{"id":974145,"date":"2019-12-20T07:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=922208"},"modified":"2019-12-20T07:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:23:01","slug":"so-how-was-your-decade-nile-rodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/so-how-was-your-decade-nile-rodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"So, How Was Your Decade, Nile Rodgers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, How Was Your Decade<\/a> is a series in which the decade\u2019s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We\u2019ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more than 40 years now, Nile Rodgers<\/a> has been proving himself to be one of pop\u2019s most bankable hitmakers. In the Seventies, he served as one of the masterminds behind Chic and helped make hit albums for Sister Sledge. In the Eighties, he made monumental records with Diana Ross, Madonna, and David Bowie. And on and on it has gone.<\/p>\n

The 2010s were no different. He contributed to Daft Punk\u2019s monumental Random Access Memories<\/em>, won Grammys, toured relentlessly, and released a new Chic album with appearances by Elton John and Lady Gaga, among others. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>, produced more records, and, certainly not least, beat cancer. Now he\u2019s developing a stage adaptation of his life story. Here\u2019s what he had to say about the 2010s.<\/p>\n

My favorite album of the 2010s was:<\/strong> Daft Punk\u2019s Random Access Memories<\/em> for obvious reasons [Laughs<\/em>]. It was a surprise to everyone, and that\u2019s what\u2019s great. Almost every big hit record that I\u2019ve been involved in throughout the course of my career has been a big surprise. My whole life, I\u2019ve been swimming upstream. And even that night when we won all the multiple Grammys, I would say to Pharrell, \u201cOK, that\u2019s it. They\u2019re not gonna give me one.\u201d He\u2019s like, \u201cDude, you didn\u2019t get a Grammy for \u2018Let\u2019s Dance\u2019? You didn\u2019t get a Grammy for \u2018We Are Family\u2019?\u201d And I went, \u201cNope, nope. This is my first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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My favorite song of the 2010s was:<\/strong> I would have to say \u201cLose Yourself to Dance\u201d by Daft Punk [Laughs<\/em>]. That\u2019s because it\u2019s basically a guitar trio that\u2019s holding down the whole groove. There\u2019s no keyboard at all. The only thing that\u2019s like a keyboard is when Thomas [Bangalter] comes in and goes, \u201cCome on, come on, come on, come on.\u201d But basically it\u2019s just a trio. How often in this world of computers and loops, do you just have guitar, bass, and drums hold down the entire groove? Please go listen to it and check it out. It\u2019s just three people playing.<\/p>\n