chic dance, dance, dance

[SilkwormMissile]

@TJw1014 Thank you!

[SilkwormMissile]

@datboiclint thanks !

[MissEvans83]

@djdluxx - thank you!

That has been really helpful. :)

[SeonhwaDaDiscPriest]

1:50 # 1 Fan

[SilkwormMissile]

@crazydavedisco thank you kindly, mate.

[SilkwormMissile]

Can someone please which of the two chaps is Bernard Edwards, is he the one saying Yowzah Yowzah Yowzah ?

[crazydavedisco]

@SilkwormMissile He's the guy on the right in the white jacket, Nile Rogers is the singer you refer to!

[datboiclint]

@SilkwormMissile no it's the other guy

[TJw1014]

@SilkwormMissile NILE ROGERS

[Tinne651]

Yoehoe! da waren nog is tijden si!!! zo ne muziek maken ze nie meer. Grtjs, Tinne xxxx

[MissEvans83]

Hi all - a bit random here, so keep with me, lol!

Has anyone got any info on if this group were part of tge northern soul scene? Or more the disco scene? I had this song named by a medium all related to my recent late father a massive northern soul fan. I had never recalled him mention this song, so I would like to see if I can find it's significance, if any to the music he loved.

Thanks all.

[djdluxx]

@MissEvans83

i suppose Chic/Bernard Edwards ushered in a new era of soul/dance music. Especially in instrumentation. When this song came out it had a "bottom" like no one had heard before. The reason was because the bass was played as the main instrument and everything else was sprinkled under it.The lyrics, the strings, the vocals , the positive up-beat messages and their fashion sense...... more than Disco, more than Northeren Soul, CHIC was International Soul.

[bootsamou]

Classic.

[MrYoungchew]

Yowzer Yowzer Yowzer

[djpj22]

Bernard Edwards plays the bass like it's normal 6 string guitar. It's not. That is INSANE.

[frankiedaugusta]

This track was cut In studio B written by a Kenny something??? At Electriclady Im thinking this was the same track I worked on with Ron Johnson,Im almost sure???? Anyone??? 1975-6

[MMOONNRROCKK]

So much skill

[MrDeathdealer79]

nice to c bernard movin like that when u c the footage from live at the bodakan he could barely move but he wanted to so bad R.I.P. NARD

[MrDeathdealer79]

@ceddie those r the original singers norma jean wright left to go solo n was replaced by lucy martin or alfa i get them confused but that is the original chic

[breskvar]

@MrDeathdealer79 Alfa Anderson was the replacement. In this video it's Norma Jean Wright in white and Luci Martin.

[solesirching73]

(L-R) Nile Rodgers (g), Norma Jean Wright (LV), Luci Martin (BV), Bernard Edwards (b) - Tony Thompson is way in back playing drums

[willjoke4food]

Thanks for posting this!!!!!

[demoniciceberg]

So funky....

[Djpatbass]

Best music ever !!! Love it :))

[ceddie618]

Thats not the original singers, what happened to them?

[MsSleevy]

Seeing these tomorrow night at Warehouse Project in Manchester, can't wait! I want a yowsah t-shirt too - that guy at 1:50 sure looks pleased with himself :)

[xcookiemuncherx]

I use to dance to this song at the discos in the 70's. brings back alot of memories

[MsTexas73]

Nile and Nard...that is all!!!

[VenusGospeI]

bernard edwards got my back bass lines exceluberant

[sanramir444]

this is music........ carajoo!

[craziladi123]

Back n the dayz !! Living it ..

[Ju105]

notice everyone has a big smile on thier face and loving it

[bassfeile]

My favorite bassplayer on playback here ...

[everlastingcurves]

Is the guy in the Yowsah shirt @1:50 Ronald Reagan Jr???

[bassfeile]

In fact -

That times was much more funny than today's shitty snobby

[cheengators]

boy was this a monster hit back in the day. sad those days of that kind of music are long gone.

[giocala1966]

mamma mia che disco che bei ricordi avevo 17 anni.

[caroinawildcatsaau]

This is what got me started in my love for music....I am a long-life Chic fan....

[seereeuss]

@caroinawildcatsaau It wasn't long after a Chic concert that I discovered as a teenager that I could actually DO music mahself. What great influences they were and still are !!

[StrictlyBG]

man this is sooooo cooooooooooooool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kezadrone]

Amazing tune. And those flares kick ass. :)

[gbrown4x4]

@Carrer...... U r exactly right. NO WHERE close to being same type of music

[gbrown4x4]

Baddazz music and they were ALWAYS GQ'ing not pants falling off looking ridiculous running around yelling YO YO YO !!!!!!!!!

[Carreralu01]

@gbrown4x4 not da same kind of music...

[StrictlyBG]

press pause, then play, then 5

wtf o0

[StrictlyBG]

that's Disco-Bass Funk style, Dope Style pretty fly and very cool!! Kool song tho!

[djfingersflores]

when music was real , fun , exciting and TRUE . . . . rock rock on

[RGN07]

What does yowsa yowsa even mean anyway?

[smithms2006]

FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP ♫♪♫

[Dutchcolonialism]

Cool=)



[tlwalker25]

Just think of all the samples that came from Chic.....nothin' like listening to good music! When you find that time machine, don't forget me!!!

[Chomp0nThis]

Hahahahahaaahaaa 1:50

[Pgeko]

@Chomp0nThis ahahahah xD

[trademark1874]

01:06 Nice Groove, 02:09 Awesome groove!!

[ninivictoria]

tis is the song to dance back in the day dick click was the man

[3121Sexy]

Nile Rodgers is one of the best guitar players ever.

[puddmang]

uhum...uhum...

[TotalOverUltraSaLLy]

YOWSER YOWSER YOWSER!

[neosoul6425]

Edwards + Rogers = 100% Groove!

Thanks for posting!

[timmannen]

I love the 70's! Please let that time come back!!!=)

[mrdramirez09]

Nile Rogers tearing it up on the guitar!

[grodster2001]

Bernard Edwards=The coolest,smoothest bass player ever!!!



[jja2112]

I got to see this band a long time ago, in Hollywood California. Awesome!

[19revolver66]

Just got the Chic box set.Fantastic stuff. Yowser Yowser Yowser.

[wizzo194]

This is Great!!! I just turned 45 yrs old & love this music growing up Chic was the bomb& I love the memories!!!!! Thanks!!!

[laminage]

@wizzo194 Welcome to the 45 Club. Hey do you guys realize that although nobody calls it Disco anymore, these guys still created at Ripple Effect that still exists. Think about it Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers helped create the First Rap Song, Tony Thompson played with The Power Station, and BE/NR wrote "Le Freak" after not being allowed into Studio 54, and they worked with everyone from Diana Ross, Duran Duran, and Madonna. Even now people sample them from Diddy to Hershey.

[POBox1999]

Bernard Edwards was Chic...one badass bassist - RIP

[henhao1972]

@POBox1999 Lets not 4get NILE !!!!  The best tandem of the disco ERA!!

[globalsbc]

@POBox1999 Nile Rodgers was cold too!

[POBox1999]

@globalsbc Nile's rhythms are sooooo funking funky

[laminage]

@POBox1999 Yeah, this group did so much. Good Times was sampled in the first Rap Song Rappers Delight. Tony Thompson would later play in The Power Station and he and Nile Rogers worked with everyone from Duran Duran, Madonna and even David Bowie.

[josesotillo5]

¡¡Que años aquellos!! me da mucha nostalgia cuando recuerdo esa epoca,ya que se disfrutaba mucho bailando en las discotecas y actualmente no hay ni grupos ni cantantes que imterpreten buena música para bailar,gracias ´por subir estos videos tan maravillosos, saludos desde VENEZUELA.

[onerom666111666]

Lol playback, great song nevertheless!

[Putomass66]

The arrangements in this song are a amazing...everything works so well together! Gets you moving Fow Sho!!

[labeomckenna]

Cool as a cucumber!

[SeonhwaDaDiscPriest]

i think i was conceived when this song was playing.

[hiephoi058]

i wish i grew up with this music.

[Galidorquest]

@hiephoi058 Yeah me too :( I was born in '96

[shivalinger]

Greetings from London...great music from a great era...I still listen to Chic on my Ipod today.

[Mischtchratzer]

style, groove... what more....

[sucrar]

GREAT! WONDERFUL! I LOVE YOU!

[kemicon]

yowza, yowza, yowza. If you saw them get down to this in 80 blocks from tiffany's my hat is nodded in your general direction.

[SFFOOL76]

Chic, one of the most underrated rhythm sections ever may the both rest in peace.

[LowRagg]

bernards sharp suit is cool man ..aw i wish i had a good bass guitar and talent

[HALSTON7]

OH RAMROD IM IN WHERE DO I NEED TO MEET YOU IM N IN WEARING HAREM PANTS THESE GIRLS ARE SMOKING

[ramrod20042000]

Just built a time machine. Returning to 1978 tonight. Who's with me?

[KyHazard]

Niles Rogers was and is the man!

[djsammyjammy1]

gotta love this baby!!!

[patrick9648]

I always thought it was funny how all the microphones had the cables cut off. and no they didn't have wireless microphones. the had microphones with no wires.

[LowRagg]

1:50

Duuuuuude.

[LowRagg]

1. Press Pause

2. Press Play

3. Press 5

that's whats up

[mdfreels]

Wow! Slap me please! I still remember all the words to this song!

[cookiesmac]

Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah

[russellfoureyes]

One thing about Chic is the Lady's always looked immaculate and beautiful...oh and the geniuses responsible looked F**kin' sharp as well!

[JOLENE2008]

omg i remember this???lmao!!!i thought this song was awesome then i still love it! :)

[MrOld1964]

am 13 all over agian

[inxtrmis]

Music aside for a moment, this is the first group to dress so slick, even the drummer had on a designer suit and tie. Man, where did class go???

[cheapcape]

This is disco awesomeness!! DANCE!!

[Algamesi]

this one is a work of art, no one can touch it! real dance music!

[Jignasty5]

Bernard looks like such a Badass

[SuperGeekmonster]

lmao the guy in the red shirt (:

[lucy661000]

This was the first concert I ever went to! Chic and Kool and the Gang at the McCormick Place in Chicago circa 1980

[perky2222]

Fantastic music!!!!

[BoSswovey]

yowza, yowza, yowzaaaa love it

[addictedtobass42]

rodgers and edwards the kings of style and groove!!!!!!

[jml33302]

The old music is the best music

[uribe803]

Buena Musica Disco de los 70s...

saludos desde Lima-Perú

[fictiveaudio]

3 people prefer lady gaga

[Jazzticism]

yowza, yowza, yowzaaaa

[wapassou100]

this music makes me happy, makes me feel good.

[marcus8768]

Bernard you are a legend your basslines will live on forever..RIP

[RoRoFab79]

YOWSAH YOWSAH YOWSAH!!! I was born in 19 79, but this period fascinates nonetheless. I KNOW i would be swaying across a multicolored dancefloor if I had been able to hear this played when it first came out.

[tedmuss]

I first bought this track in my teens, I am now 44......it still rocks my soul

[ScorpioBornIn69]

Love listening to the '70s on Saturday nights.

[MJlova4eva]

chic is the stuff!! talk about good music

[crowsonatv]

this is music

[bootsamou]

Man alive.

"A classic" is often banded around willy-nilly ... but this truly is a CLASSIC.

First heard it on Greg Edwards Soul Spectrum ..... I can still hear him sayin "The sound of Chic" during the intrumental bit.

Saw Chic live in London back in the day. Fukkin brilliant.

Respect to Bernie & Nile.

[seereeuss]

Success on the pop chart usually means that American Bandstand will be callin'.

[10Dec1971]

I miss the 70's!! I love the disco.  Takes me back to my happy childhood.

[jtcc1989]

u can heard luther vandross in da background vocals lol

[seereeuss]

@jtcc1989 I'm sure Luther was happy at having knotched the opportunity to sing on those Number 1 and Top Top Tens

[2009Denisem]

Where is that time machine??? One way ticket for me!!!

No music like this music ever NO WAY!!! Untouchable CHIC!! Let's dance dance dance...

Rumba, Tango Latin Hustle too!!! I wanna BOOGIE with U!!!

Thank you @jlescelius for sharing this GEM! Wanna DANCE???  :-)

Thank you TheNewSoul2 for an awesome post!

[THRILLAKILLA187]

@2009Denisem Rumba, Tango Latin Hustle too!!! I wanna BOOGIE with U!!! how bout the pc computer chair hustle!

[2009Denisem]

@THRILLAKILLA187 lol Dr. Detroit..I have been doing my computer chair boogie all day!! hee hee!!

[TheNewsoul2]

@2009Denisem

you're welcome

[uckadalma]

@TheNewsoul2 ....Wait , wait a moment !

One way ticket for the time machine for me too !!!

No music like this ever !!! CHIC ! This is the sound of the the best years ever !

Thanks for sharing this outstanding video of Chic at American Bandstand . At that time I was 11 years old , living in the Motor City and Disco just caught me defenitly for life !!!

[funkateerkitty]

@2009Denisem Thank U sis for taking me back on the Time machine!

We were all so civilized in our dress back then huh?

I mean it had sparkles and sequins, but we still looked clean!

[2009Denisem]

@funkateerkitty You are so right sis!

[icekarma2752]

@2009Denisem what a remarkable coincidence lol

[2009Denisem]

@icekarma2752 :-) How r u?

[GRAHAM5020]

@2009Denisem Oh Yes......Dance Dance Dance...Chic at their very best. There will never be music like this again even if i live to 150, even at my age i'd be up for a dance dance dance...absolutly superb!!! Thank you for posting TheNewSoul2 and wow thank you for a truly wonderful share.

[tomthefunky]

@GRAHAM5020: There is music like this happening today. Check out a band called The New Mastersounds. They are a four piece instrumental funk band. They're not as slick and polished as Chic but they can get you if you give them a chance.

[TheCaulfield1]

@2009Denisem Please, please, please - I wanna join u in that time machine!!!

[2009Denisem]

@TheCaulfield1 Of course!!! Count on it!!! :-)

[anafi34]

@2009Denisem

Wonderful comment. I couldn't say better.

Greetings from Florence

[2009Denisem]

@anafi34 Thank you my friend!! Greeting from New York!!! Peace!!

[yarekhunt]

YOWZA YOWZA YOWZA!!!!Its physically impossible to sit still when hearing this!

[icekarma2752]

@yarekhunt totally agree:)

[Nealo81]

Tony Thomson. Bernie Edwards. Nile Rogers. Amazing stuff. Great song, great arrangement, great vocal performances . . . all add up to a well-deserved hit. Could listen to this stuff all day.

[sicilianotoronto]

yowza yowza yowzaaaaa!!! I wanna boogie wit chu! lol classic!

[artistinstinct]

Young Niles on the AMERICAN BANDSTAND with Chic...brilliant!

[EliasBar2010]

E na @CASSAROLAqToKa do @ChefPauloPecora, Rolando na Pick'UP - CHIC, Dance, Dance,Dance

[harrymaia]

bailes no gremio de realengo e no sargento de cascadura, disco!!!

[seereeuss]

A number of modern grooves BEGAN with Chic.

[seereeuss]

Rap began utilizing the song "Good Times" by Chic. It goes on...

[seereeuss]

I love Earth,Wind & Fire and agree that they might have scored more points as a promoted group. Yet Chic could surely have done the same had it not went the path of scoring so many incognito appearances and outside assists. Even so, EMBRACED worldwide as more legendary in artistry than Earth, Wind & Fire's music itself is the Chic influence in modern music. Chic also had two number one pop hits.

[seereeuss]

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah). This is the baby that unfolded the drama and where it all began. Chic went on to significantly influence modern music. Many great groups have NOT been imitated as Chic has been. Even lesser known Chic songs influence music around the world! For instance, the beat of Prince's "When Doves Cry" is essentially taken from a Chic song called "Soup For One". The rhythm of J Lo's "If You Had My Love" borrows from the Chic song "Chic Mystique". It goes on...

[smash8979]

Nile Rodgers is a fucking genius!

[tomthefunky]

Thank you Dick Clark Productions for allowing us to watch this. Please don't yank this. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are the last great American composer/ producers of the twentieth century.

[smash8979]

@tomthefunky YES you're so right on :D

[rockjohnson80]

@tomthefunky Don't forget Maurice White buddy.

[tomthefunky]

@rockjohnson80: I can't forget Maurice White. I love him dearly. But even he didn't have the success Nile and Bernard had in the eighties. Am I right or am I right?

[rockjohnson80]

@tomthefunky NO! EWF is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Chic was a great disco group which is not to discredit them, but EWF is legendary. They had 12 year run of classics. Not even the Beatles had that run.

[rufus317]

@rockjohnson80 A whole new form of music started from the guitar of Nile Rogers are you kidding me.

[rockjohnson80]

@rufus317 Rufus no offense but trying to compare Chic to EWF is like comparing a Pinto to a Cadillac. Don't get me wrong now...Chic had some nice dance hits and I like them, but EWF had so many styles that they remain in a class of their own. Each album had a different sound. Nile Rogers is a heck of a producer but in no way does Chic trump EWF.

[rufus317]

@rockjohnson80 CHIC gave birth to Sister Sledge, DIANA,(Diana Ross' most successful album of her career, Luther Vandross was also a part of Chic first. The first rap record came from the guitar lick of a Chic song (Nile Rogers) Speaking influentially, they were not just some disco group. The Rogers, Edwards, THompson production team contributed to music just as much as Maurice White did with Earth, Wind and Fire. Only difference is Nile Rogers is one of the most successful producers of all time.

[rockjohnson80]

@rufus317 Luther was in Chic?

[seereeuss]

@rockjohnson80 Yes, rj. But to put it more accurately, Luther was a regular background singer with Chic and Chic-produced projects. If you listen closely to, say, the Top Ten pop hit " He's the Greatest Dancer " by Sister Sledge, you can hear Luther elevated at the line that goes: " That I've Ever See-een! "

[rockjohnson80]

@seereeuss That's cool. I'm only 31 years old and only knew about Luther in the group "Change". He did a lot of vocals for people. I think he is on Aretha's "Jump To It".

[seereeuss]

@rockjohnson80

Yes, and Change is, obviously an student offspring of Chic. As for Aretha's " Jump to It ", Luther, now a padawan-become- jedi... produced it !!

[PUMABASRHIN]

the werry best of disco music by the chic 

[SCMAN42]

I still like this song my favortie song by CHIC!

[Chicfan1]

As successful as this song was, it didn't even begin to forecast the group's successes over the next 2 years. This song didn't have all of the Chic elements that would become their signature from '78-'80. Yes it had 'Nard's bassline, but it wasn't as dominant. It even had the Chic strings, but they weren't as reverbed and as full-sounding as they were in "Le Freak," "I Want Your Love" and "Good Times." Not that it mattered, this song is still a classic - even if it wasn't as good as those.

[SteveLikesVideo]

This is fantastic! That groove is completely invincible.

[mik3sss]

Wow!

=D

[zomhby]

It's Chic !

[bajbaje]

Keep on dancing!!!!

[thebackofbeyond]

Yowzah Yowzah Yowzahhhh!

YOWSAH, YOWSAH,ï»