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Post by chiqui on Feb 24, 2014 17:05:17 GMT -4
A friend of mine adapted a Boxer and named him Bruno, then Bruno Scars, because he has a small scar on his face :-P
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Post by deeconsistent on Apr 24, 2015 7:16:36 GMT -4
"Uptown Funk" was #1 for 14 consecutive weeks and if it had held on for 3 more weeks it would have dethroned the Mariah/BoyzIIMen duet "One Sweet Day" as the longest running Billboard charttopper in history. I'm posting the news because of the irony of this 3-year old video clip I randomly ran across last night. It almost happens, Bruno. Almost (PS Did I use "ironic" correctly? I would bet money that I did, but I am always wrong about that. I know it would have been safer to use "coincidentally", but I love the word "ironic" so much that I literally had no choice.)
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Post by Mutagen on Apr 24, 2015 7:35:38 GMT -4
I liked Uptown Funk a lot but man, I could NOT stop mentally humming " Jungle Love" whenever it came on. Am I an old?
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Post by Kaleidoscope Eyes on Apr 24, 2015 7:46:05 GMT -4
I must be an old too, because I always hear Jungle Love when I listen to Uptown Funk. I downloaded a bunch of Morris Day awhile back and have not regretted it one bit.
I think Bruno Mars is adorable.
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Post by MrsOldManBalls on Apr 24, 2015 7:50:55 GMT -4
I was scared to come in here. Thought my crush was about to die!
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Post by mrspickles on Apr 24, 2015 10:39:20 GMT -4
I liked Uptown Funk a lot but man, I could NOT stop mentally humming " Jungle Love" whenever it came on. Am I an old? Nope! I was the same when I first heard it. I was sort of mad, and I wondered if they'd given any writing credits to anybody else, since the whole Blurred Lines thing was such a big deal and I thought this was obvious enough that even I could hear the similarities. So I did some reading about the song and that was deliberate. Uptown Funk was written as a sort of homage to Funk, and has call backs to loads of funk, including Prince, The Time, The Gap Band, James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Cameo and others I can't remember. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I even think I detect some Parliament Funkadelic. I had a very 'diverse' childhood....
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Post by discoprincess on Apr 24, 2015 10:54:21 GMT -4
Uptown Funk was written as a sort of homage to Funk, and has call backs to loads of funk, including Prince I only became aware of this song a couple of weeks ago (I don't pay much attention to what's on the radio), and all I could think of was "this song is so evocative of Prince".
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Post by Hamatron on Apr 24, 2015 11:14:16 GMT -4
His stuff is catchy enough, but it always sounds like a rip-off of some other musician. If I were to describe his sound, I wouldn't be able to do it beyond comparing him to other artists. Sometimes he sounds like Prince, sometimes Sting, sometimes Maroon 5, sometimes Michael Jackson, etc. He's kind of like Gaga that way. Obviously he has lots of talent, but his career so far has been a lot of mimicry.
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Post by Ladybug on Apr 24, 2015 13:40:11 GMT -4
How much of the songwriting was Bruno, though? I thought Mark Ronson wrote and produced it and Bruno just did the vocals.
I love Bruno Mars because he reminds me of Prince, Michael Jackson, Morris Day, etc. back when music was good! *shakes cane*
And he's so tiny and cute I just want to put him in my pocket.
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Post by prisma on Apr 24, 2015 13:56:20 GMT -4
Terry Gross interview Mark Ronson on Fresh Air a couple of weeks ago and he talked about the "long, labored" process of coming up with Uptown Funk. It was an interesting interview. They came up with the hook for Uptown Funk when Mark and Bruno were having a jam session. They knew they had something special but then struggled with the rest of the song. Mark kept flying to meet up with Bruno along spots on Bruno's tour so they could keep working on it, so Bruno was obviously an integral part of the process. Mark commented that it was a lot of work for Bruno because he'd finish a performance and his band would head out to party and he'd stay behind to work with Mark, which speaks to his work ethic. Terry made the observation that it was surprising that the song came from a jam session since it carefully references so many sounds. I think working in all the other parts into a seamless whole is what took so long. It was a good interview--I recommend it. I have to admit the Mark Ronson's voice is like nails on a blackboard to me...it's unfortunate.
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