Mark Ronson - Just - Single Review

Depending on your point of view, Brit Award winning producer Mark Ronson is either a musical genius reviving life into tired old songs, or a big old plagiarist - stealing classic tunes and sticking a few horn samples in them.

Previous single Valerie, which featured beehived tramp-a-like Amy Winehouse was good because it turned a so-so indie song into something wonderful. However, this cover of a Radiohead track, featuring the lead vocals of Phantom Planet’s Alex Greenwald doesn’t quite cut it. Somehow the original still sounds better, despite the new vocals, the added horns and the added bassline. Some might even call this version sacreligious.

The track’s one saving grace through is the video - a loving pastiche of the Radiohead one where everyone is lying on the floor for no reason.

Mark Ronson - Just (Download single)

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