Episode 41 · Disco
Good Times
Chic
How a single bassline rewired pop, hip-hop and dance music for the next forty years. We break down every note.
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Good TimesChic · The line everyone knows
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Some basslines belong to everyone. We play the original beside the records that borrowed from it, and listen for what exactly made that groove so portable.
Jade Monroe plays the line on air, Marcus Reyes places the song at the end of the disco boom, and Rio Castillo makes a case for the strings.