Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Uptown Funk”
vs. The Gap Band "Oops Upside Your Head"
Originally titled “Oops Upside Your Funk”
From the Riffs archive First aired Mar 13, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
Joe and Toby put the puzzle pieces of samples together for Mark Ronson’s Grammy winning hit, “Uptown Funk,” and explore its many funk-inspired beats. What we geek out over in this episode: The Gap Band Albums II, III, IV, V, VI, etc!, the incomparable Charlie Wilson, Trinidad James “All Gold Everything” (2012), Collage “Young Girls” (1983), The Sequence “Funk You Up” (1979), and Grammy & Oscar winning Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018).
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.