Straight min funk/Prince/The Time/Rick James kinda shit
You listened to this weak fabricated marketinging ploy bullshit and it reminded you of RICK JAMES?
SLICK RICK??
You canoot possibly be serious (or you are just a kid.)
Which tracks - SPECIFICALLY - in Rick's catalog did it remind you of? Standing on the Top? 17? Mary Jane? Mama's Eyes? Ghetto Life? Sweet and Sexy Thing? Maybe I am looking in the wrong part of Rick's catalog. Maybe I should slide over into the Mary Jane Girls part of it. Maybe this song reminded you of All Night Long, Boys, Candyman or Wlid and Crazy Love?
The problem with Bruno Mars is he/she/it/they whatever DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNK. This ENTIRE GENERATION <35 today does not have the funk. No matter how much some of these terminally unhip and unfunky acts might wish it were so, funk in FORM is not, was not, will not cannot ever be funk in CONTENT. As they say down in Texas, all hat and no cattle.
Furthermore Prince and the Time sound VERY LITTLE alike. And niether one sonds ANYTHING AT ALL like Rick James. Is it because they are all black acts that they somehow must be forced to occupy the same musical space? Because that's the only conclusion I can draw from your post.
Tacky.
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haha your an idiot...you sound like a 90 year telling kids to stay off your lawn...some of you guys will never give new stuff any credit at all no matter how good it is...this tune is excellent & Bruno is one of the most talented cats out there right now and there is A LOT more to come from him
Uhm, what? Your rant is pretty funny and I don't think this song has the appeal of classic funk stuff either. It sounds like something people who haven't done too many funk cuts before would do. It's mostly a production number.
... but sure you should be aware that The Time's songs were all pretty much written by Prince? He played almost every instrument on the records and even sings on them. They're not stylistically that different from the material on Controversy or 1999 either, not to mention many of the non-album tracks from that period. For that matter, there are some big differences between Prince and Rick James, but surely, if you had to find something to compare their early-80s material to, you could still easily compare Prince's stuff with Rick's and Rick's with Prince's. They were lifting stuff from each other for years - stage mannerisms, songwriting ideas, lyrics, grooves... Rick even stole Prince's synths after the tour they did together, so that he could copy the presets Prince had on them!
So, of course there are plenty of similarities between the three names mentioned. It's not absurd to suggest so at all.
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Sorry, but anyone that is hardcore into Prince should know that the Time was an entirely different side of Prince's musical vision, one he deliberately shut away and distanced himself from publicly (to a point, anyway.) The Time was invented SPECIFICALLY by Prince becuase they DIDN'T sound or look LIKE Prince. Prince was absolutely positively determined NOT to be pigeonhold as an R&B act relegated to the black music department. He did every single thing and then some in his power to be sure that that did not happen. Having said that, that did not in any way mean Prince did not both HEAR and LOVE traditional R&B music presented in a traditional polished R&B showman type of way. The Time was his outlet for that particular side of his creativity. To compare the Time records sonically to ANYTHING on 1999 is absurd. The Time wasn't doing ANYTHING remotely close to "Automatic" "Something In the Water Doesn't Compute" "All the Ciritics Love You In New York" or "Lady Cab Driver" That is CLASSIC PRINCE in FULL EFFECT. It was new wave, it was spiritual, it was political punk, it was funk, it was apocalyptic, it was messianic it was just fucking PURPLE GENIUS which defied categorization. Most of all it was something NEW. The Time certainly DID NOT defy categorization in any way and they were doing something OLD. The Time was doing straight ahead party-time R&B of the type which had found both regional and national success in America in different incarnations since the late 1940s. It was at times done VERY WELL by the Time- and of course the band was full of bad motherfuckers who could play their asses off - but nobody would call the Time GENIUS - at any rate certainly not when Prince is lurking in the background. Prince was walking around shirtless in trenchcoats and women's panties and women's heels singing songs about fucking his sister- his own particular take on punk rock style and attitude. There wasn't SHIT punk rock about the Time.
yea and you probably think Prince's crap in the last 10 years is "genius" too lol
You listened to this weak fabricated marketinging ploy bullshit and it reminded you of RICK JAMES?
SLICK RICK??
You canoot possibly be serious (or you are just a kid.)
Which tracks - SPECIFICALLY - in Rick's catalog did it remind you of? Standing on the Top? 17? Mary Jane? Mama's Eyes? Ghetto Life? Sweet and Sexy Thing? Maybe I am looking in the wrong part of Rick's catalog. Maybe I should slide over into the Mary Jane Girls part of it. Maybe this song reminded you of All Night Long, Boys, Candyman or Wlid and Crazy Love?
The problem with Bruno Mars is he/she/it/they whatever DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNK. This ENTIRE GENERATION <35 today does not have the funk. No matter how much some of these terminally unhip and unfunky acts might wish it were so, funk in FORM is not, was not, will not cannot ever be funk in CONTENT. As they say down in Texas, all hat and no cattle.
Furthermore Prince and the Time sound VERY LITTLE alike. And niether one sonds ANYTHING AT ALL like Rick James. Is it because they are all black acts that they somehow must be forced to occupy the same musical space? Because that's the only conclusion I can draw from your post.
Tacky.
[Edited 12/3/14 20:21pm]
haha your an idiot...you sound like a 90 year telling kids to stay off your lawn...some of you guys will never give new stuff any credit at all no matter how good it is...this tune is excellent & Bruno is one of the most talented cats out there right now and there is A LOT more to come from him
I like it! Might not be the most unique and well written song ever maybe, but it is entertaining, lighthearted and pretty funky! I'd definately like to hear more music like this on the radio.
Exactly! It's funky, got live instruments, and fun. Would love to hear more like this.
I like the song because it has a good beat and Bruno is a great singer who doesn't need damn auto-tune. That said, I'm BEYOND sick of the recording acts these days not coming up with new sounds! Is there no more originality or creativity anymore? The last 15 years in particular have been so uninspiring as almost every song has a similar beat to something from the 70s or 80s.
I like it. its a nice homage to his influences. gotta respect a person who can release a track like that nowadays because we all know its not going to number 1. its good to see that coming from a chart topping artist who isnt afraid to stray a little away from the conventional set to just put out a song that was fun to make. it made me dance and of course its not gonna be a classic or chart topper or whatever, it doesn't have to be. its just a nod to those who came before. and thats how it should be viewed.
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I like it. its a nice homage to his influences. gotta respect a person who can release a track like that nowadays because we all know its not going to number 1. its good to see that coming from a chart topping artist who isnt afraid to stray a little away from the conventional set to just put out a song that was fun to make. it made me dance and of course its not gonna be a classic or chart topper or whatever, it doesn't have to be. its just a nod to those who came before. and thats how it should be viewed.
I agree. Except it is gonna be a chart topper, too! It has thus far reached number 1 in several countries, notably Australia and the UK, and a dozen in the top 10 or higher. It's still gaining each week and is number 3 on the hot 100 Billboard chart. Certified Platinum in Australia, Gold in New Zealand, and Silver in the UK and it just got rush released there.
Y'all act like Prince pioneered funk music, fuck that.
D.M.S.R., Controversy and all of Prince's funkiest was straight out influenced by Rick James, Funkadelic-Parliament, James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire..
I don't understand the hate over this song, it's funky, jamming, cool and all... If the problem is the funk clichés or the whole vibe that it has, it's so normal between musicians, they always take something they like and just re-make it on their way.
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