He's probably recording his own response/influenced type song as we speak. This is what he does right, when something is popular he does his own little twist on it. Although, what that means in this case I'm not sure. Maybe he should just walk into the vault, up to the 1983/4 shelf, close his eyes, spin around pluck something out.

Why is there so much negativity in here. This is a great pop song, in my opinion, and i'm sure others will have there's. But to call it weak, and slag it off so vehemently ? Yet everyone raved about the gold standard, which never found its groove for me. I have no idea what Prince will think about this, but from what i've seen of him in interviews these last few years I can't imagine he'll be anything other than positive about someone else's music.

Fandangouk2014 said:

Why is there so much negativity in here. This is a great pop song, in my opinion, and i'm sure others will have there's. But to call it weak, and slag it off so vehemently ? Yet everyone raved about the gold standard, which never found its groove for me. I have no idea what Prince will think about this, but from what i've seen of him in interviews these last few years I can't imagine he'll be anything other than positive about someone else's music.

So folks should just like the song because the general consensus is that it is a good song?

The song is weak 2 my ears. It has nothing 2 do with being negative.

Graycap23 said:

Fandangouk2014 said:

Why is there so much negativity in here. This is a great pop song, in my opinion, and i'm sure others will have there's. But to call it weak, and slag it off so vehemently ? Yet everyone raved about the gold standard, which never found its groove for me. I have no idea what Prince will think about this, but from what i've seen of him in interviews these last few years I can't imagine he'll be anything other than positive about someone else's music.

So folks should just like the song because the general consensus is that it is a good song?

The song is weak 2 my ears. It has nothing 2 do with being negative.

Compared to usual chart/commercial music this is a good song, Rhianna, Beyonce, Calvin harris etc...

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fnksoul said:

Graycap23 said:

So folks should just like the song because the general consensus is that it is a good song?

The song is weak 2 my ears. It has nothing 2 do with being negative.

Compared to usual chart/commercial music this is a good song, Rhianna, Beyonce, Calvin harris etc...

[Edited 12/18/14 8:07am]

Sorry bro.........the song is weak on it's own merits. (too me)

None of those acts u listed in your comments are worth 2 cents.

fnksoul said:

Graycap23 said:

fnksoul said:

Compared to usual chart/commercial music this is a good song, Rhianna, Beyonce, Calvin harris etc...

[Edited 12/18/14 8:07am]

Sorry bro.........the song is weak on it's own merits. (too me)

None of those acts u listed in your comments are worth 2 cents.

I know their not, but what the OP was saying is, is its a decent 'pop' song it isnt meant to be aimed at people who like Funk specifically or Prince fans, its aimed at the people listening to Pop music its a funk influenced track aimed at the commercial scene, and its done a good job at that.

If it takes tracks like this to bring Funk back into main stream im all for it.

fnksoul said:

Graycap23 said:

Sorry bro.........the song is weak on it's own merits. (too me)

None of those acts u listed in your comments are worth 2 cents.

I know their not, but what the OP was saying is, is its a decent 'pop' song it isnt meant to be aimed at people who like Funk specifically or Prince fans, its aimed at the people listening to Pop music its a funk influenced track aimed at the commercial scene, and its done a good job at that.

If it takes tracks like this to bring Funk back into main stream im all for it.

I will have 2 ponder that perspective.

When you alienate yourself from your fanbase, the fanbase will alienate themselves from you. Bruno Mars has interaction with his fanbase, he can put out a mediocre sounding song like this and it will go to 1#, whereas we have Prince put out a mediocre song (in which he has being doing for decades) it will flop...like his recent collection of mediocre tunes.

vinaysfunk said:

Really? Seriously? A lot of you think this song is weak. Uh no. This song is definitely funky and of course it's all Prince inspired. Anyone that knows anything about Prince's music would recognize the abc buildiing blocks of this song. Heck, I am just happy the word funk is on popular radio. I tell all my friends and peeps I am into funk, namely Prince. They don't even know what that means. Can you believe that shit? I have no idea what Prince thinks but if I had to guess I would say it's about time we got some funk up in this joint (the radio that is). And he knows it's a nod to him. It just might make him go into the studio and grab that one eyed bass and start thumb slapping a groove together. In my eyes anytime funky music gets out there it's all good. Time to add uptown funk to my house party mixes. I always try to keep it funky!!!

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Scarfo said:

When you alienate yourself from your fanbase, the fanbase will alienate themselves from you. Bruno Mars has interaction with his fanbase, he can put out a mediocre sounding song like this and it will go to 1#, whereas we have Prince put out a mediocre song (in which he has being doing for decades) it will flop...like his recent collection of mediocre tunes.

When Prince alienates his fans instead of them going away to better pastures, they become more fanatical in their obsession with everything Prince.. really weird how that happens..

It's definitely the best mainstream song I've heard in ages and I hope it does make Prince jealous. Maybe it'll inspire him to throwdown hard on his next album instead of releasing more sellout shit hop sounding bullshit like he did on his latest disgrace of an album.

vainandy said:

It's definitely the best mainstream song I've heard in ages and I hope it does make Prince jealous. Maybe it'll inspire him to throwdown hard on his next album instead of releasing more sellout shit hop sounding bullshit like he did on his latest disgrace of an album.

fnksoul said:

I think what ever he thinks, this track and even Mark Ronson's album may just be what the charts needed, he has antoher track out with the forgotten rapper (and registered sex offender) Mystikal (Shake that ass but watch yourself) check it out its called Feel Right and seems quite James Brown influenced.

It's pretty clear that he is trying to bring back the Funk and for chart music it can only be a good thing, who knows where it might lead for artists like Prince if it catches on though?

Now, that's what I'm talkin' bout right there. Everybody over here has been creaming in their pants because Prince made an album where most of the tracks would fit in on mainstream radio and might get him back in the mainstream spotlight but that's exactly what I don't want. What good is it for Prince to be back in the mainstream again if his music sounds like everything else on the radio these days? That's not correcting the problem that the mainstream has, that's contributing more to the problem and keeping the problem growing even more.

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Shit hop and neo stool should have never taken mainstream R&B radio away from funk. Funk is the baddest genre ever and, sure, styles eventually change, but when they change, they're supposed to change for the better, not the worst. People fought too hard back in the 50s to get rhythmic music in the mainstream and it's damn ridiculous that rhythmless bullshit like shit hop and neo stool came along in the 90s and undid 30 years worth of change and took the rhythm back out of music again and then music never recovered from it since.

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Anything that puts funk back in the mainstream, or even attempts to put funk back in the mainstream, I'm all for it. And I'm dead set against anyone who is actually funky who lowers their standards to shit hop and neo stool. I want a 100% complete style change in the mainstream, not the same bullshit that's been dominating since the 90s.

Graycap23 said:

Noodled24 said:

Perhaps. But only because of Prince's inability to work with people. Ronson is a very talented guy.

I', a big Ronson fan...........but this track is weak.

To each their own. For a couple of artists who aren't predominantly funk artists (since the genre has been all but dead for 20 years if not longer). I think it's a great little party track.

"The song was written by Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Mars, Philip Lawrence, Devon Gallaspy and Nicholaus Williams. "

It takes a lot of work and people to pull of a mediocre track.

novabrkr said:

Aerogram said:

Sorry but this is like (I like) Funky Music with a non-plastic, synthy arrangement. It's noodling left and right -- I like the energy but it's almost a funk spoof rather than the real thing.

"Funk spoof"?

A good description of it. If you've seen the video it's like a comedy show music segment. Bruno and the other guys are just acting in it. Could be from one of those shows that make only a small fraction of their watchers laugh, but they're popular because the entire family can watch them together.

Is it possible to make a "serious" funk video as opposed to something with an air of comedy about it? Isn't funk at least partly about having a laugh? Jeromes main function in The Time was to make people laugh.

Noodled24 said:

novabrkr said:

"Funk spoof"?

A good description of it. If you've seen the video it's like a comedy show music segment. Bruno and the other guys are just acting in it. Could be from one of those shows that make only a small fraction of their watchers laugh, but they're popular because the entire family can watch them together.

Is it possible to make a "serious" funk video as opposed to something with an air of comedy about it? Isn't funk at least partly about having a laugh? Jeromes main function in The Time was to make people laugh.

Funk is not serious thematically and really shouldn't be, you're right. But the video is just so harmless and cutesy that it really is not what funk is about at all.

All the while watching it I was thinking how I could tamper with the stream and introduce some black & white footage of Prince from the DM era performing "Uptown" in the middle of it.

fnksoul said:

Noodled24 said:

There is a clear Prince influence BUT calling it "Uptown Funk". THAT is Prince-bait. I think it was designed from the ground up to get his attention, which it no doubt has. I wouldn't be surprised if Ronson was trying to instigate a collaboration.

The album is quiet Funk influenced, check out the track with Mystikal sounds pretty James Brown Influenced, Stevie Wonder also appears on the album "Uptown Special"

Is the album out? Uptown Funk is all I've heard. I saw Ronson on TV last week I think it was where he said he'd worked on Bruno Mars latest album and this song was Bruno returning the favour. I seem to remember him saying the album was pretty funk oriented. It's certainly got me interested.

Check out the "Is the a Prince outtake?" thread. This guy does a better job of creating and updating MPLS funk. And he plays all the instruments. Someone needs to ge this guy a production deal.

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lrn36 said:

Check out the "Is the a Prince outtake?" thread. This guy does a better job of creating and updating MPLS funk. And he plays all the instruments. Someone needs to ge this guy a production deal.

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OMG - I want one! If I had one, I could make Princely sounds all day!

The sounds do not come from the controller that's close to the camera. He's using the controller to trigger the sounds from the Linn LM-1 emulation software that he himself created(!). He's also played the synth, guitar and bass parts himself (for that matter, he also made the Oberheim synth clone he uses on his stuff).

lrn36 said:

Check out the "Is the a Prince outtake?" thread. This guy does a better job of creating and updating MPLS funk. And he plays all the instruments. Someone needs to ge this guy a production deal.

[Edited 12/18/14 12:18pm]

I would never get anything done if I had one of those. I would make Princey grooves ALL DAY.

vainandy said:

fnksoul said:

I think what ever he thinks, this track and even Mark Ronson's album may just be what the charts needed, he has antoher track out with the forgotten rapper (and registered sex offender) Mystikal (Shake that ass but watch yourself) check it out its called Feel Right and seems quite James Brown influenced.

It's pretty clear that he is trying to bring back the Funk and for chart music it can only be a good thing, who knows where it might lead for artists like Prince if it catches on though?

Now, that's what I'm talkin' bout right there. Everybody over here has been creaming in their pants because Prince made an album where most of the tracks would fit in on mainstream radio and might get him back in the mainstream spotlight but that's exactly what I don't want. What good is it for Prince to be back in the mainstream again if his music sounds like everything else on the radio these days? That's not correcting the problem that the mainstream has, that's contributing more to the problem and keeping the problem growing even more.

.

Shit hop and neo stool should have never taken mainstream R&B radio away from funk. Funk is the baddest genre ever and, sure, styles eventually change, but when they change, they're supposed to change for the better, not the worst. People fought too hard back in the 50s to get rhythmic music in the mainstream and it's damn ridiculous that rhythmless bullshit like shit hop and neo stool came along in the 90s and undid 30 years worth of change and took the rhythm back out of music again and then music never recovered from it since.

.

Anything that puts funk back in the mainstream, or even attempts to put funk back in the mainstream, I'm all for it. And I'm dead set against anyone who is actually funky who lowers their standards to shit hop and neo stool. I want a 100% complete style change in the mainstream, not the same bullshit that's been dominating since the 90s.

AOA is not shithop. You have not taken the time to even listen to the CD and everyone is living in a fantasy world if you think P is going to put a funk CD that is going to sale well. I like Uptown Funk but it is popular because Bruno Mars is hot right now. We all know P could do a whole CD of uptempo funk tunes but I would look for a major record lable to back him with that type of project.

UncleGrandpa said:

What song are we listening to here? This is not in anyway Prince's sound, I hear more Roger & Zapp and Eighties Bar-Kays to be honest. A good effort yes but Mr. Nelson's not quaking in his custom boots.

most people on the org have no clue about music..............it's pointless to try and correct them sometimes......i give up - lol

Prince probably feels the same way he did about the song "Oh Sheila".

Noodled24 said:

skywalker said:

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