? For the rest; very much fun to hear Nile!
@kevinmartinear78112 жыл бұрын
One of the if not greatest disco arranger producer along with his co producer Bernard Edwards...
@h.m.72184 жыл бұрын
Talented smart guy.
@Zeal8086 жыл бұрын
Yeah Niles!
@RP-mm9ie3 жыл бұрын
3hrs at once ,great host
@peterlagroove65555 жыл бұрын
VIVE LE DISCO LIBRE
@basehead6174 жыл бұрын
Nile also leaves out that the entire Diana Ross album was remixed and all the vocals re-recorded and the songs themselves substantially changed after their work was completed. They cannot claim to be the reason that the album did well as their work is not what was released.
@kimbozw18083 жыл бұрын
Nile and Bernard wrote all the songs on the album. Without the songs the album would have not done well!
@basehead6172 жыл бұрын
@@kimbozw1808 well of course! but im talking about the production side.. there are other kudos needed
@DJGary09102 жыл бұрын
@@basehead617 can you explain more
@basehead6174 жыл бұрын
His anecdote about David Bowie listening to his album seems really strange, considering in the wikipedia entry for his album it says Smash Hits magazine's review of it said '"Amazing! Incredible!...the best thing I've heard in five years. If David Bowie's LP is half as good it will be excellent"' - is he conflating something David said with an actual review?!
@howardjdownes3 жыл бұрын
The Tik Tok "Sea Shanty" - ( the Billie of Tea) Anyone else Notice LOUIS TOMLINSON there in a white hoodie [upper centre]?
@paul100183 жыл бұрын
1:07:35 - holy crap!
@qunatuai8640 Жыл бұрын
soul rhythm studio session guitar player from the 60,70 never thought to make a hit with rhythm guitar.
@craigromero83032 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, plain straight shooter ahead by a century or few! Glad bowie finally paid his homage at Grammy's for ressurecting a slip of a corpse & giving each their due! Tho' Nile is clearly the blessed big original G! He seems ageless! Would love to be fit to work with him.
@nigelburton2070 Жыл бұрын
My hero
@jasonalpha4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting interview
@blackcutty85494 жыл бұрын
The best bass player Barnard Edwards SIP
@manuseal59839 ай бұрын
Why does this show never play the music for us?
@conorosullivan3795 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant !!! / TREPANIC ;)
@davidurciuoli85943 жыл бұрын
Why are the songs not played?
@DANYALLAYNAD3 жыл бұрын
Copyright strikes. Erykah Badu and EL-P are the only ones Iv seen with the music left in
@trevorwoodley38973 жыл бұрын
This is idiotic and infuriating. What happened to the concept of "fair use"?, especially when being used in the service of instruction and insight by the creators?
@richardcordoba2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@thetrickisirarelyrespond59453 жыл бұрын
Even if at the end this turned out to be some Verbal Kint /Keyser Soze bulletin board/crazy man shit, it would still be one of the greatest pictures ever painted lol. Could definitely see a movie! What an artist and raconteur.
@ryanconnelly93993 жыл бұрын
Is this the coolest 😎 guy ever
@jdm2651 Жыл бұрын
17:39 Nile tries to parody the impromptu poetry typical of these happenings, but he simply can't do uneven and awkward free flow, he raps with good rhythm and rhyme. The he goes no, there were no rhymes, and comes up right away with an even better one. That is when you can't stop the musician in you. Great guy Nile is.
@vadimvasquezmortisjwhw95664 жыл бұрын
It is a machine It realy is.. The digital generation Started with Dire straighs record Money for nothing With Compact disc format. The vinyl record players Were not avaible anymore.. Television Became digital. There is huge differens Between Analog generation And digital generation.. Young People talk like Windows operating system. But on higher level It is like a computer.. It can create a Mirekal And actualy also a Very useful thing. But the machine Donnot have any Humour So it is True Machine=True Yes
Well shit I think Nile Rodgers might be Tyler, the creators long lost father.
@minnermin2 жыл бұрын
i needa job.
@seth47665 жыл бұрын
@loganmcgee182 жыл бұрын
Damn, his work with Daft Punk wasn't broughten up at all...? Won a Grammy, ffs
@suzannek3493 Жыл бұрын
He speaks a lot about them in other interviews
@lbamusic2 жыл бұрын
Playboy shoes!! I still have a few pairs over 60 years oldl. I Bought from Lefcourts in NYC on Madison & 48th St.
@rinahall5 жыл бұрын
number of black poeple in the audience ? 0.
@dannyanime34684 жыл бұрын
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@rinahall4 жыл бұрын
@@dannyanime3468 lol
@brainsareus4 жыл бұрын
I love Nile... and, I do realize he gets short shrift on his genius. however, Too much of his talks can become; ponderous, as they become self-referential, as well as self-reverential.
@peterlagroove65555 жыл бұрын
Hip Hop are another aspect of musical decline as the many untalented people we hear on the radio can’t live without autotune. Autotune artificially stretches or slurs sounds in order to get it closer to center pitch. Many of today’s pop musicians and rappers could not survive without autotune, which has become a sort of musical training wheels. But unlike a five-year-old riding a bike, they never take the training wheels off to mature into a better musician. Dare I even bring up the subject of U2s guitarist “The Edge” who has popularized rhythmic digital delays synchronized to the tempo of the music? You could easily argue he’s more an accomplished sound engineer than a talented guitarist. Today’s music is designed to sell, not inspire. Today’s artist is often more concerned with producing something familiar to mass audience, increasing the likelihood of commercial success (this is encouraged by music industry execs, who are notoriously risk-averse).
@OerythiaDeQuatrefages3 жыл бұрын
I sadly have to agree, hopefully I still have a wall of old vinyls and I rarely can find new 'productions' which does match the qualitative level of 60's/70's/80's & even some of the 90's productions. Being blamed of nostalgia by blokes online self-proclaiming themselves 'producers for, in their own terminology, "doing beats" is an other disgrace of our times.
@BloggStandard3 жыл бұрын
also look up Micheal Brook. Eno introduced him to U2, and is the pioneer/inventor of that guitar signature
@ngc-ho1xd Жыл бұрын
Man... That audience is dead or something.
@dizzyd49103 жыл бұрын
The infamous baby undeniably carve because foot conjecturally tour into a spooky tray. lame, psychotic cherries
@thetrickisirarelyrespond59453 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, I get it now...copasetic my man..
@trevorwoodley38973 жыл бұрын
@@thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 stop trolling the bot lol.