People forget Prince all the time, so you can be sure they won't remember Morris. The song is a total The Time/Prince tribute - everything from the background vocals, the hook, the bridge, all of it. The Time.

Moving MJ seepage

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

I know "Uptown Funk" was released in 2014, but I only started liking it recently. People say that the song is Michael Jackson-esque, particularly Bruno Mars' image. I see more Prince/ Morris Day and the Time (the lyrics "gotta kiss myself, so pretty"). Bart Baker made a parody of the "Uptown Funk" music video,and it features a Michael Jackson impersonator. Hmm... still don't see it. Bruno's image in the video is kinda early 80s/ pre-Thriller MJ, but has a more "Morris Day and the Time" feel.

Something like "Kiss myself" is more James Brown than Morris Day. The song in general is about 10 different artists or hooks all rolled into one. The horns, the arrangement, the lyrics - it's a collage.


Gheezus, go play a record, listen to some lyrics - something to expand your mind. Don't you want to learn things in life, have a broader perspective on things? Just know more about whatever?

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

I know "Uptown Funk" was released in 2014, but I only started liking it recently. People say that the song is Michael Jackson-esque, particularly Bruno Mars' image. I see more Prince/ Morris Day and the Time (the lyrics "gotta kiss myself, so pretty"). Bart Baker made a parody of the "Uptown Funk" music video,and it features a Michael Jackson impersonator. Hmm... still don't see it. Bruno's image in the video is kinda early 80s/ pre-Thriller MJ, but has a more "Morris Day and the Time" feel.

Morris says Bruno is ALL HIM..

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

I know "Uptown Funk" was released in 2014, but I only started liking it recently. People say that the song is Michael Jackson-esque, particularly Bruno Mars' image.

I'm gonna say Oops Upside Your Head since the Wilson Brothers were added to the writing credits. But parts of Oops itself came from another song called Disco To Go. I also hear Funk You Up by The Sequence and the horns from Michael Jackson's Jam. Uptown Funk is the kinda thing the Bar-Kays did regularly in the 1980s, a soundalike of something else.

MickyDolenz said:

I also hear Funk You Up by The Sequence and the horns from Michael Jackson's Jam.

I'm about the same age as Mark Ronson and I can say with certainty these are the influences. He may have been blessed a much more privileged life but we shared a lot of the same experience of hip hop, funk, and R&B.

MickyDolenz said:

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

I know "Uptown Funk" was released in 2014, but I only started liking it recently. People say that the song is Michael Jackson-esque, particularly Bruno Mars' image.

I'm gonna say Oops Upside Your Head since the Wilson Brothers were added to the writing credits. But parts of Oops itself came from another song called Disco To Go. I also hear Funk You Up by The Sequence and the horns from Michael Jackson's Jam. Uptown Funk is the kinda thing the Bar-Kays did regularly in the 1980s, a soundalike of something else.

The Time

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There is also "Young Girls" by Collage.

PRINCE. MOST DEFINETLEY. MJ WAS NOT IN THAT TYPE OF MUSIC.

alphastreet said:

Free2BMe said:

I'm not a fan of Charlie's(whom requested me as a friend on IG) new song produced by Bruno. Also didn't like the disrespectful remark he said about Prince(r.i.p.) after he transitioned. With him being a crack addict himself that I witnessed personally on the streets homeless. He should know better. But his voice is just as soulful & unaffected and his comeback is admirable for what he went through.

Disney Makes Bruno Mars Deal; Platinum-Selling Singer Will Star In, Produce Music-Driven Theatrical Film

by Mike Fleming Jr | February 6, 2020 | Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: After months of discussion, Disney has set a deal with Bruno Mars. The studio will develop a music-themed theatrical narrative feature that Mars will star in and produce. The plot is being kept under wraps, but I’m told that it will consist of mostly original music that he will create and perform.

This comes in the wake of a precedent-setting deal with Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Hamilton musical film, for which the studio paid $75 million for worldwide rights. Both deals had at their center Walt Disney Studios production president Sean Bailey. Integral in the Mars deal was Mitchell Leib, who heads music for the film group.

Mars previously appeared in Honeymoon in Vegas and was a featured voice in Rio 2. I’ve heard that the film has come out of a long series of discussions between Mars and Bailey. Now, they will set a writer or writer-director to turn the idea into a feature.

Mars has won 11 Grammy Awards in 27 nominations, a singer, songwriter, producer, and musician who has sold over 200 million singles worldwide, establishing him as one of the bestselling artists of all time. He swept the 60th Grammys, winning six trophies including the “Big 3” — Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. A two-time Super Bowl halftime performer, Mars has had more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other male artist this decade. He’s repped by WME and Felcher & Freifeld.