this album is delightful
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
"versace on the floor" sounds like if peabo bryson made sex jams for ALADDIN and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST instead of "love themes"
― josh, Wednesday, 16 November 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
Take off your clothes!
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 16 November 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
God bless Bruno Mars for "Finesse".
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 17 November 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
"versace on the floor" would be better if the beginning were in free tempo instead of locked into a click track
― qop (crüt), Thursday, 17 November 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
record is basically bobby brown + the time.
its not bad.
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 November 2016 10:54 (seven years ago) link
― qop (crüt), Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:24 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i didn't even notice what about the beginning was bugging me, but you are right, the lyrics are really straightforward, the lack of a free tempo makes them feel less heartfelt somehow. great song though.
― kruezer2, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
I could see him stretching out the intro when it's done live.
― MarkoP, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm a sucker for New Jack Swing pastiche, and this video is totally lovable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsoLEjrDogU
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 11 January 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
yeah i like it too
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 January 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah, this video is perfect. They nailed it.
I'm still shocked that Versace On The Floor was such a flop. I guess no-one was really there for a David Guetta remix.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 11 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
love that vid/song
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 11 January 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
Cardi B as a fly girl is on point
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Thursday, 11 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
otm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 January 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
i like it enough that i probably won't change the station when it inevitably comes on but something about it leaves me cold. like a number of his other pastiches it's almost too on the nose.
it got me wondering, what was the last bruno mars single i liked that wasn't obvious pastiche? (i know that's, like, the majority of his output from "locked out of heaven" onward.) maybe "it will rain"? and it took me a while to warm up to that.
― dyl, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
and i really liked "versace on the floor"! can't say i'm surprised it wasn't big but i would have welcomed it.
― dyl, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
still not tired of uptown funk when it comes on. that song is like 20 pastiches.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2018 03:59 (six years ago) link
“that’s what i like” is not an obvious pastiche
― J0rdan S., Friday, 12 January 2018 08:05 (six years ago) link
Ahah « Finesse » could almost be one of the 90s New Jack parodies J Timberlake made like 10y ago...Bruno Mars’ « Dick in a tiny box », girls.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 12 January 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
oh right i forgot about "that's what i like" (even tho i still hear it all the time), that is a good one! + hits the spot as far as being referential but not eye-rollingly nostalgic
― dyl, Friday, 12 January 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
what exactly is the source of today's bruno mars discourse
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
i think it's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9NTvCyprsA
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
thanks, all I could find was reactions
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link