xp to the guy upthread who doesn't like the "language in Uptown Funk: the radio edit says "trick" instead of "bitch" so you can play that version for your nephew (although is a prostitution reference any better than a common meaningless swear word, despite the former somehow being less explicit in our culture?)
IMO Uptown Funk is a bit too knowing for me to enjoy it unconditionally, but it is damn catchy. But the firs time I heard it I was in the car with my mom and she went "ooh I like this, this sounds so 70s" and to me it sounds like thats exactly what Mars and Ronson wanted. I like throwbacks, but such self-conscious, purposeful, targeted throwbacks leave a bad taste in my mouth.
― MrExplorer, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/01/13/uptown_funk_mark_ronson_and_bruno_mars_hit_no_1_on_the_billboard_chart_why.html
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
That article has more hotlinks than a wikipedia page, wtf
― MrExplorer, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/3D2S2i3U2T402p12470T/slate_article.png
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/0s440i0o3Y113R1z3Z3o/youtube.png
http://f.cl.ly/items/121J3z011k3P2K3z2c3O/itunes.png
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/2N1E3C2C2f0B0j1k2q0a/spotify.png
lol
― gr8080, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
lmao
― MrExplorer, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
went to Burger King for once and "Grenade" comes on. I like Bruno Mars plenty, whether it's his traditional pop, or 80s throwback funk, but I've always hated this song. but today I figured out why I hate it so much - it's like a middle school love letter that describes all of the sucky things someone would do for the person they loved, and sticking to one rhyme.
I would catch a grenade for yaI would injure Dwyane Wade for yaI would talk like Sling Blade for yaI would buy a Kincaid for yaI would get shitty grades for yaI'd subscribe to Parade for yaI'd lose on Nick Arcade for ya
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 17:43 (three weeks ago) link