Mark Ronson: Funk Politics

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Did you know the melody to the Star Spangled Banner was once a British drinking song? In preparation for the Super Bowl, we uncover how the national anthem has been co-opted and reinterpreted by mega pop-stars. Our understanding of how this song sounds has been shaped by sporting events and the spin pop artists put on it has altered our conception of the national song. FEATURING Beyoncé, Jose Feliciano, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston – The Star Spangled Banner Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Finlandia, Op. 26 Ensemble Almageste – La Mantovana Songs from the the Star Spangled Music Foundation Sura Yako – Sauti Sol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was a young man in high school, I was obsessed with funk music.
0:05.6	I listened to Parliament, Funkadelic, and Cool and the Gang.
0:10.2	On repeat, I quoted lines ad nauseam such as,
0:15.6	dare the roof off the socket, dare the roof off the socket.
0:18.8	And that's so embarrassing.
0:20.7	And I would say things like, let me put my sunglasses on so I can see what I'm doing here.
0:26.3	I was in a band, a short-lived band called Function with a K, not a C.
0:31.4	Oh God.
0:32.4	And I may have written a song called You Funked My Battleship.
0:37.2	How was the radio play on that one?
0:40.5	It was a local hit.
0:41.3	A local hit.
0:42.1	A local high school.
0:43.6	A local hit.
0:44.6	Yeah.
0:45.2	No, localized to my bedroom.
0:46.6	Okay, great, great.
0:47.8	But I had to hide my love of funk because people didn't really understand why I was so
0:54.2	obsessed with music that was so old and dated and why I wasn't listening to,
0:58.9	I was on the radio at that time.
0:59.9	A Lannis Moore said, and the Gugudal, right?
1:02.7	And I sort of pushed that to the side and went on with my life and functioned, disbanded.
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