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In tribute to Nile -- I think this was one of the best Edwards /Rodgers tracks--I love the way the Guitar and Bass lock up into that rhythm! and the congas, of course!

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I love them but this is one of my least favourite tracks by them. My absolute favourite by them is this one:

and of course:

Lost In Music

Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me

We Are Family

Greatest Dancer

Let's Go On Vacation

American Girls

All The Man I Need

etc etc

Beautiful beautiful women...inside and out...

What we need is old footage of these in concert...way back when, I remember them on stage serenading some guy...not in a dirty way...most arousing thing I ever saw in my life...anyone got it?

Femininity like this is so rare these days...gals kinda butch.

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it's great to hear nile is free from cancer

here is the modfather paying tribute to that great song

i spent many nights dancing to sister sledge and chic tracks. we are family and lost in music were often anthems of the night

unique said:

it's great to hear nile is free from cancer

here is the modfather paying tribute to that great song

i spent many nights dancing to sister sledge and chic tracks. we are family and lost in music were often anthems of the night

I was dreading somebody posting Weller's version... he butchered the song

pacey68 said:

unique said:

it's great to hear nile is free from cancer

here is the modfather paying tribute to that great song

i spent many nights dancing to sister sledge and chic tracks. we are family and lost in music were often anthems of the night

I was dreading somebody posting Weller's version... he butchered the song

nah, i liked his version. i liked his covers album even if many didn't. he did a lot of covers on b sides, a few beatles songs and plenty of classic soul and rnb tracks. i made a compilation dvd in the 90s of some of the best of them and still play it from time to time

weller is the same age as prince (at lest roughly), but he's never covered the wee man. it would be interesting to hear him do a number

unique said:

pacey68 said:

I was dreading somebody posting Weller's version... he butchered the song

nah, i liked his version. i liked his covers album even if many didn't. he did a lot of covers on b sides, a few beatles songs and plenty of classic soul and rnb tracks. i made a compilation dvd in the 90s of some of the best of them and still play it from time to time

weller is the same age as prince (at lest roughly), but he's never covered the wee man. it would be interesting to hear him do a number

He's never even mentioned Prince in interviews, the closest he got was giving props to Mavis's version of The Undertaker

grew up listening to this kind of music, and i love it still...

like I always say,'We Are Family' is really the best 'Chic' album of all.

SoulAlive said:

like I always say,'We Are Family' is really the best 'Chic' album of all.

I wonder if Chic would be more revered if they'd kept all those outside productions under the "CHIC" moniker?

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

SoulAlive said:

like I always say,'We Are Family' is really the best 'Chic' album of all.

I wonder if Chic would be more revered if they'd kept all those outside productions under the "CHIC" moniker?

SoulAlive said:

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I wonder if Chic would be more revered if they'd kept all those outside productions under the "CHIC" moniker?

I agree!

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paligap said:

In tribute to Nile -- I think this was one of the best Edwards /Rodgers tracks--I love the way the Guitar and Bass lock up into that rhythm! and the congas, of course!

If their record company had planned to release a fourth single from the album,this song should have been it.Of course,"One More Time" could have been a single as well

SoulAlive said:

paligap said:

In tribute to Nile -- I think this was one of the best Edwards /Rodgers tracks--I love the way the Guitar and Bass lock up into that rhythm! and the congas, of course!

If their record company had planned to release a fourth single from the album,this song should have been it.Of course,"One More Time" could have been a single as well

Apparently, It became a big hit in the UK the mid 80's, and a number of people covered it including Maureen Walsh, and of course, Paul Weller's version, posted earlier...

Japanese vocalist Monday Michiru did a Latin Jazz version of the song...

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unique said:

pacey68 said:

I was dreading somebody posting Weller's version... he butchered the song

nah, i liked his version. i liked his covers album even if many didn't. he did a lot of covers on b sides, a few beatles songs and plenty of classic soul and rnb tracks. i made a compilation dvd in the 90s of some of the best of them and still play it from time to time

weller is the same age as prince (at lest roughly), but he's never covered the wee man. it would be interesting to hear him do a number

Me, too. It's one of my favourite covers, as it brought out a side of the song that wasn't obvious in the original (which is, I think, what all the best covers do). Lyrically, it seemed to have more 'weight' to it, somehow, rather than just being a cute love song. And although musically it's not the tight, funky beast the Edwards/Rogers original is, I do like the way the acoustic guitar and the strings in Weller's version help give it a more reflective feel.

I prefer the recorded version of the song to the live outings I've seen it get, though.