CHIC "GOOD TIMES/RAPPERS DELIGHT" LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN 1996 . . . . ALL THOSE HATERS, LEAVE NOW, THE LOVERS, RELAX, KICK BACK AND GET YOUR FREAK ON . . . . FOR ME, CHIC WAS 'THE' BAND THAT FOCUSED THE ESSENCE OF MID SEVENTIES DANCE/FUNK/DISCO TO A LASER SHARP BEAM . . . . THIS BASS LINE ALONE SPAWNING AN ENTIRE SUB GENRE OF MUSIC THAT BECAME HIP-HOP . . . . RIP BERNARD EDWARDS

HECKLERS AND HATERS PISS OFF, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A NEAR SCHYZOPHRENIC PERSONALITY, PUNK, FUNK, DISCO JUNK, IT'S ALL JUST TUNEAGE TO ME, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH RECONCILING THAT SHIT SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, MY MATES COULD NEVER FIGURE ME OUT EITHER. I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUNKY FUCK WHAT IT IS, AS LONG AS IT'S LEGIT . . . . JUST DON'T EXPECT ME TO SPEND A SECOND OF MY TIME TOLERATING MEDIOCRE, MIDDLING, MUNDANE, MINDLESS DROSS BECAUSE THAT SHIT AIN'T EVER GONNA HAPPEN - BIKES, CARS, FILMS, BOOKS, ART, FOOD, BOOZE, MUSIC, PEOPLE, ANYTHING, WHATEVER IT IS, GIVE ME SUBSTANCE, NOT JUST FUCKING SURFACE . . . . I'LL BE TRUE TO SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME 'FEEL' AND MOVES ME, FOR LIFE, AND THIS BAND, THEIR MUSIC AND ITS PLACE IN THE MASH-UP OF ALL THE SHIT I LOVE, IS AMONG MY MOST CHERISHED AND WILL FOREVER REMAIN THAT WAY.

THIS OUTFIT GAVE A NEW DEFINITION TO 'IN THE POCKET' AND 'IN THE GROOVE' THAT HASN'T BEEN OUTDONE TO THIS DAY, SO FUCKING TIGHT YET SO MUCH SPACE AND OPENNESS YOU COULD DRIVE A KENWORTH B-DOUBLE BETWEEN THE DOTS AND STAVES, SUCH A RICH YET SIMPLE DEPTH TO THE TUNES THAT THEY ENVELOPE YOU BUT STILL LEAVE YOU TOTALLY FREE TO MOVE YOUR SOUL . . . . OH YEAH, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL . . . . GOOD TIMES . . . . HELL YEAH !!!