British soul-sauce by Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson (left) and Daniel Merriweather
Since the song 'Changes' (ft. Wale) is in high rotation on nearly every radio station... of this nation in creation (sorry, got a little carried away there), Daniel Merriweather rapidly is becoming one of the new heartthrobs in pop music. Although I can't stand the song (the piano-break makes me think of some lousy Maroon 5-type of crap - shame on you, Ronson!), I have to admit I like the guy. The reason for this is fairly simple: he was the singer of 2007's Mark Ronson single 'Stop Me', which made the charts in various countries. Mark Ronson is a very soulful and funky producer whose ears have provided hits for the likes of Nikka Costa ('Like A Feather', very dope), Robbie Williams ('Lovelight', a lot less dope), Lily Allen ('Littlest Things', 'Oh My God'), Amy Winehouse ('Rehab', 'Valerie', 'You Know I'm No Good', 'Back to Black' and 'Love Is A Losing Game'), Adele ('Cold Shoulder'), Kaiser Chiefs ('Never Miss A Beat'), Christina Aguilera ('Slow Down Baby'), Ghostface Killah & Nate Dogg ('Ooh Wee') and remixed/covered Radiohead ('Just') and Britney Spears ('Toxic'). Now the reason why I want to talk about 'Stop Me' in particular, is that it's actually a remix/mash-up of two older songs: 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before' by The Smiths and 'You Keep Me Hangin' On' by The Supremes. It might seem very strange to combine music and lyrics from a British 80's rockband with those of black female soul diva's from the 60's (Ronson was accused of being disrespectful towards both Smiths-singer Morrissey and The Supremes) but the outcome is great! Let's hope Ronson keeps creating quality music with that funky soul-flavour.
Nikka Costa (oyeah this pic needs to be here)

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  1. Great inspiring music, though she's had the privilege of boosting her carrier 'cus of her father and songwriter.

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