‘Le Freak’ by Chic.
At the time disco had an image of mindless narcissistic elites partying away. A group naming themselves ‘Chic’ did nothing to dissuade me of that notion. This was especially true of Studio 54 the most famous disco in the world. It was famous or infamous for its strict door policy and hedonistic celebrities that took endless amount of drugs and partook in all sorts of orgies. Chic name checking that club in the song reenforced the notion.
As it turns out key member Nile Rodgers is an ex subsection leader of the lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party. As far as the song goes
Quote:
It was snowing in New York when Rodgers and Edwards stepped up to Studio 54's fabled doorway on 31 December 1977. The pair had been asked to join Grace Jones, who was partying inside the legendary club. Already they were sporting clothes commensurate with the fact that their debut single had sold a million copies within a month: Rodgers was wearing a Cerutti dinner jacket, Edwards was in Armani.
They went to the club's back door and attempted to get in. Their names weren't down. While the club rocked to "Dance Dance Dance", they were outside being denied admission.
Back at Rodgers' apartment, they started to jam. As Rodgers recounted to Anthony Haden-Guest in his book The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco and the Culture of the Night, "We were just yelling obscenities ... f**k Studio 54 ... f**k those scumbags." Suddenly, the music began to coalesce. The guitar and bass part locked in and a repeated refrain of "Aaaaaaaah, f**k off!" became the jam's focal point. Eventually, the "f**k" became "freak". "Off "became "out".
The Beatles song ‘Got to Get You Into My Life”
is about marijuana.
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