Everybody Dance

Chic and the Politics of Disco

Daryl Easlea

• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787592032
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

With their era-defining music and instantly recognisable look, Chic's reputation as pioneers of disco has endured long after the movement itself. After their initial success in the 1970s with classics such as Good Times, Le Freak and I Want Your Love, Chic disbanded in 1983, with founding members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards becoming in-demand producers. After Edwards tragic early passing in 1996, Nile Rodgers involvement in Daft Punk's 2013 smash hit Get Lucky catapulted Chic back to international acclaim. And now, from curating Meltdown in 2019 to headlining festivals all over the world, Nile Rodgers and Chic have arguably never been more popular. Covering the sweet successes and fallings out of favour, the creative process and encounters with Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Madonna and others, the acclaimed Everybody Dance explores the highs and the lows of Chic's journey in fascinating detail. With a new foreword by Duran Duran founding member John Taylor and a host of new interviews with Nile Rodgers, Johnny Mathis and many others, to add to those with Ahmet Ertegun, Bryan Ferry and David Bowie, this edition bring their enthralling journey up to date.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• About the Author
• Contents
• Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
• Foreword by John Taylor
• Preface: Happy Man with a Style of His Own
• Introduction: Dancing Helps Relieve the Pain
• 1: Can’t Kick This Feeling When It Hits
• 2: The Village People
• 3: From Panthers… to Muppets
• 4: Lose My Number
• 5: Doing Fine Now?
• 6: The Boys Are Back in Town
• 7: Night Owls
• 8: Turning Turtle
• 9: ‘An Uptown Booker T & The MGs’
• 10: Freak Out!
• 11: Just Can’t Wait for Saturday
• 12: Love in a Family Dose
• 13: The Chic Organization Ltd
• 14: Chic Cheer?
• 15: Delight
• 16: Upside Down
• 17: Take It off
• 18: Why Does My Heart Hurt So Much
• 19: Adventures in the Serious Moonlight
• 20: On Your Ladder, I’ll Be Your Peg
• 21: We Want to Multiply
• 22: Crisp Clichés and Witty Words
• 23: Now That You’re Gone
• 24: My Feet Keep Dancing
• 25: Couldn’t I Have Another Shot?
• 26: Getting Lucky
• 27: It’s about Time
• 28: Listening with Different Ears
• Afterword: Lost in Music
• Appendix I: A Conversation with Nile Rodgers
• Appendix II: Tony Thompson
• Appendix III: UK Discography
• Appendix IV: Bibliography
• Appendix V: Chic’s Touring Schedule 1978–81
• Lyric Credits
• Copyright