Well then, there ya go. Thanks for taking the time to 'splain it. I hear your issues and ultimately YMMV. I think Bruno Mars is great - is he doing anything that James Brown, Prince or a few others didn’t do, do first and do better? Sure - but he’s damn good at what he does (frankly, so is Lenny Kravitz) and anyone who puts on a real show with instruments, singing, dancing and selling it hard is worthy of respect in my book.
But, ultimately, stepping back - I just enjoy the song, so I come at it from that place. You don’t and you know why, so it makes sense why we end up in different spots.
I didn’t hear “1984” all over it - sure, it is retro-sounding, but that is what Mark Ronson did with Amy Winehouse and other acts he produced. I assumed Michele Pfeiffer was referenced as a “hot blonde” because, well, she is held up as a hot blonde - and Scarface still has many fans…
Not according to Prince’s definition - it made my head bob, therefore it’s funk.
Prince and Morris Day by way of James Brown and Grandmaster Flash, with dance moves by Michael Jackson - I loved it. I adore Bruno Mars, though - the first time I saw him performing on some show, I thought, “This guy is taking up where Prince left off.”
Hmm - as I watch commercials over the past week, this song has been used on two movies (that Johnny Depp disaster Murgatroyd and the Wedding Ringer movie) and a TV show (Black-ish). A bit much - and, per Snowboarder Bo the sampled vocals used on the bassline, a la Seinfeld, can be a bit much when it gets a lot of play.
