Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Mark Ronson has a CV too long to list here. Suffice to say he’s a musician who’s worked with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Lady Gaga to Dua Lipa, has one of the highest selling singles of all time with Bruno Mars in “Uptown Funk,” and has been making just really good music since the turn of the millennium. He’s also the presenter of one of our all time favorite TED talks on the history of sampling, and he’s been continuing that journey of musical curiosity with the Apple TV show “Watch The Sound,” which explores the untold stories behind music creation and the lengths producers and creators are willing to go to find the perfect sound, and the FADER Uncovered Podcast, where he interviews artists ranging from David Byrne to HAIM. Today, Mark is the guest for another episode of Modern Classics, in which he brings Ginuwine’s classic 90s jam “Pony,” produced by Timbaland and Static Major, as an example of the ways that innovation and radical experimentation undergird even the biggest of pop smashes. Songs Discussed Ginuwine - Pony Rakim - Juice (Know the Ledge) Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody? 10cc - I’m Not in Love Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson - Valerie Paul McCartney - Get Enough Usher - Climax Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life Cher - Believe Gang Starr - Work Nikka Costa - Like a Feather Stevie Wonder - Superstition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, just before we get started,
0:01.5	Switched On Pop is going to be doing a mini-series on summer festivals,
0:05.1	and we're looking for listener stories of moments of ecstatic musical joy at a festival.
0:10.2	If you have a short one or two-minute story, send it to us in a voice note to submissions at switchedonpop.com,
0:15.7	and you might hear your voice in the show.
0:30.2	Welcome to Switched On Pop. I'm a musicologist, Nate Sloan.
0:33.7	And I'm a songwriter, Charlie Harding.
0:35.7	Mark Ronson has a CV too long to list here.
0:38.7	Suffice to say, he's a musician who's worked with everyone from Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, to do a leap of.
0:44.2	He has one of the highest-selling singles of all time with Bruno Mars and Uptown Funk,
0:47.2	and basically has just been making really good music since about the turn of the millennium.
0:52.2	He's also the presenter of one of our all-time favorite TED talks on the history of sampling,
0:57.2	and he's been continuing that journey of musical curiosity with the Apple TV show Watch The Sound,
1:04.2	which explores the untold stories behind music creation,
1:08.2	and the lengths, producers, and creators are willing to go to find the perfect sound.
1:12.2	Today, Mark is the guest on another episode of Modern Classics. Mark, welcome to the show.
1:19.2	Hello.
1:20.2	Like all of our guests for the Modern Classics series,
1:23.2	Mark has brought a song that he believes deserves to dwell in the modern pop pantheon.
1:29.2	Mark, what have you brought for us?
1:31.2	I picked, um, genuine pony.
1:34.2	It's crazy to think that a song to me that's like a modern classic is actually nearly 30 years old,
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