September 25, 2008
I don’t really get what’s supposed to be the big deal with Mark Ronson.
He produced Amy Winehouse’s breakout record, Back in Black, right? And then he did his own record, Version, which had a bunch of singers on it…and now I think he’s considered a hotshot “producer,” right?
Except all he does is Motown, with the instruments more sharply identified, and some drum beats instead of live drummers on occasion.
If you ask me, he can’t hold a candle to Danger Mouse, the producing half of Gnarls Barkley and creator of the still-damn-brilliant Grey Album. They’re not even in the same league–Ronson’s doing homage pastiche, while Danger Mouse is out on the frontier trying to find new sounds.
Am I crazy here, or am I missing something?
Entry Filed under: Music. Tags: danger mouse, gnarls barkley, mark ronson, record producers.
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Jeff | September 25, 2008 at 1:53 pm
You definitely aren’t alone there. Ronson doesn’t offend me the way that, say, Glen Ballard does, but he’s not the kind of cause-celebre producer that DM or even a Timbaland is.