[HN Gopher] Mr. Rodgers's Neighborhood (2011)
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       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
        
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       | sarafoster90 wrote:
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       | 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.
        
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         | 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.
        
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