Bruno Mars - Treasure

[bobdavcav]

Has anyone else heard this song yet? It sounds like Bruno is confused, sounds like something out of the early 80s. Thoughts?

 

[Kasper]

I personally love the direction he is going. I also love Chris Brown's new one "Fine China" because of the old school/retro sound to it. Maybe that's just me, but I like elements like that.

 

[MarioMania]

I like this song now

 

[carolinaradio]

Bruno Mars' recent stuff sounds kind of confused, save for "When I Was Your Man." I don't really think he can sing, so I'm not a fan, so I guess my opinion isn't very valid.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Love this more than Robin Thicke's new track. I wonder if anyone heard the new one by Mystikal. This modern disco style may be a new wave of sound to come for a while.

 

[the golden boy]

^^
I agree on your analysis. With this, Daft Punk and Robin Thicke (and don't forget Mariah Carey's new hit), retro is definitely on the rise right now.

 

[ChrisInMI]

I didn't care for the first two singles off his current album but I'm liking this one. It sounds like something New Edition would have done in 1983-84.

 

[oldies76]

Definetely a throwback to the early 80's...Kool and the Gang or Michael Jackson.. This modern disco movement (Blurred Lines, Suit and Tie, Get Lucky, TREASURE) is something else for 2013!!

I'll gladly take it!

 

[BRH]

He seems to have a thing for retro sounds anyway. "Locked out of Heaven" was an almost complete copy of the Police's "Message in a Bottle".

 

[satech]

I'd like Bruno Mars a lot more if he stopped trying to make his music sound like The Police or Michael Jackson from the '80s and just went for something unique.

And it doesn't help that AC stations are overplaying him now as much as they overplayed Adele last year!

 

[Wildstyle K]

Love this more than Robin Thicke's new track. I wonder if anyone heard the new one by Mystikal. This modern disco style may be a new wave of sound to come for a while.

I think Justin Timberlake's "take back the night" is one of his best current releases.

 

[atlantaboy]

This disco thing is killing me lol - glad you all like it, but I literally can't listen to CHR or Hot AC right now, between the Daft Punk, Robin Thicke, Bruno Mars, and Justin Timberlake

Really glad we have an Alternative station ;D

 

[dtuba]

He seems to have a thing for retro sounds anyway. "Locked out of Heaven" was an almost complete copy of the Police's "Message in a Bottle".

It reminds me more of old Tm Finn/Split Enz, actually.

 

[Wildstyle K]

This disco thing is killing me lol - glad you all like it, but I literally can't listen to CHR or Hot AC right now, between the Daft Punk, Robin Thicke, Bruno Mars, and Justin Timberlake

Really glad we have an Alternative station ;D

We all know that overall you support just about anything alternative and despise rhythmic top 40 and dance. At least I figured this out a long time ago. I see it everywhere from New York section to Atlanta section to CHR/Mainstream section, etc. It's gotten to the point where I can just look at a post and think to myself "I know Atlantaboy has commented in this." Sometimes I can even hypothesize what your post will say before I read it based on whether or not the person before you said something in favor of top 40 or alternative / pop rock.

Just my observation.

 

[atlantaboy]

^Lol, I guess I'm pretty easy to figure out...

I actually don't mind dance or EDM, but nearly every other poster in this forum advocates for dance/pop, praises dance remixes and mixshows, criticizes songs for not having a fast beat, and disregards popular songs that aren't in the dance/pop genre - and almost every poster in this CHR forum listens to Rhythmic-leaning CHR (judging from the stations they cite/praise as "good" CHRs) - and a couple (including you lol) listen to Rhythmic stations and write about them like they're CHRs

And as far as the NYC forum, most posters were talking about Alternative like it was a dead format...

Someone's gotta stand up for the other side, right?

 

[satech]

I'm not against rhythmic music, but it goes through a lot of phases, and right now it's in a retro disco/'80s dance phase. Rock music doesn't have the same cyclical nature, because guitars are still guitars and drums are still drums, so the emphasis is on the songwriting and performance, rather than what kind of synthesizer effects, sample loops, etc. that the producers can come up with.

 

[Wildstyle K]

and a couple (including you lol) listen to Rhythmic stations and write about them like they're CHRs

Someone's gotta stand up for the other side, right?

Actually... I'll honestly say I no longer talk about rhythmic stations as if they are (mainstream) CHR's anymore. You  actually taught me to differentiate between the two and to not confuse the two, so I'll give you credit for that.

As far as alternative being dead, I don't think it's "dead," per se, but rather it's currently being "born again." But, of course, for those who dislike or don't care for alternative, it's easy for them to brush it off as "dead" as soon as it takes a brief dip in popularity.

 

[atlantaboy]

Actually... I'll honestly say I no longer talk about rhythmic stations as if they are (mainstream) CHR's anymore. You actually taught me to differentiate between the two and to not confuse the two, so I'll give you credit for that.

Wow - thanks, man!

RE: the New York City Alternative situation, CBS just frustrates the hell out of me - they have a low-rated Rhythmic-Leaning CHR in a market which already has a Rhythmic-Leaning CHR, a Rhythmic, and an Urban - literally everything they play you can hear on other stations - and meanwhile, an the entire Alternative genre is competely absent from the NYC market, meaning all these artists are getting extremely limited exposure in a the biggest metro in the U. S. - yet CBS will only flip stations if it's on their national agenda, and right now that's only Rhythmic-leaning CHR and FM Sports

Meanwhile, the posters arguing against the feasibility of Alternative in New York City can't even differentiate Alternative in 2013 from Active Rock :-\

 

[atlantaboy]

I'm not against rhythmic music, but it goes through a lot of phases, and right now it's in a retro disco/'80s dance phase. Rock music doesn't have the same cyclical nature, because guitars are still guitars and drums are still drums, so the emphasis is on the songwriting and performance, rather than what kind of synthesizer effects, sample loops, etc. that the producers can come up with.

Not sure how you're coming up with that - rock goes through phases just like pop or rhythmic

Phase 1 - The Beatles/The Rolling Stones
Phase 2 - Zeppelin/Pink Floyd
Phase 3 - Def Leppard/Bon Jovi
Phase 4 - Nirvana/Pearl Jam
Phase 5 - Goo Goo Dolls/Matchbox Twenty
Phase 6 - Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park/Korn
Phase 7 - Mumford & Sons/Death Cab/Imagine Dragons

Each phase had its own unique sound, emphasis on either acoustic, electric guitar, or synth - and huge differences in lyrical content as well as arrangement of instruments -

 

[Wildstyle K]

I think Satech meant that pop can lean towards the urban sounding hip hop and r&b sound or lean dancey or bubble-gum pop or lean pop rock, depending on what phase pop music is in at any generational point in time. One era of pop can sound completely different from another era. However, rock continues to have very similar aspects regardless of how many evolutions it goes through. It still has pretty much the same typical rock sound elements that never change to a completely different genre sound.