The most impressive thing that stood out to me was Bernard Edwards' interview. He had the right perspective about family, work ethic and being a stand up father. Apart from that......he was a helluva bassist! One of my major inspirations.
What’s sad is if you believe everything Nile said in his book then Bernard was getting high during this time all while being a family man jn front of the cameras.
Before Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Pharrell & Chad(The Neptunes)& even Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis, there was Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards! These brothers are geniuses!!! RIP Bernard Edwards! Rock On Nile!
Bernard Edwards' bass lines are foundational to the groove and success of the songs he and Nile Rodgers made and produced together. The more I listen to their songs, the more I appreciate his art. R.I.P - moe mai ra e te rangatira.
Nile and 'Nard kept him on a tight leash in Chic, he only really busted out on the incredible drum breaks on Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out." It's great that Tony Thompson got recognition as a heavy rock drummer with the Power Station and his work with Led Zeppelin (!). Died at 48 😢.
Your Uncle and the Band were amazing and I loved their music. I was a little girl in the 1970s and I still have my 70s Album of Chic with their hit songs called Freak Out and my favorite one I Want Your Love.
It's true when these people we love suddenly disappear, it's real hard; no matter how much time has passed ('cause we know never they come back again ... painful thought !)
Your Uncle basically taught me how to play bass. That is, I had no interest in the instrument until I heard him play. This changed my world. I play Music Man basses only because of him. Legend
@@melspauldingify after separate success as musicians and producers,, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers re-teamed in the 1990s to release _Chic-ism_ and were on tour in Japan as recipients of the "J.T. Super Producers" award, and Bernadette Edwards died after a concert at the terribly young age of 43😭😔. Drummer Tony Thompson played with several acts and was in the Duran Duran supergroup offshoot the Power Station, and died at 48. Too soon!
It's so beautiful to see how humble these men were when years after their career already had a lot of success. So beautiful how Bernard speaks of his family.
If I had a band I would want Bernard Edwards and Nile in it. Phil Collins on drums. Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn doubling up. Diana Ross and Elton John on vocals! HIT IT!
If your band is doing disco R&B, I really don't think you can do better than Chic itself. Tony Thompson RIP was incredible. Rob Sabino on piano sparkled ("Spacer") Ray Jones and Andy Schwartz on electric piano delivered, Sammy Figueroa on percussion was essential on a lot of tracks ("I Want Your Love," "Thinkingof You"), and of course the Chic strings were dynamite. Fonzi Thornton sang along with the two women.
The best bass player ever. At least for me. If a genie appeared and told me "I will grant you the skills of any bass player you want...BERNARD'S, PLEASE!!"
"Believer" is a great album, still can't wrap my head around how influential this band was in the entire music world, and yet their final album (in the original lineup) barely has any attention. It's a fantastic piece of 80s music, and continued the legacy of the "disco Chic" without sounding out of place in the 1980s production world.
Bernard Edwards é o melhor baixista de todos os tempos, porque ele tocava simples, mas com uma melodia incrível, sua presença e jeito de tocar único, assistam um video dele, reparem na elegância ao tocar, nunca mais veremos um igual.
HOO MY GOD!! WHAT A NICE PIECE OF VIDEO & THANK YOU to share THAT !! I PLAID BASS WHILE I WAS AT UNI AND BERNARD WAS so great to listen and to copy !!!!! so cute children and wife , little one saying yes when his handsome daddy is explaining how he is attached to them .... we all MISSING you SO MUCH!!!! RIP BERNARD !!!
Chic is the greatest ever disc group. Brother Bernard Edwards clinical bass player as well as songwriter for Sister Sledge apart from Chic. Chic man oh man pure disco geniuses.
Nile and 'Nard together "composed, arranged, performed, and produced for the CHIC Organization" the Sister Sledge albums, also Diana Ross, Sheila and B. Devotion, Debbie Harry, and others in that phenomenal 3-year period 1979-1981. Bernard Edwards went on to produce Robert Palmer, the Power Station, and others.
Every time you mentioned CHIC, the first musicians I would think of was Nile Rodgers and Benard Edwards. Little did I know that Benard was already dead. That left me so sad .Loosing such a bassist is like Brothers Johnson loosing Louis and George Clinton loosing Bootsy. Any way before retirement, like Bernard I also worked for the post office in Kenya but it was a bad experience. RIP Bernard.
Wonderful insight into Bernards life... Power Station Studio A, in the beginning... I don't see Bob Clearmountain? Vintage Neve...oh yeah! Bernard died in Tokyo...ate some bad Sushi...poison was kicking in as he was playing but he kept it together...he must have gotten a fever while he was playing... From simple beginnings as a post office worker in New York to Rock Star in Tokyo...now that's "Chic"... When Bernard passed, Nile said he could feel Bernards presence in his hotel room in Tokyo. One of the GREATEST Bass player's & composers ever...
Well if you believe Nile’s autobiography both he and Bernard were constantly getting high around this time so not sure if you’d consider that a role model.
@@Polostar79 I'll have to read the book. I didn't know that.......Well, at least he didn't advertise.......lol. Nowadays everyone needs to put it all out there for attention. Bernie let his talent do the talking
take care benard we will see you soon, we hear you now. We were all bless to have the best bass player and best guitarist play with Tony Thonpson and the rest of CHIC< and the people you all produced :)
I had now idea til this WEEK that the 70's & 80's were so dope due to these men!! Thank God for them - These are the 'silver linings' of a Covid lock down...
Chic sounds as good today as it did back in the day , great music , Chic summed up that era in their sound . Disco was great music , still is , disco never died disco came out of the black dance clubs of NY , just as House came out of the black dance clubs of Chi Town , they still alive & well with many offspring & offshoots such as rave clubs , etc of today , at the time dico was evolving hip hop also came thru with the Djs being kings of the clubs and sound waves disco was is and shall evry live in greatness !
Bernard Edwards is one of the best bassists who ever played.
Agreed
He influenced countless other famous bassists.
Thee best in my opinion
Bernard Edwards, genius, hard worker, family man, role model. My ideal bassist and inspiration.
The most impressive thing that stood out to me was Bernard Edwards' interview. He had the right perspective about family, work ethic and being a stand up father.
Apart from that......he was a helluva bassist! One of my major inspirations.
3:33 I love how Bernard's son just watches him, listens and nods to what his father says. You can see he is proud of him. What a lovely interview.
Yes I noticed that too and how beautiful watching a father with his family.
Focus
I know that is so adorable
I love that.I think he took after his dad cuz i think he plays bass also
What’s sad is if you believe everything Nile said in his book then Bernard was getting high during this time all while being a family man jn front of the cameras.
Before Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Pharrell & Chad(The Neptunes)& even Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis, there was Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards! These brothers are geniuses!!! RIP Bernard Edwards! Rock On Nile!
Rock on in Heaven Bernard Edwards.Man you was and is to damn funky
Bernard Edwards' bass lines are foundational to the groove and success of the songs he and Nile Rodgers made and produced together. The more I listen to their songs, the more I appreciate his art. R.I.P - moe mai ra e te rangatira.
Bernard Edwards is a smart man. Respect to his music and soul.
Tony. What a drummer! Everybody should listen to Some Like It Hot by Power Station. Po-wer-ful.
I agree. What a great song.
RIP Tony and Bernard. 😓
Nile and 'Nard kept him on a tight leash in Chic, he only really busted out on the incredible drum breaks on Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out." It's great that Tony Thompson got recognition as a heavy rock drummer with the Power Station and his work with Led Zeppelin (!). Died at 48 😢.
Bernard was such a great bassist but even a better father and family man.... RIP
RIP UNCLE
Jhared Edwards ur uncle was a amazing Bass player!!!..one of my influences...🎸
Your Uncle and the Band were amazing and I loved their music. I was a little girl in the 1970s and I still have my 70s Album of Chic with their hit songs called Freak Out and my favorite one I Want Your Love.
It's true when these people we love suddenly disappear, it's real hard; no matter how much time has passed ('cause we know never they come back again ... painful thought !)
Your uncle was the best of the best.
Your Uncle basically taught me how to play bass. That is, I had no interest in the instrument until I heard him play. This changed my world. I play Music Man basses only because of him. Legend
Bernard Edwards son is adorable looking at his dad and so focused :)
He really agrees and nods his head to his dad's mature points haha
It seems like he respected and loved his dad which is the way it should be.
I noticed that too, he has such well behaved children.
Love the pun.... Focus....
Seeing Bernard with his babies is heartbreaking. Beautiful kids. Rock on Bern!
Why is it heartbreaking wtf if anything it’s beautiful
@@melspauldingifyBecause he had an untimely death.
@@melspauldingify after separate success as musicians and producers,, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers re-teamed in the 1990s to release _Chic-ism_ and were on tour in Japan as recipients of the "J.T. Super Producers" award, and Bernadette Edwards died after a concert at the terribly young age of 43😭😔.
Drummer Tony Thompson played with several acts and was in the Duran Duran supergroup offshoot the Power Station, and died at 48. Too soon!
It's so beautiful to see how humble these men were when years after their career already had a lot of success. So beautiful how Bernard speaks of his family.
They were unequaled.....That bass and rhythm guitar chemistry they had together was always PERFECT. The best 2 that ever did it....
Some music journalists compare them to McCartney and Lennon.
Bernard Edwards...a class act on and off the stage!! RIP man.
If I had a band I would want Bernard Edwards and Nile in it. Phil Collins on drums. Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn doubling up. Diana Ross and Elton John on vocals!
HIT IT!
Along with Chris Jasper on keys
If your band is doing disco R&B, I really don't think you can do better than Chic itself. Tony Thompson RIP was incredible. Rob Sabino on piano sparkled ("Spacer") Ray Jones and Andy Schwartz on electric piano delivered, Sammy Figueroa on percussion was essential on a lot of tracks ("I Want Your Love," "Thinkingof You"), and of course the Chic strings were dynamite. Fonzi Thornton sang along with the two women.
I just love those two. Never had the chance to meet or see Bernard but Nile is as cool, funny and humble as you see him here.
Family is so important for a musician.
Love this!
It's not a general rule, far from there !
The wide majorty of them musicians (pros, that is) are totally WACK !
Nile & Bernard were my childhood music influents to dance music.... 40 years ago + , this music still sounds as good as it did in 1978........
Thank you for this jewel of TV broadcast. So good. These times will never come back. Life was much easier in my opinion. I was in my teenage years.
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. RIP B.E.
So much humility and talent. Two of the best to ever do it!
They were the class and sophistication of Disco...so very talented!!
The best bass player ever. At least for me. If a genie appeared and told me "I will grant you the skills of any bass player you want...BERNARD'S, PLEASE!!"
Marcus Miller and Stanley Clarke would like a word with u...lol
@@deezerbee81 and Jaco
happy anniversary BERNARD EDWARDS, it has been 20 years since you left us today :(
Great interview was good to see them in that environment Bernard with his family got to see them as human being. Love Chic
Bernard super talented...such a shame that he is gone and he was so young
Miss you Bernard!
what a gem of a video. great to listen to Bernard.
"Believer" is a great album, still can't wrap my head around how influential this band was in the entire music world, and yet their final album (in the original lineup) barely has any attention. It's a fantastic piece of 80s music, and continued the legacy of the "disco Chic" without sounding out of place in the 1980s production world.
Some of the baddest producers ever... They had the one two punch... guitar and bass
Bernard Edwards. Fine man with proper traditional family values. God bless his soul.
Two kings of the disco era
this was siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick . i'm 33 and barely learning about these geniuses
Just finish reading Nile's autobiography. Nile is such an amazing story teller. What an amazing life.🌟
Bernard Edwards é o melhor baixista de todos os tempos, porque ele tocava simples, mas com uma melodia incrível, sua presença e jeito de tocar único, assistam um video dele, reparem na elegância ao tocar, nunca mais veremos um igual.
Love you Bernard. Virtuoso.
HOO MY GOD!! WHAT A NICE PIECE OF VIDEO & THANK YOU to share THAT !! I PLAID BASS WHILE I WAS AT UNI AND BERNARD WAS so great to listen and to copy !!!!! so cute children and wife , little one saying yes when his handsome daddy is explaining how he is attached to them .... we all MISSING you SO MUCH!!!! RIP BERNARD !!!
My forbidden lover restera pour moi à tout jamais un formidable morceau d'anthologie. Ces mecs sont géniaux.
I can say that Nile was responsible for so much of the pop music in the 80's.
Yeah but it all started here with CHIC.
Chic is the greatest ever disc group.
Brother Bernard Edwards clinical bass player as well as songwriter for Sister Sledge apart from Chic.
Chic man oh man pure disco geniuses.
Nile and 'Nard together "composed, arranged, performed, and produced for the CHIC Organization" the Sister Sledge albums, also Diana Ross, Sheila and B. Devotion, Debbie Harry, and others in that phenomenal 3-year period 1979-1981. Bernard Edwards went on to produce Robert Palmer, the Power Station, and others.
Bernard Edwards + Nike Rodgers = good songs
Legendary songs my man
@ALL LIVES MATTER. All lives matter? Lol ok boomer
Classy...God bless them both...
Chic wow sounds so ggod still , I can feel it , feel the era thats what truely great music is you can feel it and the era
Every time you mentioned CHIC, the first musicians I would think of was Nile Rodgers and Benard Edwards. Little did I know that Benard was already dead. That left me so sad .Loosing such a bassist is like Brothers Johnson loosing Louis and George Clinton loosing Bootsy. Any way before retirement, like Bernard I also worked for the post office in Kenya but it was a bad experience. RIP Bernard.
The Original Power Station.... Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson ( RIP Bernard and Tony) !!!!!
if you play bass...you are aware of bernard simple as that....he was a master.x
Sans aucun doute!
Wow nile rodgers been in Connecticut for over 40 yrs i never knew i grew up in a city right next to where he lives
Hope that Future Super Producers will learn from Bernard Edwards...keep Family First! 👨👩👧👦
Great !Great ! Bernard and Nile
Interesting interview on how to balance work with home.
Wonderful insight into Bernards life...
Power Station Studio A, in the beginning...
I don't see Bob Clearmountain? Vintage Neve...oh yeah!
Bernard died in Tokyo...ate some bad Sushi...poison was kicking in as he was playing but he kept it together...he must have gotten a fever while he was playing...
From simple beginnings as a post office worker in New York to Rock Star in Tokyo...now that's "Chic"...
When Bernard passed, Nile said he could feel Bernards presence in his hotel room in Tokyo.
One of the GREATEST Bass player's & composers ever...
Young men should be forced to listen to Bernard Edward's interview to learn what a real role model sounds like
Well if you believe Nile’s autobiography both he and Bernard were constantly getting high around this time so not sure if you’d consider that a role model.
@@Polostar79 I'll have to read the book. I didn't know that.......Well, at least he didn't advertise.......lol.
Nowadays everyone needs to put it all out there for attention. Bernie let his talent do the talking
Bernard.... he was/is the MAN
Dear God thank you for giving him the courage to quit his job at the post office!!
Them bass players and the post office Brothers Johnson worked at the post office. I'm going to take the Post office test
take care benard we will see you soon, we hear you now.
We were all bless to have the best bass player and best guitarist play with Tony Thonpson and the rest of CHIC< and the people you all produced :)
''See you soon'' nothing; yes ! There's no such thing as that stuff; when you are gone, you are gone; and that's all, period ! Why lie to oneself !?
50 times more talented than so many others, but 100% immune against what success does to so many artists...
I remember those kids coats from the 80s. Lol. God bless these brothers (RIP Bernard) and their beautiful families.
That laugh hit me to my core.
BERNIE WAS ON PAR WITH JAMES JAMERSON! WHEN IT CAME TO BASS!
RIP Bernard Edwards & Tony Thompson
OMG, why did Edward have to die? Not only do I agree with his music, I also share his views on family.
Because EVERYBODY dies !
THAT LAUGH AT 6:08
Mr Bernard Edwards all day and after life . .
His wife is pretty
Wow I was in the army when this video was made.
I had now idea til this WEEK that the 70's & 80's were so dope due to these men!! Thank God for them - These are the 'silver linings' of a Covid lock down...
Then you must be very young ... You definitely sound like a 2000s generation dude.
I bet you are ... Correct ?
Chic sounds as good today as it did back in the day , great music , Chic summed up that era in their sound . Disco was great music , still is , disco never died disco came out of the black dance clubs of NY , just as House came out of the black dance clubs of Chi Town , they still alive & well with many offspring & offshoots such as rave clubs , etc of today , at the time dico was evolving hip hop also came thru with the Djs being kings of the clubs and sound waves disco was is and shall evry live in greatness !
Bernard Edwards passed away from amonia drummer died of lung cancer and nile rodgers and the ladies are tour across the world.
So pleased that Bernard left the post office to make music
Had he stayed there, chic wouldn't have existed
Eternal 🎵🎶✌🏿to Bernard Tony Alexis Luther
"Love and be Loved" by Johnny Mathis was so underrated.
Thank you! I've been searching for "love CAN'T be love chic". Great guitar opening!
Probably said something that didn't make it to film at 6:08 lol
Nile was crackin up
covering his head with his arms folded LOL 😂😂😂😂😂
Dope dope video
Gone never forgotten ✌🏿🎶🎵
Good brothers here, with morals & respect. It's sad to say but more brothers need to be like the older generation.
Supreme 🔥
Nile Rodgers Netflix brought me here...😷💯😎🙏🔥
Immense Great Man, Bernard
ICONS! 🔥
that coffee cup that Fonzie is holding I remember tho cups so well I loveddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd the 80s
RIP Bernard Edwards!!!
great
RIP Bernard Edwards
Bernard looks healthy…it shows you can go at any time…
God nile looks very young in this clip
I’m still struggling to play some of Bernard Edwards bass lines.
Ha, the folks doing this interview misspelled Nile’s last name ...it’s Rodgers not Rogers. 1:22
❤️
6:08 Good one!
Espero todos nós sermos Amigos abraço pra todos
Have you got the rest of the video
Imagine being served at the post office by Bernard Edwards
6:08 lmfao
These two guys wrote spacer for sheila b?
Correct
King of the World is a good album, with some NASTY guitar from Nile Rodgers. And of course that haunting piano on "Spacer" from Rob Sabino.
The post office missed out big time!
what is the song at 17seconds please?
Robert Black Johnny Mathis “love & be loved”
Whats the first song?
The beginning of this is plain mean!