[HN Gopher] Mr. Rodgers's Neighborhood (2011) ___________________________________________________________________ Mr. Rodgers's Neighborhood (2011) Author : norescue Score : 84 points Date : 2023-03-06 06:21 UTC (16 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.nilerodgers.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nilerodgers.com) | tanseydavid wrote: | I try not to have heroes but this guy and his history is just | irresistible to me. | | Ok I'll say it out loud: Nile Rodgers is my hero! | emmelaich wrote: | Amazing story. Nile Rodgers is a legend. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers | wolfhumble wrote: | What a career - who didn't he produce for? Diana Ross, David | Bowie, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, INXS, Madonna, Grace Jones, | Cindi Lauper, Sheena Easton the list goes on and on . . . Al | Jarreau (L is for Lover - I forgot I listened to my brother's | copy of this record) . . . | | "In February 2012, Rodgers announced that he was collaborating | with electronic band Daft Punk for their latest album, "teasing | out their R&B influences". The record, Random Access Memories | was released in 2013. Rodgers co-wrote and played guitar on | three tracks: "Give Life Back to Music", "Lose Yourself to | Dance", and "Get Lucky"." | | I was not aware - but I guess I should have known ? - who | played the guitar on "Get Lucky": | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3s5D2HnQiE | joezydeco wrote: | I saw Nile play last year, Duran Duran hired him as an | opening act. | | The man still has it. And what really blew me away is that he | was up there on stage with the Hitmaker, the 1960 | Stratocaster that has sold 100 million albums. | | http://www.nilerodgers.com/about/the-hitmaker | bredren wrote: | The music video for this song was teased long in advance of | the album and it was just unerringly cool at the time. | | It was followed by some more teases with some semis in Japan. | https://youtu.be/92by5ZdVzEM | | Eventually the record dropped though, and to me nothing that | came afterward beat this particular track and the brevity of | the originally teased music video. | | Edit: here's the teaser. Apparently it was shown at Coachella | https://youtu.be/1Ep2NDJXS5g | [deleted] | sarafoster90 wrote: | [flagged] | IIAOPSW wrote: | Not at all _that_ Mr.Rogers. Interesting read, especially being | in my old neighborhood yet far removed from anything I 'd ever | see first hand, but very clickbait title. | dfxm12 wrote: | _Not at all that Mr.Rogers._ | | Clearly not, given the context clues of the different spelling | of the name and the fact that HN shows the domain | nilerodgers.com. | a2800276 wrote: | To cut the title here some slack, it _is_ the title of the | essay :) | dang wrote: | The HN guidelines call for changing titles when the original | is misleading or clickbait: | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. | | In this case the original title is arguably both, but on the | other hand (1) it's literally a description of the content, | which is fascinating; and (2) the 'd' in 'Rodgers' is a | decisive if subtle cue to the difference. | | It's a borderline call, but I think in this case the title is | tasteful and crafted enough to not be garden-variety | clickbait and we should keep it. | QuercusMax wrote: | There's also the "'s" at the end as well - Mr. Fred had his | show named "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood", not "Rodgers's". | emmelaich wrote: | Agree. I was only misled for microsecond. For me the title | is whimsical, not deliberate clickbait. | haakonhr wrote: | From my European perspective I immediately assumed it was | about this Mr. Rodgers, and I had to search to find the | other Mr. Rogers alluded to. | [deleted] | JohnDeHope wrote: | I'll allow it, since likely a fan of _that_ Mr. Rogers probably | enjoyed the article. I did. | thomassmith65 wrote: | If you liked reading this, search "Nile Rodgers interview" on | youtube and watch _any_ of them. He has hundreds of interesting | anecdotes, and is, for my money, as good at telling a story as it | gets. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-03-06 23:01 UTC)