62 year old here, I agree...

Now I´m 65 years old and love the music. It s a timeless song.

Shout out to the baby Boomers and the 70's- 80's music era, I'm rolling with you guys!

😪. One of the best bassist ever. RIP 🙏🏾

Legend. If you couldn't get moving back in the day from his basslines, you didn't have a pulse.

Bernard and Tony Thompson were a monster rythym section!!! Omar Hakim was the drummer on this video Rest easy Bernard and Tony 😔

Amen! If I could play bass, I would want to play the way he did. He was a true master!

This was the last night of his life, in fact: he was discovered in his hotel room by Nile the next morning. Awful to lose him with so much life left to live, but what a way to go out, doing what you love until the very end.

✌👍😷😷✌👍🤗😍🤩🤩🤩

I'm 22 and I'm so angry that I couldn't be in my 20's in that time... Music had it's golden times until 2010. Every kid with a laptop can be a producer now and imo music has lost it's soul after that time. Every instrument is synthesized and you don't have to be a good singer because of all the effects. That makes me angry and sad at the same time...

... Not to mention the talented musicians playing their own instruments on stage live!!

Ha ha I love that listen up kids .quality

Exactly

Bill Holloman on sax

The sax player ,play in jamiroquai creo haberlo visto.

Thats right georgeoshust THE ENTIRE BAND WAS AWESOME

You mean George Lucas?

Amen!

Bernard`s last hurrah!

She can sing…. Nobody like her except a few singers

She sounded like crap get real

Pure class act!

So sorry 😞 to hear that...

I like this one above all the other renditions. Nile’s chords in the last minute or so are SO kick ass. And Bernard supports the melody so brilliantly. Can’t help but put a smile on a face.

Me too 👍🙏🏻😁

No Shit. I am 70 plus, Every body looking health good and dam cool, in movements, tone, styles, it awesome the real deal, I say

So it is my favorite video also...

Which 1 was he? Poor thing..

@@michonbeauty7444 Bass player - Bernard 'nard Edwards.

Advancement of synthesizers killed music today...

Music today has gone strait to the demons!!

@@Marimarr59 yup. straight* there

Louis Johnson?

✌👍😷✌👍🤗😍🤩🤩🤩

Amen

@@gregorycampbell9386 either one is fine with me!

@@michaelfuria4257 fair enough lol

Eric I hate to disappoint you but this video was made in 1996 so your "now" is 22 years ago so Jill Jones has aged a bit but still super hot (she did a song at Prince's tribute, one of Prince's women but too spunky for Prince). She was in Purple Rain

can you believe I got to learn about this song just last year and it blew me away?

Yes. Their best song - by far - IMO. They didn't do it on Tiny Desk, so came here to enjoy it.

SURREAL

It's true. I have to run out of a coffee shop when I hear today's music. I'm literally looking for an escape route to get away from it.

What a way to go out, though, isn't it? Playing some amazing music to adoring fans.

@@bernlin2000 It is amazing.

U must be deaf

Damon Waldon can't beat the original vocalists though

What is the lead singers name? Also what is the other girls name? I googled but can't find their names because they look different from the original girls.

Sylver Logan Sharp and Jill Jones

Thanks Daryl Hunt!

I agree what a show this was.Sylver for me is pure magic here.

In 1996 Nile Rodgers was named Japan Tobacco Superproducer of the Year in Japan, and was invited to perform there with Chic in April of that year. Just before the concert at the Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Edwards fell ill, but despite Rodgers' insistence, refused to cancel the gig. He managed to perform but had to be helped at times. At one point, Edwards blacked out for a few seconds before resuming his playing. Rodgers assumed the absence of bass was a deliberate improvisation and did not learn the truth until after the show. After the concert, Nile went to check on Bernard and asked how he was doing, to which he replied "I'm fine, I just need to rest." This was the last time Nile spoke to Bernard.[3] Edwards retired to his hotel room where he was later found dead by Rodgers.[4] The medical examiner determined the cause of death was pneumonia.[5] Edwards' final performance was issued in 1996 as the album Live at the Budokan.

Jeremy Johnson Never again

@@starsonb Thank you so much for taking your time and describe and explain it all. RIP Bernard Edwards.

Edwards, was born in Greenville, North Carolina, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, where he met Nile Rodgers in the early 1970s. At the time, Edwards was working at a post office with the mother of Rodgers' girlfriend.[2] The two formed the Big Apple Band (active 1972-1976) and then united with drummer Tony Thompson to eventually form Chic together with singer Norma Jean Wright. With Chic (active 1976-1983), Edwards created era-defining hits such as "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Everybody Dance", "Le Freak", "I Want Your Love" and "Good Times". Edwards also worked with Nile Rodgers to produce and write for other artists, using Chic to perform everything musically and vocally except lead vocals. Those productions with Norma Jean Wright, Sister Sledge, Sheila and B. Devotion, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis, Debbie Harry and Fonzi Thornton led to more hits such as "Saturday", "He's The Greatest Dancer", "We Are Family", "Spacer", "Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" and "Backfired". In the song "We Are Family," Kathy Sledge gives Edwards a brief shout-out, singing "Yeah, come on Bernard, play...play your funky bass, boy!". As a lone songwriter/producer, he gave Diana Ross her Top 15 hit, "Telephone" off of her 1985 platinum "Swept Away" album released on RCA and Ross' international label, Capitol-EMI. Edwards released a solo album, "Glad To Be Here" in 1983, and in 1985 he was instrumental in the formation of the supergroup Power Station. The band's first album was produced by Edwards and featured Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John and Andy Taylor as well as singer Robert Palmer. Edwards followed this by producing Robert Palmer's hit album Riptide. He continued to produce artists throughout the 1980s and 90s, including Diana Ross, Adam Ant, Rod Stewart, Jody Watley, Grayson Hugh, Air Supply, ABC and Duran Duran. Edwards was the father of multi-platinum record producer Bernard "Focus..." Edwards, Jr. who has produced songs for Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont, Tony Yayo and more. Edwards teamed up with Nile Rodgers again for the Chic reunion in the early 1990s and released the album Chic-Ism in 1992.

Ninja Revenge yes, My Forbidden Lover is a masterpiece.

@@starsonb David Bowie too - they produced the Let's Dance album. Monsters!

@@starsonb Who’s on Trumpet 🎺? ????

@@starsonb Kim Jong-un km k

Joshi, you perfectly fit every word here.

Everybody thought Bernard used his fingers on bass. See all those picks on the mic stand? He used picks. Every decent engineer/producer prefers the bassist use a pick. It's cleaner, brighter, and the engineers love it because they can add more punch and compression on the final mix. I'm sure Niles expected that too.

Lol arent you watching the video? In which part does he pluck with a pick xD

In fact, he is known in the bass world, for playing things like the extreme bassline of Everybody Dance, using his hand closed like he is grabbing a pick, but yet he isnt, and you can see it when the camera zooms his right hand. Nothing against a pick, whatever gets your audio right, but in this special case of B. Edwards dont mess it up cause he is like a top class finger player

Yeah, you're right..Probably wanted to play with fingers one last time. He died shortly after from a heart attack.

He is one of my idols as a bass player...

Hi Carol, you have a good taste, Greatings from Austria, Reini

Definently.

Hermosa y sexual la de amarillo....

Yes. RIP 🙏🏾

Hell yeah he is a great Drummer and so is the original Drummer of CHIC RIP To Tony Thompson and The incredible Bernard Edwards!

"Shocking Ease!!" You GD got that right Brother!!! I ain't Never seen Nobody could lay it down as easy as Bernard could!!!!

Taylor Yarborough You were so very lucky wish i could've been there with you my era so damn happy! ! !

Linda Yarborough en que año fué este concierto? Thank's

Boris Fabián April 1996

Tough guy fighting it 'til the end.. Surely you have to mean 100°F>, not Celsius or else the poor guy would literally boil..

I enjoyed and agreed with your comment here blake, well said.

im so blessed, i still get to come hear and cope with life, its been a wonderful life, some hard times of course but im still 11B and will be til they bury my bones, god bless

Can't get enough!!!!!

+Robert Goodman my feeling exact!!

OMG PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME OUT LOVING IT ALSO REPEAT REPEAT CAN'T HELP IT 4REAL

DJYatusabe69

Sylver is a true artist here here vocals are pure magic for me . (a sensational babe too )

itwasgoodmusicdontstop.

what time do you want to meet up and see each other.

sayaboutthereplayimadeok.

The greatest? Sorry, but the greatest funk bassist was James Jamerson. Im sure Bernard would agree. I started playing in 1966 Then switched to bass because an opening came up and filled in. Ive always loved the Motown sound and the bass. So, like Bernie, I got into jazz, learned music theory and composition. Also, like Bernie, my accomplished music skills helped guitar players. Niles would be left in dark the without help from us Good bass players. By the way, Niles is a thief and back stabber. Be wary of that creep. Uses people.

@@leegenixthat’s weird. Literally every single person who’s ever played and/or recorded with him has said the complete opposite. A bright ball of positive energy. I’m going to take their word for it over some random guy’s on a KZfaq comments section.

She Jill = Sexy

Whaaaaat?!?!?! Crazy!

Yes with the Beat right in Time!!!!!✨🔥💥💢💯💋💔💟❣️💌💕💞

And Nile Rodgers on tem guitar

One of my top influences!!

Amazing!

Tony was the original drummer for Chic, and for me, the best. But he's not the drummer in this clip, this is Omar Hakim.

Serious Talent on that stage Right There!

@@contrabart Love Omar. Saw him perform with Sting in NYC on the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour.

so true! Bernard Edwards was a bad ass player...same with Omar Hakim

@@YaleRoth I've had the honor of taking Nile's recording classes at The Center for Media Arts (and also) hanging with him - a couple of times, at clubs in NYC. He is honestly the nicest, most down-to-earth guy ever & the Funkiest guitar player on the planet. Love Nile Rodgers "aka" The Hitmaker !!!