Chic...

[mrtourette]

So then its just another atypical efests symantics exercise on how much ownership over something a "producer" can exert.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Perhaps every time he plays he needs to issue a printed programme with explanatory footnotes as to what he did on what just in case blood starts to boil over whether he's overstepped the mark.

[Winslow Leach]

I'm sure I read something somewhere saying Bowie's original idea for Let's Dance sounded very different to how it ended up.

Rodgers might seem a bit of an arrogant arse claiming they're 'his' and picking his own music for radio shows but playing songs he was heavily involved with hardly seems to fall into the same category.

I'm sure there are people who do similar who Russy would be less furious about.

[mrtourette]

I'm sure I read something somewhere saying Bowie's original idea for Let's Dance sounded very different to how it ended up.

[The Nal]

haha... just watched it, and it's the drummer who says "this is one of your songs"

[mrtourette]

Come to think of it have you ever seen him and Hitler in the same room together?

[Guest]

not sure if this is before Nile's contributed (or if it's a genuine demo?), but it doesn't seem like it changed much from this stage

http://youtu.be/NO-5Jp90ujs

[Winslow Leach]

In this thread, quoted from wikipedia, which has a link to the interviews describing the process.

[Winslow Leach]

Russy is just in deNile!

Taxi for Scruff!

[Trebor]

So when Nile tweeted a clip of everyone going wild to it at Glasto to the Bowie Twitter account, are we thinking the evil fiend was trying to rile Bowie? What a joke this thread has become!

[russycarps]

since when has wikipedia been a credible source anyway? (apart from when it's to support one of my arguments, of course)

[TheSeventhOne]

I can't tell if you're genuinely miffed or just trying to fill empty days

[eoinca]

Anyone who doesn't like Chic is dead inside.

They were great at Glasto but they were even better when I saw them in the Button Factory in Dublin the year before.

How you can fault the guys musical ability is beyond me. He's always been very clear about his role in Lets Dance, Bowie wrote the song, came to him with it, and he turned it into the final version.

it wasn't just him either, Bernard Edwards was heavily involved and his basslines are some of the greatest in the history of music.

[eFestivals]

yes because bowie was writing so much folk music in the 80s

And Bowie was writing dance music was he?

Bowie did the album, but it's the album of his he dislikes the most. Perhaps because it's more Nile than him?

Just a thought.

[russycarps]

And Bowie was writing dance music was he?

Bowie did the album, but it's the album of his he dislikes the most. Perhaps because it's more Nile than him?

Just a thought.

[Guest]

And Bowie was writing dance music was he?

Bowie did the album, but it's the album of his he dislikes the most. Perhaps because it's more Nile than him?

Just a thought.

[Wooderson]

And Bowie was writing dance music was he?

Bowie did the album, but it's the album of his he dislikes the most. Perhaps because it's more Nile than him?

Just a thought.

[eFestivals]

he didn't like what it did to his career, but I've never read or heard him say he didn't like the album

I've read a comment of his along the lines of it being his least favourite album with songs he doesn't like to perform.

I got the impression from that that it was an album he'd rather everyone forgot.

[russycarps]

its an old quote though when he said it's his least favourite album isnt it?

[Wooderson]

Is there not a considerable amount of Stevie Ray on "Lets Dance"?

His worst record? Fark off lads. When was the last time any of yee listened to "Hours". Its a turkey.

[eFestivals]

its an old quote though when he said it's his least favourite album isnt it?

certainly a decade old, quite possibly two decades old.

[Guest]

its an old quote though when he said it's his least favourite album isnt it?

[eFestivals]

where's the quote from?

no idea, was a very long time ago. Pick a random interview, you might find it in there.

[russycarps]

where's the quote from?

Edited January 31, 2014 by russycarps

[Guest]

okaaayyy...a bit like Nick Cave's quote saying he thinks everything he's recorded is rubbish