Bruno Mars/Smeezingtons singles poll

this isn't the Bieber thread, dude

I'm not going to encounter Bieber songs on adult-targeted radio throughout my day as often, either, though! Not that I'm trying to listen to Lite FM stylings but urrrgh

Don't y'all think his reggae-ish songs (Lazy included) are more irritating than the R&B ones?

― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Friday, February 24, 2012 6:33 AM Bookmark

totally

every time i hear "it will rain" i expect him to break out into the "chasing pavements" chorus

ha i can kinda see that, althoguh i personally think "It Will Rain" is so much better. on the local pop-leaning R&B station it sounds so right in between Miguel and Trey Songz joints.

the funny thing about that song is the one line where he says "i won't be your mom's favorite" or whatever when i'd venture to say he's in the top 3 of current pop stars that moms love/are even aware of

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/brunomarssnuggie.jpg

haha

every time i hear "it will rain" i expect him to break out into the "chasing pavements" chorus

― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Friday, March 16, 2012 11:39 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark

heh my wife made the same observation the other day and i had forgot where i heard it first. still like "rain" way way way more though.

Sneezyngtons. And he's Sneezy. Because he does cocaine. Get it?

good one, Joka

some dude: putting the 'zing' in Smeezingtons since 2011

Because I'm zingy. Get it?

Miracle Ship

(I apparently can only deliver jokes in fractions)

lolz

http://www.unorthodoxjukebox.com/

kinda digging this, although i keep waiting for a song around the corner that will make me regret saying that

NO PARKIN BABY

NO PARKIN ON THE DANCEFLOOR

basically every single of his since this poll has been better than the best song on this list

otm

"uptown funk" is dope imo

it is awesome and will be filling wedding playlists for at least the next 5 years

"uptown funk" repulses me

the new "happy" the new "fuck you" the worst music ever

Uptown Funk is great.

Uptown Funk is really, really great

"uptown funk" has so much more oomph than "happy" "fuck you" et al, i like it

i think "uptown funk" structurally sounds like five vines bolted together but the horns are great and it's probably a blast to dance to

it has a bunch of fun little details that push it over the top for me, also the live performances (not video) have been great

i also love the trinidad james thing

haha i was about to say that's the worst part

other than the fixation on dragon retirement plans

with the exception of "treasure", i think that i have liked each of his singles successively more as they have been released. "uptown funk" is charming. i prefer it to "happy" and "fuck you" but enjoy both those songs too.

We had our work Xmas night in one of those party nights hotels throw and "Uptown Funk" was played three times to rapturous joy each time, it is definitely going to turn into a wedding classic. The song is good, better than anything from Mars and Ronson ought to be, but the video sucks away so much of it's joy, especially after seeing X Factor runner-up Fleur selling the song with much more personality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Wq7B_VV_U

uptown funk came on at about 1am on sunday morning at a festival i was at on the weekend and ppl went ballistic

also uptown funk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happy & fck you

Each single made me loathe his voice more, but "Uptown Funk" presents the best setting for it. Better grit than awful falsetto. Or: James Brown >>>>> Sting.

even if it's Dan Hartman-produced Brown.

"Uptown Funk" is whatever but there are more pressing issues going on in the world than Bruno's Kool & the Gang cosplay. Like getting Sam Smith out the paint.

Middle-aged people fucking love this song ime.

^^^ OTM

middle aged people fucking love bruno mars

^^^ also OTM

True but I feel like it's ESPECIALLY the case with this one.

My middleaged mom fucking loves Uptown Funk. She says she put it on at her workchristmasparty, and all the young people thought she was cool. I'm young, and I think it's cool as well, so I believe her. BradNelson is right that it sounds like Vines cobbled together, though, it has that EDM-like structure, or perhaps like a K-pop track. I love it for that. And the SNL performance was amazing.

it sounds like Vines cobbled together

I have no idea what the fuck this is supposed to mean. Like a bunch of shorter sections cobbled together? Like people have written songs for ages?

it definitely sounds more like a bunch of different loosely related vamps strung together than verse/chorus/bridge, even if it actually is structured like a pop song. like, the Prince song it's most analogous to would be "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" (although obv it's more The Time than Prince proper).

"It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" and The Time existed long before Vine videos, as do funk jam songs structured like this, so using that as your comparison point comes across like you've never heard of James Brown, Prince, Morris Day, Parliament, or really any funk band that existed before 2010

this one particularly:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFezo4hDFs

"It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" and The Time existed long before Vine videos, as do funk jam songs structured like this, so using that as your comparison point comes across like you've never heard of James Brown, Prince, Morris Day, Parliament, or really any funk band that existed before 2010

lol thanks dan

i just think it sounds super disorganized and about its own "moments" in a way that zero of your examples necessarily are