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Chic: These Are The Good Times

Daryl Easlea, Mojo Collections, Fall 2001

THINK CHIC, think chic – a passport back to Studio 54, 70s hedonism; good times, guaranteed to bring gravity to the flapping flares and mirrorball-twirling on a retro night. They were an influence on early ‘80s art-rock; rap may never have caught on so spectacularly had it not been for them. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced some of the greatest tunes in popular dance music.

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